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The Florists^ Review 



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iiMi|'ir'', tit'liciatcil ;it tlir rxcitiiij; li;ill 

 ;i;init' lirtwcrn the stoi'c iimh ;iiii| llir 

 .IcIixiTV iiii'ii. 'I'lic i|rli\i'rv iiifii iii.-iii 

 .■iu('il to lu'ilij^ Ikpiijc tlif li.icMiii. Scdi'c: 

 ."j t(i :'.. 



'I'lic \\ f,-il lu'i' was iilral niid rvriyoiii- 

 \\:is well rfp;iicl t'lir tlic joiiriicy to tlir 



n Idlllllls. 



The t;il>l(' (In (jral ions were attiactixc 

 liaskcts tilled witli assorted flowcfs ot 

 varied colors. This made a fine show 

 iiifi and caused coiisideralile eonmieiit, 

 I'loiii the Autoiiiol^ile ('luli officials, who 

 were present. The coiimiitti'e and their 

 h(d|)ers are tf) he <(iMj;rat ulatecj on tlie 

 aide manner in whiidi the proi^ram was 

 carried out. .Ml who attendee] \iiti'(l it 

 to lie a most .joyful occasion. 



BRITISH SWEET PEA SHOW. 



.\t tiie exhibition of the National 

 Sweet I'ea Societ.v, held in London .lul\ 

 IL', the wealth of flowers on \iew was 

 said to he e(|nal to fiiat of pre war days 

 and tlie lirilliancy ami variety of colors 

 ne\er excelled. 



l)old>ie & Co., Ale.v. Dickson tic Sons 

 and Ireliuid k Hit(hcock were awarded 

 ;i()l(l medals. Tlie first iianu'd attracte(i 

 especial notice with Dohhie's ()ranK<', 

 Ma.jestic ("ream. Renown and Kenneth. 

 In Dickson's disjday Tanf^<'rine, Hawl 

 mark Cream, Klet;an<-e anil Con(|Uest 

 Were notalde, and the Ireland i^- Ifitidi 

 cock's, Hunty, T.anjicriue and Mrs. T. 

 .lones. 



W. .). rnwin 's arranjroment , in 

 which The C^ueen and I'nwin's I'ink 

 wer(! nofeworthy, won a silver i^Ut 

 medal, as did the groups from Weidi it 

 Soils and Bide ic ^ons. 



Hnr|iee's Ciant White attracted at- 

 tention in (i. Stark ii: Son's silver med.al 

 exhibit. 



In the competin;; classes the Huijiee 

 challeiifje cui) w.is carried off by K. \V. 

 Kiitj; & Co., whose baskets of Hoyal 

 Scot, Sensation, .Mrs. .\iii(dcl llittdi 

 cock and I'icotee an<l \ ases of (il.idys, 

 .Midb.a, Kleyance, ()rchi<l and .Mrs. T. 

 .lones drew particidar notice. 



The Monro (dialleiijic cup was .award 

 I'd to Irid.and & llitchcoik. In this 

 class they exhibiteil l,e .Mahdi, Hunty, 

 Flame, Navy, .\iinie hadand. Imp. 

 M.'iscott's Oranee, Mascott's Cre.im, 

 .M.ascoft's White, M.ispntt's Scarlet and 

 .Market Pink. K, \V. Kin^ \: Co. jdaceil 

 second. 



< 'onsidei.able interest centered around 

 the D.aily Mail ch.i lleuj^e cup, which w.is 

 won by llujih .Mann, Kothertield. Sussex, 

 with ()r(hid Didddi's Sunproof Crini 

 -on, Hawlmark I'ink.. lean Ireland, Mrs. 

 T. .lones, Hercules. Wariioi', (Onstance 

 Hinton, Hfiyal Scot, H.arbara, Lavender 

 lieo. Herbert .and .Mrs. .\rn(dil Hit(h 

 lock ; the v.'ise of' the Last name \v;i- 

 also acl judj^ed the best v.isi' in the -how. 



The floral connnittrc visited the 

 tri.als at Keadin;,^ ;ii|i| m:ide the tidlow 

 inj; ,aw,ards of merit: lien. Shawver and 

 Heiiown, fiiini |)oblpii- \- <'o.; (Iloriosa 

 anci Sunset, from K. Hollon; I'owers 

 coui't, from .\lex. Mickson \ Son-,; Sul 

 tan. from K. W. KiriL; >V Co.: Mascott'- 

 Iiieman, from Iril.nid \ llitchock. The 

 last and I{eiiowii wevi' judi^ed -yuonx 

 tnous .•Mid till' aw.iid w;is ;^iveii piex i 

 siofially upon one n;iine bein;; .adopted. 



