NOTEMBER 20, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



889 



Some of the Carnations at the Chicago Show. 



piece of Phoenix rupicola, 20 feet high, 

 a perfect plant. On a raised platform 

 were four orange trees and two Cycas 

 revoluta. All were fine plants. The 

 ripe fruit on the orange trees were 

 shown off to advantage by a series of 

 electric lamps cunningly arranged 

 among them. All were from H. W. 

 Poor's estate. 



The place of honor, entrance group, 

 was filled with chrysanthemum bush 

 plants trained in all manner of shapes, 

 a very fine lot, from R. Mortimer's 

 greenhouse. Four tree ferns, also from 

 H. W. Poor's, were much admired. 



In chrysanthemum plants and blooms 

 the winners of first prizes were Richard 

 Mortimer, P. Lorillard (Thos. Murray, 

 gardener), C. B. Alexander and H. W. 

 Poor. In foliage plants winners of 

 firsts were C. B. Alexander (Wm. Hast- 

 ings, gardener), and H. W. Poor. In 

 roses C. B. Alexander won three firsts 

 and H. W. Poor two. C. E. Wlestley 

 and P. Lorillard won firsts for violets. 

 C. B. Alexander won first for table cen- 

 ter piece. In carnations C. B. Alex- 

 ander took four firsts. In the vegetable 

 classes firsts were won by A. D. Juillard 

 and C. B. Alexander. There was an in- 

 teresting display of fruit. 



Among chrysanthemums, the most ad- 

 mired was a bloom of Dr. Englehart, of 

 English extraction, shown by H. W. 

 Poor, Esq. In color a good pink, habit 

 incurved, in fact, it might be styled a 

 pink Appleton, as it very strongly re- 

 sembles this old favorite. 



Thos. Mtjbray. . 



POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 



The Dutchoss County Hort. Society 

 gave its eighth annual exhibition in the 

 State Armory here Nov. U to 13. The 

 grand hall was brilliantly illuminated 

 with 600 electric lights and the exhibits 

 were most effectively arranged. The 

 show was most creditable to all and 

 the flowers and plants as good as any 

 I have seen this year. The table deco- 

 rations were remarkably good. 



Lyman Brown, president of the soci- 

 ety, had some fine displays from the 

 State Hospital. Mr. Brown holds the 

 record of "100 new members" as his 

 one day's offering to the annals of the 

 society, which is now one of the strong- 

 est in the country, with a membership 



of nearly 300 and a record for hospital- 

 ity and progress unequalled. W. G. 

 Saltford is entitled to special credit for 

 his good work at this show. 



In the decorative plant classes 

 the leading prize winners were Archi- 

 bald Rogers (Samuel Horn, gardener); 

 Winthrop Sargent (W. G. Gomersall, 

 gardener), Frederick Vanderbilt (Robt. 

 Gardner, gardener), F. R. Newbold 

 (Thos. Bell, gardener), and Daniel S. 

 Lamont (A. Nichols, gardener). 



In the chrysanthemum bloom classes 

 winners were W. G. Saltford, Samuel 

 Tliorne (I. L. Powell, gardener), Arch- 

 ibald Rogers, F. W. Vanderbilt, Win- 

 throp Sargent and Levi P. Morton 

 (Thos. Talbot, gardener). 



Prize winners for roses and carna- 

 tions were Giraud Foster, Archibald 

 Rogers, Samuel Thorne, Daniel Lamont, 

 yi. B. Tillottson, W. H. Waite, Adam 

 Laub & Son and W. G. Saltford. 



In chrysanthemum plants leading 

 winners were Daniel Lamont. Frederick 

 Potter (W. C. Roberts, gardener), Win- 

 throp Sargent, F. W. "V^anderbilt and F. 

 R. Newbold. -., ._ ,. 



The violet contest was especially in- 

 teresting. The leading prizes were ta- 

 ken by J. Herman Asher (Thos. Bell. 

 irardeuer) . W. G. Gomersall won first 

 for table decoration and second went to 

 U. H. Howarth. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



Through the courtesy of Secretary 

 Xeubrand I was given two very interest- 

 ing hours on the last day of the show at 

 Tarrytown, and was more than charmed 

 by the artistic arrangement of the ex- 

 hibits, their excellent quality and the 

 grand specimen plants and ferns from 

 the great private collections in this vi- 

 cinity. Tills fourth exhibition of the 

 Tarrytown society is away ahead of its 

 predecessors, financially and artistically. 

 The poster was a handsome one, much 

 in evidence in the city stores, and the 

 attendance was very gratifying to the 

 officers and members of the society. Its 

 patrons include all the wealthy resi- 

 dents of this charming neighborhood. 

 The Music Hall, where the exhibition 

 took place, is a splendid room for the 

 purpose. In the center was a bank of 

 the Pierson fern, which received the so- 

 cietv's silver medal. 



The vegetable and fruit exhibit was 

 a grand one. A large delegation of 

 professors and pupils from the Briar- 

 cliff Manor School were delighted vis- 

 itors on Thursday afternoon. 



In the chrysanthemum plant classes 

 the leading prize-winners were Wm. 

 Scott, gardener for Jos. Eastman; Wm. 

 C. Roberts, gardener for Frederick Pot- 

 ter; Jos. Haworth, gardener for David 

 Oppenheimer, and Geo. Middleton, gar- 

 dener for Wm. Rockefeller. 



In the chrysanthemum cut bloom 

 classes winners of firsts were Geo. Mid- 

 dleton, Wm. Scott, Wm. C. Roberts, 

 Samuel Riddell (gardener for F. A. Con- 

 stable), Wm. Nye (gardener for Miss 

 Blanche Potter), and John Henry (gar- 

 dener for Samuel Goodman ) . 



Varieties prominent in the winning 

 entries were: Lady Roberts, Merza, A. 

 J. Balfour, Florence Molyneux, Kate 

 Broomhead. Appleton, Nellie Pockett, 

 Mrs. Barkley, Goldmine, Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones, Timothy Eaton, Peter Kay, 

 W. H. Chadwick, Golden Wedding, Mme. 

 Carnot, Mr. T. Carrington, ilrs. Mease, 

 Mrs. J. C. Neville, Mrs. J. Mileham, J. 

 R. Upton, Princess Bessaraba, John 

 Shrimpton. 



In miscellaneous plants the leading 

 prizes were won by Howard Nichols, 

 gardener for Mrs. J. B. Trevor; W. H. 

 Waite, superintendent for Samuel Un- 

 termeyer; Wm. Scott, and Ernest Town- 

 send, gardener for C. A. Gtould. 



In cut roses and carnations the win- 

 ners of first awards were W. H. Waite, 

 Geo. Middleton, Jas. Ballantyne, Wm. 

 Nye, Geo. Draycott. Robt. Allan and 

 Wm. C. Roberts. Firsts on violets were 

 taken by Richard Lange, John Johnson 

 and Wm. Nye. Howard Nichols was 

 first for table center piece. Several spe- 

 cial prizes were awarded. 



ELMIRA, N. Y. 





Elmira Horticultural Society. 



Tlie Fifth Annual Chrysanthemum 

 Exhibition was held Nov. 11 and 12, 

 and the flowers exhibited and the at- 

 tendance would indicate no falling off in 

 interest in the Queen of Autumn. The 

 exhibits were large and the flowers in 

 nearly all classes showed improvement 

 in quality over former years. 



