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lilie Florists* Review 



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creased by the use of the right kind of 

 adTertuuig. The F. T. D. of course came 

 in for a boost. H. S. Bogers, of the 

 Penn promotion staff, was in charge. 



Pennock-Meehaii Co., Philadelphia. 



This exhibit, while not so large as at 

 some previous conventions, included a 

 considerabjl^ variety of ribbons, chif- 

 fons and corsage ties. Instead of show- 

 ing samples of all the materials, qual- 

 ities, widths and colors, as sometimes 

 has been done, the exhibitor staged 

 principally new colors and shades, the 

 standard flower colors having become 

 so well known that there is little object 

 in showing them. A large line of cor- 

 sage pins was on display, this item hav- 

 ing assumed considerable importance. 

 Robert Greenlaw was in charge. E. J. 

 Fancourt, secretary of the S. S. Pen- 

 nock-Meeban Co., who was present, 

 stated as an item of trade news that the 

 sale for baskets has become so large 

 that the company is about to engage 

 extensively in the business and will 

 hereafter carry a large stock of plain 

 and decorated baskets at its Stores in 

 Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore an<l 

 Washington. The plant department was 

 represented by some fine Boston fern a, 

 dracsenas, crotons, pandanus, small cy- 

 clamens and other young stock f-or 

 growing on, 



Peters & Seed Pottery Co., Zanesville, 

 Ohio. 



This exhibit consisted of the Moss 

 Aztec ware that has been sold in quan- 

 tity all over the country for the last 

 couple of years. It is a peculiar moss 

 green finish over a deep brown body 

 and seems to appeal with special force 

 to florists, although the line is handled 

 in many other jitores. The display in- 

 cluded vases, jardinieres, fern dishes, 

 hanging baskets, -e.tci, in a variety or 

 shapes and sixes. .8. T. Pletcher was in 

 charge.. ■ ' 



J. A* Peterson & Sons, CincinnatL 

 Because of an excellent demand for 

 begonias, this exhibitor staged only 

 Dracaena' Victoria, a pair of plants seven 

 feet high, 6 years old and originally im- 

 ported from England; Adiantum Far- 

 ley ense in a variety of sizes, and 

 Asplenium Nidus-Avis in several sizes 

 and all in excellent condition. . J. A; 

 Peterson and Clarence Peterson were 

 in charge. . . 



F. B. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y. 



The Pierson exhibit was larger than 

 usual, including all the Piersoni ' family 

 of ferns, among them Muscosa, Elegan- 

 tissima, Elegantissima Compacta, Mag- 

 nifica, Fiersoni Improved, Harrisii, Su- 

 perbissima, Dwarf Boston and Tedd}? 

 Junior. These -were shown in all sizes, 

 from 21^-irich pots to big specimens, 

 and sdl in excellent condition. There 

 also was a line of Dutch bulbs and the 

 several sizes of Harrisii. The exhibit 

 waui, as usual, in charge of J. R. Fother- 

 ingham and Theodore Trevellian. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago. 



There were two novelties in this dis- 

 play, one being prepared oak foliage in 

 several colors and all transparent, the 

 .other a galranized vase made without 

 any sharp edges to damage furniture. 

 The staple line included prepared foli- 

 ages of many kinds, ruscus, cycas 

 leaves, baskets, pot covers, mats, crepe 

 paper, red frieze and many other ar- 

 ticle^. T. E. Waters was in charge, it 

 being his first visit to Boston since he 

 removed to the west ten years ago. 



Quaker City Machine Works, Bichmond, 

 Ind. 



The exhibit of the Challenge ventila- 

 tor was this year incorporated in the 

 model greenhouse display of the A. T. 

 Stearns Lumber Go. It consisted of ma- 

 chine for top ventilators, with which 

 the patented Twentieth Century arm 

 was used, and a machine for side ven- 

 tilation, with which the Lazy tong arm 

 was shown. In the large line of green- 

 house fittings was the new roller bear- 

 ing hanger for ventilator shafts, which 

 the inventor says has proved to be one 

 of the best selling specialties he ever 

 has put on the market. J. A, Evans 

 was present to assist the Stearns Lum- 

 ber Co., which is the New England 

 agent for the Richmond concern. 



