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HORTICULTURE 



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effects and the people are glad to get 

 their ideas. 



Axel Settenberg of the Maywood 

 Nursery Co. had an instructive exhibit 

 of charts, etc., for laying out grounds. 

 Among them the plan of the Sears 

 Roebrich Co.'s grounds, of which we 

 recently showed two views, was seen. 



J. R Kidwell & Bro. had one booth 

 showin.g their idea of a mantel decora- 

 tion and another giving a porch decora- 

 tion. Both were well done and both 

 showed how the home could be made 

 beautiful, a subject which always takes 

 well with the public. 



Ernst Wienhoeber's booth showing a 

 table decoration done of pink bouvar- 

 dia was a study in simplicity of style 

 and harmony of color. Day by day 

 added one more blue slip and the last 

 day the big card was nearly covered 

 "with six first prizes, one for each day. 



About sixty accepted the invitation 

 of Manager Pyfer and went to the 

 Chicago Carnation Co.'s extensive 

 plant at Joliet, Friday. They were 

 royally treated and saw a place that 

 has a wide reputation as one of the 

 foremost carnation plants in the 

 country. 



A. Lange's wedding decoration, in- 



NEW YORK'S GREAT FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



The Hoiticultural Society of New 

 York is t(* be congratulated for having 

 secured so acceptable a place as the 

 lieautiful building of the American 

 Museum of Natural History in which 

 to present a flower show. We speak 

 of the enterprise as ''great" because 

 oil the local difficulties and impedi- 

 ments that its projectors have had to 

 overcome and because of the splendid 

 QU.Uity of the exhibits, notably the 

 orchids, stove plants and specimen 

 chrysanthemum plants. Secretarj^ Nash, 

 who has worked tirelessly from start 

 to finish, and F. R. Pierson, who has 

 also been indefatigable, have good rea- 

 son to feel proud and grateful to the 

 gardeners and plantsmen who respond- 

 ed so .generously tO' the call. 



The foyer of the Museum building 

 pi esented an attractive scene with its 

 groups of brilliant and stately flower- 

 ing and decorative plants, the effec- 

 tiveness of which was much height- 

 ened by the dazzling whiteness of the 

 walls and surroundings under the 



View at the Chicago Show 



eluding an altar and a bride and 

 groom, kept the young people lined up 

 most of the time. How many got up 

 courage to ask the important question 

 is not known: but Mr. Lange will no 

 do\ibt have much to answer for. That 

 he put the lady on the wrong side was 

 only noticed by those who had been 

 through the mill. 



Schiller the Florist had a wall 

 decoration in green and white that was 

 unusual and very beautifully done. 

 Two centres of white pompom chrysan- 

 themums were gracefully arranged, 

 probably two feet in diameter, from 

 which radiated strands of Asparagus 

 Sprengeri, describing circles eight feet 

 in diameter. It was perfectly executed 

 and extremely delicate — most appropri- 

 ate for a wedding decoration. 



The Winterscm's Seed Store booth 

 had some original ideas in the way 

 of showing their bulbs. An oval bed 

 with gently sloping sides had bulbs 

 of various kinds placed on the fresh 

 soil showing what kinds and how 

 close to plant them, an object lesson 

 man\- gladly learned. Vases of water 

 with hyacinths. Chinese sacred lilies, 

 etc.. growing in them also showed 

 how to handle them in the house. 



electric lights. There were great 

 groups of bays, boxwoods and conifers 

 in tubs from Bobbink & .4tkins, gigan- 

 tio palms an.l davallias from Mj-s. J. 

 Hood Wright, gardener C. A. Webber, 

 Bljeclmen palms, stove plants, maran- 

 tas and c.vcas from Mrs. Harold Irvin.g 

 Pratt, gardener A. .J. Manda, wonder- 

 fully developed ndiantums from Mrs. 

 .1. B. Trevor, gardener Howard Nich- 

 ols, nephrolepis in varied forms from 

 !<'. K. Pierson Co., gorgeous groups of 

 uiarantas, crotonsi (including a fine 

 group of the new Croton F. Sander, 

 which rcceivpd .a certificate), Lorraine 

 begonias and decorative plants and bay 

 tiees from .Julius Roehrs Co., collec- 

 tion of stove and greenhouse plants 

 nnd dracaenas of rare beauty from 

 Samuel Untermyer. gardener W. H. 

