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The Florists' Review 



Adgcst 22, 1912. 



THE Chicago convention has broken 

 all re^ gi^^ for the sale of space 

 in t^eyHle's display; the rate 

 per foot friTs^liigher than has been 

 charged before, but a greater number 

 of square feet were sold, producing a 

 considerably greater money income for 

 the society, and more than offsetting 

 the $2,500 rental paid for the use of 

 the Coliseum. Practically every avail- 

 able foot was sold, and the demand for 

 space was so strong that aisles were 

 encroached upon to a point where con- 

 gestion was approached. In order to 

 lend a flower show effect to the affair 

 and attract the general public, those in 

 charge used the cairtef Sof the hall for 

 large exhibition beds and groups. The 

 West Park system, Lincoln park and 

 the South Park system each loaned a 

 large decorative group of palms and 

 other plants, which were arranged to 

 best effect. Between these groups of 

 foliage plants were two large sod-bor- 

 dered beds of flowering plants with pots 

 submerged in tanbark, one a bed of 

 scarlet geraniums and the other a bed 

 of scarlet cannas. 



The cut flower feature was the strong 

 est ever seen in the trade's display; 

 gladioli were shown almost by the hun- 

 dreds of thousands. Half a dozen of 

 the largest growers in the country came 

 forward with exhibits running into the 

 hundreds of varieties and many other 

 fleedsman exhibitors included gladioli 

 in their displays. In addition, the 

 i^merican Gladiolus Society had a list 

 of competitive classes, so that color was 

 not lacking. The quality was excellent, 

 all the stock, even from the Atlantic 

 seaboard, having traveled well. 



The supply houses came foward even 

 more strongly than heretofore, the rib- 

 bons making an especially attractive 

 feature. Also, baskets and miscellane- 

 ous florists ' supplies were shown in 

 greater variety and generally better 

 quality than ever before. There was 

 little, if anything, new in the line of 

 plants, but every exhibitor had well 

 finished stock. 



The original plan had been to put the 

 building material and similar exhibits 

 in the annex, but this was found to 

 have too low a ceiling and these exhib- 

 its were moved to the main hall, leav- 

 ing the annex vacant. A mistake was 

 made in crowding the greenhouse ma- 

 terial men all into one corner; they 

 were without sufficient aisle space and 

 a much better effect would have been 

 produced had they been strung along 

 one side of the building. A notable fea- 

 ture of these exhibits was the increas- 

 ing use of iron. Practically every ex- 

 hibit included iron frame houses, and 

 there was one in which no wood at all 

 was used. 



A full alphabetical list of the exhib- 

 itors, with brief notes of their exhibits, 

 follows: 



The Advance Co., Bichmond, Ind. 



The exhibit consisted of the Advance 

 ventilating apparatus, the Big Advance 

 machine and a line of greenhouse fit- 

 tings. In charge of J. E. Jones, E. E. 

 Jones, H. R. Packer and H. A. Huck. 



American Auxiliary Heating Co., 

 Boston. 



A Castle automatic circulator in op- 

 eration, its use being to accelerate slug- 

 gish circulation in greenhouse hot water 

 systems. Also a new model of the 

 same, known as the Baby machine, a 

 size suitable for the smallest systems. 

 In charge of J. L. Congdon. 



American Blower Co., Detroit. 



This exhibit included the Detroit re- 

 curn trap for handling the condensa- 

 tion in steam pipes, and a number of 

 other devices for use in greenhouse 

 heating. Among them were Nelson 

 valves, six kinds of flue cleaners, At- 

 wood & Morrill pressure regulators, an 

 automatic water feeder for low pres- 

 sure boilers and a ball-bearing revolv- 

 ing ventilator. In charge of the Rol- 

 lins Steam Specialty & Valve Co., Chi- 

 cago. 



S. A. AndClbon, Buffalo. 



This exhibit consisted of begonias in 

 three varieties, Betty Anderson, Lor- 

 raine and Glory of Cincinnati; also a 

 few plants of cyclamen. Mr. Anderson 

 personalte^^n charge. 



Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N, J. 



The four specialties of the concern 

 are Aphine, -Jfungine, Scaline and 

 Squito-rid, each of which was exhibited. 

 M. C. Ebel in charge. 



A. A. Arnold, Chicago. 



This consisted of a general line of 

 white glaze, and colored glaze cut 

 flower boxes. A novelty was a hat box 

 for flowers, shown in five different col- 

 ors. In charge of S. Freund and Jp- 

 seph Marks. 



