November 22, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



761 



Part of the PhiladelpUi Cfcrysanthemum Show. 



were superb. The varieties were: Mrs. 

 Higinbothani. pale pink; E. Dailledouze, 

 yellow; Phenoiiiinal, lemon yellow; Maj. 

 Bonnati'on. yellow; Mrs. Thomas Potter, 

 Jr., light violet; Pennsylvania, yellow; 

 Charles Davis, salmon pink; F. Coppee, 

 yellow; Mrs. Henry Robinson, white; 

 Viviand-Morel, deep pink; Merza, white; 

 Philadelphia, lemon yellow; Golden Wed- 

 ding, yellow; George W. Childs, red; 

 Solar Queen, yellow ; W. H. Chadwick, 

 white: Mrs. West, pink; Leonidas, red; 

 Mrs. H. D. Romig. white; Maud Dean, 

 pink; Golden Gate, rather single, yel- 

 low; Olympia. white; Frank Hardy, 

 white; Joan d'Arc, pale pink; Lucie 

 Faure, white, very fine; Modesto, yellow, 

 and Juno, pale pink. Around the above 

 central arrangement, Graham's, were 

 the pot chrysanthemums entered for 

 specimens and groups. 



These plants were a feature of the hall. 

 Superbly grown, tall specimens, covered 

 with well colored blooms of good size, 

 clean foliage down to the pot. sticks well 

 covered. They were arranged in groups, 

 with curved paths around and were very 

 effective. Some of the best varieties 

 were Geo. W. Childs, still the best red; 

 Mrs. H. Weeks, white; Mrs. Irving Clark, 

 pink; Garden Queen, pink; Mrs. Peabody. 

 white; Silver Cloud, white; Mutual 

 Friend, white: Modesto, yellow; Minerva, 

 yellow; Sam Weller, deep pink; Le- 

 onidas, red : Mrs. Murdock, pink ; Mrs. 

 Park and White Queen. 



Around the walls were several hand- 

 Bome groups of foliage and flowering 

 plants. In two of these groups crotons 

 were very effective. In one corner was 

 Mrs. Wilson's group, comprising a num- 

 ber of choice orchids in bloom and sur- 

 mounted hy the George Washington sago 

 palm, witli its history attached. This 

 historical curiosity was looking well and 

 attracted much attention. On the other 

 side of the hall were some fine specimen 

 chrysanthemums, single blooms, grown 



in six-inch pots. Next were some well 

 grown ferns, among them a fine specimen 

 Adiantum decorum. There was a group 

 of well grown geraniums in eight-inch 

 pots, and a looking-glass decorated with 

 red carnations that gave one a Christ- 

 mas feeling and made it seem certain that 

 there was some holly with bright red 

 berries nearby. Then in a conspicuous 

 position were two large vases of the pink 

 Beauty, Queen of Edgely. It is a fine 

 rose, resembling American Belle in color, 

 but with larger foliage and heavier stems. 

 Mr. Scott defines the color as "deeper 

 than La France." To me this descrip- 

 tion docs not conve.v an adequate impres- 

 sion of Edgely's color. It has none of the 

 delicacy combined with vividness of the 

 La France; it is a deep rose pink without 

 special life or vivacity in its coloring. We 

 have always felt that the color of the 

 Beauty was its one weak point, yet when 

 compared with Edgely, the color shows a 

 richness in which the new rose seems to 

 be lacking. 



Among the cut chrysanthemums. John 

 CuUcn showed a magnificent lot. Nivcus 

 was among his varieties; this white is not 

 often seen now. Also a dark Japanese 

 seedling of great size. The begonias in- 

 cluded both shades of Lorraine, not yet 

 at its best; Caledonia, the white Lor- 

 raine, not nearly so pretty as its pink 

 sister, and a pretty little sort that 

 seemed likely to prove useful to the gen- 

 eral florist, exhibited by Drecr. Among 

 the crotons were three magnificent speci- 

 mens five or six feet high and very bushy. 



Downstairs in the lower hall were the 

 cut flowers, other than chrysanthemums, 

 the fruit and the vegetables. The rose 

 contest in Beauties was a personal tri- 

 \nnph for William Monroe. It does not 

 matter to this great giower whether he 

 be at Chestnut Hill or at Lansdowne. 

 he can brins half a dozen Beauties that 

 secure the IjIup ribbon. The other classes 

 were not well filled, the chief interest 



centering in the debutantes. E. G. Hill 

 & Co. sent three vases of Marquise de 

 Litta, a good looking red, or deep rose, 

 when fvilly open, which created a favor- 

 able im]iression. Robert Scott & Son 

 sent several. The Belle Siebrecht crossed 

 with a hybrid (Merveille de Lyon, I 

 think) is a very pretty thing. Then 

 there were Florence Pemberton, a cream 

 white; Sunrise, a salmon pink, and an- 

 other, all deeply interesting. The pri- 

 vate gardeners showed some nice vases. 

 Among them. Perle, not often seen now, 

 and Golden Gate. I was surprised not 

 to find Liberty or Meteor. 



The carnation classes brought out 

 some good flowers for the season. Pros- 

 perity captured the Craig cup. Mrs. 

 Lawson, the Marquis, Mrs. Lippineott, 

 California Gold, Ethel Crocker were in 

 fine form, and there were some promising 

 seedlings from E. J. Weaver, of Bird-in- 

 Hand, and a white from Robert Craig & 

 Son. It seems incongruous to have these 

 choice products of our art flanked by 

 plates of vegetables ranged in solemn 

 rows. These vegetables are very fine, 

 but I have never felt quite satisfied when 

 looking at them on plates; the frame 

 seems unsuited to the picture. 



There were fine collections of fruit and 

 vegetables and bulbs with little lights to 

 tempt the passer by. and many other 

 things too numerous to mention here. 

 The show had a foreign flavor, 

 for Timothy Eaton, the white seed- 

 ling, with Minnie Wanamaker as 

 seed parent, came all the way from 

 Canada. Then, too, it had a political 

 flavor, for McKinley fern was upstairs 

 and Roosevelt carnation was downstairs, 

 both looking remarkably well. 



In tlie chrysanthemum plant classes 

 six first prizes were awarded to Gordon 

 Smirl. four to Jos. Hurley, two to Wm. 

 Robertson, two to W. H. Carey, and one 

 each to Alex. Kerr. Jno. McCleary, Fran- 

 cis Canning and .Jos. McGregor. 



