The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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nation Star of Bethlehem; to Main & 

 Pear, Gloversville, foi carnations; to F. 



r'.' r. ftersoii toi carnation Daheim. 



The judges were William Turner, 

 dreaiii.-.' N. .1.; Jam. -s (i. M.N icoll, <>■ 

 .larhurst, N. Y.; Patrick O'Mara, New 

 Fork City; Peter McDonald, Yonkeis, 

 N. Y.; Thomas Harrison, Glen Cove, N. 

 V.; M. J. Connelian, Bayshore, N. Y. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The eighth annual show of the Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' Society 

 was held here on November 5 and 6 anil 

 proved to be the most successful yet held 

 by that society. The attendance on the 

 second day was gratifying and the qual- 

 ity and quantity of the exhibits left noth- 

 ing to be desired. In the chrysanthemum 

 •classes were seen many of the novelties 

 and some exceptionally fine varieties were 

 noted. In the class for thirty-six flowers, 

 six varieties, the two ancient rivals, Wil- 

 liam Duckham and Arthur Herrington, 

 put up a grand competition, the first 

 named scoring first, with splendid vases 

 of Mayaell, Ben Wells, Thirkell, P. 8. 

 Vallis, Mrs. G. Mileham and Mrs. Weeks. 

 The most conspicuous of Mr. Herring- 

 ton's lot were the Eatons, H. J. Jones 

 and Appleton. 



For eighteen flowers, three varieties, 

 Peter Duff, gardener to J. Crosby Brown, 

 won an easy first with splendid flowers 

 of Merza, T. Carrington and Nellie Pock- 

 ett. Mr. Duff also got first for twelve 

 flowers in four varieties with A. Her- 

 rington second, and he also won first for 

 ten white, with Merza. 



For ten yellow A. Herrington was first, 

 with Yellow Eaton, and also first for ten 

 Appleton and ten Eaton, all splendid 

 vases. Six flowers any variety first went 

 to W. F. Thomas and for ten flowers in 

 five varieties was captured by Peter Duff, 

 with Mr. Thomas second. Mr. Duff got 

 another first on six pink, with fine Bal- 

 four, O. Kock scoring second. Six white 

 was won by O. Kock, and six yellow by 

 C. H. Totty, with Lord Salisbury. 



Six Appleton gave Peter Duff another 

 first, as did also six ' ' any other variety, ' ' 

 W. H. Hand running second in each case. 

 Mr. Hand got first on the vase for effect, 

 with Geo. Bird second. In the class for 

 pompons conditions were reversed and 

 Geo. Bird got first, with Mr. Hand sec- 

 ond. 



The competition in the rose classes was 

 worthy of the rose city, eight, nine and 

 ten exhibitors showing in each class, and 

 the quality was very fine. For eighteen 

 Beauties and twelve Beauties, L. A. Noe 

 was first and L. M. Noe was second in 

 each case. 



For twentv-five Maids L. A. Noe was 

 first, L. M. Noe second, and Mrs. B. B. 

 Holmes third. For twenty-five Brides 

 L. A. Noe was first, Henry Hentz second, 

 and L. M. Noe third. For twelve Maids 

 Brant Bros., Utica, N. Y., were first, L. 

 A. Noe second, and Mrs. B. B. Holmes 

 third. For twelve Brides L. A. Noe was 

 first, C. G. Cook second and Brant Bros, 

 third. 



One exhibitor, J. T. Wagner, of Chat- 

 ham, would have been easily first in sev- 

 eral classes, but owing to the fact that 

 he staged more flowers in each instance 

 than the schedule called for, he was dis- 

 qualified. 



In carnations Wm. Duckham got first 

 with very fine vases of Enchantress, Mrs. 

 Bradt and Gov. Koosevelt. In violets 

 W. H. Thomas got first for the doubles 

 and Peter Duff for the singles. 



For the groups of plants H. L. Hand 

 was first, W. H. Thomas second and S. 

 Herremans third. 



For three specimen chrysanthemum 

 plants Peter Duff was first, with very 

 well finished pots of Balfour, Garza and 

 Molatsch. Mr. Duff was also first for 

 one specimen plant and for twelve 6-inch 

 pot plants. 



