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The Florists' Revfew 



NOTIMBIB 14, 1918. 



Atl^ew York, NoTember 6, Mrs. Charles Cleary, 

 broak»4ed, single, submitted by the C. H. Totty 

 Oo., Madison, N. J., scored as follows: Color, 

 85; form, 18; stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 19; 

 total. 90. 



At New York, November 6, Lily Neville, white, 

 Blngle, submitted by the 0. U. Totty Co., Madi- 

 son, N. J., scored as follows: Color, 38; form, 

 18; stem and foliage, 10; fullness, 19; total, 94. 



At New York, November 6, Clorlana, bronze, 



single, submitted by the C. H. Totty Co., Madi- 

 son, N. J., scored as follows: Color, 85; form, 

 18; stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 18; total, 89. 



At New York, November 6, No. 3, red, single, 

 submitted by William Whitton, superintendent 

 of the Flagler estate, Greenwich, Conn., scored 

 as follows: Color, 30; form, 15; stem and foliage, 

 15; fullness, 18; total, 78. 



At New York, November 6, No. 4, bronze, 

 Blngle, submitted by William Whitton, super- 



intendent of the Flagler estate, Greenwich, 

 Conn., scored as follows: Color, 85; form, 18; 

 stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 18; total, 89. 



At New York, November 6, Mrs. J. Leslie 

 Davis, pink, Japanese incurved, submitted by 

 Mrs. 3. Leslie Davis, Haverford, Pa., scored 

 as follows on the exhibition scale: Color, 12; 

 stem, 4; foliage, 4; fullness, 14; form, 14; depth. 

 18; size, 27; total. 88. 



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THE BIUM SOCIETY SHOW 



At American Institute. 



The annual- exhibition of the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America was held 

 in the Engineering building, West Thir- 

 ty-ninth street. New York, in conjunc- 

 tion with the eighty-seventh annual fair 

 of the American Institute, November 

 6 to 8. 



War-time conditions of course were 

 against an exhibition on the usual scale, 

 many regular exhibitors being absent, 

 especially in the private classes. The 

 exhibits, however, though few in num- 

 ber, in quality generally were most 

 meritorious. There was little in the 

 way of new varieties, nor was much ex- 

 pected, but some of the varieties which 

 have passed into the standard class 

 were particularly well done, notably 

 William Rigby in the class for yellows, 

 some blooms of which were really re- 

 markable; Mrs. Gilbert Drabble and 

 Wm. Turner, among the whites; Mrs. 

 K. C. Pulling and Meudon. Stagings in 

 the classes for specimen bush plants 

 were light; in fact, were scarcely no- 

 ticeable. 



Commercial Competition NU. 



With the small amount of material 

 available, the arrangement of the show 

 was most creditable, the best possible 

 advantage being taken of conditions. 

 There were no exhibits from the retail 

 trade and the artistic touch to the ex- 

 hibition usually obtained through these 

 was entirely missing. The groupings 

 staged by C. H. Totty Co., Madison, 

 N. J., were fine and comprised the or- 

 namental features of the exhibition. 



The only exhibitors in the commercial 

 classes were the C. H. Totty Co. and 

 John Condon, of Brooklyn, who took the 

 following awards: 



C. H. Totty Co. — First for twonty-four hlfMtms, 

 long sterns, "one variety, with Louisa Pockett, 

 ■white; first for twenty-four blooms, twenty-four 

 varieties, 10-lnch stems. 



To John Condon— Second for twenty-four 

 blooms, one variety. 



In the open-to-all classes, C. H. Totty 

 Co. took first for a vase of single varie- 

 ties, ten sprays pink, with Bertha Fairs; 

 R. E. Jones, Elberon, N. J., first for six 

 blooms, Japanese anemone variety, 

 white. 



In the class for new varieties, includ- 

 ing seedlings, sports and undistributed 

 importations, C. H. Totty Co. took first 

 for six blooms, any pink variety, and 

 first for vase of anemone-flowered va- 

 riety, with seedling No. 13. The same 

 exhibitor was given special awards for 

 a collection of anemone-flowered chrys- 

 anthemums, for group of chrysanthe- 

 mums, for collection of hardy chrysan- 

 themums, for collection of single chrys- 

 anthemums, for collection of pompon 

 chrysanthemums, for display of hairy 

 and plumed chrysanthemums, and for 



display of chrysanthemum blooms with 

 short stems. 



