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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NOVEMBER 24, 1S98. 



Twenty-five President Carnot— First, 

 Ellison & Tesson. 



Four vases cut roses, 15 of a kind, 

 American Beauty and American Belle 

 excepted— First, Nv. J. & M. S. Vesey; 

 second, Ellison & Tesson; third, F. J. 

 Fillmore. 



Twentv-five American Beauty roses 

 (Sec. 17)— First, Ellison & Tesson. 



Vase of 40 Jubilee Carnations— First, W. 

 J. & M. S. Vesey. 



Best 50 Wm. Scott— First, W. J. & M. 

 S. Vesev; second, J. W. Duntord; third, 

 H. G. tide. 



Vase of Daybreak, not more than 50— 

 First. \V. J. & M. S. Vesey; second, H. 

 G. Ude. 



Vase of 100 Wm. Scott— First, W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey; second, W. Dunford. 



Best 50 Daybreak— First, Vesey; sec- 

 ond, Ude; third, Fillmore. 



Vase of 100 blooms, one or more vari- 

 eties—First, H. Weber & Son; second, 

 J. W. Dunford. 



Vase of yellow— First, H. Weber & Son; 

 fsecond, H. F. W. Aue. 



Vase of 100 white carnations. Planters' 

 House Cup— First, H. Weber & Son, with 

 Flora Hill. 



Vase of 50 white carnations— First, W. 

 J. & M. S. Vesey; second, E. F. Over- 

 mann, Wabash, Ind. ; third, F. J. Fill- 

 more. 



Vase of 50 pink, any other variety not 

 mentioned— First, W. J. & M. S. Vesey; 

 second, H. F. W. Aue; third, E. F. Over- 

 mann. 



Vase of 50 red, any other variety not 

 mentioned— First, H. Weber & Son; sec- 

 ond, W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 



Best box of cut flowers— First, Ellison 

 & Tesson. 



Two hundred single violets— First, Elli- 

 son & Tesson; second, H. G. Ude; third, 

 C. C. Sanders. 



One hundred double violets— First, El- 

 lison & Tesson; second, F. Richter. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



In all the palm classes Chas. Beyer car- 

 ried off the honors. 



In carnation plants in bloom, not more 

 than five of one kind, F. J. Fillmore, 

 lirst; J. H. Dunford, second; W. Schray, 

 third. 



For design representing Wabash R. R. 

 trade mark, also M. & O. R. R. trade 

 mark, C. Young & Eons Co. were first 

 in both classes; Jordan Flo. Co. and F. 

 Meinhardt, second, respectively; Ellison 

 & Tesson third in both instances. 



Table decoration— First, Ellison & Tes- 

 son; second, C. Young & Sons Co. 



J. J. B. 



SYRACUSE. N. Y. 



The Syracuse flower show closed 

 Saturday night, the 12th, and v/as in 

 every way a grand success, and after 

 paying all expenses we will have a 

 nice little balance to our credit. So- 

 ciety folks were there in force; 10 

 boxes were sold in the gallery at $10 a 

 box. The stage was utilized for an 

 entertainment and dancing, the orches- 

 tra being placed in the center of the 

 large hall on a raised platform and 

 ■completely hidden from view by palms 

 and foliage plants. At each side of the 

 •entrance to platform was a banana 

 plant, one of them in fruit. These 

 plants were surrounded by palms, foli- 

 :age plants and single stemmed chrys- 

 anthemum plants. In connection was 

 a fruit exhibit of native and tropical 

 fruits and an exhibit of nati\e ferns of 

 *non. Co. 



The exhibit was all of excellent char- 

 aicter, fine specimen plants, grand 



blooms and the single stem plants 

 were all that could be desired. Mr. 

 C. E. Hunn of Geneva experiment sta- 

 tion, made a splendid exhibit of 32 va- 

 rieties of chrysanthemum cut blooms 

 not for competition, and they were 

 grand blooms, a few of the most no- 

 ticeable being Pennsylvania. Mme. Car- 

 not, Autumn Glory, Rustique, Ophir, 

 Gladys Vanderbilt. The society feels 

 greatly indebted to Prof. Hunn. 



Our old friend, Grove Rawson, was 

 on hand with a splendid exhibit, and 

 his floral design was a masterpiece. 

 He was assisted in the judging by C. 

 E. Hunn and our Supt. Thos. Bishop 

 (park superintendent of Syracuse), and 

 the duties were performed to the en- 

 tire satisfaction of all. The Central 

 New York Hort. Society are greatly 

 indebted to Grove Rawson. 



Nathan Smith ii Son, of Adrian, 

 Mich., sent 6 blooms each of 3 white 

 seedlings to compete for the bicycle 

 prize. "The White Flyer" and his No. 

 18, a grand pure white reflexed bloom, 

 captured the prize, and No. 18 will be 

 heard from later under the name of 

 white flyer. 



