The Florists,* Review 



AUGUSt 21, 1913. 



N. MeArthur, -heatnrgr-cngineer of the 

 concern, was in charge. 



Hiimmel & Downing Co., Milwaukee. 



Florists' boxes are a difficult lin^ to 

 stage attractively, but this exhibitor 

 showed a great variety of folding cut 

 flower and design boxes in a large va- 

 riety of colors and sizes in a way to make 

 a most pleasing booth. Flower decora- 

 tions in colors were a feature of the 

 line. The exhibit included corsage 

 boxes, also corrugated fiber board ship- 

 ping boxes, J, D. Christiansen was in 

 charge. 



Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich. 



The exhibit consisted of a line of red 

 pots in all sizes from 1-inch to 16-inch, 

 lawn vases, porch pots and wire hanging 

 basinets. H. E. Kidder and George Dy- 

 singer were in charge. 



Jackson & Perkons Co., Newark, N. Y. 



Two novelties were included in this 

 exhibit, American pot-grown lilacs for 

 forcing and American grown Deutzia 

 gracilis. Hydrangea Otaksa was shown 

 in tree form and field grown roses were 

 shown in variety. C. G. Perkins was in 

 charge. 



Knight & Struck Co., New York. 



Ten varieties of ericas were shown in 

 this exhibit, but only two could be had 

 in bloom at this date, Erica gracilis and 

 and E. gracilis nivalis, white, A com- 

 paratively new thing, of which there is 

 little stock, is Chionia exifera, with 

 small bright pink flowers. Geo. F. 

 Struck was in charge. 



H. W. Koemer, Milwaukee. 

 . Thirty varieties of cut gladioli were 

 shown, all seedlings of the originator's 

 own raising. A feature was mad6 of 

 American Wonder, described as a lav- 

 ender America; also of Twilight Chief, 

 light salmon pink. These two Mr. Koer- 

 ner thinks are the best work he has 

 done at raising new varieties. 



Lord & Bumham Co., New York. 



The Ohic'ago office and Des Plaines 

 factory of this concern had ^^|ie «i»ly 

 boiler in the exhibition this year, a 

 Burnham sectional. Three greenhouse 

 sections were erected, one within the 

 other. The exhibit was spanned by a 

 section of a 40-foot iron frame house 

 that embodied a new ice-clearing side 

 sash. Inside this big house was a sec- 

 tion of a 28-foot pipe frame house, and 

 within this a section of a curved eve 

 iron frame house. A large number of 

 the special parts employed in the com- 

 pany 's various styles of construction 

 were included. Both the self-oiling and 

 the rack and pinion ventilating ma- 

 chines were shown. Pipe frame beikshes 

 in the houses were filled with blooming 

 plants. Many photographs were shown. 

 George Sykes was in charge. " '• 



Lion & Co., New York. 



In addition to the staple lines as in- 

 cluded in the salesmen's samples, this 

 booth featured Brazilian humming birds. 

 The ribbon novelties shown included 

 bullion glace corsage ribbon, bullion 

 gauze netting, fast edge hold-up chiffon, 

 fast edge colored chiffon, all-over silk 

 waterproof lace and the colonial velvet 

 corsage shield. M. Alexander and M. 

 Le Vine were in charge. 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J. 



In this exhibit was Nephrolepis tube- 

 rosa plumosa, resembling the exaltata 

 type but raised from the Japanese spe- 

 cies, said to possess great hardiness. Of 

 course Polypodium Mandaianum was a 

 conspicuous feature. Begonia Christ- 

 mas Ked was in bloom. Anthericum 

 Mandaianum, Asparagus elongatus and 

 a large variety of fancy foliage plants 

 were shown, also ferns, dracBBnas, palms 

 and cattleyas. Robert Karlstrom was 

 in charge. 



L. L. May & Co., St. Paul. 

 This exhibit consisted of twenty- 

 eight named varieties of gladioli, cut 



spikes of populai' <ynnilWMial sorts. ~(;. 

 A. Colberg was in charge. 



McNeff-Swenson Co., Chicago. 



HilmQr V. Swenson was in charge ( r 

 this exhibit, which consisted of adve 

 tising literature for florists. 



H. F. MicheU Co., PhUadelphia. 



The indoor display this year consiste ! 

 entirely of bulbs, the line including; 

 French and Dutch hyacinths and nai 

 cissi, candidum lilies, tulips^ Harrisii, 

 freesias, gladioli and cold storage gi- 

 ganteums. I, Bosnosky was in charge. 



Minnesota Glazing Co., Minneapolis. 



The full name of this exhlliftor is the 

 Minnesota Weatherproof Calking & 

 Glazing Co. The exhibit consisted of 

 liquid glazing putty for greenhouses and 

 hotbeds. 



John C. Moninger Co., Chicago. 



A section of a steel frame greenhouse 

 was set up, showing the various fea- 

 tures of this type of construction, also 

 an iron-frame bench on which were dis- 

 played details of all the other types of 

 houses, with samples of paint, putty, 

 etc. E. F, Kurowski and P, L, McKee 

 were in charge, A Moninger-Furraan 

 sectional cast-iron boiler was added to 

 the exhibit on the second day. 



E. All&n Feirce, Waltham, Mass. 

 This was a new waterproof paper pot 

 conforming to the inside measurements 

 of the standard adopted by the S. A. F. 

 in 1890, made of a special long tibered 

 paper manufactured especially for this 

 purpose and used by the exhibitor in 

 his own business for some time before 

 he decided to put it on the market. Mr. 

 Peirce was on the ground in person. 



Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia. 



The special feature of this display 

 was new ribbons to match the Mrs. Rus- 

 sell, Fire Flame and Taf t roses. - An 

 autumn foliage effect was shown in ten 



A General View of the Northeast Section of the Trade's Display at Minneapolis This Week. 



