The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



681 



Group of Oichids by Julius Roehrs at the New York Sbov 



in evidence. We arc evidently a warm 

 community ! 



Mr. J. Geist takes the prize on first 

 Harrisii lily of the season, one bloom 

 which scores well on all points but stem. 

 But E. N. Pierce & Sons are after him 

 with 55,000 bulbs. 



The stockholders of the co-operative 

 market have finished their annual meet- 

 ing, which was held on the installment 

 plan. The second and last evening was 

 entirely spent in consideration of the re- 

 port of Messrs. Pierce, Elliott and Math- 

 ison, committee on new constitution. 

 This went right along stitch by stitch 

 just like an old lady knitting a mitten. 

 Two stitches only were dropped in the 

 whole fabric as knitted by the commit- 

 tee, which thereby felt much compli- 

 mented, especially after a delicate vote 

 of thanks had also been carried. The 

 only other point taken up was when the 

 gifted auctioneer of the corporation 

 blithely Carroll-ed forth the oath of of- 

 fice to the nowly elected officers. It was 

 not Yciy |.irii.iii.'. 110 florists ever indulg- 

 ins ill jiiyiliiii'j i.f that kind since Mr. 

 Knajiir- II I n^nniitit at the banquet, hut 

 it is li. [lid ii will have the same general 

 effect on the officials that the old fash- 

 ioned swearing at might produce. 



Of course a man who wields a public 

 pen must wear a skin so thick that 

 nearly all arrows of criticism will glance 

 off into space, but if one whizzes by 

 barbed with the diamond of reason and 

 sent by a man whose mcnt;il jn.l nigral 

 strength is worth consiiloiiiu ' mn-i 

 hold his ear close enough tc In ii h -mv. 

 Two or three of my clir.\ .-.aiiihi imun 

 friends tell me I have quoted their wares 

 too low in figures; that they have had 

 some of the later varieties coming in 

 now for some time, for whicli thev have 



been getting gocd fat terms, sjmetimes 

 as good as $3 per dozen. Well, we are 



all glad to Icarh cf their prowess and 

 hope tliiii ^liihlnu, and those of their 

 goods in i> ih w ; i„ ,li,,iter. It is well, 

 howevn, i, i , i,, , Im is interested in 



"1.V fi.i;iiM- 1 iiirinl.rr that the REVIEW 



i^ |iiili!i-l 1 il away off in the bounding 

 "'■-I -Hill I.:'!- around to this part of the 

 ,ui':_'i ajiliy a week late, by which time a 

 little menial calculation is sometimes 

 neces.sary. .J. S. Maxter. 



NEW YORK. 



The Exhibition. 



We regret to say the flower show 

 was a financial failure, to what extent 

 cannot be ascertained at this writing. 

 The reasons assigned are various, the 

 fact alone is sufficiently lamentable. 

 The palm, foliage plant, orchid and 

 conifer displa.ys at this show could not 

 be excelled; they were extremely good, 

 so were the carnations for the time of 

 the year, but the display of roses — 

 and we refer to quantity, not quality — 

 would scarcely have "re]irpsentcd "an 

 American \il'la.^r. ami tl i ,il, i^ 



The clir>~anilH,„,iii:'- .,. ,.■ .....pii. n,,l- 

 ly good. \\\,j\ III ic wcic (if them. 



The nial inj ,.i i!ir show seemed to 

 have dr)H II i, ,| .m a few men. Julius 

 Roehrs, W. A. \l Mala. T,n-ei- &. Hurrell, 

 C. W. Ward, IJMU ,1,1 Milinls, Arthur 

 Ilerrington, \\iii liiilJ.ain, W. H. 

