November 21, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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ma on vasp scnriuf: rir» poiiit;^. I.. S. Don- 

 alilscin Cm., riTlitiiati' of merit on baski't. 

 A tiiio frroup of Christmas chciTii's ami 

 pi'PIior plants exiiiliited by Holm *; olsou 

 was ovorlookiMl l.y the judf;t's. as well as 

 lioltfil ever-lilnomiii'^r strawberries in full 

 fruit cxhihitcil by .1. A. Weber. 



The Banquet. 



About one hundred guests sat at the 

 banquet table, including members of 

 the trade and their ladies. At the con- 

 clusion Mr. Olson presiding as toast- 

 master called on Aug. S. Swanson and 

 L. L. May to respond for the Old Tim- 

 ers, as this meeting was a silver anni- 

 versary. Both related instances con- 

 nected with the flower business 25 

 years ago. Mr. Swanson alluding to the 

 fact that the same secretary was now 

 serving who was secretary 25 years 

 ago. Mr. May in his remarks spoke of 

 the great change of feeling that had 

 come about between the florists; 

 where formerly they did not speak or 

 deal with each other, now they were 

 fast friends and accommodated each 

 other whenever it was possible to do 

 so. H. A. Quallich of A. L. Randall 

 Co.. Chicago. 111., was then introduced 

 as the speaker of the evening and gave 

 a very able talk on retail store man- 

 agement, supplementing it by telling 

 what he knew of the new roses now on 

 the market. This paper was followed 

 by a discussion which brought out a 

 number of very important points in 

 connection with store management, 

 emphasizing the following essentials: 

 how, what and where to buy; follow- 

 ing collections closely; keeping up the 

 general appearance of the store; hav- 

 ing it light and neat at all times and 

 the windows well dressed. The 

 speaker thought these points were 

 just as essential as the location. He 

 also mentioned that good clerks were 

 one of the greatest assets a store could 

 have. In touching on methods of in- 

 creasing the business he spoke of 

 newspaper publicity as being of little 

 or no use, unless followed up contin- 

 uously. 



During the meal and throughout the 

 program which followed a colored 

 quintette furnished music, both instru- 

 mental and vocal. Theo. Nagel also 

 rendered vocal solos accompanied by 

 his wife on the piano. The enter- 

 tainment throughout was very pleas- 

 ing and enjoyable to the fullest extent. 



BURPEE'S FORDHOOK HYBRID GLADIOLI. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF NEW 

 YORK. 



The American Institute Show, (83rd 

 Fair) at the Engineering Building. 

 West 39th street New York City, Nov. 

 4, 5 and 6, was the largest Chrysan- 

 themum Exhibition the Institute has 

 had since the show in the Herald 

 Building some years ago. The blooms 

 were grand and the competition keen, 

 especially in the chrysanthemum 

 classes for private gardeners. C. H. 

 Totty exhibited a new chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. Charles S. Whitman also his new 

 rose Mrs. Thompson. Lager & Hurrell 

 had a fine display of orchids. Mrs. 

 John Crosby Brown had an exhibit of 

 ten bush and standard plants, very 

 fine. 



There were one hundred and eleven 

 classes in the schedule. We regret 

 that our space compels so much ab- 

 breviation and condensation, but we 

 can only give briefly the results in the 

 more important of the plant ami flow- 

 er classes. 



In the section for cut flowers for com- 

 mercial growers. Chas. H. Totty and 



This new race of hybrid gladioli is 

 the result of crossing the Praecox type 

 with the finest named varieties of Nan- 

 cieanus, Gandavensis, Childsi, Gro£E's, 

 Lemoine, etc. In addition to the ex- 

 quisite colors found in this new type 

 is their wonderful precocity, flowering 

 freely from seed the first year if plant- 

 ed in light rich soil. The flowers that 

 Burpee has been exhibiting this fall in 

 Philadelphia and elsewhere were all 

 cut from plants, seed of which was 



sown in the open during last May. 

 Their full beauty and immense size 

 (many rivalling the giant Princeps> 

 are. however, more fully realized the- 

 second year. 



The colors of the new Fordhook Hy- 

 brid Gladioli include many delightful 

 "pastel" and art shades in combina- 

 tions of salmon, salmon-pink, lavender, 

 light-blue, yellow, white to richest 

 crimson, etc., the pencillings and 

 throat markings being exquisitely 

 lovely. 



Thomas W. Head were the winners. 

 In the section for private growers, 

 James MacDonald, gard. to J. H. Ott- 

 ley, W. H. Waite. supt. of Greystone, 

 W. H. Duckham. Frank Honeyman. 

 gard. to Percy Chubb, and L. G. Forbes 

 got the money. In the "open to all 

 classes" for chrysanthemum blooms 

 we find in the list of 1st prize winners 

 the following names; 



James Rell. gard. to C. K. G. Billings; 

 Ernest Kobinson, gard. to Mrs. M. P. 

 Plant: Frank Honeyman: J. W. Everitt ; 

 A. Williams; Ernest Iti>binson ; .Toseph 

 Tansey. siipt. for II. 51. Tilford : Wm. Vert, 

 gard. to Howard Conld: Erauk Black, gard. 

 to C. E. Chapman: .los. G. P. Kennedy; 

 .Tames Mai'Donakl : Chas. II. Totty : Thomas 

 Wilson, gard. to Mrs. .T. Murray Mitehell: 

 and Henry Cant. gard. to H. L. Pratt, 

 most of them in several classes. Amon.g 

 those not above mentioned who ('ame In 

 on the 2nd prizes were: Walter Angus, 

 gard. to R. & H, Seoville; Percy E. Hicks, 

 gard. to B. H. & H. S. Borden: W. R. 

 Fowkes. gard to Howard Cole; J. (',. P. 

 Kennedy, gard. to Mrs. J. S. Lyle: A. 

 W.vnne. gard. to W. W. Heroy ; and A. 

 Baner, gard. to Henry Coldinan. In the 

 hardy classes the winners were: R. Vin- 

 cent. .Ir. & Sons Co., and Chas. I,. Stanley. 

 In the chrysanthemum plant classes. Peter 

 Duff. gard. to Mrs. .T. (Trosby Brown, won 



five Ists: W. H. Waite. J. W. Everitt and 

 .Tames Bell, one each. Rudolph Heidkamp. 

 supt. H. W. Boettger estate, won one 2nd: 

 in this class and 1st on specimen fern. 

 For orchids, I-ager & Hurrell were 1st and 

 Julius Roehrs Co., 2nd. In the rose 

 classes t-. A. Noe and C. II. Totty cleaned 

 up the commercial section. In the private 

 rose classes A. A. Macdonald, gard. to J. 

 B. Duke, and .Tos. Tansey, won all the 

 Ists. In carnations the winners were Clias. 

 H. Totty. Chas. L. Stanley, Jos. Tansey, 

 A. Wynne and W. R. Fowkes. Wm. B. 

 Thompson on Lorrain^s and Rex begonias, 

 and Max Schneider and Wm. Vest on 

 violets, completes the regular prize list. 

 There were, in addition. G7 specials or gra- 

 tuities awarded in plant and flower classes. 



The judges were Eugene Dailledouze, 

 Peter Duff, George Middleton. J. G. 

 McNichol, Edward Reagan and A» 

 Herrington. 



The Elliott Auction Company, 42 

 Vesey street. New York City, are 

 planning for a big sale next week of 

 roses, and a large variety of other 

 imported hardy material. The rosea 

 have opened up fine and ought to "sell 

 like hot cakes." Note the advertise- 

 ment in this issue. 



