•Septembeu 20, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



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SAN TRANCISCO DAHLIA SHOW. 



Fusion of Bodies Brings Best Show. 



The second annual dahlia show, which 

 was staged at the Palace hotel, San 

 Francisco, under the auspices of the 

 Dahlia Society of California, was a more 

 brilliant success than its predecessor, 

 and that is a significant assertion when 

 the signal success of last year's exhibits 

 is taken into consideration. It is neces- 

 sary to use the plural when speaking of 

 the 1916 shows, because there were two. 

 Meanwhile those two organizations have 

 combined as the Dahlia Society of Cali- 

 fornia, which has made toward greater 

 harmony, and is partially responsible 

 for the larger and better show this year. 

 Besides, the management had last year's 

 experiences to profit by and improve 

 upon wherever it seemed advisable. 



Conditions were favorable with the 

 exception of a street car strike, which 

 undoubtedly kept many people away, 

 especially in the evenings. The attend- 

 ance gave no ground for complaint, how- 

 ever, as at times the show rooms were 

 crowded, despite the fact that there was 

 nearly double the space used last year. 

 A 25-cent admission was charged, and if 

 there was a shadow of a doubt left last 

 year regarding the charging of admis- 

 sion, it has been dispelled in face of tlie 

 conclusive evidence at this show that 

 San Francisco bay people will pay to see 

 a flower exhibit, properly staged and 

 properly advertised. 



Judges and Committeemen. 



The displays filled the hotel ballroom, 

 the corridor leading to the ballroom an(l 

 some adjoining small rooms. The dah- 

 lias made a splendid showing. A sudden 

 rise in temperature the day before the 

 show opened was rather trying for some 

 of the exhibitors, but they all made out 

 wonderfully well. The large average 

 size of the blooms caused much comment. 

 The improvement in the amateur dis- 

 plays was especially noticeable. New 

 seedlings were numerous, some of them 

 possessing exceptional merit. 



To facilitate the awarding of the 

 l)rizes, three sets of judges were named. 

 Arthur Hill, Geo. Walters and V. Po- 

 ilesta judged the exhibits in Class A, 

 open to all. R. Lohrniann, William Ket- 

 tlewell and F. D. Pelicano judged Class 



B, for semi-professional growers, and 

 Class D, for school children. A. J. Xev- 

 raumont, A. Twitchett and L. R. Kessing 

 judged Class C, for amateurs. The ex- 

 liibits were in place early on opening 

 day and the judges had comjdeted their 

 work early in the afternoon, the new 

 plan working out nicely. 



The exhibition committee consisted of 



C. S. Quick, Leslie E. Doolittle, Pierson 

 Durbrow, Mrs. E. Lymbery, Mrs. W. E. 

 Estes, L. R. Kessing, Mrs. Jessie Seal, 

 R. C. Delameter, F. C. Burns, H. T. Ken- 

 ning and C. Goecker. Angelo Rossi was 

 to have managed the show, but he was 

 unable to officiate on account of las ab- 

 sence in southern California. 



The Awards. 



Frank D. Pelicano was awarded the 

 prize for the most meritorious exhibit. 



which was a silver cup donated by C. C. 

 Morse & Co. In this same class, Mrs. 

 Jessie Seal's exhibit came second, and 

 the Bessie Boston Dahlia Farm third. 



Twelve peony dahlias — Miss Amy Hodgens, 

 first; Miss Edna Spencer, second; F. C. Burns, 

 tliird. 



Twelve cactus — Miss Amy Hodgens, first; Bes- 

 sie Boston Dahlia Farm, second; Jessie Seal, 

 third. 



Twelve show — Bessie Boston Dahlia Farm, 

 first; Jessie Seal, second; Star Dahlia Garden, 

 third. 



Twelve collarette — Bessie Boston Dahlia Farm, 

 first; Miss Amy Hodgens, second; Mrs. Edna 

 Spencer, third. 



Twelve i)ompons — Mrs. Edna Spencer, first; 

 Jessie Seal, second; Bessie Boston Dalilia Farm, 

 third. 



Six, single — Jessie Seal, first: Bessie Boston 

 Dahlia Farm, second; C. S. Quick, third. 



Twelve hybrid cactus— Bessie Boston Dahlia 

 Farm, first; Miss Amy Hodgens, second; Jessie 

 Seal, third. 



Fifty blooms, one variety — Bessie Boston Dah- 

 lia Farm, first; Frank Pelicano, second; L. E. 

 Doolittle, third. 



Twenty-five blooms, one variety— Frank Peli- 

 cano, first; K. Lohrniann, second; Bessie Boston 

 Dahlia Farm, third. 



Twelve blooms, one variety — Bessie Boston 

 Dahlia Farm, first; F. C. Burns, second; R. 

 Lohrraann, third. 



Three-year-old seedling — R. Lohrmann, first; 

 F. 0. Burns, second; Bessie Boston Dahlia Farm, 

 third. 



1917 seedling — Star Dahlia Farm, first. 



