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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 23, 1006. 



F. W. Rittcr. 



(Chairman Reception Committee.) 



E. Hippard, Youngstown, O., metal 

 gutter and the Hippard return trap. 



Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y., in- 

 secticides, paint and putty. 



Lowe Bros., Dayton, paints and 

 brushes. 



A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass., 

 flower pots, azalea pans, etc., in all 

 sizes. 



W. H. Elverson Pottery Co., New 

 Brighton, Pa., flower pots in all sizes. 



J. B. Owen Pottery Co., Zanesville, 

 O., a line of jardinieres. 



Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich., line 

 of flQwer,pots, pans, etc., in all sizes. 



Roseville Pottery Co., Zanesville, O., a 

 large, line of jardinieres. 



Kramer Bros., Dayton, O., iron res- 

 ervoit la\Vn vases, iron settees, etc. 



Oakwood Pottery Co., Dayton, flower 

 pots and a fine line of unglazed jardi- 

 nieres. 



Dayton Fruit Tree Label Co., Dayton, 

 wood plant and pot labels. 



W. F. Kasting, Buflfalo, sample of his' 

 cement bench, built under the Pult pat- 

 ent. I , 



Dayton Supply Co., Dayton, O., a 

 large line of sprayers for insecticides, 

 etc. r 



Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, a 

 fine line of brass-hooped wooden plant ; 

 tubs. ' , 



C. M. Kimmel, Dayton, table of agri- ' 

 cultural seeds. 



Heim Carnation Support Co., Conners- 

 ville, Ind., carnation supports. 



Foley D^g. Co., . Chicago, greenhouse 

 materials, ^with advertising fans for the 

 perspiring) who were numerous. 



D. U. Augspurger & Sons, Peoria, 111., 

 small sizes in miscellaneous plants. 



H. E. Carlton, Willoughby, O., the 

 Gov. Herrick violet in pots. 



Frank Huntsman, Cincinnati, fine 

 plants of aspidistra. 



Paul Blome & Co., Chicago, plant food. 



Wm. Sim, Cliftondale, Mass., table of 

 a new forcing tomato. Comet, which 

 made a splendid impression on the gar- 

 deners. 



H. Thaden, Atlanta, Ga., a brace for 

 strengthening roofs of greenhouses. 



John Scott, Flatbush, L. I., a large 

 display of Nephrolepis Scottii, pan- 

 danuses and crotons. 



D. B. Long, Buflfalo, florists' printed 

 matter. 



Carl Hagenburger, Mentor, O., poinset- 

 tias, small ferns, rubbers, cyclamen and 

 miscellaneous plants. 



James Vick's Sons, Kochester, N. Y., 

 cuf blooms of many varieties of aster. 



W. E. Gravett, Lancaster, O., a vase 

 of a fine white aster. 



Conard & Jones Co., "West Grove, Pa., 

 cut blooms of new cannas. 



E. H. Cushman, Sylvania, O., a large 

 table of cut spikes of gladioli, including 

 many strains and named varieties. 



Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 a table of phloxes. 



C. W. Skinner, Troy, O., a display of 

 the parts of his irrigating apparatus. 



. jOn.a wall the work of the landscape 

 architects was displayed, covering sev- 



;eral hundred square feet. It was a new 

 idea, and an excellent one, but many of 

 the exhibits were -"skied" — placed too 

 high to be studied. Those who were 

 represented by plans and sketches, or by 

 photographs of finished work, were: 

 Olmsted Bros., Brookline, Mass.; Gor- 

 don H. Taylor, New. York; J. E. Freu- 

 denberger and C. E. Gerber, Dayton; the 

 National Cash Register Co., Carl Ander- 

 son, Paul Schiebe and others. 



A couple of dozen other firms were 



represented by signs on the railing of 

 the second floor, or by banners suspended 

 from the roof. 



Outdoor Trade Display. 



The outdoor trade display was not ex- 

 tensive, but, supplemented by the plant- 

 ings of the cash register concern and 

 by surplus stock contributed by the 

 Dayton florists, it added much to the 

 appearance of the grounds, and is a 

 start in a direction in which there is 

 prospect of interesting development. 

 One of the most attractive beds was 

 Canna "West Virginia, shown by Gus 

 Obermeyer, Parkersburg, "W. Va. H. A. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia, had a display of 

 considerable size, including cannas, pe- 

 tunias. Inimitable ageratum, and a fine 

 pennisetum labeled Macrophylium atro- 

 sanguineum. Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., had several varieties of 

 cannas, including their Express and a 

 tall-growing one named Musafolia. They 

 also showed several beds of geraniums 

 and some good salvias. Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, Chicago, had some good beds of 

 cannas. King Humbert showing particu- 

 larly well; also a bed of Baby Rambler 

 rose. Kramer Bros., Dayton, had lawn 

 vases planted with a variety of stock. 

 A line of C. "W. Skinner's irrigating sys- 

 tem was of interest to the growers, many 

 of whom are putting in facilities for 

 watering stock in the fields. 



A large display of cannas from the 

 Southern Floral Nursery Co., Fruitdale, 

 Ala., planted in the Dayton parks, was 

 inspected by many. 



American Carnation Society. 



After the "Wednesday evening adjourn- 

 ment there was a meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society at the Algonquin 

 hotel. President John H. Dunlop pre- 

 sided. Secretary Herr outlined the si)e- 

 cial needs of the society and made a 

 report on its recent activities. Treasurer 

 F. E. Dorner gave a brief statement of 

 the finances. The principal discussion 

 was as to the approaching Toronto meet- 

 ing. The premium list was put into 

 shape and shortly will be issued. Sub- 

 jects for papers were discussed and a 

 program for the convention outlined. 



Wednesday Morning. 



It still was hot when the hour for 

 opening arrived, but there was an excel- 

 lent attendance, one of the results of 

 meeting in a town not filled with dis- 

 tractions. There was a keen interest 

 in the work in hand. 



F. E. Pierson sent a report on the 

 status of the work of the joint commit- 

 tee of the florists, nurserymen and seeds- 

 men on behalf of reform of postal rates 

 and railroad abuses. "Unanimous consent 

 was given J. L. Cowles, secretary of the 

 Postal Progress League, to address the 

 convention. He made a red-hot speech 

 on the shortcomings of the present serv- 

 ice, comparing the United States parcels 

 provisions with those of other countries, 

 explaining what is asked in the bill pre- 

 sented to the last Congress. B. Ham- 

 mond spoke on the same lines and "Wm. 

 Scott offered a resolution endorsing the 

 bill in Congress providing for the con- 

 solidation of the third and fourth classes 

 of postal matter at the lower rate. 



The selection of the place of meeting 

 for 1907 being in order, invitations were 

 read from several commercial and pub- 

 licity bodies, after which Wm. Scott 

 asked consent for Mayor O. "W. Cutler to 

 address the society on behalf of Niagara 

 Falls. He offered a cordial invitation 



