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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEMBER 23, 1S99. 



Chrysanthemums on stems not less 

 than IS nor more than 30 inches, to be 

 exhibited without any artificial sup- 

 port. No restrictions as to length of 

 stem in vases of over 24 blooms: Best 

 vase of cut blooms, white : First, W. J. 

 & M. S. Vesey. Twelve blooms Golden 

 Wedding: First, James Hartshorae; 

 second, N. Smith & Son. Vase of fifty 

 blooms, quality and arrangement to be 

 equally considered: First, Wm. Schray; 

 second, C. Young & Sons Company. 

 Vase of 24 blooms in three varieties: 

 First, N. Smith & Son; second, W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey. Vase of white cut blooms 

 grown in natural clusters: First, Wm. 

 Schray. 



Cut roses: Ellison & Tesson took 

 firsts for four vases, fifteen of a kind, 

 and for 25 blooms American Beauty; 

 J. F. Ammann for vase of 50 Perle des 

 Jardins. 



Cut carnations: W. J. & M. S. Vesey 

 won firsts for 40 Jubilee and 50 Day- 

 break; Chicago Carnation Company for 

 100 Scott. 



Ellison & Tesson were first for floral 

 design representing trade-mark of Mis- 

 souri Pacific Railroad Company. 



Awards for Friday. 



Fourth day. Rain. Attendance poor. 



Chrysanthemum blooms: Vase of 50. 

 quality and arrangement to be equally 

 considered: First, Wm. Schray; sec- 

 ond, W. J. & M. S. Vesey. Vase of yel- 

 low: First, F. Windt. Twelve Bon- 

 naffon: First, Wm. Schray; second, 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey. Vase of blooms 

 in not less than 12 varieties: First, 

 Jas. Hartshorae. Vase of yellow, grown 

 naturally: First, Wm. Schray. 



Cut roses: Firsts to Ellison & Tes- 

 son for 25 Beauties, 50 Bridesmaids and 

 25 Beauties. 



Cut carnations: H. Weber & Sons, 

 for vase of 25 seedlings in one or more 

 varieties; vase of 50, and best and 

 largest display of new carnations. 



Table decoration: Ellison & Tesson 

 first; also for 200 single violets. Hen- 

 ry C. Ostertag, first for best and larg- 

 est display of double violets. 



Awards on Saturday. 



Fifth day. Rainy weather. Attend- 

 ance very poor. 



Shaw premiums for cut chrysanthe- 

 mum blooms: Twelve blooms of The 

 Queen: First, Michel Plant and Bulb 

 Company; second, W T m. Schray. Twelve 

 blooms of Major Bonnaffon: First, H. 

 Weber & Sons; second, G. Teilman; 

 third, W. A. Chalfant. Twelve blooms, 

 any other white variety: First, Michel 

 Plant and Bulb Company; second, C. 

 C. Sanders; third, H. Weber & Sons. 

 Twelve blooms of any pink variety: 

 First, H. Weber & Sons; second. G. 

 Teilman; third, W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 

 Twelve blooms of any variety intro- 

 duced in 1S97, 189S, or 1899: First. W. 

 A, Chalfant; second, W. J. & }l S. 

 Vesey; third, H. Weber & Sons. Twelve 

 blooms of any other yellow variety: 

 First, Michel Plant and Bulb Com- 

 pany; second, W. A. Chalfant; third, 

 H. Weber & Sons. 



Visitors at the show: James Harts- 

 horae, James S. Wilson and M. Barker, 

 Chicago; A. T. Hey, Springfield, 111.; 

 G. M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill, Mo.; J. 

 M. Foreman, Louisiana, Mo.; W. J. 

 Vesey and M. S. Vesey, Fort Wayne, 

 Ind.; W. A. Chalfant. Springfield, Mo.: 

 W. H. Gullett, Lincoln, 111. J. J. B. 



TORONTO. 



From an Outsider. 

 The tenth annual chrysanthemum 

 show held by the Toronto Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Association, though per- 

 haps not quite so large as usual, was 

 fully up to the mark in quality— in 

 fact, I think the cut chrysanthemums 

 and the roses were bigger and better 

 than ever, and the show of orchids was 

 certainly the most magnificent display 

 ever put up in Canada (I won't say on 

 the continent, because I am not sure of 

 what they have in Boston). 



