; JLUGUST 17, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



29 



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Heatiog Apparatus and Building Material Exhibits at the Baltimore Convention. 



"types, thirty varieties of phlox and 

 as many of cannas. Of course, the 

 selection of varieties was of the best. 



H. W. Koerner, Milwaukee, had a 

 large display of cut blooms of gladioli. 



Jacob Thomann & Sons, Rochester, 

 N. Y., had a small but notable exhibit 

 of gladiolus blooms, an unnamed white 

 seedling of their own raising. It 

 looked particularly good with a vase of 

 Europa, the German white that is sold 

 at $2.50 per bulb. 



Oreen Goods. 



Jones, the Holly Wreath Man, Milton, 

 Del., was a new exhibitor. C. G. Jones, 

 who was in charge, built two arbors of 

 wild smilax for the display of holly and 

 laurel wreaths and roping, boxwood, leu- 

 cothoe, etc. In addition to the natural 

 greens, air plant, prepared magnolia, 

 beech, chestnut and oak foliage were 

 shown, used in a variety of attractive 

 ways. The "Holly Wreath Man" does 

 not confine himself to holly, by any 

 means. 



The Shaw Fern Co., Pittsfield, Mass., 

 iiad hardy ferns, not cut, as growing in 

 the woods, attractively arranged. L. E. 

 Shaw was in charge. 



Plants. 



The Robert C'raig Co., Philadelphia, 

 had an even larger display than in other 

 years. The feature was, of course, the 

 collection of crotons, which is without an 

 equal in America. Of named varieties 

 eighty-five were shown, and of Craig 

 seedlings, mostly unnamed, there were 

 sixty-four. Although several sizes of sev- 

 eral kinds were shown, there were no two 

 plants alike in the entire eollectioi). The 

 cyclamens were splendid plant* for thin 

 time of year and the Cincinnati aod lior- 

 raine begonias were a prominent fep.- 

 ture. Anqtber group contained 

 branched Ficus pandurata that were 

 exceptional, also Dracaena terminalis 

 and D. Massangeana that were extra 

 large pieces. Phoenix * Roebelenii was 

 well done and some excellent made-up 

 arecas were shown. The exhibit was 

 in charge of R. A. Craig, W. P. Craig 

 and Duncan Macaw. 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, made a 

 larger display than at any previous con- 

 vention, 900 square feet of space being 

 required, three sections of 300 feet each. 

 One section was entirely palms in sala- 

 ble sizes, including all the commercial va- 

 rieties, while another was largely small 

 stock for growing on. Cocos Weddelli- 

 ana^in largo sizes were conspicuous and 

 there were araucarias in thirteen sizes. 

 Tie cibotiums were said to represent 

 the stock in eight houses at Riverton. 

 Variegated pineapple also was a feature. 

 C!rotons and Phcenix Roebelenii were well 

 shown. The third section included a full 

 line of Bermuda, Dutch and French 

 bulbs, tubs, glazing points, etc., with cut 

 blooms of a selection of the finer gla- 

 dioli, asters, phlox and the double fringed 

 petunia, probably 100 vases in all. A 

 new line was pot-grown rambler roses for 

 Easter forcing; samples were shown in 

 flower. The exhibit was m charge of J. 

 J. Karins, Joseph (Joudy, J. Ruppert, 

 Geo. Parsons and several assistants. 

 The souvenir was a florists' knife. 



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

 occupied one entire section with the Bos- 

 ton fern and its descendants: Piersoni, 

 Scottii, MagnificH, Superbissima, Har- 

 risii, Giatrasii, Compacta, Elegantissima 

 improved, Viridissima and the youngest 

 child, Muscosa, to make its debut this 

 season. A feature was two extra large, 

 perfect plants of Compacta and Elegan- 

 tissima improved. On another table was 

 a full line of Harrisii bulbs grown on 

 St. 'David Island, a large line of hya- 

 cinths and tulips and, later, a full line 

 of French bulbs, just arrived. The ex- 

 hibit was in^liarge of Messrs. Fothering- 

 ham and Trevillian, as usual. 



Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O., 

 showed a variety of field-grown roses for 

 forcing, from a stock of field roses said 

 to cover nearly sixty acres. A quantity 

 of dish ferns were exhibited, also paljms, 

 pspidistras. araucarias and Cocos Wed- 

 delliana to go with the ferns in dishes. 

 S. R. Welch was in charge. 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., 

 showed a large line of shrubs, including 

 althaeas, berberis, deutzias, forsythias, hy- 



drangeas, philadelplms, privet, spirteas, 

 viburnums and weigelias, also honey- 

 suckle and American Pillar rose. But 

 when the cut blooms of cannas arrived, 

 showing the best standard varieties and 

 the seedlings of Antoine Wintzer that are 

 well termed "eanna lilies," they be- 

 came the feature of the exhibit. The 

 firm has become American agents for 

 "The Genus Rosa," by Ellen Willmott, 

 that Robert Pyle thinks will become the 

 standard work on the subject. 



Julius Roehrs (V)., Rutherford, N. J., 

 had a large lot of palms in all varieties 

 and sizes, crotons, ardisias, Phcenix 

 Roebelenii, Pandanus Veitchii, dracsenas 

 and bays, all in commercial sizes. The 

 exhibit was in charge of .T. Muller and 

 F. Sealey. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, had a table 

 of Farleyense, Asplenium nidus avis, 

 Pandanus Veitchii and Begonia Lorraine 

 and B. Cincinnati, all well grown. R. W. 

 Peterson was in charge in his father's 

 absence in Europe. 



Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, 

 and A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., 

 who are to jointly disseminate the va- 

 rieties, made a joint display of Double 

 White Killarney and Killarney Queen, 

 two new roses that originated at the 

 Budlong place in Rhode Island and 

 which have been under observation 

 for some time. The two were shown in 

 splendid condition for midsummer. The 

 stems were of good length, strong, and 

 the foliage was heavy and clean. The 

 flower of the white sport is not only 

 more double than White Killarney, but 

 it is much larger, and the color is al- 

 most pure white; the pinkish tinge is 

 only to be found in the center of a 

 few blooms and one has to hunt for 

 it to see it. Killarney Queen is a fine 

 bright, deep rich pink, several shades 

 darker than Killarney, and the variety 

 gives evidence of being a strong 

 grower. 



Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa., 

 showed its usual line of well grown 

 palms, reinforced by some fine plants 

 of Cibotium Schiedei. Both kinds of 

 kentias were shown, single plants in 

 all sizes and also made up plants. 



