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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



NOVEMBER 16, 1899. 



Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Charles Davis; sec- 

 ond, the same for Philadelphia; third, 

 Col. Chas. Pfaff, Mrs. George West. 

 Vase of blooms on long stems, ar- 

 ranged in the society's large china 

 vases, to be kept in good condition 

 during the exhibition, C. H. Souther; 

 second, Mrs. B. M. Gill; third, Col. 

 Charles Pfaff; fourth, Norris F. Corn- 

 ley; fifth, J. W. Howard. 



Gratuities — J. W. Howard, chrysan- 

 themum, Autumn Glory; J. W. How- 

 ard, vase of pompon chrysanthemums; 

 Sewall Fisher, carnation Saxon; Wm. 

 Nicholson, carnations; M. A. Patten, 

 carnations; D. Carmichel, carnations; 

 John Pritchard, carnations; I. E. Co- 

 burn, pansies; Mrs. E. M. Gill, display; 

 John Thomas, display; J. W. Howard, 

 display; Misses Eleanor and Mollie 

 Doran, native ferns and evergreens; 

 Chas. S. Cooper received honorable 

 mention for carnation Crawford. 



B. B. 



BROCKTON, MASS. 



The second annual flower show of 

 Brockton was held last week, Nov. 1, 

 2 and 3, under the auspices of the 

 Brockton Florists' Club. The show 

 opened Wednesday noon and the pa- 

 tronage exceeded the anticipations of 

 the committee in charge. 



The centerpiece of the exhibit was a 

 striking figure. It included some of 

 the finest plants in the country from 

 the greenhouses of ex-Gov. Ames' es- 

 tate, consisting of elegant rubber 

 plants, chrysanthemums, pandanus, 

 acalyphas and various specimens of 

 dracaenas, some of which stood near- 

 ly six feet high. This exhibit alone 

 covered a space about fifty feet in cir- 

 cumference. Among the exhibits were 

 some from Fairhaven, Randolph, 

 Avon, West Hanover, North Easton, 

 and a particularly fine exhibit of light 

 pinks all the way from Waynesboro, 

 Pa. The owner of the latter exhibit 

 was Henry Eichholz. 



The judge of the exhibit was Robert 

 Gray, of North Easton, head gardener 

 at the Ames estate. 



There were 56 classes in all but 

 some were not filled. The awards were 

 as follows: Three single specimens of 

 chrysanthemums not to exceed 10 pots, 

 James McGarthly, of Fairhaven. This 

 exhibit included Japanese and ane- 

 mone specimens. 



Golden Gate, first, James McGarthly. 



Pink, first, Clarence W. Graham, 

 Avon; second, James McGarthly. Oth- 

 er exhibitors were John McFarland, 

 North Easton; F. McRae, Providence, 

 R. I., and T. Packard. 



White, first, F. McRae; second, John 

 McFarland. 



Any color but white, first, T. Pack- 

 ard. 



Twelve varieties of cut flowers in 

 one vase, first, F. McRae. 



Twelve sprays of any color, first, F. 

 McRae. 



Twelve sprays, first, John McFar- 

 land; second, James McGarthly. 



Twelve primula obconica, first, 

 James McGarthly. 



Six palms, first, W. W. Hathaway, 

 Brockton. 



Best vase of dark pinks, first, S. J. 

 Goddard. Framingham; second. John 

 White, Holbrook. 



Twenty-five light pinks, first, S. J. 

 Goddard; second, Duly Bros., Ran- 

 dolph. 



Twenty-five red pinks, first, S. J. 

 Goddard; second, H. E. Barrows, 

 Brockton. 



Twenty-five yellow pink, first, S. J. 

 Goddard. 



Twenty-five white pinks, first, S. J. 

 Goddard. 



One hundred flowers, first, H. E. 

 Barrows. 



Twenty-five Daybreaks, first, S. J. 

 Goddard; second, Duly Bros. 



Twenty-five Eldorados, first, Duly 

 Bros.; second, Charles Cooper. 



Twenty-five Scotts, first, Charles 

 Cooper. 



Twenty-five Annie Webbs, first, S. 

 J. Goddard; second, Duly Bros. 



Twenty-five Flora Hills, first, S. J. 

 Goddard. 



Twenty-five Geo. M. Bradt, first, H. 



E. Barrows: second, S. J. Goddard. 

 One hundred best Crawfords, first, 



C. Cooper; second, D. F. Washington. 



Best display evergreen plants, first, 

 H. E. Barrows. 



Best bunch double violets, 100 flow- 

 ers, first, John McFarland; second, F. 



