NOVEMBER 23, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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THE EXHIBITIONS. 



^HARTFORD, CONN. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion of the Connecticut Horticultural 

 Society opened Monday evening. Nov. 

 13, at Putnam Phalanx Armory, in a 

 very auspicious manner. Certainly, 

 considering the late warm weather 

 this year which has troubled growers 

 so much, the blooms were exceptional. 

 A fine orchestra playing the latest 

 popular airs did much to make the 

 evenings enjoyable. 



Among the specialties were a large 

 vase of the magnificent Mrs. Thomas 

 W. Lawson carnation, which occupied 

 the place of honor and well deserved 

 it. Through the courtesy of Mr. 

 Thomas Galvin. of Boston, the florist 

 who has so ably managed the intro- 

 duction to the public of this queen of 

 the flower world, these blooms were 

 secured. Two bunches of Gros Col- 

 man grapes with each berry as large 

 almost as "pullets' " eggs attracted 

 much attention. These were grown by 

 Walter Angus, gardener to R. and H. 

 Scoville, Chapinville, Conn. Mr. An- 

 gus made one of the prettiest arrange- 

 ments of low foliage plants ever seen 

 in this city. He received first prize 

 for this as well as many other merito- 

 rious exhibits. 



Collections of pressed and mounted 

 native wild flowers, or herbariums, 

 were shown from many of the public 

 schools throughout the state, also 

 from the children themselves. These 

 showed a very encouraging progress 

 compared to last year. Evidently the 

 parents and teachers are awakening 



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to the importance of this work and 

 are ably assisting the society in car- 

 rying it on. 



Most of the newer varieties of mums 

 were shown and many a pencil and 

 card were used in jotting down their 

 names for future use. 



Mum plants were given out free in 

 June to> school children to be grown 

 by them for this exhibition. After 

 considerable thought on the subject, 

 a special scale was devised for judg- 

 ing these plants, which was: general 

 effect, 50; foliage, 20; size and quali- 

 ty of bloom, 15; size of plant, 15; to- 

 tal, 100. The idea was to count more 

 on evidences of care in growing, ty- 

 ing, etc., than on flowers. A consid- 

 erable number of entries were made 

 in this class, with results quite grati- 

 fying to those interested in the 

 scheme. 



This plan could be followed to ad- 

 vantage by all the horticultural socie- 

 ties in the country, as it cultivates in 

 the children a love of, and consequent- 

 ly, an appreciation for the beauties of 

 nature however manifested. A gold 

 medal for the best plant, and a silver 

 medal for the next best, were award- 

 ed, as well as special certificates of 

 merit for all the plants which showed 

 good evidences of care on the part of 

 the young growers. 



"Jadoo" plants were shown and 

 took two extra prizes. Several other 

 plants which were grown in a mixture 

 of the fibre and soil were well worthy 

 of prizes. All of them showed how 

 "Jadoo," intelligently used, can aid 

 the grower in turning out a heavily 

 foliaged and heavily flowered plant. 



Among the new varieties shown 

 were Mile. Lucie Faure, Mrs. N. Moly- 



neaux, Thornden, Phenomenal, Crown- 

 ing Glory, Black Hawk, Jubilee, Mme. 

 Ferlat. The first prize for four plants, 

 yellow was awarded for H. W. Rieman, 

 Yellow Fellow, Solar Queen and Miss 

 Georgiana Pitcher. Four plants, white, 

 were for Western King, Child of Two 

 Worlds, Mrs. H. Weeks and Merza. 

 These last eight varieties were grown 

 in soil and Jadoo. A fine standard was 

 shown, also grown in Jadoo. Etoile 

 de Lyon was the variety. First prize 

 for specimen Chinese was for a mag- 

 nificent plant of Miss Georgiana 

 Pitcher. Specimen Japanese, first prize 

 for Yellow Fellow — all awarded to 

 Thomas Dryden. 



John Coombs had the best cut 

 blooms in collections and was award- 

 ed first prize for the following varie- 

 ties: W. H. Lincoln, Helen Bloodgood, 

 Mutual Friend, Belle of Castlewood, 

 Viviand-Morel, Autumn Glory, In- 

 vincible, Mayflower, Yellow Fellow, 

 Mrs. W. R. Douglass, Marion Cleve- 

 land, Minnie Wanamaker, Philadel- 

 phia, Modesto, Solar Queen, Edith 

 Gunnison, H. W. Rieman, Etoile de 

 Lyon, Mme. Carnot, Eda Prass, Frank 

 Hardy, Wm. H. Longfellow, Mrs. H. 

 Weeks, Wm. H. Chadwick. 



Specimen bloom, 1st prize for Mod- 

 esto; 2nd for Mrs. G. Morgan. 



Elizabeth Park exhibited some ex- 

 ceptionally well-grown blooms of 

 Souv. de petite Ami, Yanoma, Western 

 King, Eda Prass, Chebeaque, Margue- 

 rite Jeffords, Zulinda and Portia. 



Best twelve blooms yellow, 1st for 

 Golden Wedding; 2nd, Minerva. Best 

 twelve blooms pink, 1st, Belle of Cas- 

 tlewood; 2nd, Helen Bloodgood. Best 

 twelve blooms white, 1st, Mrs. H. 



Some plants at the St. Louis show. 



