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The Florists^ Review 



Afkil e. 1922 



cagol" said one of them. "See what 

 Chicago does for a Fhiladelphian! " re- 

 torted a Windy City florist. But the 

 ensuing argument ended in "No deci- 

 sion." 



Some excellent sweet peas were 

 brought from Glen Ellyn, 111., by George 

 J. Ball for sweet pea day, March 29. 

 The advantage of having a shorter dis- 

 tance to travel than most of the peas 

 seen was in their favor. 



A slip of the memory caused refer- 

 ence, in last week's report, to the new 

 rose of the Stuppy Floral Co. as a sport 

 of Columbia instead of Ophelia, as it is. 

 It was not labeled and few knew its 

 ancestry, though many praised the 

 flower. Its parent is worth mentioning 

 because, first, this variety is likely to 

 be heard more of, and second, the par- 

 ent is so notable a forebear, having as 

 children Columbia, Mme. Butterfly and 

 Hill's America. 



The orchestra was untiring and plenty 

 of chairs at vantage points in the hall 

 gave visitors places to rest and get their 

 50 cents' worth, in music as well as 

 flowers. 



The Nature Study Club of Indiana 

 cooperated with the American Rose So- 

 ciety in establishing a booth where the 

 public could learn of amateur floricul- 

 tural activities and organizations. 



Several celebrities, from the wife of 

 an ex-premier of England to a movie 

 star, were expected to appear at the 

 show. They served to gain much news- 

 paper publicity, but did not attend as 

 scheduled. 



Indianapolis retains on its street 

 lamps the watchword of the Associated 

 Advertising Clubs of the World from 

 the time of that organization's conven- 

 tion there in 1920. "Truth" still shines 

 on citizens and visitors. 



"Phew!" ejaculated Robert Green- 

 law, of the S. S. Pennock Co., . in the 

 trade display building at the Indianapo- 

 lis show, "if we are compelled to in- 

 hale the carbon monoxide issuing from 

 these salamanders, we poor exhibitors 

 will soon be in extremis and as the em- 

 ployers ' liability act possibly fails to 

 cover this risk, our families will be left 

 alone. True, by the constant connection 

 between buyer and seller through the 

 medium of The Review, business would 

 suffer only temporarily by our demise. 

 The suggestion to install a Kroeschell 

 boiler as the heating system is a good 



one.' 



• • • • 



"The early bird gets the worm," 

 observed I. Rosnosky, of the A. B. C. 

 force, Chicago, while describing the 

 Thoro-Mix soil shredder, "and the 

 grower who owns one will be that bird." 



* • • • 



Walter Stroh, of L. C. Stroh & Sons, 

 Batavia, N. Y., was the recipient of 

 mixed congratulations when it became 

 known that a little fairy had arrived 

 at his home and several sales of the 

 soil mixer were reported from the office. 



• • * • 



"Bah! Who said the public taste is 

 turning to the artificial t" remarked 

 S. S. Skidelsky, New York, referring 

 to the glorious floral displays in gen- 

 eral and the big crowd surging around 

 the table decoration of Mrs. B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy, which was perfect in sim- 

 plicity of arrangement. 



• • • • 



F. E. Selkrcgg and wife, of North 

 East, Pa., were among the visitors no- 

 ticed from the smaller towns. "Are we 

 glad we came? We enjoyed every min- 

 ute spent in the Hoosier capital." 



• • • • 



Robert Pyle, president of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society, was overheard to 

 remark that he did not feel the least bit 

 disappointed when compelled to cancel 

 his famous rose lecture, owing to the 

 tremendous counter attraction of the 



real thing. 



• • • • 



E. J. Fancourt, of the S. 8. Pennock 

 Co., commented upon the profitable trip 

 made in company with some leading 



eastern and Canadian rosarians, inci- 

 dentally mentioning the scarlet sport 

 of Rosalia carnation at the establish- 

 ment of Baur & Steinkamp as being a 



' ' comer. ' ' 



• • • • 



Shepherd Norris, of the Friedley Co., 

 Cleveland, observed that while the flo- 

 rists of the Fifth City surely would 

 have put up a big show, he questioned 

 whether they would have been so suc- 

 cessful as the Indianapolis florists un- 

 der existing conditions. 



• • • • 



"Are we satisfied?" queried Homer 

 Wiegand, of A. Wiegand's Sons Co., 

 when approached as to the general opin- 

 ion of the local trade touching the 

 flower show. "We are fully convinced 

 it is the greatest moment in the history 

 of American horticulture." 



