October 5, 1912 



H R T I C U L T U H K 



478 



VINCENT DAHLIA SHOW. 

 While the annual dahlia shows of 

 the past five years held by R. Vincent, 

 Jr., & Sons Co., at White Marsh. Md., 

 would have been a credit to any firm, 

 the arrangements of the one just 

 closed were the most elaborate ever 

 attempted by these people. The in- 

 side exhibition was set up in a part of 

 the large packing shed, and covered 

 a floor space 40 by 100 feet, requiring 

 upwards of 50.000 flowers. Along each 

 side, and so arranged as to completely 

 conceal the wall there was a continu- 

 ous bank of dahlias, 90 feet long and i! 

 feet high, set up in 10-quart galvan- 

 ized buckets which w'ere entirely hid- 

 den by oak foliage. Solid blocks six 

 feet long were so staged as to bring 

 out as tar as possible the contrasting 

 colors and artistic effect of each in- 

 dividual variety. Thirty different va- 

 rieties were staged in this way, viz.: 

 Cuban Giant. Queen Wilhelmina. 

 Lyndhurst. Princess Victoria, Louise, 

 Chas. Lanier. Mrs. C. W. Bassett. 

 Black Beauty. Perle de Lyon, Jeanne 

 Charmant. Bon Ton, Mrs. Geo. Steven- 

 son, Sylvia, Amos Perry. Susan, Souv. 

 de Mme. Moreau, Mas. Lumier, Ara 

 bella, Kreimhllde. Fire Rain, Mrs. 

 Hartong, Mrs. Geo. Cassatt, Flora, Mrs. 

 Chas. L. Seybold, Baronne Schroeder. 

 C. W. Bruton, Mad. Van den Dael, Wm. 

 Agnew, Lucy Fawcett, A. D. Livoni. 



The center table was covered with 

 boards in pyramid shape, pot flats 18 

 by 24 inches were filled with moss, 

 and short-stem dahlias were inserted 

 in them, one variety in a flat; these 

 were then set edgeways on the staging, 

 which required 120 bo.xes to cover it. 



On the opposite side of the center a 

 slanting staging was covered with 

 flats filled with moss and flowers, 

 mai-.ing a solid bank 04 feet long 

 and 6 feet high. A 12-foot space 

 was covered with Delice as a 

 ground in which was a cornucopia of 

 Golden West, followed by a photograph 

 of four of the presidential candidates 

 each in a frame of dahlias 5x0 feet. 

 President Taft was surrounded by 

 Souv. de Gustave Duzon, Wilson by 

 Cuban Giant, Roosevelt by Mrs. 

 Roosevelt, Chafin by Grand Duke 

 Alexis. These were followed by blocks 

 of the same size, of pompon dahlias, 

 In which were circular beds each four 

 feet in diameter, featuring special 

 kinds, finishing with another 12 foot 

 space of .lack Rose surrounding a 

 cornucopia of Master Carl, altogether 

 making a magnificent and much ad- 

 mired arrangement, requiring about 

 10,000 flowers to complete. 



A 12 by G foot design contained a 

 life-size bust photograph of the senior 

 member of the firm surrounded by 

 Cameliaflora in a maltese cross effect 

 filled in with Jack Rose, making a 

 frame 5 feet wide, at each s de of 

 which were panels 18 inches wide of 

 Kreimhilde and Professor Mansfield. 



In the field there are about 35 acres 

 of dahlias and 15 acres of cannas all 

 looking in the best of shape, with 

 every prospect of a splendid crop of 

 roots. The geranium stock houses 0£ 

 standard varieties have all been re- 

 planted, requiring nearly 130,000 

 plants, which are ready to commence 

 cutting and should furnish an enor- 

 mous amount of cuttings, which are. 

 potted directly from the sto:-.\ into 

 2-inch pots. 



AN ASTER FLOAT. 



