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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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called specialists can with far less ex- 

 perience. Can you give a logical solu- 

 tion?" 



If specialists, such as rose growers, 

 carnation growers, etc., are referred 

 to. it is no doubt due to the fact that 

 larger interests are involved where 

 specialists are employed, and the em- 

 ployer feels less inclined to take 

 chances. 



A man who is particularly success- 

 ful with roses can naturally make 

 himself more valuable when in chargi' 

 of a range of rose houses than if he 

 had only one house of roses and the 

 other houses contained mixed plants, 

 with which he was no more successful 

 than thousands of other men. 



To be recognized as a specialist one 

 must be able to do some one thing 

 especially well — much better than the 

 average all around man. And to in- 

 sure a good paying position as a spe- 

 cialist, the specialty must be one that 

 is financially important to the em- 

 ployer. The most valuable man to a 

 grower is the one that can produce the 

 most money from the glass under his 

 control. 



Probably there ai'e specialists who 

 are worth to their employers even less 

 than a good, all around man is to an 

 employer doing a general business, but 

 such cases are no doubt exceptional. 

 And exceptional oases should have ex- 

 ceptional treatment. 



We hope our readers will have some 

 views to express on this subject. 



Further Questions. 



We want a tough problem or so 

 from you for next week. If YOU could 

 have a useful reply to any question on 

 any subject, what would YOU ask? 



NEW YORK. 



The Rose Show^. 



The first June show of the American 

 Rose Society is an item of history and 

 can be considered in many ways. It 

 was far from being an ideal show, and 

 yet when many things are weighed it 

 was not so big a failure as many have 

 thought. It is a very easy matter to 

 visit an exhibition and criticise and 

 suggest — yes, far easier than to turn 

 in and help to make it what you think 

 it ought to be. The schedule offered 

 by the Rose Society was very faulty 

 and will no doubt be aifferent next 

 time. It was locally understood that 

 the first was commercial growers' day, 

 and the second for private gardeners. 



The growers cannot be compliment- 

 ed on their showing and there is no 

 excuse. It is quite evident that the 

 majority of commercial rose growers 

 confine their energy and idea of roses 

 to the few varieties grown under glass, 

 whilst the nurserymen and importers 

 consider the rose mainly in a dormant 

 state. While the main support of a 

 June rose show in this country should 

 come from the private gardens, yet 

 there is no excuse for the lack of in- 



terest or half-hearted interest of the 

 commercial element. 



There seems to be a lamentable lack 

 of sporting blood among gardeners 

 and growers. They abuse clubs and 

 societies for not holding exhibitions, 

 and then when they are offered, con- 

 fine their interest to a visit on a free 

 ticket and a search for weak points. 

 If the society will offer the right kind 

 of schedule for the next two shows 

 there will be no doubt as to their suc- 

 cess, for the New Y'ork Gardeners' So- 

 ciety and many of the local societies 

 have promised their support. 



There were many very fine exhibits 

 staged at this June show, and all those 

 who sent flowers there, whether for 

 competition or not, deserve much 

 praise. It would be diflicult, very dif- 

 ficult, to find another man like Benja- 

 min Dorrance. The sacrifices he has 

 made to make the last two shows suc- 

 cesses will never be appreciated as 

 they ought to be. In addition to 

 scarcely ever leaving the hall, he sent 

 his every rose there. And it seemed 

 to us that when roses were being sold 

 to the Greek peddlers for $1 and $1.50 

 per thousand, there is something 

 wrong in the "make up" of all those 

 who kept out; and yet perhaps some- 

 thing like 50,000 roses could have been 

 gotten from this source for the mere 

 asking. 



We know of two private gardeners, 

 not members of the Rose Society, who 

 sent almost every good flower they 

 had; many know how they were treat- 

 ed. It a man stages 75 vases of herba- 

 ceous flowers ,nist to help fill up the 

 show, we imagine the society should 

 at least pay the e.^pressage and not 

 ignore the exhibit altogether; little 

 things like this affect future shows. 

