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11 O U T I C U L T U R E 



Novcmbor 10, 1917 



of hlKh quality and excellently ar- 

 ratiKcU. 



We can say nothing as to the prize 

 winners as the Judt;inK hail only Just 

 commenced when the bell ranw tor the 

 last mall, ^^lrlller parllcuhirs In next 

 Issue. The show held npi'ii three du.vs 

 —7th, 8th aiid 9ih. 



ORCHIDS AT HACKENSACK. 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 

 The rifth annual flower show opens 

 today as we ro to press. Florists 

 from all parts of the country are pres- 

 ent. Karly arrivals include H. C. 

 Neubrand and Mr. Carlstrom of A. N. 

 Plerson, Cromwell, Conn.: Mr. Wilson 

 and son, Woodstock, Ont.; Leonard .1 

 Sieger, of Robert Craig Co.. John i; 

 FotherlnKham, of F. R. Plerson Co. Mr. 



E. \V. Neubrand, of Tarrytown will 

 show the Mrs. Henry Winnett rose. 



Gray's Armory, comprising 20,000 

 sq. ft. of floor space has the walls cov- 

 ered with white muslin overlaid with 

 wild smilax and American flags, and 

 the stands are finished in blue and 

 white. A prominent feature is the big 



F. T. D. billboard at one end, domi- 

 nating the room, colorful and striking, 

 and measuring 14 x 50 ft. The design 

 shows Uncle Sam waving his hands to 

 a beautiful landscape entitled, "Amer- 

 ica your flower garden" and the motto 

 "We deliver anywhere." 



The Chrysanthemum and Rose So- 

 cieties are prepared to meet as sched- 

 uled. Mr. Vinson expects a good at- 

 tendance as the people of the city 

 seek diversion after the late strenuous 

 election. Harry L. Davis, who was re- 

 elected mayor, is among the donors to 

 the flower show. Chairman Knoble, 

 Frank Friedley and George Bate had 

 all their preliminary work done on 

 time and in good shape and much en- 

 thusiasm prevails. 



PITTSBURGH FLOWER SHOWS. 



This week sees Pittsburgh's three 

 big autumnal flower displays in full 

 swing. According to the thousands of 

 spectators. Miss Louisa Pockett was 

 easily the star in the Phlpps Conser- 

 vatory last Sunday, but Foreman ,Iohn 

 W'. Jones says that notwithstanding 

 he still considers Mrs. Gilbert Drabble 

 the most aristocratic member of the 

 family. Three houses were utilized 

 for the display, which was arranged 

 in beautiful central mounds of color 

 extending the entire length, while the 

 sides and corners were carried out to 

 correspond. The groups were ar- 

 ranged with the utmost artistic in- 

 genuity and skill, the color massing 

 and blending throughout betokening 

 the master's hand and artist's eye. 



The West Park on the North Side 

 opened the week before with a similar 

 display, supplemented by an exhibi- 

 tion of magnificent begonias. In con- 

 nection with this display is the second 

 annual exhibition of the Pittsburgh 

 Aquarium Society. 



As usual these two municipal ex- 

 hibitions had a friendly rivalry in the 

 private autumnal exhibition of Henry 

 J. Helnz's "Greenlawn" conservatory 

 under the superintendency of A. A. 

 Leach. The sunken garden show room 

 was devoted entirely to chrysanthe- 

 mums, the crowning piece, perhaps, 

 being an umbrella trained specimen 

 of Lillian Doty. Arranged with spe- 



CaTH-KVA l.IliAS Al I^IJ'.MK.NT MOf)RE'8 



IMnc SprayH, Rearing 



Probably nowhere in the United 

 States is it possible to see a finer and 

 unique collection of orchids than at 

 the home of Mr. Clement Moore, 

 Hackensack, New Jersey. Here are to 

 be seen some of the rarest and most 

 beautiful orchid species and hybrids 

 under cultivation. Mr. Moore has been 

 carefully and cautiously collecting 

 these valuable plants for many years. 

