AUGUST 18, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



35 



A yiew of the Older Part of G>nvention Hallt Rochester. 



Spray, rose; Cardinal, red. Two notable 

 sorts on the Lemoinei side were Klon- 

 dike, primrose yellow with red throat, 

 and Baron Hulot, a purple that will pass 

 for violet blue. Of the Gandavensis sorts 

 Shakespeare, Sunshine, Gloria Bright- 

 wood, Sulphur King, Octoroon and Ca- 

 nary Bird were among the best. I. S. 

 Hendrickson was in charge of the exhibit. 



E. E. Stewart, Rives Junction, Mich., 

 staged some seventy-five varieties of gla- 

 dioli, cut blooms, about half seedlings of 

 his own raising or selected from untested 

 varieties raised by others; the rest were 

 standard sorts. He featured Pres. Taft 

 and Golden Queen, which were given 

 iwards at last year's convention. Three 

 new ones pointed out were named for his 

 three daughters: Lucille is pink with 

 orange throat, Ruth is dark variegated 

 pitik with yellow throat, and Shirley is 

 I'lnk with a maroon blotch. It has been 

 ■' dry summer in Michigan, according to 

 Mr. Stewart, who personally was in 

 'liarge. 



B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass., 

 'ad a display planned to demonstrate the 

 I'dssibilities of the gladiolus as a deco- 

 ' alive flower. The principal exhibit was 

 "■ dinner-table complete, decorated with 

 gladioli. There also was a mirror decora- 

 ' on and a number of attractively ar- 

 ranged vases were shown. Mrs. Tracy's 

 •^kill contributed not a little to the effect. 



Prank Banning, Kinsman, O., exhibited 

 a large quantity of Niagara, a seedling 

 ^dadiolus of his own raising, a little 

 lighter than America. A second seedling 

 '['hown is cot named, but is from Amer- 

 "a and a little darker than that vari- 

 ''y. Mr. Banning was on hand. 



H. W. Koerner, Milwaukee, Wis., 

 showed new giant flowered hybrid gladi- 

 "li. only one of which was named, Vanus. 



'- D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 ^*'nt for exhibition a vase of their new 

 <'arly white chrysanthemum, a com- 

 ■ '•'"lion to Golden Glow. 



Building Material. 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York, had 

 a model pipe frame house of such size 

 that every part could be closely in- 

 spected. It embodied the giant arch 

 with V-shaped truss, wide space in cen- 

 ter between the two posts used in a 

 28-foot house; concrete walls, with real 

 wrought iron flat posts partly embed- 

 ded, carrying the shaft for a side venti- 

 lator that occupies so little space that 

 no part projects beyond the heating 

 coils hung on the wall, the sash hinged 

 directly to the eave plate. A No. 30 

 sectional boiler exhibited was sold to 

 Asher M. Coe; with it was an extra 

 section to show the hub connection 

 where head room is lacking. A sec- 

 tion of cast iron bench was put up. 

 A section of curved eave construction 

 showed how the curved bar is rein- 

 forced from purlin to base; a leak- 

 proof splice was shown in the bars. 

 An iron gutter carries a flange along 

 the center, underneath, so that a side 

 wall or partition may be easily and 

 securely attached. A line of pipe hooks 

 included all sizes from one single to 

 eight double for all sizes of pipe. Two 

 patterns of swinging pipe hangers were 

 shown, one with ice-tong claws. M. C. 

 Wright was in charge of the display, 

 with several assistants. A handsome 

 card case with memorandum pad was 

 given as a souvenir. 



Hitching3 & Co., New York, who have 

 not exhibited for a number of years, 

 had a most interesting display, in 

 charge of J. McArthur and J. B. Jack- 

 son. The newest feature was the Sef- 

 ton double miter-geared sliding shaft 

 ventilating apparatus as applied to the 

 side of a greenhouse; the shaft does 

 not turn, it slides; the arms are double 

 action and do not protrude into the 

 walk. A full-sized section of a house 

 twenty-eight feet wide on one side 

 showed the curved eave construction, 



with 24-inch glass, and on the other 

 the angle-iron eave plate with 16-inch 

 glass. The curved bar is reinforced 

 with an inset of metal from the purlin 

 to the cast-iron sill, set on concrete. A 

 No. 18 and big No. 36 sectional boiler 

 were shown, and a No. 16 corrugated 

 fire-box boiler of a type the firm has 

 sold for sixty years. A large frame 

 showed at a glance various details of 

 construction, including twelve types of 

 gutter. Another similar frame showed 

 all the details of the standard sashbar 

 house. A third frame carried a display 

 of photographs of notable greenhouses 

 the company has built. On one day a 

 leather cigar case was given as a souve- 

 nir, with cigars in them. 



The John C. Moninger Co., Chicago, 

 put up a model of a greenhouse roof to 

 show the application of its patent hinge 

 for ventilators. A small gilded section 

 of piping embodied a full line of fit- 

 tings. Handleable pieces showed tho 

 firm's bar and gutter splice. Rolls of 

 plans were an interesting feature to the 

 growers. N. J. Rupp was in charge. 



The George M. Garland Co.. Des 

 Plaines, 111., put up a section of full- 

 sized greenhouse, combining the well 

 known iron gutter with the trussed 

 iron frame and embodying two different 

 kinds of ice-clearing header. Thero 

 also was a handy four wheeled truck 

 for use in greenhouses and the iron 

 mold for concrete bench legs. H. S. 

 Garland was in charge, with two assist- 

 ants. 



The King Construction Co., North 

 Tonawanda, N. Y., put up a full-sized 

 greenhouse and a model of a boiler-shed 

 within. The section of house was the 

 full iron-frame trussed construction put 

 up by this firm in widths up to fifty- 

 four feet without supports, using 1-inch 

 sashbars. The boiler-shed is a new 

 idea, all iron frame, trussed, except tho 



