A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF FLOWERS 



MANY were the expressions of delight 

 heard in the floral rink at the 

 Fruit, Flower and Honey Show in regard to 

 the exceptionally fine exhibit of flowers. 

 Not only was the show the largest but it was 

 the best ever held in Toronto. The various 

 exhibits were grouped in such a manner 

 that they showed to the best advantage and 

 the general effect of the exhibits and decora- 

 tions was most pleasing. 



The first few days a change was made 

 in the exhibits. Tuesday was chrysanthe- 

 mum day and Wednesday carnation day. 

 On Thursday roses, violets and made-up 

 work were shown for the first time. An 

 idea of the extent of the floral display may 

 be gained from the fact that there were over 

 i,ooo chrysanthemums, 3,000 carnations and 

 2,000 roses shown. 



The classes were so well filled the judges 

 had a hard task when called on to award the 

 prizes, as the quality of the exhibits and the 

 quantity made it exceedingly difficult co 

 select the winners. The most attractive 

 vase of chrysanthemums was 30 blooms of 

 Dr. Oronhyatekha, shown by Mr. W. J. 

 Lawrence, of Eglinton, which won the cup 

 presented for this class. Messrs. Breet- 

 meyer & Sons, of Detroit, exhibited their 

 new seedling Majestic, and it proved a 

 splendid keeper, as it arrived in Toronto by 

 mistake on the Wednesday previous to the 

 show, and when the flowers were sold on 

 Saturday they were still in excellent condi- 

 tion. The Steele, Briggs Co. displayed a 

 vase of Strathcona, a new variety shown for 

 the first time, and captured first for the be^t 

 six white. This variety is certainly the best 

 white introduced and will doubtless be 

 grown more extensively next year. 



That grand new pink chrysanthemum. 

 Dr. Enguehard, was greatly admired. It 

 is a full, round bloom of a beautiful shade 

 and much superior to anything yet shown. 

 Perhaps the growers have not yet learned 

 how to handle W. Duckham to the best ad- 



vantage, as the bloom shown were slightly 

 disappointing after all that has been heard 

 of this variety. Sunburst, which was intro- 

 duced by Nathan Smith this year, is a very 

 good yellow and should be largely grown 

 next season. While Dr. Oronhyatekha -s 

 the largest yellow grown, yet that grand 

 variety Golden Wedding still holds its own, 

 as was proven by its taking first over Oron- 

 hyatekha in the best yellow. The largest 

 chrysanthemum shown was one of Oron- 

 hyatciviia, grown by J. H. Dunlop, which 

 measured 24 inches in circumference. 



A large display of chrysanthemums was 

 made by Wm. Gammage & Sons, of Lon- 

 don, including six new varieties, introduc- 

 tions of 1904, which won first prize. This 

 firm also won first for the best 12 chrysan- 

 themums in the show. Their exhibits were 

 of superior quality, indicating the excellent 

 methods of culture practised by this firm. 

 All the jars used in the show for cut flow- 

 ers were of the J. Davis & Sons' manufac- 

 ture, and being nicely colored added much 

 to the attractiveness of the display. 



A pine; exhibit of bush plants. 



The bush plants were exceedingly fine. 

 Those grown by the Steele, Briggs Company 

 and the Allan Gardens were especially 

 worthy of mention. The groups of palms, 

 ferns and chrysanthemums were so well ar- 

 ranged that it took the judges some time to 

 reach a decision. The group from the 

 Allan Gardens, as arranged by Mr. E. F. 

 Collins, won the award and the Hallam cup. 

 The group of foliage plants shown by Mr. 

 Chambers, of Exhibition Park, took first 

 prize in this class, as did also his group of 

 orchids, Manton Bros, being second. Splen- 

 did taste was displayed in the artistic ar- 

 rangement of these groups and they were 

 perhaps the finest ever seen in Canada. 



The competition was very keen in the car- 

 nation section, Chanes Turp scoring 6 first 

 prizes and two second prizes out of the 8 

 entries. Great credit is due this grower a*^ 



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