The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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termeyer, Yonkers, N. Y., did himself 

 proud" with the many fine exhibits he 

 arranged, and Julius Rochrs staged some 

 of the finest ]ialms and foliage plants to 

 .be seen anywhere; his orchids were very 

 fine and artistically arranged. 



W. A. Manda filled an immense space. 

 We were informed he sold his specimen 

 Kentia Forsteriana for $300; it had 22 

 leaves and was 16 feet high. Among 

 his stove and greenhouse plants was a 

 gigantic Encephalartos pungens glauea 

 over 100 years old, and a Dion edule the 

 oldest in "the country. He showed a fine 

 Kentia Belmoreana 12 feet high, with 25 

 leaves. 



J. H. Troy, New Rochelle, had the 

 prettiest arranged group in the show. It 

 was of bamboos ajid he deservedly got 

 first for it. He also showed a group of 

 dwarf .Japanese plants. 



There was the keenest competition of 

 all in the vegetable classes. IMessrs. 

 Duckham, Taaffe, Scott and Caunce de- 

 serve special praise for these exhibits. 



K. & J. Leach, Jersey City, made an 

 exhibit of chrysanthemums in pots to 

 cover 100 square feet. 



Superb specimen bay trees were shown 

 by Julius Roehrs and Bobbink & Atkins. 

 Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., and W. 

 A. Manda made very creditable exhibits 

 of cacti, among which were many rare 

 varieties. L. Schmutz, Flatbush, N. Y., 

 and Fred Dressel showed groups of 

 branched rubbers. 



W. W. Edgar, Waverly, Mass., sent a 

 fine specimen adiantuni and a nephro- 

 lepis of splendid growth. 



C. W. Ward exhibited a very dainty 

 group of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine and 

 a group of "Canna Black Beauty, which 

 showed up finely. He also exhibited vases 

 of his new carnations. Gov. Roosevelt 

 and Viola Allen, the latter a gem in pink 

 and white. We must leave a fuller de- 

 scription till next week. 



Partial List of Awards. 



For best group of ornamental foliage 

 plants, covering a space of 250 square 

 feet, 1st, $100, was won by Julius 

 Roehrs; 2nd, $50, by Siebreeht & Son; 

 3rd, $25, by W. A. Manda. 



Group of foliage and flowering plants, 

 covering 100 square feet, 1st, $50, Jul- 

 ius Roehrs; 2nd, $25, Siebreeht & Son. 



Twelve stove and greenhouse plants, 

 1st, $25, Wm. Duckham; 2d, $15, Geo. 

 Hale. Six ditto, 1st, $15, W. A. Manda. 



Six ferns, 1st, Geo. Hale. Three 

 ferns, 1st, Wm. Anderson; 2nd, W. A. 

 Manda. Specimen fern, 1st, Wm. An- 

 derson; 2nd, Siebreeht & Son. Three 

 selaginellas, 1st, Wm. Anderson. Six 

 specimen dracaenas, 1st, Wm. Duckham; 

 2nd, W. H. Waite. Three ditto, 1st, 

 W. H. Waite; 2nd, W. A. Manda. Sin- 

 gle dracaena, 1st, Wm. Duckham; 2nd, 

 W. H. Waite. Specimen pandanus, 1st, 

 W. H. Waite, with Pandanus Baptistii. 



Julius Roehrs was first for three 

 araucarias and 0. W. Ward on collec- 

 tion of begonias. 



Six table plants in 6-in. pots, 1st, Wm. 

 Anderson; 2nd, W. A. Manda. Single 

 specimen palm, 1st, W. A. Manda; 2nd, 

 Siebreeht & Son. Specimen cycas, 1st, 

 Howard Nicol; 2nd, Geo. Hale. Two 

 adiantums, 1st, H. Nicol. 



Table of decorative foliage plants, 

 15x34 feet, 1st, Wm. Duckham; 2nd, 

 H. Nicol. Group of bamboos, 1st, J. H. 

 Troy. Group of evergreens. 1st, Parsons 

 & Sons; 2nd, Siebreeht & Son. 



Wm. Brenneeke was first in both 

 classes for geraniums. 



In the chrysanthemum plant classes 

 Arthur Herrington took firsts for 6 

 plants, 25 plants, 12 plants, 6 single 

 stem plants and 12 plants white. Leach 

 Bros, were first on group to occupy 100 

 feet. A. Herrington took four firsts on 

 chrysanthemum plants in boxes. 



For best and largest collection of for- 

 eign grapes Mrs. Hoyt was first. Two 

 bunches of black grapes, 1st, A. Her- 

 rington; ^iifl. Will. Scott. Collection 

 of i.r.hli, -, 1-1, \V. H. Waite. 



l_)i-].l:u Ml i; -liindard and G pyramid 

 bay tier,. Nl, Julius Roehrs; 2nd, Bob- 

 J)ink & Atkins. Group of foliage plants 

 covering 150 feet, 1st, Wm. Duckham; 

 2nd, Nicholas. Best exhibit of cacti, 

 1st, Prospect Park; 2nd, W. A. Manda. 



Bowling Match. 



Monday night was a gala night on the 

 New York alleys. The match between the 

 New Y'ork and Philadelphia teams was 

 rolled off and the New Y'orks won the 

 first two games. The return match will 

 take place on the Philadelphia alleys on 

 the evening of November 12, which is 

 the opening night of the Philadelphia 

 show. The highest total in the six games 

 is to decide the winner and the Phila- 

 delphians vow to get even on their own 

 alleys. Sorry we haven't time now to 

 describe this afTair properly. Following 

 are the scores: 



NEW YORK. 



