NOVEMBER 23, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



663 



Brown, attracted general attention. His 

 chrysanthemums were conceded by 

 eminent authorities present from Bos- 

 ton and Madison to be equal, if not su- 

 perior, to those shown at either of those 

 places or at Millbrook or Tarrytown. 

 His specimen trained chrysanthemums 

 represented the highest gardener's art, 

 where not only perfection of form was 

 secured but almost uniform size of 

 blooms. These were individual plants 

 grown from one stalk in 12-inch pots 

 and numbering from one hundred and 

 fifty blooms to nearly three hundred 

 blooms in the largest example shown. 

 The Garza was particularly fine and 

 the beauty of this true anemone type 

 was greatly admired. His W. H. Lin- 

 coln and Ivory were as near perfection 

 as a piece of Parisian artificial flower 

 maker's work. His skill was also 

 shown in palms and dracaenas. Twelve 



Messrs. Popken & Collins had a 

 decorative group where chrysanthe- 

 mum blooms were cleverly mingled 

 with ferns and plants. 



Mr. J. C. Williams, the well known 

 nurseryman of Montclair, exhibited 

 some fine fruit, consisting of apples 

 and pears. 



Mr. O. D. Munn's fine crotons, which 

 ornamented the terrace last summer, 

 were there, but John Hayes had left 

 the terrace behind, though the group- 

 ing here was harmonious. 



The judges were Mr. William Duck- 

 ham, of Madison; Mr. W. A. Manda, of 

 South Orange, and Mr. A. D. Rose, of 

 Montclair. The winners of the highest 

 award, a first class certificate, were 

 Peter Duff, gardener to Mr. John Cros- 

 by Brown, for six specimen chrysan- 

 themum bushes, also for a group grown 

 in 6-inch pots; Dietrich Kindsgrab 



Cattleya labiata, and to Malcolm Mac- 

 Rorie for specimen Kentia Forsteriana. 



The meeting was called to order by 

 the president at a late hour, when the 

 floor was somewhat clear, to permit 

 some remarks from visitors there from 

 a distance, upon "Flower Shows," and 

 Mr. Duckham. of Madison, was the first 

 speaker. "This was the third show he 

 had been to in a week and it was ex- 

 ceeded by none, being ahead of Tarry- 

 town." 



Me. W. J. Stewart, of Boston, told of 

 the societies of Boston and Philadel- 

 phia, both old and richly endowed in- 

 stitutions, and as to how they had 

 achieved their success by clever real 

 estate investments, after a bequest of a 

 sum of money. 



Dr. J. M. W. Kitchen declared that 

 he was ashamed of the Oranges, that 

 so few were there, when it merited so 



Miscellaneous Plants at the St. Louis show. 



blooms in 6-inch pots were awarded 

 a first certificate. 



A decorative group comprising many 

 rare and beautiful greenhouse plants, 

 the work of Dietriek Kindsgrab, gar- 

 dener to Mr. William Runkle, was 

 much admired for the admirable 

 grouping and perfect harmony of color 

 besides their skillful growing. The 

 brilliancy of color in fine crotons Mr. 

 Kindsgrab said was due to their hav- 

 ing been planted out in the open all 

 summer. 



The new rose, "Liberty." grown by 

 Ernst Asmus, of West Hoboken, was 

 much admired for its color and form; 

 it received the society's highest award. 



A collection of cypripediums exhibi- 

 ted by W. A. Manda, of South Orange, 

 was up to this skillful artist's usual 

 work in this lina and for which he is 

 so justly famed; it also received the 

 highest certificate. 



Malcolm MacRorie, gardener to Dr. 

 H. A. Mandeville! and George Smith, 

 gardener to Mr. Sydney Colgate, had 

 both some fine chrysanthemum blooms 

 and their skill was shown by other 

 exotics. 



gardener to Mr. William Runkle, for a 

 decorative group; W. A. Manda, of 

 South Orange, for a collection of cypri- 

 pediums; Ernst Asmus, of West Hobo- 

 ken, for the new rose, "Liberty." 



Certificates of merit were awarded to 

 John May, of Summit, for a collection 

 of pompons; to J. C. Williams, of 

 Montclair, for a display of fine fruit; 

 George Smith, gardener to Mr. Sydney 

 Colgate, for a decorative group and for 

 twelve chrysanthemum blooms; Mal- 

 colm MacRorie, gardener to Dr. H. A. 

 Mandeville, of South Orange, for a 

 vase of chrysanthemum blooms; John 

 Hayes, gardener to Mr. 0. D. Munn, of 

 Llewellyn Park, for a decorative group 

 of crotons and other plants; Popkin & 

 Collins, Orange, for a decorative group, 

 and the two amateur exhibitors, Wal- 

 ter Gray, of Watessing. and Joseph B. 

 Davis, of "Wildmont," for a collection 

 of plants. 



Certificates of high commendation 

 were awarded to George Smith for spe- 

 cimen chrysanthemum blooms; to Rob- 

 ert Mclnness, gardener to Mr. B. O. 

 Chisholm, for violets, to Geo. Von 

 Qualen, gardener to Mr. T. C. Barr, for 



much from a community of 70,000 per- 

 sons, and thought the effort to attract 

 any of the outside public misapplied; 

 that for his part he was done trying to 

 bring the public to the shows. He ad- 

 mitted that he was pessimistic, but ad- 

 vised the society to keep the enjoy- 

 ment of these beautiful objects to 

 themselves, and terminated his re- 

 marks with the exclamation of "Hang 

 the public!" 



Mr. James I. Donlan, of New York, 

 made a practical demonstration on the 

 art of arranging flowers. He prefaced 

 this, however, by remaking that he 

 thought Dr. Kitchen's remarks had 

 been caused by the sight of so many 

 white flowers, which to one who had 

 been the cause of so many funeral 

 scenes it must depress, but his ideas 

 might change on the morrow. He had 

 thought the attendance exceedingly 

 good and he had been present from an 

 early hour in the afternoon and had 

 watched the numbers who had passed 

 in and out of the room in that time 

 with pleasure. 



Mr. Donlan discoursed with his usual 

 eloquence and suavity and dwelt on 



