Mauch .M), I'.lKi. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



General View of the National Flower Show, Philadelphia, Looking from the Balcony Above the Entrance. 



l.SDII ])liiiits wt'io fuiicil to iiisiiit> tlH> 

 perfect ni.iinteiiaiite of the exhibit for 

 nine days. An interesting point is that 

 thoufjh this is one of tlie notable ex 

 liil)its of tiie sliow, and awarded two 

 gohl medals, it really is a trade's dis 

 play, the house of Dreer payinjj $1,'J(»0 

 foi' the \ise of the space orciipied. 



M. ir. Walsh, of Woods Hole. Mass., 

 brought a large display of the ranibleis 

 for which he is f;inious. It is called a 

 New Kngland garden, Itut the only ef 

 fort for effect is to group the plants, 

 all of which ai'c laryc .ind in tnli>, 

 around a sundial. 



The rose gardens of A. X. Picrsoii. 

 Inc., Croniwidl, ("onn.. and Robert ('rai;i 

 <"()., Philadelpliia. W(>re planned for ef 

 feet and ai-e splendid examples ot' the 

 decoi-ators* art. Tin' <'iaig gaidi'U i- 

 smr'onihb'd by a representation of ;i 

 niarble wall, while the I'iersori artist 

 cjiose a simple iiistir t'eiice. In each 

 case the randders clainber over the en 

 closuic. ill the rieisoii display almost 

 co\eiiii^' it. I'ierson lias ;i lied ot ro--e- 

 in the center ot' his lawn, wiiile ('laiL; 

 iise> a I'oiintain. The jinl^^es had a dilli- 

 clilt tillK' o\ er these rose gardens, ;Mld 

 it iiia\' lie said that anv one ol' the 

 lour principal exhiiiits ot' rose plants 

 would li;i\e bet'u made tin' central and 

 most coiispiciioiis I'eatiire of any pre 

 \ ioiis show . 



Gardeners" Participation. 



No account ol' the s|iecial reatiives 



of the show W(nilc| Ik inplide if it did 



nid- imdude some mention of tiie splen 

 (liil manner in which the |iri\ate i^ar 

 <|eners of the \icinity Ikinc coiih' to its 

 support. Philadelphia is famous far and 



near for the skill of its ganleners ami 

 the liberality of their employers. Nearly 

 e\ery pronunent estate in the vicinity' 

 is re|iresente<l and it will he fouml that 

 neaily all jiartii i]iate in the distribution 

 of the awards, published in fidl farther 

 on in this artiide. One of the features 

 (d' their disj)la>s, aside from the high 

 (piality of their specimen jilants, was 

 the number of grtaijis of inixecl tlowei- 

 ing plants, all more or less im|iression 

 istic in the ccdor effect luodiiced. Init 

 n(uie the less excelliMit. William 

 Kleinludn/. of the Wideiier estate, is 

 chairman ol' the i-ommittee on exhiidts 

 aiol .among his assistants has Thomas 

 Logan ■•ind Thomas Long. whi(di to 

 tliose w iio know will in a nu'asiire ac 

 count for the .sfreiiLith ot' the gardeneis' 

 show ini;. 



The Retailers" Exhibits. 



W'liile tiie retail llorists were I'eipiire.l 

 to piiii hase trade sjiace for their dis 

 plays, they deserve to In' (dasse I amoiiL; 

 the s|ieiial reatlires ol' the show instead 

 ol' in its com inercia I seition. The 

 Philachdphia retailers ne\er bel'ore ha\e 

 cou'.e to tiie front in the way the\' liaxe 

 done for this show. TJie pit\- is thev 

 coilM not be gi\en moi'e spa<e; the re 

 tail exhiiiits alone windcl niake a cred 

 itable flower show. 



Charles I!, (irakelow rninislied a 

 dinine' room complete and is putting on 

 a t'resli and ilistimdive iji'corat imi eacli 

 da\. X'ollers" llonse of PIowcis ji.-i^ 

 a garden scene, with marble furniture: 

 the llowcrs are plants in baskets and cut 

 sto(d< in \ase arrangements, ihan^ed 

 ilaily. .1. \V(d(ll' Myer shows a dinner 

 decoration, sfaitiug with an immense 



heart of pink sweet pt'as an<l changed 

 daily. Jolin ('. Gracey has l)asket anci 

 flower bowl iirriingeinents in his booth. 

 The London Flower Shop features flower 

 bowls of nian.x' wares. .Jcdin .1. ('on 

 ufdiy Lstate has a. display of do\<'s. 

 ribbons running from a central one, 

 representing the store, to each of six 

 teen others I'epresent ing the Main Line 

 towns the store serves. 



Harrv S. I'.et/ Nniseiy i'o. ami .bdin 

 Kuiin show llaster plants, some of 

 them made np in baskets. 



In till' competitive classes <'harles II. 

 I'ox entered lor the Pultbc licdger 

 trophy f(u- a study suitable for its pi.- 

 torial section cover and wim with ''A 

 P.it (d' Old lionie, " ' jdctiired in Tiie 

 li'ev iew some time ago. 



-V iiovidty that attracte.l much atten 

 (ion and which will be seen at moi.- 

 tiian one show of the future is the re 

 tailer>' ".\rt Oallery." This is a 

 lai^e room with ricji red han-in-s in 

 which are a number ot' boxes with deep 

 g<dd fiaines to i-epresent |paintiii^s. in 

 '■uch frame and illuminated by ,i 

 sIkkIcI litiht is a iieantifnl basket or 

 vase of Mowers. .\mon^- tiios,. \\l,ii ;iie 

 assi^tiiii;- in ma i lit a iniiii;- the art uallerv 

 • ire Willudni 's Lo^^aii l-'lowei' Shop. 



b'npert Kienle. \oller-~' House of |'"|(j\\ 

 ers, (leoi'je Williams, IMwards floral 

 Hall at .\tlantic ( 'itv. M. .1. ( iillahan. 



' . II. * i I a k elow . .1 , ( '. (I I ;iri'V a n> I ^ev 

 ei;i I who place no i-,'i i .|s imi t hei i ,■ \ 

 hibit-. 



The Aciuarium Exhibit. 



I u lonnect ion with t he -how t here 

 was an exhibiti(Ui by the lisli laiicieis 

 of Phil.'idelphia ;ind vicinity which 



