ACOCST 17, 1911. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



27 



Bulbs, Sundries, Cut Flowers and Florists' Supplies at the Baltimore G>nvention. 



it that everything wanted was at hand. 

 If ever a superintendent has merited 

 the testimonial received at the hands 

 of the exhibitors, and many certainly 

 have, he has done so. 



Florists' Supplies. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 outdid 9X\ their previous efforts, occu- 

 pying 900 square feet of space, ad- 

 mirably located straight across one end 

 of the great hall, and bringing so 

 large a line of 8aii)]»lo8 that every inch 

 of table and wall was occupied. They 

 had, of course, a general line of sup- 

 plies embracing many hundreds of arti- 

 cles, but the conspicuous places were 

 occupied by novelties, chief among 

 which were the electric flower lamp, 

 with pan for cut flowers or plants; the 

 mirror basket, a half basket set 

 against the glass; ornamental grasses, 

 Minerva, two-tone Minerva and plain; 

 Parisian wreaths, of statice and ammobi- 

 ums; crepe flowers of infinite variety, 

 wreaths of prepared natural foliage, 

 bright red beech sprays, thistles in 

 many colors, wheat sheaves with 

 pans deep enough for long-stemmed 

 Beauties, etc. The exhibit was in 

 charge of Sydney Bayersdorfer, Mar- 

 tin Reukauf and four assistants. 



The display of M. Rice & Co., of 

 Philadelphia, was a distinct innova- 

 tion. Instead of staging a large line 

 of staple supplies,, an enclosure was 

 attractively fitted up for reception pur- 

 poses, and only a few choice novelties 

 shown. Newel posts trimmed with 

 rushes formed the corners, the en- 

 closure being completed by wedding 

 ropes. The featured novelty was a 

 new natural «yca8 leaf prepared with- 

 out paint or varnish so that it can 



scarcely be distinguished from the un- 

 treated article, while it still has great 

 lasting qualities. The American rights 

 are eomtrolled. Several out-of-the-ordi- 

 nary baskets were shown. The Diana 

 wreath is of natural prepared grasses, 

 some tipped red and some lavender. 

 The Atlas wreath is shaded magnolia 

 leaves, shaded cycas leaves, and rus- 

 cus, tipped with poppies, cones and 

 thistles. Christmas novelties included 

 . a red wreath of cape flowers trimmed 

 with natural cones. Especially pretty 

 was fern moss in green and red. This- 

 tles were shown in red and lavender. 

 B. Eschner was in charge, assisted by 

 Robert Schoch. 



J. G. Neidinger, of Philadelphia, 

 brought a much larger line than ever 

 before. His specialty, wax designs 

 and flowers, was represented by hun- 

 dreds of numbers, but the place of 

 honor in the exhibit was given to a 

 line of new ivory finish baskets of 

 Mr. Neidinger 's own origination and 

 manufacture; fifty shapes were shown, 

 the likeness to ivory being exact in 

 all. The basket sedtion »l80 included 

 a striking line in blue with antique 

 finish. Natural prepared foliage was 

 shown in variety. Velvet poinsettias 

 and prepared asparagus, combined in 

 the ivory baskets, were striking. Pot- 

 covers, vases, chenille, ribbon, chiffon 

 and many other articles were in the 

 display. Mr. Neidinger personally was 

 in charge, with several assistants. 



Reed & Keller, New York, showed 

 a large assortment of florists' supplies, 

 including the usual line of casket wire 

 designs, special pieces and a new fold- 

 ing wire plant stand. A novelty was 

 the tall Quadro Beauty vase. A new 

 prepared imported oak leaf was shown. 



A wire model of the Olympic, the larg- 

 est steamship afloat, was made to 

 scale. But the strongest feature of 

 the display was the Paris wreaths. 

 They are made of red ruscus, statice 

 or colored capes in many styles and a 

 variety of decorations, the ruscus 

 wreath being particularly good; it was 

 said the large one shown was the first 

 thus far imported. R. E. Hall and 

 George Maunz were in charge. 



The Cleveland Florists' Exchange, 

 Cleveland, O., put up an attractive 

 arbor of wild smilax to show the deco- 

 rative possibilities of artificial flowers. 

 George W. Smith, who did the work 

 personally, is an old retailer and 

 knows how. The line included life- 

 like reproductions of practically every 

 flower of the greenhouse, garden and 

 woods. Specially good were the arti- 

 ficial Beauties and hibiscus. The booth 

 was carpeted with Beaven's fadeless 

 moss and plant tubs were one of the 

 specialties shown. 



S. A. Weller, Zanesville, O., showed a 

 fine line of vases, jardinieres, ferneries, 

 window boxes and other pottery suita- 

 ble for retailing in a flower store. The 

 mission ware, doubtless a development 

 of the Indian ware, was a new feature, 

 as was the antique ivory pottery hang- 

 ing basket. This is a line of ware 

 many florists who never attend a con- 

 vention would handle if they knew 

 about it. 



S. A. Anderson, Buffalo, was on hand 

 with his velvet poinsettia and fine sam- 

 ples of his new, recently registered 

 begonia, Bettie Anderson, in 5-inch 

 pots. 



The Non-Breakable Flower Vase Co., 

 Washington, D. C, staged its line of 

 enameled metal cut flower receptacles, 



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