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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEK 24, 1001. 



accepted upon small sizes. Pinks rare- 

 ly get above the two-cent notch and ordi- 

 nary roses more rarely reach ten cents. 

 A few choice three-foot Beaiities are 

 bringing $3.50 per dozen, and smaller 

 sizes of all kinds of red roses are very 

 plentiful. 



Well, what is the news, anyway? 



J. S. Manter. 



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The Exhibition. 



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 the pi;i !i, ,,1 - ... 

 noon. 'I lure «a^- -> 

 ing between exhibitor 

 ment as to the tlniu 

 hibition. The schcdu 

 be finished by G p 

 was some confusion when the door 

 opened. However the boys soon got 

 their material in i!in|ii- ami from one or 

 two points it i~ llu- I.m -Ih.w we have 

 had here in \.ai-. IImi. are more or- 

 chids on exliilatioii ihan have ever been 

 seen before at an Ameriian sliow; the 

 variety is somewhat limited, but the 

 quality of bloom is great, and they are 

 well arranged. Then again this "show 

 excels all others in the size and quality 

 of palms. There is a scarcity of flow- 

 ering plants and cut flowers such as 

 chrysanthemums, roses, etc., but no doubt 

 there will be a fine showing of these by 

 the end of the week. The competition 

 is not very keen, and many of the classes 

 have not been entered for, but neverthe- 

 less there is sufficient to make it inter- 

 esting. 



The hall is decorated with flags and 

 bunting and a little roping. A military 

 band dispenses music and 50 cents ad- 

 mission is charged. An old time news- 

 paper man, Mr. Charles Chamberlain, 

 is in charge of the press room, and he 

 is ably assisted by Harry Bunyard, who 

 has done great service in supplying the 

 papers with information and illustra- 

 tions. One new feature, and one worthy 

 of highest praise, is that the club has 

 engaged a photographer to take views 

 of all the exhibits, copies of which are 

 supplied to the press gratis, and there 

 is a regularly equipped reception and 

 writing room where newspaper men can 

 partake of the club's hospitality. The 

 result of all is that nearly all the daily 

 and Sunday papers have given much 

 space to this show. As we are writing 

 this on Tuesday morning we cannot even 

 venture a prediction as to the financial 

 success, but are sure it will be a suc- 

 cess from a plantsman's point of view. 



As to the individual exhibits William 

 Duckham, gardener to D. Willis James, 

 Madison, N. J., has a magnificent lot 

 of plants in the several classes. In class 

 185, group of foliage plants covering 150 

 square feet, he has staged many beau- 

 tiful palms and some highly colored fol- 

 iage plants. The gem of this group is 

 a nice piece of Phoenix Eceblinii in class 

 25, table of decorative foliage plants to 

 occupy 15x3* feet, he put up a finely 

 grown lot of plants among which were 

 several new dracienas and new crotons, 

 the prettiest of which was a narrow 

 leaved variety called "Her Majesty." This 

 lot was edged oflf with Adiantum rhodo- 

 phyllum and Selaginella Martensii, mak- 

 ing a pretty finish. For 12 stove and 

 greenhouse plants Mr. Duckham exhib- 

 ited grand specimens of Dracaena Godsef- 

 flnana, Ludovia crenifolia, Maranta San- 



deriaua, Curmeria Leopoldii, Calamus 

 Jamesi, Jiaranta virginalis major, Dra- 

 oa-na Sandcrlana. rvanoi)hvlluin niaynili- 



new and t lie only ones ot their kind in 

 the country. For specimen draca;na he 

 put up the finest piece of D. Sanderiana 

 ever seen here. 



Arthur Herrington, gardener to 11. 

 McK. Twombly, Madison, N. J., exhibit- 

 ed the largest palm that was ever put 

 up a) a -Im-,„ in V.u Yo,K. It is a 



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quiicd twelve men with blocks and tackle 

 to put it in position, and we regret to 

 say that the veteran James Dean came 

 very near being seriously hurt in help- 

 ing with this plant. His little finger 

 was nearly cut off and his left side is 

 injured, only slightly we hope. 



My. lien iniiton is the only exhibitor 

 "t ' 111 V -aiii li. imim plants. They are all 

 ill li HI' li i"ii-. single stems and in boxes. 

 In I1-- ''I 1' 1 25 one variety he put 

 s'lli'l J iiri,,i.i,.; in class 52, 12 whites, 

 -"\li- II l;.'l'iii-on; six plants, one vari- 

 ||.\. I "I A|i|.l('iun; 12 plants, one vari- 

 ety. ]\Ii>. 11. Kobinson; six plants, dis- 

 tinct vaiieties, ^Yith Robinson, Mutual 

 Friend, lora, Henry Hurrell, Harry Sun- 

 derbruck and V.-Morel; in the several 

 classes calling for six and twelve plants 

 in a box Mr. Herrington entered with 

 Mrs. Robinson and Henry Hurrell. They 

 weie all fine blooms considering the sea- 

 son. I III' -ana- exhibitor staged six ele- 

 i;aiii I I, 11- ,1 I altleya labiata in class 33, 

 aral ii\r ],iiii,|i,s of Gros Colmar and 

 Blauk Aliuuute in class 151, greenhouse 

 grapes. 



