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The Florists^ Review 



19 



ROCHESTER EXPOSITION. 



Flower Display Excellent. 



The Bochcster Victory exposition and 

 flower show opened its gates as the park 

 band played the national anthem on 

 Labor day, September 1. The day was 

 one of brilliant sunshine and enormous 

 crowds visited the show. 



The florists and the park department 

 contributed strongly to the floral ex- 

 hibit, which was held in the same build- 

 ing as in previous years. The hall had 

 been decorated with evergreens and the 

 two doorways were made to look quite 

 attractive with flower boxes and ever 

 greens, under the direction of Charles 

 H. Vick and Frank Mahoney. 



Considering the poor season, excellent 

 displays were made. It was a wonder 

 where such a choice selection of cut 

 flowers could come from, for heavy rains 

 had done quite serious damage to flow- 

 ers in and around Rochester during the 

 few days before Labor day. 



Fine Crotons Shown. 



George T. Boucher occupied the whole 

 length of the north side of the hall, 

 with a choice selection of palms, ferns, 

 crotons and gladioli. The exhibit was 

 divided at intervals with white lattice 

 and between various sections excellent 

 specimens of crotons of the following 

 varieties were seen: Andreanum, Queen 

 Victoria, fasciatum, Philip Geduldig', 

 Thos. Roland, Paul Weber and Ed Rons- 

 dale. 



N. Harold Cottam & Son, of Wap 

 pingers Falls, N. Y., had a gorgeous dis 

 play of dahlias, ranging from midget to 

 mammoth sizes. Over 200 varieties were 

 exhibited and it is acknowledged to be 

 the finest collection ever shown here. 

 .\mong the newer varieties were Mar 

 guerite Bouc-hon, King of the Autumn, 

 Attraction, Yellow King, (Jreation, An 

 rora, Sir Douglas Haig, Union Jack. 

 Gracchus and Schneewitcheii. Herbert 

 (i. Cottam was in charge. 



F. Schlegel 's Sous were represented 

 by several good window baskets of ferns 

 and asters, briskets of annuals and .-i 

 good collection of helichrysum arrange 

 ments made up for the holiday. .Tames 

 Sproat was in charge. 



Big Gladiolus Bed. ' 



Hart ic Vick, Inc., Rochester, liad :i 

 large table, on wnich were splendid 

 vases of cut stock, including moutbre 

 tiaa, zinnias, larkspur, cosmos, dahlias, 

 gladioli, asters, gypsophilas, gaillardias. 

 tobacco plants, palms and twenty vases 

 of pansies. A splendid showing of now 

 l)ulb3 was a great attraction to visitors. 

 Opposite the exhibit was a huge bed of 

 gladioli, about ten feet in diameter, con 

 taining about 500 blooms. Around the 

 outside of the bed were fine coleus and .i 

 lockery. The exhibit was in charge of 

 Miss M. Rodell, Charles 11. Vick aii.l 

 Cecil Lester. 



N. A. Haliauer, of Ontario, N. \.. liati 

 .1 splendid display of gladioli nf he 

 tween thirty and forty of the newest 

 varieties. Among the newer ones were 

 < riant White, Herada, Rochester White. 

 .Master Weitze, Love's Fire and Ashta 

 l)ula. His collection of dahlias was also 

 good. 



Walter L. Wright, of Shortsville, 

 .\. Y., had a good basket of gladioli, 

 l^aace and War. 



Charles W. Curtis, of Irondequoit, 

 N. v.. had his usual fine showing of as 



ters and gladioli, staged artistically in 

 vases and baskets. 



Arthur 'M. Newborn had a display of 

 dried flowers, made up in artistic ar- 

 rangements. A beautiful birch bark 

 basket of Fireball helichrysum at 

 tra'eted mucli attention. 



L. J. Bryant, of Newark, N. Y., staged 

 an excellent display of gladioli and 

 dahlias. 



Jacob Thomann & Sons had a splen- 

 did exhil)it of ferns and baskets of 

 gladioli and tritomas. They included 

 several new varieties, as well as large 

 baskets of Rochester White, of which 

 they are the originators. 



Big Aster Display. 



James Vick's Sons contributed a fine 

 collection of annujils and perennials and 

 a large aster disi)lay, in which Heart of 

 France was the most popular. Ed Wei 

 bens, George Case and E. Price were 

 in charge. 



The park exhibit consisted of palms, 

 ferns, crotons. Rex and tuberous-rooted 

 begonias and vases of gladioli. 



The Rochester Rose Society, which 

 has recently been formed, was repre- 

 sented by a large table of roses. At 

 present the society boasts of 150 mem 

 bers; John Dunbar is president. 



Excellent bird baths, benches, sun 

 dials and garden globes from the Nor 

 ristone (^o. were dis|)layed through the 

 grounds. H. J. H. 



IX>WELIi, MASS. 



The Market. 



