April 1, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



447 



J. H. Dunlop. Mrs. Ward, Robert 

 Simpson, second, Gude Bros. Any 

 other red, F. R. Pierson Co., second, 

 Gude Bros. Any other pink, Florex 

 Gardens, second, F. H. Kramer. Any 

 new rose not in commerce, Waban 

 Rose Conservatories, Natick, Mass., 

 with Mrs. Bayard Thayer. The list of 

 awards in the classes for twenty-five 

 blooms appears to have been left out 

 of the copy in our hands so that we 

 cannot at the present time make any 

 report thereon. 



The sweepstakes silver cup for the 

 best vase of fifty roses in the hall was 

 won by Joseph Heacock Company 

 with their vase of Hadley. The 

 sweepstakes prize for best vase of 

 twenty-five roses was won by A. S. 

 Burns, Jr., with his vase of Hadley. 



Roses in pots and tubs for private 

 growers: first prize for six ramblers 

 won by John Wanamaker, gardener 

 J. H. Dodd; all the other prizes in this 

 section, seven in all, were won by John 

 W. Pepper. On cut roses, first prize 

 winners were Wm. Kleinheinz, John 

 A. Brown, Devon, B. S. Welsh, Chest- 

 nut Hill, Hamilton Farms, Gladstone, 

 N. J., gard. J. Walker. Each of these 

 exhibitors were winners in several 

 classes. 



THE CARNATIONS. 



Carnations were staged on Tuesday, 

 the terraced platforms on the side of 

 the music balcony and opposite the 

 rose displays, being devoted to them. 

 jiS with the roses, it was necessary to 

 remove a large number of miscellan- 

 eous plant displays to make room for 

 the carnations. The quality of the 

 flowers shown was "top-notch" and the 

 visitors swarmed about them in admir- 

 ation. 



The classes for vases of 100 blooms 

 made the most effective display. In 

 the white class. Cottage Gardens was 

 1st and A. A. Pembroke 2nd; flesh 

 pink, A. A. Pembroke 1st, Wm. Wound- 

 er 2nd; light pink and dark pink, A. A. 

 Pembroke 1st, Cottage Gardens Co. 

 2nd in both classes; red or scarlet. 

 Cottage Gardens Co. 1st, Wm. A. Daw- 

 son 2nd; crimson, J. W. Minot 1st, 

 A. N. Pierson 2nd; variegated, Hali- 

 fax Gardens 1st, E. F. Lieker 2nd. In 

 the classes for fifty of specified varie- 

 ties the winners of 1st prizes were 

 E. P. Lieker, Strout's, Halifax Garden 

 Co., Cottage Gardens Co., S. J. God- 

 dard, A. A. Harvey & Sons, A. A. Pem- 

 broke, each of these exhibitors win- 

 ning in two or more classes. E. G. 

 Hill Co. got the Kroeschell gold medal 

 for the twelve largest blooms in the 

 show. The silver Jubilee medal was 

 awarded to Cottage Gardens Co. for 

 Crystal White and bronze Jubilee 

 meaal to A. A. Pembroke for Pink 

 Sensation. Preliminary certificate to 

 Evendon Bros., Williamsport, Pa., 

 for white seedling, 86 points. Hon- 

 orable mention to J. D. Thompson 

 Carnation Co., for Aviator and Superb, 

 Baur & Steinkamp for cerise seedling, 

 Bassett & Washburn for Belle Wash- 

 burn, H. A. Richards, Greenfield, Mass., 

 for rose pink seedling and Potcr Fisher 

 for Flake Beauty. 



THE SWEET PEAS. 



Sweet peas were staged on Wednes- 

 day. They made a sparkling effect 

 such as no other flower in mass pro- 

 duces. In this section there were 1st, 

 2nd and 3rd prizes and most of the 



Fhoto by B,:ll .5- Fischer, Phiia. 

 "A leedle bit o' Hollanfl" might truly be termed the exhibit of Michell's Seed House. 



clastes were filled up. In the color 

 classes for twenty-five sprays Wm. 

 Sim won seven 1st prizes, and one 

 2nd; John M. Barker. Jlorristown. N. 

