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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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ton and Scottii fern. Mr. Peterson per- 

 sonally was on hand. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J., had 

 a table of orchids, including about 100 

 established plants and four or five cases 

 of freshly imported stock. In the cen- 

 ter of the display was a particularly good 

 plant of Epidendrum Vitellinum, the 

 scarlet star-flowered orchid, in bloom. 

 J. E. Lager was on the ground, with 

 George W. Strange in charge of the 

 exhibit. 



Thomas Jackson, Latouia, Ky., exhib- 

 ited a new yellow alternanthera. 



J. D. Pruessner, Galveston, Tex., sent 

 a specimen plant of his new Nephrolepis 

 Pruessneri in a 5-inch pot, with photo- 

 graphs of other sizes. 



it consisted of Phoenix Roebelenii, grown 

 out of doors, for the plant is perfectly 

 hardy in New Orleans and can be brought 

 to salable size outdoors more quickly 

 than in a greenhouse in the north. C. W. 

 Kicliling was in charge. 



A. C. Brown, Springfield, 111., showed 

 Iweiity-five plants of his carnation, San- 

 y;anio, in pots. The color is a glistening 

 I'ink. and several of the plants showed 

 ^ooil bloom, although the display was in- 

 tended to show the character of growth 

 rather than the quality of flower, which 

 of course could not be representative at 

 this season. Mr. Brown was always hov- 

 ering around. 



Ordonez Bros., Madison, N. J., had a 

 table of both established and freshly im- 



Boddington's Lons Table of French, Dutch and Bermuda Bulbs. 



C. D. Ball, of Philadelphia, practically 

 confines himself to kentias and showed 

 well finished plants in all commercial 

 sizes, also a few latanias and cocos. Mr. 

 Ball had with him his son, C. D. Ball, Jr. 



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

 had great variety in his exhibit. There 

 was a case of orchids, and a number of 

 varieties of roses, witli samples of all 

 the commercial palms and decorative 

 plants. Among the specialties were As- 

 paragus elongatus, golden privet, a large 

 collection of evergreens in tubs, Dra- 

 csena Mandaiana, D. Black Beauty, D. 

 Bronze Beauty, D. Bothiana, Pachysandra 

 terminalis, Ficus pandurata, and Pteris 

 tremula cristata. Bobert Karlstrom was 

 in charge. 



Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 0., 

 had a table of field-grown roses for forc- 

 ing, araucarias, kentias, primulas, aspara- 

 gus and genistas for growing on, adian- 

 tums and small ferns. S. R. Welch and 

 C. H. Shumaker were in charge. 



The Springfield Floral Co., Springfield, 

 0., exhibited a new nephrolepis, named 

 Springfield. It is the most erect grow- 

 ing of the crested ferns. L. Bradford 

 was in charge. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., 

 had a table of field-grown roses, tree 

 hydrangeas, lilacs, clematis and phlox. 

 C. H. Perkins II was in charge. 



Lemuel Ball, Philadelphia, had a 

 group of well grown kentias, crotons, 

 Panax Veitchii, Phoenix Roebelenii, Ficus 

 pandurata and other plants and was him- 

 self in charge, as usual. 



Charles Eble, New Orleans, had the 

 only exhibit of plants from the far south; 



ported cattleyas. Manuel Ordonez was 

 in charge. 



Bulbs and Sundries. 



Henry F. Miehell, Philadelphia, hjid 

 .Japanese callas as the central feature of 

 his bulb exhibit, which included Dutch, 

 French and Bermuda stock as well. He 

 showed a large line of sundries, including 

 pots, insecticides, sprayers, mowers, tools 

 of all sorts, and a reel of 500 feet of 

 lOlectric hose on which the label was at- 

 tached every six inches; one of the sales- 

 men cut off a labeled sample for any who 

 were interested. Israel Rosnosky and 

 i"^ed J. Miehell were in charge. They 

 had a souvenir, "Watch us jump." 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York, had 

 a large display of bulbs; "Quality 

 Bulbs," the sign said in large letters. 