Chas. D. Ball, Holmesburg, Fa. 



This exhibit consisted of kentias, 

 both varieties, both single and made- 

 up plants; arecas. Phoenix Roebelenii, 

 I'andanus Veitchii, P. utilis and 3-inch 

 cocos. The samples included all the 

 varieties 6n which Mr. Ball specializes 

 and of which he has so thorough mas- 

 tery. The exhibit was in charge of C. 

 D. Ball and C. D. Ball, Jr. 



Lemuel Ball, Philadelphia. 



The two varieties of kentia were 

 shown, both in single plants and made- 

 up plants. Other items were Areca 

 lutcscens, Cocos Weddelliana, Dracaena 

 Sanderiana, Phoenix Roebelenii, Ficus 

 clastica, F. pandurata, Dracaena termi-" 

 nalis and crotons. James W. Wade in 

 charge. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 



This was the largest display this con- 

 cern ever has made at a convention. 

 The bulb table carried 174 azalea pots, 

 each filled with a different variety of 

 hyacinth, tulip, crocus, jonquil, daffo- 

 dil or narcissus, in addition to which 

 there were Formosa, cold storage gi- 

 ganteum and Harrisii bulbs, freesias 

 and callas. Another table carried a 

 large display of flower seeds, seeds of 

 perennial plants, grasses, insecticides, 



glazing materials, garden tools, moss, 

 bouquet green, hose, stakes, plant tubs 

 and many other items. The exhibit was 

 in charge of Arnold Ringier, assisted by 

 eight travelers. 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago. 



A table of cut flowers, the striking 

 feature of which was Golden Glow 

 chrysanthemums. The roses shown in- 

 cluded American Beauty, Rhea Reid, 

 White Killarney, Sunburst, Killarney 

 and Mrs. Ward. 



L. Baumann & Co., Chicago. 



This exhibit was especially strong in 

 prepared ferns, including almost every 

 color. A novelty was boxwood trees 

 of Italian manufacture from natural 

 perpetuated sprays. There was a large 

 liile of cloth poinsettias, chrysanthe- 

 mums and American Beauty roses. The 

 baskets included 125 styles, among 

 which was a velvet finished white bas- 

 ket with metal liners and decorated 

 with moss green garland and colored 

 flowers. Natural prepared Italian beech 

 and oak foliage was shown in garlands 

 and wreaths. The cycas leaves were 

 both regular and transparent. Artifi- 

 cial cape flowers were a novelty. There 

 also was a large line of wax flowers 

 and a general assortment of staple sup- 

 plies. The exhibit was in charge of 

 L. Baumann, G. Reising and L. Bieder- 

 mann. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 



The Bayersdorfer exhibit was not 

 only the largest in the hall, but the 

 largest ever made at an S. A. F. con- 

 vention. It occupied 1,090 square feet, 

 with a height of ten feet on the wall, 

 running across the entire width of the 

 Coliseum. The exhibit was decorated 

 with prepared oak sprays. Metal 

 wreaths were shown in 200 styles and 

 there were fifty styles of imported pre- 

 pared foliage wreaths, as well as many 

 styles of American oak wreaths. A 

 Paris wreath ot' statice and amobians 

 was shown in six colors. There were 

 hundreds of styles of baskets, including 

 two new colors, one a new Nile green, 

 and one a brown discovered by Mr. 

 Bayersdorfer in Paris. Six styles of 

 lamps were shown. Imperial china in- 

 cluded many new styles. Natural pre- 

 pared thistle was said to be a big seller. 

 Fern fronds in red were shown with a 

 new velour finish. The dove exhibit 

 was a chariot of peace. Gun metal tone- 

 ware was a distinct novelty. Decorated 

 ivy vases and baskets were shown for 

 the first time, as was cycas prepared in 

 red, lavender and yellow; green has 

 been shown for ten years. Many styles 

 of dwarf figures were shown for win- 

 dow decoration. The exhibit was in 

 charge of S. H. Bayersdorfer, M. Reu- 

 kauf, S. D. Greene, I. M. Bayersdorfer, 

 John Walsh and William Koehler. 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York. 



This exhibit included Formosa lily 

 bulbs, Harrisii, freesias, narcissi, spe- 

 ciosum album and cold storage gigau- 

 teums. Two handsome vases of Gla- 

 diolus Panama and Gladiolus Niagara 



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