August 26, 1020 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



The JBommittee recommended that a 

 bronze medal be jriven the Julius Roehrs 

 ('0., Rutherford, N. J., on the new cat- 

 tlcya hybrid, Momoria Roehrs Lowe, a 

 rross between (.'attleya hybrida Prince 

 ICdward and ('. Dowiana, which was 

 ilowered and exhibited for the first time. 

 It is a pure yellow petaled and sepaled 

 l.ybrid cattleya. This recommendation 

 must be passed upon by the executive 

 board before the medal can be awarded. 



Cut Flower Section. 



In the cut flower section honorable 

 ■mention was awarded the W. E. Kirch- 

 ■ oflf Co., Pembroke, N. Y., on some ex- 



optionally fine blooms of Gladiolus 

 i'rolden Measure, Glory of Pembroke and 



vlrs. Dr. Norton. 

 Honorable mention was given the 



V^ayside Gardens Co., Mentor, O., on 



heir production of prinuilinus hybrids, 

 tnd to Ralph E. Huntington, Painesville, 

 I >., on seedling No. 457, which the judges 



.amed The President, and on some speci- 

 • iien blooms of Purple Glory and Orange 

 ' ; lory. 



"Creditable exhibits of gladiolus 

 tilooms, " stated the judges, "were 

 shown by the National Bulb Farms, Ben- 

 ton Harbor, Mich.; American Bulb Co., 

 ' hicago; A''aughan's Seed Store, Chi- 

 cago, and the United Bulb Co., ^Mount 

 I lomens, Mich." 



' * Baum 's, Knoxville, Tenn., ' ' road the 

 report, ''had some blooms of their new 

 seedling, Willielmina Gudc, also an in- 

 structive exhibit of rubrum and candi- 

 liiim lily and gladiolus bulbs, which were 

 ^rown on their Tennessee farm. This 

 trives an idea of what can be done with 

 those items in this country." 



Other Awards. 



For their exhibits of bulbs and garden 

 requisites, the American Bulb Co., 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, A. Henderson & 

 Co. and the W. W. I^nrnnrd Co., Chi- 

 ••ago, and the H. F. :^richell Co., Phila- 

 ilolphia, wore highly commended. 



Of the su]iplies exliibits the M. Rice 

 Co., Philadelphia, received a certificate 

 of i!iorit on the "very artistic display 

 of tiieir merchandise." The same awnnl 

 was given the BorgmaiinKdropp Co., 

 Chicago. Honorable mention wont to 

 the S. S. Pennock Co., A. L. Randall Co., 

 .Tosejth E. Neidinger Co., Alaltama Ever- 

 ::roon Co., Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., 

 •>\o Cnatt Co. and George B. Hart. 



A certificate of merit was awarded 

 the Skinner Irrigation Co., Trov, O.. and 

 the White Co., Clovoland. Tlio follow- 

 ing were highly commondod: Shaw 

 monolithic back ;ircli, manufactured by 

 the Cyclone (irate-Bar Co., Buffalo. N. 

 Y. ; the Cvclone soil shredder, of H. 

 Webor & Sons Co., Oakland, Md., and 

 tlio Hulson Grate Co., Keokuk, la. Hciii- 

 erahle mention was given \ho soil 

 L'rindor of \Vm. F. Kasting Co., Buffalo, 

 •tnd the greenhouse of the Lord & Burn- 

 1 am Co. 



NEW PRESIDENT OF S. A. F. 



The ncnvly elected jirosidont of the 



'M'ioty of American Florists, Thnm.-i-i 



'dand. of Nahant, Mass., was horn in 



■<t).3 in Clioshire, Enghind. Tliere he 



rved ;is gardener on jtrivate estates 



id ill nurseries in various parts of the 



'untry. He came to tliis country in 



■^84. The first seven years ho s]ient in 



orking on 'both priv;it(> and cominorcial 



aces. In ISUl lie began business for 



iiiself at Wouliain, Mass.. where he 



•w has twenty-one houses, in wliich are 



Mrs Charles Graham. 



