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The Florists^ Review 



Marcu 30. 1022 



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TRADE EXHIBITORS. 



Many Came, But Few Were Busy. 



Tliosc flriiis who soiit;lit to do Imsincss 

 vvitli florists umlisturln'il by the imhlic 

 were allott(Ml space in Jhe Woman's 

 biiil(liii<^, at the Indianapolis fair 

 j;ronnds, whili' those who preferred the 

 presence of tlie puldic paid a preiiiiuni 

 for the ]irivil('}if of occiijiyinji space 

 ah)nj4' the walls of the Manut'act urers ' 

 Iniildiiiji, whicli lioiised tlie tlower show. 

 It was not a fortiinati' arranf;enieiit . for 

 over a Imndred yards' s|iace sejiarates 

 the huildinirs ami, since the Woman's 

 l)liildinK was the farther from the en 

 tr.'tnce to tlie j;roun<ls, iHaii\' florists vis 

 ited tlie flower show without jiassin^ on 

 to see the tiusiness display in the other 

 huildinjj. Since, ni(>reo\cr, healiiij,' fa 

 cilities were primitive in the Woman '-< 

 hiiililinj,', the salesmen had, alt ojrether. 

 what nii'^ht he termed a <'(ild time. 

 Some .admitted it, while others did not 

 the oj)inion (le])ended on what .aiiticipa 

 tions had l)(>en. A f;iir amount of Imsi 

 ness was had by a nuinher, and exhih 

 itor.s new at trade <,rat herin^'s diil well. 

 Those who catered to the ]mlilie, in tlu' 

 large buildiiifi, enjoyed excellent Imsi- 

 ness. 



Though tliere w.as sii.ace, had any late 

 puroha.sers appeared, in Ixdh biiililinfis. 

 the total sold exceeded that .at the pre 

 cedinji national tlower show, .at I'hila 

 d(djdii;i. The recidjits from this source 

 were e.stiniat(>d at $14,000, thou<,di jier 

 haps that is a little stronjj. 



For e.aso in reference, the exhibits in 

 both btiildinjis .are combined in the fob 

 lowinj; .sunim.ary of what was to be seen 

 in this j)nrt of the show: 



Advance Co., Richmond, Ind. 



The }rreenh()us(> fittin<rs of the ,\d 

 vance Co. were shown to florists by .T. E. 

 Jones, head of the c(iin]iany. 



American Bulb Co., Chicago. 



Some bulbs — gladiolus .and caladium 

 and cann.a roots — and some products of 

 bulb.s — lilies, tulips and dafTodils -were 

 shown l)y the American Hulb To., ;is 

 were rose jilants. A vase of .\. .I.iblon 

 sky's carnation, Betty .lane, graceil the 

 table. Keiitias and ferns and some re 

 t.ailers' supjilies w(>re also dis])l;iye(l. .\. 

 Miller, I. Hosnosky and (iuy I'reiiidi met 

 the firm 's customers. 



American Greenhouse Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



A rest till corner w;is provided by the 

 .\nicric;in (ireeiihouse Mf^^. Co., where 

 ]'. L. McKee met frien<|s. 



Bash's Seed Store. Indianapolis. 



Selling seecN ;iM<l bidlis to the |Mlblic, 

 P.ii^h 's Seed Stori' shdweil in it< disp|;iy 

 the llowerv to lii' proclueed tlierefroill. 

 Ill the v.ases were swei't pea-^. vto(d\s, 

 snapdr:i;;oils, etc. 



Basket Shop, Bellefonte, Pa. 



X.'itiir.il cidors. .arl i--t icilly bb'iided. 

 give the two t<ine l.a<l:ets of the lia-ki-t 

 Shop a di>tinctivi' a]ipc;ir;iin-e. The 

 staples of the line were shown. .Irdiii 

 A. ],;ine was in cliarg(\ 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 



IniiiortiMl li.'iskets, of bate open de- 

 signs, were one feature of the display 

 of 11. H.ayersdoifer ii (^o. Imperial 

 (diinaware was extensively shown. 

 Wre.aths of thistles and poppy pods, 

 called moon blossoms by some, are a 

 Memorial day offering. I'ainted wood 

 vases are another imported novelty, as 

 are the soldier boys .and girls with con- 

 tainers for flowers. The firm's staples 

 were profusely shown. T. M. liayers- 

 dorfer, recovered from his late o])era- 

 tion, did the honors. 



Bergman-Koropp Co., Cliicago. 



■'Wild flowers tamed'' is the way the 

 r.ergmaii Koropp Co. described its 

 wares. 'I'he ]irepare<l .-ind jiainted 

 foliages ,iiid llowers introduced by the 

 persons whose names the firm be.ars are 

 now ]iroiluced under the direction of H. 

 I'. Hanson, who has piindiased the in- 

 terests of Dr. Wariiei. (It-orge Kasjiar 

 represented the firm. 



R. G. Bock, Hamilton, O. 



'"Knot wood'' pots are introduced as 

 .1 l.ibor-saver for florists, since the out- 

 waril .appearance sets off the plants, is 

 neat and attractive, .■iiid no covers are 

 iieedeii. Hepiited to lir of Vaiiui Indian 

 oiigin, they are now mad(> by R. (i. 

