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The Florists' Review 



Floor Plan for the Trade's Diiplay at the Minneapolii G>nvention of the Society of American Florists. 



"In the 100 classes of the English 

 as well as the American Society's med- 

 als, Matchless is the bold medal winner 

 with 90 points out of a possible 

 I 100; Gorgeous takes the silver-gilt of 

 the former with 88 points; Princess 

 Dagmar the third with 86, For the 

 American silver-gilt, Mrs. Coombes 

 scores 88 points, and is followed by 

 Princess Dagmar with 86 points, win- 

 ning the silver medal again. 



"Another visit I made after the 

 show was to the famous Messrs. Dorner, 

 at Lafayette. Here are seedlings ga- 

 lore, of one, two, and three years' trial 

 and testing out. As one could easily 

 speak for several hours on this home of 

 carnations, I will single out just one 

 as an example of the work and stu- 

 dious hybridizing of the late founder 

 of the firm. This one is Champion by 

 name and nature (XXXXX), a lovely 

 glowing scarlet, predicted to be in scar- 

 lets what "White Wonder is in whites. 

 Now, to point out that things are done 

 right and proper on the Dorner estab- 

 lishment, of a shipment of nearly 1,- 

 500 carnations, in two cases, which in- 

 cluded 1,000 Champion, only four plants 

 will die; the rest look as if they had 

 been taken from the pots but an hour or 



|. two, instead of sixteen days. These 



^ cases came to Merstham! 



f Some Other Good Things. 



"The Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 

 111., has a lovely scarlet named Aviator; 

 while a good thing, it will not quite 

 reach the variety mentioned above for 

 points. Another good thing is a seed- 

 ling pink which is well worth watch- 

 ing. 



"Bassett & Washburn have three or 

 four promising seedlings, one of which 

 was named after the new Mrs. Wash- 



burn, a pretty shade of pink, and is 

 sweet (quite natural). Another un- 

 named pink looks promising, and they 

 also have a good thing in Belle Wash- 

 burn, a scarlet. 



"Another good thing still, at Fred 

 Breitmeyer 's, Michigan, was Philadel- 

 phia, described as baby pink, but Glo- 

 riosa pink will be better understood by 

 the home grower. Much like Gloriosa, 

 except that the new variety will carry 

 three flowers to the other's one. 



"Now I have told you what I saw 

 in the new carnation line, and I must 

 tell you that to see the new carnations 

 and make arrangements to distribute 

 them on the same lines as the Wells- 

 Pockett-Totty arrangement with mums, 

 which has worked so satisfactorily, was 

 my desire. I must say that in almost 

 every instance the raisers are thoroughly 

 agreeable, and from this time forward 

 Mr. Hill and Mr. Totty are my guar- 

 antees. The new carnations will be 

 open to inspection in the nurseries of 

 W. Wells & Co., of Merstham. At the 

 present time some are home, and others 

 are on the way." 



THE CONVENTION EXHIBITION. 



Secretary John Young, who also is 

 superintendent of the S. A. F. trade's 

 exhibition, feels that the show will 

 gain rather than lose by going this year 

 into new territory — the great north- 

 west, tributary to Minneapolis, is full 

 of florists who have not attended pre- 

 vious conventions. The S. A. F. as a 

 society is going to them, since they 

 will not come to it, and the exhibitors 

 will go along, being also anxious to 

 make new personal acquaintances. 



Mr. Young has prepared a floor plan 

 of the National Guards' Armory, in 

 which the trade's display will be staged 



during the Minneapolis convention, and 

 is busy at his office, 58 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, booking reservations of 

 space. The executive board of the so- 

 ciety has put the rate this year at 40 

 cents per square foot, regardless of the 

 quantity taken, except that a minimum 

 charge of $20 will be made. As usual, 

 the exhibitor will be required to meet 

 the cost of cartage, tables, signs and 

 all other accessories. In laying out the 

 floor space a plan was adopted that 

 would best conform to the character of 

 the exhibits and the character of the 

 space. The disposition of the exhibits 

 by classes is shown on the plan as 

 follows: 



A.— Plants. 



B. — Cut blooms. 



C. — Boilers and heating apparatus. 



D. — Greenhouse appliances, including 

 flower pots. 



E. — Florists ' supplies, including fancy 

 earthenware. 



F. — Bulbs, seeds and garden requi- 

 sites. 



G. — Miscellaneous. 



H. — Competitive exhibits. 



One of the important features for 

 trade exhibitors is that this year the 

 business sessions occupy four days, in- 

 stead of three as in the past. It is 

 aimed to hold the crowd at the hall, 

 and it is an important point for those 

 who have goods to sell. 



New Hamburg, N. Y. — Alexander 

 Laub was severely injured recently by 

 the explosion of a can of naphtha while 

 he was engaged in spraying plants. 



Scranton, Pa. — Baldwin the Florist 

 has opened his new show house and 

 salesroom at 5£;6 Spruce street. The es- 

 tablishment is one of the handsomest in 

 town. 



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