Meneilly & Son were awarded the 

 $20 special for 12 blooms of the best 

 Salmon pink reflexed Jap. variety with 

 Autumn Glory. Our secretary, David 

 Campbell, was awarded the silver vase 

 for the finest exhibit. Mr. Campbell is 

 superintendent of Maj. Alex Davis' 

 place "Thornden," one of the finest 

 places in the state, and he exhibited 

 besides chrysanthemums, palms and 

 foliage plants, many rare specimens 

 that it would be difiicult to duplicate. 

 To him we were indebted for the dis- 

 play of orchids and for the banana 

 plants. 



Ml". .John Dunlop, of Toronto, sent 

 a vase of a very beautiful rose, Lady 

 Dorothea, a sport of Sunset, that was 

 much admired. 



Mr. L. E. Marquisee, the fiorist, out- 

 did himself with a fine collection of 

 bush plants and blooms of chrysanthe- 

 mums. His vase of American Beauty 

 roses may be equaled, but caa never be 

 excelled. His carnation exhibit was 

 large and fine and his vase of pink 

 seedling carnations which received a 

 certificate of merit will, I believe, be 

 heard from later. 



There were 2 vases of Jeannie Fal- 

 coner (Syn. Peter Kay), chrysanthe- 

 mums to compete for the prize offered 

 by Peter Kay, the originator, and 

 Marquisee's vase won. 



The finest vase of blooms in the ex- 

 hibition was 12 grand blooms of Gol- 

 den Wedding by Marquisee. Golden 

 Wedding was very much in evidence 

 in all collections. Another magnificent 

 vase shown by Marquisee was 12 

 blooms of Adelaide White. 



The amateurs showed up well, one 

 of them capturing first for 24 blooms, 

 24 varieties in the free-for-all class, 

 with 24 grand blooms, and tying Mar- 

 quisee on largest bloom on exhibition, 

 Marquises shovi'ing Golden Wedding, 

 I and Phillips a Mrs. Geo. West, both 



whoppers. The judges could find no 

 difference in size and so the prize was 

 divided and the blooms presented to 

 our Congressman-elect, M. Driscoll. 



Meneilly & Son got first for largest 

 specimen plant with Georgians 

 Pitcher. 



An attractive feature of the show 

 was 4 finely decorated booths, one at 

 each corner of the hall, for the sale of 

 flowers and plants. They were man- 

 aged by Peter Kay, Marquisee, Meneil- 

 ly & Son, and Bannister Bros. 



Conspicuous in Prof. Hunn's exhibit 

 was some grand blooms marked 12- 

 189o-P. & M., a pure white solid in- 

 curved bloom, with good stem and foli- 

 age to the bloom. It can be described 

 as a white Maj. Bonnaffon, only larger. 

 J. N. May controls the stock. 



Taken all in all this is the finest and 

 most successful show Syracuse has ever 

 seen and we feel elated that the dear 

 public has at last shown their appre- 

 ciation by their presence and support. 

 C. A. PHILLIPS. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. ' 



This exhibition was open to profes- 

 sional gardeners, florists and ama- 

 teurs, the latter showing a greater in- 

 terest than in previous years. The 

 plants and flowers shown this year 

 were more than 100 per cent, better 

 than last year. Bush plants shown by 

 Mr. Keith, gardener to T. M. Stetson, 

 and James Garthley, gardener to H. H. 

 Rogers, were considered the finest 

 ever shown here. Mr. Keith won the 

 silver cup given by Mr. Thomas J. 

 Grey, of Boston, for the six best bush 

 plants. 



Another feature of the exhibition 

 was a seedling shown by Mr. John W. 

 Frazier, of the Maud Dean type, habit 

 similar to Maud Dean, being clothed 

 with fine foliage, stout stem and al- 

 most identical in shape of flower and 

 size of petals, fine full center; color a 

 good buff, inside of petals shading to 

 bronze; it is one of the finest seed- 

 lings ever raised around here and 

 likely to become one of the leading ex- 

 hibition varieties. Another seedling 

 was shown by Mr. C. J. Wood, of 

 Beach Bluff, Mass., the color white, 

 shading to pink as the fiower devel- 

 ops, strong stem, well clothed with fo- 

 liage. 



In chrysanthemum plants William 

 Keith was first for group, for one Chi- 

 nese, specimen red, six distinct varie- 

 ties and 4 single flowered Japanese; 

 James Garthley for 3 Japanese bush 

 plants, specimen yellow, specimen 

 pink, specimen white and 12 single 

 flowered plants in variety; M. McCar- 

 thy for specimen standard. 



In cut flowers James Garthley was 

 first for 24, 12 and 6 Japanese varie- 

 ties, vase of yellow and basket of 

 flowers arranged for effect; John Al- 

 len for vase of white and vase of pink. 



In chrysanthemum plants for flor- 

 ists only Samuel S. Peckham was first 

 for 6 Japanese and single specimen. In 



