April 2. 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



789 



A Sunken Garden on a New Jersey Esta'e. 



florists in our largest cities, have such 

 a system of delivery that there is no 

 extra exertion needed at any time. But 

 it is only two or three weeks in the year 

 that we have this rush and it is quite 

 different from our usual routine. "Let 

 us pray that come it may" balmy weath- 

 er for a few days liefore and on the day 

 when our wives and daughters sport new 

 hats, whether we are worn out or not. 

 William Scott. 



A SUNKEN GARDEN. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph sho\ring a sunken garden 

 on the New Jersey estate of one of the 

 Standard Oil magnates. The landscape 

 work was done by Siebreeht & Son. New 

 York, and is a good example of this 

 type of gardening. Many of the fea- 

 tures are very formal, but this style 

 seems to be ^jopnlar and is frequently 

 called for. The jiicture gives the view 

 from the roof of the residence. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Echoes of the Philadelphia Meeting. 



Leonard Barron, secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society, speaking of the exhibi- 

 tion, said that considering the weather 

 and other conditions the quality of the 

 roses shown was fully equal to that of 

 past shows. The general classes were 

 better filled than in the past and compe- 

 tition keener. The exhibits of pot roses 

 in bloom were the first ever made before 

 this society. There were fewer special 

 premiums and not so many cut blooms 

 were shown, but the interest was more 

 general than in the past. On the whole 

 Mr. Barron seemed pleased with the 



meeting and very hopeful regarding the 

 societ_v's future. 



Notes. 



Peter Crowe, of L'tica, showed a very 

 fine bunch of an adiantum which he ha.s 

 grown very successfully. He cut some 

 10,000 sprays during the past sea.son, 

 receiving $1.5 a 1.000 for tliom. 



A fine plant of Cineraria hybrida, 

 which had won first at tlie Boston siiow 

 the week before, was shown. It was 

 grown by William Thatcher (brother of 

 .Tohn Thatcher of this city) who is gar- 

 dener to Jlrs. T. Gardiner (you know 

 the Gardiners of Boston) from seed ob- 

 tained from H. A. Dreer. 



The Bulbs in bloom were, as usual, 

 very fine, comprising many varieties of 

 daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. 



The specimen geraniums in bloom were 

 extraordinary — nearly a.s elaborately 

 staked and tied as a show chrysanthe- 

 mum. 



The H. A. I>reer Co. showed a newly 

 grown group of Pandanus Sanderii. 



Tlie attendance was very good on all 

 three days of the show, many of those 

 present showing knowledge and appre- 

 ciation of the beauties of the geius dis- 

 played before them. 



The vases of Beauties and Edgelys and 

 the rhododendrons in full bloom showed 

 to advantage on the handsome stair- 

 ways. 



The new seedling rose showed by dohn 

 Breitmeyer Sons of Detroit, and which 

 received the society's silver medal, is 

 said to have come from Grand Kapids, 

 Mich., five years ago. It has been grown 

 by this firm ever since. This rose is a 

 beautiful shade of bright pink, shading 

 to pale pink on the outer petals. It is 

 very large, borne erect on long stems 

 and well clothed with handsome foliage. 



John N. Msiy considered this variety as 

 showing great promise. 



The Banquet. 



A representative gathering of the lead- 

 ing men of this city — florists, seedsmen, 

 nurserymen and gardeners, with many 

 distinguished visitors from Baltimore, 

 Boston and New York City and state — 

 dined in the Florists' Club room on 

 Wednesday evening of last week. Over 

 one hundred persons were seated at four 

 long tables, bright with flowers. There 

 was music at one side of the room, and 

 there was music in every soul, judging 

 by the vim thrown into "For he's a jolly 

 good fellow" given standing a dozen 

 or so times. 



President Westcott introduced W. B, 

 Smith, who acted as toast-master in his 

 inimitable way. His clever sallies caused 

 much merriment. In the absence of 

 President Newbold, H. A. Siebreeht re- 

 sponded for the Rose Society. John 

 Burton spoke on lx?half of the S. A. F., 

 urging his hearers to go to Milwaukee 

 next summer. W. J. Stewart spoke for 

 the press. The speech of the evening 

 was made by Robert Craig on "The 

 Rose." "Tliere is nothing so beautiful 

 as the rose," he said. He feelingly de- 

 scribed the love we all should feel for 

 the queen of flowers. Tlie whole speech 

 was in liis happiest vein. "Progress in 

 Floriculture" brought out an interest- 

 ing debate between Fred R. JIathison, of 

 Boston, and Henry A. Siebreclit, of New 

 Rochelle, N. Y., touching what may 

 be termed the ancient glories of Car- 

 thage. Some interesting facts were 

 brought out regarding events in the last 

 thirty years of our business. There 

 were other good speeches and a few 

 good songs, PlllL, 



