

JONB 29, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



11 



The Establishment of Fred C. Weber, St. Louis. 



Keep the bed clear of weeds, as weeds 

 are a harbor for insects. When you 

 are ready to start the smilax into 

 growth again, clear oflf all dead growths 

 and rubbish, give the plants a moder- 

 ate top-dressing of well rotted manure 

 and water them thoroughly. Under 

 such treatment the growth should soon 

 appear, W. H. T. 



THE MORRISTOWN SUMMER SHOW. 



The summer show of the Morristown 

 Garden Club, given in conjunction with 

 the Morris County Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Society, was held at the residence 

 of Mrs. Chas. Bradley, at Convent, N. J., 

 June 23. The powers which control the 

 weather certainly were kind to us, as 

 we had a beautiful day sandwiched in 

 between weeks of as wretched weather 

 as it is possible to have. The bad 

 weather militated somewhat against the 

 quality of the blooms, although a cred- 

 itable show was staged. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society simply acted in an 

 advisory capacity to the members of the 

 Morristown Garden Club,- who staged 

 their own exhibits. 



Koses naturally predominated at the 

 exhibition. There were no cash prizes. 

 Outside of the silver cups and medals, 

 the awards were ribbons: First prize, 

 blue; second prize, green; third prize, 

 white. The system of judging for the 

 sweepstakes cup was one that may or 

 may not have been used at other exhibi- 

 tions, but it worked out well. Every 

 exhibitor was awarded six points on a 

 first prize; four points on a second 

 prize; two points on a third prize. 

 After the class judging was over the 

 total number of points secured by each 

 exhibitor was aggregated, and the one 

 gaining the highest number of points 

 was awarded the sweepstakes silver 

 cup. The fortunate winner was Eobert 

 Tyson, superintendent for Mrs. H. 

 Twombly. Mr. Tyson secured first for 

 the collection of roses, arranged for ef- 

 fect, in four feet of space. This prize 

 was a silver cup. Also first for a col- 

 lection of fruits, grown indoors and out- 

 doors. Mr. Tyson won several firsts for 

 roses. Another large winner of prizes 

 was David Francis, superintendent for 

 Mrs. C. Bradley, on whose grounds the 

 show was held. Mr. Francis had a clean 

 sweep in the sweet pea classes. Mr. 

 Francis also won prizes in the rose 



classes. Ernest Wild, superintendent of 

 the Harkness estate-, at Madison, was a 

 large exhibitor. Mr. Wild was awarded 

 a silver cup for twelve varieties, three 

 flowers of each, of hybrid teas. The 

 irises exhibited by Mr. Wild were the 

 best in the entire exhibition. 



Charles Barbanes, superintendent for 

 Dudley Olcott, of' Morristown, N. J., 

 showed some handsome roses. He se- 

 cured first for twelve hybrid perpetuals, 

 six sprays of rambler roses and twelve 

 sprays of ramble??iros6s. 



Franks Breare, superintendent for J. 

 B. Dickson, Morristown, N. J., and 

 Percy Whitney, superintendent for Mrs. 

 G. Kissell, Morristown, N. J., were 

 prominent in the hardy flower section. 



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as well as Robert Francis, superintend- 

 ent for Mrs. W. Thome, Morristown, 

 N. J. Delphiniums were splendidly 

 shown by these exhibitors. 



The class for sweet williams was pop- 

 ular, bringing seventeen entries. The 

 first honors fell to the Harkness estate. 

 A class that created a great deal of in- 

 terest was for a table decoration, open 

 only to members of the Morristown 

 Garden Club. 



Maurice Gray, superintendent for 

 Mrs. J. I. Waterbury, Morristown, N, J., 

 showed a collection of Spanish irises 



and some of the finest roses in the ex- 

 hibition. 



The trade was represented by an ex- 

 hibit of water lilies from William 

 Tricker, of Arlington, N. J., who had 

 an ideal place to arrange his plants in 

 the fountain in the main court. Charles 

 H. Totty, of Madison, had a large ex- 

 hibit of roses, sweet williams and del- 

 phinium seedlings. Bobbink & Atkins, 

 of Rutherford, N. J., had a perennial 

 exhibit and some seventy-five or more 

 varieties of hardy roses. George C. 

 Woolson, of Hastings, N, Y., showed a 

 large collection of alpine and bog 

 plants. 



The attendance was good and the 

 money derived from the show is to be 

 turned over to the fund for prepared- 

 ness. C. H. Totty. 



FRED C. WEBER'S STORE. 



In this issue of The Review I present 

 a view of the establishment of Fred C. 

 Weber, at St. iLouis, Mo. I may have 

 seen stores of this kind that were more 

 elaborately decorated and with more ex- 

 pensive furnishings, but I have never 

 seen one that was more pleasing to the 

 eye and more up-to-date than Mr. 

 Weber's charming store. The view is 

 of the exterior of the store and ad- 

 joining conservatory. The store is 

 situated at 4326 and 4328 Olive street, 

 opposite the St. George Episcopal 

 church and surrounded by the most 

 fashionable residences of the city. It 

 is 20x52 feet. The floor is Italian 

 mosaic work; the counters are of enam- 

 eled white tiling, with a border of fes- 

 tooned tile just below the top. The fix- 

 tures of the store are finished in white, 

 and French plate mirrors are used 

 freely. The icebox is of massive con- 

 struction. To the west of the store is 

 the show house. 



It certainly is a model store in every 

 respect and the style of decoration re- 

 flects great credit on the taste of Mr. 

 Weber. Mr. Weber has been in busi- 

 ness in St. Louis since 1873 and at the 

 present location since 1896. He is one 

 of the most successful business men in 

 the city. J. J. B. 



Shippensburg, Pa.— The partnership 

 of U. G. Harglerode & Sons has been 

 dissolved, the junior members, J. Guy 

 and Leighton R. Harglerode, withdraw- 

 ing from the business. The father will 

 continue the business. 



