June 29, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



11 



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



Keep the bod clear of weeds, as weeds 

 ;iie a harbor for insects. When you 

 are ready to start the sinilax into 

 ;^rowtli ajijain, clear off all dead <:^rowths 

 and rubbish, give the plants a moder- 

 ate top-dressing of well rotterl niantin' 

 and water them thoroughly. Under 

 r-uch treatment the growth shouM soon 

 appear. W. H. T. 



THE MORRISTOWN SUMMER SHOW. 



The summer show of the ^lorristown 

 Garden Club, given in conjunction with 

 the Morris County Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Society, was held at the residence 

 of ]\[rs. Chas. "Bradley, at Convent. N. .T., 

 June 2."i. The powers whiidi control the 

 weather certainly were kind to us, as 

 we liad a beautiful day sandwiched in 

 between weeks of as wretched weatiier 

 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 ]\rorris County Gardeners' ;ind 

 Florists' Society simply acted in an 

 advisory capacity to the menibors of the 

 Morristown Garden Club, who staged 

 tlieir own exhibits. 



looses 7iaturally jiredominatcd at the 

 exliiliition. Ther(> were no i-ash prizes. 

 Outside of the silver cups and medals. 

 the awards were ribbons: I'irst ]>ri/e, 

 blue; secoTid ])rize, green; tliiid jtri/c. 

 wliite. Tlie system of judging for tlic 

 sw(>e])stakes cu]i was one that may m 

 may not ha\(^ been used at otlnM' exiiilii 

 tions. but it worked out well. llxcry 

 exhibitor was awarib'd six jioints on a 

 first prize; four points on a second 

 prize; two points on a third prize. 

 After the class jud<Ting was over tlic 

 total number of points securc'l by raih 

 exhibitor was .aggregated, anil the ime 

 gaining the highest numbei- of jioints 

 was awarded tin* swee]>stakes siher 

 ouji. The fortunate winner was Robert 

 Tyson, sup(>rintendent for ^Vfrs. IT. 

 Twombly. ^[r. Tyson secured first fur 

 the colliM'tion of roses, arranged for ef 

 feet, in four feet of space. This jtriz.c 

 was a silver cup. Also first for a col- 

 lection of fruits, grown indoors and out- 

 doors, ^fr. Tyson won se\ era! firsts for 

 roses. Another large winn(>r of jirizes 

 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 liarkness estate, at Madison, was a 

 large exhibitor. I\[r. Wild was awarded 

 a sil\er cup for twelve varieties, three 

 llowers of each, of hybrid teas. The 

 irises exhibited by Mr. Wild were the 

 best in the entire exhibition. 



<'liarles Harbanes, superintendent for 

 Dudley Olcott, of ^[orristown, N. .1., 

 showed some handsome roses. He se- 

 cured first for twelve hybrid perpotuals, 

 six sprays of rambler roses and twelve 

 sprays of rambler roses. 



Frank Breare, superintendent for J. 

 B. Di(d\son, Morristown, X. .T., and 

 I'ercv Whitney, superintendent for IVIrs. 

 (!. Kissell. ^[orristown, N. J., were 

 prominent in the hardy flower section. 



Special Notice 



l)ecause the Fourth of July falls 

 on Tuesday this year, it becomes 

 necessary to close next week's 

 issue of 



I^« 



One day earlier than usual 

 MONDAY instead of Tuesday 



Contributors and advertisers wiio 

 wisli to avoid i)ossible disappoint- 

 ment will have their "copy" in 

 this oHice MONDAY for the issue 

 of .luly C. 



:is w(dl as Ifubert Francis, superintend- 

 ent tor -Mrs. W. Thorne, Morristown, 

 X. ,1. Delphiniums were splendidly 

 slnnvn 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, oi>cn 

 only to members of the Morristown 

 Garden Club. 



Maurice (iray. superintendent for 

 Mrs. J. I. Waterbury, Morristown, X. .].. 

 •^howeil a collection of Spanish irises 



and some of the finest roses in the ex- 

 hibition. 



The traile was represented by an ex- 

 hibit of water lilies from William 

 Tricher. of Arlington, X. -1., who had 

 an ideal ])lace to arrange his plants in 

 the fountain in the main court. Charles 

 II. Totty, of ^ladison, had a large ex- 

 hiliit of roses, sweet williams and del- 

 ])hinium seedlings. Bobbink & Atkins, 

 of Rutherford, X. ,J., hail a perennial 

 exhibit and some seventy-five or more 

 varieties of hardy roses. George C. 

 Woolsou, of Hastings, X. Y., showed a 

 large collection of alpine and bog 

 plants. 



The attendance was good .and the 

 money dcidved from the sluiw is to be 

 turneil civer to the fund foi- prepared- 

 ness. C. II. Tottv. 



FRED C. WEBER'S STORE. 



In this issue of The b'eview I present 

 a view of the establislimeiit of Fred C. 

 WclnM-, at St. Louis. Mo. I nmy have 

 seen stores ul' this kind that were more 

 (dalioratel\- <lecorated and with more ex- 

 ]iensi\e furnishings, but I have never 

 seen on(> that \v;is more; jileasing to the 

 eye :ind mni-e up tndate than Mr. 

 WebiM' 's charming store. The \iew is 

 of the exterior of the -^ture and nd- 

 jniiiini; (•(insi'r\ at nt y. Tlu' store is 

 situated at -bil't'i and b'.L'S ()li\e street, 

 oppiisite the St. (ieor^e Episcopal 

 cliui(di and suii'iiiiiide.l liv the nn)st 

 f.nsliicn.able lesideiK es nt' the city. It 

 is L'o\."iJ t'i'et. The tlner i> Italian 

 mosaic work; the cnunters are of enam- 

 eled \\hite tiling, with :i border of fes- 

 tooiie.l lil(> j\\-<\ lielnw the top. The fix- 

 tures ol' the stoit' ure finislieil in white, 

 •auil Ficiich ].lrite mirrors are used 

 freely. The icrbox is of massixe con- 

 stiurt ion. To the west of the st<u'e is 

 tho -ihow liou^-e. 



It certainly is a nmdel store in e\ery 

 respot .aiol the style of decoration re- 

 llects great i-redit on the taste of Mr. 

 Weber. Mr. Weber has been in busi- 

 ness in St. Louis since 1^7:! ami at the 

 present location since IS'.Hi. He is one 

 of the most successful business men in 

 the citv. .L .1. B. 



Shippensburg, Pa.— The partnership 

 of r. G. Ilarglerode ».^ Sons has been 

 dissolved, the junior members, ,T. Guy 

 and Leighton II. Ilarglerode, withdraw- 

 ing from the business. The father will 

 continue th(> business. 



