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The Florists^ Review 



August 22, 1912. 



started until it landed its cargo back in 

 the city the Poehlmann brothers were 

 generous hosts. Upon arrival at Morton 

 Grove the visitors were taken through 

 the ranges known as Plant A, which in- 

 cludes the Killamey houses and carna- 

 tion range, as well as the newly in- 

 augurated pot plant department, refrig- 

 erating and electric light plant. From 

 there a tour of Plant C, the newest of 

 the ranges, was made and on the re- 

 turn to Plant A Refreshment was served 

 before the trf|) d^wn the road was made 

 to Pl^nt B. After being escorted 

 through this range the entire crowd was 

 taken to Wayside Inn, located in a 

 grove of tall trees, where luncheon was 

 served to 250 at a time. Before depart- 

 ing a vote of thank» was extended to 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., after a short ad- 

 dress by J. K. M. L. Farquhar. 



Still another party was conducted by 

 C. L. "Washburn to the greenhouses of 

 Bas^ett & Washburn, at Hinsdale, 111., 

 where the visitors were first taken 

 through the old plai;^ avd then the one 

 that is in the course of construction at 

 Greggs Station. At the latter place the 

 work of erecting was going on at full 

 speed and the visitors were given the 

 opportunity to watch and examine the 

 methods that are employed to build a 

 modern greenhouse. After- the tour was 

 completed refreshments and luncheon 

 were served before the return trip to 

 Chicago. 



Ladies' Luncheon. 



Three hundred and sixty-five ladies, 

 the largest number that has ever attend- 

 ed an S. A. F. convention, gathered at 

 the Auditorium hotel at eleven o'clock 

 Wednesday morning and were taken in 

 automobiles to the South Shore Country 

 Club, where luncheon was served. After 

 beijiig escorted around the grounds of 

 the club the return trip was made over 

 the famous boulevard system of Chi- 

 cago and through the various parks, af- 

 fording the out-of-town visitors a fair 

 idea of Chicago's progress toward the 

 "city beautiful." The ladies said it 

 made a delightful outing. 



The Judges' Report. 



Robert Graham for the judges on 

 plants, bulbs and cut flowers, at the 

 morning session August 21, recom- 

 mended certificates of merit as follows: 

 To F. R. Pierson Co., for unnamed fern; 

 to W. A. Manda, for general display; to 

 .J. A. Peterson, for general display; to 

 Lager & Hurrell, for exhibit of orchids; 

 to Robert Craig Co., for general display, 

 for Ficus utilis and for crotons named 

 Mrs. August Poehlmann, Canada and 

 America; to A. A. Sawyer, for Aster- 

 mum; to John Lewis Childs, for Gladio- 

 lus Panama; to Jacob Thomann & Sons, 

 for Gladiolus Rochester White ; to Henry 

 A. Dreer, for Adiantum Glory of Mor- 

 drecht. The committee gave honorable 

 mention to the groups of the three Chi- 

 cago parks, to the plants of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Charles D. Ball, Storrs & Harri- 

 son Co., F. R. Pierson Co., and George 

 Wittbold Co.; to the cut flowers of Bas- 

 sett & Washburn, especially Golden Glow 

 chrysanthemum; the gladioli of John 

 Lewis Childs, A. K Kunderd, B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy and the Cushman Gladiolus 

 Co. High commendation was given the 

 exhibition flower beds and the displays 

 of Holton & Hunkel Co., C. C. Pollworth 

 Co., C. Eble, Lemuel Ball, 8. A. Ander- 

 son, Joseph Heacock Co., Knight & 

 Struck, Frank Oechslin, Vaughan's 

 Greenhouses, E. E. Stewart and the Uni- 

 versal Portland Cement Co. The bulb 



and supply displays of A. Henderson & 

 Co., W. W. Barnard Co., Vaughan 's Seed 

 Store, H. N. Bruns, F. R. Pierson Co., 

 H. F. Michell and C. Keur & Sons each 

 received honorable mention. The in- 

 secticide display of the Lemon Oil Co. 

 was given high commendation. On mo- 

 tion of W. F. Gude the report and its 

 recommendations were adopted. 



At the evening session, August 21, 

 Secretary Young presented the awards 

 in the classes for florists' supplies and 

 greenhouse material, as follows: 



To H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadel- 

 phia, honorable mention for new French 

 basket in French colored effect, standing 

 electrolier, and gunmetal toneware; the 

 chariot of peace and decorative ferns 

 were highly commended. 



Lion & Co., New York, were highly 

 commended for lace-edged chiffon. 



Wertheimer Bros., New York, received 

 a certificate of merit for gold lace chif- 

 fon ribbon, honorable mention for lace 

 chiffon ribbon and for lace bridal 

 tulle; high commendation for em- 

 broidered funeral design ribbon, fancy 

 corsage ties and Jacquard chiffon rib- 

 bon. 



L. Baumann & Co., Chicago^ received 

 honorable mention for artificial plants 

 and flowers for decorative purposes. 



J. A. Peterson & Sons, Cincinnati, 

 received a certificate of merit for I>ra- 

 csena Victoria. 



