AVSDST 20, 1814. 



The Florists' Review 



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Extensive Canna Display of tiie Q>nard & Jones Co.> ^est Grovet Pa.> at ttie Boston Convention. 



staged the' ChildS exhibit: of about 100 

 varieties of gladiolus. The collection 

 included the varieties originated by the 

 exhibitor and the best European and 

 American sorts selected by careful test. 

 It was strong in reds, but the tendency 

 of late has been toward light colors, 

 and these predominated. Aline, white, 

 sent out a few seasons ago, still showed 

 up strongly, but Snow King, to go out 

 this fall, is expected to assume a lead- 

 ing place among whites. Childs was 

 the disseminator of America, the variety 

 that really gave the gladiolus its start 

 as a florists' flower, and every exhibit 

 "by Childs of course makes a feature of 

 America. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. T. 



This was one of the largest displays 

 of cut gladiolus blooms ever made at 

 an S. A. F. convention, there being 170 

 of the usual vases and a large number 

 of baskets arranged for effect. F. A. 

 Kuen, a decorator from Newark, N. J., 

 had charge of this part of the ex- 

 hibit, which was extremely effective. A 

 feature of the display was a collection 

 of about 100 primulinus hybrids in 

 ilainty colors, principally yellow with 

 <ream throats and cream with yellow 

 throats. Two new reds were shown, 

 Dominion, scarlet, which Mr. Cowee 

 ^^alls an earlier War, and Mrs. H. Reeves, 

 which Mr. Cowee entered in the Gladi- 

 olus Society's class for best red not be- 

 fore exhibited. Papilio Rose, which is 

 rose and white, attracted an unusual 

 amount of attention. A white seedling 

 under number also showed progress. 

 Tjondon is pinkish lavender. Among the 

 older sorts shown were Peace, Dawn, 

 War, Laluna and many other Cowee 

 varieties now widely distributed. Mr. 

 ^'owee was, as in other years, assisted 

 V the Misses Aleda and Bessie Chand- 

 ler. 



Bobert Craig Co., Philadelphia. 



One of the few exhibitors to take ex- 

 tra space this year was the Robert 

 ^ raig Co., and no exhibit attracted more 

 •ittentioB, as the crotons, with their 

 '•right colors, were strongly in the fore- 

 i,'round. The plants shown numbered 

 possibly 100, representing a stock of 

 1**0,000 in 400 varieties. Many pieces 

 ^'-re pointed out as the best thus far 

 Krown in those varieties and the elitire 

 'ot was fine. A feature was made of a 



set of seven seedlings just christened 

 with the names of prominent florists, 

 as follows: F. R. Pierson, W, F. Gude, 

 P. Welch, John Farquhar, Thomas Ro- 

 land, Philip Breitmeyer and Mrs. E. A. 

 Williams. These were shown for the 

 first time. Next to the crotons in im- 

 portance and effect were the dracsenas 

 in some forty varieties. Among them 

 were such excellent new sorts as Craigii, 

 Garnet and Striata, with some good old 

 sorts like Shepardii, Stricta Grandis, 

 Amabilis and Warneckii, not often seen 

 because the average grower finds them 

 difficult to do well. Massangeana and 

 terminalis, of course, w«re there and 

 Kelleriana was shown as an improved 

 Godseffiana. Among some fifteen varie- 

 ties of nephrolepis was the new fern, 

 John Wanamaker, of which great things 

 are expected. It is a sport from Elegan- 

 tissima Improved. Several made-up 

 baskets of croton combinations were 

 shown. Pteris Parkeri was held up as 

 a house fern of promise. Ficus utilis 

 was shown in fine shape and F. pan- 

 durata also was there. Areca lutescens 

 was the only palm in the display, large 

 made-up plants. Among the miscellan- 

 eous stock shown were oranges in fruit, 

 begonias, cyclamens and French hy- 

 drangeas. The display was in charge 

 of Wm. P. Craig, Duncan Macaw and 

 Leonard J. Seiger, but Robert Craig and 

 Robert A. Craig were present. 



Crowl Fern Co., Millington, Mass. 



This exhibit included hardy cut ferns, 

 laurel festooning, galax leaves, bouquet 

 green, and a variety of other decorative 

 evergreens, some of them made up as 

 for Christmas use. The display was, as 

 always, in charge of E. W. Vineca. 



Detroit Flower Pot M'f'y, Detroit. 



This exhibit consisted of samples of 

 red pots in the largely sold trade sizes, 

 including the round bottom pattern. 

 Harry Balsley was in charge. 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia. 



The display of plants staged by 

 Henry A. Dreer was larger than usual, 

 but the showing of bulbs and green- 

 house and garden supplies frequently 

 seen from this house was omitted. Palms 

 were a special feature, including a large 

 number of big specimen plants of ken- 

 tias, arecas, single and 'made up; Phoe- 

 nix Roebelenii and Cocos Weddelliftna. 



There was a large collection of crotons 

 and another of dracsenas. Other items 

 shown included Cibotium Schiedei, the 

 variegated pineapple, Pteris Parkeri, 

 Boston and other ferns, Pandanus Veit- 

 chii and P. utilis, araucarias in many 

 sizes, adiantum, asplenium, fittonia, san- 

 sevieria, ficus, asparagus, ferns for 

 dishes, trained ivies, etc. J. J. Karens 

 and J. J. Goudy were in charge. 



S. & J. Farquhar it Co., Boston. 



This display consisted of a round 

 table of French and Dutch bulbs of the 

 larger sizes. 



Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



P. J. Foley staged, for his company, a 

 table of detail parts and photographs 

 showing ranges recently built, notably 

 the one for the florists' experiment sta- 

 tion at the University of Illinois. He 

 had a neat little pocket mirror as a 

 souvenir. 



C. S. Ford, Philadelphia. 



As agents for a number of specialty 

 houses, C. S. Ford showed wax and metal 

 wreaths, letters, clock dials, society 

 emblems, prepared foliages and a num- 

 ber of other items of staple florists ' supr 

 plies. 



Pettier, Fiske, Bawson Co., Boston. 



This was another of the exhibits that 

 was small because of the war. It had 

 been intended to show a large line of 

 Dutch bulbs, and the samples arrived 

 in time, but because of the uncertainty 

 as to the time of delivery of the stock 

 for shipment it was thought best not to 

 show the samples. The booth therefore 

 was decorated with cut blooms of gladi- 

 oli and the display consisted principally 

 of French bulbs, with Harrisii and free- 

 sia. W. E. Cahill was in charge. 



Carl Hagenburger, Mentor, O. 



A new and unheralded crested fern 

 appeared from Ohio, Mr. Hagenburger 's 

 display consisting of about fifty plants, 

 from 2-inch to 8-inch, of an unnamed 

 sport of Whitmani. It is lighter in 

 growth and has a stiff midrib that holds 

 the fronds more erect than in Whit- 

 mani. Mr. Hagenburger thinks it a 

 distinct improvement and has worked 

 up a stock of about 2,000 plants. Un- 

 less he receives too temptiag an offer 

 for the noveltj-, he intpjids to fill his 



