December 11. 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



767 



SOCIETY of AMERICAN FLORISTS 



Fourth National Flower Show, Philadelphia, 

 March 25 to April 2, 1916. 



With a view to adding to the attrac- 

 tion of some of the display classes, the 

 schedule committee last week decided 

 to increase the prizes in the class cov- 

 ering Rose Gardens to ?1,000, offering 

 $500 as first. $300 as second, and $200 

 as third prizes. The prizes in the class 

 for display of rose plants to cover 200 

 sq. ft. of space, have been increased 

 from $125 and $75 to $200 and $100. 



Special Prizes. 

 The second preliminary schedule has 

 just been mailed. It comprises 44 

 pages, and the prizes offered approxi- 

 mate $2(1,000. It is the largest sched- 

 ule ever put out for a flower show in 

 America. Many of the prizes offered 

 by outside interests appear in the new 

 edition. Quite a number of classes are 

 underwritten by Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. 

 Philadelphia, Henry F. Michel! Co.. 

 Phlla.. Hosea Waterer, Phila., W. At- 

 lee Burpee & Co., Phila.. and Zand- 

 berger Bros.. Valkenburg, Holland. 

 Other donors of special prizes noted 

 are Phili]) Breitmeyer, Detroit; Harry 

 Balsley, Detroit; H. G. Berning, St. 

 Louis; Hugh B. Barclay, Marion, Pa.; 

 Emil Buettner, Park Ridge. III.; John 

 Cook, Baltimore: Eugene Dailledouze, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y.; J. H. Dunlop, Toron- 

 to; W. H. Elliott. Brighton, Mass.; A. 

 Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa.; Gude Bros. 

 Co., Washington, D. C; Geo. B. Hart, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; Hess & Swoboda, 

 Omaha. Neb.; Benj. Hammond, Bea- 

 con, N.Y.; A. H. Hews Co., Cambridge, 

 Mass.; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. X. Y.; 

 Leo Niessen Co., Phila.; Michigan Cut 

 Flower Exchange. Detroit; J. A. Peter- 

 son & Sons, Cincinnati; S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., Phila.; A. N. Pierson. Inc.. 

 Cromwell. Conn.; M. Rice Company, 

 Phila.; Max Schling, Xew York; U. S. 

 Cut Flower Co., Elniira, N. Y.; Mrs. 

 Chas. Wheeler, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Anton 

 C. Zvolanek. Lonipoc, Cal. Other spe- 

 cial prizes have been received and 

 will find places in the final schedule. 



Rose Rules. 



Exhibitors of roses in both commer- 

 cial and private classes are reminded 

 that under a new rule of the American 

 Rose Society, all roses with more than 

 two growths (one pinch) will be dis- 

 qualified, excepting in the classes call- 

 ing for displays, and for lOii or more 

 blooms in a vase, when two pinches 

 will be allowed. The rose section as 

 prepared by the American Rose Socie- 

 ty, contains an unusually liberal list 

 of premiums, which aggregate consid- 

 erably over $4000. Almost all the va- 

 riety of roses used commercially as 

 cut flowers are classed, and new varie- 

 ties are provided for; while Perpet- 

 uals. Teas. Wichuraianas and Pohan- 

 thas, and their hybrids, grown in pots 

 and tubs, are amply provided tor. 



Carnation Classes. 



There is a liberal schedule prepared 



by the American Carnation Society 



covering carnations. The prizes for 



display covering 150 sq. ft. are $200, 



$150 and $100. Prizes of $50, $35 and 

 $15 are offered for vase of carnations, 

 not to exceed 300 blooms, one or more 

 varieties, greens and ribbons allowed. 

 The retail classes in the carnation 

 section are somewhat novel. In the 

 class tor table decorations. $50 will 

 be awarded to each table scoring not 

 less than 90 points, $40 to each table 

 scoring not less than SO points, and 

 $30 to each table scoring not less 

 than 70 points. Another class covers 

 basket arrangements, and the same 

 idea prevails as to awards; $25 will 

 be awarded to each arrangement 

 scoring not less than >80 points, $20 

 to each arrangement scoring not less 

 than 80 points, and $15 to each ar- 

 rangement scoring not less than 70 

 points. But only six entries will be 

 accepted in either of these classes. 

 Immediately following the judging, 

 the secretary will remove the entry 

 cards from all the exhibits in these 

 classes, and only the regulation dis- 

 play cards as prescribed by the man- 

 agement will be permitted on the dis- 

 plays. The reason for this ruling is 

 obvious to retailers. The carnation 

 display will really form the "Jubilee 

 Exhibition" of the American Carna- 

 tion Society, celebrating the society's 

 25th anniversary, and in commemora- 

 tion of it the society offers its special 

 Silver Jubilee Medal for award to each 

 winner of one or more first premiums 

 in the vase classes. 



Sweet Peas, Etc. 

 The American Sweet Pea Society in- 

 cludes a schedule covering standard 

 winter orchid-flowering varieties and 



1915 novelties. Notable in this section 

 are the classes covering the Burpee 

 prizes for the largest display of Win- 

 ter or Summer-flowering, or both, and 

 the Zvolanek prizes for the best and 

 largest collection of Winter-flowering 

 Grandiflora and Orchid Sweet Peas, all 

 correctly named, varieties introduced 

 prior to 1916. Liberal prizes are 

 offered for retailers' exhibits. 



The American Gladiolus Society 

 aims for a display of forced blooms at 

 this show, and lias prepared a section 

 of the schedule calling for about $300 

 in prizes. 



In the plant sections very little 

 change has been made, the provisions 

 made therein having been considered 

 ample. 



Copies of the Second Preliminary 

 Schedule may be had on application to 

 John Young. Secretary, 53 W. 28th 

 Street, New York. 



NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL 

 FLOWER SHOW. 

 April 5 to 12, 1916. 



What will be something of an inno- 

 vation at Flower Shows will be the 

 class added to the Premium Schedule 

 for the forthcoming show in the Grand 

 Central Palace, New York, covering a 

 window box, of wood, to contain flower- 

 ing plants of a nature to last through 

 summer, outdoors. The first prize. 

 $25, is offered by Miss Georgie Wayne 

 Day, of New York. Louis Sherry, the 

 well-known restaurateur, has offered, 

 through A. L. Miller, a $100 cup, to be 

 awarded in the discretion of the com- 

 mittee. The Hotel Astor, also through 

 Mr. Miller, offers a $50 cup. Emile 

 W. Savoy, of Secaucus. N. J., offers 

 $25 sweepstakes for the best specimen 

 Bougainvillea, open class. 



There is still a good supply of copies 

 of the Preliminary Schedule on hand. 

 Any one interested, not in possession 

 of a copy, should make application for 

 one to John Young, Secretary, 53 W. 

 28th street, New York. 



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