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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 22, 1907. 



Charles D. BalL 



(Chairman Finance Committee, Florists' Club of Philadelphia ) 



lock said, narrowly escaped being politi- 

 cal argument. Messrs. Gude, Lenker, 

 O'Mara, Kasting, Hill, Beatty, Faren- 

 wald, Fulmer, Peck and others gave their 

 ideas on the tariff and on glass making 

 and the result was that Mr. Hammond's 

 committee was continued, with Messrs. 

 O'Mara and Hill added, to seek to cre- 

 ate public sentiment in favor of a reduc- 

 tion in the duty on glass. 



The Trade Exhibition. 



The trade exhibitors, up to Thursday 

 noon, were as follows: 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, had a 

 full line of samples on display. The 

 plant group included the various sizes 

 and varieties of palms and several of 

 the new ferns, among them Todeaoides 

 and Amerpohlii. Some fine plants of 

 Phoenix Kcebelenii were shown, a lot of 

 5-inch cocos, araucarias, begonias, ferns 

 for dishes and a great variety of com- 

 mercial stock from Riverton. The other 

 section of the exhibit included bulbs, 

 glazing points and the usual complete 

 line of garden requisites shown in pre- 

 vious years by this house. 



W. P. Craig, Philadelphia, had a table 

 of Nephrolepis Amerpohlii, to which he 

 has given the popular name of Philadel- 

 phia lace fern. He showed all sizes, 

 from 2-inch up to 10-inch, and the char- 

 acter was just as distinct in the smallest 

 as in the largest plants. Tlie fern makes 

 a hit with everyone. Mr. Craig also 

 showed a fine line of Italian ceramic 

 urns in many shapes. 



Julius Roehrs, Rutherford, X. J., had 

 one of the largest displays in the build- 

 ing, his plants having made a carload. 

 He had a number of palms of specimen 

 size, as well as the usual commercial 

 sizes. There also was a table of crotons, 

 adiantums, ficuses and a variety of stove 

 and greenhouse plants. Another table 

 was occupied by a fine display of orchids 

 in bloom. The arrangeniont was especial- 

 ly good. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, X. Y., 



had an exhibit which for attracting at- 

 tention was second to none. It included 

 a fine lot of Harrisii and French bulbs, 

 but what all visitors noted with especial 



interest was the display of the new fern 

 Nephrolepis superbissima, another sport 

 from Boston but quite distinct, not only 

 for the shape of frond, which is erect 

 and dense, but also in color, which is a 

 very dark green. It is peculiarly strik- 

 ing under artificial light. 



Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, had 

 three fine tables of plants, one of crotons 

 that made a beautiful effect, and one of 

 Ficus pandurata, which is a leading 

 specialty at the Craig place. The other 

 table carried a variety of stock, includ- 

 ing Adiantum hybridum, asplenium, 

 cyclamen, Lorraine begonias, oranges, 

 dracaenas, gardenias, etc., of course all 

 well grown. 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., 

 had a fine lot of large plants, including 

 Dracaena Mandiana, a novelty; a variety 

 of orchids in flower and a great variety 

 of stove and greenhouse plants, also some 

 cut boxwood, which has become qilite an 

 important specialty, Mr. Manda handling 

 many tons of it last season. 



Edward ATnerpohl, Janesville, Wis., 

 showed a table of Nephrolepis Amer- 

 pohlii, mostly plants in small pots, but 

 each one showed completely the character 

 of the plant in its larger sizes. 



Carrillo & Baldwin, -Secaucus, N. J., 

 had an attractive display of orchids, 

 seasonable varieties in bloom and several 

 bottles of cut blooms of cattleyas of fine 

 quality. They also showed some freshly 

 imported plants. 



Lemuel Ball, "Wissinoming, Pa., had 

 his usual line of kentias and in addition 

 a number of bright-hued crotons, all well 

 grown stock. 



Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa., had a 

 display of his specialty, the kentia, in a 



William Graham. 



(Chairman Committee on BowUnar Tournament.) 



