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

 teau de Cloa Voufjeot, Mine. 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 tendency 

 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 Gardens. 



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 Italianesque 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 urcns and 

 Phoenix Canariensis from William 

 Kleinheinz were noteworthy. They 

 secured the National Association of 

 (iardeners' silver medal for the finest 

 exhibit from a member of that associa- 

 tion. 



Specimen flowering plants were only 

 moderate. Ixhododendrons and azaleas 

 were not equal to those seen at the 

 Xew York National Show three years 

 ago. Schizanthus, cinerarias, cycla- 

 mens, etc., were not equal to New York 

 or Boston. The cyclamens and ciner- 

 arias wore inferior to what we have at 

 our regular Boston shows. 



The Orchids. 



Orchids made a notable display, fully 

 as good as New York had three years 

 ago and decidedly better than Boston 

 had six years nj^o. Much the finest 

 group was that from J. Goodier, gar- 

 dener to C. G. Roebling. A few of 

 his finest plants were Dendrobium Luna. 

 (Jypripodium Woodrow Wilson, Cat- 

 tleya Mossia? Reineckiana, Cypripediuin 

 concolor, Odontoglossiim Uro-Skinneri, 

 O. crispum, C'ymbidium Sandera^, Mil- 

 tonia Phakenopsis aH)a, Cymbidium 

 Gottianum and C. Paulwelsii and the 

 pure white Dendrobium nobile Ashwor- 

 thianuni. Louis Burk 's group was also 

 an imposing one. .Tulius Roehrs Co. 

 had an attractive display, the speci- 

 men of Sophronitis grandiflora being 

 finely flowered. Lager & Hurrcll, W. 

 A. ^randa and others made fine con- 

 tributions to tliis section. 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



Bulbous plants were W(dl done, espe- 

 cially the Darwin tulips. Groups of 

 flowering plants contained much good 

 material, l»ut were so terribly over- 

 crowded that they compared unfavor- 

 ably with tiiose seen at New York. Tlie 

 display of hardy evergreens, including 

 topiary yews and boxes from W. A. 

 Manda, ^lichell 's, Dreer's, Andorra Nur- 

 series, Thomas ^leehan &. 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 If. F. Michell Co. 

 was the most attractive of the many 

 fine trade exhibits. 



A good word must be saiil of tlie 

 aquarium display. This drew a con- 



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MAX SCHLING. 



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

 he worked at eight jobs in the first fourteen moiitlis. luit 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 famili;irity with the language and with New York ways 

 of selling flowers. Then, at 2G, he started a retail flower business for himself. 

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

 work than he and his staff did yesterday. Schling is tcinfieramentid, 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 youtli laid out some of the finest 

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

 ager of the firm his work has made the store adjoining tin' I'la/a hotel ono of 

 the best known in New York. 



stant crowd of visitors wiio seciiicd to 

 greatly admire the beautiful ;ind fnn 

 tastic forms of the lion heads, tele 

 scopes, .lapanese goldfish, etc. 



Hadley a Revelation. 



Tlie disjday of cut roses was far 

 ahea<) of that seen at previous national 

 shows and was pronounced by many th(^ 

 finest e\ er seen in America. It was sad 

 to see such magnificent flowers so hope- 

 lessly crowded. American P.eauties 

 were grand, but Iladiey was the fea- 

 ture of the show. Tiiis beautiful rose, 

 as shown by the Josepii Heacock Co. 

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

 to many. Ophelia came lu'xt in ])opu- 

 larity. Some of the finest, on "j-font 

 stems, came from J. 11. Dunlop. in Cnn- 

 ada. Killarney Brilliant was mucii tin; 

 finest of the Killarney class. Lady 

 Alice Stanley, as shown by John Welsh 

 Young, was grand. Radiance, Russell 

 anil Hoosier P.eautv came next in favor. 



Carnations and Sweet Peas. 



The carnation disjilay was flno in 

 quality, but less in (pinntity than I 

 had expected. The New ' England 

 i,M-owers captured the cream of the 

 prizes. Pink Sensation and Cuttage 

 Maid loomed u}) among the large vari- 

 eties, while Matchless, Pink Delight, 

 i^eacon, Gorgeous, Bcntua an. I Baur & 

 Steinkamp's new cerise ]iink seeding 

 were noteworthy among the others. 



Sweet peas made a wouilerful show- 

 ing March 20. The advance made in 

 the winter Spencers is renmrkalde. 

 William Sim captured most of the firsts 

 in a strong competition. The disjday 

 of these was mucli better than ;it New 

 York three years ago. 



Two Commendable Features. 



A distressing feature to many, l,ut 

 one whicli gave jieculiiir jdeasiin^ to the 

 writer, was the absence of tobncco 

 smoke ill and al'oiit the exliihition. An- 



