748 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



arsji'st. lot of flowers seen at nil 

 hows ; some of them lueasured from 

 . ;!1 inches; "ind prize went to A. 



pleloii. P. Kav and Jerome Jones. J. 

 Rill's T, Batons measured 22x18; they 

 wove immense. He also had some grand 

 Inlcr-Ocoans. 



Cut Roses. 



MrKin/ic and .MfXicoU divided most 

 (,r'l),r lioiini- ill the ro-c flashes. Ten 

 ,l„ll n- 111.! s.-, III! XX, ir .illVivil for 12 

 IVilV-- 1-1 Willi I'i -1. MiAiiiill: -ind to 

 .1. I'.rll; an. I .•^Ja.mi xxa- hII.TimI for 18 

 licantir-s. Tlu- lieaiity prize was cap- 

 tured bv -McKenzie; 2nd, McNicoll. 

 'Ill is order was reversed in the other 

 class for Heanlies. 



Ten dollars and $5.00 was offeredi for 

 ■M carnations. First went to P. Siedlin; 

 2nd to A. :\IcKenzie. H. Eltzholtz was 

 a winner in violets and carnations. 

 Thos. Sanderson, Karl Kretehmar and 

 :\I. Grifnn also got their share of the 

 inizes. , , 



I'MliiiU's (aiAiii',- set for display of 

 vc;;clal,l. - \x a - u nn by J. McNicoll. The 

 vo"'italili - -liuwii were in quantity and 

 (inalitv must cicditahle. 



It was a very good show. The .ludges 

 were Wm. Russell, Milbrook; J. w. 

 Withers, New York; and Peter DuiT, 

 Oi-inop X. J. J. I- Do>'LAN. 



\V. J. Buckley won lirst prizes for 12 

 Beauties, 12 Bridesmaids, 12 Brides, 12 

 Perles, 12 any other variety. P. W. Ma- 

 son won second for Bridesmaids and 



Iniir- (■,:.. i.lv ■^o.-n„.l fnv Brides. 



ii./p- W I r.u l.li-x ^^"n firsts 



Leander Hustis won first for largest 

 chrysanthemum in the show with Apple- 

 ton, and W. J. Buckley was awarded a 

 special prize for vase of Timothy Batons, 

 which were the best blooms at the show. 

 The judges were Messrs. F. R. Pierson, 

 Forson and E. Wood, of Wood Bros., 

 Fishkill. Some set funeral designs were 

 shown bv the Spy Hill Conservatory, 

 florists of Fishkill. J. I- Donlan. 



COLD SPRINGS, N. Y. 



Tl,,. tliinl annual cxliiliK i-n of the 

 )',iln;iiii (n,inl\ llnitirnlliiial Society 

 XVI- I'lcM in llii '^.|^^H Hall. l'"l'l Springs- 

 ,„;.thc 1IU.1-..1I. \uxc,n-l..T ; ami S. Ow- 

 ing to the unwise policy of restricting 

 competition in the majority of the 

 classes to the gardeners of Putnam 

 cmmtv this year's slinxv was the poorest 

 rv.T Jii'lil alnii'j tlic llnilson. It is quite 

 (III,. ;,,|,| ,111 ii,i|M.i I :iiii ilrsideratum that 

 111,. .,l;i-- .n-i-.i nl I'm nam county would 

 stand no show with ihal nf its neighbors, 

 but all the same it h.nk- h;nl when ..m- 



society shuts out all oilici- iim in|ii' 



tion. The fact thai mil a -im^lc mit 

 sider exhibited and ihc im inhiis them- 

 selves failed to slmu i.icihi to he sutli- 

 cient to guide futiiir -, lir,liih. makers. 

 The future of Putnam ciinlx >liows de- 

 iiends on outside exhibits. 



We have the verv hifihest praise for the 

 few workers who collected $300 for 

 premiums and in other ways did their 

 vcrv best for this year's show. They 

 arc' William J. Buckley. Peter Mason. 

 .lames Cassidv. William Dyas. Leander 

 Hustis, Howard Julian and a few oth- 



For best group of chrysanthemums 

 and foliasc rdants. first. P. W. Mason; 



first. W. Dyas. 



President A. V. Porter's prize, a sil- 

 ver mounted '.;lass vase, for 36 chrysan- 



fnr cff'ect, first, W. .T. Buckley; for 24 

 blooms on boards and 12 on boards. P. 

 W. ]\Iason won firsts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES, 



The past week lia. hccn a busy one for 



the "mum" is in its glory is from Nov. 

 1st to the 10th, and of course the dif- 

 ferent exhibitions must come in those 

 dates if the "mum" is the central at- 

 traction. 



The quality of the flowers exhibited 

 tliis year is. very high, and the number 

 of exhibitors who set up extra special 

 quality tlowcrs is greater than ever be- 

 fore. I have not met a single individ- 

 ual this year who has gone to the 

 trouble to inform me that the extra 

 large flowers are not attractive any 

 more. This was the cry with lots of 



tlower erect. Our buds were taken 

 August 23, and tlie flowers were ready 

 for cutting by Oct. 30, though they 

 have kept improving ever since. We 

 have had enormous flowers, but would 

 not exhibit them, knowing that they 

 wiiuld not "stand for it." 



