MAY 22, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



Shower Bouquets for a Carnival, Made by H. H. Kuhlmaon, of Houston, Tex. 



Now we learn from the Albany Times- 

 Union of May 15 that it was Congress- 

 man Ten Eyck who "Fixed the Flower 

 Tariff. At request of Wm. C. Gloeck- 

 ner he made law clear; the whole hor- 

 ticultural trade is indebted to him for 

 his work for them." Here is the story: 



"The fact that the Albany district 

 for the first time in years is 'repre- 

 sented' in Congress was strikingly 

 brought home to William C. Gloeckner 

 and other florists here and throughout 

 the country recently. Mr. Gloeckner, 

 with the remark, 'That's the kind of 

 a congressman we have,' handed out 

 ^'ome correspondence this morning 

 which tells the story. 



"For years the tariff on bulbs and 

 other items of horticulture has been 

 subject to an ambiguous classification 

 •n the tariff law, which has resulted in 

 endless litigation on the part of im- 

 porters of florists' things in efforts to 

 collect duties which they paid errone- 

 ously, and which has given the dis- 

 honest European importer a vast ad- 

 vantage over the honest American 

 working under this poorly constructed 

 tariff scheme. 



"The florists did not object to the 

 'ate of duties imposed, but only to the 

 Way in which the things were classi- 

 fied. ^ 



Mr. Gloeckner happened to mention 

 to a large importing house in New 

 ^ork the fact that Albany had a live 

 •'ongressman at Washington, who was 

 anxious to do what he could for all his 

 constituents, including Gloeckner him- 



self, and through the congressman 

 and through Gloeckner the matter was 

 effectively taken up with Congressman 

 Francis Burton Harrison, of the House 

 committee on tariff amendments. 



' * Through him the proper wording of 

 the horticultural section was secured, 

 and Mr. Gloeckner has been asked by 

 florists throughout the country to thank 

 Mr. Ten Eyck for the good work he 

 did for them. 



"It is probable that at the next meet- 

 ing of the Albany Florists' Club reso- 

 lutions will be passed setting forth the 

 approval of that association on Mr. 

 Ten Eyck's courtesy in taking the mat- 

 ter up, and his forcefulness in bringing 

 it to a successful conclusion." 



GHENT QUINQUENNIAL SHOW. 



The eighteenth international quin- 

 quennial exhibition of the Royal So- 

 ciety of Agriculture and Botany, at 

 Ghent, Belgium, was opened by His 

 Majesty the King of Belgium, April 26. 

 This exhibition eclipsed in size and 

 grandeur all its predecessors. The 

 spacious new buildings in which the 

 show was held were admirably suited 

 for the purpose; the whole of the ar- 

 rangements reflected credit upon the 

 organizers, and the culture and group- 

 ing of the plants formed a high tribute 

 to the skill of Belgian horticulturists. 



The 840 competitive classes were 

 judged by 300 of the leading horti- 

 culturists of Europe, working in groups 

 of five or six, with a chairman and 

 secretary for each group and with Sir 



Harry J. Veitch, London, as president 

 of the jury. 



The exhibition was divided into 

 three sections, one of which was de- 

 voted entirely to orchids. The so- 

 called azalea palace, comprising four 

 acres of floor space, was used mainly 

 for azaleas, rhododendrons, lilacs and 

 carnations. The third section, includ- 

 ing about three acres of floor space, 

 contained palms, crotons, ferns and 

 other stove and greenhouse plants. 



Carnations were an important fea- 

 ture, and the marvelous development 

 in their culture in Europe was demon- 

 strated when compared with the show 

 of 1908, when there were only two 

 small exhibits. The leading honors 

 went to England, and C. Engelmann, 

 Saffron Walden, headed the list with a 

 grand collection containing over 6,000 

 blooms. To this an award of (Euvre 

 d'Art was made. Gold medals were 

 awarded to Stuart Low & Co.; A. F. 

 Dutton, iver; Young & Co., Chelten- 

 ham; Cutbush & Son, London; E. 

 Draps-Boudry, Oostdunkerke, Belgium, 

 and E. De Wolf, Alost, Belgium. 



New plants — that is, plants not pre- 

 viously exhibited — were rare on this 

 occasion. Most subjects had been seen 

 at one or more European exhibitions 

 prior to the Ghent show. Sand!St' & 

 Sons, Bruges, Belgium, were in the 

 front rank with a variety of subjects, 

 including Trevesia Sanderi, Maranta 

 Sanderaj, Alocasia colossa, etc. — foliage 

 plants not likely to become popular 

 commercial lines, but extremely inter- 

 esting for collections and botanic gar- 



