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The Flcdists' Review 



Apbil 6, 1916. 



bureau has been quite clearly demon- 

 strated. Great credit is due to Chair- 

 man Gowperthwaite and his capable 

 corps of assistants for the way in which 

 their work was done. People were 

 shown the exhibits they wanted to see, 

 introductions were given, the show 

 wheels were made to move smoothly. 

 Everything was done that could be 

 done for each and every one who asked. 

 And, of course, there were funny inci- 

 dents. The first man who called asked, 

 "How can I make a million dollars!" 

 To which Mr. Gowperthwaite instantly 

 replied, "Get a job in the mint." A 

 perplexed lady inquired, "Where are 

 my mother and sister!" "Describe 

 them please, madam, and one of us will 

 try to find them." A man telephoned 

 to know whether he must remove his 

 hat in the show, explaining that he 

 was bald and would take cold with his 

 hat off. He was told to come with his 

 hat on and they would be glad to see 

 him. So it went — a spirit of good 

 humor prevailed at this bureau, even 

 under trying conditions. 



One or Two Things. 



The sale of the wonderful collection 

 of acacias from Thomas Boland, of Na- 

 hant, Mass., which was made public 

 March 31, was a pleasant surprise, the 

 more so as the plants are to remain 

 at Philadelphia. The purchase was 

 made by William Kleinheinz, for Joseph 

 E. Widener, at a price said to be $3,000. 



The greatest crowds on the closing 

 day were at the aquarium exhibits, espe- 

 cially that of Franklin Barrett, and at 

 the Dutch garden of the Henry F. 

 MicheU Go. Long lines of people moved 

 slowly past both exhibits. 



Philadelphia florists supported the 

 show by paying $11,000 for 44,000 trade 

 tickets. 



The committee on premium list has 

 every reason to be proud of its work. 

 Practically every class filled. The only 

 exception was in the section prepared 

 for the American Gladiolus Society, 

 which brought out not one exhibit. 



Someone played a practical joke on 

 Mark Palmer Mills April 2, who was 

 "arrested" at Convention hall for vio- 

 lating the Sunday law. It looked pretty 



serious to Mr. Mills for a moment, but 

 he soon found it was a joke and re- 

 covered his usual air of cheerfulness. 



A. A. Pembroke asks that it be stated 

 that he was awarded the sweepstakes 

 silver medal in the classes for 100 car- 

 nations on his vase of Pink Sensation, 

 although the official list of awards sup- 

 plied to The Review and published last 

 week stated Mr. Pembroke to have re- 

 ceived the bronze medal. 



C. Wurst is gardener to Louis Burk, 

 Olney, Pa., and John Hobson is gardener 

 to E. A. Schmidt, Radnor, Pa. In last 

 week's list of awards at the show the 

 names of gardener and owner were 

 transposed. 



The exhibitors believe a free show, 

 like that of Sunday, is a mistake, as it 

 encourages the undesirable visitors. 



A meeting of the National Flower 

 Show committee was held in the head- 

 quarters in the Widener building April 

 3. It was announced that the profit 

 on the show will be between $8,000 and 

 $10,000. The attendance of the eight 

 days the show was open to the public 

 is estimated at 150,000. 



Sweet Peas. 



The arrival of the sweet peas March 

 29 brought additional strength to the 

 show. They were staged in three sep- 

 arate positions. A central group on the 

 main fioor was filled by the 'exhibit of 

 William Sim, of Oliftondale, Mass. This 

 group was circular in form, composed 

 of some seventy-five vases, rising to 

 a height of five feet in the center. 

 There were twenty-five blooms of one 

 variety in each vasfe. Such sweet peas 

 were a revelation even to the experts. 

 Mr. Sim carried off a large number of 

 the first prizes from a strong field of 

 competitors. Nearby was the exhibit 

 of Qude Bros. Co., of Washington, D. C., 

 choice blooms, beautifully arranged with 

 ferns. The main body of exhibitors had 

 their displays on the staging above, dis- 

 plays that were most creditable to the 

 American Sweet Pea Society and to 

 themselves. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Go. had a fine 

 table of all their choicest varieties of 

 sweet peas, carefully labeled. Their 

 exhibit attracted much attention and 



Exhibit of M. Rice Co., in the Trade's Section of the Natiooal Show. 



was in perfect condition on the closing 

 day. 

 The awards follow: 



OPBN TO ALL. 



Twenty-flye sprays, pink and white — William 

 Sim, Oliftondale, Mass., first; John M. Barker, 

 Morristown, N. J., second; Alban Harvey & Sons, 

 Brandywlne Summit, Pa., third. 



Twenty-flve sprays, white — William Sim, first; 

 Alban Harrey & Sons, second; Mrs. A. Oontram, 

 Holmeshurg, Pa., third. 



Twenty-five sprays, deep pink or rose — William 

 Sim, first; R. M. Isenhart, Torresdale, Pa., sec- 

 ond; Harvey & Sons, third. 



