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The Florists^ Review 



Al(;i;st liL', 101-_>. 



TWV. < 'Iii(:i;;u < '.HiN fill iiiii lias lirokcii 

 all H'cDials liir the sale of sitaci- 

 111 .Ik' trade's (lisplav; the rate 

 jior lo'ii -wa^ liiuliiT than lias Ikmmi 

 charfZfil i.ctorc. Imm a iircatcr iniiiiiicv 

 of s<iuar(' Irci w.Tc suM. iMoihiciiiL:' a 

 .■oiisiilrralil\ -rcairr iiioiiry income for 

 tlic so'ii'lx. ami nmrc than on'si'ttin.u 

 tlu' :^L'.r]'iii rnital |iaii| fur llic uso of 

 tlic ( ■(i|i-i',iii;. I'liMticalU i'\ cry a\ ail- 

 ahlc foot \»a- -"hi. aihi tlu' .li'iiiaml for 

 sjiaci' \\a- -!■ >ii'(iiii:' thai aisles were 

 (Microachr.l u|Mji, \i< :i |](iiiil where eon- 

 ijestioii WM- ap|ireai|ieil. In onler to 

 fcml a lluw. 1 -h.iw eHect lu the affai'.' 

 aii«l at t rai-t I he i;ci!eral |i,ii:lic. t hese iii 

 <-l)ari:e u-d the center of the liail fur 

 large exhiliit iiiii l.eil- ami Liniujis. The 

 West i'a^!^ -y^tein. Lincelii par'K ami 

 the Siiutli 1':!! k v\-teiii e;icli loaned a 

 large i|cii>i at i\ e liroiip nf palms ami 

 otlier plai'i-, whi'h \\cre arrange.l to 

 best elVe-l. I'.etweeli tlic-e i:r(Hl]is of 

 foliage plants were two large sod-hov 

 <iered Ke.U .if llowerinL; jdants with ]>ots 

 submerged in tanhaiK. nne a In^d of 

 scarlet ueia 11 i II ii.s ami the nthi'r a lu'd 



/)f Scailcl .;l|:ll;is. 



'J'lie ii;t lliiwer fe.'ltille \\ a - th.' vtrollg 



est evei- r-i ell in the lr,id,e\ display; 

 gladi'di were -hnwn almo-t hv the liiin 

 (IreiK lit thmi-and-. Half a il^/eii of 

 •the large-t -lowers in the coiintry came 

 forward with exhiliit- running into the 

 hundred- 111 \arieties and liianv ntlier 

 seedsmnn c\lidiit ni-- included ;^hidi(di 

 ill tlieir di-piay-. In addition, the 

 Anieiican <il,idiidr> Siiriet\' had a list 

 of ciinipet It I \ e idas-e-. sii that cidor was 

 not lacking. The cpiality was (^xc(dlciit . 

 all tile -1(M I.. ,'\eii fnnii 1 lie Atlantic 

 sealioa id. haxini; traveled will. 



The >nppl\ huii-c- i;;iiie Inward cxci! 

 more -triillLlI^ than hel el nlH! e, the rill 

 boils MiaMii- an e-pe.iall\ altiactixc 

 foal lire. \l-ii. ba-ket- and nii-cellane 

 oils lli'li-I-' -iipplie- weic nIiowii in 

 greater •, .-iIHIx .llel ^elleially I'etter 

 qiialll\ than e\er lieriU'e. 'fliele wa'- 

 little, if :i n;. I h i ng. liew in the line ef 

 plailt.-. bill every e N li i bi I 111- had well 

 flllisheil -1,,iA. 



