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ACCUST 22, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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The Northe&st Corner of the CoUtcum, Chicago, as it Appeared August 20. 



ham sectional boilers and a large dis- 

 play of pipe carriers. The exhibit was 

 in charge of George Sykes, of the Chi- 

 cago office, but L. W. C. Tuthill, the 

 advertising manager, and W. R. Cobb, 

 general sales manager, both from New 

 York, were present. 



McFarland Organizations, Harrisburg, 

 Pennsylvania. 



A table of horticultural printed mat- 

 ter, principally catalogues and mailing 

 cards. In charge of O. P. Beckley. 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J. 



The feature was Polypodium Mandai- 

 anum, first shown at the National 

 Flower Show in Chicago and to be dis- 

 seminated in August, 1913. Dracaena 

 Eothiana also attracted attention and 

 fine alsophilas were included. There 

 were some handsome orchid plants in 

 bloom and a large sample line of the 

 ordinary commercial decorative plants 

 and numerous evergreens in tubs. Rob- 

 ert Karlstrom was in charge. 



Mead & Suydam, East Orange, N. J. 



This exhibit consisted of a section of 

 the Wilson-Hoyt concrete bench, show- 

 ing the metal molds employed in its 

 construction. In charge of F. J. Mead. 



Means & Thatcher, Boston. 



This exhibit consisted of the Winner 

 brand of paints and putty manufac- 

 tured for greenhouse work. E. E. Dun- 

 lop in charge. 



H. r. Michell Co., Philadelphia. 

 This exhibit consisted principally of 

 bulbs, including Paper Whites, Romans, 

 Trumpet Majors, candidums, tulips, hy- 



acinths, crocus, Harrisii and freesias. 

 The Paragon sprayer was shown, sphag- 

 num moss and bamboo canes. The new 

 geranium, Helen Michell, occupied a 

 conspicuous place; clear scarlet, semi- 

 dwarf, floriferous, the large trusses car- 

 ried evenly well above the foliage, shown 

 for the first time. Vases of a number 

 of the newer gladioli were staged. In 

 charge of F. J. Michell, Jr., I. Rosnosky, 

 Maurice Fuld and George Hampton. 



John 0. Moninger Co., Chicago. 



This exhibit was covered by glazed 

 sections of two greenhouses, each thirty 

 feet wide. One section showed the steel 

 trussed construction, with a wood gut- 

 ter on one side and a cast iron gutter 

 on the other. The second section 

 showed the steel flat rafter construc- 

 tion, with steel gutters, as adopted by 

 Bassett & Washburn for the new plant 

 at Greggs Station, HI., five houses, 34x 

 600, which it is understood will shortly 

 be increased to twenty houses of the 

 same size. In both models, sashbars 

 l%xl% are used. The exhibits inside 

 the houses included a Moninger sec- 

 tional boiler of the largest size, at- 

 tached to piping underneath a pecky 

 cypress bench, and also a galvanized 

 pipe frame bench. The vents were oper- 

 ated by the Chicago lifter and the 

 Moninger lifter. The watering system 

 included gasoline pumps, pneumatic 

 tanks and all appurtenances. The ex- 

 hibit was in charge of E. F. Kurowski, 

 P. L. McKee, N. J. Rupp and W. 

 Louber, 



Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit. 



Two styles of the well-known More- 

 head return trap; Wright's water col- 



umn; the Curtis reducing valve. In 

 charge of McMasters, Carr Supply Co., 

 Chicago. 



Natural Onane Co., Aurora, HL 



This exhibit consisted of glass jars 

 of Sheepshead brand pulverized sheep 

 manure. In charge of V. E. Gramley. 



Frank Oechslin, Chicago. 



Palms, araucarias and ferns were 

 shown in the ordinary sizes for retail- 

 ing, also well finished Phoenix Roebel- 

 enii and pandanus. Cyclamens, pep- 

 pers, poinsettias and primulas were 

 shown in sizes for growing on. R. W. 

 Schmidt was in charge. 



Pennock-Meehan Co., Philad^phia. 



This exhibit consisted of the com- 

 pany 's better qualities of ribbons, chief - 

 fons and nettings, with special atten- 

 tion given to colors to match the newer 

 roses; a specialty is made of the flower 

 colors, the latest being Mrs. Ward. A 

 new Faille ribbon in chameleon shadings 

 was shown in twenty-eight color com- 

 binations, including those of the new 

 roses. A new 8-inch silk netting with 

 satin striped edges was shown in four- 

 teen colors. The line included an im- 

 mense variety of corsage pins and ties, 

 for a constantly increasing demand is 

 found for corsage accessories. The ex- 

 hibit was in charge of E. J. Fancourt 

 and J. E. Morichard. 



J. A. Peterson & Sons,. Cincinnati. 



Here the golden variegation of Dra- 

 caena Victoria contrasting with Pan- 

 danus Veitchii made a striking group. 

 Phoenix Roebelenii was well finished. 

 The ferns were of the Harrisii type. 



