The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



March 30, 1911. 



The display was in charge of Charles 

 Bobinson, with several assistants. 



J. G. Neidinger, Philadelphia, had a 

 large lipe of florlgts' supplies, princi- 

 Dally w|ypc, ai^ificiai and metal desigiu), 

 but Including ribbons and chiffons, bas- 

 kets, pot covers, Cycas leaves, immor- 

 telles, thread, etc. Mr. Neidinger per- 

 sonally was in charge. 



Welch Bros., Boston, staged the most 

 complete line of florists' supplies in the 

 trade exhib't. In addition to the staple 

 articles used in every flower store, they 

 showed many Easter specialties, such 

 as plant baskets in a variety of styles, 

 pot covers, etc. 



Schloss Bros., New York, in addition 

 to their general line of ribbons, showed 

 a number of novelties, including a rib- 

 bon with "Easter Greeting" woven in 

 it; a corsage tie with gold trimming; 

 a figured rose and carnation pattern in 

 all colors, and lace bouquet holders. 

 Emil Schloss was in charge. 



W. J. Boas, Philadelphia, manufac- 

 turer of the square lock cut flower 

 boxes, showed his full line in charge of 

 Jas. F. Smith. 



The Climax Mfg. Co., Castorland, N. 

 Y., ahowed its line of cut flower boxes 

 known as the improved corner lock. 

 In charge of Jacob Brunner and E. F. 

 Kennon. 



Stone & Forsyth, Boston, had a booth 

 to show the line of boxes, paper, thread, 

 twine, rope, etc., they sell to florists. 



The Lord Frost-Proof Plant Box Co., 

 Minneapolis, exhibited the folding cor- 

 rugated fiber board box from which it 

 gets its name. Mr. Lord personally 

 was in charge. 



The Seedsmen's Displays. 



Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston, 

 had a well arranged booth featuring in- 

 secticides and florists' sundries, includ- 

 ing a line of handsome plant tubs. The 

 new Joy-0 self -watering flower pot was 

 shown with blooming plants of daffo- 

 'dils, hyacinths, spirgeas, etc., showing 



how the plants in this receptacle stand 

 neglect. - W. E. Cahill was in charge. 



Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 were classed as trade exhibitors, but 

 their |lisplaJN|nra"f"'|^oi|pn up to interest 

 the gfn^ral public railher'than the flo- 

 rists. It ^eluded the Galloway -terra 

 cotta lawn furniture, lawn seeds and 

 lawn accessories in general. The dis- 

 play was in charge of Maurice Fuld, 

 Israel Rosnosky and Geo. W. Hampton. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. 

 Y., had a booth with over fifty varie- 

 ties of bulbs, including a large list of 

 liliums. Calla Elliott'ana was shown 

 in flower, and palms were included in 

 the display. In charge of I. 8. Heu- 

 drickson, assisted by S. C. Parnell, 



T. J. Grey Co., Boston, had a big 

 line, running all the way from plows, 

 lawn mowers and garden tools, to tu- 

 lips, spiraeas and valley in flower, palms, 

 ficus, small ferns, seeds and bulbs. 



B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass., 

 showed Cedar Acres gladiolus bulbs. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Tracy were present. 



Building Material. 



The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 put up a booth to show the Advance 

 ventilating machines in operation and 

 for the display of an enlarged line of 

 pipe fittings. In charge of J. E. Jones 

 and B. E. Jones. , 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York, 

 erected a section of an iron-frame 

 curved eave greenhouse illustrating in 

 a compact way the details of this in- 

 creasingly popular style of construc- 

 tion. The house was equipped with 

 iron benches and showed three ways of 

 applying the worm gear ventilating ma- 

 chine. Hotbed sashes and seed beds were 

 shown. The boiler department was 

 represented by one sectional and two 

 round boilers. "♦ 



The King Construction Co., North 

 Tonawanda, N. Y., erected a section of 

 iron-frame greenhouse to illustrate the 

 details of several styles of construction 



and also put up a model of its fire- ^, 

 proof boiler house. Ventilating appara- * 

 tus, shelf brackets and a large line of 

 p pe hangers and fittings were shown. 

 The display was in charge of R. O. 

 King, J. C. Luff and H. E. Bates. 



Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth, N. J., 

 put up a house in sections to show 

 three styles of construcjjon, all iron- 

 frame, but one with curved eave, an- 

 other with curved side and the third the 

 regular angle eave and iron post con- 

 struction. The two former showed the 

 use of the iron sill on a concrete side 

 wall. The installation showed five dif- 

 ferent ways of applying the company's 

 worm gear ventilating machine, spe- 

 cially illustrating the long-run-under- 

 bench feature. Wall frames showed de- 

 tails of bars, gutters and plates in all 

 styles. A Hitchings 1910 model sec- 

 tional boiler bore the announcement 

 that it is made in twenty-six sizes for 

 steam and hot water. Trade visitors 

 received a pair of pencils in a pencil 

 pocket as a souvenir. 



The Stearns Lumber Co, Boston, 

 which mills greenhouse material from 

 cypress cut in its own timber lands in 

 the south, had a booth in which the 

 Challenge ventilating apparatus was 

 shown; also hotbed sashes and inch pieces 

 sawn from sashbars, plates, etc. All 

 the cypress was in its natural color, to 

 show just what the material is. F. N. 

 Sanborn was in charge. 



The Pierson U-Bar Co.^ New York, in 

 the midst of a garden of artificial holly- 

 hocks, set up one of its curved, eave 

 greenhouses, employing the cypress core 

 bar inside the steel U-bar, the house set 

 on an iron plate resting on a brick wall. 

 The house was complete, with worm 

 gear ventilating apparatus and two 

 iron-frame benches, one with slate bot- 

 tom and one with tile. The exhibit was 

 one of the most attractively staged in 

 this department of the exhibition. 



Wesley Wait, Newburgh, N. Y., ex- 

 hibited his interlocking steel greenhous^ 



A View from the Balcony in the Main Hall, National Flower Show. 

 (Thamas Roland's iplendll f roup of FlocrerloK Plant* In the rorogroaBit at the left the Orchid group of Julius Roehrs Co.) 



