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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 19, 1909. 



E. G. GilletU 



(Vice-president and Chairman of the Oommittee on Ladies' Entertainments.) 



vases, porch vases, tVrnerips, and jar- 

 dinieres. J. ('. Mattiiigly was in charge. 



W. H. Elverson Pottery Co., New 

 Brighton, Pa., which has been making 

 flower pots since 1862, liad a table of 

 red pots in sizes from 1-inch to 16-inch, 

 bulb pans, orchid baskets, and a new 

 porch pot for Iwxwood and similar 

 plants. W. TI. Klvcrsnn Avas in charge, 

 as usual. 



The lania i'ottery Co., Ionia, Mich., 

 had a large showing of its white pots 

 from 1-inch to 16-incli. azalea pots, Avhite 

 lawn vases, jtordi pots, hanging baskets 

 and a full line of wirework. The dis 

 play was in charge r)f Harvey Fj. Kidder 

 and Geo. Dysinger. 



The Sj)ringfield < lay Mfg. Co.. Sj)riiig 

 field. ()., staged sanii)les of its line of 

 flower jiots. feri) pan^, et<'. 



Keller Pottery Co., Xorristown. I'a.. 

 showed samples of its line of red ])ots 

 and liull) pans, from 1-inch to 14-inch, 

 each size marked. in charge of Wm. 

 Keller. 



Detroit Flower Pot Mfy.. Detroit, a 

 line of led ]n>Xs nn tlie I'ound bottom 

 molds. Harry Halsiey was in ciiarg?. 



The I'nderwood ^jachine Co., Cincin- 

 nati, showed its flower i)ot "renovator," 

 a washing machine operated by an elec- 

 tric motor. Thomas Pnderwood was in 

 charge. 



Building Material. 



The King '(instruction Co., North 

 Tonawanda. N. Y., i)ut up twenty feet 

 of a full sized greenhouse to show its 

 truss construction, embodying light bars, 

 a steel gutter with a steel drip pan 

 underneatii, and the firm 's new light 

 angle iron eaves. The King self-locking 

 double worm gear ventilating apjiaratiis 



was shown in tiie house. The display in- 

 cluded brackets, pipe hooks, etc. Photo- 

 graphs and j)rintetl nmtter further illus- 

 trated the firm 's style of construction. 

 The exhibit was in charge of B. O. 

 King, ( . H. Twin and J. C. Luff. 



John C. Moninger Co., Chicago, sec- 

 tions showing details of greenhouse con- 

 struction. ])laced for convenient examina- 

 tion ; ventilator hinge, gutter and gable 

 corner construction, bar and gutter lock 

 splice, ridge caps, etc. .\. J. Rupp was 

 in charge. Souvenirs were a mirror and 

 l)ocket ])iece. 



The Foley -Mfg. Co., Chicago, put up 

 a lO-foot se;*tion, full size, of a house 

 twenty feet wide. The construction em- 

 iioilied all the features of the firm's 

 nu'thod of construction, including the 

 Foley ventilating apparatus. F. J. Hart- 

 wick was in charge. 



A. Dielsli Co.. Chicago, had several 

 sections of gieenliouse roof, on a table 

 for easy examination, showing the firm's 

 new header and new \entilator hinge. 

 Alfred Dietsch was in charge. 



The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 erected a section of a greenhouse to show 

 its ventilating apparatus in operation. 

 Greenliouse fittings also were exhibited. 

 The booth was in charge of .1. E. Jones 

 and H. K. Parker. 



The Wolf .Machine Co., Dayton, O., put 

 uj) a model greenhouse for the purpose 

 of showing its ventilating apparatus in 

 ojjeration. A dump sieve soil sifter also 

 was shown. The exhibit was in charge 

 of Earl Kinney and William Hood. 



The Camp Conduit Co., Cleveland, had 

 a section of its two styles of tile bench, 

 in charge of Guy Bate. 



Quaker City Machine Works, Eich- 



mond, Ind., section of a greenhouse, em- 

 bodying the Challenge ventilator; also a 

 line of iron fittings. John Evans was 

 on deck. 



McCaslin Bros., Zanesville, O., showed 

 a small concrete bench made in their 

 mold, and the wood molds for making the 

 full sized bench. C. H. McCaslin was 

 in charge. 



The Wm. Glenny Glass Co., Cincinnati, 

 had an exhibit of Columbus brand glas-s 

 iu greenhouse sizes, in charge of H. S. 

 Campbell. 



Heating Apparatus. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, showed 

 two steel hot water boilers, which were 

 sold for local delivery; one was capable 

 of heating 36,000 square feet of glass. 

 The firm's heat generator, through pres- 

 sure, was shown attached to one. There 

 also was an example of the new system 

 of threaded boiler tube piping. As a 

 souvenir, the new Lincoln penny, mounted 

 on an appropriately painted card, was 

 handed out. Fred Lautenschlager was 

 in charge. 



The Castle Co., Boston, exhibited its 

 automatic circulator in operation, pro- 

 pelled by an electric motor. This is for 

 accelerating the circulation in hot water 

 heating systems; the new model works 

 automatically. Col. W. W. Castle was 

 present, but J. L. Congdon had charge 

 of the apparatus. 



The American Blower Co., Detroit, ex- 

 hibited a Detroit steam trap, for return- 

 ing the condensation from pipes to boiler. 

 The trap was actuated by air pressure in 

 this instance and was carrying water 

 from a pipe to an elevated tank. G. D. 

 Millspaugh was in charge. 



The Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, ex- 

 hibited one of its steam traps for re- 

 turning condensation from steam pipes 

 to boilers. A small boiler was shown 

 with a double trap installation, electric- 

 ally operated, to show the method under 

 the low pressure steam system. M. L. 

 Abrams was in charge. 



The Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. 

 Y., had three sizes of its sectional boiler 

 for steam and hot water heating. F. W. 

 Herendeen was in charge. A souvenir 

 badge that read on one side, ' ' How to 

 Keep Warm," seamed superfluous, in 

 view of the weather, until one found the 

 boiler adv. on the back. 



William Moll, Cleveland, showed the 

 Ideal pipe clamp, for stopping leaks in 

 pipes. In charge of T. W. Moll. 



Carnation Supports. 



Albert Bell, Connersville, Ind., .sliowed 

 the Heim carnation support and safety 

 clip. The support is a two-ring on each 

 standard, so that each support holds two 

 plants. The safety clip attaches wire 

 stakes to overhead wires. Represented 

 by H. G. Hershey. 



Heim & Son Support Co., Connersville, 

 Ind., showed the new model carnation 

 .support and the self-tying rose stakes, 

 with the machine in operation putting 

 the tie twist on the latter. Adam Heim 

 was in charge. 



O. A. Muller, Ambler, Pa., exhibited 

 a new carnation support, a double loop, 

 so that one support, with one, two or 

 three double loops as needed, suffices for 

 two plants. In charge of William Keller. 



The Eagle Machine Works, Richmond. 

 Ind.. showed its Richmond carnation su{» 

 port, using plants growing in a bench to 



