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The Florists^ Review 



NovioMitKK 12, 1!>14. 



plants, MS arc almost all iniildlc western 

 I'xhiliilioiis. 'riiere wovo so many of 

 tliem tliat tliey eould not lie admitted 

 to the main liall, imt tliey all \\<'re of 

 the kiti<l seen eviiy autuniii day in 

 llower stores. 



The Retailers' DisplayK. 



The leadinji' retaileis id' Indianapolis 

 seized the ojiport unity to piesenl them 

 .sehcs to the pnlilic in an attia'ti\e 

 li^lit and put [\\> displays tliat wouM 

 liiue lietMi a eicdit to the liest men in 

 the larj^-est cities in the I'nited Stales. 

 Jndeeil, it is doiildful it' any letailer 

 anywhere e\er made a display that nsed 

 as muih stoid\, oi-ciijiied so niucli space 

 oi- represented so niucli laiior as did that 

 ol i ierterman II J'iros. ('o. It was. in 

 fact, too lar^;e and too elalnnnl e to lie 

 sien auii apjiieciated. The i'\liiliit nr 

 ciipiecl all the s|iace in one of the laii;e 

 jiarlors adjoining: the main hall, the 

 ]illldic liein^- kept out l>y weddmt; ropes 

 stretched across the doulile doors, 

 whiidi Were the onl\ point at which the 

 s|dendid display could lie seen. Iiy not 



o\ el' a do/eii peojile al a lime. The 

 title w;is "'A (I'arden of I'dic.'' .\ 

 |ieiL;ii|,-i -emieircled the ie;ii. with .-i 

 i|o\ e cote, with loose live c|o\e~-. in the 

 centii'. Ill the t'ore;4idulld Were \aiioii> 

 el.'i I ior;it e di^jdays, iindlldin^ .1 Liaideii 

 pool. hed.i;es .-mil tallies of choice phints 

 and i-ut tlowers, Immpiets, and a ilinner 

 dec(ir;i 1 lull. As ;i separate di-pl:iv the 

 same oxhiliitor covcreil two walU with 

 t ide;^i;im- from llmi^t^ oldi riiej [lowers 

 deli \ I'led in I ml ianajioli^. 



A. W'ii^jrand 's Sons < o. occnjiieil the 

 entile end ot' tlu' hall with a displa\' 

 tli.-il -seldom h.as iieeli ei|iialed. It w.'is 

 excellent sa\e that, hiruc .as was the 

 sjiace, it. was not i;ri'at eiioii;^h t'or 

 adei|uate display. The two t.ildes that 

 occupied lialf the space woiiM h;i\'e 



lieeii Worth it .all. ' )i T these was 



the p.aia-iil decoi ;i t ion. with Sunliurst 

 ro'-e- ;ind rildiiiii''- to male h. The other 

 \\a^ :i II in white, ro-cs hein^ principally 

 used, with .-I shower elVect I'mm ;i 



hi<;ii eentei pi<'ce. I>iit the feature 

 of the displ.ay was a weddinfj; seciio. 

 The liriiU' and her maid were reju'e- 

 seiited liy two lie.aut it'ullx jiowneil wax 

 lijiiires. The lnide carried ;i lijo- siiowor 

 lioU(|iU't of \alley, the maid a hij: 

 bunch of Sunliurst. The two li<;iires 

 \\eie surroiimied with a typical wed- 

 diiiL:' decor.at ion. with ^ales. UmMdin;^ 

 stool ;ind ;ill the accessories. The tlow- 

 ers used ill! luded several hnndred lilies, 

 with maii\ white mums and Meauties in 

 wall poidiet \ases against a liackcround 

 of wild smilax. It was ;i disjilay that 

 will lie inlliieiicin;: orders for many 

 \ ears. 