• • * • 



Victor Groshens, of Roslyn, Pa., pos- 

 sibly the most successful grower of the 

 rose, Mrs. Charles Russell, in the east, 

 saw What was described as "eye- 

 openers." Our old-time friend was ac- 

 companied by his son, a worker at the 

 E. G. Hill Co. range, who is well pleased 

 with the environment there. 



• • • • 



"The possibilities of our profession 

 can be imagined," observed Walter E. 

 Cook, of Walter E. Cook, Inc., Cleve- 

 land, "when one realizes that, had this 

 exhibition been held in Cleveland, we 

 fondly hoped that possibly it would 

 be double that at Indianapolis in size; 

 in quality, no, for 'tis a magnificent 

 display." 



• • • • 



J. A. Peterson and family were among 

 the late arrivals, motoring over from 

 Cincinnati. " 'Tis the best show yet, 

 well worth the hurried trip from Flor- 

 ida to see," commented the cyclamen 

 specialist, incidentally mentioning that 

 their annual sojourn at the new Lake- 

 land orange farm will not interfere 

 with the cyclamen harvest at West- 

 wood, in April. 



• • • • 



"How can we expect itf" asked I. 

 M. Bayersdorfer, of H. Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia, referring to the seem- 

 ing indifference of the trade visitors, 



and the disappointment expressed at 

 visible and immediate returns by sev- 

 eral trade exhibitors. "With the big 

 attraction in the building adjoining and 

 the fact that the country is continually 

 combed by the traveling salesman and 

 covered so completely by the trade 

 press, which one can liken to an aero- 

 plane, we should feel content to charge 

 the expense to live publicity and share 

 in the universal harvest." 



• » • • * 



"The combination worked well," ob- 

 served C. G. Anderson, manager of the 

 plant department of the J. W. .Davis 

 Co., Terre Haute, Ind., referring to the 

 good business transacted at the flower 

 show at Indianapolis. "First, we told 

 through The Review what we have for 

 sale ; then we exhibited samples to cor- 

 respond, arranged so that every plant 

 showed to advantage." 



• • • • 



Keep an eye on the new Bougainvil- 

 lea Crimson Lake, exhibited by Henry 



A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia. It will be 

 a great acc|uisition to the list of holiday 

 plants, being, apparently, as free as 



B. Sanderiana, which it resembles, mi- 

 nus color. This is a strong recommenda- 

 tion- .... 



Medina, the new rose exhibited by 

 White Bros., Medina, N. Y., at the 

 stand of the American Bulb Co., stood 

 the gas test well, and was favorably 

 commented upon. It is claimed to be 

 a sport from Sunburst, with the sus- 

 picion of a trace of Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, which should be in its favor. 

 It is a pure white. 



«... 



Earl Poehlmann, of Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., Chicago, remarked that many lines 

 of Easter plants were sold up rather 

 earlier than usual, and he ventured to 

 predict a banner spring business. 

 .... 



"The paper with the largest circu- 

 lation brought in the largest number 

 of individual orders. The total received 

 through the medium of the trade press 

 equaled what came through the job- 

 bers," commented Manager Smith, of 

 the Joy Floral Co., of Nashville, Tenn., 

 referring to the orders received for their 

 new carnations, adding that the volume 

 had exceeded best expectations. 



• . • . 

 Carnationists are much impressed 



with the new variegated Rosalia orig- 

 inating with Baur & Steinkamp, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., and now past the ex- 

 perimental stage. It promises to se- 

 cure a leading place, owing chiefly to 

 its distinctiveness. A fine lot of seed- 

 lings, together with some from the Eng- 

 lish raiser, Carl Engelmann, all vigor- 

 ous, were noted. 



« * • * 



"Expressiveness," observed George 

 Wiegand, of the A. Wiegand's Sons Co., 

 describing the return of Aunt Chloe, 

 with her alligator family, from their 

 temporary home at the flower show. 

 "As she descended from the miniature 

 Noah 's ark. Uncle Rastus welcomed her 

 with a look full of expression, a great 

 essential in our business." 



• • • • 



The Colonial Flower Shop, Muncie, 

 Ind., reproduced on a small scale much 

 of the artistic effects seen at the flower 

 show. 



• . • • 



"One would naturally suppose that 

 dry weather would create the greatest 

 interest in irrigation," observed Man- 

 ager P. H. Bridges, of the Skinner Irri- 



