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AOGUSI 50, 1914. 



The Plarists' Review 



86 



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Sun Dial of Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., in the Convention Garden at Boston. 



variousr specialty parts which in com- 

 bination make up the system as shown 

 in the complete pipe lines. In charge of 

 George M. Barrie, local agent, and Wil- 

 bur S. Thompson, manager of the New 

 York office. 



A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset. 

 Mass. 



For sixty years this company has been 

 selling greenhouses in New England, and 

 occasionally outside. The exhibit con- 

 sisted of a complete house 10x20, all cy- 

 press construction, equipped with Chal- 

 lenge ventilating apparatus, for which the 

 company has the New England agency. 

 A model tower and tank also was shown, 

 but so far as could be ascertained the 

 tank was empty. F. N. Sanborn, man- 

 ager of the greenhouse department of 

 the company, and Col. W. E. Sweetser, 

 advertising manager for all departments, 

 were in charge. 



Geo. L. Stillman, Westerly, B. I. 



One of the most attractive spots of 

 <'olor in the hall was that made by the 

 •lahliaa from George L. Stillman, who 

 Krows nothing else. He had 144 bot- 

 tles, each one containing a single bloom 

 on a short stem. There were no two 

 alike. Of the lot sixty-five were new 

 varieties of the peony-flowered type 

 raised b7 Mr. Stillman himself, and 

 there were several new colors among 

 them. The balance of the exhibit con- 

 prised what Mr. Stillman considers the 

 btest of the decorative, show, cactus 

 apd collarette types. Among these was 

 a new variety of his own raising, vel- 

 vety maroon in color, that he says never 

 throws a stem less than sixteen inches 

 long and often thirty inches long. 



Storrs & Harrison Co., Palncsville, O. 



As for many years, the leader in this 

 I'-xhibit was a good lot of field-grown 

 'Dses for forcing. The indoor department 

 was represented by. ferns for dishes, 

 Dracaena terminalis, Cibotium Schiedei, 

 •^splenium Nidus-Avis, Araucaria ex- 

 '■flsa, Asparagus plumosus, Adiantum 

 '•"iieatum, kentias and primroses in 

 variety. Although most of the Aples 

 were in small sizes for growing m, S. 

 f»'. Welch, who was in charge, was careful 

 t'> explain that the company has forty- 

 tour greenhouses full of larger sizes. 



Taylor Steam ^ecialty Co., Battle 

 Creek., Mich. 



This animated exhibit was a demon- 

 stration -of the Taylor water circulator 



for greenhouse heating. Operated by a 

 small electric motor- and with a portion 

 of the apparatus made of glass for 

 demonstration purposes, the actual op- 

 oration, of the mechanism could be seen. 

 The display was in charge of J. H. Tay- 

 lor, head of the concern. 



Teare & Black Co., Cleveland. 



These agricultural chemists, manu- 

 facturing a large line, showed only one 

 article, Capital Plant Food, prepared 

 for professional florists, with sample 

 cans for distribution. The display was 

 in charge of G. J. Wilder and A. C. 

 Teasdale. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, New York. 



The bulb display of this exhibitor in- 

 clud'.d a full line of French, Japanese 

 and Bermudian varieties and sizes and 

 also a considerable line of Dutch stock, 

 tulips, hyacinths and narcissi. Cut 

 blooms of a number of varieties of gla- 

 dioli were shown. The exhibit was in 

 charge of J. B. Deamud and Edward 

 HoUberg. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 



Cooperating with the exhibitor was 

 tbe firm of Jacob Thomann & Sons, with 

 whom Rochester White gladiolus orig' 

 inated, and this variety was shown in 

 larger quantity than has heretofore 

 been possible. It was staged in ah at- 

 tractive manner and seemed to receive 

 almost as much attention as it did be- 

 fore most of those interested in the 

 flower had been given a number of 

 opportunities of seeing it. The Tho- 

 nianns also put up some twenty other 

 varieties of their own raising, only a 

 few spikes each of most of them, and 

 large vases of about forty standard 

 varieties. For themselves James Vick's 

 Sons showed blooms of each variety of 

 aster of which they are growing seeds 

 this year, illustrating the character of 

 their strains. They also showed plants 

 from the stock seed plantation of Vick 's 

 Ruffled Giant petunia. W. H. Dildine 

 was in charge, with numerous assistants. 



E. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., "White 

 Marsh, Md. 



This exhibit consisted of a dozen big, 

 beautifully flowered pot plants of the 

 Maryland geranium, scarlet, introduced 

 last season but not yet widely known. 

 The plants were flowered for this pur- 

 pose by Thomas Roland, to whom the 

 stock was shipped last winter. R. Vin 

 cent, Jr., was in charge, but did not stav 

 with the exhibit. "Let the plants speak 

 for theniselves, " was the way he put it. 



Balph M. Ward & Co., New York. 



This importer of bulbs made no dis- 

 play of stock, but had a comfortable re^ 

 treat where Horace Cheeseman could 

 greet old friends and explain to them 

 -that he .now wears the Horseshoe brand. 



Welch Bros. Co., Boston. 



A large line of staple articles in fla- 

 .rists' supplies was put on display by 

 Welch Bros. Co. There were staple bas- 

 kets for cut flowers and plants in con- 

 siderable variety, ruscus and metal 

 wreaths, pot covers, mats, wheat sheaves, 

 doves, sprinklers, wire, match sticks, 

 greenhouse .insecticides, vases and flo- 

 rists' letters. 



Wertheimer Eros., New York. 



This exhibit was divided into three 

 sections, one devoted to corsage ties, 

 •another to chitfons and the third to rib- 

 bons. In the large line of corsage ribbons 

 and ties were a number of new things, 

 including plain and valley Silverine rib- 

 bon, moire ombre ribbon, flowered gauze 

 in two widths and velvet two-tone rib- 

 bon in all flower colors. Among the 

 chiffons the novelties noted were bridal 

 lace, ombre, Silverine valley, gold lace 

 in colors, Hillingdon rose yellow, and a 

 crepon chiffon. A steel moire ribbon 

 was shown in two widths of all flower 

 colors and the rubber-backed ribbon was 

 shown in narrow widths. Another nov- 

 elty was an ombre ribbon with the 

 darker color on both edges and light 

 center. It was stated that moire, or 

 watered ribbons are having special 

 vogue among florists. Wertheimer 

 Bros, recently have started manufac- 

 turing ribbons at Paterson, N. J., where 

 a factory with over 100 hands is man- 

 aged by L. G. Wertheimer, S. B. Wert- 

 heimer devoting his energies to the 

 store. The exhibit was in charge of 

 Rupert Hall and Sam. Eintracht. 



Williams Supply House, Utlca, N. Y. 

 Wire designs with all the joints 

 welded by an electric process instead 

 of being looped as in ordinary wire 

 work was the novel feature of the dis- 

 play of the Williams Florists' Supply 

 House; it attracted much attention and 

 is said to be a cheaper process than the 

 .old one. The EZ carnation tie also 

 was shown on a miniature greenhouse 

 bench. J. J. Williams was in charge. 



Denver, Colo.— Walter & Richmond 

 have obtained a permit to build a green- 

 house, at 3239 East Second avenue. The 

 coat is $2,000. 



