August 20, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Judees' Report. , 



Joseph Manda, for the judges on 

 trades' display, made tha following re- 

 port: 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., certifi- 

 cate of merit for new gladioli. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, cer- 

 tificate of merit for improved generator 

 for hot water heating, for flue coupling 

 and for large 1910 model boiler. 



Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y., 

 certificate of merit for new sectional 

 boiler. 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York, cer- 

 tificate of merit for new round sectional 

 boilerj cast-iron bench highly com- 

 mended. • 



King Construction Co., N, Tonawan- 

 da, N. Y., certificate of merit for new 

 sashbar attachment and for new truss 

 construction; new pipe hanger highly 

 comtaiended. 



J. A. Payne, Jersey City, N. J., hon- 

 orable mention fof skeleton rafter and 

 round eave construction. 



John C. Moninger Co., Chicago, cer- 

 tificate of merit for new ice-clearing 

 hinge; honorable mention for gutter 

 splice. 



Camp Conduit Co., Cleveland, O., 

 honorable mention for tile bench. 



E. H, Hunt, Chicago, certificate of 

 merit for the Louis Wittbold method of 

 cement bench construction. 



Standard Pump & Engine Co., Cleve- 

 land, certificate of merit for deep well 

 pumping apparatus. 



Altimo Culture Co., Canfield, O., cer- 

 tificate for }iew chrysanthemum-flowered 

 aster. 



Madison Basket Craft Co., Madison, 

 O., display . of baskets highly com- 

 mended. 



Helm Support Co., Conncrsville, Ind., 

 honorable mention for the Heim carna- 

 tion support. 



M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, honorable 

 mention for showing of new ideas in 

 supplies. 



Schloss Bros., New York, display of 

 ribbon novelties highly commended. 



Ever Ready Pot Cover Co., Buffalo, 

 honorable mention for pot covers. 



Wertheimer Bros., New York, display 

 of ribbon novelties highly commended. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 honorable mention for large display of 

 florists' supplies. 



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

 honorable mention for Nephrolepis Ele- 

 gantissima compacta. 



A. T. Boddington, New York, the Fer- 

 guson syringe or sprayer highly com- 

 mended. 



O. G. Koenig, St. Louis, corner lock 

 for hotbed frames highly commended. 



Wilson-Hoyt Co., Short Hills, N. J., 

 concrete bench construction highly com- 

 mended. 



Robert Kift, Philadelphia, honorable 

 mention for improved berry and fern 

 bowls. 



The Deming Co., Salem, O., sprayers, 

 highly commended. 



George Browne, Greenfield, Mich., 

 American carnation support, highly com- 

 mended. 



George M. Garland Co., Des ir'laines, 

 111., honorable mention for improved drip 

 conductor and concrete bench. 



C. Winterieh, Defiance, 0., greenery 

 stump highly commended. 



It should be noted that only new 

 things arc considered by the judges, and 

 then only when the exhibitor has made 

 application in due form and season. 



Hands Across the Waters. 



Wednesday afternoon the S. A. F. vis- 

 ited the Canadian Horticultural Associ- 

 ation, in session at the Clifton house, 

 just across the bridge, and were received 

 Avith an open-handed cordiality that made 

 the morning's welcome to the larger con- 

 vention on the American side seem only 

 lukewarm by comparison. The Canadi- 

 ans set the florists of the United States 

 an example in more ways than one. In 

 the first place, out of the small number 

 engaged in the trade in Canada they 

 have over seventy members, and the in- 

 terest is so keen that sixty-six, or al- 

 most the entire membership, were pres- 

 ent. Also, they believe in business be- 

 fore pleasure and began promptly and 

 finished promptly, that they might de- 

 vote themselves to the entertainment of 

 their guests, who numbered several hun- 

 dred. The hall was decorated with 

 American flags and each visitor was 

 given a small Canadian flag for his but- 

 tonhole. The mayor of Niagara Falls, 

 Ont., made a splendid address of wel- 

 come, extending to all the freedom of 

 the city and expressing especial pleas- 

 ure at the presence of the enthusiastic 

 Americans. 



President John Walsh replied . to the 

 mayor on behalf of the C. H. A., and 

 in its behalf also gave a formal welcome 

 to the visitors. 



President Traendly spoke for the S. 

 A. F., and proved the truth of the old 

 saying, that practice makes perfect, by 

 making one of the neatest little speeches 

 of a week of brilliant oratory. 



Routine business was then in order, 

 and President Walsh read his annual ad- 

 dress to his society, congratulating the 

 members on eleven years of good work. 

 He said that the part taken by the as- 

 sociation in having palms taken from 

 the free list and having azaleas added 

 to it has been subjected to considerable 



criticism during the past season. ' * It is 

 not for me to say whether the associa- 

 tion acted wisely or otherwise in its ac- 

 tion at the time, but, judging from the 

 different opinions expressed through the 

 medium of our official organ, it is still 

 an open question. It must be remem- 

 bered that the association is established 

 to raise up and carry forward all that 

 appertains to horticulture, and in mak- 

 ing the government to give protection 

 to" those interested in the growing of 

 palms we were only doing our duty as 

 we understood it at that time." 



Reports by Secretary Ewing and 

 Treasurer Simmers showed the society to 

 be in a prosperous condition. 



Adjourning at this point, special cars 

 were found at the door to take all the 

 visitors to the handsome restaurant in 

 Queen Victoria park, where refreshments 

 were served, ft-esident Traendly called 

 for three cheers for the Canadians, and, 

 not to be outdone at any point, even 

 if outnumbered, John H. Dunlop, of To- 

 ronto, called for cheers for the S. A. F. 

 The way those three score Canadians re- 

 sponded for a moment made the roar of 

 the Falls sound like a gentle murmur. 

 Practically the entire party was then 

 taken to the plant of the Ontario 

 Power Company, and down a shaft to 

 a depth of 160 feet, where they saw 

 the giant turbines converting a stream 

 of water eighteen feet in diameter 

 into 66,000 electrical horse-power. 



Magnificent views of the Falls were 

 had. Those who did not care to take 

 this trip were taken back to the Clifton 

 House, where other refreshments were 

 in waiting. In the evening th^.Cana- 

 dians came over to hear Mr. McFarland 

 lecture, and on Thursday resumed 

 their business. They had four papers, 

 one on "Forcing Tomatoes," by W. 

 S. Blair, of MacDonald College; "Car** 

 of Private Greenhouses," by William 



Mr. McFarland, Advocate of Civic Beauty. 



