November 22, 1913 



HOBTICULTTJRE 



701 



THE ROCHESTER SHOW. 



Rochester's Fourth Flower Show, 

 which came to a close on Satur- 

 day, November 8th, will be re- 

 membered as one of the most suc- 

 cessful which have been held, both 

 in attendance and in the excellence of 

 the exhibits. Although the correct fig- 

 ures of the attendance are not quite 

 ready it is thought that in the neigh- 

 borhood of 18,000 people paid admis- 

 sion to the hall in the five days the 

 show was open and In no instance 

 was anyone heard to remark but that 

 the general plan and arrangement was 

 superior to that of any previous ex- 

 hibition held by the Rochester Flor- 

 ists' Association 



Rochester's Flower Show differs 

 from the general run of exhibitions 

 in that no prizes or awards of any 

 kind are offered, those having charge 

 of affairs believing (and, the past suc- 

 cesses have proved this to be a fact) 

 that if you wish to Interest the peo- 

 ple in flowers to such an extent as to 

 get them to pay their good money to 

 go to a flower show, it is necessary 

 that the flowers you are exhibiting 

 should be placed there in an artistic 

 manner in order that they may lose 

 none of their beauty, and when this 

 is done it seems to us that a flower 

 show planned and arranged as we 

 have it in Rochester can be made to 

 pay for itself and possibly may show 

 a slight profit. The latter, however, 

 has not been our aim. The thing is 

 to get the public interested in flowers 

 so that more flowers will be used by 

 the people and to this end we have 

 eliminated the long and tiresome rows 

 of tables of the conventional flower 

 show with the exhibits crudely ar- 

 ranged thereon, and, in their stead, 

 have placed a beautiful garden 

 through which the people can wander 

 at their leisure and while admiring 

 may listen to the strains of sweet 

 music. 



The plan this year was drawn up 

 by William Pitkin, Jr., a prominent 

 landscape architect of this city, the 

 garden effect being of early German 

 design. The entire main hall was sur- 

 rounded by a hedge of arborvitae 

 about six feet high which acted as a 

 background for the exhibits, the points 

 where the walks intersected being 

 connected by arches of the same ma- 

 terial and the ceiling hung with gar- 

 lands of wild smilax illuminated with 

 special lighting fixtures. The entrance 

 to the annex or new part of the hall 

 was reached by a lofty archway di- 

 rectly in front of which was placed a 

 large fountain — that, too, being of 

 early German design — which was 

 beautifully illuminated by electric 

 lights. The ceiling of this part of the 

 hall was hung with laurel roping 

 which gave it a very striking appear- 

 ance and at the rear of the fountain 

 the Ladies' Auxiliary Florists' Asso- 

 ciation conducted a Tea Garden under 

 the management of Mrs. Dunbar, 

 which was a very successful undertak- 

 ing and a great convenience to the 

 people. , 



In the annex a new feature was 

 added this year — namely, two dining 

 rooms elegantly furnished in which 

 were arranged elaborate table decora- 

 tions under the supervision of Felix 

 Albert. These rooms were the rendez- 

 vous of the lady visitors and created 

 a great deal of interest and in the fu- 



DRACAENA ROTHIANA. 



One of W. A. Manda's favorite spe- 

 cialties and well entitled to a place 

 among the very best decorative plants 

 for the home, greenhouse or outside in 

 summer. It stands the common con- 

 ditions and usual neglect in a living 



room in a most nonchalant manner, 

 seeming not to care about tempera- 

 ture or neglect in watering, being a 

 rival for the tough old Aspidistra, 

 which is commonly recognized as hav- 

 ing more lives than a cat. 



ture exhibits of this kind will be given 

 even more attention. The rest of this 

 hall was devoted to the display by the 

 Rochester Parks Department, a won- 

 derful exhibit containing besides •& 

 vast amount of chrysanthemums, a 

 collection of hardy fruiting shrubs of 

 the North Temperate Zone, of which 

 there were 170 species on exhibition, 

 all to be found growing in the Roches- 

 ter Parks. This collection was classi- 

 fied and arranged by Mr. Horsey un- 

 der the direction of John Dunbar and 

 great credit is due these gentlemen for 

 this very fine display. 



The main hall was occupied entire- 

 ly by the private and commercial es- 

 tablishments. Among those exhibit- 

 ing were; Mrs. Oilman H. Perkins, 

 gard. Alex. Lothien: Hiram Sibley, 

 gard. Etienne Berry; Mrs. W. A. 

 Wadsworth of Geneseo, N. Y.: Mrs. 

 G. D. B. Bonbright, gard. H. Watson; 

 Mrs. W. D. Ellwanger; Mrs. W. S. 

 Kimball, gard. Colin B. Ogston; Mrs. 

 George R. Fuller; James Vick's Sons: 

 Jacob Thomann & Sons: George B. 

 Hart; Prank Bennett, Barnards, N. 

 Y.; George J. Keller; F. R. Schlegel 

 Sons; H. P. Neun; Crosman Bros.; 

 Charles Suhr; A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn.; Patten & Co., 

 Tewkshury, Mass.; The Rhlnebeck 

 Violet Growers' Association; F. R. & 

 P. M. Pierson, Scarborough, N. Y.; 

 David Scott, Corfu, N. Y.; H. C. Sal- 

 mon; George Crooke 4 Co.; Albert 

 Ravton. Lord & Burnham Co., made 



an unique exhibit by placing at the 

 end of the main hall a beautiful tablet 

 in bas-relief acting as a terminal to 

 the general scheme, the subject of 

 which was symbolical of the flower 

 show. 



EXHIBITION NOTES. 



The Rhode Island State Com Show 

 will be held in the Mathewson Street 

 M. E. Church, Providence, R. I., on 

 December 5 and 6. 



We hear that the E. G. Hill Com- 

 pany carried off many honors at the 

 big Cleveland Show, worthily won by 

 the high (luality of their sterling nov- 

 elties in roses and carnations. 



In our list of awards at the New 

 York Horticultural Society's exhibition 

 we did not get in the silver medal won 

 bv Robert Scott & Sons, Sharon Hills, 

 Pa., for Killarney Brilliant. This rose 

 is well described in its name and is 

 regarded by good judges as destined 

 to have a future as a florists' rose as 

 brilliant as is its radiant color. 



An attractive feature of the chrys- 

 anthemum show at Worcester, Mass., 

 was a Japanese garden arranged by 

 President E. W. Breed. The principal 

 plant and flower exhibitors were L. C 

 Midglev. H. F. A. Lange, Denholm & 

 McKay. Mrs. C. W. Wells, the Knowl- 

 ton estate and Forbes & Forbes. There 

 was an excellent display of apples. 



