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The Florists' Review 



15 



General View of the Flower Show of the Scranton Florists' Club Held in the Town Hall Last Week. 



THE SCRANTON FLOWER SHOW. 



A Fotirth Step Forwaxd. 



The Scranton Florists' Club gave its 

 fourth show in the Town hall at Scran- 

 ton, Pa., last week and scored another 

 advance, due to experience, hard work 

 and the opportunity of having seen the 

 staging of the New York show only a 

 few days before. B, E. Cokely was 

 floor manager and T. B. McClintock 

 secretary, and to them is due special 

 credit, although all the club members 

 contributed to the success of the affair. 

 The public interest in the show was the 

 best yet. 



No prizes were awarded;' it was a 

 strictly trade show run by florists for 

 the purpose of awakening interest in 

 flowers at a favorable moment and it 

 proved again that a premium list is not 

 necessary. 



The Local Exhibits. 



Nearly all the local growers showed 

 their stock, as follows: 



John Beagle had a fine group of 

 palms, Easter and spring plants. 



George E. Clark, in addition to a 

 large display of Easter plants and bas- 

 kets of cut flowers all dressed up for 

 show, staged an attractive ad for the 

 telegraph delivery department. It was 

 in the style of several window dis- 

 plays that have been illustrated in 

 The Reviewj including a large map and 

 telegraph poles, with keys and tele- 

 phones attached to the cities on the 

 map by means of ribbons. It was well 

 executed and made the idea quite clear 

 to the public. 



C. W. Baldwin staged the only 

 bride's bouquets in the show and of 

 course attracted the ladies. He also 

 had a specially fine vase of snapdragon, 

 standing higher than one's head. His 

 Easter plants were especially good, in- 

 cluding large azaleas, rhododendrons 

 and hydrangeas, as well as rambler 

 roses and a large variety of bulbous 

 stock in pots and pans. 



T. B. McClintock had an elaborate 

 summer garden effect, with vine-clad 

 porch, porch box6s and bulb beds in 



bloom in the border below. He also 

 showed beds of geraniums and groups 

 of araucarias and cinerarias. 



A. L. Besancon & Co. had a Japanese 

 pergola decorated with artificial wis- 

 taria. Withii^, Miss Besancon had ar- 

 ranged tables of baskets of cut flowers 

 and back of these a display case of 

 corsage bouquets. Reed gates were sur- 

 mounted by post urns of ferns, while 

 within the visitor found two handsome 

 dinner tables, with a mantel decora- 

 tion of genista and green. Altogether 

 it was one of the most pretentious ef- 

 forts ever made by a Scranton florist. 



Anton Schultheis' Easter pot plants 

 were well flowered and he and his sis- 

 ters displayed excellent taste in the 

 arrangement. Their principal effort 

 was with a rustic arbor on a green lawn 

 on which were beds of bulbous and 

 other flowers. Window boxes gave a 

 summer effect. Azaleas, roses and lilies 

 were shown in good shape. 



Two private gardeners participated 

 in the show, James Lucker, gardener to 

 Mrs. C. S. Weston, and Amzi Smith, 

 gardener to Mrs. J. R. Bennell, each be- 

 ing represented by some excellent spec- 

 imen plants of different character than 

 those shown by the florists. 



B. E. & J. t. Cokely staged a large 

 and interesting display of seeds, lawn 

 and garden requisites and florists' sup- 

 plies. 



Out-of-town Exhibitors. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel- 

 phia, staged a large display. Among 

 the carnations there were several new 

 ones, including Alice Coombs and 

 Grace, grown by Albert Roper, Tewks- 

 bury, Mass.; Morning Glow, raised by 

 Edward Winkler, Wakefield, Mass.; 

 Aviator, grown by the Thompson Car- 

 nation Co., Joliet, HI., and Mrs. Ake- 

 hurst, grown by Akehurst & Son, White 

 Marsh, Md. Mrs. Russell was notable 

 among the roses for the fact that it 

 was even better when the show closed 

 than when it opened. Jonkheer J. L. 

 Mock also held up specially well. 

 Other varieties shown included Ameri- 

 can Beauty, Double White Killarney, 

 Mrs. Shawver, Killarney, Sunburst and 



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Killarney Brilliant. Spencer sweet 

 peas and bulbous stock edged the 

 group. The company's supply depart- 

 ment also was well represented by a 

 display of ribbons, pins, baskets, etc. 



Lake View Rose Gardens, James- 

 town, N. Y., sent an excellent group of 

 pot plants, principally azaleas, hy- 

 drangeas and lilies. 



The Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia, 

 was represented by several novelties 

 and specialties, principal of which was 

 Acacia pubescens. The display included 

 white and purple lilac, double cen- 

 taurea, excellent snapdragon, Irish 

 Fireflame roses and lilies. 



In the exhibit of A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn., were some of the best 

 roses in the show, the principal vari- 

 eties being Killarney, Killarney Bril- 

 liant, Sunburst and Richmond. 



J. L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa., was 

 represented by an unusually fine vase 

 of Radiance roses. 



Florex Gardens, North Wales, Pa., 

 showed two new carnations, Ruth and 

 Pearl, which attracted considerable at- 

 tention from trade visitors. Their roses 

 were White Killarney and Radiance. 

 A vase of pink snapdragon was among 

 the finest exhibits in the hall. 



From Danville, Pa., E. J. Le Due 

 sent a fine display of carnations. 



Anton Schultheis, of College Point, L. 

 I., who is uncle to three Scranton flo- 

 rists, sent excellent plants of two of 

 tbe newer azaleas and a handsome lilac. 



William MacDonald, of Moosic, Pa., 

 a member of the Scranton club, showed 

 a num~ber of standard varieties of car- 

 nations, a group of Easter blooming 

 plants and several varieties of ferns 

 in specimen sizes. 



There were a number of trade vis- 

 itors, including Ira G. Marvin and sev- 

 eral of his employees, Mr. Baumann, 

 Mr. Powers, A. W. Moore, William 

 George and W. B. Evans, all of Wilkes- 

 Barre; E. J. Le Due, with several of his 

 friends, and Mr. Bowers, of Danville; 

 Mr. Dillon, of Bloomsburg; Mr. Park, 

 of Jermyn; Mr. Hampton, gardener to 

 C. H. Welles, of Waverly, Pa., and Wil- 

 liam Ledshan, gardener to M. B. Fuller, 

 of Dalton. 



