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HORTICULTURE 



November 12, 1910 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



For the second time, the Rochester 

 Florists' Association has to report the 

 success of its annual flower show, 

 given along the lines of the show pre- 

 sented last year, only larger and more 

 beautiful. The plans tor this year's 

 exhibit were drawn by Ailing DeFor- 

 rest, a local landscape gardener. F. J. 

 Keller, as chairman of the decoration 

 committee had full charge of the ar- 

 rangements. Under his supervision 

 the members of the association did all 

 that was possible to make this non 

 competitive exhibition — a nation-wide 

 success, and it is no exaggeration to 

 say that more than 27,000 people saw 

 the show. The general plan of the 

 exhibit was in two parts; that in Con- 

 vention Hall representing a huge 

 flower garden having wide, winding 

 walks around beautiful flower beds; 

 the other part representing a scene in 

 Japan known as Hill Garden, it occu- 

 pying the entire space in Exhibition 

 Hall. This, the special feature of the 

 show was under direction of J. M. Kel- 

 ler, who is well known for his land- 

 scape abilities, while the other part 

 was put in charge of Salter Bros., both 

 pieces of work deserving the great- 

 est credit. General Manager Charles 

 H. Vick made himself popular and 

 showed characteristic diplomacy 

 throughout the whole proceedings, 

 which more than ever endears him to 

 the hearts of the local craft. The Hill 

 Garden scene was represented by 

 mountains, hills, rocks, a beautiful 

 winding river, an immense lake at the 

 base of the mountains, trees, worship- 

 ping shrines, tea houses and many 

 other unique Japanese features all of 

 which were enclosed in a J-apanese 

 bamboo picket fence. In the lake, 

 around which many real rocks had 

 been placed, and in which many water 

 plants were planted, were gold fish; 

 the silvery stream trickling in minia- 

 ture water falls to the lake shore, the 

 surface of which was gently rippled by 

 the aid of a motor fan, giving a touch 

 of reality hard to duplicate. Behind 

 the mountains, a scene was painted, 

 on which was a snow-capped moun- 

 tain, behind which a glorious sun was 

 sinking. A bamboo network was sus- 

 pended between the ceiling and floor 

 on which was hung southern smilax 

 through which was suspended about 

 two hundred electric lighted various- 

 sized Japanese lanterns, all of these 

 making a beautiful scene, which will 

 be long remembered by the patrons. 

 In a tea garden tea was served by 

 waitresses dressed in Japan costume. 

 At one end of the Japanese garden a 

 string orchestra played. 



The main flower show in the large 

 hall was executed by the various 

 Rochester firms, each taking charge of 

 one of the spaces. These were of 

 every shape and size, and showed great 

 individuality. No two were alike, and 

 all took great pride in keeping their 

 respective exhibits looking its best un- 

 til the last day. 



Special mention must be given the 



THE EXHIBITIO NS 



very fine displays made by the follow- 

 ing: 



R. E. Ballantyne, gardener to Mrs. F. 

 F. Thompson of Canandaigua, N. Y. This 

 exhibit occupied the entire space across 

 the front of the stage and contained some 

 of the finest grown chrysanthemum plants 

 ever seen in this part of the country— pom- 

 pons, singles and other types. The setting 

 was enriched by eattle.veas, oncidiums, 

 purple salvia, palms, ferns, crotons, etc. 

 Colin Ogsten, gardener to Mrs. Wm. Kim- 

 ball, showed three immense tripods from 

 which hung huge baskets of Lorraine be- 

 gonias. Between these were vases of the 

 laigest chrysanthemum flowers exhibited 

 in the hall, while palms, ferns, anthuriums. 

 (■rotons, etc., were used as an eifective 

 background, the whole being edged with 

 well grown Adiantum Croweanum. E. 

 Berry, gardener to Iliram Sibley, grouped 

 decorative plants, chrysanthemums, etc. 

 .1. Petrie, gardener to Geo. Eastman, made 

 an autumnal display, using colored natural 

 oak foliage, logs of wood, palms, etc. and 

 some exceptionally well grown chrysanthe- 

 mums, both cut and in pots. 



Other exhibitors were as follows: 



Salter Bros., a Japanese scene, showing 

 water falls, winding walks, rockeries, tea 

 I'ouses, bridges, etc. J. B. Keller Sons 

 decoiated the circle inside of which the 

 band played, with palms, ferns, cretons, 

 pot-grown and vases of chrysanthemums 

 and roses. This firm also decorated the 

 stage with many beautiful plants, in the 

 back ground of which was a fountain on 

 each side of which stretched mas.ses of 

 foliage and other plants. H. E. Wilson. 

 E. R, Fry, Thomann Bros., J. Thomann, 

 A W. Darling. F. Specht, Geo. Keller, Geo. 

 Boucher, Chas. Seehr, Fred Schlegel & 

 Sons, Ed. Campbell, Vick & Hill Co. and 

 many others made very attractive displays, 

 all of whom took great pride in keeping 

 their respective exhibits looking remark- 

 ably well. 



John Dunbar, assistant superintendent 

 of parks, exhibited a fine group of cacti. 

