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The Florists' Review 



March 12, 1914. 



not only large, but showed stock of 

 high class. The display of carna- 

 tions was exceptionally strong, but 

 scarcely outdid that of Easter bloom- 

 ing and foliage plants. It was only 

 careful planning of the arrangement to 

 start with that avoided overcrowding 

 when the arrivals continued to come 

 late in the afternoon. At that there 

 were still some in the predicament of 

 C. E. GuUett, of Lincoln, 111., who said 

 his firm had planned to send stock, but 

 the rush of business last week had 

 cleaned it all out. In order that the 

 Danville florists might be as fully re- 

 paid as possible for their expense in 

 preparing the show, the exhibition was 

 held open free to the public Tuesday 

 evening and all day Wednesday and 

 Thursday. The vases in which the cut 

 flowers were exhibited were loaned for 

 the occasion bj' Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 of Morton Grove, 111. 



E. C. Amling Co. displayed several 

 excellent novelties produced by its 

 growers, the most notable of which 

 were the fine colored freesias grown by 

 Alois P. Frey, of Crown Point, Ind. 

 Zvolanek 's winter-flowering Spencer 



Enchantress carnations and Ivory and 

 Sunburst roses. 



A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co., of Chi- 

 cago, showed samples of its boxes used 

 by florists all over the country. Easter 

 boxes, with a lily reproduced on the 

 covet, were an attractive and timely 

 feature. 



Henry Baer, of Peoria, 111., had five 

 vases of extremely good carnations of 

 different varieties. 



Bassett & Washburn, of Chicago, had 

 a strong exhibit of roses and seedling 

 carnations. Cecile Brunner, Bhea Reid, 

 Mrs. Geo. Shawyer and Sunburst were 

 the roses shown. Belle Washburn, their 

 seedling carnation, attracted much at- 

 tention. Helen Washburn, a deep pink 

 seedling; Hinsdale, a flesh pink seed- 

 ling, and unnamed rose-colored and 

 white seedlings were also objects of de- 

 served admiration. This exhibit in- 

 cluded, as well, eigbt varieties of Zvo- 

 lanek 's orchid-flowering sweet peas, all 

 worthy of note, and samples of a half- 

 dozen or so varieties of rose plants. 



Baur & Steinkamp, of Indianapolis, 

 Ind., had some fine vases of Shasta, 

 Badiance and St. Nicholas carnations. 



Herbert E. Smith. 



( President' Danyille Florists' Club and President-elect of the Illinois State Florists' Association.) 



sweet peas grown by H. Wehrman, of 

 Maywood, 111., and forget-me-nots 

 grown by Chas. Arnold, of Des Plaines, 

 111., were others shown and were both 

 extra fine. 



W. J. Anker, of Danville, had an ex- 

 cellent exhibit of bulbous stock. 



J. F. Ammann Co., of Edwardsville, 

 111., showed some well grown White 



Peter Britz, of Danville, had a booth 

 devoted to the display of baskets and 

 vases of carnations and other cut flow- 

 ers, which showed excellent and taste- 

 ful work. 



A. C. Brown, of Springfield, 111., had 

 particularly good vases of Beacon, Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward, White Enchantress and 

 Sangamo carnations. 



H. N. Bruns, of Chicago, sent several 

 bunches of extremely fine vaUey of his 

 particular brand. 



A fine large group of palms and othjer 

 foliage plants in the center of the hall 

 was from H. D. Caldwell, superintendent 

 of the greenhouses of the National Sol- 

 diers' Home, at Danville. 



The collection of- splendid carnations 

 from the Chicago Carn9,tion Co. included 

 White Wonder, Gloriosa, Benora, Peer- 

 less Pink, Aviator, Herald and pink 

 seedling No. 88. 



The Carnation Support Co., of Con- 

 nersville, Ind., had a bench on which 

 was shown the way in which its carna- 

 tion stakes are used, and the visitors 

 who stopped here were many. 



The Danville Floral Co. had some ex- 

 tremely good Easter stock, chief among 

 which were azaleas. 



All sizes and kinds of the' excellent 

 red pots made by the compaijy were 

 shown in the booth of the Detroit 

 Flower Pot Co., of Detroit, Mich. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., of La Fayette, 

 Ind., drew much attention by its dis- 

 play of Pink Sensation, Champion, Yel- 

 low Prince, Good Cheer, pink seedling 

 No. 271 and other seedlings. All the 

 vases were notable. 



A. G. Fehr, of Belleville, 111., showed 

 some exceedingly good White Perfec- 

 tion carnations. 



Hartje & Elder, of Indianapolis, dis- 

 played excellent White Enchantress and 

 Washington carnations, the latter of 

 especially large size and good color. 



A splendid vase of Ophelia came from 

 the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. 



The Inland Supply Co., of Danville, 

 demonstrated a pump and displayed a 

 line of heating and pump supplies. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., of Chicago, oc- 

 cupied a booth and showed photographs 

 illustrating the action of the com- 

 pany's boilers, which attracted pros- 

 pective boiler purchasers. 



Charles Loveridge, of Peoria, showed 

 Scarlet Glow, White Wonder, Washing- 

 ton, Enchantress and White Enchant- 

 ress carnations; Killarney, White Kil- 

 larney and Richmond roses in particu- 

 larly good condition and some nice sin- 

 gle violets. 



A splendid vase of Rosette was dis- 

 played by the Mount Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery Association, of Morgan Park, 111. 



Edgar Osborne, of Danville, had a 

 good sized display of fine miscellaneous 

 blooming plants. 



Andrew Peterson, of Hoopeston, 111., 

 brought some extremely fine Enchant- 

 ress, White Enchantress and Washing- 

 ton carnations. 



The new rose, Hadley, arrived in fine 

 shape from A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Crom- 

 well, Conn., and deserved the admira- 

 tion it received after its long trip. 



I. L. Pillsbury, of Galesburg, 111., 

 showed two excellent vases of carna- 

 tions. 



Albert J. Pittet, of Indianapolis, Ind., 

 had on display Heliotrope, Lavender 

 Queen and Rose Queen sweet peas, as 

 well as a pink variety of his own, and 

 all drew much favorable comment. 



Pyfer & Olsem, of Wilmette, 111., had 

 some good ferns. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. had the largest 

 exhibit in the hall, of supplies, plants 

 and cut flowers. The plants, comprising 

 exceedingly good foliage and blooming 

 plants for Easter, lost in effect by being 

 separated. Baskets and boxes for tiny 



