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The Florists^ Review 



March 22. 1917. 



following awards in their classes in this 

 section: 



Specimen cjcus, any variety — Hobbink & At- 

 kins, tlrst. 



Dracaenas, twelve plants — Bobbink & Atkins, 

 flrst. 



Specimen Kentia Helmoreana — Marius Mutil- 

 lod, Secancus, N. J., first. 



Specimen Kentia Forsteriana — Marius Mutillod. 

 first; ISobbink & Atkins, second. 



I'ha'nix Koebelenii, two plants — Marius Mutil- 

 lod, flrst; Itobbink & Atkins, second. 



Specimen palm, other than above — Marius Mu- 

 tillod, first. 



Bay trees, pyramidal, two plants — Bobbink & 

 Atkins, first; Marius Mutillod, second. 



Bay trees, standard, two plants — Bobbink & 

 Atkins, first; Marius Mutillod, second. 



Bav trees, columnar, two plants — Bobbink & 

 Atkins, first. 



Conifers, twenty-five, twenty-five varieties — F. 

 R. Pierson Co., first. 



Twelve trained ivies — Bobbink & Atkins, first. 



Ferns. 



There were nine classes for private 

 gardeners' exhibits of ferns, but three 

 classes drew no entry and two others 

 only one each. The awards were: 



Adiantum Farleyense, specimen — Robt. E. Ty- 

 son, gardener to Mrs. H. McK. Twombly. Con- 

 vent, N. J., first. 



Adiantum cuneatum, specimen — J. B. Cobb. 

 Stamford, Conn., flrst; R. M. Johnson, Kardener 

 to Vi. B. Thompson, Yonkers, N, Y., second. 



Adiantum, any other variety, specimen — Mrs. 

 Oliver Hoyt, Stamford, Conn., first; Oeorge E. 

 Baker, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., second. 



Cibotlum Schiedei, specimen — James Stuart, 

 gardener to Mrs. F, A. Constable, Mamaroneck. 

 N. Y., flrst; J. B. Cobb, Stamford, Conn., second. 



Stag-horn fern, specimen — Mrs. J. C. Brady, 

 Gladstone, N. J., second; no first. 



Fern, any variety not otherwise sDeclfled — 

 J. B. Cobb, first; James Linane, gardener to 

 C. D. Barron, Kye, N. Y., second. 



The fern classes for commercial grow- 

 ers were exclusively Pierson, the six en- 

 tries in eight classes coming from one 

 or the other of the concerns bearing 

 that name, as foUows: 



Adiantum Farleyense, six plants — A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc., Cornwell, Conn., first. 



Specimen Cibotlum Schiedei — F. U. Pierson Co.. 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., first. 



Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis, specimen — 

 K. K. Pierson Co., first. 



Specimen nephrolepis, any other variety — F. R. 

 Pierson Co., first. 



Nephrolepis, collection of plants in variety — 

 F. It. Pierson Co., flrst. 



Specimen fern, any other variety — F. U. Pier- 

 son Co., flrst. 



Cut Boses. 



The commercial growers secured the 

 following awards in these classes, staged 

 March 19: 



One hundred Anieriiaii Beauty — Noe Estate. 

 Madison, N. J., flrst. 



One hundred Killnrney Queen — F. U. Pierson 

 Co., flrst. 



Fift.v American Beauty — Noe Estate, first; 

 F. R. Pierson Co., second. 



Fifty Russell— F. R. Pierson Co., first. 



Fifty Ophelia— F. R. Pierson Co., first; W. E. 

 Jackson, West Summit, N. J., second. 



Fifty Shawyer^A. N. I'ierson, Inc., first; 

 F. R. Pierson Co., second. 



Fifty Francis Scott Key— F. R. Pierson Co., 

 first. 



Fifty Killarney, or any pink sport of same — 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., first. 



Fifty White Killarney, or any white sport of 

 same — A. N. Pierson, Inc., first. 



Fifty Richmond— F. It. Pierson Co., first. 



Fifty Sunburst— A. N. Pierson, Inc., first: F. 

 R. Pierson Co., second. 



Fifty Aaron Ward — A. N. Pierson, Inc., flrst; 

 F. R. Pierson Co., second. 



Fifty any other disseminated white variety — 

 Noe Estate, first. 



Fifty any other disseminated pink variety — 

 L. B. Coddington, Murray Hill, N. J., first; W. B. 

 Jackson, second. 



Fifty any other disseminated red variety — A. S. 

 Burns, Jr., Spring Valley, N. J., first; F. R. 

 I'ierson Co., second. 



Twenty-five any disseminated variet.v — F. R. 

 Pierson Co., silver modal. 



New rose, not in commerce January, 1917- — 

 F. R. Pierson Co., first. 



Display of cut roses covering 1!00 square feet — 

 F. R. Pierson Co., first. 



The private gardeners staged their 



roses March 17. The awards were: 



Twelve American Beauties — J. B. Duke. 

 Somerville, N. J., first; E. D. Morgan, Westbury, 

 L. I., second. 



Twelve Hadley or Hoosier Beauty — George Fer- 

 guson, gardener to Mrs. I'ayne Whitney. Man- 

 hasset, L. I., first; Mrs. J. C. Brady. Gladstone. 

 N. J., second. 



Twelve Mrs. Charles R\issell — J. B. Duke, flrst: 

 R. M. Johnson, gardener to W. B. Tliomnson. 

 Yonkers, N. Y., second. 



