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The Florists' Review 



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The outdoor display which is the spe- 

 cial feature of this year's S. A. F. con- 

 vention is the idea of Theodore Wirth 

 and to him, also, must credit be given 

 for its execution in a manner that gives 

 a setting of color far finer than any- 

 thing that most of the visitors had 

 anticipated. Mr. Wirth himself was 

 disappointed at the way the trade re- 

 sponded to the invitation to supply 

 stock, and it is true that perhaps the 

 greater part of the display is made by 

 local people merely for the purpose of 

 helping the thing along, but the fact is 

 that the whole thing makes a Bhowing 

 that not only is above criticism, but 

 which merits much praise. The park 

 board, for which Mr, Wirth is superin- 

 tendent, offered to supply the labor of 

 planting the garden, caring for the 

 stock, digging and returning to the 

 owners in the fall. That sounds like 

 enough, but in fact the park people, 

 infected by Mr. Wirth 's enthusiasm, 

 have done far more thau that; they 

 have contributed a large part of the 

 stock that was used. For instance, 

 along the parking at the front of the 

 armory are 100 varieties of cannas 

 flowered in tubs and the tubs plunged 

 to the rims in the sod. All are in full 

 flower. Much stock also has been pro- 

 vided to fill other gaps and to Mr. 

 Wirth and his departmmt much credit 

 is due. Everyone remarks the splendid 

 condition of the grounds and stock. 

 Under Mr. Wirth Louis Boeglin, the 

 head gardener for the park system, has 

 hiad a large force of men at work when- 

 ever labor was needed. A heavy storm 

 Sunday night threatened disaster, but 

 all traces of damage were removed be- 

 fore Monday's sun went down. 



The Display From a Distance. 



To Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadel- 

 phia, credit must be given for the most 

 comprehensive display in the outdoor 

 exhibition, and to this concern the point 

 of vantage was given — a large aquatic 

 garden in the center. The center of the 

 pond is occupied by papyrus, with 

 A corns Japonicus variegatus to add 

 • olor. The edge of the pool is covered 

 with Lysimachia nummularia. In the 

 open water between are nymphseas in 



variety. Some of them are: Marliacea 

 rosea, Gladstoniana, Aurora, William 

 Doogue, Helen Fowler, Gloriosa, tube- 

 rosa Bichardsoni, alba candidissima, 

 Jas. Brydon, Pygmsea, rubra punctata, 

 odorata sulphurea, Chromatella, Lueida 

 and Marliacea. Two large oval beds 

 are planted with cannas, Hungaria, 

 pink, in one, and Gustav GumppiQC^ yel- 

 low, in the other. Still another round 

 bed contains Pennisetum macrocarpum 

 atrosanguineum, purple feather ■ grass. 

 The whole south end of the garden is 

 devoted to Dreer 's perennials, over 100 

 varieties. The park employees say many 

 of the varieties are not hardy in Min- 

 neapolis and that it is the most com- 

 prehensive collection ever seen in the 

 northwest. It is just a little early for 

 them to be at their best. Still another 

 Dreer exliibit, and one that attradts an 

 unusual amount of attention, i^ the 

 Cardinal Climber, shown on trellis and 

 arbor. The intense color of th^ not 

 large flowers contrasts vividly wit;h the 

 deep green foliage. A memorandi|m of 

 this goes into most of the notebooks. 



The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., is represented by three extrimely 

 fine beds of cannas. The forward bed 

 has Wyoming in the center, with Me- 

 teor outside, edged with Minnehaha. 

 The beds at the sides are planted with 

 mixed varieties, the one at the right 

 containing Conowingo, Jennie "^alls 

 Fahnline, Kate F. Deemer, Mrs. A. F. 

 Conard, Niagara, Wabash, West Grove, 

 Rosea Gigantea, Juanita and Betsy 

 Ross. The bed on the left has Olympic, 

 Beacon, Gladioflora, Mont Blanc Im- 

 proved, Wawa, Jupiter, Gladiator", Cali- 

 fornia, Venus, Loveliness and Panama. 

 Meteor and Mrs. Conard attract special 

 attention. 



Two splendid beds represented Arthur 

 T. Boddington, New York. The long, 

 deep border of Gladiolus America would 

 be diflBcult to beat, the plants beiijg in 

 full bloom, right in their prime, with 

 the maximum number of flowers open. 

 The other exhibit was a big round bed 

 of Canna King Humbert. 



The H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 sent stock for two large oval beds, one 

 of which attracted especial attei^tion 

 rOr the reason that it contained nothing 



but the new dwarf red geranium, lleleJ 

 Michell, which is to be distributed ia 

 the trade next season. It was a mass 

 of color, the blooms having stood the 

 recent showers well. The other Michell 

 bed was planted with King Humbert 

 canna. 



Winterson 's Seed Store, Chicago, was I 

 represented by a bed of King Hnmbert I 

 canna that is entitled to special men 

 tion because it was located a little to 

 one side, in front of the armory but be 

 yond the entrance, where some of the 

 visitors may have missed it. 



From Floral Park, N, Y,, John Lowis 

 Childs sent stock for a big round bed 

 of Canna Wyoming, but his special ex 

 hibit was of gladioli, planted each va- 

 riety in a row across a long border. The 

 varieties included: America, N. D. 

 Childs, Panama, Fire King, Safrano, 

 Alaska, Contrast, Burnham, Aline, 

 Bucher, Primulinus hybrid, Dawnray, 

 Rosy Spray, Portland, Niagara, Silver 

 Sheen, Blanche, Wild Rose, Sulphur 

 King, Nezinscott, Attraction, Melrose 

 and Scribe. 



From Wooster, O., F. H. De Witt k 

 Co., a new exhibitor at S. A. F, conven 

 tions, sent stock for a long bed, one 

 end of which was filled with Ruby red 

 geraniums and the other with two va- 

 rieties of pelargonium, Easter Greeting 

 and Wurtembergia. 



As representing R, Vincent, Jr., k 

 Sons Co., White Marsh, Md., was a bed 

 of the comparatively new red geranium, 

 Scarlet Bedder. 



From Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J., 

 stock of two novelties had been re- 

 ceived, used in a round bed, the 'center 

 of which was Ly thrum roseum. Perry's 

 variety, bordered with Vinca miilor 

 aurea, the hardy golden myrtle. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., shared 

 with another gladiolus exhibitor one of 

 the largest beds on the grounds, filling 

 his end with the new white variety, 

 Peace, which towered strikingly above 

 its neighbors, Augusta and Chicago 

 White. 



Thomas Meehan & Sons, Dresher, Pa., 

 show evergreens in larger sizes than 

 any of the other exhibitors. The list 

 includes juniperus, picea, thuya, abies 

 and tsuga, a total of forty-four varieties. 



Arthur T. Boddington's Bed of King Hambert Giona, wiih Dreer's Hangaria at the left and Dreer'i Gtistav 



Gttmpper at the right. 



(Gladiolua display of Northrup. Klnjr * Co. In background.) 



