The Weekly Florists'' Review. 



791 



THE EXHIBITIONS. I 



PHILADELPHIA. 



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stai 



bar 



i> entrance 

 at the bottom. The secretary glanced 

 about and noticed one of the group. "You 

 want to go up?" he said. The bar was 

 raised for an instant and the notes that 

 appeared last week were gathered just 

 before the great show opened to the 

 public. 



It is all over now, the crowds have de- 

 parted and the plants have gone home 



■ lessons learned last week 

 will be demanded as a re 



llirjii 1 .1 ;i hull's central bower was a 

 ,|,l>ii.li.l .xliiLil. the skill of the deeor- 

 •itor l-rinying out the choice material to 

 the best advantage. 



George Field of Washington, D. ('., 

 showed a table of cut orchids that bore 

 evidence of excellent culture. Ocidiums 

 in center, with Vanda coerulea, very well 

 done and Dendrobium formosum, D. gi- 



•llioiiii- l.nii.j, ^jiu.l.iicr to George W. 

 cliinl- 1)1. xrl. -li.AM.l a plant of Glei- 



iln'iii:i ill. hut :i tliiil was a marvel. It 



;i |i|i. :mimI to be in a 36-inch pan, was 

 |i.ii..ily proportioned and of immen.se 



Juhn Hobson showed a specimen cro- 

 ton. Queen Victoria; fully six feet high 

 and four feet across. The other varieties 



Mexico. 

 ,■ of dir 



inuti 



I'xpressed it, despoi 

 Icsting a great vai 

 cacti. 



Frank Easier. Carlisle, Fa., showed a 

 Cattleya labiata with nineteen blooms 

 on it. 



The H. A. Dreer Co. exhibited a speci- 

 men plant of Pandanus Sanderii that 



and 



was fully seven f.'.t in 



a group of SI. nil' lliiil\ -nmller plants, 



of ordinar}- rminii. 1 1 i.l si/rs. 



Henry f". :\liili.-ll -lii.ur.l a lot of har- 

 dy clirysanthenuim Uowers that proved 

 interesting to amateurs. 



AnioiiL; tlie varieties of ehvysanthe- 



den 



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\li-. Mm. lock, 

 ; \h.s. Weeks, 

 -..11. pink. 



Queen, [' 



Friend, white ; Gei_ 

 low. Other first ] 

 Mrs. Frank Thoni] 

 pink: T'eter Knv. ' 

 whfl..; Mi- \iiii. -I 



Jr.llll M.( !.,il\, 



VVeigliliii.-ui. Ik.iI II 

 exhibition. 



Among the cut blooms Timothy Eaton, 

 white; Pennsylvania, orange yellow; 

 Philadeljjhia, lemon yellow, and Col. Ap- 

 pleton, yellow, were conspicuous. 



The cut blooms of chrysanthemums 



lant 



the 



lutual Friend. Timothy E;i 



Mutual Friend Beats Timothy Eaton at the Philadelphia Show. 



sulfof what was seen in the show halls. 

 In the qiiamily ami ipialilv ni li.liaL;.' 



and of i-oses a ,Ii..iiIim| a.haii.v u as no- 

 ticed in conrparisoii \\itli liniiur .\cais. 

 The interest shown was most encourag- 

 ing; the show was packed much of the 

 time: better still, those who came, came 

 because (lirx raivil. n.il in.a.^lv rn.iii 



general I 11.- I.arii.il -.an.lhllrj I 



plants ami ll.,«rvs that «as uoilli Irani- 



The graceful and effective arrange- 

 ment of the large quantity of handsome 

 foliage plants was a striking feature. 

 .John Qaynor, gardener to John Wana- 

 maker, made his debut with eclat. His 

 Kentia Forsteriana was in the place 

 of honor and under it were two fine 

 groups, also from "'Lindenhurst." 



were C. Simbeam, C. rubra lineata and 

 r. r.a run .James de Rothsi-hilil. All w.rc 

 liml\ •;rown, large, perf.rl. aii.l well 

 .III.. I.. I. There were a ...iiiile uf i;iiuil 

 iiirdsiK'.st ferns. Aspleniuui Xidii.s Avis, 

 and variegated pine apples, Ananassa 

 sativa variegata. one of them in fruit. 

 Edwin Lonsdale's pale pink Lorraine 



ing their new rose Ivorj". Twu at- 

 tempts to photograph this exhibit failed 

 owing to lack of light, flash light not 

 being allowed in the hall under the in- 

 surance laws. 



Ferd. Boulon. Sea Clifl", N. Y., showed 

 tree violet plants, 8 or 10 inches high. 



which 

 rt Kift 



r interesting', 

 if the dailies 



The}- added gna 

 growers and (u i 

 The second da 

 with it the ros 

 lets. The roses v 



many very tine vases 

 il ill the prize list, 



{•• \\<r iredit of the 

 liiMiity of the show, 

 Wednesday, brought 

 carnations and vio- 



the feature, a really 



splendid collection, that has never been 

 surpassed here. They were appreciated 

 too, the crowds being centered about the 



Our growers are beginning to realize 

 (hat it is their duty to show their flow- 

 ers: it will pay them too, for such a 

 display cannot fail to attract attention. 

 The roses grown near this city are as 

 good, if not a little better, than those 

 grown elsewhere; it is high time we 

 recognized this fact and made our rose 

 shows famous, Qualitv and variety were 

 there: Heautv, Bride, Jfaid, Meteor, 



