NOVEMBER 1G, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



621 



Two Bridal Bouquets shown at the Chicago Exhibition. 



selected sprays of Asparagus Spren- 

 geri, the spray of orchids adding a 

 touch of richness. 



The view of Mr. Rock's bouquet is 

 from directly in front. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



The Worcester County Horticultu- 

 ral Society held its 16th annual exhibi- 

 tion Nov. 8 and 9. It was one of the 

 Tjest we have ever held. The first two 

 years they were free, the same as our 

 weekly exhibitions, but owing to the 

 crowds the next year we charged 10 

 cents and had an attendance «ii 1,500. 

 Since then we have tried 15 and 25 and 

 back to 10 cents, with varying results, 

 none of them satisfactory only that it 

 kept the crowds out. This year we 

 made it free and it was a success. At 

 our annual meeting we voted not to 

 hold one next year. 



In the vases of 20 blooms pink the 

 prizes were awarded to Viviand-Morel 

 and Erminilda; in yellow to Major 

 Bonnaffon; in whites, Mrs. Robinson, 

 Niveus; vases of 10 blooms yellow. 



Major Bonnaffon; vases of 10 pink, 

 Pres. Smith and Mrs. Perrin. 



The collections of 6 blooms and 12 

 blooms had some very fine specimens 

 of Maud Dean, Infatuation, Philadel- 

 phia, Bonnaffon, J. Shrimpton, Egyp- 

 tian, Niveus, Mrs. Perrin, Mutual 

 Friend, Jerome Jones. 



The single blooms were Pluto, Bon- 

 naffon, Peter Kay, E. M. Bigelow, Vi- 

 viand-Morel, Maud Dean, Eugene Dail- 

 ledouze. The magnificent vase of 20 

 Viviand-Morel of H. F. A. Lange and 

 the vase of 10 Major Bonnaffon of 

 Mrs. George W. Knowlton were per- 

 fection and greatly admired. 



The exhibition of carnations was 

 fine, three contributors showing from 

 25 to 40 varieties each. H. Le Roy 

 Sawyer, of Clinton, showed a carna- 

 tion seedling of 1896, scarlet, similar to 

 Bon Ton, and very large, fragrant, 

 but a little weak in the stem. It was 

 awarded a gratuity. 



G. Marston Whitin, of Whitinsville, 

 showed a seedling chrysanthemum of 

 1896, raised by William Darling, simi- 

 lar to Major Bonnaffon, both worthy 

 of further trial and mention. 



The large platform was covered 

 with palms and ferns from H. F. A. 

 Lange, also palms and ferns on the 

 tables among the cut blooms. 



The principal winners of prizes 

 were H. F. A. Lange, F. A. Blake, 

 Mrs. W. E. Sargent, Mrs. S. H. Record, 

 Hugo Book, Mrs. J. C. Whitin, Mrs. 

 Geo. Knowlton, Mrs. H. A. Jones, H. 

 B. Watts and Mrs. T. Ward. 



The annual meeting of the society 

 was held Nov. 1 and the following of- 

 ficers were re-elected: O. B. Hadwen, 

 Pres.; A. A. Hixon, Sec'y; Nath. Paine, 

 Treas. A. A. H. 



A STRANGE SUBJECT. 



A strange subject and still an every 

 day happening. The other day a 

 wholesale florist asked me how it was 

 that all the trade papers printed in 

 their local notes prices supposed to be 

 the average sales rates for the week, 

 and the above mentioned wholesale 

 man says his growers kick, for he 

 can't average one-quarter of the rates 

 quoted in the papers. 



Now, this is often true, but the paper 