M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, received 

 a certificate of merit for Florentine art 

 basket and high commendation for met- 

 alloid finished basket. 



The Raedlein Basket Co., Chicago, re- 

 ceived high commendation for flower 

 baskets. 



Schloss Bros., New York, received a 

 certificate of merit for bowknot, rose 

 and four-leaved clover Jacquard ribbon, 

 honorable mention for bouquet holders 

 and high commendation for gold ribbon 

 with wire edge, rubberized ribbon for 

 stem wrapping and on bridal scarfs. 



The Brecht Co., St. Louis, received a 

 certificate of merit on its exhibit as a 

 whole. 



H. G. Dreyer & Son, Cleveland, Ohio, 

 received a certificate of merit for the 

 Perfection line plant stand. 



The Burlington Willow Ware Co., Bur- 

 lington, la., received honorable mention 

 for baskets. 



The Illinois Self-Watering Flower 

 Box Co., Chicago, received special men- 

 tion for window boxes. 



The Knight & Struck Co., New York, 

 received honorable mention for table of 

 hardwooded plants. 



The Roseville Pottery Co., Zanesville, 

 Ohio, received honorable mention for 

 pottery. 



Jac Lederer, Chicago, received high 

 commendation for refrigerators. 



The Lord Box Co., Minneapolis, re- 

 ceived a certificate of merit for New 

 Idea potted plant and flower box. 



The Williams Florists' Supply Co., 

 Utica, received a certificate of merit for 

 E-Z carnation support. 



The Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago, received 

 high commendation for malleable iron 

 roof bar bracket. 



The Superior Machine & Boiler 

 Works, Chicago, received high commen- 

 dation for Standard Superior firebox 

 boiler. 



The Standard Pump & Engine Co., 

 Cleveland, received high commendation 

 for electric pumps and pneumatic sys- 

 tem of greenhouse water supply. 



The John G. Moninger Co., Chicago, 

 received high commendation for galvan- 



ized iron frame bench construction and 

 for pneumatic water supply systems. 



The George M. Garland Co., Des 

 Plaines, 111., on its movable greenhouse 

 construction, and on its construction 

 without wood, received the award of 

 "worthy of further observation." 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York, re- 

 ceived high commendation for ice clean- 

 ing transom, sash and sill. 



Stereopticon Lecture. 



The stereopticon lecture on the art 

 of fiower arrangement, by Fred C. W. 

 Brown, of the S. A. Anderson store, 

 Buffalo, delivered Wednesday evening, 

 August 21, attracted the largest crowd 

 that attended any of the convention 

 sessions, though, if truth be told, there 

 were far fewer florists present than the 

 merit of the address would have justi- 

 fied; the bulk of the attendance was the 

 general public. 



Mr. Brown is not only an artist in 

 the arrangement of flowers, but he is a 

 skilled photographer. The eighty-five 

 slides that he used to illustrate his ex- 

 temporaneous address were prepared by 

 himself from start to finish. He made 

 the floral pieces, photographed them, 

 made the lantern slides and colored 

 them. The pictures were fine, doubtless 

 the best any of the audience ever had 

 seen. Mr. Brown has a thorough un- 

 derstanding of the principles which ap- 

 ply to the right combination of flowers, 

 and there has been no feature of any 

 recent convention which afforded so 

 much of value for the average florist 

 present. 



The Election. 



The election of officers resulted in 

 another novel event. The polls had 

 been open for nearly an hour, a large 

 number of ballots had been cast and 

 there were over 100 members in line 

 awaiting to cast their ballots when one 

 of the candidates for the presidency, 

 the only contested office, asked for an 

 opportunity to be heard. In a speech 

 paying the highest tribute to the per- 

 sonal worth and energy of J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Mr. Vesey asked the privi- 

 lege of withdrawing from the contest, 

 stating that he had become convinced 

 that the best interests demanded the 

 election of his opponent at this time. 

 Mr. Vesey 's speech was received with 

 prolonged cheering. As it settled the 

 only contest. President Vincent called 

 the meeting to order and on motion the 

 secretary cast the unanimous ballot for 

 Mr. Farquhar for president, for Mr. 

 Wirth as vice-president, for Mr. Young 

 as secretary and for Mr. Kasting for 

 treasurer. Amid prolonged cheering Mr. 

 Vesey escorted Mr. Farquhar to the 

 platform, where he made a brief speech 

 of appreciation and thanks. Miss Mary 

 Hayden, of Kansas City, came forward 

 with an immense bouquet of American 

 Beauty roses, which was presented to 

 the new president. 



Boutine Work. 



Secretary John Young presented the 

 annual financial statement of his office 

 and the report of the year's work, 

 which appears elsewhere in this issue. 



Treasurer W. F. Kasting presented 

 an itemized account of the financial 

 transactions of the society since Jan- 

 uary 1, 1911. The summary appears 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



For the committee on tariff and legis- 

 lation J. G. Esler told of the progress 

 of parcels post legislation and its pres- 

 ent status. "Within the last few days 



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