Collection seedlings — F. C. Burns, first. 



Single bloom — F. C. Burns, first; R. Lohr- 

 mann, second; L. J. Fenton, third. 



Six yellow — Jessie Seal, first; F. C. Burns, 

 second. 



Six pink — Jessie Seal, first; Bessie Boston Dah- 

 lia Farm, second. 



Six red — Jessie Seal, first. 



Largest dahlia in show — Star Dahlia Gardens, 

 first; Mrs. A. Davidson, second; L. J. Fenton, 

 third. 



Basket of dahlias— Jessie Seal, first; T. A. 

 Burns, second; F. Pelicano, third. 



Most original special exhibit — Dr. Kuykendall, 

 first. 



Most original floral design — Miss Amy Hodg- 

 ens, first; Mr. Buchner, second. 



Collection California dahlias — Bessie Boston 

 Dahlia Farm, first; P. C. Burns, second. 



Special exhibit awards — N. F. Vanderbilt, Mrs. 

 C. M. Hunt. 



In the semi-professional class Mrs. A. David- 

 son took one first premium, two seconds, three 

 thirds; L. R. Kessing, two firsts, two seconds; 

 Mrs. W. E. Estes, one first, two seconds, two 

 thirds; C. Elliott, one first; Dr. L. Michael, one 

 second; C. Salbach, one second, one third; J. H. 

 Streeter, one first; Mrs. E. L. Spacher, one first; 

 A. Twitchett, one first, one second. 



S. H. G. 



SEASONABLE ig 

 M SUGGESTIONS 



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LiUum Candidum. 



Lilium candidum is of French origin. 

 In the main those from the north of 

 France, with thick scales and bulbs 

 built well up in the center, are the best. 

 They carry broad leaves and have wide- 

 petaled flowers on strong stalks. The 

 large, flat, thin-scaled bulbs often sold 

 are not worth growing. Insist on get- 

 ting north of France bulbs, and you are 

 all right. 



Do not try to grow single bulbs in 

 o-ineli or 6-inch pots. Use 7-inch, 8-inch 

 or even 10-inch pots and stand the bulbs 

 as closely as they will go. Merely cover 

 them with soil; use some sand below 

 them. Place them in a coldframe, re- 

 move sashes and fully expose the plants. 

 Protect them, however, from heavy 

 rains. Leave them in the open until 

 the plants have had several good freez- 

 ings; then stand them under glass pro- 

 tection. Treated like longiflorums, you 

 cannot grow eandidums successfully. 

 They need a lower night temperature 

 when being forced, 50 to .12 degrees at 

 night being ample. For outdoor culture 

 jilant tliem four inches deep and, 

 whether to l)e potted or planted outside, 

 do tlie work as soon as possible, as ean- 

 didums are already making roots and 

 leaves. 



Paper White Narcissi. 



We are likely to have a good supply 

 of-Papcr White narcissi this season, and 

 tliey undoubtedly will sell at higher 

 prices than ever before, as we only seem 

 likely to be able to get a fractional 

 supply of Dutch bulbs. I do not think 

 anything is gained by keeping the bulbs 

 dry tor months after being received. 

 The earliest batch, if placed outdoors 

 and given a coating of sand, will be all 

 right for at least a couple of months, 

 or, if you have cold cellar space, put 

 all the bulbs in flats as soon as vou can. 



To say that these Paper Whites will 

 come on too early is pure nonsense. 

 Last season bulbs put in flats in October 

 gave us flowers until the first week in 

 May, which is surely a sufficiently long 

 season. 



Hydrangeas. 



Often the lifting of hydrangeas is de- 

 layed until frost has scorched the plants 

 (juite badly. A far safer plan is to pot 

 or tub the plants now. They always 

 lift with good balls and rarely wilt 

 after potting if well soaked with water. 

 Plants potted now and placed in the 

 full sun will luake many roots before 

 cold weather, no matter whether they 

 are the old otaksa or the newer French 

 varieties. If you want some handsome 

 single heads of hydrangeas for early 

 spring blooming, place cuttings singly 

 in small pots now. Use a mixture of 

 half each of sand and loam and keep the 

 cuttings close until rooted. Both types 

 of hydrangeas make handsome single 

 heads if propagated in this way now. 



Pansies and Myosotis. 



The present is a splendid time to 

 transplant goodly batches of seedlings 

 of pansies, violas, daisies and forget-me- 

 nots, either in coldframes or outdoors. 

 I prefer wintering outdoors, using a 

 well drained jiiece of land and giving 

 the ]>lants a mulch early in December. 

 By carrying a certain proportion over in 

 coldframes, an early crop of bloom is 

 secured. There is always a strong call 

 for small boxes or baskets of these little 

 I)lants in early spring. The sooner the 

 transplanting is completed now, the 

 stronger your plants will be and the bet- 

 ter tliev will winter. 



Columbus, O.— C. S. Barnaby was 

 judge of the "city beautiful" eontest 

 at Shelbvville last week. 