Bevere Bubber Co., Boston. 



The manufacturers of Revero hose al- 

 ways stage it attractively and this time 

 had a 500-foot reel for each corner of 

 the space, with a hedge of plants be- 

 tween. In the center of the space was 

 the gigantic 'exhibition reel that has 

 been seen at several trade shows, but 

 this time the opening in the middle of 

 the. reeU was occupied -by a well lighted 

 •vasp of gladioli on a background of 

 green velvet. R. W. Howe was i ii 

 charge. 



M. Bice Co., Philadelphia. 



The samples of novelties in florists ' 

 .supplies which the Bice concern had 

 already packed for shipment to the 

 convention wlien the war broke out con- 

 sisted almost entirely of articles being 

 made to order in Germany as a result of 

 B. Eschner's trip last spring. As cables 

 of inquiry about shipping brought no 

 answer, it was considered unwise to 

 show the samples and the whole ex- 

 hibit was kept in Philadelphia. Robert 

 Shoch was on hand • with a desk and 

 chairs, on. a. part of the space it Jiad 

 been intended to occupy, for the pur- 

 pose of explaining the situation to cus- 

 tomers and friends. 



H. M. Bobinson & Co., Boston. 



It was left for a Boston concern to 

 this year make the largest display of 

 florists ' supplies. Robinson & Co. do not 

 specialize ih .novelties and received most 

 of their imported staples before the war 

 began, -so that they have not found it 

 necessary to change their plans for the 



season. The display included baskets ia 

 a large variety of plain and finished 

 styles, pot covers, mats, boxes, cycas 

 leaves, wheat sheaves, oak sprays aud 

 other prepared foliage, ribbons, chiffons 

 raffia, pins, spriivklers, wire, foil, insecti- 

 cides, wax designs, etc., with a liberal 

 display of the red frieze roping t^at is 

 expected to sell speeiaUy f^ thia) 'keasou 

 as a substitute for other ' articles that 

 may not arrive in time, for the Christmas 

 trade. Charles Robinson was in charge, 

 with several assistants. 



Thomas Boland, Nahant, Mass. 



This is not the time of year for the 

 man whose specialty is plants for the 

 Christmas and Easter holidays, but 

 Thomas Roland showed a table of ex- 

 cellent stock of the varieties with which 

 he supplies the Boston stores regularly 

 and heavily at times. The collection in- 

 cluded bougainvilleas, cyclamens, begon 

 ias, ferns, araucarias, dracsenas, crotons, 

 ardisias, cibotiums, ericas, oranges, Ficus 

 pandurata, Pandanus Veitchii, camellias 

 and many more. . . 



Schloss Bros., New York. 



This exhibitor never fails to put up a 

 large and well arranged display of rib- 

 bons, chiffons and corsage specialties, 

 this week 's convention being no excep- 

 tion to the rule. Many of the novelties 

 are of European origin, but the war will 

 not interfere with the ribbon men this 

 season. In addition to the usual line of 

 staple articles in the various widths and 

 florists' colors, an especially handsome 

 looped edge dresden (flowered) pattern 

 was shown, a variety of colors and ombre 

 (shaded) effects. A new Christmas rib- 

 bon was in a checkerboard pattern of 

 green and red. A new thing was a rib- 

 .bon in a variety of widths and weights 

 of real gold and silver threads. A beaded 

 corsage tie was shown in all the leading 

 colors. Emil Schloss was in charge as 

 usual, assisted by MUton Selinka and I. 

 Weisberg. 



Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy, O. 



The unique feature of this display was 

 that the booth was fenced in with lines 

 of piping 'such as the exhibitor has for 

 sale, so that visitors could try for them- 

 selves the working of each part. The 

 lines of piping were mounted on the new 

 roller carrier. The display included tho 







Exhibits of T. E. Palmer, in Foreground, and W. A. Manda, in Buckground, at Bostoo* 



