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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 18, 1910. 



roof, which is asbestos. It is fireproof. 

 C. H. Twinn was in charge. 



The Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago, showed 

 a section of its new iron frame truss 

 roof house, illustrating all the points 

 of the construction; also a model of its 

 f*tandard sashbar house, embodying the 

 wood gutter with eccentric sill, pipe 

 and wood posts and the Foley venti- 

 lating apparatus; a full line of fittings 

 also was shown. P. J. Foley was per- 

 s()u:illy in charge, but the erection was 

 done by W. J. Davidson, who came for 

 the purpose from Barberton, O., where 

 he is erecting the new O. C. Barber 

 plant of five houses. 



The Advance Co., Eichmond, Ind., 

 erected a section of a greenhouse, 

 showing the Advance ventilating appa- 

 ratus in operation; also a line of pipe 

 fittings. J. E. Jones and his son, TJ. F. 

 Jones, were in charge. 



The A. Dietsch Co., Chicago, A. 

 Bietsch, Jr.. in charge, and the Quaker 

 City Machine Co., represented by John 

 Evans, had a combination display. Th* 

 model greenhouse showed the Dietsch 

 type of construction and the Challenge 

 ventilator in operation; also a line of 

 fittings, nicely gilded. 



The Wilson-Hoyt Co., New York, set 

 up a section of its steel mold for rein- 

 forced concrete bench, by means of 

 Avhich the bench is cast in one piece, re- 

 inforced with wire ties and with longi- 

 tudinal drainage slots. In charge of 

 C. E. Terry. 



Wesley Waite, Newburgh, N. Y., 

 showed a model of his interlocking steel 

 bench for greenhouses, as well as of 

 tables of various kinds built on the 

 same principle. He was on hand to 

 demonstrate. 



Thomas Pegler, Boston, had an ex- 

 hibit of Buxton & Allard's Economy 

 bracket. 



Heating Apparatus. 



The Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, 

 showed two Morehead steam traps, one 

 its usual type of tilting trap and the 

 other a new condenser type, only one 

 of which has yet been sold to a grower, 

 A. W. Crane & Co., Toledo, who are 

 said to get a good circulation with it, 

 using one and one-half to two pounds' 

 pressure, where formerly thirty pounds 

 of steam were required. The trap 

 creates a vacuum, which draws the con- 

 densation out of the pipes. After hav- 

 ing had a long test, it will now be put 

 on the market. A. Fitzgerald was in 

 charge of the exhibit. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, had a 

 steel boiler capable of heating 48,000 

 feet of glass, said to be the largest 

 ever exhibited at a convention. It was 

 sold to Anton J. Pauly, for a new plant 

 at Attica, N. Y. The feature was a 

 new sectional shaking and dumping 

 grate, each finger a separate casting. 

 The firm 's system of piping with 4-inch 

 threaded boiler flues controlled by small 

 gate valves also was shown; also the 

 1910 model of the heat generator and 

 the Ideal pipe wrench. Fred Lauten- 

 schlager was in charge. 



The United States Eadiator Co., Dun- 

 kirk, N. Y., successors to the Herendeen 

 Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y., set up an im- 

 posing row of Furman sectional boilers, 

 a little one at one end, a big one at 

 the other, and three in-between sizes. 

 This boiler has had awards at seven 

 previous S. A. F. conventions and the 

 framed certificates hung on the wall 

 back of the boilers. The present pat- 



terns have a longer fire travel than 

 ever before. F. W. Herendeen was in 

 charge. 



The American Blower Co., Detroit, 

 showed the Detroit steam trap in opera- 

 tion. It is a tilting trap invented by 

 John Morehead, who was present with 

 G. D. Millspaugh to explain its prin- 

 ciples. 



The National Clock and Electric Mfg. 

 Co., St. Louis, had a striking display of 

 thermostats and registering thermome- 

 ters, "the florists' watchmen." The 

 booth had rugs and cozy chairs sur- 

 rounding a diamond-shaped horizontal 

 frame on the four sides of which the 

 line was shown. Probably few appre- 

 ciated that there are so many kinds of 

 these articles, each one designed to meet 

 some special need. The registering 

 thermometers showed the days were 

 pretty warm, but the nights fairly cool 

 throughout the week. W. H. Arthur 

 was demonstrator in charge. 



The Kitts Mfg. Co., Oswego, N. Y.. 

 staged its hydraulic damper regulator, 

 largely used by growers in the east, but 

 not yet known to any great extent in 

 the west. T. M. Nalton was on hand 

 to explain the principle on which it 

 operates to efl'ect a saving in fuel. 



The Taylor Steam Trap Co., Battle 

 Creek, Mich., showed an automatic re- 

 turn trap of simple design that is 

 readily convertible into a vacuum trap. 

 Chas. R. Willey was the demonstrator. 



Pots and Pottery. 



W. H. Elverson Pottery Co., New 

 Brighton, Pa., showed red pots in sizes 

 from 1-inch to 16-inch, also a new porch 



pot in 12-inch to 18-inch sizes, with a 

 roll rim and two decorative rolls on 

 the side. A variety of special linings 

 for spun brass jardinieres was shown. 

 W. H. Elverson and T. W. MacConnell 

 were in charge. 



The Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich., 

 showed samples, of its full line of pots 

 — not red, the Ionia clay burning to a 

 cream color, almost white. H. S. Kid- 

 der, mayor of Ionia, was in charge. 



A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass., 

 who began making flower pots in 17(i"), 

 showed red pots in all sizes, azaleft pot«, 

 orchid baskets, hanging baskets and a 

 new line of inside glazed vases in sev- 

 eral shapes. L. D. Bryant was in 

 charge. 



The Peters & Keed Pottery Co., 

 Zanesville, 0., showed its line of red 

 pots and also a line of jardinieres, ceme- 

 tery vases, azalea pots, fern pans, cut 

 flower vases, etc. 



The Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse, 

 N. Y., showed a full assortment of 

 sizes of red pots, in charge of James 

 C. Butler. 



The Roseville Pottery Co., Zanesville, 

 O., showed a large line of art pottoiy, 

 in charge of C. H. Babcock. 



The Detroit Flower Pot Mfy. showed 

 its line of red pots. Harry Balsley was 

 in charge. 



Hilfinger Bros.' Pottery, Fort Ed- 

 wards, N. Y., showed samples of its red 

 pots; Alex. Hilfinger in charge. 



Decorative Greens. 



L. B. Brague & Son, Hinsdale, Mass., 

 had a table covered with green sheet moss 



Charles H. Vick. 



(Su|)er Intendent of the Trades' Display and Chairman Souvenir Album Committee.^ 