T. J. Lang 205 177 194 



A. S. Burns 173 167 121 



F. Traendly 148 136 113 



P. O'Mara 181 164 143 



F. Lentz 152 164 149 



J. Theilmann 125 146 167 



984 954 8S7 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



G. Moss 145 155 169 



■W.'V-ilL.i ...'.'.. ■..■:!'.!!!l36 154 174 



G. r W ,11 .,r- 117 120 123 



R, Kilt 156 126 180 



J Hal.vnn. Ill 129 113 128 



BALTIMORE. 



Various Items. 



We have had another week of ideal 

 autumn, the atmosphere like crystal 

 and the sky bluer than Naples. In 

 some localities frosts have destroyed 

 tender vegetation, but in the hills and 

 in the city the beds and foliage plants 

 are untouched. Those florists who re- 

 tail their stuff gain by the delay which 

 affords them ample supplies of outdoor 

 flowers, but such as buy are anxious for 

 a cessation of those materials. Trade 

 to this date (Oct. 21) keeps fairly up 

 to the average season. The supply and 

 quality of roses improve; carnations 

 continue short of the demand, dahlias 

 are about done. Fine mums so far are 

 not abundant — inferior stock is more 

 plentiful. Weddings are numerous. 



The Florists' Exchange, which is the 

 clearing house here for growers and buy- 

 ers of cut flowers, and which has steadily 

 increased its business, has long found its 

 present quarters on Park avenue inade- 

 quate to its operations, and the man- 

 agement has at last found a new loca- 

 tion. This is a store of such size on 

 N. Eutaw near Franklin street, as to 

 aiTord ample accommodation for the 

 trade and much greater convenience and 

 comfort to the patrons of the house, and 

 its employes as well. 



Messrs. C. E. Smith & Co. (Mrs. Eich- 

 ler, manager) had an opening a few 

 days ago of their large new store on 



Liberty street near Fayette; the display 

 of plants and cut flowers being very ef- 

 fective. These premises give the largest 

 area of space on one floor of any florist 

 here, and the firm does a large and ever 

 increasing business. 



In these notes of last week the print- 

 er's types, or a bad pen, transformed the 

 Sunrise rose into Sunshine — a slip read- 

 ily perceivable. Sunrise, a sport from- 

 Perle, shows so distinctive a character 

 that in the bud it cannot fail to be 

 popular, though of course its scarlet 

 and copper color will not admit of its 

 use for funeral work, which in this sec- 

 tion is now mainly the employment 

 found for the Perle. 



Progress is being made with the in- 

 vestigation by committee of the city 

 council of the Park Commission's books 

 and accounts, and when that is complet- 

 ed other branches of the inquiry will 

 proceed. The employment of counsel 

 for the board was not allowed by the 

 committee. R. 



CLEVELAND VISITS DETROIT. 



On a recent Saturday evening a bevy 

 of Cleveland florists took the boat for 

 Detroit with a view to a peaceful in- 

 vasion of Michigan. There were Adam 

 Graham, J. M. Gasser, Herman Hart 

 and Benny, that mountain of good na- 

 ture, Bro. Kennedy, of the Gasser Co., 

 Mr. Gibson, of the Lake Shore R. R., 

 and by a special providence the "wan- 

 dering minstrel," whose mission it is to 

 record the event. 



At precisely 11:59 Saturday evening 

 the festivities on the boat ceased and 

 the travelers "turned in" (but what 

 they had already turned in before that 

 hour it is unnecessary to mention). 

 The promised storm did not materialize, 

 the "sleep of the .just" was not dis- 

 turbed and at 8 a. m. the weary marin- 

 ers came to anchor at Phil. Breitmey- 

 er's city haven. 



A little bird had carried the news of 

 our coming and "Phil" was up bright 

 and early with bis usual hearty wel- 

 come. Mr. Dilger, of the new "Cut 

 Flower Exchange," was also awake and 

 the day's "services" at once began. Un- 

 der the master guidance of Mr. Breit- 

 meyer the procession started and when 

 it ceased to "procesh" the toot of the 

 boat summoned the Clevelanders to re- 

 turn, long after 10 o'clock p. m. 



The first visitation was at Bro. Rack- 

 ham's, where the carnation king had 

 everything in apple-pie order. Adding 

 his presence to the regiment the Mount 

 Clemens special car was "held up" and 

 the 20-mile journey to the city of sul- 

 phur began. The balance of the fore- 

 noon was devoted to the great Breit- 

 meyer plant, one of the largest in the 

 country, and a most thorough investiga- 

 tion of every part of it was enjoyed, 

 the genial Fred leading the way. Of 

 especial interest were the three immense 

 new Beauty houses, the stock in which 

 was simply perfect. Such color and 

 stems and profusion of bloom can be 

 found nowhjere else in Michigan, and 

 Mr. Gasser thought they "couldn't grow 

 such Beauties anywhere else on the con- 

 tinent." 



Fred's supply of "home-made wine" 

 never gives out — though Fred gave out 

 a good deal of both colors while "the 

 bunch" were visiting Grandma Breit- 

 meyer, whose good health and cheery 

 welcome never seem to decrease. "Jus- 

 tice" is a weak word to express what 

 was "done" to the elaborate Sunday 