Tliere seems to be no scarcity of 

 some varieties of cut flowers in this 

 market. Really good asters are plentiful, 

 as are gladioli also. The recent rains 

 and cool weather have helped the late 

 asters. Many really good blooms are 

 to he had. 



Weddings have been numerous, and 

 there has been a great deal of funeral 

 work. The florists all appear well satis 

 fied with business conditions, especially 

 for this season of the year. 



The new crop of carnations is now ar 

 1 iviiig, with fairly good blooms on stftn- 

 (if iiHMliuin length. 



Various Notes. 



K. A. Griffiths, 31 Bridge street, has 

 K'tired from the musical profession. He 

 was an accomplislied player on various 

 instruments and a band leader and an 

 organizer. He has been in the florists" 

 trade for a great number of years 

 and is doing a prosperous business. Just 

 uow he has large quantities of fine gla 

 dioli and is cleaning them up well. 



-Morse & Beals are having an cnoi 

 itmus amount of funeral work. Tlicv 

 .•ir<- getting in fine roses. 



Kenny, Florist, IHo Central street, 

 was kejit busy last week on a large fu 

 iicral order. Frank Marshall and Mr. 

 Kenny constructed a chair about four 

 feet high of white asters and had thir 

 teen other designs for the same funeral. 

 This firm has for several weeks been 

 ni.iking special Saturday sales of asters. 



The Frank P. Putnam Co. has IK" 

 varieties of single chrysanthemums of 

 its own raising. It ])lanted nearly 

 IIO.OOO carnation plants this year. Tlie 

 cut flowers are shipped to New York. 

 The firm also runs a high-class tailoring 

 and department store in Lowell. Harry 

 Putnam recently returned from Wash 

 ington state, where he was with the 

 • iviation section of the Signal Corjis. 



Mrs. J. J. McManmon has been busy 

 of late with a number of weddings of 

 prominent people. She has orders for a 

 large quantity of bouquets to be carried 

 in a parade, given by local French peo 

 pie in honor of the boys returning from 

 the war. J. J. McManmon is now in 

 Great Britain, where he has gone to 

 visit some of the principal florists and 

 nurserymen. He will be gone six 

 mbnths or more. This firm has a largfe 

 quantity of fine late asters. They have 

 finished planting five houses of carna- 

 tions. 



Mr. Piiotte, of the J. J. McManmon 

 store, has returned from a three weeks' 

 vacation in Montreal, Canada. J. B. 

 Halley, formerly in business for himself 

 in Lawrence, is again at this store. 



Tom McManus, of J. J. McManmon 's 

 greenhouses, was in a collision on the 

 night of August 30 between two electric 

 cars, having his arm broken and receiv 

 ing other minor injuries. E. B. R. 



OBITUARY 



Andrew McAdams. 



Andrew McAdams, in business in Chi- 

 cago since the days of the Civil war, 

 died at St. Luke 's' hospital, August 26. 

 He was suffering from internal troubles 

 and was operated upon August 11. For 

 a time recovery seemed possible, but his 

 condition took a turn for the worse. 



Mr. McAdams was born at London 

 derry, Ireland, in 1849, and was but 18 

 years of age when he came to Chicago. 

 .\t the age of 20 he entered business with 

 the late John Goode, his brother-in-law. 

 I'pon Mr. Goode 's retirement Mr. Mc 

 Adams became the sole proprietor of the 

 business. The business has been ex 

 ceedingly successful ever since its be 

 ginning. Owing to ill health, Mr. Mc 

 .Vdams devoted little time to the store 

 at Fifty-third street and Kimbark ave 

 nue in late years, .spending most of his 

 time in Florida, where he had a farm at 

 Melbourne. He was constantly active 

 in trade affairs and was an ex-president 

 of the "Chicago Florists' Club. 



He is survived by Miss May Mc 

 .\dams, well known as a landscape gar 

 lienor. Mrs. McAdams, his second wife, 

 died three years ago. The funeral was 

 held August 29 from the residence, 531. '') 

 KIlis .'ivenue. 



Seaman Smith. 



Seaman Smith, descendant of the 

 Smith family that settled Smithtown. 

 I-. I., died August 20 in the hospital at 

 Flushing. He was fi.") years of age and 

 for many years had conducted nurseries 

 on Long Island. 



He was born in Smithtown, L. I., and 

 at the time of his deatli was living at 

 -H M.'tdison avenue, .\ew York citv. He 

 is survived by his wife, two daughters 

 and three sons. 



Patrick Shields. 



I'atrick Shields, for many years em 

 ployed by various florists of Provi- 

 dence, R. I., shot and killed his wife, 

 Katherine Shields, and committed sui 

 cide by shooting himself through the 

 mouth, August 29. He was 70 years of 

 age and was said to have been suffering 

 from mental troubles. The couple are 

 survived by four daughters, two 30»8 

 and four grandchildren. W. H. M. 



