Mat 9. 1901. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



783 



Key to Plan. 



ing Crab-apple 



Thallctrum polygai 

 Boltonia aateroides 

 CerciB canadensis 

 Weeping mulberry 



Doub 



Philadelplius c 

 Svringa vulgaris 

 Cydooia (Pyrus) Japonic 

 Weigelia I 



Jileg-ia vulgaris 



above there are beds of hyacinths and 

 tulips planted by James Vick's Sons, of 

 Rochester; C. D. Zimmerman, of Buf- 

 falo; Orange Clark & Son, of Buffalo; 

 Henry P. Michell, of Philadelphia, and 

 ten beds of Spanish Iris, the exhibit of 

 Clueas & Boddington, of New York. 

 Messrs. Parsons & Son, of Flushing, 

 N. Y., have an exhibit of Ilex crenata 

 and Japanese maples. The Wm. H. Moon 

 Company, of Morrisville, Pa., have sent 

 a collection of retinosporas which fills 

 a large bed near the Women's building. 

 Many more consigmnents are on the 

 road. 



Ellwanger & Barry have a very large 

 group of deciduous trees and shrubs. 

 Thos. Meehan & Sons, of Germantown, 

 Philadelphia, have a large collection of 

 evergreens in tubs. J. C. Vaughan, of 

 Chicago, has also a number of beds of 

 pansies. C. W. Ward, of Queens, N. Y., 

 has sent a splendid collection of pelar- 

 goniums and zonal geraniums, which 

 are now in the North Conservatory. 

 Peter Henderson & Co. have a large 

 space allotted to them and Mr. Julius 

 Heinrich is on the ground with a force 

 of men getting it in fine shape. If car- 

 ried out acording to their plan it will 

 be a very fine exhibit. 



The Whitney-Eckstein Seed Company, 

 of Buffalo, also Henry A. Dreer, have 

 each about a quarter of an acre devoted 

 to lawn grass, which are splendid in qual- 

 ity. An exhibit which may be of great 

 interest to many is a bed of Ginseng 

 planted by the American Ginseng Com-, 



pany of Rose Hill, X. Y. They have 

 also some fine plants of this Chinese 

 favorite started in the greenhouse. All 

 the herbaceous plants, of which there is 

 a great collection planted by Henry A. 

 Dreer, the Park Floral Company, of 

 Denver, and several others, have come 

 through the winter well. 



The Mexican government is making a 

 display in several departments and in 

 horticulture they will be quite promi- 

 nent. They have four large beds de- 

 voted to their exhibits, chief of which 

 will be a great display of cacti. It is 

 under the charge of Mr. McDowell of 

 Mexico City. 



Too much cannot be said of the beauty 

 of this part of the grounds, which covers 

 some fifteen acres interspersed with trees 

 and flower beds, good roads and a vel- 

 vety lawn. To the south of this rose 

 garden is the Buffalo Park, with its fine 

 landscape gardening. 



The Exposition management sent to 

 Florida our Mr. H. E. Van Deman, who 

 has sent home some very large cocoanut 

 trees, which are now boxed and placed 

 in the center of the Horticulture build- 

 ing. He also sent what is quite as ac- 

 ceptable, a large collection of agaves, 

 many Mexican orchids and a splendid 

 assortment of tillandsias, which will be 

 used to great advantage in the decora- 

 tions of the conservatories. 



The Geo. Wittbold Company, of Chi- 

 cago, sent a fine collection of their dec- 

 orative fern, Nephroplepis Wittboldii. A 

 fine collection of pineapples have arrived 



from Florida, some in flower, some with 

 fruit half grown and some near matur- 

 ity. These arrived in excellent order. In 

 I lie main Horticulture building many of 

 the States are installing their exhibits. 

 California has a magnificent display. 

 Kvcrv inch of this fine building will be 

 occupied. The states already in areilich- 

 igan, Connecticut, Missouri, Illinois and 

 llie Province of Ontario, and more just 

 arriving. I am glad to say that most of 

 the States are not only putting up hand- 

 some structures for their exhibits, but 

 are embellishing them with growing 

 plants. California is particularly lavish 

 with palms and orange trees. Missouri 

 also has a fine lot of palms. 



The Carnation Exhibition. 



As advertised, a carnation exhibition 

 was held from May 1st to the 8lh. The 

 llowprs were staged in the large Horti- 

 culture building, which without any ar- 

 tilicial heat kept very cool and the 

 lilijoiiis have lasted longer and in better 

 coil. lii ion tliaii llic writer ever remem- 

 Iki- Ii.imiil; ^''11 I'Iscwhere. JIany addi- 

 tion, lo ilic r\liiliits were made on Sat- 

 urday, lint >i\ .lays after the first blooms 

 were' staged the majority were yet in ex- 

 cellent condition and the quality of the 

 flowers was a revelation to many visitors 

 who saw them on the opening day. Flor- 

 ists are, of course, acquainted with the 

 wonderful varieties sent out this and last 

 year, but the public were not aware of 

 "the extraordinary size and beauty of 

 many of the newer varieties. The flow- 

 ers came from many sections of the coun- 

 try, and, without giving you a list of all 

 the exhibitors, I will say that the varie- 

 ties which showed up in fine style were 

 J. H. Jlanly (a grand .scarlet), Gov. 

 Koofevelt. Morning Glory, Mrs. Lawson, 

 The Marquis, Golden Beauty, Olympia, 

 Cressbrook, Rosy Morn. Genevieve Lord, 

 Mary Wood (extra fine), Leslie Paul, 

 Mrs." Bradt, Gen. Gomez, Frances Joost, 

 Goethe (a beautiful light pink), .Nor- 

 way. White Cloud, Flora Hill, Mrs. J. J. 

 Shedd (a grand scarlet), 100 blooms of 

 Enquirer (greatly admired and a great 

 keeper), and many other of the well 

 known older varieties. The carnation 

 exhibition was a success, and as there 

 were 26,000 people on the grounds the 

 first day you can imagine that this ex- 

 hibition gave pleasure to many. 



Though not horticulture I would like 

 to say that beautiful as this Exposition 

 is in daylight when the coloring of the 

 buildings can be seen, to me there is r 

 charm about it when lighted with its 

 .350,000 electric lights that is beyond 

 description. The Electric Tower is pos- 

 sibly a sight that has never been equaled. 

 On it are over 40,000 electric lights. 

 When seen close by you can see the won- 

 derful designs in which the lights are 

 arranged, but when at some distance it 

 is one gorgeous blaze of light. 



The carnation exhibit was not entirely 

 competitive. Following is a list of the 

 awards for the first two days. Some 

 splendid flowers have since arrived from 

 C. W. Ward, the Chicago Carnation Com- 

 pany. Fred Dorner & Sons and H. Weber 

 & Sons, Oakland, Md. The result of the 

 later awards I have not yet received. 

 Prof. John F. Cowell acted as judge. 



Wjt. Scott. 



Carnation Show Awards. 



First Award.— C. W. Ward. Queens, 



N. Y.: Class 1, "J. H. Manley;" class 



a. "Gov. Roosevelt;" class 6, "Golden 



Beauty." L. E. Marquisee, Syracuse, 