The iiooth of the Hill I'loial Co. was 

 an artistic triiitn|ili. .V perL:ol;i \vas rov- 

 ered with the iiomjion mum CJolilen 

 • 'liiiiax. with ,jiist eiioiiLih L;reen. On 

 the |iosts were vases of Mon iiatVoli. Ill 

 the center of the liootli wa^ a talile car- 

 ryiiii,^ a sti|ieil) Idj^ h.iiidle liask(d of 

 lloo'-icr lleaiity. <)n the riiL; w lOi- oilier 

 li.i^kets ami v.-ises of lioosier lle.auty 

 ;iiid yellow mums, yellow alfordiiiL; a 

 splendid I'oil for the ricji deeji red (»f 

 the lose, fivery \;ise ;ilid li.'Isket showed 

 the hand ot' ;i mall who kiinws how, 

 s.aid to lie ( '. ( '. Thomas, now in (diaroe 

 ol' 1 111 Mill --ture at I iidiaiia polls. 



The iMioth of the rahiid J'lor.al Co. 

 w;is three lattice walls covereil with 

 wild -milax with the li.ase luinked with 

 loli;i^e plants and v.ases ot' cut tlowers. 

 Ill till' ceiitci a mirioi' created .a svlvaii 

 l;ike ilfeci. li'idiiii: I'li tiie seeming; 

 w.ater w:is .-i i^ondol;! in llower^. 



The ('l.-ivpool !''loi'al to. aNii used the 

 lattice walls, covered with greenery as 

 a setliiiL:' foi' numerous Ici-kcts and 

 v.ises ol well arraii;.:eil roses, carnations, 

 orchids, etc. Jt made a most ,it t ract i\e 

 etVect, liut w:is not coii,]ileted until the 

 atternoon ol' the second day. The card 

 said all the cut llowers used wer(> 

 ;;riiw!i liv J'oehlmann riio--. ( 'o., ('hi- 

 cat^o. 



The Roses. 



There were liii competitive cl.assi'S 



for roses, but there were numerous ex- 

 hibits fur advertising purposes. Of 

 course the interest centered in tlie un- 

 disseniinated varieties, but it was 

 scareoly less in the viuieties of recent 

 iiiti odiu-tioii that not all the growers 

 ha\'e learned to do as wtdl as liave the 

 exhibitors. Some splendid sto(dv was 

 shown. 



llot)sier iie.auty, the Doriier rose, was 

 shown by the ll. (i. Hill Co., Rielinioiid^ 

 I lid., whiili will jia.it icipate in its dis- 

 tribution, and by the Hill Floral Co., in 

 its retail displ.ay, where it was won- 

 derfully etl'ecti\<^ with its deep, rich 

 vi'i\ eombined with siudi yellows as Hon- 

 iialfon and (ioldeii Clim.ax. The I'l. G. 

 Hill Co. also showed Ojiludia in better 

 sliajie than it ever before has been 

 seen, on I foot stems; Mrs. Russell,. 

 Wliite Kill.arney, Killariiev lirilliant^ 

 JIadley ami ].,ady Alice Stanley, the 

 latter :i lar^e piiili that looks as though 

 it was worth growing. A ycdlow seed- 

 liiitr, INo. liHii), was shown in small (|uaii 

 titv. It will iii.ake more noise later. 



.\lyer Ibdier, of the South I'ark 

 l-'loral f^o.. Newcastle, Iiid., had a vase 

 of Souvenir de (iuillard, an orange yel- 

 low, deejier and ri(dier in color than 

 either Sunburst, or Mrs. Ward. It is 

 t li(> rose that was awanli'il the gold 

 medal at the Bagatelle (Jardens, Paris, 

 ill JIM I, and has been grow 11 at New 

 castle two seasons. Jt will be offered! 

 soon as a winter forcing \ai'iety. I'sed 

 ill the retail display of liertermann 

 Hios. Co., .Mr. Heller had anothei 

 l-"reneh novelty rose, Cieorgti I'ilgar, a 

 polyantlr.i of the size and usefulness of 

 .\llie. t'ecile l->ruiiner, but of .a fine (deai 

 yellow. This also is soon to be put on 

 the market. 



.Mrs. l>iiss(dl sehloin if ever lias been 

 better shown than it was here by llol- 

 toii ..^ lluiik(d Co., .M ilwaiikei^; indeed., 

 the raiser of the \ ariety, Alex. .Mont- 

 ^omei\\', Jr., who was jireseiit, said he 

 thoiinht this xase w;is the finest lot of 

 b'ussell ever seen in the west. 



A General View of the Flower Show at Indianapolis, November 6 to 8, I9J4. 



