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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Aug I ST 20, lOOft, 



E. G. Hill Just Home from Europe. 



attAchnients, also a model of ventilator 

 showing the special header used by this 

 firm. 



Geo. M. Garland Co., l^es Plaines, 111., 

 showed sections of the improved Gar- 

 land iron gutter, posts and fittings, also 

 a concrete greenhouse oench built in sec- 

 tions Bo that it is movable. 



The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 had a flisplay, including the Advance 

 ventilating ap^mratus, pipe carriers, 

 coupling-!, brackets, etc. 



Boilers and Trap*. 



Kroescliell Bros. Co., Chicago, had two 

 of its steel hot water boilers, one large 

 size for big ranges, and one small one. 

 These were fitted uj) complete and had 

 the firm's shaking grate. 'It was an ex- 

 liibit that weighed many tons. The 

 boilers were jtainted red, not black like 

 the others, and showed up strong. The 

 Kroesehel! generator was attached to 

 one. The exhibit showed the Kroeschell 

 method (if boiler tube piping and the 

 firm 's method of tube coupling. Pipe 

 tongs also were shown. 



The lierendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. 

 Y., set up a row of four boilers, two 

 the well-known sectional Furman, No. 

 307 and No. 362, and one a new style 

 in whieh the fire travel is up the sides 

 and back through the center. The fourth 

 was a rc>und sectional boiler. 



C. B. Weathered, New York, had a 

 large Spencer water tube boiler, for 

 which the selling agency is held; also 

 literature illustrating and describing 

 greenhouse construction. 



The Detroit Steam Trap Co., Detroit, 

 had its trap in operation, showing how 

 traps automatically keep the steam coils 

 free from the water of condensation. 



The Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, had 

 on exhibition one of the well-known 

 Morehead traps for returning to the boil- 



er the water of condensation in steam 

 pipes in greenhouses. The trap works 

 as well when the boiler is on a level with 

 the pipes as when it is in a pit. 



f]. Hippard Estate, Youngstowu, O., 

 set up a Standard steam trap for return- 

 ing condensation to steam boilers. 



Pumps. 



The Standard Pump and Engine Co., 

 Cleveland, consummated a long cherished 

 plan by showing two of its pumps in 

 operation. It is the first time iiv recent 

 years that the conditions surrounding 

 the trade's display would permit of ope- 

 rating gas or gasoline engines in it. 

 They showed a double-acting deep-well 

 pumping engine and a double-acting 

 shallow-well pumping engine, each tak- 

 ing water from a well and working di- 

 rectly into a line of the Wittbold water- 

 ing system set up outside on the lawn. 



Concrete and Tile Benches. 



E. If. Hunt. Chicago, had a line of 

 To-bak-ine products, fertilizers, hose, the 

 Success sprayer and the Wittbold special- 

 ties for which the sales agency is held. 

 There was a good length of concrete 

 bench, showing in its various stages the 

 entire process of building this bench 

 with the use of the Wittbold clamps and 

 leg molds. This was the center of much 

 interest, for it shoAved better than^ould 

 pages of printed matter just how to use 

 these specialties. Many growers still 

 think that Hunt sells the whole bench 

 and not merely the leg molds and clamps 

 for holding the bench mold together, in 

 spite of the circulation of much care- 

 fully prepared printed matter. The ex- 

 hibit also showed a section of the Witt- 

 bold mechanical watering apparatus in 

 operation on the lawn, and the Wittbold 

 plant stand in use for a decoration of 

 Wittbold kentias and Boston ferns. In- 



vert the stand and it becomes a vase for • 

 long-stemmed flowers. 



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

 J., put up a section of concrete-steel 

 bench. One-half showed the completed . 

 bench, the other half the metal mold in 

 place for filling in the concrete. Drain- 

 age is provided by means of a ridge in 

 the mold that leaves half-inch openings 

 seven inches apart practically the entire 

 length of the bench. They take con- 

 tracts for putting up completed benches. 



The Camp Conduit Co., Garfield build- 

 ing, Cleveland, O., put up an "Ever- 

 lasting" tile bench. This consists of 

 legs and bottom pieces of hard tile, so 

 molded that the pieces are interlocking. 

 The side piece is of wood. They also 

 showed a section of bench of split tiles 

 without the interlocking feature. Bate 

 Bros., the Cleveland growers, who for- 

 merly sold a bench of this character, 

 sold out to the Camp Co., who have the 

 facilities for making the tiles in quan- 

 tity. It is said twenty-two carloads of 

 this bench have been sold in the last 

 two months. 



Pots and Pottery. 



The Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich., 

 had its usual line of flower pots, bulb 

 pans and lawn vases; also a line of 

 standard wire designs, which is a recent 

 departure for this house and one which 

 they think will work in well with pots, 

 as a large proportion of the buyers' of 

 pots also make up funeral work. 



The Roseville Pottery Co., Zanesville, 

 O., had a large display of jardinieres, 

 )>edestals, umbrella stands and similar 

 goods in glazed pottery. The exhibit oc- 

 cupied large space and was well spread 

 out, so that a large number could ex- 

 amine it at one time. 



The Whilldin Pottery Co., Philadel- 

 phia, exhibited its full line of standard 

 pots, all regular sizes being included, 

 and some special pots. 



W. H. Elverson Pottery Co., West 

 New Brighton, Pa., had a large line of 

 standard pots. ^ 



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

 Mass., had an exhibit of the line of pots 

 made continuously since 1765. 



Peters & Reed Pottery Co., Zanesville, 

 O., showed smooth red burned flower pots 

 and a line of jardinieres. 



Wm. P. Craig, Philadelphia, staged a 

 table of Italian pottery in a variety of 

 shapes and sizes, and a couple of fine 

 plants of Amerpohlii adjoining the ex- 

 hibits of the Robert Craig Co. 



J. Ginther's Sons Co., Buffalo, had an 

 exhibit in iron lawn vases and settees. 



Detroit Flower Pot Mfg. Co., Detroit, 

 had a display of round bottomed red 

 pots. 



The Zanesville Stoneware Co., Zanes- 

 ville, O., had a table for a display of its 

 green glazed flower vases. 



Carnation Supports. 



The Heim Support Co., Connersville, 

 Ind., had a regulation greenhouse bench 

 fitted with the Heim carnation support 

 and the safety clips for attaching wire 

 stakes to the guide wires. Both these 

 devices are well known to the trade and 

 need no description. 



Geo. E. Browne, Greenfield, Mich., had 

 an exhibit of his new carnation support 

 called American, on which he was given 

 a patent March 14, 1907. The special 

 feature is an expanding ring. 



H. D. Seele & Sous, Elkhart, Ind.. 

 showed tieless plant stakes, trellises and 

 supports. 



I. L. Pillsbury. Galesburg, HI., had a 

 table for his carnation staple and showed 



