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Mabch 12, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



This amount haa been turned over to 

 the treasurer. 



THE INDIANAPOLIS MUM SHOW. 



Just before the meeting of the state 

 associations at Danville, 111., Tuesday 

 afternoon, March 10, the show commit- 

 tee of the State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana met and selected men for va- 

 rious committees to arrange for the 

 chrysanthemum show at the German 

 House, Indianapolis, November 6 to 8. 

 A. F. J. Baur is chairman of the com- 

 mittee and manager of the show. John 

 Hartje is superintendent of the exhi- 

 bition and O. E. Steinkamp is secretary. 

 The men appointed on committees at 

 this meeting were: Decoration — H. L. 

 Wiegand; non-competitive display — I. 

 Bertermann; flower booth — I. Berter- 

 mann and Theodore Dorner; special pre- 

 miums — E. G. Hill and W. .T. Vesey, Jr.; 

 rules and regulations — J. Hartje and A. 

 F. J. Baur; novelties — W. W, Coles. 

 Harry White was chosen assistant super- 

 intendent. 



FLAN FOR INDIANAPOLIS SHOW. 



The State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana is at work on the arrangements 

 for the chrysanthemum show to be held 

 at Indianapolis November 6 to 8. The 

 association expects it to be the big fall 

 exhibition of the year, as the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America will make 

 its annual fall exhibit at the show. To 

 make it even bigger and more success- 

 ful the association plans it to be a free 

 show, and expects, as a result, an at- 

 tendance of at least 75,000. To meet 

 the expense of the exhibition, subscrip- 

 tions are being made by florists of the 

 state. For each dollar subscribed, forty 

 tickets will be given in return, to be 

 distributed by the florist among his 

 customers and friends. Thus the unde- 

 sirables will be kept out of the building 

 and the attendance confined to those 

 whom it is of most value to the trade to 

 reach through such an exhibition. 



The florists of Indiana expect to reap 

 large benefits from this show. As an 

 advertisement for the trade, it should 

 prove productive of results, as 100,000 

 tickets or more will be issued and a 

 large attendance thus insured. In addi- 

 tion to the cash premium list provided 

 by Indiana florists, special prizes will 

 be offered by prominent concerns in 

 the trade. Although this is a new way 

 of conducting a trade exhibition, W. .1. 

 Vesey, Jr., who is chairman of the 

 finance committee, has no doubts of its 

 success, either as an exhibition or a 

 financial undertaking. 



A WORD FOR THE BIG HOUSE. 



Like all new enterprises, the large 

 greenhouses of the Florex Gardens, at 

 North Wales, Pa., were subjected to 

 much criticism from both small and 

 large growers of flowers, and from 

 many others who think they know all 

 about a greenhouse, greenhouse con- 

 struction and the production of flowers. 



Would you condemn the Titanic be- 

 cause it was foundered by an iceberg, 

 or the big Wanamaker building if it 

 should be destroyed by fire? Then why 

 condemn a big greenhouse when it is 

 caught in a 7.3-mile gale? Yes, it is 

 only too true that the |)ri(le of the Flo- 

 rex Gardens, and, I might say, of its 

 officers, D. Fuerstenberg, president; R. 

 Mayhew, vice-president; H. C. Geiger, 

 treasurer, and Eugene Bernheimer, sec- 



Scene in the Exhibition Hall at Danville, IlL, March 10, 1914. 



rotary, that the largest greenhouse met 

 with partial disaster in the storms of 

 February 14 and March 1, 1914. But 

 they have not lost faith in the big 

 house. It was never deserted for a 

 minute. Every officer stood by and did 

 his duty and now that the storm is over 

 I am glad to say that the big house 

 will be rebuilt. The King Construc- 

 tion Co., of North Tonawanda, N. Y., 

 already has a large force of men at 

 work and in a short time expects to get 

 the house in good condition, stronger 

 and better than ever, to sail forth once 

 more like a ship on the waves of the 

 future, sunshine or storm. 



Eugene Bernheimer. 



CHICAGO CIiUB MEETING. 