Tl riginal plan had been tn put t he j 



btiildiiiL: material and similar exhiUit- 

 ill the annex, but tlil- wa- foaiid to | 

 lia\e ten lew : I ceiling and these exhili 

 its Were llliived to the llilllll hall, lea\ 



lug the annex \ac;int. A iiii-takc wa- 

 made in erowding the greenlioii>e ma 

 terial men all intn <ine loriier; tiiev 

 were v\itli(iiit -iil'licii>nt ai-le sjiacc and 

 a miich l.etiei I'Heet wuiili| lia\c been 

 jirodiiced had they been >1n;ng along 

 one side 111' the building. A iiuta.'de tea 

 ture nf tlie-e exhibit- was the imrcas 

 ing u-c> iif iron. I'lact ically excry e.\- 

 hibit imduded iron fiaim' houses, and 

 there ^\as one in whith im woinj at all 

 was used. 



A t'ull alphabetical li^t id' the exliib 

 itors, with brief loite- nt' llndr exhibits, 

 follow -: 



The Advance Co., Richmond. Ind. 



The exhiidt (unlisted ipf tile .\d\aiice 

 ventihitiiig apparatus, the I'dg Advance 

 machine and a line of gieeidioiise fit- 

 tings. In ( harge of .1. II. .lones. l\. \l. 

 Jones. II. 1.'. Packer and II. A. Ilmk. 



American Auxiliary Heating Co., 

 Boston. 



A (Jastle autoiuiitic circulator in op- 

 erati'on, its use being to ace'clerate slug- 

 gish ( irculation in greenhouse hot water 

 systems. Also a, new model of the 

 same, known as the Baby machine, a 

 size suitalde for the smallest s.vsteins. 

 In cliargo of d. L. Congdon. 



American Blower Co., Detroit. 



Tins exiiibit included the Detroit re 

 niru trap for handling the condensa- 

 tion in steam ]dpes, and .a number of 

 other devices for use in greenhouse 

 heating. Among them were Nelson 

 \al\('s. six kinds (d' Hue cleaners, At- 

 wood i!v; Morrill ])ressure regulators, an 

 automatic water feeder for low pres- 

 sure boilers and a ball bearing re\dl\- 

 ing ventilator. In charge of the Rol- 

 lins Steam S]iecialty ^: Valve Co.. Chi- 

 cago. 



S. A. Anderson, Buffalo. 



Thi- exhibit consiste<l of liegonias in 

 three \arieties. Betty Anderson, Lor- 

 raine and (ilory of (.'im'innati ; also a 

 few ]ilants of cyclamen. -Mr. AndersOJi 

 jiersonally in charge. 



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



The four specialties of the concern 

 are A]diine. Fuiigiiie. Scaline and 

 .Sipiitii rid. each of wdiicli was exhibited. 

 M. < , i;be| in idiarge. 



A. A. Arnold. Chicago. 



'I'lii- consisted of a general line of 

 white Lila/.e. and colnred gla/e cut 

 ildwcr luixe-. .\ iievclty was a hat box 

 I'cir llnwcr-. -IniWIl in live dilferellt col- 

 I11-. In char;:e of S. Freiiiid and .to- 

 -eph .MaiK-. 



Chas. D. Br.ll, Holinesburg, Pa. 



Tin- exhibit ciMlM-ted of kelilias, 



JKiih vaii'iie-. lidth single and made- 

 up plant-: aicea-. I'liieiiix Kixdudeui i. 

 I ;ind.i;:ii- \'ei(i hii, I', utilis and '■'> inch 

 eere-. file samples imduded all tin' 

 varii'tie- en which Mr. Hall s|H'idali/.es 

 and ot wiii.h he has so thorough mas- 

 'ei\. Th' I xhibit was in idiarge <d' <'. 

 1) 'ball and < '. 1 ). I'-all. dr. 



LeuMicl Ball, Philadelphia. 



■file twi' \aiieties of kentia vvere 

 -Imwii. lioiii in single jdaiits and made 

 lip pl.aiit-. <)ther items were Areca 

 liite-crii-. I iHii- Weddelliana. Ihaiaeiia 

 Samleiia iia. I'lnenix Ixoidielenii. f'icus 

 (da-tica. 1'. pandinata. liracaii.a terini ' 

 nali- and ciotons. .lames W. \\';ide in 

 'harge. 



"W. "W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 



Thi- was the largest display this con 

 1 cm ever has made at a convention. 

