The Florists' Review 



August 20, 1814. 



whole place with it and introduce it to 

 the trade. 



Benj. Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. 



Hammond 's Paint and Slug Shot Works 

 showed its usual line of insecticides, 

 greenhouse paints and putty, featuring 

 Blug Hfaot, which has been in unusually 

 heavy demand this season because of 

 the depredations of the army worm. 

 Twemlow's Old English putty also had 

 a prominent place in the exhibit, which 

 was in charge of Walter Mott and 

 Harold La Due. 



Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. 



J. G. Harrison & Sons sent an exhibit 

 consisting of boxwoods in several sizes, 

 evergreens in tubs and deciduous nur- 

 sery stock dug in full leaf. 



Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Fa. 



This display was made up of kentias, 

 arecas, cibotiums, phoenix and cocos and 

 the claim is made that none of the 

 stock has ever been sea-sick. The ken- 

 tias included sizes from 10 cents each 

 up to specimens ten feet high. All the 

 stock was in first-class shape and the 

 large cibotiums attracted especial at- 

 tention for the splendid spread of the 

 big fronds. Joseph Heacock was pres- 

 ent, but the display was in charge of 

 James Heacock and Theo. Shober. 



A. H. H«ws & Co., Cambridge, Mass. 



This pottery, established in 1765, was 

 represented by a sample of every piece 

 in its line of standard, lily, fern, bulb, 

 orchid and azalea pots, cut flower vases 

 and glazed earthenware specialties. The 

 pots range in size from 1-inch to 24- 

 inch and it is said 20,000,000 pieces per 

 year are turned out. The clay was 

 shown in two degrees of fineness, also 

 the pots in the natural state, before 

 burning. The display was in charge of 

 J. B. Hall, manager of the company, 

 assisted by L. D. Bryant and T. J. 

 Benwell. 



Hitchings & Co., New York. 



Within a latticed booth Hitchings & 

 Co. showed a large number of especially 

 fine photographs of work they have 

 done for customers large and small. A 

 new style square sectional boiler occu- 

 pied one side, showing enlarged com- 

 bustion chamber and sectional rocking 

 grates. A feature of the exhibit was 

 a section of the wide iron-frame house 

 showing a solid post bent at the eave, 

 embodying the Z-bar eave plate with 

 cast foot and sill for concrete wall. 

 Another section showed the connection 



of rafters and the I-beam columns. A 

 new tell-tale was shown in connection 

 with ventilating apparatus, by means 

 of which the operatd* can tell exactly 

 how much air he has on without look- 

 ing at the sash, which, in a big house, 

 is too far away to be seen distinctly. 

 The completely enclosed self-oiling ven^ 

 tllating apparatus also was shown. 

 Many features of the concern's con- 

 struction were shown in position for 

 close Examination by means of details 

 grouped on the walls of the booth. John 

 McArthur was in charge, assisted by 

 J. N. Keeler, manager of the Boston 

 office. i 



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



The featdre of this display was espe- 

 cially timely because of the war scare^ 

 as it consisted of American-grown forc- 

 ing stock. There were four varieties of 

 lilacs, home-grown in pots, American- 

 grown Deutzia gracilis, the French hy- 

 drangeas and Otaksa and field-grown 

 roses for forcing. The display of 

 shrubs included Hydrangea paniculata 

 grandiflora, Spirsea Van Houttei and 

 Berberis Thunbergii. G. C. Perkins was 

 in charge. 



C. Keur & Sons, Hillegom, Holland. 



This display included a full line of 

 tulips, hyacinths, crocus and narcissi, 

 an interesting feature of which was 

 that they reached New York only a 

 week ago, having been shipped from 

 Rotterdam after the outbreak of the 

 war. Stanley T. Coggan was in charge. 



King Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, 

 N. Y. 



A full sized section of a flat rafter 

 truss greenhouse was set up by the King 

 representatives and fitted up complete 

 to show the house just as it would stand 

 ready for planting. A number of other 

 styles of construction were shown by 

 detail parts and by photographs and 

 drawings, R. O. King was in charge, 

 assisted by F. J. Tighe, from the home 

 office, and T. J. Nolan, from Scranton, 

 Pa. 



Knight & Struck Co., New York. 



The exhibit of which Thomas Knight 

 had charge contained a few orchid 

 plants, etc., but consisted principally of 

 the hard-wooded plants on which the 

 company has specialized from the date 

 of its organization. Among the acacias 

 were pulchella, longifolia and cordata. 

 The ericas were melanthera, Edward 

 VII, cupressina, Globularia major, re- 

 germinans, Mediterranea, regerminans 



ovata and persoluta alba. Chorizema 

 cordata splendens also was included in 

 the display. . 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago. 



The Kroeschell exhibit, 1,100 miles 

 from home, had a total weight, on the 

 cars, exceeding 30,000 pounds. It con- 

 sisted of two boilers cross connected to 

 sho\ii' the proper method. TKey weEre set 

 on concrete foundations, with a "gen- 

 erator" attached to show how hot water 

 is put under pressure. Overhead there 

 was a demonstration of the threaded 

 tube piping system and also of the 2- 

 inch piping system. The No. 9 boiler, 

 which has a- capacity of 24,000 feet of 

 glass at carnation temperature, was 

 sold to H. S. Walcott, Concord, Mass., 

 and the No. 7, with a capacity of 20,- 

 000 feet of glass, was sold to Peter Mur- 

 ray, Fairhaven, Mass., who already has 

 two Kroeschells. The exhibit was, as 

 usual, in charge of Fred Lautenschlager, 

 who had a large collection of photo- 

 graphs, many of his own making, to 

 show installations. 



Lager & Hiirrell, Summit, N. J. 



This display of orchids included the 

 following varieties in excellent bloom: 

 Vanda Sanderiana and V. ccerulea; 

 Dendrobium formosum giganteum; Cat- 

 tleya gigas, chrysotoxa, Minucia and an 

 Adula cross. The showing of freshly 

 imported plants included such cattleyas 

 as Sanderiana, Schroederse, Percivaliana 

 and TriansB. J. E. Lager was in charge. 



A. Leuthy & Co., Boston. 



Leuthy & Co. are large growers of 

 pot plants for the local market and 

 staged a big and crowded group of ex- 

 cellent stock in great variety. There 

 were palms, ferns, ficus, araucarias, 

 dracsenaa, adiantums, variegated pine- 

 apples and many more. 



Lion & Co., New York. 



This exhibit consisted of the usual 

 line of staple and novelty ribbons, chif- 

 fons, corsage shields, ties and pins. A 

 distinct novelty was a butterfly made 

 of velvet and shown in many bright 

 and attractive colors. A departure for 

 this house was a line of pot covers and 

 ferneries made of peanut grass and 

 shaped like the straw hats that have 

 sprung into such popularity for the 

 finer uses. These are of European man- 

 ufacture and arrived only a day or two 

 before the boats stopped running. Oscar 

 Lion was in charge of the exhibit, as- 

 sisted by Milton Alexander and Julius 

 Berg. 



Seal of the Qty of Boston in the Convention Garden. 



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