. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi6. The American Florist. 669 Condensed Comment. Seedsmen and plantsmen in and about New York did not fail to take advantage of the daily press pulilicity and set along: side of such their ad- vertising cards in liberal numbers and of good size. The planting season opened opportunely. Express deliveries of plants were notably slow. The American took 48 hours from' Philadelphia to the Grand Central Palace. Chairman Pierson considers only local auto trucks effec- tive for this work. Privelege sales can be overdone
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi6. The American Florist. 669 Condensed Comment. Seedsmen and plantsmen in and about New York did not fail to take advantage of the daily press pulilicity and set along: side of such their ad- vertising cards in liberal numbers and of good size. The planting season opened opportunely. Express deliveries of plants were notably slow. The American took 48 hours from' Philadelphia to the Grand Central Palace. Chairman Pierson considers only local auto trucks effec- tive for this work. Privelege sales can be overdone. The public comfort end compared poorly with western shows. Not a free pure water fountain could be located where a dozen were actually needed. Calla Elliotiana, exhibited by the Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J., attracted considerable attention. The bulbs were potted January 1. Commercial houses reported here, as in Philadelphia, a very good booking business, private gardeners being on hand in large numbers. With three inches of dirty snow along the sidewalk gutters and snow- ing all day, the Saturday afternoon attendance was good. The daily papers of Saturday. April 8, and Sunday, April 9, gave very lib- eral space to the show and to all gar- den matters. Fakirs barked odds and ends freely in the gallery, contrary to rules in well ordered flower shows. Gretna Kluis. Max Schling telegraphs as follows as we go to press, April 12 : "Certifi- cate of merit for Rose Gretna Kluis was awarded to Kluis & Smith and not to Max ; The Awards. Plants in Flower—Private Growers. Acacia, Z plants—Mrs. !?'. A. Constable, Mam- aroneck, X. Y. (.las. Stuart. 1st; D. C. Reid. Irviugtou-ou-Hudson, N. Y. (A, M. Gold- ing. 2nd. Acacia, specimen, any variety—F. E. Lewis. RidgefleW, 1st; Mrs. H. Darlington. Mamaroneck, N. Y,. 2nd. Amarillis. 25 plants—Howard Gould. Port Washington, N. Y. (Wm. Vert. Or.). 1st; Mrs. D. Willis James, Madison, N. J.
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