The medals offered by Moore, Hentz & 

 Nash to the actual growers of the flow- 

 ers were won this year by Samuel Eed- 

 stone, foreman for William Duckham, 

 and Joseph Busicka, foreman for L. A. 

 Noe. This awarding medals to the ac- 

 tual growers of the flowers might well 

 be followed by other societies, offering, 

 as it does, an incentive to the grower to 

 do the best he knows how. 



In the vegetable classes Messrs. 

 Coombes and Downing and Herremans 

 were conspicuous. 



A certificate was awarded W. Duckham 

 for a stand of new mums, some of the 

 finest being W. Duckham, ( 'heltoni, Mary 

 Inglis, Maynell, Henry Barnes, Ben 

 Wells, F. A. Cobbold and Mildred Ware. 

 This is the first time any of these varie- 

 ties have been exhibited in the east 

 and enthusiasts hovered around them note- 

 book in hand, W. Duckham being a favor- 

 ite with everyone. 



Certificates were awarded to John N. 

 May for Bride carnation and seedling 

 No. 45 chrysanthemum. Also to the 

 Breitmeyer rose, which was very well re- 

 ceived by the rose men generally. 



Wm. Duckham was recognized for a 

 splendid plant of Ficus pandurata and 

 Aealypha Sanderiana, and A. Herrington 

 for a splendid plant of Caryota urens, 

 two Cocos plumosa (undoubtedly the two 

 finest plants in the country), and a 

 grand specimen of Pierson fern. 



Mrs. B. B. Holmes set up a vase of 

 President Carnot rose that was really 

 splendid. As grown at that establishment 

 Carnot is a fine paying rose and Mr. 

 Gary, the foreman, can shake hands with 

 himself. 



Lager & Hurrell were given a certifi- 

 cate for a table of orchids, among which 

 were Cypripedium iusigne Sanderse and 

 other rarities. 



M. Tilden made a splendid exhibit of 



Beauties and Dr. MeAlpin, of Morris- 

 town, showed Bridesmaid very well (lone. 



John Haines, of Bethlehem, Pa., sent 

 a half dozen seedling carnations, Star of 

 Bethlehem being perhaps the best of the 

 lot. A certificate was awarded him, and 

 also to F. B. Pierson for carnations Da- 

 heim and Mrs. M. A. Patten. 



E. Jenkins and A. H. Wingett, or 

 Lenox, Mass., with William Turner, of 

 Oceanic, N. J., were the judges and then- 

 work showed careful and accurate judg- 

 ment. 



Taken generally, the show was very 

 fine and in quality will hardly be equaled 

 in the country. B. 



JOLIET. ILL. 



The second annual flower show, No- 

 vember 5 to 7, in point of exhibition 

 and attendance was a great success, and 

 financially there will be a little surplus 

 to go into the treasury. The principal 

 exhibitors were the Chicago Carnation 

 Company, the J. D. Thompson Carnation 

 Company, the E. G. Hill Company, 

 Nathan Smith & Son, H. W. Buckbe'e. 

 Joseph Labo, Carter, Johnson & Goran- 

 son, Colonel Lambert, George Kuhl, 

 Vaughn's greenhouses and George Witt - 

 bold Company. But there were many 

 others. We should also mention the 

 school exhibits, four of them, also the 

 Illinois State Penitentiary, William Tip- 

 lady, gardener, put up a fine group of 

 plants, not for competition. 



Nathan Smith & Son captured first 

 prize for forty varieties of 'mums, with 

 the Hill company a close second and 

 Buckbee third. Gunnar Teilmann, of 

 Marion, Ind., was first on twelve white, 

 twelve pink and twelve yellow. In plants 

 Vnughan sent six and got more firsts 

 than Buckbee. The latter 's were well 

 grown, large flowered, bushy plants, but 

 not. large enough to compete against the 

 other plants, which were also well grown. 

 Kuhl was first on Piersoni and Boston 

 ferns. 



The carnations were not very strong, 

 only the two local firms exhibiting. 

 There were only five classes open to them. 

 The Chicago Carnation Company was 

 easily first on the best vase, any color, 