The exhibitors of orcihids had agreed 

 among themselves as to the prizes, and 

 had filled the stage of the pavilion with 

 one grand bank of palms, ferns and 

 orchids built up with pieces of moss- 

 covered bark, the effect of which from 

 the body of the hall, especially at 

 night, was truly grand. Mr. Goodier, 

 who now looks after the stove and 

 green house at Exhibition Park, is to 

 be congratulated on the improvement 

 noticeable in condition of the orchids, 

 and, in fact, all the plants under his 

 charge. Mr. Collins, at the Horticul- 

 tural Gardens, with a smaller collec- 

 tion, is also keeping his plants up to 

 a high standard. Manton Bros, showed 

 a fine lot of Cattleya labiata autumn- 

 ale and oncidiums. 



Carnations struck me as not being 

 quite up to the usual standard; the 

 most noticeable among them all was a 

 vase of 50 G. H. Crane, shown by Mr. 

 H. Dale. I regret that I had not time 

 to go into particulars as to the other 

 sorts exhibited. Miller & Sons put up 

 several of their new seedlings for com- 

 petition among others, and Mr. Gam- 

 mage, of London, put up a collection 

 not for competition. In roses Dale and 

 Dunlop as usual about equally divided 

 the honors, both showing some mag- 

 nificent blooms, such as can only be 

 seen at a Toronto show. In the vase 

 of 50 roses, Dunlop captured first with 

 American Beauty, and Dale was second 

 with Bridesmaid, blooms that were 

 simply immense, perfect and impossi- 

 ble to beat. Violets were very good, 

 Farquhar and Princess of Wales being 

 specially conspicuous, the former being 

 grown by Dale, the latter by Manton 

 Bros. 



The exhibit of chrysanthemum plants 

 grows smaller and beautifully less 

 every year; the single stem plants 

 were, however, very fine. In chrys- 

 anthemum blooms I must again express 

 regret that I was unable to go into 

 particulars. What seemed to strike me 

 most was some very fine Niveus ex- 

 hibited by Dale and the monster white 

 seedling shown by Miller & Sons, 

 which he has named "Timothy Eaton" 



(of department store fame). The size 

 of these blooms exceeded anything ever 

 seen on this side (or any other side, I 

 should think). It was awarded first in 

 vase of 12 blooms, special for the larg- 

 est bloom in the show, and a certifi- 

 cate of merit. The stiff, strong, well 

 leafed stem seemed quite capable of 

 holding up the weight of the bloom. 



The groups were as usual all very 

 pretty and well arranged in the vari- 

 ous styles of the different exhibitors. 

 In the foliage plant groups, the two 

 first — Horticultural Gardens and Exhi- 

 bition Park — were so close that one 

 plant in each made the difference be- 

 tween them. 



In the floral design class the compe- 

 tition was very keen, and the judge — 

 Mr. Wm. Gammage — had his hands 

 full. The judgment in the 24-inch 

 standing anchor section was somewhat 

 of a thunderclap to some of the boys, 

 but the judge was fully able to sustain 

 his decision. Mr. J. Simmons took first 

 prize. 



The amateur show of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, put up in a room off the 

 main hall, showed a marked improve- 

 ment over that of former years, some 

 of the chrysanthemum blooms being 

 quite as good as those shown in the 

 professional classes. Up to Thursday 

 evening, when I left, it looked as if 

 the show was going to be a financial 

 success; the first day's receipts were 

 considerably larger than last year. 



It was a great pleasure to the writer 

 to meet so many old faces again, and 

 he spent a most enjoyable couple of 

 days among them, his great regret be- 

 ing that he could not, in accordance 

 with the rules and regulations, award 

 them all first prizes. 



Mr. George Mills made a most effi- 

 cient and able superintendent, and the 

 arrangement of the hall was all that 

 could be desired. The competition in 

 many cases was so close and keen that 

 when the prize tickets were put on the 

 judges were exposed to a fusillade 

 of questions as to why they had done 

 this, that and the other, all in a most 

 good-natured way, though — so good- 

 natured that the judges were sorry 

 they were unable to stay longer to fin- 

 ish the discussion. Mr. D. Robertson, 

 of Reservoir Park, as secretary, ap- 

 peared to be holding up his end in a 

 business-like way, and everything in 

 his department was carried on without 

 a hitch. 



ORANGE, N. J. 



The exhibit announced for but one 

 afternoon and evening was held des- 

 pite the rain and dense fog, and was a 

 free testimonial from the society to 

 their friends among the craft and the 

 public. It was the combined effort of 

 but sixteen exhibitors but represented 

 the best skill from Summit to Hoboken. 

 It was about equally divided between 

 chrysanthemums and ornamental 

 greenhouse plants such as dracaenas, 

 crotons, orchids and such. 



Among the first, the work of Peter 

 Duff, gardener to Mr. John Crosby 