F. White. 



Best display snap dragon, first, Wal- 

 ter Baker. 



Table decorations, first, H. E. Bar- 

 rows; second, W. W. Hathaway. 



Mantel decorations, first, H. E. Bar- 

 rows; second, W. W. Hathaway. 



Best wreath, first, C. Cooper; sec- 

 ond, H. E. Barrows. 



Best basket of flowers, first, W. W. 

 Hathaway; second, C. Cooper. 



Best bouquet, first, W. W. Hathaway. 



Special awards: Gratuity. white 

 chrysanthemum, Frank White; six 

 mixed mums, C. W. Graham; cultural 

 certificate on dracaena, W. W. Hath- 

 away; certificate of merit, dark pink 

 carnation, Charles S. Cooper. 



The committee in charge of the ex- 

 hibit were: W. W. Hathaway, John 

 McFarland and Henry Duly. 



Among the noticeable vases of carna- 

 tions were the Crawford, exhibited by 

 C. S. Cooper, of Brockton, and the vase 

 of Flora Hill, by S. J. Goddard, of 

 Framingham. C. W. GRAHAM. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The committees judging seedling 

 chrysanthemums will now be in ses- 

 sion every Saturday to and including 

 Nov. 25th. Exhibitors should make 

 their entries (for which a fee of two 

 dollars is charged for each variety en- 

 tered) to the secretary not later than 

 Tuesday of the week they are to be 

 shown. 



All exhibits forwarded to the fol- 

 lowing addresses (express charges pre- 

 paid) will receive careful considera- 

 tion: 



Boston, Mass. — A. H. Fewkes, Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Tremont street. 



New York, N. Y. — E. Dailledouze, 

 care New York Cut Flower Co., 11& 

 West Twenty-third street. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — A. B. Cartledge, 

 1514 Chestnut street. 



Cincinnati, O. — R. Witterstaetter, 

 care Cincinnati Cut Flower Co., cor- 

 ner Fourth and Walnut streets. 



Chicago, 111. — C. W. Johnson, care 

 Illinois Cut Flower Co., 51 Wabash 

 avenue. 



ELMER D. SMITH, Sec'y. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY'S 

 SILVER CUP. 



The officers of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society oX America have decided to 

 award a silver cup (valued at ?20.00) to 

 the seedling which averages the high- 

 est number of points. To be eligible 

 in this contest, the seedling must be 

 shown to at least three committees, 

 and from their scoring an average will 

 be made. ELMER D. SMITH, 



Secretary. 



WORK OF C. S. A. COMMITTEES. 



NEW YORK, NOV. 11— M. Hansen, 

 New Durham, N. J., exhibited a white 

 sport from Erminilda named Mrs. Mi- 

 riam Dalskov, which scored commer- 

 cial scale 66 points. 



CINCINNATI. — Nathan Smith & 

 Son, Adrian, Mich., exhibited the fol- 

 lowing three varieties before this com- 

 mittee: No. 25, a pink Jap. Inc., 

 scored commercial scale 74 points; No. 

 28, a light yellow Jap. variety, scored 

 commercial scale 61 points; No. 72, a 

 bronze Jap. variety, scored commercial 

 scale 62 points. 



CHICAGO, ILL.— No. 25, a pink Jap. 

 Inc. variety exhibited by Nathan 

 Smith & Son, scored commercial scale 

 83 points. 



No reports from other committees. 



The two varieties exhibited under 

 number by John N. May are named as 

 follows: No. 145, named Winona; 

 No. 2, named Bonita. These varieties 

 were reported upon in my last. 



ELMER D. SMITH, Sec'y. 



ZZ"- BRIDAL BOUQUETS. 



The accompanying engraving is. 

 from a photograph of two of the bridal 

 bouquets shown at the Chicago exhibi- 

 tion. The one at the left was entered 

 by A. Lange, Chicago (Lee Walz, ar- 

 tist), and that at the right was en- 

 tered by W. L. Rock, Kansas City, 

 Mo. The other bouquets entered were 

 nearly all similar in style to that of 

 Mr. Rock. 



The bouquet arranged by Mr. Walz 

 was decidedly the most artistic ar- 

 rangement at the exhibition and well 

 merited the liberal first prize. The 

 picture gives a side view of it in order 

 that its form may be better shown and 

 that the spray of Dendrobium formo- 

 sum at the side may be seen. As will 

 be noted in the picture, the flowers 

 were loosely but securely placed over 