Twelve Killarne.v or anv |)ink sport of same — 

 Mrs. J. C. Brady, first. 



Twelve White Killarney or any white sport 

 of same — William Whitton, gardener to Mrs. 

 J. H. Flagler, Greenwich, Conn., first; Mrs. J. C. 

 Brady, second. 



Twelve Radiance — A. J. Loveless, gardener to 

 Wm. E. S. Griswold, Lenox, Mass., first; James 

 A. Macdonald, Flushing, L. I., second. 



Twelve Sunburst — -George Ferguson, first: A. J. 

 Loveless, second. 



Twelve Mrs. Aaron Ward — Mrs. J. C. Bradv. 

 first. 



Twelve Ophelia — James Stuart, gardener to 

 Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck, N. Y., flrst; 

 (Jeorge Ferguson, second. 



Twelve any other disseminated variety, pink — 

 John ("anning. gardener to Adolph Lewisohn. 

 Ardsley, N. Y.. first; George Ferguson, second. 



Twelve any other disseminated variety, yellow 

 —Mrs. J. C. Brady, first. 



Twenty-five or more varieties, in one vase — 

 K. M. Jolmson, first; George Ferguson, second. 



Carnations. 



Commercial growers won the follow- 

 ing awards in their classes in this divi- 

 sion: 



One hundred white — Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Queens. N. Y.. flrst. 



One hundred flesh pink — Cottage Gardens Co., 

 first; Charles Welter, ^.ynbrook, N. Y., second. 



One hundred light i)ink — Cottage Gardens Co., 

 flrst. 



One liundred diirk pink — Cottage Gardens Co., 

 tirst. 



One hundred scarlet — Cottage Gardens Co., 

 flrst; Marius Matheson, Hempstead, N. Y., 

 second. 



One hundred crimson — AV. I). Howard, Mil- 

 ford, Mass., flrst. 



One hundred white, variegated — Charles Len- 

 ker, Freeport, N. Y., flr.st. 



Fifty light pink — J. M. Schwarz, Jamaica, 

 N. Y., flrst; A. Demeusy, Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 second. 



Fifty dark pink— G. F. Neipp, Chatham, N. J., 

 flrst; Charles Totty. Madison, N. J., second. 



Fifty red — W. R. Nicholson, Pramlngham, 

 Mass., first; Charles Totty, second. 



Fifty white — Charles Totty, flrst. 



Fifty of new variety not in commerce — W. R. 

 Nicholson, silver medal. 



Of the ten classes for private growers, 

 awards were made in nine, as follows: 



Twenty-five white — A. M. Golding, gardener 

 to D. G. Reid, Irvington, N. Y., first; Robert 

 Grunert, gardener to W. E. Reiss, Greenwich, 

 Conn., second. 



Twenty-five flesh pink— A. M. Golding, first: 

 Mrs. Herrmann, second. 



Twenty-five light pink — I). F. Roy, gardener to 

 H. E. Converse, New York, flrst; Robert Grun- 

 ert, second. 



Twenty-five dark pink — William Reid, garden- 

 er to S. & A. Colgate, Orange, N. J., first; J. B. 

 Cobb, Stamford, Conn., second. 



Twenty-five scarlet — Robert Grunert, first; 

 Mrs. Herrmann, second. 



Twenty-five crimson — A. M. Golding, first; 

 Mrs. J. C. Brady, Gladstone, N. J., second. 



Twenty-five white, variegated — Mrs. Herr- 

 mann, first; A. M. Golding, second. 



Twenty-five yellow or yellow variegated — 

 George Ferguson, gardener for Mrs. Payne Whit- 

 ney, first; A. M. Golding, second. 



One hundred and fifty in vase, one or more 

 varieties — Rolbert Jones, gardener for Percy 

 Chubb, Glen Cove. X. Y., flrst; William Vert, 

 gardener to Ilowanl (Jould. Port Washington, 

 N. Y., second. 



Sweet Peas. 



The showing of sweet peas was de- 

 cidedly meritorious, the gardeners doing 

 especially well on table decorations, 

 there being seven entries. The awards 

 were: 



Display covering twenty-flve square feet — Wm. 

 Whitton, gardener for Mrs. J. H. Flagler. Green- 

 wich, Conn., first; David Francis, gardener for 

 Mrs. Chas. Bradley, Convent, N. J., second. 



Six varieties, twenty-flve of each — William 

 Vert, gardener for Howard Gould, Port Washlnar- 

 ton, L. I., flrst; James D. Ballantyne, gardener 

 for F. E. Lewis, Ridgefield, Conn., second. 



One hundred sprays, one or more varieties — 

 William Vert, first; Robert Grunert, gardener for 

 W. E. Reiss, Greenwich, Conn., second. 



Dinner table decoration, sweet peas excluslvel.v 

 — David Francis, flrst; R. M. Johnson, gardener 

 for W. B. Thompson. YonkHrs, N. Y., second: 

 A. M. Golding. gardener for D. G. Reid, Irving- 

 ton. N. Y., tliird. 



Except in the class for display, the 



premiums for commercial growers went 



without contest to a comparatively new 



exhibitor, as follows: 



One hundred sprays hicolor — Selah Van Rloer. 

 Dundee Lake, N. J., first. 



The New^ York Show, Main Aisle, with Rose Gardens, Left, a Rock Garden, Right, and Schling's "Store," Center. 



