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The Florists' Review 



August 22, 1912. 



Looking Into the Northwest G)rner of the Colitetim at Chicago, August 20. 



Bection of bench; it is two separate 

 identical sections, right and left, and 

 holds the plants merely by interlocking 

 when the wires are crossed in inserting 

 in the soil. Mr. Koerner personally in 

 charge. 



Eroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago. 



This exhibit consisted of two large 

 steel hot water boilers yoked to give 

 a demonstration of the cross connection 

 of batteries of two or more boilers. One 

 of the boilers was a No. 14, weighing 

 12,000 pounds, with a capacity of 48,000 

 feet of glass at carnation temperature, 

 zero weather. The other was a No. 15, 

 weighing 15,000 pounds, with a capacity 

 of 65,000 feet under similar conditions. 

 The first was sold to A. H. Schneider, 

 Oak Park, 111., and the second to U. J. 

 Swingle, Valley Crossing, Ohio. The 

 boilers were mounted on concrete foun- 

 dations. The exhibit included the Kroe- 

 schell generator, the Kroeschell thread- 

 ed tube piping system, the Kroeschell 

 round top shaking and dumping grates, 

 the Ideal chain wrench and numerous 

 heating plans and photographs. Fred 

 Lautenschlager was in charge. 



Oscar Leistner, Chicago. 



This exhibit consisted exclusively of 

 natural prepared oak in branches and 

 small trees, fire-proofed and in several 

 colors. Oscar Leistner personally in 

 charge. 



A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind. 



This exhibit consisted of some fifty 

 varieties of gladioli, about thirty of 



which were ruffled edged varieties of 

 the exhibitor's own raising. A feature 

 of the display was Thomann 's Bochester 

 White, which attracts much attention 

 wherever shown. Mr. Kunderd person- 

 ally in charge. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J. 



Five cases of freshly imported cat- 

 tleyas were shown, three of Schroederae, 

 one of Trianaj and one of Mossise, also 

 a large table of established plants, 

 many of them in bloom. J. E. Lager 

 in charge. 



Jac Lederer, Chicago. 



The exhibit consisted of a Peerless 

 refrigerator with electric illumination 

 back of the stained glass decorations. 

 A. M. Lederer in charge. 



Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore. 



This concern manufactures the Stand- 

 ard insecticide, a reddish liquid in bot- 

 tles and cans, not an easy thing to 

 stage effectively, but attractively ar- 

 ranged by J. L. Towner, in charge. 



George B. Limbert & Co., Chicago. 



A rack of Eeading full weight, genu- 

 ine wrought iron pipe in sizes from %- 

 inch to 6-inch; the G. M. Davis pres- 

 sure regulating valve, gate valves, pipe 

 fittings, etc. In charge of E. Cadman. 



Lion & Co., New York. 



This booth was decorated by Car- 

 son, Pirie, Scott & Co. Three special 

 novelties were shown: Colonial corsage 

 cups, little, silky, green, rubber stem- 



holders to contain water; lace edged 

 chiffons, said to be the first time that 

 real lace and chiffon have been com- 

 bined; art fiower ribbon, in two widths 

 and fifteen combinations of changeable 

 colors. Another new thing was the Le- 

 vant leather corsage shield. The gen- 

 eral line included a grfiat variety of 

 ribbons, chiffons, corsage shields and 

 ties and bouquet handkerchiefs, new 

 patterns and styles. The exhibit was 

 in charge of Oscar Lion, Milton Alex- 

 ander and Morris Le Vina. 



Lord Box Co., Minneapolis. 



The corrugated fiber board frostproof 

 plant box of this exhibitor has been 

 seen at a number of conventions, but a 

 new article was a wooden folding box 

 for cut flowers. In charge of Lewis P. 

 Lord. 



Lord & Bumham Co., New York. 



This exhibit was encompassed within 

 a section of an iron frame commercial 

 greenhouse, sixty-four feet six inches 

 wide, twenty-three feet to the ridge 

 and seven feet to the eaves, set on a 

 concrete wall with wrought iron posts. 

 Within this were two other houses. One 

 of these was a section of an iron frame 

 house eighteen feet wide, showing the 

 curved eave construction on one side 

 and the gutter construction on the other. 

 The other house was a section of a 

 standard pipe frame greenhouse, twen- 

 ty-eight feet wide, with an iron gutter 

 on one side and a galvanised eave plate 

 on the other. Within this house were 

 shown one round and two sqmare Bum- 



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