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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEMBER 16, 1S99. 



The hall showed itself off to great 

 advantage. The groups of palms and 

 foliage plants were arranged along the 

 center with the groups of chrysan- 

 themums in front of the orchestra. The 

 palms, made up work and bush chry- 

 santhemums were arranged on the or- 

 chestra platform. The scenery at the 

 back depicting the autumn ' foliage, 

 with the inevitable stream and mill- 

 wheel, produced a very pleasing ef- 

 fect. 



Prize List. 



For a group of chrysanthemums in 

 pots, to occupy 100 square feet, bor- 

 dered with ferns, or other suitable 

 plants. 1st prize, Chas. Graef (gard- 

 ener, Wm. Stevenson); 2nd, Major 

 Hopkins (gardener. Robert Angus). 

 The first prize group was the most 

 complete: the plants were taller and 

 the effect was more pronounced; but 

 the second prize lot, though not so 

 completely arranged, lacked nothing in 

 quality. In size of bloom it was equal 

 to the first, and the foliage was su- 

 perior. The first prize group was bor- 

 dered with Pteris cretica cristata, and 

 the second with Nephrolepis daval- 

 lioides furcans. The most notable va- 

 rieties in both groups were: "Swan- 

 ley Giant, Boule d'Or (96), Dorothy 

 Spaulding, Golden Wonder. Miss Hel- 

 en Wright. Mrs. R. Jones. New York, 

 Tippecanoe (a fine color, old gold). 

 Iora, President Nonin, Eureka, Au- 

 tumn Giant, J. G. Warren, Golden 

 Wedding, Minerva, Black Hawk, H. W. 

 Rieman, A. J. Balfour, Jeannie Fal- 

 coner, Mme. Fratzer, Portia, Mons. 

 Chenon de Leach, Emily Salisbury, 

 Klondyke, Viviand-Morel, Mrs. T. L. 

 Park. Chas. Davis, Duke of Wellington 

 Merza, Pluto, Mrs. E. Rogers, etc. 



Wm. Rockefeller (Wm. Turner, gar- 

 dener) was very strong in the plant 

 classes, taking first for three bush 

 plants in distinct varieties, best bush 

 white, same yellow, same pink, same 

 any other color, best two standards. 

 His plants were certainly very fine. 

 The varieties were. Harvest Moon, H. 

 Hurrell, Mrs. 0. P. Bassett. Viviand- 

 Morel, Geo. W. Childs and Mrs. Robin- 

 son. First for 12 plants grown to 

 single stem was taken by J. M. Con- 

 stable, Mamaroneck (Wm. Anderson, 

 gardener). 



For group of palms and foliage 

 plants to occupy a space of 100 square 

 feet Wm. Rockefeller was first with 

 a handsome group very gracefully ar- 

 ranged, the lot including some finely 

 colored crotons. F. R. Pierson Co. 

 took second with a group that con- 

 tained some very fine plants but less 

 gracefully arranged and lacking color. 

 Miss Helen Gould displayed a fine 

 group of fancy foliage plants and or- 

 chids, which was awarded a special 

 prize. Notable in the collection were 

 two fine plants of Cyanophyllum mag- 

 nificum, 5 feet high, several fine ma- 

 rantas, two nice plants of Schizmato- 

 glottis Robelini, several pitcher plants, 

 some fine specimens of Dendrobium 

 Phalaenopsis, lots of cypripediums. 



oncidiums, etc. A very nice collection 



indeed of plants seldom seen in private 

 greenhouses. 



For specimen palm Chas. Graef was 

 first with a large Rhapis flabelliformis. 

 A Cyanophyllum magnificum won first 

 place as best foliage plant other than 

 palm, shown by Mrs. ,T. B. Trevor 



(Howard Nicol, gardener). Mrs. Tre- 

 vor also won first for table of decora- 

 tive plants. For best 6 plants for table 

 decoration J. M. Constable was first, 

 his plants being Dracaena Godseftiana 

 Croton Lady Zetland, Panax Victoriae, 

 Aralia Veitchii, Dracaena Sanderiana. 

 A very nice lot indeed. 



For three specimen ferns Mrs. Geo. 

 Lewis (James Nichols, gardener) was 

 first with a large Boston fern, a Ne- 

 phrolepis davallioides furcans and an 

 Adiantum Farleyense. Mrs. Trevor 

 was first for single specimen with a 

 fine Davallia fijensis plumosa. Jo- 

 seph Eastman (Wm. Scott, gardener) 

 was first for 3 pans selaginellas. Mrs. 

 Trevor was first for pair of adian- 

 tums with A. Farleyense. Chas. Graef 

 took first for 6 cyclamens. 



In chrysanthemum cut blooms Wm 

 Rockefeller was first for 36 blooms in 

 6 varieties, consisting of Mrs. u. F. 

 Bassett, Mrs. Weeks, Viviand-Morel. 

 Major Bonnaffon, Mrs. Robinson and 

 Peter Kay. The Mrs. Weeks were 

 very fine, measuring 7 inches in diam- 

 eter, and the Mrs. O. P. Bassett meas- 

 uring 6 inches. 