Novelty Night axid a Good Show. 



There was an attendance of more than 

 fifty at the meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club March 5, attracted by 

 the flower show. The exhibit that at- 

 tracted the most attention was the vase 

 of Hadley, the new bright crimson rose 

 from A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn. It was excellent in every re- 

 spect. Also, the George Wittbold 

 Co. had a notable display of Killarney 

 from its Edgebrook plant, Robert Hand 

 grower. Not only were the stems un- 

 usually long, but the flowers were ex- 

 ceptionally large and fine. The same 

 exhibitor showed Irish Fire Flame, a 

 rose seldom seen in this market. H. 

 W^ehrman, of Maywood, sent a vase of 

 Zvolanek 's winter-blooming Spencer 

 sweet peas that were good. S. S. Skidel- 

 sky & Co., Philadelphia, were repre- 

 sented by a vase of the new pink carna- 

 tion named after their city, which 

 showed up in the best shape any of 

 those present ever had seen it in. Wend- 

 land & Keimel Co., of Elmhurst, staged 

 Milady, Bulgarie, Sunburst and Killar- 

 ney roses, selected from the regular 

 cut. Peter Reinberg was represented 

 by excellent vases of Sunburst, Ward 

 and Richmond roses. Eassett & Wash- 

 burn showed Jonkheer .T. L. Mock, Mrs. 

 Shawyer and Cecile Brunner roses, also 

 two new carnations of excellent prom- 

 ise, the red labeled Belle Washburn 

 and a fine pink labeletl Helen Wash- 

 burn. I'oehlniann Bros. Co. was repre- 

 sented by a splendid lot of Cattleya 

 Triana', four plants in flower and sev- 



enty-five cut blooms staged in bottles. 

 A. K. Anderson, the grower, was pres- 

 ent and received many compliments on 

 his display. The Albert T. Hey Floral 

 Co., Maywood, also had thirty-six fine 

 cut blooms of Cattleya Triana? and C. 

 Schroederiana. 



President French appointed Emil 

 Buettner, Andrew Benson and Emil 

 Reichling as judges. Certificates of 

 merit were awarded to Hadley rose and 

 Philadelphia carnation, with honorable 

 mention to the others and special men- 

 tion for the orchids. 



There was a general discussion of the 

 proposition of affiliation with the S. A. 

 F., ending in the adoption of a resolu- 

 tion favoring the step on some plan 

 that would limit the cost to $1 per 

 capita. The Lake Shore was designated 

 as the official route to the Boston con- 

 vention and the transportation commit- 

 tee instructed to arrange for a special 

 train. The state fertilizer laws were 

 discussed, W. S. McGee and Howard 

 Votaw, the latter of Darling & Co., con- 

 tributing to the fund of information. 

 The matter was referred to the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association with the 

 recommendation that steps be taken to 

 get a law providing for state inspection 

 and analysis in Illinois. There was a 

 discussion of the new express rates, 

 which in some cases have turned out 

 not so favorable as the old, and a com- 

 mittee consisting of W. .1. Keimel, 

 George Asmus and A. F. Poehlmann was 

 appointed to bring this up at the state 

 convention. 



Clarence Smith, of Morton Grove, was 

 elected to membership and applications 

 were received from .T. .T. GruUemans, 

 Jr., Lisse, Holland; .1. E. Jones, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; A. M. Sanders and Peter 

 Schousboe. 



Among those present from out of 

 town were P. W\ Peterson, of the 

 Thompson Carnation Co., and A. C. 

 Rott, of .Toliet; Robert Karlstrom, with 

 W. A. Manila, South Orange, N. J.; 

 J. .T. GruUemans, Jr., of .1. J. GruUe- 

 mans & Sons, Lisse, Holland; Sam Selig- 

 man, vith Wertheimer Bros., New York, 

 and G. L. Freeman, Fall River, Mass. 

 The latter gave an interesting talk on 

 orchids, stating, among other things, 

 that florists who grow a number of 

 crops tell him that orchids are among 

 the most profitable of cut flowers. 