 There was a full line of French stock 

 and a few cases of Dutch bulbs just in, 

 for shipments are late this year. The 

 Ilarrisii included all sizes from 5 to 7 up 

 to 13 inch. There also was a display of 

 seeds of winter-flowering sweet peas, of 

 which Mr. Boddington has made a spe- 

 cialty. The exhibit was in charge of 

 Harry A. Bunyard and F. W. Creighton. 



The Hubert Bulb Co., Portsmouth, Va., 

 staged fifteen varieties of narcissi and 

 fifteen of tulips, all home grown, and 

 were not without an interested group of 

 growers at any hour the hall was open. 

 The jdisplay was in charge of J. Guille 

 and his soHfW. Guille. 



D. A. Rusconi, Cincinnati, showed 

 French bulbs, Harrisii and freesia bulbs 

 just received from Bermuda, candidums 

 and some cold storage giganteums. He 

 also showed some giganteum plants in 



flowers from his cold storage stock. To- 

 bak-ine and spray pumps, grass seeds and 

 plant tubs were also on his stand. Mr. 

 Rusconi personally greeted visitors. 



J. M. McCuUough 's Sons Co., Cincinnati, 

 had a large display, including French ancl 

 Dutch bulbs, insecticides, Mastica, pumps 

 and sprayers, brass bound oak tubs, Fi 

 brotta ware, etc. They also had a nun' 

 ber of bay trees and kentias, the latter 

 in large sizes. The same firm also su]r 

 plied stock for decorative purposes abou 

 the secretary's office. W. J. Kenned ^, 

 was in charge. 



Florists' Supplies. 



M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, have fre 

 quently taken larger lines to conventions 

 than was the case this year, but they 

 never have shown anything better than 

 the novelties of the current season. Prin 

 cipal among these are the Etruscan gold 

 baskets of their own designing and manu 

 facture. These are either metal lined for 

 plants or in handle shapes for cut flow- 

 ers. They also make a tall American 

 Beauty vase in this line that is especially 

 graceful. Natural willow baskets for both 

 j)lants and cut flowers are an attractive 

 line. Airships and balloons are included, 

 and it was reported quite a number of 

 sales were made on them. One line of 

 twig hampers and baskets was in a gray- 

 blue effect. A new line of prepared fern 

 foliage was in autumn colors. The dis- 

 play of ribbons included several new ef- 

 fects and there were many new shapes 

 and colors in baskets. A large line of 

 mats was shown. The entire exhibit was 

 sold Monday to Fred Gear. B. Eschner 

 was in charge as usual, with F. J. Farney 

 and George Tromey and two assistants. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 never have showed a larger or more va- 

 ried line than at this convention. In ad- 

 dition to a display which embraced prac- 

 tically all the staple articles, they had a 

 number of new things. Occupying a con- 

 spicuous place was a line of Imperial 

 china, for table decorations and for small 

 plants. They also showed an assortment 

 of cut glass fern dishes. A new line of 

 baskets in a variety of shapes is colored 

 in imitation of the well-known toneware 

 this house has featured. Another new 

 line of baskets was in delicate tints of 

 pink, green and red. The wall was cov- 

 ered with a large new line of metallic 

 wreaths and there also was a line of 

 natural perpetuated woods foliage 

 wreaths. Brass flower receptacles were 

 featured. The exhibit was in charge of 

 S. H. Bayersdorfer, Martin Reukauf, W. 

 Greene and two of the boys from the 

 store. Paul Berkowitz was inquired for 

 by many. 



Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, had 

 a long table of ribbons, including sam- 

 ples of almost all the staple articles. 

 Among the novelties was a line of chame 

 leon effects in wide widths for funeral 

 work and narrower widths for corsage 

 flowers, etc. A moire ribbon of satin 

 stripes was shown for basket work. A 

 two-tone silver green ribbon for use with 

 valley and Farleyense was noted. An- 

 other new thing was a ribbon to match 

 the My Maryland rose color. E. J. Fan- 

 court, as usual, had charge of this dis- 

 play. 



Wertheimer Bros., New York, showed 

 a large line of ribbons, chiffons and vio- 

 let ties, including their last year's suc- 

 cess, the Sparkling Dewdrop chiffon, but 

 the principal feature was the article de- 

 scribed by its name, Sprinkleproof chif- 

 fon, which they have trade-mark regis- 

 tered. They say it will repell moisture 