The C. H. Totty Co. staged splendid 

 exhibits of the new roses, Columbia and 

 Premier, in the non-competitive classes, 

 for which special awards were given. 



G. E, M. Stumpp, New York, was 

 awarded a special prize f of a collection 

 of palms. 



There were no commercial exhibits in 

 the rose, carnation and violet sections. 



W. J. Sealey, Portchester, N. Y., was 

 awarded first prize for a collection of 

 pompon chrysanthemums, ten vases. 



The silver cup of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America for the best seed- 

 ling chrysanthemum not disseminated. 



Get 'em Here by 

 T UESDAY 



No week passes without some 

 advertisements arriving after 

 the paper has gone to press. 

 It is because of the ages-K)ld 

 habit of putting things off. 

 To avoid disappointment, 

 anything to appear in 



of a certain date must be in 

 the type-aetten' htuttUhy the 



preceding Tuesday. 



Why not Monday? 



six blooms of one variety on long stems, 

 was won by the C. H. Totty Co. 



The A. N. Pierson Co., Cromwell, 

 Conn., was awarded a special prize for 

 five vases of pompon chrysanthemums. 



The judges were Eugene Dailledouze, 

 Peter Duff, Alex. McKenzie, John Mc- 

 Nichol and Wm. Turner. J. H. P. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW 



Smaller Than Heretofore. 



The annual exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York was held 

 in the American Museum of Natural 

 History, Central Park West and Sev- 

 enty-seventh street, New York, Novem- 

 ber' 7 to 10. 



As was to have been expected, the 

 exhibition was much smaller than any 

 held in recent years. The beautiful 

 foyer of the museum, usually crowded 

 with the finest examples of cultural 

 skill, was only partly taken up with ex- 

 hibits, the immense specimen plants 

 trained to form one has been accus- 



tomed to see being supplanted by a few 

 subjects of a size dwarf in comparison. 



The main corridor of the west wing, 

 and a small portion of the corridor of 

 the north wing, were ample to accom- 

 modate the rest of the exhibits. 



The number of exhibits was small. 

 Consequently competition was not at all 

 keen. The recent warm spell, no doubt, 

 spoiled the prospects of many exhib- 

 itors, in that much material grown for 

 exhibition had passed before the open- 

 ing of the show; and war conditions fig- 

 ured considerably in the preparation of 

 exhibits for this or any other show, 

 most of the private establishments in 

 the vicinity of New York being closed 

 down on apcount of fuel restricfions. 

 Among the exhibits, however, were 

 many showing the high quality usually 

 forthcoming and the exhibition was dis- 

 appointing only to those who were in- 

 clined to pass judgment without due 

 regard for conditions which were and 

 are just now insurmountable. 



The arrangement of the show was 

 creditable, although without innovation. 

 Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., 

 exhibited palms and other plants in 

 generous profusion, in a non-competitive 

 way, and these were placed to advan- 

 tage insofar as aiding in the general 

 effect sought in arrangements. 

 Trade Exhibits. 



The commercial exhibits, while not 

 numerous, were good. 



C. H. Totty Co., Madison, N. J., car- 

 ried off the first prize in the chrysan- 

 themum classes for a collection of twen- 

 ty-five blooms in twenty-five varieties; 

 first for collection of singles, twenty-five 

 varieties; first for new variety not in 

 commerce, with a beautiful canary-col- 

 ored with three rows of petals; first for 

 vase of twenty blooms, stems not less 

 than three feet, and first for collection 

 of pompons in twenty-five varieties. The 

 Totty Co. was the only member of the 

 trade to make entries in these classes. 



John Scheepers & Co., New York, 

 staged in the foyer a nice bed of winter- 

 flowering begonias and, in the west cor- 

 ridor, a fine collection of caladiums. 

 They also received a certificate for ever- 

 bearing raspberry, La Prance. 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., 

 staged two splendid groups of foliage 

 and decorative plants and obtained a 

 silver medal for specimens of Four- 

 croya Watsoni. In one of the stagings 

 was a collection of decorative forms of 

 Helxine Soleirolii, a small creeping 

 herb, showing the adaptability of this 

 plant for table purposes. In the same 

 exhibit were many forms of tradescan- 

 tia, the collection being awarded a sil- 

 ver medal. 



The C. H. Totty Co. exhibited vases 

 of the new roses, Columbia and Premier, 

 which were greatly admired and which 

 showed the commercial possibilities of 



