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The Florists^ Review 



29 



GenenI Vkw of the Trade's Display at Chicago, as it Appeared August 20. 



were shown. Harry A. Bunyard in 

 charge. 



Boston Letter Co., Boston. 



A display of the Boston block letter 

 and script words for floral designs; also 

 the Binley flower holder for confining 

 cut flowers in the boxes. In charge of 

 Thomas Cogger. 



Botanical Decorating Co., Chicago. 



Prepared fireproof beech festooning 

 was largely used in this exhibit. Nat- 

 ural prepared fern fronds were shown 

 in many colors. Paper flowers for dec- 

 orating automobiles, stores and halls 

 were exhibited in great variety. Arti- 

 ficial vines for decorating were demon- 

 strated, and there was a large display 

 of wax roses. Artificial poinsettias oc- 

 cupied the center of the booth. J. I. 

 Adler and L. Elkan were in charge. 



The Brecht Co., St. Louis. 



This new exhibitor staged the first 

 artificially cooled refrigerator ever 

 brought to a florists' convention. The 

 refrigerator shown was intended to use 

 either with ice or the machine and in- 

 cluded the company's patented ven- 

 tilated ice pan, devised to insure a 

 strong circulation of dry, cold air. The 

 refrigerating machine was of 2-ton ca- 

 pacity, capable of cooling several such 

 boxes, a 1-ton machine being the small- 

 est in the line. It was shown in opera- 

 tion, run by an electric motor. An 

 opal glass counter with imported tile 

 base was a part of the exhibit, all of 

 which was in an ivory color, making 



one of the most attractive exhibits in 

 the hall. The display was in charge 

 of G. C. St. Clair, E. Vickers and Will- 

 iam Enehans. 



H, N. Bruns, Chicago. 



This exhibit consisted entirely of 

 valley, Chicago Market brand pips just 

 out of cold storage, valley flowering in 

 pots and fine cut valley. In charge of 

 A. Billerbeck. 



Burlington Willow Ware Co., Burling- 

 ton, la. 



This line is said to include 1,000 dif- 

 ferent styles of baskets. Those shown 

 were principally in the popular greens 

 and browns, with liners, and included 

 only the newer shapes and styles for 

 new uses. Vases, table baskets, favors 

 and plant baskets principally were 

 shown. In charge of Arthur Schwerin 

 and F. G. Nelson. 



P. L. Carbone, Boston. 



This line consists entirely of Euro- 

 pean art novelties and the exhibit in- 

 cluded Italian garden pottery, Italian 

 olive wood baskets, new Majolica pots, 

 German baskets, Boman pot covers, Ger- 

 man china, Florentine terra cotta, Bo- 

 hemian glassware and many other arti- 

 cles. In charge of Andre E. Viaud and 

 J. P. McCarthy. 



John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. T. 



Aside from a vase of Chrysanthemum 

 Glory of Seven Oaks, yellow, which is 

 recommended as a bedder, this exhibit 

 consisted of gladioli exclusively, 120 



named varieties, chief among which 

 were Panama, Niagara, Contrast, Alas- 

 ka, Silver Sheen, Norma D. Childs, Wild 

 Rose, Scribe,, etc. The exhibit was in 

 charge of I. S. Hendrickson and Stephen 

 Parnell. 



Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



A display of specimens illustrating- 

 the diseases of a large number of flo- 

 rists' crops. In charge of Prof. H. H. 

 Whetzel. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. 



The exhibit included between 300 and 

 400 unnamed gladiolus seedlings of this 

 grower 's raising. Some sixty of the va- 

 rieties catalogued were shown. Con- 

 spicuous among these, and occupying the 

 apex of the exhibit, was Peace, white. 

 Naturally the best red was War. The 

 moat conspicuous pink was Dawn. La 

 Luna, white, attracted much attention. 

 Assisting Mr. Cowee were Misses Alida 

 and Bessie Chandler, nieces of the late 

 Jerome B. Rice. 



Eobert Craig Co., Philadelphia. 



Two long tables of plants, but of 

 course the one devoted principally to 

 crotons attracted the most attention, for 

 the colors rivaled cut blooms. There 

 were 128 plants on the croton table, in- 

 cluding some sixty-five varieties and 

 practically every commercial size, and 

 on the other table there was a set of 

 twelve new varieties not yet named. 

 The display of decorative plants includ- 

 ed fine specimens of Ficus pandurata 

 and F. elastica, dracsenas in half a 



