NOVEMBKIi 6, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



779 



NEW YORK. 



The Exhibition, 



The great Flower and Sculpture Ex- 

 hibition at the Madison ^(luare Gar- 

 den in New York opened on 

 schedule time, Thursday evening 

 last, "in all its glory," and never 

 was Solomon, or Solomon's Temple, ar- 

 rayed more artist icall}', nor has there 

 ever been seen in this country, as was 

 promised, such a l)eautiful combination 

 of art and nature as greeted the eye on 

 entrance to the great amphitheater, 

 lighted with myriads of electric lights 

 and ablaze with color and decoration. 



It was an anxious day for managers, 

 lieutenants and helpers, and until after- 

 noon chaos reigned. In fact, darkness 

 fell and the clock jwinted threateningly 

 to eight when the finishing touches were 

 made, and though not all was perfect, 

 everything was presentable, and the 

 throng of visitors saw only the finished 

 whole and were satisfied. 



One of the metropolitan papers on 

 Friday morning saw things through un- 

 educated eyes and did a little uncalled 

 for "knocking," but the nuijority had 

 only praise for what had been accom- 

 plished, and since the beginning every 

 newspaper in the city has given its fa- 

 vorable criticism. Still up to Sunday 

 night the attendance was not what 

 the Florists' Club had a right to expect. 

 and it is a question if blase New York 

 has another opportunity for many a day 

 to "look upon its like again!" 



The list of awards appears below. The 

 silver medal goes to the Pierson fern 

 and the bronze medal to the Dale Estate's 

 new rose, the "Canadian Queen." Sat- 

 urday there arrived the English chrys- 

 anthemum exhibit — a lot of granil flow- 

 ers in excellent condition, many of them 

 seedlings, but all of them on Sunday 

 night christened and decorated by the 

 manager with naiaes of kings, queens, 

 lords and generals of old England, that 

 ought to make them immortal. 



Tlie illustrations which accompany 

 this letter, tell better of the ])rofusion 

 of decoration, artistic arrangement, 

 sculptural effect and general Ixniuty than 

 any words can convey. The facile pen 

 of William Scott will doubtless paint a 

 picture that will please and interest 

 you. 



Such weather, too as the sliow has had 

 must have been "made to order." It 

 continues perfect and it is no credit to 

 New Y'ork that 10,000 people daily do 

 not see this exhibition. 



The judges were: On plants, William 

 Falconer, William Nicholson and Wil- 

 liam Taplin; on cut Hewers, William 

 Scott, Edwin Lonsdale and I. L, Powell; 

 on chrysanthemums, W. G. Gomersall, 

 W. Barth and Phil. Breitmeyer. Tlieir 

 decisions met with general approval. 



Some novelties never before exhibited 

 here were in evidence, notably the Cana- 

 dian Queen rose, shown by the Dale Es- 

 tate, Brampton, Ont. ; the Mile. Marie 

 Liger mum, shown by the E. G. Hill 



Co., of Richmond, Ind., and the En- 

 chantress carnation, shown by Peter 

 Fisher, of Ellis, Mass. 



Tlie Alice Roosevelt carnation, by 

 Dailledouze Bros., of Flatbush, an<l the 

 President lUiosevelt carnation, by C. W. 

 Ward, of Queens, were greatly admired. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. sent Har- 

 lowarden and Marshall Field 1,000 miles 

 and they stood the long journey remark- 

 ably well. 



In the trade exhibit many of the local 

 sup])ly people were well represented and 

 the display was interesting and instrue- 

 t i ve. 



The exhibition of chrysanthemums on 

 Monday was superb. 



The attendance on Monday was excel- 

 lent, 



E. G. Hill came all the way from In 

 diana with hi.;! new nmni and was a wel- 

 come visitor. .So was Petei- Ciowe, of 

 Utica, whose good nature and rotund 



turned to Buft'alo Sunday, as much 

 cliarnicd with the show as were his many 

 friends with his uniform geniality. If 

 there had been any medals given for the 

 most ])opular judge, Mr. Scott wcmld 

 have had a gold one. 



The Awards. 



DECOUATIVH PL.\NTS. 



Group of foliiigc plants covering 4(H) s(|uar{> 

 ffi-t, 1st. .flOO, .1. Iloebrs; 2nd, $50, Siobrefht 

 & Son. 



