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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



1021 



first. For a specimen fern A. G. Wil- 

 liams got first. For sis table plants J. 

 Dowlen was first and A. G. Williams sec- 

 ond. 



The vegetable classes were well filled. 

 In the collection of twelve varieties 

 Combs ifc Downing. Madison, N. J., had 

 the finest collection to be seen at this 

 time of the year, but were disqualified on 

 account of too many varieties, still the 

 committee decided to give them a s]i<.i;i I 

 prize for their exhibit. Other prize win- 

 ners in vegetables were W. W. Kennedy, 

 II. A. Kett-I. .1. Dowlen, Geo. Kuan, 

 Win. Turner and Hugh MeCarron. Mr. 

 W. W. Kennedy and Mrs. Frank Hodges, 

 of Eed Bank, had some fine fancy pig- 

 eons on exhibition, which were a great at- 

 traction. II. A. Kettel received special 

 mention for a pan of well-grown lily of 

 the valley. B. 



PITTSBURG. 



The last meeting of the Florists' Club 

 was held on November 3, and, although 

 it was election night, we had a very 

 large meeting and a magnificent display 

 of chrysanthemums. Four new names 

 were proposed for membership. Christ- 

 mas plants and flowers and materials 

 used in Christmas work is to be our 

 subject for the next meeting. December 1. 



One hundred and sixty-three distinct 

 varieties of named chrysanthemums were 

 shown at our meeting and of these seventy- 

 five varieties came from the Phipps con- 

 servatories, Schenley park. They were 

 simply grand, with massive blossoms, fat 

 and perfect foliage and strong, stiff 

 stems. When we consider that every 

 one of these flowers was grown in pots 

 and not one planted out on benches we 

 appreciate more and more the masterly 

 hand of John Jones, the conservatory 

 foreman, as a cultivator. Some of his 

 round-headed blooms were eleven and 

 three-fourths inches in diameter and his 

 extended Eider Haggard flowers were 

 half an inch larger than that. D. Fraser, 

 of H. C. Friek's private greenhouses, 

 sent a number of last year's new var- 

 ieties, but they showed no marked ad- 

 vance over older sorts. Blind Brothers 

 had fine flowers. They grow them on 

 benches in three inches of soil, and 

 plant them right out there in June, from 

 the cutting bed. Goodwin Brothers, 

 Bridgeville, Pa., had a lot of an extra 

 vigorous form of Ivory which looked 

 very good and the cut flower men pro- 

 nounced it a great advance on the plain 

 Ivory. The Cut Flower Co. brought 

 examples of every variety consigned to 

 their store. And from the railroad 

 greenhouses at Sewickly and Mr. Wilae. 

 at Beaver Falls, we had tin.' exhibits. 



Our distant friends treated us most 

 generously. F. B. Pierson Co., Tarry- 

 town, N. Y., sent a splendid lot of the 

 finest kind of chrysanthemums, with 

 beautiful flower heads, stems as stiff as 

 pokers and luxuriant foliage up to the 

 necks of the blossoms, and they sent 

 a letter describing these and their man- 

 ner of growing them which was read 

 in meeting. Mr. Clark, the 'mum man 

 of the Cut Flower Co., spoke up 

 very ardently in favor of these Pierson 

 'mums. 



Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 sent numerous varieties of flowers. 

 One named Vera is a pure white pom- 

 pon, very full double and of most refined 



I substantia] appearance, Almost 



every man in the room wrote down its 

 name. Xita. pink; Zenobia. yellow; 

 Julia, red, and Aleha, pink, were also 



Wreath with Flowers and 



(Ribbon used— no fillln;.- wt 



Green Wrapped to Frame. 



li sphagnum, no stemming.) 



good. Among the large-bloomed sorts 

 were F. S. Vallis, pale yellow ; Milliecnl 

 Richardson, blood crimson, pale re\oiso; 

 M. Paul Labbe. Mine. Waldeck Eosseau, 

 Surprise, a splendid yellow seedling of 

 theirs called Golden Age, and others. 



Dr. B. F. Galloway, of the Agricultur- 

 al Department, Washington, D. C, sent 

 very interesting flowers. Among the 



standard sorts Col. W. J. Bryan was su- 

 perb. Why don't the people groTi inori 

 of this variety? It is silverj white, 

 faintly flushed with pink inside. John 

 Jones is a Republican but he thinks 

 the world of Col. W. J. Bryan and grows 

 it in quantity. Dr. Galloway also sent 

 a large, full double, silvery white, broad 

 flower raised by Mr. Byrnes, the head 

 gardener at the Department. It has 

 been named Mrs. J. M. Wilson, in com- 

 pliment to the wife- of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. 



B. Vincent. Jr. i- Son, of White Marsh, 

 sent a great variety of pompon sorts 

 from their outdoor fields, also a lot ot 

 blooms of seedlings raised by them. They 

 very kindly sent us son,, not,-- regard- 

 ing the cultivation .., these Bowers: 

 "Plant out good stock from two-incl 



pots in early spring, in rows wide el gh 



apart to be worked by horse-power and 

 fourteen inches apart in the row. Lift 

 these in fall, before they come into 

 bloom, and place them a- close together 

 as thev can stand on a bench in the 



greenhouse for early flowers. For late 

 blooms plant them in a cold frame, or 

 anywhere where they can be protected 

 from severe freezing." 



When we opened the boxes from the 

 E. (i. Hill Company, Richmond, Ind., we 

 stared in wonder at the beauty of the 

 contents. They contained fourteen var- 

 iclies, nani.lv. Lord Hopetoun, S. T. 

 Wright, Mine. Von Andre, Leila Filkins. 

 Mine. .1. H. Perrand, Mrs. Tranter. C. 

 • I. Salter, Mrs. Popham, Ben Wells, Ethel 

 Fitzroy, Silver Queen, Australia, Mis. 

 T. W; Poekett and F. A. Cobbold. Bv 

 actual measurement Mrs. T. W. Poekett 

 was twelve and one-fourth inches in 

 diameter. Mr. Hill writes: "Never 

 in- sinolo season brought out 

 number ,,f magnificent var- 

 those sent you will easilv 

 them show marked merits. 

 iy is slightly weak in the 

 iso the grandest bronze we 

 Mine. J. H. Perraud we 

 v line. Mine. Von Andre is 

 it of .Mutual Friend. The 

 are senf of Lord Hopetoun 



right ar Iy medium sized. 



\\ you th,' variety's eharac- 

 uslialia prod s flowers al- 

 as large as the one bi al 

 Pa. 



such 



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 iom, VIi mence, 111. 



