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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw53amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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igi6. The American Florist. 585
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JULIUS ROEHRS CO.'S ROCK GARDEN AT THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. committee of the S. A. F., who have given so much of their time at the former shows for the preliminaries, such as schedule making, working up enthusiasm, providing for the finan- cial end, etc.. that one can scarcely name them all. Of the national flower show committee, Thos. Roland, John Young, George Asmus, Chas. H. Totty, Adolph Farenwald and Wm. Craig ap- peared to be always on the job. Ar- thur Herrington, the manager, who was called upon at the last minute, was the right man in the right place, and straightened out the congestion after the first day, very much improv- ing the appearance of the show. Wm. Kleinheinz secured exhibits from everywhere—his work was most valua- ble. W. P. Therkildson was the man who brought the people there; no such efforts in awakening the public to any similar enterprise on this or other lines have ever aroused half the enthusiasm shown here. Very much of the success is due tc his great efforts. The trade ticket committee, with E. J. Fancourt chairman, and Mark P. Mills, W. K. Harris, E. C. Dungan. Alfred Burton and others, worked very hard and proiluced phe- nomenal results—all honor to them. Fred Cowperthwaite and his commit- tee were also a great factor after the show opened. Mlchell's Dutch Garden. The exhibit of Michell's Seed House might truly be termed "A Leedle Bit of Holland." The rear was formed by a beautiful oil painting depicting mas- sive beds of tulips and hyacinths in bloom. Even the quaint windmill had not been overlooked, with its revolv- ing wheel of four paddles, each out- lined with miniature electric lights, producing a novel effect that attract- ed the eye as one came into Conven- tion hall at the main entrance. At the base of the landscape scene was a row of boxwood in front of which were planted in tasteful form, lily of the valley, funkias. and andromeda with its attractive red foliage. In front of this background was formed one of the finest pieces of real sod turf, greenhouse grown. This looked so beautiful and perfect that some spectators refused to believe that it was real sod. and these "doubting Thomases" were permitted to satisfy them.selves by putting their hands on it. This lawn effect surrounded the attractive fence enclosure on all sides. In the center of the garden were three gorgeous flower beds made of hyacinths and tulips in choice variety, Grand Maitre, Queen of Pinks and Grandesse hyacinths and Kaiserskroon tulips being predominant. The garden walks were formed of small, clean pebbles that set it off wonderfully, while an attractive stone bench or a vase here and there added finish. Even the store bird bath with birds perched thereon had not been over- looked. Scattered through the gar- den at intervals were selected speci- mens of pyramidal, tree shaped and standard boxwood in stone vases. At the front, just inside the enclosure, was an attractive border made of Giant-flowering pansies in full bloom. Intermingled with these were English daisies, forget-me-nots and early- flowering perennials, the already beautiful effect being enhanced in the corners or ends with dwarf Japanese maples, mountain laurels and rhodo- dendrons in bloom. At the corners of the garden enclosure and on the side pillars were entwined flowering roses, while a pergola connected the gar- den with a greenhouse, the benches of which were banked with cyclamens, calceolarias, cinerarias, rhododen- drons, lilacs, bougainvilleas and nu- merous other early spring flowering plants, all at their best. The garden was given additional finish in the pres- ence of a boy and a girl dressed in Dutch costume, an attractive feature of the exhibit. The entire decorative scheme was the work of the Michell Co.'s decorative expert, Philip Freimd, while practical- ly the entire display was grown espe- cially for the flower show at the com- pany's nurseries. On the lawn outside of the entrance to Convention hall, an endless variety of attractive highly colored evergreens and box>- bush had been planted by this firm. These plantings were intermingled with settings of hyacinths and narcissi in full glory, while on the lawn an Amer- ican flag was executed in a clever manner in red, white and blue hya- cinths, the pole being worked out in yellow narcissi. The indoor exhibit of the Michell Co. was awarded first prize and the gold medal for the most artistic garden.

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