August 17, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



27 



Bulbs, Sundries, Cut Flo^vers and Florists' Supplies at the Baltimore Convention. 



it that evorvthiiijf wanted was at hand. 

 Ji' ever a sujieriiitcndont has inoritcd 

 the testimonial received at the hands 

 of the exhibitors, ami many certainly 

 have, he has done so. 



riorists' Supplies. 



II. Bayersdorfer >S. Co., Philadelphia, 

 outdid all their previous efforts, occu- 

 pyinjj 900 square feet of space, ad- 

 mirably located straitjht across one end 

 of the great li:ill. and bringing so 

 large a line of sainpics that every inch 

 of table ami wail was occupied. They 

 ha<l, of course, a general line of sup- 

 plies embracing many hundreds of arti- 

 cles, but the conspicuous places were 

 occupied by novelties, chief among 

 whicli were the electric (lower lamp, 

 with pan for cut flowers or i)lants; the 

 mirror basUet. n half basket set 

 against the glass; ornamental grasses, 

 Minerva, two-tone Minerva and plain; 

 Parisian wrealtis. of statice .•ind ammobi- 

 ums; crepe flowers of infinite variety, 

 wreaths of prepared n.'itural foliage, 

 liright red beech sprays, thistles in 

 many eolors. wlieaf sheaves with 

 pans deej) enouL'h for long-stemmed 

 1 lenities, etc. 'I'lie exliibit was in 

 iharge of Sydney Hayersdorter. Mar- 

 tin b'euUauf anil four assistants. 



The display of ^f. Uice ^: Co.. of 

 Pliiladelphia. was a distinct innova- 

 tion. Instead of staging .-i large line 

 ot' sta|dt> su]i|ilies. an enclosure was 

 .attractively iitted up for rece|ition ]uir- 

 l>f)ses, and onlv a lew choice novelties 

 shown. \ew(d po-^t-. trimnH»d with 

 rushes fornu'il I lie lorners. the en- 

 closure being completed by wedding 

 ropes. The featured novelty was a 

 new natural t-ycas le.if prepared with- 

 out- paint or \:irni<li -o that it can 



scarcely be distinguished from the un- 

 treated article, While it still has great 

 lasting qualities. The .\merican rights 

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

 nary baskets were shown. The Diana 

 wreath is of tiatural prepared grasses, 

 some tipped red and some lavender. 

 The Atlas wreath is shaded magiu)lia 

 leaves, shaded cycas leaves, and rus 

 cus, tipped with pojipies, cones and 

 thistles. Christmas no\elties imduded 

 a red wreath of cape flowers trimmed 

 with natural cones. Kspecially pretty 

 was fern moss in gr(>eii and red. This 

 ties were shown in reil and lavender. 

 Ti. Eschner was in (diarge. assisted by 

 Robert Schoch. 



J. C Xeidinger. of Philadelphia, 

 brought a much larger line than ever 

 before. His sjiecialty. wax designs 

 and flowers, was represented by hun- 

 dreds of numbers, but the jiljice of 

 honor in the exhibit was given to a 

 line of ncwv i\'ory finish basi\ets of 

 Mr. Neidinger's own origination and 

 manufacture; fifty shajies were shown, 

 the likeness to ivory being exact in 

 all. The liasket se<-tion .-t-lso included 

 a striking line in blue with aiiti<pie 

 finish. \;itural jirepared toliage was 

 shown in \ariety. X'ehcl ]ioinsi>1t ias 

 and iii-e|iared ;is|);ir:igiis. couil'ined in 

 the i\()ry baskets, were striking. Pot 

 covers, \;iS(S. clii'uille, lihlion. cliitV(iii 

 and tnany other article's were in the 

 disi>lay. Mr. Xeidinger person.ally wa-; 

 in (diarge, with several assist:! iits. 



K'eed (!i: K(>ller, New ^'^l•k, showed 

 a large .assortment of florists' supplies, 

 including the usual liiu> of cnsket w iri' 

 designs, special pieces and ;i new f<d<l- 

 ing wire plant stand. .\ iiovtdty was 

 the tall (^uailro Beauty \ ase. A new 

 I'lepared imported oak le;if was sliown. 



.V 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 m.ade of red iiiscus, statice 

 or colored capes in many styles and a 

 \ ariety of decorations, the ruscus 

 wreath being jiartii-ularly good; it was 

 said the large one shown was the first 

 thus far imported. U. K. Hall and 

 (!(>orge Maunz were in charge. 



The Cleveland Florists' Kxidiange, 

 Cleveland, ()., put tip an attractive 

 arbor of wild smilax to show the deco- 

 r.ative possibilities of artificial flowers, 

 (ieorge W. Smith, who did the work 

 |personally. is an old retailer and 

 Iviiows how. The line iniduded life- 

 like reproiluetions of' practically every 

 flower of the greenhouse. gar(len and 

 woods. Specially good were the arti- 

 flciiil Beauties and hibiscus. The booth 

 w.as carpeted with Peaven's fadeless 

 moss .and plant tub< were one of the 

 specialtit>s shown. 



S. .\. W(dler. Zaiies\ ille. O.. showed a 

 fine line of \;ises. jardinieres, ferneries, 

 window boxes and other jiottery suita- 

 ble tor retailing in a tluwer store. The 

 mission ware, doubtless a d(>velopment 

 of the Tiiclian ware, was a new feature. 

 ;is w;is the anfifiiie i\oi-y pottery hang 

 ing basket. This is a liiK' (»f ware 

 m.-iny florists wlio never attend a con- 

 vention would handle if they Icnew 

 .•ibout it. 



S. A. Anderson. Buffalo, was on hand 

 with his velvet poinsettia and fine sam- 

 ples of his new. recently registered 

 begonia. Ikdtie .Anderson, in .'-incli 

 pots. 



The Xon T^reakable I'lower A'asc Co.. 

 Washington. B. ('.. staged its line of 

 (Miaineled metal cut flower receptacles, 



