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April 10, 1918. 



The Florists' Review 



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The Notable Showing of Schizaathus on View in New York. 



(Plants of J. Bell on the left and W. H. Walte on the rlKht. The Cinerarias are in the backRronnd.) 



movable form, also bench frame and 

 greenhouse fittings. 



The Mead-Suydam Co., East Orange, 

 N. J., shows its mold for making re- 

 inforced concrete greenhouse benches, 

 the Wilson-Hoyt patent, a few pieces 

 from its line of concrete lawn vases, 

 flower boxes and architectural concrete. 



C. B. Weathered & Son, Jersey City, 

 N. J., show a section of a curved eave 

 conservatory with worm gear venti- 

 lator machine and iron frame bench, 

 also photographs of their construction. 



The Quaker City Machine Co., Eich- 

 mond, Ind., shows the Challenge chain 

 gear ventilating machine and a line of 

 greenhouse fittings, all nicely finished 

 in gold with green trimmings. 



Heating Specialties. 



The Johnston Heating Co., New York, 

 shows a large return tubular boiler, 

 also a new circulator for accelerating 

 the movement of hot water in heating 

 coils, the latter in operation, driven by 

 an electric motor and throwing a large 

 volume of cold water. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, shows 

 a new model boiler for steam or hot 

 water, made in sizes up to 3,000 feet 

 of radiation in capacity. It has no 

 flues; direct heating surface, downward 

 fire travel, self -cleaning. Drawings and 

 photographs show heating plans, piping 

 systems, generator attachment, etc. 



Wm. S. Haines & Co., Philadelphia, 

 show an expansion controller valve for 

 vacuum heating systems. 



The American Auxiliary Heating Co., 

 Boston, shows two Castle automatic 

 circulators for speeding up the flow in 

 hot water heating systems. 



Hubert V. Pearce, Detroit, shows the 

 Pearce return steam trap and boiler 

 feeder for draining the coils in steam 

 heating plants. 



J. P. Dahlborn, Weehawken Heights, 

 ^- J., shows the Hontsch hot water 

 boiler in two styles, five sizes of one 

 of them. It is made in Germany. 



Insecticides and Fertilizers. 



Hammond's Slug Shot Works, Fish- 

 Kill-on-Hudson, N. Y., has a display of 

 preenhouse paint and putty, Slug Shot, 

 Grape Dust, Thrips Juice, copper solu- 



tion and other insecticides, also a paint 

 and gutter cleaner. 



The Lemon Oil Co., Baltimore, has a 

 table of its Standard insecticide. 



The New York Stable Manure Co., 

 Jersey City, N. J., has a stand to show 

 dried and ground horse manure. 



The Consumers Fertilizer Co., New 

 York, has a booth for the display of 

 Mak-grow odorless fertilizer, with litera- 

 ture on fertilizers by George T. Powell. 



The Bon Arbor Chemical Co., Pater- 

 son, N. J., has a booth to show Bon 

 Arbor fertilizer and Eadix worm eradi- 

 cator. 



The Plantlife Co., New York, shows 

 an insecticide said to have as its prin- 

 cipal ingredient refined tobacco sand. 



Miscellaneous. 



The Eevere Eubber Co., Boston, has 

 the same pergola of Eevero hose that 

 has been shown at florists' conventions 

 in various parts of the country and in 



addition an enormous reel of hose that 

 stands higher than a tall man's head. 

 The center of the reel, however, is a 

 miniature garden scene in which a gar^ 

 dener is sprinkling with real water run- 

 ning through a tiny hose. The view is 

 through a plate glass front, a distinctly 

 novel exhibit. 



The Caldwell Lawn Mower Co., New- 

 burgh, N. Y., has an attractive display 

 of mowers, propelled by man, beast and 

 motor. 



J. Horace McFarland Co., Harrisburg^ 

 Pa., has a display of horticultural litera- 

 ture and a number of publishers of 

 gardening and outdoor magazines and 

 books have booths. 



John C. Hatcher, Amsterdam, N. Y., 

 has a display of Asparagus Hatcheri, 

 both cut strings and plants in pots for 

 benching. 



Gt. Van Waveren & Kruijff, Philadel- 



Liliei from Louiiiana Grown Bulbs at the National Show, New York. 



