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The Florists' Review 



Apuil G, 1910. 



tliis groat exhibition -nhich was closed 

 to the people on Sunday. J. Otto Thilow 

 was toastniastor. His happy manner of 

 presenting the speakers added much to 

 tiio j)leasure of tlie evening. There was 

 music and song and wit and good com- 

 radeship throughout. Tlie gathering 

 broke up about midnight. 

 The program of toasts was: 



C'hairiiian, Coorsjo Burton, riosidont Florists' 

 Cliili of I'liiladeliil-.ia. 



Toastninsti'i', J. Otto Thilow. 



Om- City, Hon. 'Jlios. H. Smilh. 



Tlio I,a:li«'s, IMw. .lames Cnttell. 



Our Honoioil Guosts, Daniel MacKorie, Presi- 

 dent S. A. V. 



Our Cn.ft, T'liili]) II. Breitnio.vor. 



'I'lie I!ose, Wallaro U. I'lersou. 



'l'l^^ Carnation, .Josepli H. Hill. 



Hdrtii'ulture. \Viu. K. Oude. 



Our Shows, Geo. Asmus. 



ruhlieity, W. V. Thcrkildson. 



The committee in charge of the af- 

 fair was: Fred Hahman, chairman; 

 S. S. Pennock, .7. Otto Tiiilow. Joseph 

 Ileacoi k, John AVestcott, Leo Niessen, 

 John 0. Gracev, Wm. K. Harris, F. J. 

 Mitchell. Jr.. David Rust, D. T. Connor 

 and George Craig. 



Trade Visitors. 



In last week's issue of The Review 

 there appeared a list of about 500 trade 

 visitors whose presence was noted dur- 

 ing the first four days of the show. The 

 following names were added to the list 

 during the closing days: 



A. 



Austin, Frank R., Tuckerton, N. J. 



B. 



Baker, Frank .T., T'tiea, N. Y. 

 Baldwin, C. W.. Seranton. Fa. 

 B.ilsley, Harry. Pi'troit. Mich. 

 Bauer, Otto, Wnshinsxton. I). C. 

 Bopii, ,1. A., and wife. Cumborlaud, Mil. 

 Brin. Frank, Jersey Shore, I'a. 



Brownwell, F. M.. Columbus, O. 

 Burner. Fred G., Baltimore, Md. 

 Byor, Ch IS. A., and wife, ChambersburK, I'a. 



C. 

 C^irey, F., Kennctt Sijuaro, Pa. 

 Clieosenian, H., New York, N. Y. 

 (Marke, W. A., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Cook, Clias. G., Baltimore, Md. 



D. 



Danker, Frank A,. .■Mbanv. N. Y. 

 )tav, \Y. ]<;., Syracuse, N. Y. 

 Don, A. lx.H>, Now York. N. Y. 



E. 

 I%ichhol/, Henry, Waynesboro, Pa. 

 ];kas, Harr.v, Baltimore, Md. 

 Klilrediie, F. L., Seranton, Pa. 

 lOlverson, Wni. II,. New Briirliton, Pa. 

 lenders. E<lward, Chieafio, lU. 

 Erdnian, P. C, Baltimore, Md. 



F. 

 Farr, B. II., W'yomissing, Pa. 



G. 

 Glick, I.oiis B., Baltimore, Md. 

 Gloeekner, Wm. C, Albanv, N. Y. 

 Grandy, Jr., J. W.. Norfolk, Va. 

 Gude, A. E., Washlnston. I>. C. 

 Gust. Bertha U., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Guttman, Mrs. A. J., New York, N. Y. 



II. 



Hale. Chas. F., East Or.Tnge, N. J. 



Hammond. Mrs. Beni.. Beacon. N, Y. 



Hannell, Wm. W., and wife, Watervliet, N. Y. 



Hanson. E., Troy. N, Y. 



Held, Miss, Baltimore, Md. 



ITeriek. H., Johnstown. N. Y. 



IleiT, Chas. B., Lancaster, I'a. 



Houck, Henry, East Orange, N. J. 



J. 

 .Tonkins. R. I... Anarastia. P. C. 

 Johnson. I'>ank. Chicago, 111. 

 Johnston, Bobert W., Baltimore, Md. 



K. 



Kennedy, W. J.. Pikesville, Md. 

 Kessler, Wm., New York, N. Y. 

 Kinder, I. V.. Charleroi, Pa. 

 Klein, !>., New York, N. Y. 

 Krender. Lawrence, Baltimore, Md. 



L. 



Langfold. J. G.. New York, N. Y. 

 I.elir. W-n , li'iltiinore, Md. 

 Livingston, Bobirt, CoIumt)Us, O, 



M, 



McDouMl.l. A. II., Milwaukee, ^Y^s. 



McKissick, Wm. E,, Baltimore, Md. 

 Marshall, E. 0., Keunett Square, I'a. 

 .Martin, Harry P., Alliance, Oliio. 

 Mcnand, E., All).iny. N. Y. 

 Merrltt, Jos., and wife, Colgate, Md. 



N. 



Noubrand, H. C, Cromwell, Conn. 

 Newcomb, Bobert, I'hicago, 111. 

 Nicholson, W. M., Framingham, Mass. 

 Patterson, Chas., Baltimore. Md. 

 Payne, W. G., Pottsville, Pa. 

 Penu, Ohp.s. II., Baltimore, Md. 

 Penn, Henry, Boston, Mass. 

 Pentecost, S. N., Cleveland, O. 

 Perry, Roger N., Worcester. Mass. 

 I'hillips, S. J., Washington, D. C, 

 Pierce, E. W., Baltimore, Md. 



