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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBEB 16, 1916. 



<]arnation Superb, flesh pink, which is 

 to be introduced this season, for & 

 smaller vase of Superb, a vase of a 

 good red, No. 143, and for a vase of 

 mixed seedlings that showed several 

 promising things. 



Anton Then supplied stock for a tall 

 vase of Carnation Thenanthos, a vari- 

 ety that has been seen for several years 

 but never in better shape than this 

 time. 



James Livingstone, of Milwaukee, 

 sent seedling anemone-flowered mums, 



No. 9, yellow, and No. 12, pink and 

 white. 



The Deerfield Nursery, Deerfield, 111., 

 show-ed two seedling mums. No. 223, 

 white of the Garza type, and No. 209, 

 resembling the Mrs. Sander daisy. 



Perhaps half the stock used for the 

 show was donated by growers and 

 wholesalers whose names did not appear, 

 among them being: E. C. Amling Co., 

 Meyer & Dramm Co., E. G. Hill Co., 

 Wendland & Keimel Co., Alois Frey, 

 French & Salm, H. Wehrmann, George 



Ball, Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Association, Peter 

 Eeinberg, Wietor Bros., Thompson Car- 

 nation Co., Bassett & Washburn, J. A. 

 Budlong and Fritz Bahr. 



The show was worked up and ex- 

 ploited by Fred Lautenschlager, who 

 also conceived the idea. The staging 

 was in charge of C. T. Johnson, son of 

 C. W. Johnson, who was out of town. 

 They did much hard work and certainly 

 are to be congratulated on the artistic 

 success achieved. 



THE AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS 



NEW YORK HAS TWO, SEVERAL CITIES ONE EACH 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE SHOW. 



A Quality ExMbitlon. 



The annual chrysanthemum show of 

 the American Institute was held in the 

 Engineers building. New York, Novem- 

 ber 8 to 10 and was a wonderful success 

 from every standpoint. 



Wm. Turner mum, as usual at this 

 season of the year, carried oflE practi- 

 cally all the honors in white. The 

 twenty-five blooms staged by Kobt. 

 Jones, superintendent for Percy Chubb, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y., were perfect models 

 of beauty. Other wonderful blooms of 

 Turner were shown by William Vert, 

 superintendent for Howard Gould, Port 

 Washington, N. Y., and also by Ernest 

 Robinson, superintendent for M. F. 

 I'lant, Groton, Conn. 



Wells' Late Pink was splendidly 

 shown by Ernest Robinson, William 

 Vert and Robert Jones in the class call- 

 ing for twenty-five pink. As shown 

 at the Institute show, this variety 

 leaves nothing to be desired in size or 

 color. 



Yellow was chiefly represented by 

 Mrs. R. C. Pulling, Bob Pulling, Wm. 

 Rigby and Odessa, all showing enor- 

 mous size and excellent finish. Mrs. 

 R. C. Pulling was a bit rough, but its 

 enormous size will always make it a 

 much sought for flower for exhibitions. 

 It is a pity Odessa is not strong enough 

 in the stem to carry its wonderful flower, 

 but as shown in the Institute with ar- 

 tificial supports this handicap was not 

 BO apparent. Mary Mason as shown by 

 •Robert Jones would be hard to surpass 

 in this color. 



In the classes for new varieties, Chas. 

 H. Totty scored first for six white with 

 Louisa Pockett; six yellow, with Golden 

 Champion, and six any other color, with 

 President Everitt. His vase of single 

 mums, which were practically all new 

 seedlings, was much admired. 



In the class for twenty-four short- 

 stemmed blooms, C. H. Totty was first 

 and Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y., second. 

 Mr. Totty showed in this class magnifi- 

 cent flowers of W. H. Wai<- , Wm. Rig- 

 by, Golden Champion, H. . Converse, 

 Mrs. Herbert Stevens and Turner. Scott 

 Bros, had H. E. Converse, Rose Pockett 

 and Odessa as their best flowers. 



Twenty-four blooms in twenty-four 

 varieties, private growers only, was 

 won by Robert Tyson, superintendent 



for Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, Convent, 

 N. J. His finest flowers were Mrs. Gil- 

 bert Drabble, Nerissa, Mrs. R. H. 

 Boggs, Pres. Vigor and Mrs. J. Wells. 



Novelty Raisers vs. Gardeners. 



In the class for twelve blooms Robert 

 Jones was first and repeated his success 

 in the class for six blooms. In fact, 

 Mr. Jones' flowers were distinguished 

 all through the exhibition by their 

 splendid finish and size. His Turner, 

 Wm. Rigby and Converse were note- 

 worthy examples of cultural skill. 



Some twelve exhibitors competed in 

 the class for ten white, and every ex- 

 hibitor staged Turner. 



Carl Schaeffer, superintendent for 

 Richard Mortimer, Tuxedo, „N. Y., 

 made an earfiibi^ of a dozen varieties 

 of Japanesd!an«fmones, which created a 

 sensation. ^SiJe finest of these were 

 Old Rose, as its name implies, old rose 

 in color; Yellow Prince, deep bronzy 

 yellow; Graf von Oriole, rose-pink with 

 golden points; Wilfreda, pinkish buff 

 with bronzy center, and H. J. Heinz, a 

 fine bright yellow. This collection 

 was awarded a special diploma and was 

 also scored by the C. S. A., twelve cer- 

 tificates being awarded them. These 

 were the center of an admiring group 

 all day. These are to be distributed to 

 the trade by Mr. Totty. 



The center of the hall was occupied 

 by two groups, one exhibited by Mr. 

 Totty and the other by A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., Cromwell, Conn. Both were com- 

 posed of single and hardy mums and 



were interesting to the visitors. Mr. 

 Totty had a vase of Japanese mums, 

 varieties shown for the first time this 

 year. They are artistic and novel, a 

 spidery pink being perhaps the best of 

 the collection. 



In bush plants Geo. Ferguson, super- 

 intendent for Mrs. Payne Whitney, 

 Manhasset, N. Y., and G. L. Wilson, 

 superintendent for C. K. G. Billings, 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y., were the winners. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 Md., had a fine collection of pompons. 



Howard Gould had a stand of the 

 new winter-flowering begonias and Rex 

 begonias that attracted much attention. 



Even though it is late for dahlias, 

 P. W. Popp, superintendent for Mrs. 

 H. Darlington, Mamaroneck, N. Y., 

 showed a remarkable collection which 

 were particularly fine for this late sea- 

 son. Another exhibit of dahlias was 

 that of the Mills Co., which also was 

 fine. 



In the classes for specimen plants, 

 Peter Duff, superintendent for Mrs. J. 

 Crosby Brown, Orange, N. J., was first 

 in several classes. Max Schneider, su- 

 perintendent for Mrs. Peter Hauck, Jr., 

 Orange, N. J., also exhibited in this 

 class, as did also Fred Hitchman, su- 

 perintendent for Ralph Pulitzer, Man- 

 hasset, N. Y. 



Fred Hitchman was first in the class 

 for 100 single violets. 



The Roses. 



The rose exhibits, while not large. 



The Bfg Mums at the American Institute Show, New York. 



