M.uicH 30, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



55 



Prfze-Winning Bulb Garden of A. Wiegand's Sons Co., Beyond Which Are Trade Displays Alcng Side Wall. 



installed for doinonstration by the John 

 A. Evans Co. 



Florists' Supply House, Indianapolis. 



Staple lines of baskets, ribbons and 

 chiffons, zebra fiber wrapping paper, 

 lamp and eleetric 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 crowde<l out. It is sold in 

 sifter cans by the Garden City Co. For 

 new lawns three pounds is used to 400 

 sijuare feet. On old lawns three pounds 

 covers twice that area. Manager Fortie 

 and Paul F. Grubbs were in attendance. 



Garland Co., Cleveland, O. 



The new pump of the Garland Co. to 

 lill glazing guns was in operation ;it the 

 company's booth. Garlanite was shown, 

 a glazing material of putty color which 

 I'lay be put on with a gun, but which, 

 through its difTcreiit composition, has 

 ailvantages over other compounds. Per- 

 niaiiite, the black m;iteri:il, was also 

 shown. L. Gellner ;iiid 11. K. Il.'iner 

 Were present. 



GUson Mfg. Co., Fort Washington, Wis. 



The P)olens power hoe and lawn 

 mower tractor is useful for florists or 

 nurserymen who li;ive ;i small acreage 

 of outdoor stock. The machine and its 

 ■ittacliuients for seeding, cultivating or 

 lawn mowing witc inspected by many. 



Hammond's Paint & Slug Shot Works, 

 Beacon, N. Y. 



The well known ]irodu<ts so long mar- 

 keted by Benjamin Hammond were on 



display — Thrip Juice, Slug Shot, Grape 

 Dust, Greeiiliouse White |iaint, Twem- 

 lovv 's Old Knglish glazing putty and 

 other brands. Walter Mott shook 

 h.'inds with many old friends. 



A. Henderson & Co., Chicago. 



\'aried offerings to growers were rep- 

 resented at the booth of A. Henderson 

 & Co. — a v.ase of Iris lilifolia Im])erator, 

 something that will be useful; Orange 

 King calendul.as, r.ainbow 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 supjilies department of the Hen- 

 shaw Floral Co. showeil the luster ware 

 that has jiroved so iiojiiilar a line with 

 florists. Party favors of novel form 

 Were also exhil)ited. 



E. G. mu Co., Richmond, Ind. 



.\ huge v.-ise of Hill's America stood, 

 as in a fr.'ime, in a booth lined with 

 green velvet under a flood of light. In 

 front stooil luiskets of Premier, ("olum- 

 bia and Hutterfly. Above was .a por- 

 tr.ait of K. (i. Hill, the originator of 

 these four famous varieties of roses. 

 So superb was this exhibit that |)ublic 

 ;ind profession.'ils lingered long tie- 

 fore if. 



Joseph H. Hill Co.. Richmond. Ind. 



I'l;iiit< in 1 iiirh ]iuts of America. 

 Premier and Cohunbia lined the front 

 of the exhil)it of the Joseidi H. Hill Co. 

 Hlooms of these varieties, ;is well as 

 Mme. Hutterfly 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 attr.active self-selling 

 counter display cartons containing one 

 dozen cans of Hoover's Plantlife showed 

 florists how some extra profit could bo 

 m.'ide by the display of such a carton 

 on their counters. The advertising in 

 the Saturday J-Acning Post is making 

 a consumer demiiiHl for this jdant food, 

 designed to make house j)lants grow 

 under am.'ifeur c.are. R. H. Hoover was 

 with the display, assisted by a sales- 

 m.'iTi, Vi. A. Dildine. 



Ideal Lawn Mower Co., Lansing, Mich. 



The large tri]ilex power mower, 

 eighty-four inches wide, ,'ind an Ideal, 

 .fr., measuring twenty-two inches, rep- 

 resiiited flic great and the little in this 

 line. A. ('< . Coldwell explained their 

 usrs interestingly. 



Indianapolis Reed Co., Indianapolis. 



M.ikers of reed furniture, lamps, fer- 

 iieri<s ,iiid baskets, the Indi.anapidis 

 Keecl ('(I. showed the last-named to flo- 

 rists. Some attractive designs were on 

 view. .\. ],. Kugelman was in charge. 



Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich. 



Keel pots, of the much used Ionia line, 

 as \\v\\ ;is li;inL;'inir pots and baskets, 

 Win- e\|iiliitec| by the Ionia Pottery Co., 

 with H. V lI,-H-krr in eharije. 



R. J. Irwin, New York. 



A few of manv thi!i<;s that H. .1. Irwin 