 Waite, and a resplsndont mass of Celo- 

 sia Thompsonii niagnifica, for whicli 

 Lehuig <6r Winnite!;! received a bronze 

 medal. The cultural skill of Mr. 

 Walte was displayed again in specimen 

 trained plants of Garza, Annie L-mrie 

 cind olher popular varieties, of a size 

 and finish rarely equalled anywhere, 

 and theie were trained siiecimons of 

 hi.eh sradc also from Miss A. B. .Jen- 

 nings, gardener Oscar Ca'lson. So 



great was the throng of admiring visi- 

 tors that it became necessary to stretch 

 ropes for the protection of the plants. 



In the apartments and corridors ra- 

 diating from the foyer were arranged 

 the various sections — orchids, roses, 

 chi-ysanthemum blooms, carnations, 

 etc. The principal exhibitors in the 

 chrysanthemum bloom section were 

 Howard Gould, gardener Harry Tur- 

 ner, Samuel Thorne, gardener I. L. 

 Powell, Percy Chubb, gardener Alex. 

 MacKenzio, C. H. Hathaway, gardener 

 Max Schneider, Paul Dana, gardener 

 .Tohn I. Johnston and C. H. Totty on 

 show varieties: R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons 

 Co., Robert Mallory, gardener William 

 Smith, Chas. Mallory, gardener W. J. 

 Sealey, E. H. Weatherbee, gardener 

 Francis Milne and Samuel tlntermyer, 

 on pompons and singles. 



All the popular roses were well 

 shown by F. R. Pierson Co., L. A. Noe, 

 Mrs. D. Willis .Tames and S. Unte:-- 

 niyer. The Pierson exhibit was very 

 extensive and captured most of the 

 best prizes. There was a nice show 

 of carnations fi'om S. Untermyer, F. 

 R. Pierson Co., C. Weber, M. L. Schift, 

 aud Covtage Gardens Co,, the latter 

 winning the silver medal for finest 100 

 blooms and dittlom.a for best new va- 

 riety with variety Mis. C. W. Ward. 



We donbt if a finer showing of or- 

 chids, plants and cut blooms, has ever 

 been made in this country. The groups 

 of 50 sq, ft. extent from Lager & Hur- 

 rell and .Tulius Roehrs Co. were gor- 

 geous, Lager & Hurrell winning out. 

 Lager & Hurrell were also first with 

 three hybrid orchids (Cattleyas Stol- 

 leryanus, Ballantineanum and Man- 

 tinii), collection of cypripedium blooms, 

 l.est oncidium plant in bloom, best 

 vanda ditto, best dendrobium ditto (D. 

 formosum giganteum). Julius Roehrs 

 Co. won first on novelty not before 

 exhibited here (Cypripedium Rosetti = 

 C, Maudiae X insigne Sanderiana), five 

 finest cypripediums, finest speci- 

 men cattleya, best two specimen or- 

 chids and silver medal for best plant 

 exhibited in either class — a Cattleya 

 labiata, Mrs, B. B. Tuttle, gardener 

 M. J. Pope, was awarded first for hy- 

 brid orchid — Cattleya Wavriniana, and 

 a bronze medal for collection of cut 

 orchids. Jos. A. Manda was first on 

 collection of cut orchids arranged for 

 effect. This v/as beautifully done, a 

 graceful fountain effect being produced 

 with long racemes of oncidium insert- 

 ed between the leaves of a big tilland- 

 Jr^ia. On specimen plant of Cattleya 

 labiata. A. .T. Manda was first with 

 several competitors. E, O, Orpet show- 

 ed a big iOt of hybrid orchids of his 

 own raising, for which he received a 

 silver medal. Clement Moore was 

 awarded a silver medal for cattleyas 

 and Mrs. H. I. Pratt, who won first 

 for collection of orchids covering a 25 

 ft table, was given a cultural certifi- 

 cate for Pandanus pacificus. 



A certificate of merit was given to 

 George Giatras tor Nephrolepis Gia- 

 trasi. and honorable mention to Wm. 

 Tricker for Alternanthera "Jewel" and 

 to P. A. Bolles for winter window 

 tnxes. Nerine fothergillia major and 

 some mamniolh onions were shown by 

 A. T. Boddington. The only entry for 

 the dinner table decoration prize was 

 by A. T. Bunyard, the centre-piece be- 

 ing of cattleyas, cypripediums and 

 Adiantum Karleyense. Why did not 

 the retail trade take advantage of this 

 splendid opportunity to gain a profit- 

 aide publicity with forty thousand of 



