November 21, 1901. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



797 



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General View of the Great Show at Kansas City. 



Peter McLaughlin, gardener for Mrs. 

 John Burk, exhibited very fine specimen 

 palms. Mr. A. C. Van Gaasbeek (Wm. 

 Bennett, gardener) made a splendid ex- 

 hibit of chrysanthemums ; also carna- 

 tions. Mr. Van Gaasbeek is a new ex- 

 hibitor and may be looked upon as one 

 who may make the exhibitions interest- 

 ing. Mr. A. B. Jenkins is also a new 

 exhibitor. George Von Qualen, gardener 

 for Mr. Jenkins, made a display of 

 plants in 6-inch pots; also cut blooms, 

 which were awarded a, first-class certifi- 

 cate. 



Mr. Paul Wilcox (Oscar Carlson), of 

 Montclair, put up a small group of fol- 

 iage plants, violets and carnations. Mr. 

 John Crosby Brown (Peter Duff, gar- 

 dener) made an exhibit composed of 

 three large bush plants, pair of stand- 

 ards, six plants in 6-inch pots, vase of 

 cut chrysanthemums; also carnations 

 and roses. The quality of these exhibits 

 was par excellence. Sidney M. Colgate 

 (Geo. Smith, gardener) exhibited one 

 large group of foliage plants with chrys- 

 anthemums in the center of the hall 

 that covered about 200 square feet; he 

 had four large bush plants; four bush 

 in 8-inch pots, vase cut mums, specimen 

 rhapis. O. D. Munn (John Hayes, gar- 

 dener) exhibited six immense bay trees 

 and large group of chrysanthemum 

 plants. W. A. Manda exhibited a large 

 collection of conifers. John N. May, col- 

 lection of pompon chrysanthemums. S. 

 Mizata, of West Orange, Japanese plants, 

 a miniature Japanese mountain and a 

 miniature Japanese garden. 



Mr. D. C. Edsall, of East Orange, was 

 the only amateur exhibitor with collec- 

 tion of cut mum blooms, also one plant, 



very creditable indeed. The school chil- 

 dren's exhibit did not come up to former 

 years and it is doubtful whether the 

 society will continue giving plants to 

 the children ; the results have been rath- 

 er discouraging. Mayor Stetson made 

 an address at the opening of the shovif. 

 Sandy. 



TORONTO. 



Grand weather, though not any too 

 warm, marked the advent of our chrys- 

 anthemum show. The attendance this 

 year I believe to be considerably in ex- 

 cess of recent shows, giving to the boys a 

 toner as it were to keep in existence this 

 annual event. For a few years back it 

 had been necessary to cut the awards 

 and only give a percentage of the prize 

 moneys to enable us to meet expenses. 



I think taking the exhibition on the 

 whole it did not amount to what it has 

 in former years; the quality and quan- 

 tity were not so good in many classes 

 as previously, and the competition did 

 not therefore seem so keen, though in 

 many cases some very close judgments 

 were necessary to distinguish the win- 

 ners. 



In the plant and group sections it was 

 a noticeable fact that where plants were 

 shown such as are not considered as 

 general commercial plants, the civic con- 

 servatories were successful over the lo- 

 cal growers, while in the sections where 

 commercial plants were called for the 

 men in the trade were the owners of the 

 winning stock. 



The '^ Toronto Floral Co. are to be 

 congratulated upon their success in the 

 adiantum classes. Manton Bros, and 

 Wm. Jay & Son also appeared well in 



the foreground of the palm and fern 

 classes. Some very fine orchids shown 

 by Exhibition Park, Horticultural Gar- 

 dens and Manton Bros., came in for 

 their regular share of genuine admira- 

 tion, and it might be noted that Exhi- 

 bition Park was forced to look lively for 

 first place. They have usually had it 

 pretty much their own way. 



Competition was more keen in carna- 

 tions by a considerable margin than in 

 the rose section. Chrysanthemums were 

 not very numerous, but in many classes 

 superior to anything shown before, while 

 some of them were very poor. Of course 

 we had a good showing of that monster, 

 Timothy Eaton, and I think he appeared 

 to be better than ever. 



We were very pleased to see the name 

 of J. J. Albright, an American grower of 

 Buffalo, and "although he did not win 

 any firsts, we hope to again see his name 

 among our prize tickets. The stock was 

 very good and considering the traveling 

 necessary to bring it here did very well. 



The made up work by the retail men 

 was not as numerous as usual, and all 

 the classes, with perhaps the exception 

 of the handle basket of any flowers, were 

 easily judged. In the funeral design, 

 Simmons was easily first, with a very 

 pretty lyre; Jay & Son second, with 

 same" design; Dunlap, third, with a 

 standing harp. Following is a summary 

 of the awards: 



CHRYSANTHEMUM BLOOMS. 



Twenty-five distinct varieties— Dunlop. J. J. 



Albripcht. Dale Estate. 



Tweive filstlnct varieties— Dunlop. Albright 

 (Buffalo). Miller & Son. 



Eishteon white— Miller & Son. Dunlop, Dale 

 Estate. 



Eighteen pink— Dunlop, Miller. Dale. 



