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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 22, 1917. 



den, which is a fine piece of decoration 

 and arranged by Walter von den Hengle, 

 for J. J. Habermehl 's Sons. 



Around the garden are cut roses in uni- 

 form tall willow baskets that set them off 

 well. The appearance of a garden is 

 carried out by moss and ferns as borders. 

 There are probably 5,000 cut roses in 

 the hall. The plants for competition are 

 at one end. The magnificent exhibit of 

 Henry A. Drecr is at the other end. The 

 retail florists' exhibit booths line both 

 sides and there is the garden of Henry F. 

 Michell Co. 



The Dreer exhibit contains 171 vari- 

 eties of roses in pots, many never before 

 seen. It is arranged in a greenhouse, 

 18x25 feet, built by the King Construc- 

 tion Co., and in l)eds around the green- 

 house. 



The Henry F. Micliell Co. occupies a 

 garden 17x44 feet surrounded by a neat 

 paling fence. It is beautifully laid out 

 by Philip Freud witli Baby Kambler and 

 Baby Tausendschon roses, with Climbing 

 Tausendschon on the fence. There is a 

 ])order of funkias and valley^ 



Retailers' Exhibits. 



Pennock Bros, have a display of exquis- 

 ite specialties designed especially for their 

 exclusive use. The fashionable blue and 

 yellow are shown in their decorations. 

 Novelties in debutante baskets and baby 

 gifts ^re charming. 



J. J. Habermehl 's Sons have a striking 

 garden decoration. A perfect hemlock 

 hedge borders a rose garden. In it are 

 displayed some dozen or more handsome 

 baskets, each perfect in itself. 



Gude Bros. Co., of Washington, put a 

 lily pond in the center of an elaborately 

 decorated rectangular table with a de- 

 pressed center. 



Other Betail Displays. 



Opposite the exhibits just described is 

 the main body of the retailers, ranged 

 along the south wall. John Kuhn, of 

 Olney, has an elaborate table set for 

 twelve covers, complete in every detail. 

 John C. Gracey displays a landscape in 

 miniature, with a floral readograph be- 

 hind. The center of the London Flower 

 Shop's booth is occupied by a gazing 

 ball and there are choice flowers in Eus- 

 kin ware. Charles Henry Fox placed the 

 bluebird, an improved surprise box, in the 



foreground, filled with Sweetheart roses 

 and forget-me-nots. There are rose re- 

 minders of La France in bold outline, with 

 many a PoUyana basket filled with care- 

 fully chosen flowers. Charles H. Grake- 

 low displays originality in the selection 

 of the flowers for his exhibit. While fine 

 and sentimental, roses predominate. Two 

 hand bouquets ornament & table that is 

 surrounded by ribbons held in place by 

 Sunburst-garlanded posts. J. Wolff 

 Moore furnishes the flowers and a caterer 

 the napery for a well-filled dinner table 

 with a foliage setting. Ira G. Marvin, of 

 Wilkes-Barre, has a table that pleased 

 tne young with its suggestion of bounte- 

 ous Christmas cheer. Julius Wolff, Jr., 

 makes each plant and basket a shapely 

 ])tdestal specimen displayed well apart. 

 Victor I. Eidenour has a dainty bridal- 

 like table with spring blossoms, with gar- 

 landed post, mantel and mirror. T. Nel- 

 son Geiger arranged a booth of floral sug- 

 gestions that are most interesting. Harry 

 S. Betz combined fine flowers with choice 

 nursery stock effectively. 



