December 14, 1912 



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day on different matters pertaining to 

 liorticulture, every day during the ex- 

 hibition. R. P. Felton, for instance, 

 whose fame as a color artist in plants 

 and flowers is international, will speak 

 on "Color Harmony and Floral Ar- 

 rangement." J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 will give us one of his inimitable 

 talks on some of the gardens of the old 

 world. One or more American floral 

 artists will give lectures on their 

 ideas of floral art from an American 

 point of view, and other well known 

 luen will speak on different phases of 

 horticulture. In this branch alone 

 these lectures ought to put horticul- 

 ture at least ten years ahead. 



This is not an American show alone. 

 Some European exhibitors are having 

 stock specially grown and bulbs forced 

 in this country to give it an interna- 

 tional flavor. 



The Chicago Society, the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, the Shaw 

 Botanic Gardens of St. Louis, all offer 

 gold, silver and bronze medals for this 

 show, as does also the American Insti- 

 tute of the City of New York. 



The hall is large enough; the num- 

 ber of classes is large enough, and 

 every man here present this afternoon 

 can be, if he wishes, represented in 

 a greater or lesser degree in this great 

 show. 



LAELIO-CATTLEYA LUSTRE "LAVENGRO.' 



Special Prizes. 



The receipt of further special prizes 

 is reported by Chairman Chas. H. 

 Totty. among them the following: 



By the Missouri Botanic Garden. St. 

 Louis. Mo., a cash prize of $.500 for the 

 most meritorious new plant exhibited, 

 the plant to be judged as to its 

 economical value or esthetic qualifica- 

 tions, or both, and to possess char- 

 acteristics making it distinctly differ- 

 ent from, or an improvement over, 

 similar plants previously grown. 



By the New York and New Jereey 

 Plant Growers' Association, $25 for 

 the best 50 ft. of geraniums; and $25 

 for the best 50 ft. of bedding plants, 

 geraniums excluded. 



Trade Space Selling Rapidly. 



John Young, manager of the trade 

 exhibition to be held in connection 

 with the International Flower Show 

 to be held in New York in April, 1913, 

 reports that space is being rapidly 

 taken up, and the exhibits staged will 

 be most comprehensive in their scope. 



The following is a list of those in 

 the trade who have already taken 

 space: 



A. N. Piersou. Inc., Cromwell. Conn. $591.00 



W. E. Marshal] & Co., New York.. 220.00 

 .Tohn Lewis Chilfls. Floral Park, 



N. Y 200.00 



Reed & Keller, New York .300.00 



Revere Rnlibpr Co.. Boston, Mass.. 2(i0.00 



Peter Henrterson & Co., New York. 10r;0..=i0 



Pierson-r-Bar Co.. New York COO.On 



Wm. Tricker. Arlinirton. N. J 100.00 



Hitchings &- Co.. Elizabeth, N. J.. 300.00 



The Weathered Co., New York 270.00 



Lord & Burnham Co. 7 Irvington, 



N. Y 900.00 



Roman .T. Irwin. New York 100.00 



Ralph M. Ward. New Xork 100.00 



Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, 



Me 150.00 



Schloss Bros.. New York 1.54.00 



H. F. Michel! Co.. Walden. N. Y... 100.00 

 Coldwell Lawn Mower Co., New- 

 burgh, N. Y 100.00 



Not many of the hybrid orchids have 

 yet gotten into the commercial cut- 

 flower class and it will undoubtedly be 

 a long time before the lovely Brasso- 

 cattleyas, Laelio-cattleyas and other 

 gems of similar origin are within the 

 reach of the florist. The noble flower 

 herewith illustrated, as well as others 

 that have appeared in our pages of 

 late, must whet the appetite of all, 

 however, and everybody, whether 

 growers or decorators, will recognize 



the advance that is being made by the 

 hybridists and enthusiasts who are de- 

 voting their lives to the interests of 

 their loved specialty. 



The Laelio-cattleya here illustrated 

 is an enormous flower, the huge lip be- 

 ing of an intense and brilliant purple. 

 The plant was shown in the collection 

 of Sir George Holford, H. G. Alexan- 

 der grower, at the International Hor- 

 ticultural Exhibition in London and 

 received a first-class certificate. 



Burnett Bros., New York 120.00 



liinff Construction Co., N. Tona- 



wauda. N. Y 150.00 



.T. A. Peterson & Sons. Cincinnati. 75.00 

 Bon Arbor Chemical Co., Kearney, 



N. J 100.00 



.T. M. Thorhurn & Co.. New York.. 050.00 



H. G. Dreyer & Son. Cleveland. O. 100.00 



Kniffht & Struck. New York 200.(10 



.Tohnstnn Heatinsr Co.. New York.. 27.3.00 



Bobbink & Atkins, Robert Craig Co., 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Kroeschell 

 Bros Co.. B. Hammond Tracy, Julius 

 Roehrs Co.. F. R. Pierson Co.. A. T. 

 Boddington, The Advance Co., and the 

 Stumpp & Walter Co. will all take 

 large blocks of space but have not 

 definitely decided on the location or 

 the amount of space they will require. 



Advertising in Prograrrf. 



Among those who have taken space 

 in the official program are: 



A. T. Boddington. Peter Henderson & 

 Co., Florists' Exchange. Revere* Rubber 

 Co.. Brecht Co., W. F. Kasting Co.. Lord 

 & Bnrnham Co.. Hitchings & Co.. Charles 

 H. Totty. Welch Bros., Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, Traendly & Schenck, Philip F. 



Kessler. Henshaw & Fenrich, Apbine Mfg. 

 Co., W. Atlee Burpee & Co., N. F. Mc- 

 Carthy & Co., R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 New York Cut Flower Co., Henry A. Dreer, 

 Inc.. A. N. Pierson. Inc.. New York Cut 

 Flower Co.. Henry A. Dreer. Inc.. A. N. 

 Pierson. Inc.. Johnston Heating Co.. Bur- 

 nett Bros.. John Lewis Childs. P. J. Smith. 

 Walter F. Sheridan. Bon Arbor Chemical 

 Co.. Arthur Cowee, Anton Schultheis. 

 Bndgley Riedel & Meyer. C. C. Trepel. 

 William Thompson's Son (Scotland). Edw. 

 V. Low (England). Schloss Bros.. Roman 

 J. Irwin, R. Vincent. Jr. & Sons Co., 

 Thomas Roland. Gurte Bros. Co.. Coldwell 

 I.awn Mower Co.. P. K. Pierson Co., J. 

 Roehrs Co, Waban Rose Conservatories, 

 Horticnltnral Co., A. J. Guttman. Ine.. 

 Wm. E. Marshall & Co.. J. M. Thorhurn 

 A: Co.. Charles A. Dards. Max Schlinjr, 

 Paul Meconi. Kentucky Tobacco Products 

 Co.. Weathered Co.. MiQj-e. Hentz .t Nash. 

 Advance Co . .T. Willi.ini Colflesh's Sons. 

 E. G. Hill Co.. M. A. Bowe. B. Hammond 

 Tracy, Cottage Gardens Co., A. H. Lang- 

 ,1nhr. H. E. Froment. Sf.:^ndard Thermome- 

 ter Co., Quaker City Rubber Co. Wm. 

 Kessler, The Kervan Co.. Alex. McConnell. 

 Weeber & Don. A L. Miller. Florists' Hall 

 Ass'n of America. E. S. Miller. Knight & 

 Struck. Pierson-L'-Bar Co.. Hontsch & Co. 

 (Germany). 



J. H. PEPPER, 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