 J., four 2nd and one 3rd; Allan Har- 

 vey, Brandywine Summit, Pa., one 

 2nd and four 3rd; R. M. Isenhart, Tor- 

 re.sdale. Pa., one 1st and two 2nd; 

 Gude Bros., two 1st and two 3rd; Mrs. 

 A. Gontram, one 2nd, one 3rd; John H. 

 Donlop, one 3rd. The same exhibitors 

 were represented in the classes for 

 fifty sprays, Wm. Sim capturing nine 

 Ists, and R. M. Isenhart three. 



In class for vase of 100 one color 

 arranged for effect. John M. Barker 

 was 1st. John H. Dunlop 2nd; 100, two 

 or more colors, arranged for effect, 

 Mrs. A. Gontram, Holmesburg, Pa., 

 1st, A. C. Zvolauek, Bound Brook, N. 

 J., 2nd. The Michell silver medal for 

 100 Sensation was won by Wm. Sim, 

 also the same award for Rose Queen, 

 the bronze medal going to R. M. Isen- 

 hart. The Michell gold and silver 

 medals for vase of flowers without 

 foliage were won by R. M. Eisenhart 

 and Allan Harvey, respectively. The 

 $10C prize for 100 ft. display was won 

 by Wm. Sim. with W. Atlee Burpee 

 2nd and J. H. Smith, Ridgefield, Conn. 

 3rd. J. H. Smith won 1st Zvolanek 

 prize and Gude Bros. 2nd, for best and 

 largest collection. Private gardener 

 class, J. H. Smith 1st, Mrs. C. Brad- 

 ley. Convent, N. J., 2nd. The table 

 decoration prizes were won by Lon- 

 don Flower Shop and Forrest Flower 

 Shop, respectively; basket of sweet 

 peas, Chas. Henry Fox and Ludwig 

 P. VoUers; bride's bouquet, Forrest 

 Flower Shop and L. P. VoUers; cor- 

 sage bouquet, Forrest Flower Shop 

 aud Gude Bros. 



which A. L. Miller was chairman, was 

 busy during the trip making every- 

 body comfortable. Leaving New York 

 under lowering skies we soon ran into 

 the rain after a lialf hour's ride and 

 arrived in Phlhulelpliia at noon to 

 find the rain falling hard. The dele- 

 gation was met at the station by a 

 committee of the Philadelphia Flor- 

 ists' Club, headed by J. Otto Thilow 

 and escorted to the restaurant where 

 the railroad company had laid covers 

 for the crowd. After all were seated 

 .Mr. Thilow made a gracious speech of 

 welcome and introduced the represen- 

 tative of the Mayor of Philadelphia, 

 who very cordially welcomed the New 

 York visitors. Mr. HoUoran respond- 

 ed for New York. 



Alter enjoying a very well prepared 

 and satisfactory luncheon we made 

 our way to the train for North Phila- 

 delphia. Drawn up on the station plat- 

 form was a band of music behind 

 which the visitors formed in proces- 

 sion and marched in the rain to the 

 exhibition hall. 



One very pleasant feature at the 

 luncheon was the presentation to the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia of a 

 stand of colors— The American fiag 

 and one bearing an inscription from 

 the New York Florists' Club. Most of 

 the New York people returned to the 

 city on the evening train. 



NEW YORK DAY. 



"New York Day" at the National 

 Flower Show attracted 200 New York 

 Florists' Club members and their 

 friends to the special train that left 

 the Penn. station at 10 o'clock on 

 Tuesday morning. The committee, of 



The judges, Philip Breitmeyer, Alex. 

 B. Scott and George C. Thomas, Jr., 

 in reporting on their award of the 

 Gold Medal for the Dreer Garden of 

 Roses, prefaced it with the following 

 preamble: 



In nwiirding the Gold Medal for the Bx- 

 Irihltlon of Rcsos by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 

 the .TudRcs feel that a apiclnl word of com- 

 mendation should accompany the award. 



Xever before at any Flower Show In the 

 Irilted States lias such a result been 

 achieved. The patience and Interest re- 

 iliilied to aecomi)llsh this result Is worthy 

 iif our slncereat appreciation. 



The Kxhlblt ns arranpred deserves the ap- 

 proval of the most artistic and will surely 

 be a factor In maklug Philadelphia Show a 



