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The Florists^ Review 



March 23, 1920 



spoke of the delight to be obtained from 

 a close association with flowers and 

 plants, there were no formal addresses. 

 President A. M. Henshaw welcomed the 

 guests and acted as toastmaster, a toast 

 being given to President Wilson at the 

 opening of the dinner, followed by the 

 singing of * ' The Star-Spangled Ban- 



ner. 



Appreciation Shown in Silver. 



Opportunity was taken at the close 

 of the dinner to present a handsome tea 

 service of solid silver to Philip F. Kess- 

 ler, in recognition of his services as 

 president of the club last year. Wil- 

 liam H. Siebrecht, Jr., made the pres- 

 entation speech in behalf of the club, 

 to which Mr. Kessler replied most feel- 

 ingly, assuring his fellow members that 

 they could count upon his support and 

 assistance in anything directed toward 

 the good of the club. 



There was a large list of invited 

 guests, almost all of whom were visitors 

 from other cities and towns. The dance 

 program included the usual elimination 

 dance and entertainment was furnished 

 by professional singers. J. H. P. 



GROWER SEES NEW YORK SHOW. 



Roses Stand Out. 



When compared with some of the ex- 

 hibitions held in the Grand Central 

 Palace in pre-war times, the 1920 dis- 

 play in the matter of mere bulk was 

 somewhat inferior to its predecessors. 

 Large-sized material, such as palms, bay 

 trees, tree ferns, azaleas, rhododendrons, 

 acacias, forced deciduous shrubs and 

 stove and greenhouse plants, was far 

 less plentiful. Of azaleas and rhodo- 

 dendrons hardly any were shown and 

 even of French hydrangeas there were 

 few. The rose gardens, groups of flow- 

 ering plants, bulb gardens and cut 

 flowers of all kinds were remarkably 

 fine. The numerous trade booths were 

 extremely attractive and a whole show 

 in themselves. Cyclamens were few in 

 numbers and poor in quality. Ciner- 

 arias of the stellata type were good, but 

 those of the grandiflora type were in- 

 ferior. Primulas were excellent and 

 some fine schizanthus in tubs, trained 

 specimens, were noted. Orchids were 

 fewer in numbers than usual at New 

 York, due to the superior attractions 

 offered at Boston a week later. 



Never were more magnificent groups 

 of roses shown than here. In. a close 

 competition the Duckham-Pierson Co., 

 Madison, N. J., led three competitors 

 with superb vases, finely arranged by 

 A. T. Bunyard, of Columbia, Premier, 

 Russell, Ha(Vey, Double White Killar- 

 ney, Hoosier Beauty, Mrs. Aaron Ward 

 and Ophelia. A close second was the 

 F. R. Pierson Co., of Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 The vase of Francis Scott Key here 

 was grand, as were Columbia, Beauty, 

 Sylvia, Premier, Russell, Hoosier 

 Beauty and Cecile Brunner. Had this 

 group contained a vase of white roses, 

 decisions might have been reversed. 

 The rose garden of A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 of Cromwell, Conn., was beautifully de- 

 signed and an admiring crowd constant- 

 ly surrounded it. The one of the F. R. 

 Pierson Co. was a close second. Of the 

 new roses, Mrs. J. H. Dunlop showed up 

 grandly, as did also Mme. Butterfly, 

 Crusader, Premier and others. 



Carnation Novelty. 



The new carnations of H. B. Mari- 



nelli, Montvale, N. J., created a sensa- 

 tion with their mammoth Malmaison- 

 like flowers. The originator claims that 

 they are true winter bloomers. They 

 have practically no calyx at all and 

 have an artificial, paper-like appearance. 

 The public were, however, buying them 

 at $5 per plant! 



Laddie and Maine Sunshine showed 

 up well among carnations. The latter 

 again demonstrated its remarkable 

 keeping qualities. 



The sweet pea display March 19 was 

 a superb one, especially the grand col- 

 lection from the W. Atlee Burpee 

 Co., Philadelphia. Mrs. Kerr, a lovely 

 apricot-colored variety, was the center 

 of attraction. Other beautiful sorts 

 were Fairy Queen, Fairy, Lavender 

 King, Albatross, Princess, Zephyr, Glit- 

 ters and Exquisite. 



Out of some delightful table decora- 

 tions, one by John Canning, of Ophelia 

 roses. Delphinium Belladonna and yel- 

 low hardy alyssum, with corsages of 

 forget-me-nots and blue pansies, was es- 

 pecially pleasing. A. T. Bunyard had 

 a fine table, not in competition, in which 

 Prunus triloba. Acacia pubescens, Shir- 

 ley poppies and Trollius europseus were 

 used. Another table, by Max Schling, 

 of Acacia pubescens and blue pansies, 

 was also much admired. 



Private Growers Show Well. 



