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The Florists^ Review 



29 



General View of the Trade's Display at Chicago, as it Appeared Aygust 20. 



woTo shown. 



Hiiriv A. Hiinvard in 



Boston Letter Co., Boston. 



A display of tlie Boston blot'iv letter 

 and script ^vords for flornl dosij^ns; also 

 tlio Hinloy ilowcr holder for confining,' 

 lUt lldwcrs in the lioxes. In chnrge of 

 'i'honias ('o;,'<jer. 



Botanical Decorating Co., Chicago. 



I'r('i)ared lirejiroof heeeh festooning 

 was largely used in this exhibit. Nat- 

 ural prejiared fern fronds were shown 

 in many eolors. Paper llowers 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- 

 cujiied th(> center of the booth. .1. T. 

 .\iller and Tj. Klkan were in charge. 



The Brecht Co., St. Louis. 



This uew (whibitor staged the first 

 artificially cooled refrigerator ever 

 briiught to a llorists" convention. The 

 refrigerator shown was intended to use 

 cither with ice or the machine and in- 

 cluded the company's patented ven- 

 tilated ice j)an, 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- 

 ''st in the line. It was shown in opera- 

 tion, run by an electric motor. An 

 'ipal glass counter with imported tile 

 base was a part of the exhibit, all of 

 ^•hich was in an ivory color, making 



one nf the most attractive exhibits in 

 tlie hall. The dis])lay was in charge 

 of (i. ('. St. Clair. K. '\'icl<ers and Will 

 iani Knehaiis. 



H. N. Bruns, Chicago. 



This exhibit consisted entirely of 

 \ alley, Chicago Market brand pips just 

 out of cold st(U'age. \allev flowering in 

 pots and fine cut \all('\. In ili.irgc ut' 

 A. I'.illerbeck. 



Burlington Willow Ware Co., Burling- 

 ton, la. 



This line is said to iiicliidt' 1,000 dif 

 ferent styles of baskets. Those shown 

 W(>re principally in the jiopular 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 Schwcrin 

 .-ind l'"". n. Nelson. 



P. L. Carbone, Boston. 



'fhis line consists entirely ot' 1!iiim 

 |>c'an art novelties and thi^ exhibit in 

 eluded Italian garden iiottery. Italian 

 olive wood baskets, new Majolica jiots, 

 (ierman baskets, Roman pot covers, (lev 

 man china, Florentine terra cotta, Bo- 

 hemian glassware and many other arti- 

 (des. Tn charge of Andre K. Viaud and 

 .1. P. McCarthy. 



John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. Y. 



.Aside from a vase of Chrysanthemum 

 Cilory of Seven Oaks, yellow, which is 

 recommended as a bedder. this exhibit 

 consisted of gladioli excliisi\-eh . ll'o 



iiaini'd \aiieties, chief among wiiictJ 

 were P;mani;i. Niagara. <'nntrast, .\las- 

 ka. Silver Sheen, .\orma D. Childs, XVild: 

 K'ose, Scribe, etc The exhibit was in 

 iharge of 1. .s. Ijendrickson ;ni<l Stephen 

 I'arnell. 



Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



A display oi' specimens illustrating 



the diseax'^ nt' ;i large number of flo 



rists' cidps. In idiarge of Prof H If 

 Whetzel. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y, 



The exhibit irudiided between 3oO an<l 

 •"" iinnaiued gl.adiolus 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 (>xhibit, was Peace, white. 

 Naturally the best red was War. The 

 most conspicuous idnk was Dawn. I, a 

 Liin;i. white, attracted much attention 

 Assisting ^\r. Cowee were Misses .Mid:; 

 and Bessie Chandler, nieces of the late 

 .leioiiie B. 1,'ice. 



Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia. 



Two long tables of i)lants. but or 

 course tii(^ one devoted principailv t<> 

 crotons attracted the most attention, for 

 the colors rivaled cut blooms. There 

 were 128 plants on the croton table, in 

 '•luding some sixty five varit^ties .•ind 

 liractically every commercial siz<\ amt' 

 on the other table there was a set ot 

 twelve new varieties not yet nanie<l. 

 The display of decorative phants includ- 

 ed fine specimens of Ficus pandurata 

 and l\ elastica, draca^nas in half a 