 At all times of the year there is some- 

 thing, always out of the ordinary, to 

 be seen here. Mr. Moore's collection 

 comprises all the finest varieties of 

 practically every Cattleya species in 

 cultivation. Including every Cattleya 

 albino of note. Also there Is without 

 doubt the largest and finest collection 

 of hybrids in this country, the major- 

 ity of which have all been raised at 

 Hackensack. They are to be seen 

 here by the tens of thousands, from 

 the germination of seed and at every 

 stage up to the time of flowering. All 

 the difficulties of the raising of orchids 

 from seed have been completely over- 

 come during the past few years by Mr. 

 Moore and his capable orchid grower, 

 Mr. Mossman, and many hybrids In 

 the classes most difficult to rear are 

 here seen nearing their flowering 

 stage. 



It Is a very Imposing sight to see 

 these countless seedlings, all carefully 

 labellf'd with assorted cDlored labels 



Sixty-Dinu FI0WCT8 



denoting their cross. Urassavola hy- 

 brids are grown In abundance. Cattleya 

 gigas has also been a leading feature 

 for a long time and they are here 

 grown to perfection, numerous plants 

 giving from five to seven and even 

 eight flowers on one spike. One of 

 Mr. Moore's favorites, however, is 

 Cattleya Hardyana and without doubt 

 he has the finest and most varied col- 

 lection of this species in existence, in- 

 cluding the beautiful yellow sepaled 

 and petaled variety "Clement Moore" 

 which is an exceedingly rare and most 

 beautiful orchid. 



Practically every known variety of 

 note of Cattleya Trianse, lablata and 

 gigas are in this collection and by 

 skillful culture nearly all the unique 

 plants have been duplicated and In a 

 number of cases, batches have been 

 reared through propagation. It is Im- 

 possible for anyone to get more pleas- 

 ure than does Mr. Moore himself from 

 this pursuit. Kvery house simply 

 bristles with rare gems and with the 

 great care given to the hybridization 

 there are sure to be many more re- 

 markable hybrids emanating from this 

 great collection. 



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cial reference to the children was a 

 neighboring house transformed into a 

 Japanese garden surrounding a dimin- 

 utive Oriental temple. Mr. Leach also 

 had a splendid display of hothouse 

 grapes and other tropical fruits. On 

 Tuesday evening Mr. Leach enter- 

 tained the Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club and the Horticultural Societies of 

 both Western Pennsylvania and 

 Sewickley. 



The first annual exhibition of the 

 Horticultural Society of Western 

 Pennsylvania held last week sur- 

 passed the expectations of the most 

 sanguine. "The best that can be 

 grown'' characterized all the flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables displayed. 



The seal of Pittsburgh, designed of 

 immortelles by Pasquale Fabbozzi, two 

 plants of grafted chrysanthemums by 

 J. M. Jones, and a specimen chrysan- 

 themum grown by Manus Curran, were 

 special attractions. All were awarded 

 prizes, other first winners being A. E. 

 Bonsey, William Thomain, Jr., Frank 



R. Crooks, David W. Fraser, J. Bar- 

 net, .Tames Stewart, Carl Becherer, 

 Ernest Guter, James Gardiner, Super- 

 intendent J. McNamara of the Pitts- 

 burgh Country Club, Fred Wissenbach, 

 Walter James and Thomas Edward 

 Tyler, the latter receiving a special 

 prize for the best all-round exhibit. 

 The judges were James Wiseman, 

 Alexander Davidson and Frank C. 

 Ludenbacher. 



NEW BEDFORD SHOW. 

 The annual chrysanthemum show 

 under the auspices of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society was held 

 In the Public Library on Nov. 1 and 2. 

 The Converse estate as usual sent to 

 the show a magnificent display, as did 

 also R. H. W'oodhouse. Other exhibi- 

 tors were Joseph Nolet, Leonard Hath- 

 away, John Chatburn and the Peck- 

 ham Floral Company of Falrhaven. 

 James Garthly of Falrhaven and John 

 P. Rooney of New Bedford acted as 

 judges. 



