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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptembeb 28, 1916. 



Treasurer Austin reported $839.50 re- 

 ceived from the previous secretary and 

 $177.10 from Mr. Dick; total, $1,016.60. 

 Disbursements were $769.61, of which 

 $301.87 was for printing, leaving a 

 balance of $246.99. 



The selection of the next meeting 

 place was- left to the executive com- 

 mittee. 



The business meeting was followed 

 by a banquet at the Navarre hotel, 

 thirty- four attending, including the 

 officers, judges, press representatives, 

 members and five ladies. 



THE DAHLIA SHOW. 



Unfavorable Season Affects It. 



The exhibition in connection with the 

 annual meeting of the American Dah- 

 lia Society in New York this week was 

 staged in the Engineering building as a 

 part of the eighty-fifth fair of the 

 American Institute. While the exhibits 

 occupied all the available space, mental 

 comparison with the show of a year 

 ago makes it apparent that the flowers 

 of many growers have suffered severe- 

 ly from the unfavorable weather. But 

 the show nevertheless was an excellent 

 one and the attendance of the public 

 was large from the moment the doors 

 opened. 



Most of the exhibits were from pri- 

 vate gardeners and amateurs, but a 

 number of trade growers exhibited, the 

 gold medal display of W. Atlec Burpee 

 & Co., PhDadelphia, being the great 

 feature of the show. It is said to have 

 been the finest display of dahlias, 'for 

 both variety, quality and arrangement, 

 ever staged in America. Max Schling 

 was the only retailer exhibiting. Large 

 displays not for competition were made 

 by B. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White 

 Marsh, Md.; George L. Stillman, West- 

 erly, R. I.; W. A. Manda, South Orange, 

 N. J., and Cottam & Son, Wappingers 



Falls. 



The Awards. 



The judges were a quintette of well 

 known private gardeners, Messrs. Duff, 

 Norton, McNichols, Fraser and Mc- 

 Kenzie. 



The special premiums provided by the 

 Dahlia Society's friends were awarded 

 as follows: 



Finest and most meritorious display of dali- 

 lias, any or all classes, grasses or otlier foliage 

 aUowed, quality and arrangement to count— 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, gold 



Geaoral collection containing any or all types, 

 arranged for effect, space fifty square feet— 

 N. H. Cottam A Son, Wappingers Falls, N. i. 

 first; W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., second. 



Display of six vases of giant single dahlias, 

 distinct varieties— P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck. 

 N. y., first. ^ , , 



Decoration of dahlias, any design, any fo- 

 liage — Young & Nugent, New York, first. 



vase of decorative dahlias for effect, any fo- 

 liage — W. A. Manda, first. 



New peony-flowered dahlias, twelve flowers, 

 not less than four varieties— 1*. W. Popp, first; 

 Harding, second. 



Vase of mixed dahlias — Wm. Noonan, first; 

 Sullivan, second. 



Modern cactus dahlias, twelve flowers, not less 



than four varieties — C. Louis Ailing, first; 



i'etrie, second. 



Best exhibit in the amateur classes 



"arpcnter. Fort Thomas, Ky.. first. 

 A new seedling cactus dahlia, shown by nn 

 mateur— James Duthie, Oyster Bay, N. Y., 



rst 



' New seedling dahlia, to be named for Mrs. 

 Oertrulo Dahl-Moidtcai, Charleston, N. C. — Mrs. 

 C. II. Stout, Short Hills, N. 3.. first. 



Largest dahlia flower in the show — 



Gowans, flrst. , ^^ .. t t> 



Smallest dahlia flower in the show— J. P. 

 Sorenson, Essex Falls, N. J., first. 



The premiums offered by the Amer- 

 ican Institute were awarded as follows: 



COMMERCLAJL GROWERS. 

 Collection of fifty varieties, one flower of 

 each at least four types — W. D. Hathaway, 

 flrst; Maurice Fuld, second. 



Collection of twenty-five varieties, one flower 

 of each, at least three types^W. D. Hathaway, 

 first; C. Louis Ailing, second. 



Collection of ten varieties, one flower of each 

 — W. D. Hathaway, first; Howell, second. 



Display of single dahlias, 100 flowers — Mills 

 & Co., first. 



Display of cactus dahlias, 100 flowers — W. D. 

 Hathaway, first; "Walker, second. 



Display of pompon dahlias, 100 flowers — W. D. 

 Hathaway, first; Allen, second. 



GARDENERS AND AMATEURS. 



Collection of fifty varieties, one flower of 

 each, at least four types — James Klrby, first; 

 Joseph Robinson, second. 



Collection of twenty-five varieties, one flower 

 of each, at least three types — Wm. Noonan, 

 first; James Klrby, second. 



Collection of twelve varieties, one flower of 

 each — P. W. Popp, first; "Wm. Noonan, seconn. 



Display of cactus dahlias, fifty flowers — ^Arthur 

 Daly, first; James Klrby, second. 



Six varieties cactus, three each, long stems — 

 Gowans, flrst. 



Six varieties pompons, three each, long stems 

 — J. P. Sorenson, first. 



Six varieties single, three each, long stems — 

 W. H. Waite, first. 



Twelve cactus, distinct varieties, short stems 

 — Arthur Daly, flrst. 



OPEN TO ALL. 



Twenty-flve show dahlias, yellow, one named 

 variety-— John Lewis Chllds, Floral Park, N. Y., 

 flrst. 



Twenty-flve show dahlias, white, one named 

 variety — W. D. Hathaway, first; John Lewis 

 Chllds, second. 



