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AUOUST 19, 1909. 



The Weekly Rorists' Rcvtew^ 



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and can be used with impunity where de- 

 >!igns must be sprinkled. A novelty rib- 

 bon is given the name Badium, and a 

 corsage ribbon has what is called petal 

 edge. The display was in charge of S. 

 li. Wertheimer, assisted by George W. 

 Cohn. A souvenir given the visitors was 

 a squeaking Japanese doll with parasol. 

 A page in uniform was on duty. 



L. Baumann & Co., Chicago, took 400 

 square feet of space, but had quite a 

 little difficulty in getting anything to fill 

 it with, for the Pennsylvania railroad 

 lost in the yards the car containing their 

 shipment of fifteen cases and the goods 

 were only found at the eleventh hour. 

 There was the usual large line of wreaths 

 of metal and natural perpetuated foliage, 

 >vith a few nice pieces of wax goods, and 

 artificial flower decorations. Several lines 

 of baskets also were shown. Among the 

 novelties not heretofore shown by this 

 firm were preserved fern leaves in autumn 

 lolors, and fern dishes in porcelain and 

 hronze for table decoration. The exhibit 

 was in charge of L. Baumann, G. Reis- 

 ing and L. Biedermann. 



J. G. Neidinger, Philadelphia, exhib- 

 ited a large line of wax designs. There 

 lias been advance in this department as 

 well as others in recent years, and the 

 designs are now much more natural than 

 formerly. Many are made up with nat- 

 ural preserved greens and some pieces in 

 the exhibit were entirely made of perpet- 

 uated foliage and flowers made from a 

 special cloth brought from Japan. Ar- 

 tificial poinsettias have for some years 

 l)een a special feature with Neidinger 's. 

 The exhibit this year included baskets, 

 plant stands, wheat sheaves, cycas leaves, 

 I'tc. It was in charge of Mr. Neidinger, 

 asrsisted by George Hampton. 



Lion & Co., New York, had a large line 

 of staple ribbons, chiffons, and violet 

 ties, and several novelties. Among the 

 latter were: Hand dotted snowflake net- 

 ting, gauze striped corsage ribbon, three 

 toned ribbon, Pekin striped netting, and 

 chenille cords for violet, orchid and other 

 corsages. The exhibit was in charge of 

 I*'. Shattls and Julius Berg. 



Reed & Keller, New York, had a large 

 line of staple supplies and special de- 

 signs in wirework. One of the notable 

 things was a piece made to scale, repre- 

 senting the Lusitania, the Half Moon, 

 and the first steamship, Robert Fulton. 

 A new line of jardinieres, fern dishes, 

 ;ind baskets was styled metal relief ware. 

 Florentine gold ware in a large variety 

 of forms was shown. There were many 

 new table decorations of brass or wire to 

 hold glass vases. The exhibit was in 

 ' harge of W. N. Reed, A. L. Barnett 

 •ind August Martial. 



Schloss Bros., New York, in addition 

 to their regular line of ribbons, chiffon.s, 

 •aid violet ties, had an unusual number of 

 novelties. One of these was a fringed 

 •tnd novelty tie in chiffon and ribbon. 

 Another was a new fern pattern in chif- 

 fon. There also were new designs in 

 l»iiJal scarfs. A shower effect for a vio- 

 It't corsage was shown, also a combined 

 'Iress shield and corsage holder in all 

 lolors, A new ribbon combined fiber 

 •Hid silk for durability without sacrifice 

 "f appearance. Emil Schloss was in 

 "harge, assisted by Julius Dilloff. A silk 

 'ibbon bookmark was their souvenir. 



K. H. Hunt, Chicago, is exclusive sales 

 :igent for the new Dellwood ware, an ala- 

 ')aster-like decoration on wood, metal 

 lined for plants; the line includes win- 

 'lo\y-boxe8, ferneries and many similar 

 i>rticlcs, bronzed. The exhibit also in- 

 «?luded the well-known To-bak-ine prod- 

 ucts, out flower boxes and Noxall brand 



hose. The exhibit was in charge of Clif- 

 ford Pruner and A. F. Longren. 



C. E. Critchell, Cincinnati, arranged 

 an artistic booth for a large display of 

 artificial poinsettias and liad also several 

 vases of excellent gladioli, commercial 

 stock consigned to liis wholesale house 

 by a grower at New Matlison, O. Mrs. 

 A. C. Heckman was in charge of the 

 booth. 



The Madison Basketcraft Co., Madi- 

 son, O., showed a large line of its willow 

 novelty baskets. They had three large 

 sample cases, including nearly 100 styles 

 of plant and cut flower baskets, or about 

 half the line. The two tables were in 

 charge of T>. D. Smead and J. F. Dayton. 



A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, had a 

 neatly equipped office jast inside the 

 main entrance, with a line of samples of 

 ribbons, chiffons and florists' supplies in 

 charge of Frank Johnson and Miss A. L. 

 Tonner. Their souvenir was a pocket rule. 



H. D. Mann Co., Syracuse, N. Y., a 

 comparatively new house in florists' sup- 

 plies, had a large variety of staple arti- 

 cles, including ribbons and chiffons. The 

 special feature of the line was art brass 

 and silver novelties. They also showed a 

 line of baskets. F. W. Bannister was in 

 charge. 



Robert Kift, Philadelphia, had an at- 

 tractive display of his well-known fairy 

 flower vases, partridge-berry globes and 

 fernery globes and was himself on deck 

 as genial as ever. 



Chas. Apelt, Comfort, Tex., was per- 

 sonally in charge of a table of armadillo 

 baskets, plain, waterproofed, metallized 

 and silk lined, all sizes, from baby arma- 

 dillos to grandfathers. 



Charles Henry Fox, Philadelphia, ex- 



hibited his line of piiotograi)lis of funeral 

 designs for retailers' albums. W. Cleave 

 Harry was in charge. He gave out sou- 

 venir jwstals. 



A. Herrmann, New York, was repre- 

 sented by a large line of metallic de- 

 signs, baskets, pot covers, wheat sheaves, 

 etc. C. S. Ford was in charge. 



Gillett & Ohmer, Cincinnati, had a line 

 of wirework, including many special 

 pieces, baskets, raffia, etc. The display 

 was in charge of C. J. Ohmer, assisted 

 by some attractive young ladies. 



Ball & Betz, Cincinnati, had a display 

 of wirework, principally special pieces, 

 but also the standard frames. Repre- 

 sented by Frank AV. Ball and R. A. 

 Betz, 



Pottery and Pots. 



The Roseville Pottery Co., Zanesville, 

 O., made a larger exhibit than ever be- 

 fore, and they have been heavy exhibitors 

 for years. They call their line Rozane 

 art pottery. If embraces an infinite va- 

 riety of shapes, and sizes in a wide range 

 of colors, decorations and finishes. The 

 pieces specially for florists have been 

 largely added to in the last year. • The 

 display was in charge of B. F. Feldner, 

 but Chas. D. Frauenfelter, general sales 

 manager, also Avas present. 



The A. Radford Pottery Co., Claa-ks- 

 burg, W. Va., was a new exhibitor, with 

 a large line of jardinieres and pedestals 

 in glazed and matt green ware, Ruko art 

 vases, ferneries and grass growing pigs. 

 C. S. Yeagle, formerly^ with the Rose- 

 ville Pottery Co., was in eharge. 



Zanesville Stoneware Cor,- Zanesville, 

 O., green glazed stoneware, cut flOwer 



J. A« Peterson. 



(President Cincinnati Florists' Society.) 