BOOL BUSINESS INCORPORATED. 



The P)0(d I'lor.al Co.. uhiih has now 

 been incor]iorated. was established 

 .about twenty five ye.irs ,ii;o by Heiirv 

 Hool at Ith.aca, .V. ^^ C rcenhoiises 



WHO'S WHO 'Al^. AND WHY 





ALFRED M. CAMPBELL. 



\ 1 "^ H K.N K\' Kl{ ,1 I'hil.adidphian is comp(dleil to listen to .i -:el -forv ol' how .a 

 VV f(dlow h.as no chance, there is no future in the bu-iness and -o forth, he 

 synip.athi/.es, Imt .agrees only jpartially. I'erhap- it he ha- a good deal ot lamraer 

 he will say. "Oh. welll That's all so, but .\ I ('ampbell li.i- ai-complisln-d some 

 fliinj^. '■ Alfred M. C,am]>bell is one of the most lemarkable person.alit ies in the 

 floral world tod.ay. .Misidutely s(df made, he h.as achieved a pcpsition in the v eiv 

 front r.ank of the profession fhroiieh sheer abilitv. Thou;^li -till a yoiiii}^ man, 

 he has adv,ance(| from tlu' lowest run;; of the holder b\ hard work and eiit husi.asin. 

 Today he operafi's two yri'enhouse establishment- :iiid hi- own -alisrooni. .Mr. 

 C.amplMdl is so popular tli.it lie li;i- been idei-teij pie-i.bnt of tin- Flori-t-' ("liib 

 of l'liil;idel|iliia. _ I'llil 



well' elected Upon ihe l'>0(d falili. .iboiil 

 three mill's from Ifh.'ica, :iiid the I'i'f.ail 

 bu-iiiess w:is conducted t'l'om a tiir 

 iiitiire -tore which was ,'il-o own.'il b\ 

 I he I'ool ( 'o. The bu-iHe-s e|'c\\ v|(>,-|d 

 ily, and .-iffer o|H'ratin;; in flii- \\a\ for 

 about thiei' ye.'ir-, .\ithur II. Ilool, 

 ii'_ali/iii^ thr pos-ibilit i.'- for d.'v elop 

 mWi-t , puiadi.-i-ed the bu-ine-s ,'iml 

 ojiened a flower stori' .at L' I .'i Kast .st.ate 

 street, the present hono- of the com 

 pany. lie conducted the busines- -iic 

 • ■es-tuliv for ,'iboui f'ourtei'ii vears ;ind 

 then sold the store to .1. .V. Thomas, ot 

 Oweyd. .\t this time hi' also sold the 

 f.arm ami llie greenhouses to the de 

 partmeiit of' tloriculf lire of Cornell Tni 

 vei'sity ;iiid it is mi this site that the 

 rose, peony and iris test ^.aniens were 

 established. Mr. Thomas |iiirch.asi'd 

 a piece ot eroiind tymsist ine of four 



.and oiie li.ilt' acre- \ve>,t oi Irli.'u-a and 

 built new ;;reellliolI-e-. ni nd 11 et i n e the 

 liii-iiie-- under the id. I liiin name, with 

 b' : 1 1 p 1 1 . 1 . K' o - k e 1 1 \ . who 1 1 : i - been a s s o 

 ei.'ited with the I'.iMii I'l,, i,ii about 

 ei;;lltee|i ve.'irs. a- III . I 11 ,'1 i;ei hi I'.tlli 



.Mr. ko-ke||v pli I'(h:i-ed lie- busiues- 

 and ha- coiolm-ted it with ,i yre:it de.'il 

 of -11, -ce-- -iiice. Ml-. Ko-keily. who i- 

 ipiite .-iilive in tile bir-iiie--. h,i^ also 



been with the I'.ool ( o. idr .1 e I 111 .a 11 v 



\e:ir-. At this liim .\nliiii II. I'.ool 

 pUlcdi;i-eii the el'eell li'oil-e I:ili;:e erected 



b"\ .Mr. Thoni.'is and. in .iddifion to 

 urowiny the material for the local -fon;^ 

 he ll.a- .atered to the wliides.iie trade. 

 The last lew ve.ars he h;i- m.ade :i spe 

 ci.'iltv of' the culture III' beydiiias, with 

 which he h.as beiMi exceedinj;ly success 

 till, nil account of the increasing' vol- 

 nine of bii-iness. .Mr, {{o-kellv deenied it 



