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Apbii< 6, 1916. 



The Flotists' Review 



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erwald, Pharisaer, J. J. L. Mock, Cha- 

 teau de CloB Vougeot, Mme. Leon Paine 

 and Mme. Melanie Soupert. Beautiful 

 as this display was, it would have been 

 better and more educational if the 

 colors had been blocked. The tendencjy^ 

 nowadays is to have beds of one vari- 

 ety, not mixtures. The labels, green 

 with white letterings, were too sub- 

 dued to be read with ease. The garden, 

 however, was a most beautiful feature, 

 easily the most educational of the trade 

 exhibits. 



The Rose Oardens. 



In the competition for the best rose 

 garden, the Robert Craig Co. and A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., made splendid exhibits. 

 Personally, I would have given first 

 place .to the Pierson exhibit, as it was 

 really a rose garden and a delightful 

 one. The ItaJianesque effect of the 

 Craig exhibit was altogether too heavy 

 for my taste, and the fountain far too 

 large, although the exhibit was a beau- 

 tiful one. 



Palms and Stove Plants. 



Palms and stove and greenhouse 

 flowering plants were well shown. The 

 30-foot specimen of Caryota urens and 

 Phoenix Canariensis from William 

 Kleinheinz were noteworthy. They 

 secured the National Association of 

 Gardeners' silver medal for the finest 

 exhibit from a member of that associa- 

 tion. 



Specimen flowering plants were only 

 moderate. Ehododendrons and azaleas 

 were not equal to those seen at the 

 New York National Show three years 

 ago. Schizanthus, cinerarias, cycla- 

 mens, etc., were not equal to New York 

 or Boston. The cyclamens and ciner- 

 arias were inferior to what we have at 

 our regular Boston shows. 



The OrcUds. 



Orchids made a notable display, fully 

 as good as New York had three years 

 ago and decidedly better than Boston 

 had six years ago. Much the finest 

 group was that from J. Qoodier, gar- 

 dener to C. G. Eoebling. A few of 

 his finest plants were Dendrobium Luna, 

 Cypripedium Woodrow Wilson, Cat- 

 tleya Mossiea Beineckiana, Cypripedium 

 concolor, Odontoglossum Uro-Skinneri, 

 O. crispum, Cymbidium Sanderee, Mil- 

 tonia Phalsenopsis alba, Cymbidium 

 Gottianum and C. Paulwelsii and the 

 pure white Dendrobium nobile Ashwor- 

 thianum. Louis Burk's group was also 

 an imposing one. Julius Boehrs Co. 

 had an attractive display, the speci- 

 men of Sophronitis grandiflora being 

 finely flowered. Lager & Hurrell, W, 

 A. Manda and others made fine con- 

 tributions to this section. 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



Bulbous plants were well done, espe- 

 cially the Darwin tulips. Groups of 

 flowering plants contained much good 

 material, but were so terribly over- 

 crowded that they compared unfavor- 

 ably with those seen at New York. The 

 display of hardy evergreens, including 

 topiary yews and boxes from W. A. 

 Manda, Michell 's, Dreer's, Andorra Nur- 

 series, Thomas Meehan & Sons and 

 others were remarkably good. Thomas 

 Long's new and rare fine foliage plants 

 contained some gems. 



Aside from Dreer's rose garden, the 

 Dutch garden of the H. F. Michell Co. 

 was the most attractive of the many 

 fine trade exhibits. 



A good word must be said of the 

 aquarium display. This drew a con- 



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MAX SCHUNG. 



THIS Viennese relates it of himself that when he came to America, in 1898, 

 he worked at eight jobs in the first fourteen months, but what he doesn't 

 tell is that in those few weeks he learned all there was to learn at those many 

 jobs. He was acquiring familiarity with the language and with New York ways 

 of selling flowers. Then, at 26, he started a retail flower business for himself. 

 In these sixteen years he has had just one job, that of doing today a little better 

 work than he and his staff did yesterday. Schling is temperamental, the artist — 

 you'd know that to look at his portrait. He started life as a sculptor, but took 

 up gardening and landscape work and as a youth laid out some of the finest 

 estates in Bohemia. Since Alfred M. Scheider joined him as the business man- 

 ager of the firm his work has made the store adjoining the Plaza hotel one of 

 the best known in New York. 



stant crowd of visitors who seemed to 

 greatly admire the beautiful and fan- 

 tastic forms of the lion heads, tele- 

 scopes, Japanese goldfish, etc. 



Hadley a Bevelation. 



The display of cut roses was far 

 ahead of that seen at previous national 

 shows and was pronounced by many the 

 finest ever seen in America. It was sad 

 to see such magnificent flowers so hope- 

 lessly crowded. American Beauties 

 were grand, but Hadley was the fea- 

 ture of the show. This beautiful rose, 

 as shown by the Joseph Heacock Co. 

 and A. S. Burns, Jr., was a revelation 

 to many. Ophelia came next in popu- 

 larity. Some of the finest, on 5-foot 

 stems, came from J. H. Dunlop, in Can- 

 ada. Killarney Brilliant was much the 

 finest of the Killarney class. Lady 

 Alice Stanley, as shown by John Welsh 

 Young, was grand. Radiance, Russell 

 and Hoosier Beauty came next in favor. 



Carnations and Sweet Peas. 



The carnation display was fine in 

 quality, but less in quantity than I 

 had expected. The New England 

 growers captured the cream of the 

 prizes. Pink Sensation and Cottage 

 Maid loomed up among the large vari- 

 eties, while Matchless, Pink Delight, 

 Beacon, Gorgeous, Benora and Baur & 

 Steinkamp's new cerise pink seedling 

 were noteworthy among the others. 



Sweet peas made a wonderful show- 

 ing March 29. The advance made in 

 the winter Spencers is remarkable. 

 William Sim captured most of the firsts 

 in a strong competition. The display 

 of these was much better than at New 

 York three years ago. 



Two Commendable Features. 



A distressing feature to many, but 

 one which gave peculiar pleasure to the 

 writer, was the absence of tobacco 

 smoke in and about the exhibition. An- 



