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AUODST 22, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



31 



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The West Side of the CoIUeum Chicago, Just as the Trades' Display was Cotniof into Shape. 



year a new weed killer was put in. In 

 addition to these the Mount Beacon 

 Green shading, Greenhouse White paint, 

 Old English putty, Slug Shot, Grape 

 Dust, Bordeaux, and a copper solution 

 were shown. In charge of C. H. Hud- 

 son, though Mr. Hammond was present. 



A. Henderson & Co., Chicago. 

 This exhibit included several vases of 

 gladioli and some colored plates show- 

 ing bulbous flowers, but consisted prin- 

 cipally of bulbs, Formosa lily bulbs 

 were shown, not usually available at the 

 date of the S, A. F. conventions. The 

 French stock included candidums, Paper 

 Whites and Bomans. The Dutch line 

 consisted of tulips, narcissi, daffodils 

 and crocus. Callas and Chinese lilies 

 were also shown. The exhibit was in 

 charge of A. Henderson, G. Eeburn and 

 A. Miller. 



A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood, lU. 



A new hardy daisy, also capable of 

 being forced, which has been named 

 Heyi. Mr. Hey personally in charge. 



Hitchings & Co., New York. 

 A section of an iron frame green- 

 house twenty feet wide was erected, 

 with the curved eave on one side, show- 

 ing the metal reinforcement in the 

 curved bar from the first purlin to Jkhe 

 east iron sill, the other side showing 

 the Z-bar eave as used on commercial 

 houses. The side ventilators were 

 shown operated by a compact sliding 

 shaft machine capable of operating from 

 400 feet to 500 feet of ventilators with 

 one gear, either side or ridge. An iron 

 frame bench was shown with one fitting 

 holding legs, cross bearer and side in 



an 



place. The new No. 36 cast-iron sec- 

 tional boiler showed flue ways increased 

 to get greater draught, affording five 

 per cent additional fuel economy. The 

 grates were in independent halves. The 

 exhibit was in charge of J. N. McAr- 

 thur, of Elizabeth, N. J. 



Holtou & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee. 



This firm's table of plants included 

 cyclamens, rubbers, pandanus, arauca- 

 rias, palms and primulas, vigorous stock 

 in the usual commercial sizes. In charge 

 of A. Hare. 



Illinois Flower Box Co., Chicago. 



The exhibit consisted of many sizes 

 tyles of the Illinois self-watering 

 ^ m box, the designs for which re- 

 cently have been further strengthened. 

 In charge of C. A. Wooley. 



Illinois State Florists' Association. 



A table at which was distributed the 

 literature regarding the work for flo- 

 rists, at the Illinois State Experiment 

 Station. In charge of C. L. Washburn, 

 J. F. Ammann, I. L. Pillsbury, H. B. 

 Smith, Fred Washburn and C. Love- 

 ridge. 



Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich. 



This exhibit had changed color since 

 last year; the Ionia pot heretofore has 

 been a white pot, but by a new method 

 of burning the color has become red. 

 A full line of sizes was shown. Lawn 

 vases, ]^ch pots and a large line of 

 wire desfgns also were in the exhibit. 

 In charge of H. E. Kidder, general man- 

 ager, and George Dysinger. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y. 



This exhibit consisted of hydrangeas 

 in pots in three varieties, Otaksa, Ava- 

 lanche and Souvenir de Claire; and 

 twenty-five varieties of field-grown 

 roses, including hybrid teas, hybrid per- 

 petuals and ramblers. In charge of 

 Charles Perkins and C. G. Perkins. 



C. Keur & Son, Hillegom, Holland. 



This firm of bulb growers, which has 

 a New York office, showed Dutch bulbs 

 in upwards of 100 varieties, including 

 tulips, hyacinths, crocus, daffodils, nar- 

 cissi, etc. The exhibit was in charge 

 of Thomas Cogger, of Boston. 



Klehm's Nursery, Arlington Heights, 

 Illinois. 

 A dozen blooms of Queen Victoria 

 peonies were staged, with a card stat- 

 ing that they were cut June 9 and had 

 been in cold storage ever since. 



Knight & Struck Co., New York. 



This concern specializes in ericas and 

 acacias. The exhibit included about a 

 dozen varieties of each, the sorts com- 

 monly forced. A novelty was Chironia 

 exifera, a hard-wooded plant, carrying 

 pink flowers somewhat resembling Lor- 

 raine begonia. It is a summer bloomer. 

 The exhibit was in charge of George F. 

 Struck. 



H. W. Eoemer, Milwaukee. 

 Except for a striking vase of Gla- 

 diolus White Lady, the varieties in this 

 exhibit all were seedlings raised by 

 the exhibitor, and there were more than 

 twenty-five of them. The Cyclone car- 

 nation support also was shown in a 



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