 But whilst we are old fellows, it's a 

 young country, and, if the present ef- 

 forts do not come up to all that's 

 pleasant, those of some other genera- 

 tion may. Only you should take off 

 your tight coat and help. 



The New York Botanical Society ex- 

 hibited a collection of twenty varie- 

 ties of wild roses from different parts 

 of the world; these were very neatly 

 labeled. The Pratt estate, Glen Cove, 

 L.. I., showed 85 varieties of garden 

 roses. Benjamin Dorrance, E. G. As- 

 mus and F. R. Pierson Co. sent very 

 fine exhibits of teas, hybrid teas and 

 hybrid perpetuals. Dailledouze Bros.' 

 new carnation "666" was in fine shape, 

 a vase of 100 blooms was one of the 

 features of the show. John Lewis 

 Childs put up an extensive collection 

 of annuals and herbaceous flowers, as 

 did also George H. Hale and James 

 Dowlen, of Seabright, N. J. W. A. 

 Manda exhibited a set of his new 

 Wichuraiana seedling roses; they were 

 very pretty. Siebrei'ht & Son, Peter 

 Duff, T. Walsh, F. W. Newbold and A. 

 Herrington staged fine exhibits of mis- 

 cellaneous flowers, not for competi- 

 tion. 



M. Horsath, Glenville, 0., exhibited 

 a very fine new pot rose after the style 

 of the old Agrippina; this was award- 



ed a certificate. We judge from the 

 little we saw of it here that this rose 

 will be a big success as a pot or bed- 

 ding rose; it is a little gem and the 

 sooner it is on the market the better. 



Robert Kift's new flower holders 

 greatly assisted in showing many 

 blooms to best advantage. We think 

 Kift's patent will be very useful as an 

 exhibition vase, especially for orchids, 

 roses, etc.; they are fine for this pur- 

 pose. 



Those who entered for competition 

 and won prizes were Siebrecht & SonT 

 Wm. Scott, W. W. Law, W. G. Gomer- 

 sall, G. H. Hale and Thos. Y'oung, Jr. 

 W. A. Manda was awarded the so- 

 ciety's preliminary certificate of merit 

 for one of his Wichuraiana hybrids, a 

 beautiful pink climber called Pink 

 Pearl. 



Strawberry Show. 



The New York Gardeners' Society 

 held a strawberry show in connection 

 with the rose show and every exhibit 

 of roses and other flowers except two 

 sent to the show on Wednesday came 

 from members of the above society. 

 The prize winners were G. H. Hale, W. 

 Scott, H. Nichols, J. Dowlen and A. J. 

 Wengerter. Specials were awarded to 

 J. Dowlen and H. Nichols for novel- 

 ties. 



Various Items. 



The condition of business went from 

 bad to worse all last week. This Mon- 

 day morning it started out somewhat 

 improved. The greatest glut of out- 

 door roses is over and carnations were 

 a little higher. 



The bedding out season is drawing 

 to an end. The next will be palms, 

 etc. There promises to be some big 

 bargains going in palms and decora- 

 tive stock shortly. 



Everyone seems to be making spe- 

 cial efforts to have their places in good 

 shape by the time convention visitors 

 reach here. 



The bowling scores last night were: 



Trapndlv H5 l.M 134 



Schdick HO 154 150 



Lang 159 148 15S 



ISurns Ml 12tt 104 



Manda 154 149 137 



Von Asch 115 108 89 



Marshall 89 133 124 



Adams .84 ie. 80 



Donlan . . . 172 128 



J. 1. D. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The tide of blossoms has not yet be- 

 gun to ebb, but is soon expected to do 

 so, and may be an accomplished fact 

 by the time these lines reach the read- 

 er. Buyers are purchasing heavily, but 

 the supply is so unlimited that prices 

 rule as low as last week, and a huge 

 surplus is left for the street. One 

 peculiarity is the quite smart call for 

 good yellow roses, for which the de- 

 mand is usually very limited, if not 

 non-existent, and the beginning of 

 school commencements is making a 