Herewith is an illustration of James 

 Vick's Sons' float in the Rochester 

 Centennial Parade on Monday, Sep- 

 tember 9th. It was pronounced by 

 every one to be the most beautiful 

 float in the parade. The float was made 

 up entirely of aster blooms, taking 

 over twenty thousand of them. A 

 huge bouquet arranged in a large 

 basket containing over ten thousand 

 asters occupied the rear of the float. 

 The bouquet was nine feet in height 

 from the bottom of the bas'-'et to the 



top of the handle and about eight feet 

 in width. Smaller bouquets were tasti- 

 ly arranged around the float, with a 

 group of young ladies and children 

 seated in the center, each one carry- 

 ing a large bunch of asters. 



The float was drown by six black 

 horses, each led by a page wearing a 

 streamer with the word "Vick" on it 

 in purple. The horses wore white 

 blankets bordered with purple asters 

 and the word "Vick" in the center 

 also made of purple asters. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, NEW 



YORK, 1913. 

 John Young, manager of the trade 

 exhibition to be held in connection 

 with the National Flower Show next 

 spring, reports the following as hav- 

 ing already taken exhibition space: 



Space 

 contr.iot. 

 Peter Heiidensciii & Co., New York.. .$1000 

 A. N. Pierson, Iiio., Cromwell. C'onu. 600 

 Revere Kuliber Co.. Boston, Mass. . 325 

 W. R. Marshall & Co., New York... 220 

 John Lewts Cliild--, Floral Park, N. Y. 200 

 The Weatheretl Co.. Jersey City, N. J. 270 



Hitohings & Co.. Elizabeth, N, J 300 



Reed & Keller. New York 300 



Work on the official program is 

 actively progressing. Among thosj 



Co., New York; Revere Rubber Co., 

 Boston, Mass,; The Florists' Exchange, 

 New York; Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, 

 N. J.; W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Ph'la- 

 delphia, Pa.; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 Boston, Mass.; Henry A. Dreer, Inc.. 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Traendly & Schenck, 

 New York: Phil. F. Kessler, New York. 

 Applications for space in the exhibi- 

 tion, or for advertising space in the 

 official program, should be made to 

 John Young, 54 West 2.Sth St., New 

 York City. J. H. PEPPER, 



Chairman Publicity Committee. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Thf: new Metaloid finish on baskets 

 from the "House of Rice" promises to 

 outrival the famous Antique BUe, 

 made so popular by that firm. Scarce- 

 ly an order for baskets is received un- 

 less it includes this beautiful new 

 color scheme. 



For full information, schedules, space for 

 trade exhibits, etc., write to : John Young, 

 Secretary and Manager for Trade Exhibi- 

 tion, .54 W. 2,sth St., New Y'ork City. 



who have taken pages in the book are 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York: 

 Arthur T. Boddington, New York; 

 Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J.; Lord 

 & Burnham, Irvington, N. Y. ; Hitch- 

 ings & Co.. Elizabeth. N. J.; Breck & 

 Sons, Boston, Mass.; Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.; 

 Welch Bros.. Boston. Mass.; Henshaw 

 & Fenrich, New York; W. F. Kasting, 

 Buffalo, N. Y.; N. F. McCarthy & Co., 

 Bcston. Mass.; New York Cut Flower 



Michells Dahlia Show was the larg- 

 est ever given in their establishment. 

 Hundreds of vases occupied the large 

 exhibition tables. Competition in the 

 different classes was very keen and 

 some splendid specimens were shown. 

 Prize winners were: Wm. Robertson, 

 Wm. Fowler, R. Greinberg. R. J. Mor- 

 row, Robert Schneider, Peter McGratb, 

 H. Field and Chris Borgholt. A silver 

 medal was awarded to Miss Fanny 

 Foster for a new seedling cactus dah- 

 lia. Philip Freud deserves great credit 

 for an artistic arrangement of flowers 

 and show window. A number of trade 

 growers also sent flowers to help out 

 the general effect. 



A correspondent in England advises 

 us that reports of recent heavy rains 

 in that country have not been exag- 

 gerated. In some places the hay was 

 washed over the hedges and large sec- 

 tions were under water. The situation 

 has improved much of late, however. 