Twenty-flve show dahlias, pink, one named 

 variety — Maurice Fuld, flrst; Cottam & Son, sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty-flve show dahlias, any other color, one 

 named variety — Maurice Fuld, first; Cottam & 

 Son, second. < 



Twenty-flve decorative dahlias, white, one 

 named variety — Maurice Fuld, flrst; W. D. Hath- 

 away, second. 



Twenty-five decorative dahlias, pink, one 

 named variety — Maurice Fuld, first; W. A. 

 Manda, second. 



Twenty-five decorative dahlias, any other 



color, one named variety — "W. A. Mandy, first; 

 Cottam & Son, second. 



Twenty-flve cactus dahlias, yellow, one named 

 \arlety — Maurice Fuld, flrst. 



Twenty-flve cactus dahlias, white, one named 

 variety — Maurice Fuld, flrst. 



Twenty-flve cactus dahlias, pink, one named 

 variety — Brookcrest Gardens, first; James Lin- 

 ane, Rye, N. Y., second. 



Twenty-flve cactus dahlias, any other color, 

 one named variety — Maurice Fuld, flrst; Cottam 

 & Son, second. 



Ten vaTieties peony-floweced dahlias, three 

 each, long stems — Cottam & Son, flrst. 



Ten varieties cactus, three each, long stems — 

 Gowans, first; Doty, second. 



Ten varieties decorative, three each, long 

 stems — Cottam & Son, first. 



Eight varieties pompons, three each, long 



stems — "Webber, first; C. Xx>uis AUing, 



second. 



Peony-flowered dahlias, six varieties — W. D. 

 Hathaway, flrst; Miss E. Morehouse, second. 



Cactus dahlias, six varieties Gowans, 



flrst; Doty, second. 



Show and fancy dahlias, six varieties — Brook- 

 crest Gardens, flrst; C. Liouis AUing, second. 



Decorative dahlias, six varieties — "W. A. 

 Manda, first; AV. D. Hathaway, second. 



Pompon dahlias, six varieties — Brookcrest Gar- 

 dens, flrst; "Webber, second. 



Single dahlias, six varieties — Mrs. O. P. Chap- 

 man, Jr., first. 



Twenty-four cactus dahlias, distinct varieties, 

 short stems — ^Arthur Daly, first; W. D. Hatha- 

 way, second. 



Twenty-four decorative and hybrid show, dis- 

 tinct varieties, short stems — W. D. Hathaway, 

 flrst. 



Twelve scarlet dahlias, any one named va- 

 riety, long stems — Hunter & Son, flrst; Mrs. O. 

 P. Chapman, Jr., second. 



Twelve white dahlias, any one named variet.v, 

 long stems — John Lewis Chllds, first; Jas. Lln- 

 ane, second. 



Twelve yellow dahlias, any one named variety, 

 long stems — "W. J>. Hathaway, first; John Lewis 

 Chllds, second. 



Twelve pink dahlian, any one named variety, 

 long stems — Maurice Fuld, flrst; C. Louis Ailing, 

 second. 



Twelve variegated dahlias, any one named va- 

 riety, long stems Doty, first. 



OD^N LETTeR^v^ READEG6 



CUT FLOWERS FOR THE SOUTH. 



In The Keview for September 7 

 there was an article dealing with the 

 difficulty growers and wholesale houses 

 in the north experience in the delivery 

 of salable stock to the dealers in far 

 southern districts, with a few sugges- 

 tions by a speaker at the convention 

 of Texas florists as to relief for the 

 trouble. 



In this reply it is not my intention 

 to discuss the personal endeavor of each 

 party to a transaction to realize the 

 lion's share of the bargain, nor would 

 I be absolutely sure that all the dealers 

 in the south would be any more fair 

 in judging a shipment unsalable, and 

 therefore demanding credit for it, 

 than some grower in Xhe north would 

 be in trying to dispose of stock of infe- 

 rior quality; and I will therefore con- 

 fine myself to the merits and demerits 

 of the proposed remedies. 



We shall now consider the first propo- 

 sition, "More commercial glass." This 

 has been the slogan of many worthy 

 members of our profession in Texas for 

 the last quarter of a century, and 

 great efforts have been made by some 

 of our best growers to master climatic 

 difficulties, with the hope of attaining 

 a more uniform production of staple cut 

 flowers. Much time and money have 

 been wasted in trying to acclimate cer- 

 tain annuals which act as a valuable 

 asset to northern florists during the 

 summer months. Some of this work has, 

 in a measure, been successful, and the 

 writer has been able to observe a grad- 



ual improvement in carnation and rose 

 culture during the last twenty years, 

 but it seems still doubtful if southern 

 Texas can make a greenhouse produce 

 a paying crop-more than six or seven 

 months in the year, even if thousands 

 of acres were covered with glass, and 

 it would, therefore, still be necessary 

 for the dealers to draw from a northern 

 market at cejrtain times in order to hold 

 and stimulate their trade. 



A southern commission house as an 

 alternative seems much more plausible 

 to the writer, but would from necessity 

 require a branch house in some of the 

 northern cut flower centers in order to 

 insure safe shipments to the members 

 of such association, as no grower now 

 conducting a business at a small mar- 

 gin of profit would ever think of con- 

 signing his stock with the inevitable 

 element of risk. If shipments from 

 wholesalers to retailers heat in tran- 

 sit, why would those from growers to 

 a commission house be expected to fare 

 better? 



The writer, who has on several occa- 

 sions followed shipments packed in his 

 presence, would c,ertainly be pleased to 

 be shown what error produced a sleepy 

 box of carnations upon arrival in Fort 

 Worth and a salable lot in Houston 

 from the same cut, same varieties, and 

 practically the same time. When these 

 phenomena can be explained and a 

 remedy found, no grower will ^hesitate 

 to satisfy a claim made by any reli- 

 able customer, and it would be far 

 more satisfactory than having to ac- 



