NOTSMBBB 21, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Rear> Side and Front Views of the Baur & Steinkamp New Carnation^ No. 414. 



mercial sort. We are growing about 

 5,000 this season and will have a large 

 stock next season, when we propose to 

 disseminate it. ' ' 



THE PROVIDENCE SHOW. 



A Creditable Exhibition. 



The annual fall exhibition of the 

 Ehode Island Horticultural Society was 

 held in the ballroom of the Narragan- 

 sett hotel, at Providence, November 14 

 and 15 and was an excellent one. Pot 

 chrysanthemums were missed, but cut 

 blooms were numerous and of grand 

 quality. Roses and carnations were both 

 in fine form. Great credit is due to this 

 society for keeping its exhibitions go- 

 ing as usual, while other and larger 

 societies either have dropped shows en- 

 tirely or so reduced them that they are 

 mere shadows of those of former years. 



The leading exhibitors and prize-win- 

 ners in the mum classes were John S. 

 Doig, gardener to F. S. Peck, Barring- 

 ton, R. I., some of whose finest vases 

 were William Turner, Yellow Turner, 

 Glenview, Louisa Pockett and E. Seide- 

 witz; the Warwick Neck Greenhouses, 

 whose Glenview, Yellow Eaton, Yellow 

 Turner and Supreme were noteworthy, 

 and Fred Hoffman, whose finest varie- 

 ties were Golden Age, President Everitt 

 and William Turner. 



T. J. Johnston & Co., Providence, took 

 first and second for the best baskets of 

 chrysanthemums. They also showed 

 some excellent baskets of roses, a 

 bride's bouquet of roses and a display 

 of ferns. The carnation prizes were di- 

 vided between John S. Doig and the 

 Mount Pleasant Greenhouses. John 

 Macrae had a fine table of carnations 

 not for competition and had planned to 

 show cut mums in quantity, but mistook 

 the day of opening. John S. Doig had 

 an excellent vase of Eucharis amazon- 

 ica. 



Things to Eat. 



The Providence Market Gardeners' 

 Association cooperated with the Horti- 

 cultural Society in this show and its 

 members showed some high-quality veg- 

 etables. Apples were more largely shown 

 than usual, the boxes from L. K. Klarma 

 being specially good. Displays of canned 

 goods were large and canning competi- 

 tions were given on the first evening 

 of the show. The second day the show 

 was in the hands of the allied war re- 



lief campaigners and a good sum was 

 netted for our boys across the water. 

 W. N. Craig, Brookline, Mass., ofirciat- 

 ed as judge. W. N. C. 



HYDRANGEAS ARE POPULAR. 



The popularity of the hydrangea as a 

 pot plant for Christmas and Easter, 

 which has been constantly growing since 

 the importations of azaleas from Bel- 

 gium were shut off by the war, promises 

 to be greater this season. Already many 

 growers have their stock for the Christ- 

 mas demand and are preparing to have a 

 good supply to bloom at Easter. 



French hydrangeas are excellent pot 

 plants for these two flower-selling days. 

 They are propagated with the greatest 

 ease, grow rapidly, force splendidly, 

 bloom much earlier than the old H. 

 otaksa, produce splendid heads of flow- 



ers and can be had in a fine range of 

 colors. 



While most florists grow more or less 

 of these blooming plants, those who 

 want to increase their supply should pur- 

 chase either pot-grown or field-grown 

 stock now. If they are wanted for 

 Christmas and before, pot-grown plants 

 in 5-inch, 6-inch or even larger sizes 

 should be secured. Keep them in a cold- 

 frame for a time and gradually reduce 

 their water supply, not causing a com- 

 plete drying up, but a gradual shrink- 

 age. For plants to bloom at Easter and 

 Memorial day, field-grown stock will an- 

 swer just as well. 



While primulas, cyclamens and bego- 

 nias will be as popular as ever this year, 

 it is well for variety's sake to have a 

 supply of hydrangeas of the French va- 

 rieties. Then the customer will have a 

 good assortment to choose from. 



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House of the Baur & Steinkamp Carnation, No. 4H, Photographed November 7, 1918. 



