VEMBER 14. 1001. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



743 



Some of the Chrysanthemum Blooms at the Chicago Show. 



These were the prettiest bush plants ex- 

 hibited in the east this year; they were 

 very line and were eloquent advocates 

 for a better recognition of this kind of 

 skill at all important shows; the va- 

 ieties shown here were A. J. Balfour, 

 Mutual Friend and Walter Molatsch. 

 In the class for 12 plants grown to sin- 

 gle stem, D. Carlyle won 'first, and O. 

 Keser second. For specimen bush plant, 

 Peter Duff won first with a nice plant of 

 Walter Molatsch. For 3 plants in flower, 

 exclusive of chrysanthemums, Wm. 

 Charlton won first with an allamanda, 

 begonia and clerodendron : he also won 

 first for specimen flowering plant. John 

 Jones won first for 6 ferns. 



Wm. Duckham won, first in all the 

 vegetable classes. A. Coren, G. Chisholra, 

 S. Brant and H. L. Hand winning sec- 

 onds. 



There were classes for amateurs which 

 were of interest to many, and there were 

 grand groups of palms, foliage, ferns 

 and flowerino- plants sliown. not for 

 competition, liy Wm. Ihiikliain and Ar- 

 thur IIerrin;.'tnii. ( 'erti lir:itr~ were 

 awarded to Hart & I fust. m for fine 

 mushrooms, to A. llci riivjiun ii,y vase 

 of Gerbera Jamesrniii, tci .1, ll;nt fur cu- 

 cumbers, to John X. M'JV f.ii tlio new 

 rose, Mrs. Oliver Ames. Mi. Alu ,i]-o 

 displayed a table of very lim i.^iininii 

 chrysanthemums. To K. I.'ilmii ir.r lino 

 cosmos. Lager & Ilnrrcll rxliil.h.il ;i 

 table of choice orchids, wliicli inrlmlcd 

 Vanda ca^rulea, oncidiums. cattleyas, 

 ' odontoglossnms. etc. H. Ilentz, a group 

 of economic plants in which was a cot- 

 ton plant covered with cntton bolls. 



Mr. Ilerrington exhibited a bench of 

 tea roses, ;Marie Van Ilnntte, Marie 

 D'Orleans. itme. Lambard. Geo. Xabon- 

 nand and ;Mme. Coehet. which had 

 grown out of doors for the past three 

 years; the blooms shown had withstood 

 three degrees of frost. Mr. Herrington's 

 exhibit proves that tea roses can be 

 successfully grown outdoors with but 

 very slight protection during winter. 

 The medal offered by Moore. Hentz & 

 Nash to be awarded the actual grower of 



the winning 18 Beauties was won bj- 

 J. F. Ruzicka, foreman for L. A. Noe; 

 for 12 winning Bridesmaids, to John 

 Mitchell, and for the 36 winning chrys- 

 anthemums to Charles H. Tottj% fore- 

 man for Mr. Herrington at Florham 

 Farms. Prizes for the actual growers 

 of flowers and plants might be given at 

 all exhibitions. 



We have been to many shows this year 

 and must give the Morris County boys 

 credit for having the best in many 

 things. All concerned deserve special 

 praise. We hadn't time to visit the 

 press room, which we were informed was 

 specially furnished, but enjoyed our- 

 selves with the little army from New 

 York and elsewhere. 



The judges were Wm. Turner and N. 

 Butterbaeh, from Oceanic, N. J., and J. 

 W. Witliers of New York. 



J. I. DOXLAX. 



POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 



The seventh annual exhibition of the 

 Dutchess County Horticultural Society 

 was held in the state armory, Pough- 

 keepsie. November 6, 7 and 8. It was 

 generally conceded to be the best show 

 given by the society for many years. 

 The armory is a fine exhibition hall, and 

 on this occasion it was well filled with 

 choice plants and well grown flowers. 

 A great and most successful feature was 

 the competition for prizes off'cred to the 

 pupils of the various schools of the town. 

 Every conceivable variety of plant, in 

 ev-ery degree of culture, wa- ^licwn in 

 these classes. A great niiniln i ..i -iiiall 

 useful articles were ollVnil a- |.ii,r-. and 

 several hundred plants were .staged fiom 

 many schools. It was worth going a hun- 

 dred miles to see this table, and to study 

 it was to see the pathetic and humorous 

 — yes. the love and ambitions, too — con- 

 nected with child life. All the school 

 children were admitted free in the morn- 

 ings, and if the promoters of shows ev- 

 erywhere could have only witnessed the 

 countenances of the little orphans or poor 



children as they trooped along among the 

 flowers they would never deny the poor 

 of their cities that costless but great 

 pleasure. 



There were many features of much ex- 

 cellence at this show. The hall was spe- 

 cially illuminated by many colored 

 lamped electric lights. There was a re- 

 appearance of Russell and Powell as ex- 

 hibitors, and there were magnificent 

 chrysanthemums, and, of course, the 

 show of violets could not he duplicated 

 anywhere else in the universe. If they 

 never showed anything else but violets 

 at Poughkeepsie the show would be one 

 of the most important from a florieul- 

 tural point of view. There were not as 

 many violets as one might expect, and 

 perhaps on the next occasion a greater 

 number of prizes might bring out the 

 whole contingent of growers; as it was, 

 though, the flowers shown were elegant, 

 and the difference between many was 



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plain- wi'iii III II. K. .sli.nt., .:;arJener to 

 Frciliiirk \'anilnbilt. There were two 

 cnni|i.t iic.i - in t lie group of ornamental 

 anil iliiweiing )>lants arranged for effect. 

 First prize was won by Samuel Horn, 

 gardener to A. Rogers. This group won 

 only by its wealth of cattleyas. The lan- 

 guage "of the schedule didn't call for the 

 artistic, and even though the arrange- 

 ment was faulty, as was the ca.se with 

 all the groups, profusion of flowers won 

 out. A special award was recommended 

 William Russell, gardener to C. F. Die- 

 terich, for arrangement. William Rus- 

 sell was first for group of foliage plants 

 and Samuel Horn second. A very ele- 

 gant Areca lutescens won first for Will- 

 iam Russell in the class for specimen 

 foliage plant. For six foliage plants in 

 not over 6-inch pots W. G. Gomersall, 

 gardener to Winthrop Sargent, was first 

 and W. Russell second. W. G. Gomer- 

 sall won first for six distinct ferns, Sam- 

 uel Horn was first for specimen Aspara- 

 gus Sprengeri. W. G. Gomersall was 



