October 0. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



643 



Employes of the State Nursery, Helena, Mont, and their Friends on an Outing. 



>een in the florists' windows. This be- 

 in<; fair weok in St. Louis, the florists 

 arc looking for a fair weclv's business. 



Notes. 



Visitoi-s last weelv were James Wil- 

 son, of Western Springs. 111., and J. C 

 A'aughan, of Chicago. 



Mr. and Mrs. Foreman, of Louisiana, 

 Mo., are in the city spending a few days 

 with friends. 



The great St. Louis fair opens today, 

 Monday. The full list of awards on 

 plants, eut flowers and floral designs will 

 appear in the ne.xt issue of the Review. 



Tlie blooms from the seed sown by the 

 members of the Engleman Botanical 

 Club were displayed in the basement of 

 the High S<.-hool last Saturda.y after- 

 noon. Allan Mohr was awarded first 

 prize for having the best all-around gar- 

 den in the city, and Carrie Hellage re- 

 ceived second prize. The display of 

 wild flowers made bv Mr. Letterman. of 

 Allentown. Mo., was a great attraction. 



William Graft. a Cliicajjo and St. 

 Louis fakir, is reported to be in Chicago, 

 representing himself to the Chicago 

 wholesalers as a partner of Frank M. 

 Ellis. Mr. Ellis wishes me to state that 

 he has no partner, nor rejiresentative, 

 buying flowers for him. 



Club Meeting. 



Tlie Florists' Club will hold its regu- 

 lar meeting next Thursday afternoon. 

 President Diinford expects a large at- 

 tendance, as he and the trustees are 

 making great preparations for the win- 

 ter meetings, which are going to be very 

 interesting for grower, retailer and 

 wholesaler, all of whom are expected to 

 attend regiilarl\s 



Bowling. 



John Sturtz, of tlie Florists' Bowling 

 Club, was elected secretary of the St. 

 Louis Tenpin I^eague; quite an honor for 

 .John. Eighteen clubs comprise the 

 league, which opened Monday night. 



J. J. B. 



A PICNIC GROUP. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a snapshot photograph of a group of 

 employes of the State Nursery Co.. Hel- 

 ena. Mont., and' their friends while en- 

 joying their annual picnic. 



Tills year the party journeyed in two 

 tally-lio coaches to the Missouri river 

 dam. which furnishes electric power for 

 Helena and also the largest mining camp 

 in the west (Butte), .supplying both 

 cities with electric light, car power and 

 jjower for numerous shops and smelters. 



There were thirty-two in the party, 

 and a quantity of provisions. Some 

 went fishing, others strolled about the 

 dam while several took a steam launch 

 ride on the lake above the dam, which 

 is on the Missouri river 3,000 miles from 

 its month. 



Beatty, O.— The Fairview Floral Co. 

 is to be incorporate<l with a cajiital 

 stock of .$2.5,000. Those interested are 

 Albert Halin, C. C. Kirkpatrick, Clifford 

 Allen, Ed. Myers and J. S. Haley. The 

 comikany will purchase the Haley green 

 hou.ses and stock. 



THE NEW YORK FLOWER SHOW. 



[Kcad before the Tuxedo Horticultural 

 Society, Oct. 7, by the manager of the 

 Xew York show.] 



Ancnt the coming exhibition of chrys- 

 antlieiiiums, palms, orchids and foliage 

 plants under the auspices of the New 

 York Florists' Club, to be held at Madi- 

 son Square Garden this month and ofli- 

 cially known as the Flower and Sculp- 

 ture Exhibition, it is well to say some- 

 thing perhaps beforehand — not "only to 

 write a prophecy, but to write of a few 

 of the arrangements already made and 

 plans and features adopted." 



H is not possible to hold a show on 

 the •■Hurrah" plan because New Y'ork is 

 Ne\y York and New Y'ork methods must 

 be followed and any catch-penny feature 

 must be barred. The National Sculpture 

 Society this year is working in conjunc- 

 tion with the New Y'ork Florists' Club. 