Well worthy of admiration were the 

 fern groups of the Robert Craig Co., 

 Philadelphia, and the F. R. Pierson Co. 

 and the delightful bulb garden of John 

 Scheepers & Co. John Canning, super- 

 intendent for Adolph Lewisohn, had 

 fourteen large truck loads of plants and 

 was the heaviest prize winner in the 

 show. His large group of Nemesia Sut- 

 tonii was an eye-opener to many, and 



his beautifully arranged group of flo-> 

 ering and foliage plants was finely biC 

 anced and showed exquisite taste. Sui 

 plants as polyanthus, salpiglossi 

 Primula malacoides, lilies, acacias, ph, 

 IsBnopsis, Oncidium splendidum, rosi 

 and richly colored crotons were used. 



Worthy of note was the grand colic 

 tion of camellias in forty-eight vari 

 ties from Thomas Proctor, superinteiii 

 ent for W. R. Coe, Oyster Bay, L. 

 One variety, Tutcheria spectabilis, hji 

 flowers nine inches across " and som 

 beautiful single and double varietii . 

 were included. A gold medal wa 

 awarded this meritorious collection. 



Cymbidlums lied OrcUds. 



Among the orchids cymbidiums hel(' 

 the place of honor usually occupied by 

 cattleyas. Some beautiful varieties 

 shown by Joseph Manda and others in- 

 cluded Beatrice, Mayra, Capella, Castor, 

 Sybil, Sybil alba. Primrose, Wigani- 

 anum, Gottianum, Alexandra, Diana 

 and Pollux. Brassocattleya Mavehona, 

 a lovely, pure white variety from the 

 Joseph A. Manda Co., East Orange, 

 N. J., received a gold medal. It was 

 named by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the 

 word meaning, in Cheyenne Indian lan- 

 guage. The Princess. Cattleya Brenda, 

 pure white, and Brassocattleya Leeman- 

 nlse were other much admired orchids. 



The exhibition was effectively ar- 

 ranged and plants and flowers showed 

 excellent keeping qualities. Consider- 

 ing climatic conditions, difficulties of 

 labor and transportation and other 

 drawbacks, the show was a remarkable 

 one and the crowds of visitors which 

 came in a steadily growing stream as 

 the show advanced made it a pro- 

 nounced financial success. 



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AT THE NEW YORK SHOW. 



An invalid was being wheeled about 

 the exhibition. "If I only had that 

 wheel chair," remarked a member of 

 the fair sex, "I could spend the whole 

 day amid these lovely flowers. Yet how 

 much happier one should feel that one 

 can flit from flower to flower, so to 

 speak, of one 's own free will, enjoying 

 to the full extent this wonderful dis- 

 play!" 



From a commercial viewpoint it was 

 conceded to be unsurpassed in quality, 

 even if the entrees were not so 

 numerous as heretofore. High culture 

 is the cause and had Old Sol been more 

 sociable, the effect would be hard to 

 calculate. 



"Truly an inspiration!" was the 

 opinion of George Burgevin, of Valen- 

 tin Burgevin's Sons, of Kingston, N. 

 Y., referring to the fine showing of roses 

 and in particular to the vase of the new 

 Canadian rose, Frank W. Dunlop. When 

 one considers the growing season, these 

 roses are remarkable and well worth a 

 special trip alone to see them. 



"I wish that our carnations were like 

 this fine collection," said Conrad Gin- 

 dra, of Poughkeepsio, N. Y., while in- 

 specting an exhibit of those flowers. 

 "It is a feast for sore eyes. But I 



think that ours will be in fine shape for 

 Easter and we expect an excellent busi- 

 ness. ' ' 



"Next to booking an order for one 

 of our boilers," said Fred Lauten- 

 schlager, "it is pleasing to hear the 

 encomiums on the Kroeschells already 

 in use." 



C. F. Baker, of Utica, N. Y., said that 

 he had never seen finer bulbous stock 

 and was particularly interested in Nar- 

 cissus Giant Van Waveren, extolling its 

 beauties with many adjectives and say- 

 ing that he was going to be the first 

 to introduce it to the people of Utica. 



John Lawrance, of Ogdensburg, N. Y., 

 was among those from out in New York 

 state who felt fully repaid for the trip 

 and said that he is having the best busi- 

 ness he eyer had and his stock for 

 Easter is in excellent shape. 



"Atlantic City is a veritable bonanza 

 for the florist," said W. Edwards, of 

 the Edwards Floral Hall Co., of that 

 city, who was recently appointed state 

 representative of the F. T. D. for the 

 state of New Jersey. 



"We are determined that Montreal 

 shall have an international flower show 

 in the early future," said W. Hall, of 

 Hall & Robinson, of that city. He also 

 said that a finer collection of Dutch 

 bulbous stock could hardly be accumu- 



