March 22. 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



35 



The New York Showt with the Scheepers Bulb Garden^ Fronts and the Orchid Displays. 



One hundred sprays, white — Seluh Van Kioer. 

 first. 



One hundred sprays, cream pink — Selah Van 

 Riper, first. 



One hundred sprays, light lavender — Selah Van 

 Riper, first. 



One hundred sprays, pink or salmon — Selah Van 

 Riper, first. 



Display covering 100 square feet — Charles -\. 

 Zvolanek, Houndhrook, X. .T. ; F. H. I'olbos. Sea 

 ClilT. L. I. 



Miscellaneous Cut Flowers. 



The following were the awards to pri- 

 vate gardeners: 



Antirrhinum, twenty-five spikes white — West- 

 brook hardens, Oakdale. L. I., first. 



Antirrtiinum. twenty-five spikes yellow — West- 

 brook Cardeus, first. 



Antirrhinum, twenty-five spikes assorted — Wni. 

 Whitton, gardener to Mrs. J. II. Flagler, Green- 

 wich, Conn., first; Robert Jones, gardener to 

 Percy Chubb, Glen Cove, L. I., second: John Can- 

 ning, gardener to A. Lewisohn, Ardsley. N. Y.. 

 third. 



Mignonette, twelve spikes — Robert Jones, first: 

 Peter Hauck, Jr., Bast Orange, N. J., second. 



Pansies, display of cut blooms, covering ten 

 square feet — A. M. Gelding, gardener to D. G. 

 Reid, Irvington, N. Y., first; Mrs. E. S. Bayer. 

 Mt. Kisco, N. Y., second. 



Stocks, twelve spikes, one or more varieties — 

 Robert Jones, first; A. J. Loveless, gardener to 

 Mrs. Wm. E. S. Griswold. Lenox, Mass.. second. 



Wallflower, twelve spikes, any color — Mrs. E. 

 S. Rayer, first; John Canning, second. 



Violets, single, 200 bloonin — Robert Jones, first: 

 Peter Hauck, Jr.. second. 



There were thirteen classes for com- 

 mercial growers of miscellaneous cut 

 flowers, but the entries numbered only 

 two, both under mignonette; even the 

 class for double violets was neglected: 



Mignonette, tw^enty-flve spikes — August Santer. 

 N'.vack, N. Y., first; W. R. Nicholson. Framing 

 ham, Mass., second. 



Violets, single, covering ten square feet -Rich- 

 «rd Langle, White Plains, N. Y.. first. 



In the class for table decorations, lim 

 ited to hotels only, the silver cup offered 

 by the Horticultural Society of New 

 York was won by the Vanderbilt Hotel, 

 A. Kottmiller, artist. The Savoy and 

 Biltmore hotels were the other entrants. 



The silver trophy of the International 



Garden Club for the best exhibit of the 

 show was awarded to John Canning, 

 superintendent for Adolph Lewisohn, 

 Ardsley, N. Y. 



Tlie silver trophy offered by a New 

 York daily for the exhibit most helpful 

 to amateur gardeners was captured by 

 Max Schling. 



The awards in the commercial class 

 for table decorations, in which roses 

 were the only flowers used, were as 

 follows: A. T. Bunyard, first; Max 

 Schling, second; A. Kottmiller, third. 



The Trade Exhibits. 



Much of the success of the show, 

 financial and otherwise, rested on the 

 trade exhibits, which were particularly 

 numerous and well staged. These dis- 

 plays were made for business purposes, 

 some of them for the purpose of inter- 

 esting the trade, but most of them 

 with the intent of getting orders from 

 the public. The exhibits were: 



Alphano Humus Co., New York, fer- 

 tilizer and illustrations. 



American Seed Tape Co., New York, 

 seeds in tape. 



Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., 

 a large display of nursery stock, box- 

 wood and specimen evergreens. 



Arthur T. Boddington Co., New York, 

 bulbs of many kinds and a large show- 

 ing of Spencer sweet peas, David Dean 

 in charge. 



Bon Arbor Chemical Co., Paterson, 

 N. J., insecticides, fertilizers, etc. 



Cold well Lawn Mower Co., Newburgh, 

 N. Y., lawn mowers and motors. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., gladiolus 

 liulhs in box collections, Miss Chand- 

 ler and Mrs. Cowee in charge. 



Davey Tree Expert Co., Kent, O., 

 photos showing methods used for the 

 preservation of trees. 



Maurice Fuld, New York, an artistic 

 booth with floral decorations. 



Fulper Pottery Co., Flemington, N. J., 

 art pottery, with J. H. Koenig in charge. 



Benj. Hammond, Beacon, N. Y., in- 

 sectiiides, paint, putty, etc., Walter 

 Mott in charge. 



Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth, N. J., 

 curved eave greenhouse, ventilators and 

 up-to date apparatus for heating, etc. 



R. J. Irwin, New York, samples of 

 stock for growing on. 



Johnston Heating Co., New ^Oik, 

 water circulator and photographs of 

 greenhouses heated by the company's 

 apparatus. 



King Construction Co., North Tona- 

 wanda, N. Y., a model greenhouse em- 

 bodying the company 's latest ideas in 

 construction. 



Knight & Struck Co., .New York, 

 heather in many varieties. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, photos 

 of greenhouses heated by Kroeschell 

 boilers. F. Lautenschlager in charge. 



Wm. F. Leary, New Rochelle, N. Y., 

 gun for herbicide, also Weedena and 

 spraying machines. 



Lord & Burnham Co., New York, 

 model greenhouse with landscape sur- 

 roundings, hedges, etc., a large space 

 on the main floor, T. B. De Forest in 

 charge. 



W. H. Lutton Co., Jersey City, curved 

 eave house with Messrs. Burns and 

 Ward in charge. 



Joseph Manda, Orange, N. J., collec- 

 tion of orchids. 



Peterson, Sinclaire & Miller, Inc., 

 New York, Rex humus. Carter's seeds, 

 etc. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 a large display of roses and carnations, 



