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Mabch 30. 1922 



The Florists' Review 



55 



Prize-Winning Bulb Garden of A. ^Tiegand's Sons Co., Beyond Which Are Trade Ditplays Alcog Side Wall. 



installed for demonstration by tlie John 

 A. Evans Co. 



Florists' Supply House, Indiaaapolis. 



Staple lines of baskets, ribbons and 

 chiffons, zebra fiber wrapping paper, 

 lamp and electric flash signs for florists 

 were displayed by the Florists' Supply 

 House. 



Garden City Co., Indianapolis. 



Amolawn is described as a plant food 

 that drives out weeds because the grass 

 is given such nourishment that the 

 weeds are crowded out. It is sold in 

 sifter cans by the Garden City Co. For 

 new lawns three pounds is used to 400 

 square feet. On old lawns three pounds 

 covers twice that area. Manager Fortie 

 and Paul F. Grubbs were in attendance. 



G-arland Co., Cleveland, O. 



The new pump of the Garland Co. to 

 fill glazing guns was in operation at the 

 company's booth. Garlanite was shown, 

 a glazing material of putty color which 

 may be put on with a gun, but which, 

 through its different composition, has 

 advantages over other compounds. Per- 

 manite, the black material, was also 

 shown. L. Gellner and H. E. Heiner 

 were present. 



Gllson Mfg. Co., Fort Washington, Wis. 



The Bolens power hoe and lawn 

 niower tractor is useful for florists or 

 nurserymen who have a small acreage 

 of outdoor stock. The machine and its 

 attachments for seeding, cultivating or 

 lawn mowing were inspected by many. 



Hammond's Paint & Slug Shot Works, 

 Beacon, N. Y. 



The well known products so long mar- 

 keted by Benjamin Hammond were on 



display — Thrip Juice, Slug Shot, Grape 

 Dust, Greenhouse White paint, Twem- 

 low's Old English glazing putty and 

 other brands. Walter Mott shook 

 hands with many old friends. 



A. Henderson & Co., Chicago. 



Varied offerings to growers were rep- 

 resented at the booth of A. Henderson 

 & Co. — a vase of Iris filifolia Imperator, 

 something that will be useful; Orange 

 King calendulas, rainbow freesias, lilies, 

 young cyclamen plants, gladiolus bulbs, 

 dormant roses, sweet peas. These were 

 representative of the complete line of 

 seeds and bulbs this firm offers the 

 trade. Joseph Marks was in attendance. 



Henshaw Floral Co., New York. 



The supplies department of the Hen- 

 shaw Floral Co. showed the luster ware 

 that has proved so popular a line with 

 florists. Party favors of novel form 

 were also exhibited. 



E. O. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. 



A huge vase of Hill's America stood, 

 as in a frame, in a booth lined with 

 green velvet under a flood of light. In 

 front stood baskets of Premier, Colum- 

 bia and Butterfly. AViovc was a por- 

 trait of E. G. Hill, the originator of 

 these four famous varieties of roses. 

 So superb was this exhibit that public 

 and professionals lingered long be- 

 fore it. 



Joseph H. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. 



Plants in 4-in('h pots of America, 

 Premier and Columbia lined the front 

 of the exhibit of the Joseph H. Hill Co. 

 Blooms of these varieties, as well as 

 Mme. Butterfly and others^ filled vases 

 at the back. 



Hitchings & Co., No. Tonawanda, N. Y. 



Photographs and descriptive litera- 

 ture showed the merits of the large 

 houses built by Hitchings & Co. J. N. 

 MacArthur was present. 



R. H. Hoover Laboratories, Inc., Free- 

 port, 111. 



The neat and attractive self-selling 

 counter display cartons containing one 

 dozen cans of Hoover's Plantlife showed 

 florists how some extra profit could be 

 made by the display of such a carton 

 on their counters. The advertising in 

 the Saturday Evening Post is making 

 a consumer demand for this plant food, 

 designed to make house plants grow 

 under amateur care. R. H. Hoover was 

 with the display, assisted by a sales- 

 man, E. A. Dildine. 



Ideal Lawn Mower Co., Lansing, Mich. 



The large triplex power mower, 

 eighty-four inches wide, and an Ideal, 

 Jr., measuring twenty-two inches, rep- 

 resented the great and the little in this 

 line. A. G. Coldwell explained their 

 uses interestingly. 



Indianapolis Reed Co., Indianapolis. 



Makers of reed furniture, lamps, fer- 

 neries and baskets, the Indianapolis 

 Reed Co. showed the last-named to flo- 

 rists. Some attractive designs were on 

 view. A. L. Kugelman was in charge. 



Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich. 



Red pots, of the much used Ionia line, 

 as well as hanging pots and baskets, 

 wore exhibited bj' the Ionia Pottery Co., 

 with H. F. Hacker in charge. 



R. J. Irwin, New York. 



A few of many things that R. J. Irwin 



