NOVEMBKU 15. 190(1. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



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Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton, winner of the Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America's Cup at Chicago. 



Group of foliage p'.ants. covcrintr 100 

 square feet, 1st, .Samuel Horn; ■2nd, U. 

 G. Agor; special prize, Louis Eisenlohr. 

 All the groups weie well arranged in the 

 usual cireular shape, but not quite so 

 stifTly as those of other years. Mr. 

 Horn's contained some very good Areea 

 lutescens in the center, which added 

 grace to the group. For specimen foliage 

 plant, 1st prize went to U. G. Agor, for 

 3 choice ]ihoenix; 6 decorative plants, 

 1st, S. Horn ; 2nd, U. G. Agor. 6 ferns, 

 distinct varieties, 1st, Louis Eisenlohr. 

 Table of orchids, 1st, Thos. Emerson, 

 with splendid round table of sev- 

 eral hundred well grown Cattle- 

 ya labiata, cypripediums and odon- 

 toglossums, all neatly staged in 

 a bank of growing Farleyense. Sam 

 Horn took second prize with a good 

 table of Cattleya labiata and euneatum. 

 The.se two exhibits were one of the lead- 

 ing features of the show. 



Table of decorative foliage plants, cov- 

 ering a space of 12x3* feet. 1st, T. Knier- 

 son, with a choice lot of crotons, etc. 

 Specimen Asparagus Sprengeri, 1st, W. 

 G. Gomersall, with a splendid fern, 1st, 

 W. G. Gomersall, with a splendid Daval- 

 lia Mooreana; 2nd, W. G. Saltford, 

 with very fine Adiantum eunea- 

 tum. Louis Eisenlohr won a spe- 

 eial on an immense A. euneatum. Thig 

 was almost 4 feet through. Best ar- 

 ranged indoor box of plants, 1st, W. G. 

 Saltford. Outdoor window box, 1st, W. 

 G. Gomersall. A very tine table of cy 



pripedium insigne and euneatum was 

 arranged by ^\'. G. Saltford, for 

 which a special awaid was given. 

 F. R. Pierson Co. and others showed 

 many choice plants and bay trees 

 not for competition; they added much 

 beauty to the show. 



Cut chrysanthemums. — 31) blooms^ ti 

 varieties, 1st, Thomas Talbot, with Mrs. 

 Peabody, Modesto, Slinerva, Golden Wed- 

 ding. Jlorel and Frank Hardy; 2nd, Sam- 

 uel Horn. 12 white, 1st, Paul Gindra. 

 12 yellow, 1st, Paul Gindra, with G. Pull- 

 man. 12 pink, 1st, U. G. Agor, with Mrs. 

 Perrin ; 2nd. Paul Gindra. 12 any other 

 color, 1st, U. G. Agor ; 2nd, Sam Horn. 

 24 in 4 varieties, pink, white, yellow and 

 crimson, 1st. LI. G. Agor, with G. J. War- 

 ren, Silver Wedding, G. W. Childs and V. 

 Morel ; 2nd, Samuel Horn. Vase of 2.') 

 blooms arranged for elTeet, 1st, R. Griggs, 

 with white (lowers and Japan maples; 

 2nd, W. G. Gomersall, 24 in distinct va- 

 rieties, 1st, W. G. Gomersall, with Chas. 

 Davis, F. Pullman, Roslyn, Modesto, 

 BonnafTon, Dean Hole. Belle of Castle- 

 wood, Fee du Champsaur, Helen Wright, 

 Golden Wedding, Minerva, Black Hawk, 

 Appleton, Morel, Jerome .Jones, T. L. 

 Park, lora, Mrs. Peabody. 0. P. Bassett, 

 R. 1). Douglas, J. D. Warren, Pennsj'l- 

 vania. Mme. Ferlct, Mrs. McK. Twom- 

 bly; 2nd, Louis Eisenlohr. 12 blooms, 

 one of each, 1st, A. McKenzie. with 

 ilons. Chenon de Leehe, Mrs. Robinson, 

 Autumn Glory, Mnie. Hervey, T. Carring- 

 tnn. Mine. Carnot, ^Irs. Mease, T. L. 



