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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



179 



Bed of Ulrich Brunmr Roses .it Pan-American Exposition. 



much dried up when received I do c 

 sider it a triumph of science and soil 



William Scott. 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



The Summer Exhibition. 



Wliat should we say truthfully of the 

 Newport show? We know it is not fair 

 to condemn what is usually seen at ex- 

 hibitions, for the man who honestly puts 

 any plant or flower on exhibition, no 

 miitter how poor, deserves consideration, 

 if not praise. It is the gentlemen who 

 have good stock but are afraid to show 

 and whose only intent on vi.siting a show 

 is to criticise or deride the efforts of 

 others that we take pleasure in "roast- 



\Ve made a trip from New York es- 

 [lecially to see the third annual summer 

 show of the Newport Horticultural So- 

 ciety, which was held in Masonic Hall 

 July 2 and 3. The exhibition was pre- 

 viously announced for June 25 and 26, 

 hut it was thought wise to change the 

 date. It was further announced that the 

 American Rose Society would hold its 

 annual summer show in conjunction with 

 the Newport event. There has been some 

 remarkable announcements made by the 

 otlicials of the American Rose Society, 

 and they at least owe the horticultural 

 press and the craft in general an apol- 

 ogy for their fooling. 



But the Newport show — it was a finan- 

 cial failure; scarcely any of the public 

 attended. The exhibits were few com- 

 pared with what they should be for so 

 famous a place, Newport being accred- 

 ited with the finest gardens in America, 

 but the sacrifices in time, money and 

 mental and physical energy made by the 

 faithful few deserves the highest praise 

 from every friend of horticulture. There 

 may be numerous reasons assigned for 



the failure of this show — the place it 

 was held in, the manner it was held, and 

 the time. Newport's season does not 

 commence till August; a flower show 

 given there must take the form of a 

 garden fete with its floral parade, etc., 

 and must depend on society, not the 

 regular residents, for patronage. As 

 "Ivera" stated in his notes two weeks 

 ago, this society could do more good 

 in promoting one floral fete than by 

 ten years of such shows. 



The plants shown were clean and well 

 grown, but nothing very remarkable. 

 For best 6 erotons there were two en- 

 tries; Arthur Griffin won 1st and David 

 Mcintosh second. In class for 6 dra- 

 esenas there were also two sets, the 

 above parties winning in the same order. 

 There were no entries in the class for 

 gloxinias, one entry for 6 tuberous be- 

 gonias, for which Charles got 1st. There 

 were several entries for specimen ken- 

 tias; first went to Charles Stark, 2d to 

 Andrew Meikle, 3d to Bruce Butter- 

 ton. There was one entry for specimen 

 areca and C. Stark got 1st for a hand- 

 some Areca lutescens. For any other 

 palm 1st went to Bruce Butterton for 

 pritchardia, and 3d to A. Meikle for 

 phoenix. In class for 6 ferns one entry, 

 1st, Arthur Griffin. 



Competition for fern dishes intended 

 for table decoration wa.s very interest- 

 ing. The classes should be at every 

 show. For 12-inch dish of Farleyense, 

 1st, A. Meikle ; 2d, W. R. Barth. For 12- 

 inch, any other fern or ferns, 1st, Rich- 

 ard Gardner; 2d, A. Meikle. For 18-inch 

 flat basket of foliage plants, 1st, A. Grif- 

 fin; 2d, Richard Gardner; 3d, Charles 

 Stark. Group of foliage, 100 feet, 1st, 

 Silver cup, Arthur Griffin; 2d, Charles 

 Stark. There were only two entries in 

 above class; it was very difficult to de- 

 cde the winner; color won and, strange 

 to say, culalias and other grasses formed 



no little part in the group winning 1st. 

 There were two entries for group of 

 caladinms and ferns; 1st went to Bruce 

 Butterton; 2d to A. Griffin. In the 

 former ferns predominated and in the 

 latter caladiums, which was a very fine 

 collection. 



There were three entries for the group 

 of fifty stove and greenhouse plants. 

 These were very good exhibits and took 

 up the center o"f the hall. Charles Stark 

 won 1st prize, $50; 2d to A. Meikle. 

 D. Mcintosh won a bronze medal for 

 specimen dracii'iia. Wa.llcy & Smythe 

 showed an iiilii .-l iiiL' -inup of dwarfed 

 Japanese trr.-, tui v\liich they re- 

 ceived a certillrat.' of iiicrit. The Socie- 

 ty of American Florists' silver medal 

 was awarded to Colin Robertson for his 

 new dwarf canna "Bobs." Ths was ex- 

 ceedingly dwarf. Only three plants were 

 shown in 5-inch pots. The flowers are 

 of Crozy color and type but larger, and 

 the plants did not exceed 18 inches. The 

 canna is considered a good one at New- 

 port. The society's silver medal was 

 awarded the Blue Hill Nursery Com- 

 pany, South Braintree, Mass., for a very 

 interesting and showy collection ofher- 

 luKiMuis flowers. This comprised sixty- 

 four vases, and they were labeled with 



popui: 



and botanical 



They 



made a good showng. There was one 

 exhibit of carnations; they consisted 

 of several varieties. Perry Belmont's 

 gardener was awarded a bronze medal 

 for them. 



The display of cut roses was rather a 

 disappointment for a place with so many 

 fine gardens. There were scarcely forty 

 varieties of ro^es in the combined ex- 

 hibits and there may have been about 

 1.000 roses staged. In the class for 

 25 H. P.'s, distinct var'eties, 1st went 

 to A. Meikle, 2d to Hugh Williamson; 

 12 H. P.'s distinct, l.^t, Colin Robertson; 

 2d A. Meikle; 3d, H. Williamson; 12 