R. 



Randall, Harry I., Worcester, .Mass. 

 Reburn, G. M., Chicago. 111. 

 Rleman, H, E., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Itieman, II. W., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Ritter, J. A., Baltimore, Md. 



S. 

 Saltford, W. G., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

 Scliomaker, C, and wife. New York, N, Y. 

 Schultheis, F. O., Seranton, Pa. 

 Scott, Mrs. John, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Siogwart, Chas., Baltimore, Md. 

 Simon, C. R., Wilmington, Del. 

 Simon, Chas., Jr., Wilmington, Del. 

 Slattery, Miss Elizabeth. Beacon, N. V. 

 Smyth, W. J., and family, Chicago, 111. 

 Stevenson, Tlios., Towson, Mil. 

 Stiles, Mrs. Robert B., Petersburg, \:\. 

 Strange, Geo. W., Orange, N. J. 

 Summers, W. L., Baltimore, Md. 



T. 

 Taylor, IT. W., and wife. Spring City, P.i. 

 Thorns. Walter R,, Atlantic City, N. J. 

 Tracey, Edw. I',, Albany, N. V. 



U. 

 i'ffler. May, Glencoe, Md. 

 Frig, J. A.. Alliance, Ohio. 



V. 



Van Name, W. C, Brooklyn, N, Y. 



W. 

 Wagner, Blanche. Cleveland, 0. 

 Wagner, C. M., Cleveland, O. 

 Wartou, John, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Weber, F. H., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Weiss, N. M., Hatboro, I'a. 

 Welch, Patrick. Boston, Mass. 

 Welsh, Philip B., and wife. Glen M.>rris, Md. 

 Weston, Mrs. Henry, Hempstead. I.. I. 



AT THE NATIONAL FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



Overcrowding Deplorable. 



'I'lic d;iy I arrived in the Quaker City. 

 March 2s, to see the National Flower 

 .Show rain was falling in torrents, but 

 even in the downpour it was ap[)arent 

 the approach to the hall was attractive- 

 ly ])lanted, something impossible at 

 either the New York or Boston na- 

 tional shows. ]\Iichell's hyacinths stood 

 u]i bravely. 



First impressions of tlie sliow were 

 dt'ciilcilly unfavorable. Tlie terrible 

 overcrowding seen on every hand got 

 on 0H(>'s nerves. Good plants there 

 were ill abundance, but few could show 

 tlieir individuality. Groups of noble 

 stove and greenhouse foliage plants had 

 quantities of low subjects, sucli as tu- 

 li]is, hyacinths and even crocuses, 

 jiushed below them, or forming decid- 

 edly incongruous borderings for them. 

 Miscellaneous groups of flowering 

 jilants contained many beautiful plants, 

 but there were in some cases distressing 

 niixtuies of hard woods, soft woods, 

 annuals and Inilbous subjects. The 

 laclv of space was responsible for much, 

 but not all of these incongruities, such 

 as did not exist exccjit in small meas- 

 ure at previous national shows in New 

 York and Boston. 



Show Grew on One. 



It was impossible, owing to the 

 crowded conditions and narrow aisles, 

 to form any true conception of the 

 show from the floor. From a casual 

 walk around, the exhibition seemed 

 small compared to its two predecessors, 

 but a view- from the orchestra stand 

 and balcony gave one a much better 

 idea of the magnitude of the show and, 

 in spite of th(! crowded condition of 

 everything, the longer one walked 

 around the show the more it grew upon 

 one. 



It is safe to say that there was more 

 material shown than at either Boston 

 or New York and that to display it 

 properly a hall treble the size would 

 iiiit have been too large. 



Mostly Local Exhibits. 



The local management cannot well 

 be blamed for the congested conditions. 

 They had no conception that there 

 would be such ;in outpouring of ex- 

 hibits and the proldem at future na- 

 tional shows will be not so much to 

 procure suflicient exhibits as to proper- 

 ly stage them. 



The commercial and private growers 

 around Philadelphia certainly did no- 

 bly and deserve every praise for tho 

 great sacrifices made on behalf of the 

 show, especially in view of the fact 

 that they did not get anything like 



the exhibits from New York that might 

 have been expected, perhaps owing to 

 that city running what many seemed 

 to consider an opposition show a week 

 later. That New \ork's show was not 

 popular with Philadelphians could 

 easily be seen. 



Roland's the Best Exhibit. 



Coming to the individual exhibits, a 

 common ()uerv proi)ounded at such 

 shows is. What was the finest exhibit 

 there? On that point there could be 

 but one opinion. It was tho niatchless 

 group of acacias from Thomas Roland. 

 At Boston and New York ^Mr. Roland 

 had the finest groups, but at Philadel- 

 ]ihia he eclipsed all former efforts. His 

 specimens of pubescens, lieterophylla, 

 pulchcdla, cultriformis, crandis, Drum- 

 mondii. verticillata, Lowii, Ayerii, 

 armata, hispidissinia anil other varieties 

 were as nearly perfect as possible. Such 

 exhibits, taken a distance of 330 miles, 

 entail a heavy sacrifice on the exhibi- 

 toi''s part aii<l are worth a big retaining 

 fee for any show. 



Dreer's Roses. 



Dreer's garden of hybrid tci roses 

 came second in point of tiiorit. The 

 flowers were of magnificent quality, spe- 

 cially fine being Laurent Carle, Mme. 

 Caroline Testout, Duchess of Welling- 

 ton, Lieutenant Chaure, Earl of War- 

 wick, Lady Mary Ward, Gustav Grun- 