 Waite, Siebreclil i s.m^. W . Anderson, 

 Geo. Hale and llnl,l,irik oc Atkins are 

 those who made this sho\v, and they de- 

 serve the very highest praise for all 

 they did. As' to "Manager Plumb, if 

 there was anything to criticise about 



lum it was the over abundance of good 

 nature; he had a hard place to fill and 

 he acquitted himself nobly. Walter 

 Sheridan, James Withers, P. 0"Mara. 

 llavry Bunyard, John Young and a few 

 others devoted nearly all their time to 

 tlie services of the show and members 

 of the club and florists in general should 

 not think lightly of the herculean work 

 Ihcy did. We, ourselves, must not for- 

 get to mention such men as Cliarlie 

 Atkins, C. H. Totty, Vincent Fans; we 

 regret we know not the names of the 

 others, hut they are the foremen, the 

 men behind the guns, as it were, the 

 actual growers of the fiowers and plants 

 shnwn; they may find some gratifica- 

 '■'•II II -iiMij ilK'ir pets win, but they 



ill -' ' _ ml am and praise. 



J ■ '^ 1 1 , II .< a thick rank growth 



"f 'Mil- III :i ilnwer show, and though 

 (hose who lepresent the press may be 

 legitimate ones, we have no desire now 

 to say anything except to, for the thou- 

 sandth time, repeat that flower shows 

 yiven and arranged from a cultural or 

 trade standpoint will not attract the 

 imblic. These shows must be more at- 

 tractively put up and it is a question 

 of either giving the people what they 

 want or going on forever meeting disap- 



itments. 



W. 



have overlooked some name 

 "I . -Iiiliit in connection with this show; 

 II I- liiilii'ult and means hard work to 

 "iM'i all. Many a little gem of a 

 plant is hidden and ignored, but it is 

 not the reporters'' fault. 



Among the visitors in addition to the 

 Pliiladelphia bowling team mentioned 

 last week there were Robert Craig, 

 William Craig and Walter Mott, of 

 Philadelphia; Phil Breitmeyer and J. F. 

 Sullivan, Detroit, Mich.; "j. F. Hus.s, 

 Hartford, Conn.; J. N. Champion, New 

 Haven; James Roland, Nahant, Mass., 

 and many others we unfortunately 

 missed. 



There were a few exhibits we must 

 not forget. One was a fine display of 

 pompon chrysanthemums from John N. 

 May, Summit, X. .T. 

 displays from Wii 

 Clucas & Boddingtiin 



Again let us tluinl 

 and Messrs. Cham lie 

 of the press room, t 

 and assistance rend 



seed and bulb 

 liott & Sons, 

 Weeber & Don. 

 Flnii.ls- Club 

 iiihl I'ainyard, 

 r |ili'iioi_.i-aphs 

 I'cilliiwing is 

 a list of the awards. Mondav was plant 

 day, Wednesday roses aiid violets, 

 Thursday carnations, Friday made up 

 work, Saturday cut chrysanthemums. 

 Awards Not Reported Last Week. 

 Awards in open to all classes— Dis- 

 play of orchids arranged for effect, 1st, 

 Julius Roehrs; 2d, W. A. Manda. Larg- 

 est and most varied displav of orchids, 

 1st, Lager & Hurrell; 2d,"Siebrecht & 

 Son. Six Cattleya labiata, 1st, A. Her- 

 rington; 2d, J. Roehrs. Twelve Onci- 

 diuni varicosum, 1st, A. Herrington. 

 Six ditto, 1st, A. Herrington. Six Den- 

 ilidliiiun Phalaenopsis Schroederianum, 

 1-1. Siebreeht & Son; 2d, J. Roehrs. 

 >[Hi iiiien orchid, 1st, Siebreeht & Son, 

 with a magnificent Oncidium crispum 

 with 78 flowers. Six Dendrobium for- 

 mosuni, 1st, Julius Roehrs. 



Specimen kentia, 1st, W. A. Manda; 

 2d, David Clark's Sons. Specimen Are- 

 ca lutescens, 1st, J. Roehrs; 2d, W. A. 

 Manda. Specimen Latania borbonica, 

 1st, A. Herrington; 2d, Mrs. J. B. Tre- 

 vor. Specimen other palm, 1st, J. 

 Roehrs; 2d, D. Clark's Sons. Pair tree 

 ferns, Lst, J. Roehrs; 2d, W. A. Manda. 

 In roses Louis A. Noe was first on 25 

 lieautics, Richter & Barton on 12 Beau- 



