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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEMBER 13, 3900. 



a week ago, I saw an object lesson in 

 palm growing and heard it described by 

 that most interesting man and splendid 

 gardener, Mr. James Gurney. I consider 

 it a misfortnne to me to have lived on 

 the same continent 32 years and never 

 before met that prince of park men. We 

 are asked repeatedly: "Will our palms 

 stand the sun?" When allowed to get 

 dry in a small pot they won't; they 

 burn, but dryness is not the only cause. 



In a large house at Tower Grove you 

 see hundreds of palms, many of them 

 very large plants, and all used for the 

 decoration of the grounds. Kentias, 

 I'hcenix and particularly grand latanias. 

 Now, these latanias were beautiful with 

 their shiny green leaves and these leaves 

 were all made in the burning sun of Mis- 

 souri. In the winter they are kept at 

 about 45 degrees and of course do not 

 grow at all, but when put out end of May 

 they welcome the sun and heat, or, as 

 Mr. Gurney says, "they look up with 

 gladness to the' sky and say 'Ah, beau- 

 tiful sun, we love you and will spread 

 out new leaves in your honor." " 



There is nothing to be learned in this 

 about manufacturing young palms under - 

 high pressure system, but there is a good 



so. They will soon be gone. Keep the 

 phrnts after flowering in a temperature 

 of 55 to 00 degrees and rather dry, but by 

 no means shriveling dry. Give the sur- 

 face moss or peat an occasional sprink- 

 ling. 



The beautiful Cypripedium insigne 

 will be about opening now. They are of 

 course most in demand around tlie liuli- 

 day time. When the Hower is once fully 

 developed the plants can be removed to 

 a cool, shady position and they will last 

 si.x or seven weeks or even more. In a 

 temperature of 45 degrees they will do 

 very well and will need but a moderate 

 amount of water. 



William Scott. 



THE EXHIBITIONS. 



CHICAGO. 



[Contlmn'il fri'in last week]. 



Carnations. 



On Thursday the carnations were the 

 center of attraction and they were a 

 distinct gain to the exhibition. The dis- 

 play was a good one and very interest- 



Display by A. Lange at the Chicago Show. 



Iiint on how to winter them. Large 

 palms are going to be used extensively 

 in the adornment of lawns and grounds, 

 and would not our large palms that are 

 used in decorating be much more service- 

 able if they made their growth in tlie 

 sunmier? They would be far less likely 

 to be injured by the treatment they get 

 during winter. If some of my readers 

 saw the beautiful green of these latania 

 leave^ they could hardly believe they 

 were developed in the broad sun. Keep 

 vour decorative palms cool and on the 

 dry side and they will be of more use to 

 y<m. 



Orchids. 



Cattlcya labiata has been very plenti- 

 ful this past six weeks, almost too nuich 



The largest cxhibitcns were Bassett & 

 Washburn. They had entered in many 

 classes and their display was a show in 

 itself, the blooms being extra fine in 

 every day. They won the bulk of tlie 

 prizes. The Chicago Carnation Co. Avas 

 also a large exhibitor, showing many 

 splendid flowers, and winning many pre- 

 miums. The carnation part of the show 

 was all right and a credit to the trade. 



In the classes for 50 blooms, Bassett 

 & Washburn were first on Flora Hill, 

 White Cloud, IMary Wood. America. Red 

 Bradt, Maceo, Cerise Queen, Mrs. James 

 Dean, Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt. any otlier 

 striped (with Olympia), and Gold Xug- 

 get. The Chicago Carnation Co. was first 

 on G. H. Crane, Frances Joost and any 

 other pink lighter than Scott (with Tlie 



Marquis). W. J. & M. S. Vesey were 

 first for any other white variety (with 

 Evelina). And by the way, second in 

 this class was taken by the old McGowan, 

 exhibited by Mrs. A. M. Schaefer. An- 

 ton Then was first on Argyle and Day- 

 break. Wietor Bros, received first on 

 Triumph, and the Guardian Angel Or- 

 phan Asylum (N. A. Schmitz, gardener) 

 took first on Armazindy, and for any 

 other pink not lighter in color than 

 Scott, with Guardian Angel, a sport from 

 Armazindy. 



In the classes for new varieties, 25 

 blooms each, first for a pink not lighter 

 in color than Scott was taken by the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. with Lawson. For 

 a pink lighter in color than Scott, Bas- 

 sett & Washburn were first with Morning 

 Glory, and they also took first for other 

 than pink, white or red colors, with J. 

 Whitcomb Riley. The silver cup for 

 best 100 blooms, one variety, seedlings 

 admissible, was won by Bassett & Wash- 

 burn with a superb lot of G. H. Crane. 

 A certificate of merit was awarded to 

 Dorothy, a carnation exhibited by Mrs. 

 E. T. Graves, Richmond, Ind., and hon- 

 orable mention was given to R. Witter- 

 staetter, Cincinnati, for 100 blooms of 

 Enquirer. A certificate of merit was 

 awarded to C. W. Ward, Queens, N. Y., 

 for carnation Governor Roosevelt, and 

 a silver medal was won by H. Weber 

 & Sons, Oakland, Md., for 20 blooms of 

 a seedling lighter in color than Scott. 

 A vase of Prosperity was exhibited by 

 Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush, N. Y., not 

 for competition, and the flowers attract- 

 ed much attention.. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. was unfor- 

 tunate enough to have several entries in 

 the classes of 50 disqualified by having 

 a flower short in each. The fact 

 that there was just one flower 

 >liort in each case, and that the 

 blooms were counted by three men, 

 including Mr. Hartshorne himself, before 

 staging, arouses the suspicion that the 

 entries were tampered with after being 

 staged and before the committee reached 

 tliem. No suspicion attaches to any 

 other exhibitor but it is thought that 

 some evil disposed person with a grudge 

 to satisfy may have seized this oppor- 

 tunity. If this suspicion is correct, the 

 individual, whoever he may be, is a con- 

 temptible whelp and should be scom'ged 

 from the society of decent people. 



Chrysanthemums. 

 On Friday the contest for the silver 

 cup of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America, offered for ten blooms of any 

 variety, brought out a very interesting 

 disjilay. The cup was won by Miller 

 & Sons, Bracondale, Toronto, Canada, 

 with a vase of their Timothy Eaton, an 

 immense incurved white, pure in color 

 and perfect in form, foliage and petal- 

 lage. An engraving of this chrysanthe- 

 mrnn appears in this issue. A. Herring- 

 ton, JIadison, N. J., entered a vase of 

 blooms of an immense white, the flow'cr 

 14 inches in diameter, named Mme. Deis, 

 and for which he was awarded a certifi- 

 cate of merit. Certificates of merit were 

 also awarded to Nathan .Smith & Son. 

 Adrian, Mich., for Mrs. Elmer D. Smith, 

 a large yellow of the Bonnaffon type, and 