Twenty-five sprays, light pink— R. M. Isenhart, 

 first; John M. Barker, second; Qude Bros, Co., 

 Washington, D. 0., third. 



Twenty-five sprays, cream pink or salmon — 

 William Sim, first; F. C. Luckenbacker. New 

 York, second. 



IVenty-flve sprays, blue or purple — Wm. Sim, 

 first; John M. Barker, second; Harvey & Sons, 

 third. 



Twenty-flve sprays, red or crimson — Gude Bros. 

 Co., first; Wm. Sim, second; John M. Barker, 

 third. 



IVenty-flve sprays, light lavender— Wm. Sim, 

 first; Mrs. A. Gontram, second; Gude Bros. Co., 

 third. 



Twenty-flve sprays, dark lavender — Gude Bros. 

 Co., first. 



Twenty-flve sprays, orange — Wm. Sim, first; 

 R. M. Isenhart, second; John H. Dunlop, Toronto, 

 Ont., third. 



Twenty-flve sprays, any other color— R. M. 

 Isenhart, first; John M. Barker, second. 



Fifty sprays, pink and white— Wm. Sim, first; 

 Mrs. A. Gontram, second; Harvey & Sons, third. 



Fifty sprays, white— Wm. Sim, first; Harvey 

 & Sons, second: John M. Barker, third. 



Fifty sprays, deep pink or rose— Wm. Sim, 

 nrst; R. M. Isenhart, second; Mrs. A. Gontram. 

 third. 



Fifty sprays, light pink— R. M. Isenhart, first; 

 I*. C. Luckenbacker, second; John M. Barker, 

 third. 



Fifty sprays, cream pink or salmon — Wm. Sim, 

 fljft; B. M. Isenhart, second; Gude Bros. Co., 



T r"*7, sprays, blue or purple — Wm. Sim, first: 

 John M. Barker, second; Gude Bros. ^Oo., third. 



Fifty sprays, red or crimson— Wm. Sim, first: 

 John M. Barker, second; Gude Bros. Co., third. 



Fifty sprays, light lavender— Wm. Sim, first; 

 """le Bros. Co., second; John M. Barker, third. 



Fifty sprays, dark lavender— Wm. Sim, first; 

 Mrs. A. Gontram, second; John M. Barker, third. 



Fifty sprays, orange— Wm. Sim, first; Mrs. A. 

 Gontram, second; Gude Bros. Co., third. 



Fifty sprays, any other color— R. M. Isenhart. 

 first; John M. Barker, second; Gude Bros. Co.. 

 third. 



One hundred sprays, one color, arranged for 

 effect— John M. Barker, first; J<An H. Dunlop. 

 jsecond. ^ 



One hundred spray*, two or more colors, ar- 

 ranged for effect— Mrs. A. Gontram, first; k. 0. 

 Zvolanek. Ix)mpoe, Cai, second. 



One hondred sprays Sensation— Wm. Sim, first. 



One hundred sprays Rose Queen- Wm. Sim. 

 first; R. Jd. Isenhart. second. 



Vase of sweet peas without foliage— R. M. 

 Isenhart. first; Harvey & Sons, second. 



Display of sweet peas covering 100 sonare feet 

 — Wm. Sim. first; W. Atlee Burpee aTCo., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. second. 



Best and largest collection of wlnter-flowerlnc 

 ^andlflcwa and orchid sweet peas— J. H. Smith 

 Rldgefleld. Conn., first; Gude Broa. Co.. second, ' 



PRITATD OABDBNBRS, 

 Six vases, twelve sprays to a rase, six varie- 

 ties— J. H. Smith, first: Mrs. 0, Bradley. Con- 

 vent, N. J., second, 



BESTAIL FLORISTS. 



Table decwatlon of sweet peas— London Flower 

 Shop. Philadelphia. Pa., first; Forrest Flower 

 Shop, Philadelphia, Pa., second. 



Basket of sweet peas— Chas. Henry For, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., first; Ludwig P. Vollers. PhUadel- 

 phla. Pa., second. 



Bride's bouquet of sweet peas— Fcirrest Flower 

 Shop, first; Lndwlg P. Vollers, second. 



Corsage bouquet of sweet peas — Forrest Flower 

 Shop, first; Gude Bros. Co., second. 



The Bose Displays. 



There were three entries in the class 

 for a display of cut roses to be shown 

 in 200 square feet of space March 30. 

 They were from A, N, Rerson, Inc, 

 Cromwell, Conn.; the Joseph Heacock 

 Co., Wyncote, Pa., and the F, R. Pierson 

 Co., Tarrytown, N. T. The displays 

 were all tastefully arranged and gave 

 the judges food for careful thought. 



The prizes were awarded as follows: 



Display of cut roees, covering 200 square feet — 

 A. N. Pierson, Cromwell. Conn., first; Jos. Hea- 

 cock Co., Wyncote, Pa., second; P, B. Pierson, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., tblrd. 



The Oamation Display. 



March 31 was the second carnation 

 day. There was only one entry in the 