Croup of foliago plants covering 200 sMpiaro 

 feot, 1st, $6u, Anton Schultbels; 2nd, no 

 award. 



Twelve stove and greenhouse foliage plants, 

 1st. $25, D. Willis James; 2ud, $15, S. Un- 

 term.ver. 



.Si,\ specimen draeaenas, distinct varieties, 

 1st, $15, 1). Willis James. 



Three specimen draeaenas. distinct varieties, 

 1st. $7. S. llnterni.ver. 



One specimen Dracaena Sanderiana. 1st. $10, 

 ]>. Willis James; 2nd. .$5, S. linterm.ver. 



One specimen Dracaena Gcidseffiana. 1st. .$7, 

 I). Willis James; 2nd. $5, S. Unterme.ver. 



.Six specimen authuriums in bloom, 1st. $ln. 

 no award; 2nd, $5, S. Unterm.ver. 



Three specimen pandanus, distinct. 1st. $10; 

 S. Unterm.ver. 



One specimen pandanus, an.v variety, bronze 

 medal, S. Untermyer. 



One specimen C.vanopbyllum magnificum, 1st. 

 $10. no award; 2nd. $5. Mrs. Charles Tratt." 



Si.\ specimen palms, distinct ■ varieties. 1st. 

 silver medal. J. Roehrs; 2ud. bronze medal. S. 

 I'ntermyer. 



Specimen kentia. any variety. 1st. $25. Sie- 

 Irecht & .Son; 2nd. $15, J. Koehrs. 



Specimen areca, an.v variety. 1st. $2). no 

 award; 2nd, $10, J. Koehrs. 



Specimen Latani.-l liorljonica. 1st, $2 I. no 

 award; 2nd. $10. J. II. Troy. 



A Corner at the New York Show. 



personality show no signs of retrogres- 

 sion. 



Visitors included Peter Fisher, of El- 

 lis, Mass,; William Falconer, of Pitts- 

 burg; Edwin Lonsdale, of Philadelphia; 

 W, W, Edgar, of Boston; M, A, Patten, 

 of Tewkesbury, Mass.; W. H. Taplin, of 

 Holmesburg, Pa,: William Nicholson, of 

 Bost(m: W. F, and A, Gude, of Washing- 

 ton, and John Chambers, of Toronto, 

 There were also many others fnmi a dis- 

 tance visiting the exhiliitinn. 



Phil. Breitmeyer appeared at the gar- 

 den on Sunday — a fitting day for De- 

 troit's representative to arrive — and will 

 take in the big show for some days, and 

 get a glimpse of Boston's and Philadel- 

 phia's exhibitions iH.forc he returns. 



William Scott fulfilled his judging du- 

 ties to everybody's satisfaction and re- 



Specimen phoenix, an.v variety, 1st, $2ii; 

 Jlrs. ('has. Pratt; 2nd, J. Roehrs. 



Specimen palm, any variety. 1st, $25; Sic- 

 brccht & .Son; 2nd, $15: S. Untermyer. 



Pair of tree ferns. 1st. $50, J. Iloehrs. 



Specimen Nephrolepis exaltata Bostonicnsis, 

 1st, $10. E. D. Adams: 2nd. $5. J. Roehrs. 



Specimen fJouiopblebinm sniiauriculatum, Isl, 

 $15. K. D. Adams. 



Table of decorative and foliage plants cover- 

 ing 15x3 feet of space. 1st. $15. J. Koehrs: 

 2nd. $10, Anton Schultheis. 



Specimen Cibotiiim Schiedei, 1st, $!'». S. 

 Untermyer. 



Specimen fern, any variety, tree fern ex- 

 cepted. 1st, $10, E. D. Adams; 2nd, $5, J, 

 Roehrs. 



(Jroup of bamboos, silver medal. J. H. Troy. 



Si.x neiwnthes, 1st, $10, .S. Untermyer. 



Display of cacti, silver medal, Frank AVeiii- 

 berg. 



Twelve specimen geraniums in pots. 1st, $25, 

 William Brennecke. 



Basket of Begonia tJlotre de Lorraine, 1st, 

 silver medal. J. Roehrs; 2nd, bronze medal. A, 

 IscUn, Sr. 



Specimen Ficus elastica. 1st, silver medal, 

 D. O'Mara. 



