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The Florists' Review 



SBPTBMBCa 2, 1915. 



knife around the lines of the figure; 

 then they were placed against a panel 

 of ferns with sixteen 8-candlepower 

 electric lights around the oval frame 

 shining on the green background, which 

 made a most beautiful effect and set- 



ting, making the figures look almost 

 alive. 



The store was filled with vases and 

 baskets of cut fiowers in great variety 

 and in such quantity as to remind the 

 eastern visitors of Chrisluias aud Easter. 



Bia SHOW WITHOUT PRIZES. 



Atlantic City Qladiolus Exhibition. 



The gladiolus show held August 26 to 

 29 under the auspices of the American 

 Gladiolus Society in the Casino of the 

 Royal Palace hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., 

 was unique and artistic. Without ex- 

 ception, commercial growers, seedsmen 

 and florists were the exhibitors. No 

 prizes were offered, and there was no 

 class competition whatever; the object 

 of the show was to bring the gladiolus 

 before the public and to stimulate in- 

 terest in it as a garden flower and as 

 a cut flower. Atlantic City was selected 

 on account of the great number of visi- 

 tors from everywhere in the country. 



Perhaps never before have so many 

 of one kind of flower been placed on 

 view at one time. About 100,000 gla- 

 dioli were used in the entire exhibit. 

 To advertise the show, about 20,000 

 spikes were sent to the leading hotels 

 free of charge, to be used in the dining 

 rooms and exchanges. Part of the gate 

 receipts, and the proceeds of the sale 

 of about 10,000 spikes, were divided 

 among four different charitable insti- 

 tutions. 



Iioctuxes. 



Three lectures were given, the first 

 one being by Max Schling, of New 

 York, on ' ' How to Use Gladiolus Flow- 

 ers Artistically at Home." This talk 

 was entertaining and instructive, and 

 the speaker gave practical demonstra- 

 tions by making a centerpiece and a 

 corsage and filling two baskets with 

 gladioli. Mr. Schling prefaced his re- 

 marks with a short history of the gla- 

 diolus. He praised the gladiolus for 

 its beauty, usefulness and durability 

 and recommended the flower for all pur- 

 poses, making a strong plea for its 

 wider use. 



Arthur Cowee, of Berlin, N. Y., spoke 

 on "The Individuality of Different 

 Varieties of Gladiolus Flowers." Ex- 

 plaining many interesting points, the 

 speaker showed that close association 

 with the gladiolus made it possible for 

 one to recognize varieties long before 

 the flowers were visible. 



Maurice Fuld, of the Knight & 

 Struck Co., New York, spoke to the 

 amateur growers on the growing of gla- 

 dioli, and his remarks were valuable to 

 all growers of these flowers. 



Exhibits. 



Unquestionably Max Schling 's ex- 

 hibit was the star attraction, occupying 

 the center of the hall and the center 

 of attention. The display was not only 

 artistically a treat but also a demon- 

 stration of the usefulness of gladioli. 



A bride's shower bouquet of Rochester 

 White and a bridesmaid's bouquet of 

 Frank Pendleton demonstrated two new 

 uses for these flowers and caused a 

 sensation. Four immense baskets and 

 a large vase of mixed gladioli were 

 worthy of the praise bestowed upon 

 them. A table about six feet across 

 was made up as a large bed of America 

 gladioli. The finishing touch to the 

 exhibit was a table decoration of mont- 

 bretias and primulinus gladioli. 



Arthur Cowee staged a handsome ex- 

 hibit. Most prominent for beauty and 

 size were War, a wonderful red; Pa- 

 nama, which bids fair to replace 

 America in pink, and Evolution, a fine 

 rose-pink. 



The exhibit of W. Atlee Burpee & 

 Co., of Philadelphia, was cleverly ar- 

 ranged. A feature was a vase of gla- 

 dioli grown from seed planted in April 

 of this year. 



The Henry F. Michell Co., Philadel- 

 phia, displayed hardy perennials as 

 prominently as gladioli, and Philip 

 Freud reported a number of good or- 

 ders booked for them. 



John Lewis Childs, of Flowerfield, 

 N. Y., exhibited in addition to his gla- 

 dioli a vase of hardy amaryllis, Lycoris 

 squamigera, a beautiful lavender, which 

 was admired a great deal. 



The Julius Boehrs Co., Rutherford, 

 >i. J., had on exnibition on the ap- 

 proach to the Casino soiiie fine speci- 

 mens of rare evergreens, in addition to 



a commendable show of gladioli in the 

 hall. 



The Edwards Floral Hall Co., Atlan- 

 tic City, showed some fine plants of 

 Lilium magnificum. 



Heatherhome blue drapings added 

 much to the pleasing effect of the 

 Knight & Struck Co. booth. Many 

 varieties of gladioli were shown. 



The palms, crotons and ferns which 

 adorned the stage, where an orchestra 

 played nightly, were placed there by 

 Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, as 

 an addition to the firm's exhibit of 

 gladioli. 



A. E. Kunderd, of Goshen, Ind., the 

 originator of the ruffled gladioli, showed 

 photographs only, which were quite in- 

 teresting. 



Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., 

 staged a good show of hardy fiowers 

 and roses, which received no little ad- 

 miration. H. C. H, 



CANNOT DODGE DUTY. 



The Board of Appraisers has over- 

 ruled the protest of Maltus & Ware, of 

 New York, in regard to the rate of duty 

 on imported mother flowering gladiolus 

 bulbs. They were assessed for duty 

 under paragraph 210 of the 1913 tariff 

 act at 50 cents per thousand. The im- 

 porters claimed they were free of duty 

 under the proviso of that paragraph 

 which states that all mother flowering 

 bulbs imported for propagation shall be 

 admitted free. The board in the fol- 

 lowing decision overruled the claim: 



"The contention of the importers is 

 that there is no way of telling from 

 an inspection whether bulbs are ma- 

 ture mother flowering bulbs or not, and 

 that if they are in a condition to re- 

 produce, then they should be held to 

 be mature mother flowering bulbs, and 

 free. This loses sight, it seems to us, 

 of the provision that they must be im- 

 ported exclusively for propagating pur- 

 poses. It may well be thought that Con- 

 gress in passing this law felt there was 

 difficulty in determining this fact, hence 

 the implied requirement that proof 

 should be made that the bulbs were 

 imported exclusively for propagating 

 purposes. It was not intended, we 

 think, to admit all mother bulbs, in- 



GladioU o{ Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., at the San Franciico Expositioo. 



