March 19, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



G>ncrete Benches as Built at the Greenhouses of Elmer D. Smith & G>., Adriaot Mich. 



the bottom of the mold, spacing as 

 wanted, and afterward knocking them 

 out. 



While I am of the opinion that the 

 one-piece bench is the proper style and 

 construction, any argument for any other 

 style of construction is excellent reading 

 for the greenhouse men in general, for 

 the time is ripe for concrete benches and 

 growers should be glad to be saved the 

 time, labor and money which the pioneers 

 in concrete bench building have spent in 

 working out the most practical styles 

 of construction. LOuis Wittbold. 



ORCHID GROWERS ORGANIZE. 



A temporary organization for a na- 

 tional orchid society was formed at New 

 York March 14. For several months 

 plans and methods and possibilities 

 have been discussed by those most in- 

 terested, and at the American Institute 

 rooms a splendid exhibition of orchids 

 was followed in the evening by the ini- 

 tial conference of the new society. W. 

 J. Stewart was elected temporary chair- 

 man and Edouard Roehrs temporary sec- 

 retary. Many letters were read in con- 

 gratulation, and promised cooperation 

 , from all parts of the country. The 

 guarantee fund is already satisfactory, 

 several subscribing $100. On the list 

 of guarantors are Sander & Son, of 

 England; Clement Moore, Julius Roehrs 

 Co., Siebrecht & Son, Lager & Hurrell, 

 Carrillo & Baldwin, Joseph A. Manda 

 and Komitsch & Junge. The committee 

 on organization consists of Messrs, Clem- 

 ent Moore, Dr. Kitchen, Mrs. Wilson, H. 

 A. Siebrecht, Joseph Manda, Messrs. 

 Lager, Rothwell and Nash. This com- 

 mittee will shortly meet and submit names 

 of officers, scope and purposes of the 

 society, etc. 



Interesting addresses were made by 

 Messrs. Lager, Hammond, Siebrecht, 

 Herrington, Moore and the chairman, 

 all breathing the highest hopes and am- 

 bitions and assurances of harmonious 

 cooperation. 



Mr. Nash, of the Bronx Park Museum, 

 generously assured the society of the 

 privileges of a meeting room for its dis- 

 cussions and exhibitions. The attend- 

 ance numbered thirty. A unanimous 

 vote of thanks was tendered the exhib- 

 itors. 



The exhibits were as follows: Clem- 

 ent Moore, Hackensack, N. J., E. Knight 

 gardener, a fine display of nine plants 

 of Cattleya Schrocderiana and other pop- 



ular varieties; Charles G. Roebling, 

 Trenton, N. J., James Goodier gardener, 

 two dendrobiums ia-nd ten vases of cyp- 

 ripediums in fifteen varieties ; Seth Bor- 

 den, Fall River, Mass., F. Varden gar- 

 dener, dendrobiums, cattleyas, epiden- 

 drums and Lycaste Skinneri; Joseph A, 

 Manda, West Orange, N. J., Cattleya 

 labiata, C. Trianse and C. Schroederi- 

 ana, twelve varieties of cypripediums 

 and Oncidium varicosum and Phaius 

 grandifolius; Julius Roehrs Co., twenty 

 vases of cattleyas, cypripediums, den- 

 drobiums, oncidiums, sarcodes, three va- 

 rieties of phalaenopsis and five exhibits 

 of odontoglossum and Cypripedium in- 

 signe; Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J., 



A One Piece Concrete Bench Put Up while the House was Being Built. 