Park and Anita de la Agriculture Mo- 

 ville (the man who gave that name to a 

 llower deserves a leather medal ) ; 2nd, 

 W. G. Gomersall. 24 blooms, yellow, in 

 4 varieties, G of each, 1st, Samuel Horn; 

 2nd, W. G. Gomersall. Best chrysanthe- 

 mum in the show, 1st, U. G. Agor, with 

 G. J. Warren. 



Roses — 20 blooms of American Beauty, 

 1st, Thos. Emerson; 2nd, Thos. Talbot. 

 12 Bridesmaids, 1st, 1. L. Powell; 2nd, 

 Thos. Talbot. 12 Brides, 1st, I. L. Pow- 

 ell; 2nd, W. G. Saltford. 12 any other 

 variety, 1st, Thos. p;merson, with Mor- 

 gans; 2nd, P. JI. Pierson. Mr. Talbot 

 sent a tine vase of Beauties not for com- 

 petition. 



Carnations — The C. W. Ward silver 

 cup for collection of carnations, G varie- 

 ties, not less than 25 nor more than 50 

 of each, 3 varieties originating at Cot- 

 tage Gardens, was won by P. M. Pierson 

 with New York, Maceo, Bradt, Crane, 

 JIis. J. Dean and White Cloud. 3G 

 blooms, 3 varieties, 1st, P. M. Pierson- 

 2nd, W. G. Saltford. 3G blooms, 3 varie- 

 ties, scarlet, white and pink, 1st, P. M. 

 Pierson; 2nd, W. G. Saltford. 



There was but one class competed for 

 in violets and this was for the mayor's 

 prize of $25.00 for 200 flowers. There 

 were ten competitors; this made a table 

 of 2.000 violets which could not be 

 equaled in the country; it was very diffi- 

 cult to choose the winner as there were 

 at least five on the same level ; the final 

 decision was given to C. F. Bahret, the 

 other exhibitors being Sloan Bros., Stan- 

 ton Rockefeller. Allen Traver, Pascal 

 'Trumper, Geo. Saltford, A. Palmer, J. W. 

 I<>eter, B. Willig and G. U. Bahret. 

 There is too much of a commercial value 

 put on the decision of judges on violets 

 at Poughkeepsie. The prize was a good 

 one, but smaller classes might have 

 brought out a larger exhibit. 



The Weathered prize, a fine carving 

 set, for chrysanthemums on boards, was 

 won by A. McKenzie. Dish of mush- 

 rooms, 1st, Mr. Miller; the finest lot of 

 mushrooms seen at any of the shows was 

 sent by Thos. Talbot not for competition. 

 The collection of vegetable prize was 

 won by W. Gomersall. Benj. Hammond 

 prize for apples went to R. Griggs; the 

 same exhibitor won in class for pears. 



Clarence Reynolds, Poughkeepsie's 

 most enthusiastic amateur grower, ex- 

 hibited some remarkably wellgrown out- 

 door chrysanthemums ; they were the 

 best we ever saw grown outdoors in this 

 section. Mr. Reynolds saves his old 

 plants and grows them in his garden 

 with splendid results; he captured all 

 the prizes in amateur classes. J. N. 

 May's Yanariva was certificated. Vas- 

 sar Hospital, Wm. Millbank, gardener, 

 showed a very interesting collection of 

 pompon mums. 



There was but one competition for 

 table decoration and the prizes were cap- 

 tured by R. Griggs. When we saw the 

 table it had Bridesmaids roses and car- 

 dinal candles and shades. Richard's ex- 

 cuse for the crime was that the right 

 colors could not be got in Poughkeepsie. 

 We haven't got over the shock yet. For 

 chrysanthemum centerpiece for table, W. 

 G. Gomersall won bv a low round basket 