 The bulb table carridl 171 azalea ])ots. 

 eaili tilled with a dilferent ^•ariety of 

 hyacinth. tiili|i. crocus, .ionquil. dafl'o- 

 dil or narcissus, in addition to whiidi 

 theii' were Formosa, cold storage gi 

 ganteum .and llarrisii bulbs, freesias 

 and callas. .\nother table carried a 

 large display of flower seeds, seeds of 

 pi'i-eiinial plants, grasses, insecticides, 



glazing materials, garden tools, moss, 

 Vxuiquet green, hose, stakes, plant tubs 

 and many other items. The exhibit was 

 ill (diarge of Arnold Kingier. assisted by 

 (dglit tra\(ders. 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago. 



.\ table of cut tlowers, the striking 

 feature of whi(di was Golden Glow 

 (dirysauthemuins. The roses shown in- 

 cliidcil .\merican lieauty. b'hea Keid. 

 White Killarney, Sunburst, Kiliarney 

 and Mrs. Ward. 



L. Baumann & Co., Chicago. 



This exhibit was especially strong in 

 pr(>pared ferns, including almost every 

 color. A novelt.v was boxwood trees 

 of Italian manufacture from natural 

 I'orpetuated sprays. There was a large 

 bne (d" cloth poiusettias, chrysanthe- 

 munis and American Beauty roses. The 

 baskcds imduded 120 styles, among 

 whicdi was a vidvet liuished white bas- 

 k(d with metal liners and decorated 

 with moss green garland and colored 

 lloweis. X.alural pr(>pared Italian beech 

 and oak foli.age was shown in garlands 

 and wreaths. The cycas lea\(>s were 

 both regnlai- and transparent. .Vrtifi- 

 cial cape ll(jwr!s were a novelty. There 

 .also was a large lim> of wax tlowers 

 and a g<Mier;il assnrtmeut of staple sup- 

 plies, 'file exhibit \vas in idiarge of 

 b. liaaiiiann. (I. IJeising and I.. Bieder- 

 I n a n n . 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Philadelphia. 



The Bayersdorfer exhibit was not 

 only tlie largest in the hall, but the 

 largest ever made ai an S. A. \\ con 

 vcntion. It occupied l.U'.H) square feet, 

 with a height of ten feet on the wall. 

 riitiiiing across the entire width of the 

 < 'olis(niiii. The exhibit was decorated 

 with preoared oak -pray-. .Metal 

 wreaths wiM'e shown in ildn si vies ami 

 there wer;> tifty styles of impnrted pre- 

 pared foliage wreaths, as widl as many 

 styles of .\meT;ican o.ak wr<'aths. .\ 

 l'ari> wreath of statiee and amobians 

 was shown in six colors. There were 

 hundreds id' styles of baskets, including 

 two new colors, one a new Nile green, 

 and one a brown discov<'red by Mr. 

 I!ay(>istlorfei in Paris. six styles of 

 lamjis were shown. Imiierial < hina in- 

 cluded many new styles. X.atural pre- 

 pared thistle was said to be ;i big seller. 

 Pern t'romls in veil were -Imwu with a 

 new xadour tiiiish. The dove exhibit 

 was a (diariot of i)eace. Gun metal tone- 

 ware was a distinct mcvelty. Decorated 

 ivy \ases and baskets were shown for 

 the iirst time, as was cycas prepared in 

 red, lavemier and yellow; green has 

 been show n for ten years. Many styles 

 of dwarf tigur(^s W(>re shown for win- 

 dow decoration. The exhibit was in 

 charge of S. II. Hayersilorfer, .M. K'eu- 

 kaiif. S. D. (Jieeiie. I. M. P.ayersdorfer, 

 • lohii ^\'alsh and NVilliam KoidiltM'. 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York. 



This exliil)it included Pormosa lily 

 bulbs. llarrisii. freesias. narcissi, spe- 

 (dosuni album and cold storage gigai:- 

 teums. Two handsome \ases of Gla- 

 diolus Panama and (iladiolus Niagara 