 C. Vollertsen showed about 150 specimens 

 from his herbarium, which were particu- 

 larly attractive. W. Tickner made a laud- 

 scape scene representing an English castle. 

 In front of this exhibit a heavy gilt ciiain 

 was hung from post to post. Altogether 

 as neat a reproduction as one could wish 

 to see. 



J. Roehrs Co. sent a very fine collection 

 of stove, orchid and other plants, amoug 

 \i hich were some Celosia Pride of Castle 

 Gould, which proved the most attractive 

 plant novelty in the exhibition. H. A. 

 Dreer an extensive collection of draeenas, 

 ferns, pandanus, etc. Chas. H. Totty a 

 fine collection of cut pompon and single- 

 flowering chrysanthemums. A. N. Piersou, 

 Cromwell, Conn., several vases of choice 

 commercial chrysanthemums which kept 

 good during the entire exhibition. Ell- 

 wanger & Barry about forty specimens of 

 tub-grown evergreens. F. R. Pierson Co., 

 too blooms of American Beauty which were 

 in prime condition at close of the show. 

 Clifford & Son, carnations. Geo. Crooke 

 Co., cut chrysanthemums. W. A. Manda a 

 plant of Polypedium Maudaianum. 



The ceiling of the hall was hid from 

 the main floor by festoons of laurel 

 roping, suspended from the top of the 

 proscenium arch, to the gallery, 

 where thousands of persons sat dur- 

 ing each of the band programmes. On 

 Friday a. m. the children of the 

 orphan schools were invited free, dur- 

 ing which time the band donated its 

 services and on Saturday many public 

 school children were admitted for 10c. , 

 while on the same afternoon each 

 lady was presented with a rose, during 

 the hours of 12 to 5. A popular price 

 of 2.5o. was charged and it is to be 

 hoped that when all accounts are set- 

 tled there will be a good surplus from 

 the income of tlie exhibition. The as- 

 sociation made a glorious attempt to 

 excel anything ever attempted along 

 the same lines in the country, and it 

 is generally conceded that its mem- 

 bers deserve credit for originality and 

 progressiveness. 



THE LENOX FLOWER SHOW. 



It was the writer's privilege to act 

 as one of the judges at the annual 

 Chrysanthemum Exhibition of the 

 Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society on 

 October 26th and 27th. I had previ- 

 ously heard a good deal about the hor- 

 ticultural status of Lenox and natur- 

 ally expected to find something very 

 fine. To say that I was not disap- 

 pointed with my visit is putting it 

 mildly. I was delighted with my visit, 

 the hospitable way in which I was re- 

 ceived and entertained, and with the 

 high order of horticulture and the hor- 

 ticulturists. The money value of the 

 prizes is small in Lenox compared with 

 many other places, and these annual 

 exhibitions cannot be charged to any 

 mercenary motives, but are the out- 

 come of real sportsmen-like spirit and 

 friendly rivalry. The awarding of the 

 various prizes was no easy task, the 

 decisions in many cases being awarded 

 by a narrow margin of points. This 

 was particularly so in the vegetable 

 classes where only a matter of a few 

 points separated the winning lot. Yet 

 the protesting which one usually hears, 

 as the aftermath of the Judges' de- 

 cisions, was conspicuously absent. 



The plant groups were a revelation 

 of artistic taste and design. Three 

 contestants entered for the plant 

 groups and two for the orchid groups. 

 The arrangement in each case was 

 dissimilar and the individual speci- 

 mens used were of the highest order 

 culturally, and the awarding of the 

 prizes was very much a matter of in- 

 dividual taste regarding arrangement. 

 The first prize was awarded to F. 

 Heermans whose arrangement was 

 very gracefully combined and the in- 

 dividual specimens could be seen at a 

 glance from any point of vantage, and 

 this proved the deciding factor in the 

 award. The ground work was extreme- 

 ly rich, consisting principally of Far- 

 leyense ferns and highly colored Rex 

 begonias. The supporting columns on 

 both sides were principally composed 

 of this, with various specimen crotons 

 of Warreni and Prince of Wales vari- 

 eties, also Phoenix Roebelini and As- 

 paragus elongatus. The predominat- 

 ing color used was white and pink. 

 The second prize was awarded to Ed- 

 ward Jenkins. Pink and white also 

 predominated in his arrangement, and 

 his specimens were all that could be 

 desired, but his group was heavier and 

 had to be seen from various points to 

 be assimilated. The third prize was 

 awarded to Allan Jenkins. His group 

 was a rock-work design, neat, original 

 and effective, but lacked in the rich- 

 ness of foliage. His color effect was 

 red and white, consisting principally 

 of Clerodendron Palax, bouvardia, jus- 

 ticia, lilies and lily of the valley. 



A. J. Loveless was first for group of 

 orchids, and F. Heermans second. Mr. 

 Heermans' group was more of a table 

 effect in which he used a good deal 

 of cork bark. They consisted princi- 

 pally of Cattleya labiata and Oncidium 

 Rogersii, with Farleyense ferns as a 

 ground work. They were a charming 

 lot, most tastefully and sweetly ar- 

 ranged, but they lacked the costliness 

 and variety of the Mr. Loveless' group 

 which won out for him. 



The chrysanthemum blooms were 



