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[NTEENATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Well Attended Throughout. 



Wednesday, March 17, was carnation 

 lay at the international flower show in 

 New .York, but it did not bring out a 

 particularly large number of exhibits 

 Prom the commercial growers; the flow- 

 ers shown, however, were of excellent 

 quality. There were no stagings Thurs- 

 lay. Friday was sweet pea day, when 

 commercial growers also made a poor 

 showing. The W. Atlee Burpee Co., 

 Philadelphia, had a quite creditable ex- 

 libit entered in the class covering the 

 lisplay arranged for effect and easily 

 von the first prize. In many classes no 

 entries were made. 



Keen competition was evident in the 

 second big contest for supremacy iu the 

 class for a display of cut roses covering 

 WO square feet. Frank R. Pierson, 

 Farrytown, N. Y., put up his second 

 ?rand exhibit, in itself no small task, 

 3ince nothing but the finest flowers, 

 produced from two pinches, would be 

 citable for staging in this class, where 

 fhe stock is judged almost to the weigh- 

 ing point, but the first honors went to 

 1 newcomer in the exhibition field, the 

 Duckham-Pierson Co., Madison, N. J. 

 The management of the show is to be 

 congratulated upon being able to secure 

 1 filling of two such classes within a 

 lay or two of each other, especially 

 svhen, without them, there would have 

 been a noticeable thinness in the rose 

 section. In the opinion of the public, a 

 view of these exhibits alone was worth 

 the price of admission. 



The attendance throughout the show 

 was good and the committee has no 

 anxiety in regard to the outcome finan- 

 L'ially. 



Carnation Awards. 

 While S. J. Goddard, Franiingham, 



Mass., achieved a great success Wednes- 

 day with his superb Laddie carnations, 

 C. S. Strout, of Biddeford, Me., was 

 also well represented, as shown by the 

 following list of awards to commercial 

 growers: 



One hundred white — F. B. Abranis, Blue I'oint, 

 X. Y., first; C. S. Strout, Biddeford, Me., second. 

 ' One hundred light pink — Gude Bros. Co., 

 Washington, D. C, Hrst; Springfield Floral Co.. 

 .Springfield, N. J., second. 



One hundred dark pink — C. S. Strout, first; 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., second. 



One hundred red or scarlet, to cover all 

 shades geuerallv included in those colors — 

 Springfield Floral Co., first; William Sim, Cllf- 

 tondale, Mass., second. 



One hundred crimson, to Include all shades 

 known as crimson or maroon — C. S. Strout, 

 first. 



One hundred white, varlegated^ — Curt Thlmm, 

 Roslyn, N. Y., first; C. S. Strout, second. 



One hundred yellow or yellow variegated — 

 C. S. Strout, first. 



One hundred Laddie — S. J. OoddHrd, Framing- 

 ham, Mass., first; C. S. Strout, second. 



Fifty any new variety not Iti commerce — 

 Herman Schwarz, Central I'ark, L. I., silver 

 medal. 



Display of carnations, covering 150 scpiare 

 feet of space and containing not less than 1,000 

 nor more than 1,500 bhHniis — Springfield Floral 

 Co., Springfield, N. J., first. 



Sweet Peas. 



The awards made to commercial 

 growers for displays of sweet 

 as follows: 



One hundred sprays, bicolor — M. Matheron, 

 Baldwin, N. Y., first; llerman Slamitsch, Kock- 

 vllle Center, X. Y., second. 



One hundre<l sprays, white — M. Graf, Elms- 

 ford, N. Y., first. 



One hundred spruvs light lavender — M. (Jraf, 

 first. 



One hundred sprays pink or .salmon — M. Math- 

 eron, first. 



Display of sweet peas covering 100 square 

 feet, arranged for effect — W. Atlee Burpee Co., 

 Philadelphia, first; Herman Mamitsdi, second. 



Cut Rose Display. 



In judging the displays of cut roses 

 exhibited by commercial growers, the 

 quality of bloom, artistic arrangement 

 and general eflfect were considered. The 

 awards were as follows: 



peas were 



Display of cut roses covering 300 square feet 

 and containing not less than JiOO nor more than 

 1,000 blooms — Duckham-Pierson Co., Madison, 

 N. J., first; F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. 

 Y., second; A. X. I'iersou, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn., third. 



Prize-Winning Private Growers. 



The following i)rivate growers were 

 among the prize-winners, in addition to 

 those mentioned in The Review of 

 March 18: J. W. Smith, gardener for 

 Mrs. F. E. Lewis, Ridgefield, Conn.; 

 George Ferguson, gardener for Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney, Manhasset, N. Y. ; J. 

 Sisley, gardener for Mrs. Paul Moore, 

 Convent Station, N. J.; L. Hubbard, 

 gardener for Spencer Eddy, Manhasset, 

 N. Y. ; E. Lawrence, gardener for Mrs. 

 A. Schlact, Saugatuck, Conn.; F. K. 

 Whitehouse, gardener for Mrs. Hol- 

 brook, Stamford, Conn.; Charles J. Mc- 

 Cormack, gardener for Countess Von 

 Holstein, Edge Hill, Pa.; Frank W. 

 Sargeaunt, gardener for Walter Jen- 

 nings, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., and 

 William Kleinheinz, gardener for Jos. 

 E. Widener, Ogontz, Pa. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS DINE. 



Annual Club Banquet. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Florists' Club, held at the Hotel Bilt- 

 more, Wednesday evening, March 17, 

 was a great success. Those sitting down 

 to tables numbered 472, the largest num- 

 ber ever in attendance at such a func- 

 tion of the club. The party assembled 

 in the reception rooms and proceeded 

 to the grand ballroom, where the dinner 

 was served. After the dinner, the tables 

 were removed from the center of the 

 floor and dancing was indulged in until 

 a late hour. 



With the exception of short addresses 

 from Park Commissioners Gallatin and 

 Harmon, who were present as guests and 



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Bioquet of New York Florists' Club during laternatioaal Flower Show at Hotel Biltmore, March 17. 