For 36 blooms distinct varieties Jo- 

 seph Eastman was first, his varieties 

 being J. G. Warren, Mrs. E. G. Hill. 

 Pres. Nonin, Miss F. Pullman. Emily 

 Salisbury. Mrs. Gustave Henry, Mme. 

 Fratzer. Mme. Ferlat, Boule d'Or (96). 

 Viviand-Morel, Mrs. Robinson, Iora, 

 Portia, Mrs. J. M. Lewis. Swanley Gi- 

 ant, Mons. Chenon de Leach, Minerva, 

 Sliver Cloud, Mrs. Weeks, Modesto, 

 Mrs. W. C. Egan, Chas. Davis. Autumn 

 Glory, Mrs. J. J. Glessner, Mrs. Geo. 

 Peabody. Col. Goodman, Maj. Bonnaf- 

 fon and W. H. Chadwick. 



For 12 distinct varieties Mr. East- 

 man was first again, especially notice- 

 able in the lot being Mme. Carnot, 

 Mrs. T. L. Park and Col. Appleton. 

 Wm. Rockefeller showed the largest 

 bloom, a yellow Carnot, measuring 9 

 inches in diameter and 6 inches deep; 

 also a monstrous Mrs. Weeks. 



The Mallory Estate (Wm. Smith, 

 gardener) won first 6 blooms white, 

 with Mrs. Weeks; J. M. Constable for 

 6 blooms yellow, with Mrs. T. L. Park: 

 Wm. Rockefeller for 6 blooms pink. 

 with Viviand-Morel. 



In the rose classes the winners of 

 firsts were F. R. Pierson Co., Mrs. Geo. 

 Lewis, F. 0. Mathieson, Wm. Rocke- 

 feller. For best vase of any new rose 

 not in commerce F. R. Pierson Co. 

 was first with a vase of Liberty. 



In the carnation classes the follow- 

 ing won first prizes: J. M. Williams, 

 Stamford, Conn.; J. M. Constable. 

 Briar Cliff Farm (best 12 scarlet, with 

 G. H. Crane); F. O. Mathieson. F. 

 R. Pierson Co. took first for best seed- 



ling not yet disseminated, with a fine 

 vase of Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson. 



In violets firsts were taken by H. A. 

 Spavins, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.; Mrs. S. E. 

 Sackett, Rye, N. Y. (R. Jenkins, gar- 

 dener) ; and Mrs. Geo. Lewis. 



For best bridal bouquet first went 

 to John Fursey, Yonkers, and second 

 to Cooke & McCord, Tarrytown. Two 

 very nice bouquets of Bride roses, val- 

 ley and maiden hair ferns. 



The fruit and vegetable classes were 

 sharply contested, the principal prize 

 winners being Mallory Estate, Joseph 

 Eastman, Mrs. T. W. Palmer, Wm. 

 Rockefeller, Major Hopkins, Mrs. S. 

 E. Sackett, Mrs. Geo. Lewis and Mrs. 

 C. C. Worthington. In Mrs. Worth- 

 ington's collection of vegetables there 

 were 70 varieties. 



Kretchmar Bros.. West Nyack. N. 

 V.. exhibited a number of vases of the 

 leading varieties of carnations; also 

 several seedlings. Their No. 23 in sub- 

 stance, size and color looks like an 

 improvement on Mrs. James Dean. 

 The stems, however, were short, and 

 it will have to be shown to better ad- 

 vantage to beat that variety. Their 

 other seedling did not appear to us to 

 be any improvement upon our leading 

 sorts. 



John Egan & Son, North Tarry- 

 town, also exhibited several vases of 

 carnations, also 6 nice little plants of 

 Erica hyemalis, and 6 plants of Cypri- 

 pedium insigne. 



Cooke & McCord exhibited three 

 pots of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 



F. R. Pierson Co. exhibited quite a 

 number of large Bays, both standards 

 and pyramid; also a nice lot of Cat- 

 tieya labiata, and orange trees. 



The leading citizens turned out in 

 large numbers; over 1,000 attended the 

 first day, and the indications are that 

 the number today will exceed that 

 figure. 



JAS. T. SCOTT, Reporting Sec'y. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The show given by the Morris Coun- 

 ty Gardeners' and Florists' Club in the 

 new assembly rooms, Madison, Nov. 

 7th and 8th, was both an artistic and 

 financial success and the members of 

 the club are very much encouraged 

 over the prospects for future shows. 

 They deserve great credit for what 

 they have accomplished so far. The 

 attendance on the first day exceeded 

 that of the three days last year when 

 the exhibition was held in Morris- 

 town. A good band of music was em- 

 ployed and the town's people were 

 stirred up by its parading from the de- 

 pot to the hall previous to a concert 

 among flora's jewels. Admission was 

 i ents. 



.Madison, of course, as all your read- 

 ers are aware, is the greatest rose cen- 

 ter in the world, and when a flower 

 show is given in the locality, one nat- 

 urally expects to see wonders in roses 

 and keen competition for prizes. 

 Whilst there were quite a few entries 

 in some of the classes, still, for Madi- 