The Dreer Bose Qarden 

 The rose garden of Henry A. Dreer, 

 luc., is the outstanding feature from a 

 rosarian's point of view. It contains 

 125 varieties of hybrid tea roses in full 

 bloom. They are all in 6-inch pots and 

 include many varieties never before ex- 

 hibited in this country. A careful study 

 of the varieties is an education in the 

 progress made in hybridizing roses, both 

 in Europe and in our own country, to 

 which should be added praise for the 

 cultural skill shown in the health and 

 vigor of the plants exhibited. Los 

 Angeles (Howard & Smith) is the most 

 striking novelty. Its wonderful vigor 

 and freedom, the life of its rich pink 

 coloring with its suffusion of gold, make 

 it simply fascinating. Next in point of 

 interest, perhaps rivaling Los Angeles, 

 is Golden Emblem (McGredy), so rich 

 and deep a golden yellow that Mr. Eisele 

 has cabled the introducer for the Amer- 

 ican rights to the variety. Mme. Her- 

 riot, the Daily Mail rose (Pernet-Duch- 

 er), is not new, but it is most striking 

 here. There is nothing like it in its 

 rich apricot color. The contrast be- 

 tween buds half developed and full 

 blown flowers is fascinating. Ophelia 

 (Paul) is not new, but it is good. The 



interesting part is that in pots Ophelia 

 comes with more pink and less salmon 

 than under culture indoors for cut flow- 

 ers. Mrs. Wemyss Quin (Dickson), 

 lemon yellow with copper shading, win- 

 ner of the Bagatelle prize, is pretty. 

 Mrs. Bertram J. Walker (Dickson) is a 

 novelty of bright cerise pink. Cheerful 

 (McGredy) is a rose with a descriptive 

 name that makes Mr. Eisele long for an 

 encore. Margaret Dickson Hamill 

 (Dickson) is a rose that the originator 

 thought worth naming after his own 

 sister. It is saffron yellow. Arthur E. 

 Goodwin (Pernet-Ducher) is a fine or- 

 ange red of pleasing habit. A young 

 lady called this "Ophir and gold." 

 Chateau de Clos Vougeot (Pernet- 

 Ducher) is a crimson of great promise. 

 Holland has sent a white rose that bids 

 fair to become a leading bidder. The 

 Duchess of Sutherland (Dickson) is rose 

 pink. Marie Adelaide Grand Duchess of 

 Luxemburg (Soupert & Netting) is a 

 fine deep orange yellow rose that will 

 become popular when shorn of verbiage. 

 Isobel is a single deep pink rose of the 

 type best known here in Irish Fire- 

 flame. Miss Cynthia Forde is a bright 

 pink. Josephine (Paul) is a light pink. 

 Modesty (McGredy) is a flesh pink and 

 Lady Pirrie (Dickson) is a salmon. 



This description will give some idea 

 of the unusual collection of roses brought 

 together and exhibited by Mr. Eisele. 

 It is a remarkable collection and one 

 that will greatly stimulate the interest 

 in roses for outdoor cultivation. 



The Awards. 



The awards on cut flowers, classes 

 open to commercial growers, were: 



One hundred American Beauties — GeorKe Bur- 

 ton, Philadelphia, first; Myers & Samtman, 

 Chestnut HUl, Pa., second; Alfred Burton. 

 Philadelphia, third. 



Fifty American Beauties — A. Farenwald, Ros- 

 lyn. Pa., first; George Burton, second; Alfred 

 Burton, third. 



One hundred Mrs. Cliarles Russell — Harry O. 

 May, Summit, N. J., first; Victor (iroshens, 

 Uoslyn, Pa., second; August Doemling, Lans- 

 downe, Pa., third. 



One hundred Mrs. George Sliawyer — A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn., first. 



One hundred Ophelia — A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 first. 



One hundred Hadley — Joseph Heacock Co., 

 Roelofs, Pa., first. 



One hundred Hoosier Beauty — F. R. Pierson 

 Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., first; H. O. May. second. 



One hundred Killarney. or any pink sport of 

 Killarney — John R. Andre, Doylestown, Pa., 

 first; Josepli Heacock Co., second: Bedford 

 Flower Co., Bedford Hills, N. Y., third. 



A Bit of the Dteet Rose Garden and Greenhouse Staged at Pliiladelphia, March 20. 