 I do not know of any eo-exhibit that 

 can be more harmoniously arranged or 

 blended with horticultural exhibits so 

 long as it does not outweigh the display 

 of plants and flowers. ]t should, ho\v- 

 ever, give an atmosphere of architec- 

 tural effect pleasing to the eye. without 

 giving one the impression that it is any- 

 thing else essentially, but a horticultural 

 exhibition and not an exhibition of stat- 

 uary. 



For the information of the unitiatetl 

 1 might say that the floor area of the 

 amiiliitlieatre of the Madison Square 

 fiarden is nearly 3o.000 square feet and 

 the height from floor to roof, which is 



of glass and iron, nearly 80 feet, so you 

 see one has quite a large "hall' to fill 

 and decorate. 



Tlie Sculpture Society have already 

 received nearly two hundred entries. 

 The pieces of statuary range all the way 

 from miniatures that can be held in the 

 jialm of the hand to pieces weighing sev- 

 eral tons. 



As to the entries for plants, flowers, 

 orchids, foliage plants, etc., as the latest 

 date for making entries does not lapse 

 until October 25 they are somewhat 

 problematical, though enough entries are 

 already made by the large exhibitors to 

 make this line an assurance, with sev- 

 eral "counties'" to hear from. 



As to the general layout of the exhibi- 

 tion plans and features to be exploited, 

 the following word-picture may give a 

 semblance of an idea as to the beauty 

 and magnificence of the exhibition that 

 is to be. 



The entrance or lobby leading to the 

 exhibition will 1)0 flanked alternately 

 with statuary and bay trees — at the imr 

 mediate entrance a large triumphal 

 archway of trellis work painted white 

 will be erected : this will be covered with 

 wild smilax and other greenery; the base 

 laid out in rustic work — statuary in the 

 niches and banked with plants. Passing 

 under the archway one will obtain a 

 vista of the whole exliibition, a long 

 unbroken walk 25 feet wide, will reach 

 to the east end; — ranged on either side 

 will be massed the cut flower exhibits, 

 with a backgiouud of palms, foliage 

 plants and statuary on pedestals. A 

 feature of the cut flowers is that they 

 will be arranged in groups of one color 

 — on benches of irregular size and shape, 

 in stain\ay fashion, the benches covered 

 with sheet moss. Tlie vases will be of 

 uniform color, white, in harmony with 

 the general color scheme, white and 

 green. 



At the east end, that is. opposite to 

 the archway, will be erected an immense 

 arbor, semicircular in slia]>e, the two 

 ends facing the arch, all of trellis work 

 and painted white. The base will be 6 

 feet in height, 12 feet wide, while stair- 

 way.s of rustic work will lead to the 

 promenade, where a view of the whole 

 e.\hibition can be obtained. Each side 

 of the platform will contain IG arch- 

 ways of trellis work and the roof will 

 also be a trellis — all painteil white and 

 covered with wild smilax; between the 

 archways plants and statuary will be al- 

 ternated ; in the centre of the arbor on 

 the amphitheatre floor will be a semi- 

 circular pool of water to bo filled with 

 water lilies and aquatic gi-asses; a foun- 

 tain will be midway between the two 

 ends of the arbor. 



On the two sides of the amphitheatre, 

 about midway from either side and ends, 

 will be two square arbors of trellis work 

 arched and about 40 feet in height in the 

 same style as the other features, and on 

 either side about midway between these 

 arbors and the arch and semicircular 

 arbors four fountains will l>e installed. 



A hedge of cedars will surround the 

 "Garden." clipped to the height of the 

 "lx)xes" which surround the amphithea- 

 tre. Where possible these will be trim- 

 med to give a toparian effect. 



A canopy of some light material and 

 light blue in color will be hung from 

 the roof covering the whole of the 

 rafters and reducing somewhat the 

 height of the building — all bunting and 

 vari-coloretl decorations will be barred. 



The floor of the "Garden" will be laid 

 with tan-bark; this will add moisture to 