Air. T. Carrington. an Australian va- 

 riety of the Mrs. fhn. Wc-t c.hr. has 

 made a great showinL' Ininrj ihc ])ast 



week. It makes an en n- ll ixx.a-. but 



is not very kind in 'jmuih. ami is a 

 difficult variety to get to ]nodnce per- 

 fect buds. It was in condition for cut- 

 ting on Oct. 27, and is stiil in fine 

 shape. 



Mrs. Bai-kley is a variety that we 

 think very highly of. It is just now in 

 condition for cutting, and is a lovely 

 shade of pink. We shall give Barkley 

 an extended trial next year, because it 

 comes in at a time when most of the 

 other pinks, with the exception of Maud 

 Dean, are over. The foliage is large and 

 bulky, but the pink of perfection is not 

 yet in sight. 



(h.Men Wedding wo shall besin to cut 

 :il,niil llic Ulh. ami xeiy line ihcy are. 



It i- an nhl valii'tx ami a ■_• I "iio, and 



XX ill xxholcsalc al .'>o eeiils a tlower 

 right through when of first-class qual- 

 ity. Take the trio of Robinson, Morel 

 and Wedding, and after the lapse of 

 years, nothing can aiiproach them in 

 their ie-|,ectixe ela--e-. S, . main' of the 

 ■ees after 

 llnii this 

 in form, 

 nt of 



r^n. hut 



eiybody makes straight for 

 Ihiwers and it is a ridicu- 

 nt to make to say that the 



Aniencaii llc.iutx' in.-,c ami in :-; 



•■mum" have a fast hold on tlic p\iblic 

 taste. Possibly we are today running 

 more to size than finish in our flowers. 

 This is parficiilavly true with Tim- 

 othy Eaton. In my imle- la-1 " cek I 



stated that tlli- X.melX- XX.I- ,leX elnpin^J- 



without the bail eeiiler. Imt I ciexxcl 

 too soon. The absolutely perfect flow- 

 ers are not numerous, and consequently 

 Eaton must rank lower as an exhibition 

 flower than as a commercial flower. The 

 past week it has been beaten in compe- 

 tition bv both Merza and Mrs. Weeks, 

 neither one of which can hold a candle 

 to it for lasting qualities, or general 

 ii-cfulness; but they both put on a fine 

 tiiii^h. and leave nothing to be desired 

 in i-i.lor. 



Mm va XX ill not take up the water when 

 ,1,1, ,11 .i,,.iiint of the stem getting so 

 1,11,1 111,1 XX ill not keep fresh more than 

 ., fexx li,i,ii- ,.fl' the idant. 



W, 



a fini 

 do is 



■\\'l 



(ii .,1] ,.\i,iliit nn \, 111, ties, none can 

 ,.,,nii,:ii,. XX 111, ih. W hit,, ami Yellow^ Car- 

 nots when the eiowii Im.l is used. Their 

 onlv fault, but it is a fatal one. is that 

 the stem is unable to hold the enormous 



prcseni nay ii,.x,.|ii, - u 



the -,.,-,,11,1 Xeai -Like r.,i 



year, and while il i- exx|ui 

 It is deteriorating rapidly 



poi 



Wm. H. Chadwick will be ready for 

 cutting in a few days, and is certainly 

 a very fine late xxhitc. chadwick 

 seems to be one of th,,-,. I him;- that for 



Il I he I im,. it i- ill! r,i,ln,-,..l. I'lill many 

 'i X iM,.ix 1- Imiiii 1,1 liln-h iin-,..-ii after 

 ,1 mniille,- haxi- LM.t ,,iil 1 1mir little 



though if I recall correctly, Chadwick 

 was scored very highly by every commit- 

 tee before whom it was exhibited. Pos- 

 sibly it is grown more extensively in 

 ,.ili,'.i -e.tions than here. It certainly 

 ,h-,.rxe- to he. 



In miliiig the prices obtained in dif- 

 teieiii I hi,-, if scorns to me that some- 

 body 1- un.xximj ■'iiiums'' at a loss. Your 

 Phi'hi,l,l|ilii:i , ,ii icspondent noted that 

 o,i,„l ih.xxers xxint for $3 a dozen and 

 "eeim,! 1,1 think that was a ,4,„„1 piicc 

 X,m. if the flowers wen> i,.:illy fiisl- 

 ila — . that is to say, up f,, ih,' .'sliihi- 

 tioii -tandard, $3 a dozen xxa- m, prico 

 at all. If the gi-ower will keep track of 

 every item of expense connected with 

 the 'crop, he will find that exhibition 

 flowers cost more than a quarter each 



:; ;, ,h,z,ai is a princely price 

 ih, 1, .ports from other cities. 

 ,,iit- 11 |i seems the prevailing 

 \,,xx xxini on earth can make 

 „.x ,.11 ■mums" at fiO cents a 

 r.eii.T hx- half rjrnxx- roses or car- 

 riieie ■ i- -..imfliiicj radically 

 ,1 1, rii Ihi ih,. -I,,, h ,,1 the mar- 

 11 -mh inn,.- ml,.. It we 

 ■j.l m,,ic than ."i cents for our 

 il,.xx,i-. we would ,so in the 

 -in, --. ,,r join the noble army of 

 - ,if llcsl. or adopt some other 

 if lucrative employment. 



BRlA>r BORU. 



