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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMRER 12, 1014. 



plants, as are almost all middle-western 

 exhibitions. There were so many of 

 them that they could not be admitted 

 to the main hall, but they all were of 

 the kind seen every autumn day in 

 flower stores. 



The Retailers' Displays. 



high centerpiece. But the feature 

 of the display was a wedding scene. 

 The bride and her maid were repre- 

 sented by two beautifully gowned wax 

 -d^ures. The bride carried a big shower 

 ^ouquet of valley, the maid a big 

 JB)unch of Sunburst. The two figures 

 The leading retailers of" Indianapolis S^^^ surrounded with a typical wed- 

 seized the opportunity to present them- -^.^"S ^^<loTa,Uon, with gates, kneeling 



solves to the public in an attractive 

 light and put up displays that would ji 

 have been a credit to the best men in- 

 the largest cities in the United States. 

 Indeed, it is doubtful if any retailer 

 anywhere ever made a display that used 

 as much stock, occupied so much space 

 or represented so much labor as did thali^ 

 of Bertermann Bros. Co. It was, in 

 -v^fact, too large and too elaborate to be 

 seen and appreciated. The exhibit oc- 

 cupied all the space in one of the large 

 parlors adjoining the main hall, the 

 public being kept out by wedding ropes 

 stretched across the double doors, 

 which were the only point at which the 

 splendid display could be seen, by not 

 over a dozen people at a time. The 

 title was "A Garden of Peace." A 

 pergola semicircled the rear, with a 

 dove cote, with loose live doves, in the 

 center. In the foreground were various 

 elaborate displays, including a garden 

 pool, hedges and tables of choice plants 

 and cut flowers, bouquets, and a dinner 

 decoration. As a separate display the 

 same exhibitor covered two walls with 

 telegrams from florists ordering flowers 

 delivered in Indianapolis. 



A. Wiegand's Sons Co. occupied the 

 entire end of the hall with a display 

 that seldom has been equaled. It was 

 excellent save that, large as was the 

 space, it was not great enough for 

 adequate display. The two tables that 

 occupied half the space would have 

 been worth it all. One of these was 

 the parasol decoration, with Sunburst 

 roses and ribbons to match. The other 

 was all in white, roses being principally 

 used, with a shower effect from a 



stool and all the accessories. The flow- 

 ers u^d included several hundred lilies, 

 with many white mums and Beauties in 

 wall pocket vases against a background 

 of .wild smilax. It was a display that 

 will*-1be influencing orders for many 

 years. 



The booth of the Hill Floral Co. was 

 ajt' artistic triumph. A pergola was cov- 

 ered with the pompon mum Golden 

 Climax, with just enough green. On 

 the posts were vases of Bonnaflfon. In 

 the center of the booth was a table car-' 

 rying a superb big handle basket of 

 Hoosier Beauty. On the rug were other 

 baskets and vases of Hoosier Beauty 

 and yellow mums, yellow affording a 

 splendid foil for the rich deep red of 

 the rose. Every vase and basket showed 

 the hand of a man who knows how, 

 said to be C, C. Thomas, now in charge 

 of the Hill store at Indianapolis. 



The ^booth of the Pahud Floral Co. 

 was th'ree lattice walls covered with 

 wild smilax with the base banked with 

 foliage plants and vases of cut flowers. 

 In the center a mirror created a sylvan 

 lake effect. Riding on the seeming 

 wat«r was a gondola in flowers. 



The Claypool Floral Co. also used the 

 lattice walls, covered with greenery as 

 a setting for numerous baskets and 

 vases of well arranged roses, carnations, 

 orchids, etc. It made a most attractive 

 effect, but was not completed until the 

 afternoon of the second day. The card 

 said all the cut flowers used were 

 grown by Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chi- 

 cago. 



The Roses. 



There were no competitive classes 



for roses, but there were numerous ex- 

 hibits for advertising purposes. Of 

 course the interest centered in the un- 

 disseminated varieties, but it wa» 

 scarcely less in the varieties of recent 

 introduction that not all the growers 

 have learned to do as well as have the 

 exhibitors. Some splendid stock was 

 shown. 



Hoosier Beauty, the Dorner rose, was 

 shown by the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, 

 Ind., which will participate in its dis- 

 tribution, and by the Hill Floral Co., in 

 its retail display, where it was won- 

 derfully effective with its deep, rich 

 red combined with such yellows as Bpn- 

 naffon and Golden Climax, The E. G. 

 Hill Co, also showed Ophelia in better 

 shape than it ever before has been 

 seen, on 4-foot stems; Mrs. Russell,, 

 ite« Killarney, Killarney Brilliant, 

 and Lady Alice Stanley, the 

 ^r a large pink that looks as though 

 jis worth growing, A yellow seed- 

 ~Io, 1000, was shown in small quan- 

 tity. It will make more noise later, 



Myer Heller, of the South Park 

 Floral Co., Newcastle, Ind,, had a vase 

 of Souvenir de Guillard, an oradge yel- 

 low, deeper and richer in color than 

 either Sunburst or Mrs, Ward. It is 

 the rose that was awarded the gold 

 m^al at the Bagatelle Gardens, Paris, 

 in 1914, and has been grown at New- 

 castle two seasons. It will be offered 

 so'» as a winter forcing variety. Used 

 inithe retail display of Bertermann 

 Bii$||^ Co., Mr, Heller had another 

 Fr^tfch novelty rose, George Elgar, a 

 poi^antha of the size and usefulness of 

 Mile, Cecile Brunner, but of a fine clear 

 yellow. This also is soon to be put on 

 the market. 



Mrs. Russell seldom if ever has been 

 better shown than it was here by Hel- 

 ton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee; indeed, 

 the raiser of the variety, Alex. Mont- 

 gomery, Jr., who was present, said he 

 thought this vase was the finest lot of 

 Russell ever seen in the west. 



A General View of the Flower Show at Indianapolis, November 6 to 8, t9H. 