Geo. Hale, gardener to E. D. Adams, 

 Seabright, N. J., exhibited in several 

 classes. For six ferns he had very fine 

 specimens of Gymnogramme chrysophyl- 

 la, Davallia Fijiensis, Pol.ypodium au- 

 reum, Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis, 

 Blechnum braziliensis, Nephrolepis rufes- 

 cens tripinnatifida, the latter the best 

 plant in this section. For 12 stove and 

 greenhouse plants he arranged Maranta 

 regalis, Cycas revoluta, Asplenium nidus, 

 Maranta nitens, Dion edule in flower, 

 Maranta zebrina, Pandanus Veitchii, 

 Alocasia violacea, Maranta princeps, An- 

 thurium crystallinum, Dracaena Massan- 

 geana, Schismatoglottis crispa and Heli- 

 conia aurea striata. In the class for 

 specimen cycas he had an exceptionally 

 fine C. revoluta. 



William Anderson, gardener to F. A. 

 Constable, Mamaroneck, N. Y., exhibited 

 the largest Boston fern ever seen here. 

 It had an extended spread of 12 feet, 

 a gigantic specimen, entered for the 

 specimen fern, and he also showed grand 

 specimens of Davallia Mooreana, Daval- 

 lia Fijiensis and Nephrolepis exaltata- 

 Bostoniensis. 



In the class for three ferns Lehnig & 

 Winnefeld, of Hackensack, N. J., were 

 the sole competitors. In the classes for 

 cyclamen, the plants shown were very 

 good for the time of the year; those en- 

 tered for the 12 plants were well in 

 bloom, and those for the 6 plants were 

 the new fancy leaved sort originated by 

 this firm. 



W. Brenneeke, Hempstead, L. I. was 

 alone in the classes for geranium plants. 

 He showed nice plants of the varieties 

 John Doyle, Caesar, Beaute Poitevine. 

 Mme. Landry, C. Morel, J. B 

 and Jean Viaud. 



A. L. Miller, of East New York, made 

 an extra fine display of his beautiful 

 wliile dahlia Camelliallora ; his table was 



a 111 !>-. ui uliiii i|.m,.|> mill showed that 

 \li Mil!, a kii.,>^- I,, u I,, :^r,m dahlias. 



" l'"aiilMai .ii \\ ilia\cn, displayed 



111- -.I'llin- aial laii.', .lalilias, many 



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i.liiiil- III irl.. :i ..|,,ii -i '-,1 MIL- of Tritoma 

 Pt'ii/rii. (,. II II, „,i„,, ,1,1,1 L. A. Mar- 

 tin al-.i -ii, iM.,| .,.^,1,11 >,i,|.s of dahlias. 

 ^ laiLai A Hull. 11. ilir .ucliid special- 

 ists lit SiiiMiiiii. .\. .1.. , \liibiied a mag- 

 nificent table ol .,ulad.,. The center 

 was a branched tree about 12 feet in 

 height, covered with great sprays of 

 growing Oncidium varicosum. The table 

 beneath was a n,,! ,,f ,)._■, ml faldeya 

 labiata, C. ('.r_ < 1 1 , 1 1 n ,,, n,,, many 

 of this firinV 1 . a ,. 1 ■ I, , , -, ;in(j 



some very im, . ,.. |a i|„'.|iin,i,.' \'anda 

 caerulea, in fact specimens of all the 

 orchids at present in flower. It was a 

 splendid exhibit and attracted great at- 

 tention. 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., 

 put up a very choice lot of orchids, 

 among which was a specimen of Cattleya 

 St. Ledgeriana, said to be the first 

 blooms of that variety seen hereabouts. 



Siebrecht & Son, of New Rochelle, came 

 out heavy in several large classes. Their 

 table of orchids was very grand and was 

 beautifully arranged in natural rock 

 work; it was a mass of floral gems com- 

 prising Odontoglossum crispum, the only 

 piece at the show, 0. grande" Oncidium 

 varicosum, a superb Oncidium crispum 

 and a great showing of Cattleya labiata; 

 they had 47 varieties of orchids in this 

 collection. 



There were several new plants of 

 American origin entered for the medals 

 offered by the Society of American Flor- 

 ists and Ornamental Horticulturists 

 (wish that name was shorter for the sake 

 of the time it takes to write it ) . Arthur 

 Herrington entered three plants of a new 

 Adiantum after the form of A. Wil- 

 liamsii. F. Dressel offered three new 

 dracaenas of the amabilis and terminalis 

 t.vpes. W. A. Manda put up a new 

 hybrid begonia, a cross between the Rex 

 and flowering kinds, with very pretty 

 foliage, and a new broad leaved pan- 

 danus of very striking form. William 

 Duckham staged a new dracaena named 

 D. Curtisii, with fine broad and highly 

 colored foliage. 



Mr. Duckham entered for 6 specimen 

 dracaenas with D. Youngii, D. Lenting- 

 inosa, D. Charles Dissel and some fine 

 seedlings. 



Siebrecht & Son showed a grand speci- 

 men of Cycas circinalis, and in class 20, 

 six palms, entered with Caryota urens, 

 Latania rubra, Latania aurea, Chamse- 

 rops stauracantha, Thrinax radiata and 

 Ceroxylon niveum. For specimen pa'm 

 they staged Thrinax argentea and 

 Phoenix Roeblinii, the latter the largest 

 specimen of this grand palm at present 

 in the United States. For three ferns 

 they offered Davillia fijiensis, Nephro- 

 lepsis eordata compacta and N. Washing- 

 toniensis. 



Tiitic «a~ a -jilcndid exhibit of ever- 

 green-. W. .\. \l iiala staged 130 varie- 

 ties: Si, !,!,■, hi ,v S,:,ns, OO'i W. H. Moon 

 Co., (JU; .Samuul I'arson & Sons and Bob- 

 bink & Atkins immense groups. This 

 was the finest show of evergreens ever 

 put up at a show in the United States, 

 and the nurserymen mentioned deserve 

 great credit for their spirit of enter- 

 prise. 



W. H. Waite, gardener to Samuel Un- 



