. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. jgi6. The American Florist. 439. "THE ELMS," EDWARD J. BERWIND'S ESTATE, NEWPORT, R. I. Rows of Arbor A'itiic Tjciidtii^ to Miirblc Pavilion and Sunken Garden. bush on the left is red lilac, that va- i-iety flowering beautifully in that cli- mate. The tall plants in the central background are daisies. The line of low bushes bordering the garden are oleanders. The bed is made up of forget-me-nots and other small plants. A. F. F. Cleveland's Open Air Show. The florist trade of Cleveland, O., and vicinity s
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. jgi6. The American Florist. 439. "THE ELMS," EDWARD J. BERWIND'S ESTATE, NEWPORT, R. I. Rows of Arbor A'itiic Tjciidtii^ to Miirblc Pavilion and Sunken Garden. bush on the left is red lilac, that va- i-iety flowering beautifully in that cli- mate. The tall plants in the central background are daisies. The line of low bushes bordering the garden are oleanders. The bed is made up of forget-me-nots and other small plants. A. F. F. Cleveland's Open Air Show. The florist trade of Cleveland, O., and vicinity staged their first open air fall flower show, Septemebr 2-9, in conjunction with the Industrial expo- sition and fair, conducted by the Chamber of Commerce at Edgewater park. In a large tent, decorated with flags and bunting, with the cries of the "ballyhos" and fakirs on all sides, and the music of the open air hippo- drome playing continuously outside of the entrance to the flower tent, the florists of that city again distin- guished themselves with displays of basket arrangements, table decora- tions, groups of foliage plants, as well as cut flowers, aquatics and gold fish. As one entered the tent from the north entrance, immediate to the right was the concrete garden furniture ex- hibit of the A. C. Barber Concrete Co., of Barberton, O., consisting of flower boxes, vases and urns, chairs and benches. Next came the Cleveland Garden & Soil Supply Co., with an ex- hijbit of soils and- fertilizers. And then, the beautiful exhibition of the floral industries of Cleveland, which it can be said attracted as much interest as anything in the entire fair. This was arranged in the form of a large garden with a pond and bridge, road- waj^ and house, most skillfully done; and elaborate in detail. Here, also, Miss Ruth Mercer distributed posters giving on one side statistics as to the number of plants and cut blooms used by the flower lovers of the city every year, while on
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