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The Rorists* Review 



NOVBMBBR 3, 1921 



EXHIBITS AT CHATTANOOGA. 



(<Jontlnueil lioni page IH) 



had rosos and pompons in its exhibit, 

 besides largo mums and American Beau- 

 ties. 



Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 exhibited pompons in the new varieties 

 and large mums in novelties, particu- 

 larly Clirvsanthemum Artista. 



The J.' W. Davis Co., Terre Haute, 

 Ind., had blooming and decorative 

 plants in its exhibit. 



The William Murphy Co., of Cincin- 

 nati, exhibited Premier roses and car- 

 nations. 



The American Cement & Paint Co., 

 of Kossville, Ga., had an exhibit of urns 

 and window boxes. 



R. S. McMurray, of Pellefontaine, O., 

 exhibited blooming plants. 



Gullett & Sons, Lincoln, 111., had an 

 exhibit of roses. . 



The E. G. Hill Co., of Richmond, Ind., 

 had a display of large-flowering chrys- 

 antliemunis. 



The committee judging the exhibits at 

 the Hotel Patten and at the Tivoli thea- 

 ter considered each one worthy the 

 award of lioiiorable mention. 



former and a mailing list of 40,000 

 names in the latter. Mr. Jackson esti- 

 mates his loss at $15,000. ., 



THE FIRE RECORD. 



Michigan City, Ind. — The new green- 

 house of William A. Kintzelle is com- 

 pleted. He has now 14,000 feet of glass 

 and grows a general line of stock and 

 cut flowers for his retail trade. Mr. 

 Kintzelle found it necessary to increase 

 his growing space in ord(>r to su{)ply the 

 needs of liis rapidly expanding business. 

 He has also installed a No. 9 Kroeschell 

 boiler. 



Gainesville, Ga. — Fire during the 

 night of October 121 destroyed the office 

 and service buildings of the Piedmont 

 Greenhouses, J. E. Jackson, proprietor, 

 and, as is usual in such cases, burned 

 off the ends of the adjacent greenhouses. 

 Everything in the service buildings and 

 offices was destroyetl, including the re- 

 centlv arrived stock of fall bulbs in the 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Chicago, 111. — With debts scheduled at 

 $150,000, the Chicago Feed & Fertilizer 

 Co., of Chicago, operating a fertilizer 

 mixer at Osborne, Ind., fded a i)etition 

 of bankruptcy in the Federal court at 

 Hammond October 28. Vice-president 

 Ralph Voorheos believed an execution 

 for $7,000, handed down in the Chicago 

 Federal court, was to be pressed. Assets 

 are listed at $100,000. Second mortgage 

 creditors are represented by ex-Governor 

 Deneen of Illinois. A receiver is asked. 

 H. E. Humiston, former florist, was the 

 organizer of the company and was 

 its general manager until recently. He 

 has been on the road for several months 

 in the interest of the fertilizer dejjart- 

 ment of A. Henderson & Co., Chicago. 



FURNIVAL'S FLOWER STAND. 



When A. W. Furnival planned an ex- 

 hibit at the county fair^iis year he 

 wanted something in it to spread the 

 idea of the florists' telegraph delivery 

 service. He wanted something which 

 would, in small space, coml)ine both the 

 telegra])h and the flower messages. He 

 thought of a stand, but could find noth- 

 ing in the catalogues that would meet 

 his wishes. So he set out to make one, 

 gathering the necessary materials him- 

 self from the neighboring swamps. The 

 result of his own designing and manu- 

 facture is to be seen in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. The st.'ind is nine feet 

 high, over all. Four vases hold flowers 

 on each side of a small scpiare platform, 

 on which is displayed a telegrai)li in- 

 strument surrounded by tiny telegraph 

 poles strung with wire. Above is a 

 "Say It with Flowers" sign, sur- 

 mounted by the insignia of the Florists' 

 Telegrai>h Delivery Association, of 

 which the firm of A. W. Furnival & Son, 

 .l;ickson, Mich., is a memlier. The stand, 

 decorated as in the illustration, created 

 much interest at the countv fair and 



Mr. Furnival plans to give it constant 

 use on account of its effective advertis- 

 ing of an important branch of our busi- 

 ness. 



ST. LOUIS OPENS SEASON. 



The St. Louis Flower Growers' Pub- 

 licity Association, which has succeeded 

 the committee of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club in local advertising, published its 

 first advertisement in the St. Louis 

 Globe-Democrat October 29. Picturing 

 delivery trucks carrying loads of flow- 

 ers from greenhouses to the retail store, 

 it proclaimed in the headlines, "Flowers 

 from Thousands of Greenhouses Are Ar- 

 riving." Explanation followed that the 

 mild and open weather had occasioned 

 deliveries of flowers in vast quantities 

 in the St. Louis market and that conse- 

 quently fine blooms might be had at rea- 

 sonable prices. Urging the public to 

 witness the wonderful displays at re- 

 tailers' shops, it further called atten- 

 tion to the important flower days Octo- 

 ber 31 and November 1 and 2. Nearly 

 a quarter of a page was used and the 

 advertisement was of such effective ap- 

 pearance that it could not have failed 

 to get readers' attention. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY 



M SOC 



Aqtaitlonal Premiums. 



The following additional, special 

 premiums for tlie annual show of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 have been announced: 



The K. G. IliU Co. prize for twrnty-five bloiims, 

 any one variety of clirysaiitliciiiiims on Ion;; 

 stems; first jirize, $1.">; seeond prize. $10; of- 

 fered l)y tlip E. r,. Hill Co.. Uielimond, Ind. 



Mrs. Cliarles 11. Stout prize for tlie most ar- 

 tistieally arranged vase or iiasliet of clirys intlie- 

 miinis; a cut Klass vase offered l)y Mrs. Cliailes 

 II. .Stout, Carden Club of .America, Sluirt Hills, 

 -N. J. 



Seedlings can be sent to the exhibi- 

 tion to be passed on by the C. S. A. ex- 

 amining committee. The rule of the 

 C. S. A. allows artificial supports to the 

 cut blooms of chrysanthemums to hold 

 them erect. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec 'v. 



BASKETS FOR OMAHA OPENING. 



At the opening of the ladies' furnish- 

 ings store of Herzberg, in Omaha, there 

 was a display of flowers seldom seen 

 even at the ojiening of such ;in estab- 

 lishment. Baskets there were without 

 number, it seemed, particularly of roses 

 and chrysanthemums. Three baskets 

 brought the florist making them $100 

 each. One of Milady roses was judged 

 the finest, tliough one of Premier was a 

 close second. How extensive was the 

 display may Ije seen from the illustra- 

 tion on this page, wherein some of the 

 l>.'iskets from Hess & Swoboda arc 

 shown. The three $100 baskets made by 

 this firm do not appear in it. The pho- 

 tograph w;is made in Hess & Swoboda 's 

 store. 



THE KUDZU VINE. 



Will you tell me how to multiply the 

 kudzu vine? Will it take root at the 

 joints, if layered. J. A. S — Pa 



Some of the Many Baskets One Firm Made for Omaha Opening. 



The kudzu vine, Pueraria Thunber- 

 g|ana, can be propagated from seeds, 

 division of the roots, layers and cut- 

 tings. The seeds are not produced free- 

 ly, but, when procurable, thev germinate 

 readily. " C. W. 