 Ho(d\, who showed s.aniples of various 

 sizes ;ind styles. 



Boyer Mfg. Co., Winona Lake, Ind. 



The Winon.a cemetery liouquct holder, 

 ,1 niet.al container of cyliiulrical form, is 

 composed of two p.arts, an outer cylin- 

 der which is buried to its top in the 

 ground and a cu]i th.at, reversed, tills 

 the s]),ace when no fbiwers are on the 

 gra\e, so th.at it is convenient, .alw.ays 

 then', yet invisible when not in use. 

 The lioyer Mfg. ''(). showed it. 



Buchbinder Bros., Chicago. 



iT.itor manuf.acturers ■ art 

 ill .a specimen icebox of 



I'lle refr 



was shown 

 r.iK hldiiiler Bros. It measured 4x10x10 

 iVet ;iiid was finisheil in gr.iy. Sidney 

 I lucdiliinder was with it. 



W. Atlee Burpee Co., Philadelphia. 



.More lh:iii sixty \arieties of sweet 

 jic-is were (|is]i|;iyi'd ill the iMKith of the 

 W. .\llee Burpee ( 'o., replaced four 

 limes during the show. .\mong these 

 well' six novelties awaiiled a certificate 

 of merit, Sp(d<,uie. .Milkmaid, Chevalier, 

 I'air l.;i'ly, Kobiii Hood .-iiiil (^ii.aker 

 .Maid. (ieorge W. Kerr .iinl W. Atlee 

 .1 r.. w ' re in ;il t eiid:i nee. 



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T. J. Callahan Co., Dayton, O. 



.\ section of Woll'- \ ellt ilat illg e(|ui]i- 



irieiit w.i'^ shown by the T. .1. ('allaliau 

 ( 'o. With this app.arat us, it is s.aid, 

 one --t. at ion rai<es :;.'o t',.,.t with 1 inrdi 

 single-strength I'ipe. Moibds o{' cross 

 sections ot' cut to tit greenhouses were 

 shown. Mr. <'allah.iii. Hay W. Beverly 

 .Miller were in atteiid.ance. 



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The 



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 largely 



Car bone, Boston. 



line of' Italian ]iottt^ry imported 



late I'hilip C.irbone ;ind now 



usecl bv florists with elite tr.ade 



was exhibited, with 11. B. Ruppert and 

 A. A. Abramowitz in attendance. 



Central Svipply Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 



I'lumbiiig supplies and boiler fittings 

 are s(dd to many Indianapolis growers 

 by the Central Supply (-0. and therefore 

 if showi'd its wares, George W. Boese 

 being in .attendance at the exhibit. 



Chautauqua Flower Fields, Inc., Bemus 

 Point, N. Y. 



(iladiolus primulinus bulbs from the 

 fields of C. Zeestraten were disjilayed 

 under the firm n.ame of the Chautau<iua 

 I'lowcr Fiidds, Inc. 



Cohen & HiUer, New York. 



Ribbons and other st-ajile florists' 

 sii|iplies were shown by Cohen & IBdler. 



J. W. Davis Co., Terre Haute, Ind. 



Specimens of' the carefully grown, 

 .-lean stock of the J. W. Davis Co. in- 

 (duded hydrangeas, yomig cyclamens, 

 I'andanus X'eitidiii, lilies, rambler roses, 

 Norwdod ferns and some others. Much 

 of this is already sold for Kaster, but 

 more than formerly, particularly of hy- 

 drangeas, are being grown for the 

 Mothers' day demand. C. G. Anderson 

 was .assisted by Vincent i'lese. 



A. T. De La Mare Co., New York. 



(i.arden hooks were displayed by the 

 .\. T. De La Mare Co. 



Dennison Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



(iummed labels, tags and envelopes 

 fur c.ard eiiidosures in the display of 

 the Dennison Mfg. Co. were specimens 

 of those now used by leading florists. 



De Witt Sisters, Battle Creek, Mich. 



The firm of De Witt Sisters is an old 

 one in the making of feather flowers. 

 Though the sisters are no more, the 

 present jiroprietor of the firm, George 

 Trato, turns out some notable imitations 

 of flowers made from goose feathers. 

 He further showed his skill by the at- 

 tr.actixe displ.ay here under his personal 

 direction. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia. 



Only a few specimens of ea<di of the 

 many [d.ant specialties of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., could find space in the dis- 

 I'lay. There were kentias, phoenixes, 

 ferns, hydr.angeas, jiot roses, rubber 

 )il;uits, dracanas, ivies, crotons, etc., all 

 of the exiM'lIent eiiltiire that has made 

 this firm's re]put ,at ion. .1. .1. K.arins 

 greeted many friends. 



Duro Paper Products Co., Chicago. 



The line of Diiro br.ind boxes, so wedl 

 known to the tr.ade, was displayed by 

 the Duro I'aper Products Co. 



Eber-Washam Fixture Co., Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. 



Adjust able ]ilant stands of jiarticu- 

 larly jiractical tyi'e, because of the ji.at- 

 eiited jiall adjustment, were shown by 

 the Kber-Washani Fixture Co. Mrs. Al- 

 fred Hamburger w.as in (diarge. 



John A. Evans Co., Richmond, Ind. 



Challenge ventilating apparatus was 