(Ill Cliurt;t' of Knleitaiiinu'iil lor th(> I,;i(llc~ ;it ( Icvrland.) 



grown ])ot plants of tlie higliost (piality. 

 At Revere, Mass., lie lias 10,000 sfpiare 

 foot of glass devoted to cut flowers. Mr. 

 Roland's exhildts of acacias at eastern 

 shows ha\e won him iiarticular fame. 



BOWLING AT CLEVELAND. 



Ladies First. 



Prominont among tht^ (Mitortiiiii 

 ments during the S. A. F. convention 

 at Cleveland was the howling tourna- 

 ment, which took jilaco Thursda>' exc 

 ning, August 19, at the ("'aluniot ;illeys, 

 opposite the Hotel Hollondon. wh(^ro 

 the convention sessions wore hold. The 

 first hour was occupied by tlio bowling 

 of the ladies, among whom the comjio- 

 titioii w;is so close that there wore 

 two ties. In the ties for the fifth ;ind 

 eighth prizes, Mrs. Rlackiston(> ;nid 

 Mrs. Buriioy, respectively, won th(> 

 drawing. Those rnnking in the first 

 ten wore the following, with their 

 scores: 



Mrs. I'ftor Ol>;oni ?r<:i 



^[rs. Oonrt'o Asniiis I'M 



Mrs. .Tosopli M:infl:i IS? 



Mrs. (JoorL'P 7{ T)i>i'iiiling isi 



Mrs. Z. n. Hlncki-tono 170. 



>rr';. Wiirncki' 17f! 



Mrs. F. II. Tracnrll.v IT'J 



Mrs. Hiiriifv 170 



Mrs .\ll.crt M. Ilorr 170 



Mrs. St''iiilin-iuiiT 144 



And Then the Men. 



In tli(> inon 's bowling, Peter Olsom, 

 of Cliicago. won the ]irizo for the first 

 hiirh ;i\-er;igo, T^;'.'.-';, for three gnnies 

 and tlio special championshiii prize, 

 thereby following up the f:iniily tradi- 

 tion sot by his wife. R. F. .lonos. of 

 Riclimond, Tnd., had the second high 

 averag<> of 1 TH and Gootlto R. Doomling, 



of Detroit, Mich., had higli single 

 game, with 218. The special prize 

 for the high man on the Cleveland 

 team went to Herbert Bate, whose score 

 was ."in;',. The members of the winning 

 te.'ini, tiiat from Chicago, wi're en- 

 abled to protect themselves from the 

 shower of congratulations by means of 

 the umbrellas donateil. Two other 

 prize-winners were Thonms Weeks, 

 who liad the most sjiares, sixteen, and 

 R. Wilson, with the mo.st strikes, tliir- 

 teen. 



The winners in the men's singles 

 were as f(dlows: 



H. K. .L.iu's r.as 



i: H . I'.i lii'.v .-)i>0 



K Wils.iii 4()(; 



W. a. .\siiiiis 48.") 



riKiin.is Wt'Oks 47«> 



W. II. T.'inlil.tt 4t)l 



Tiie scores for the nien 's teams fol- 

 low: 



('tiii'ni;o 1st L'ikI .'ir.I Ditr.. f 1st 2iid ,?nl 



W. .\riiliiii:. .171 1.77 10,1 1)<„TnliiiL' ...i:i7 13S L'18 



Si-hr.inim .. !.",!• l.",.", 177 Hr.Mtiii.v . r. . lUt) 1.77 147 



H. .\iiiliii;;. . l.'.O, liKJ iL'lKl.in;; Its 98 122 



.\. Zfch !.-.:< 121) 14!IIUnv 14:i 146 185 



1'. Ols.Mii 2(X> lO.S 170Stnit 1.'.4 150 14-t 



Total 24.'?1 'Icital 2203 



nrv..|iuul 1st 2n>l .'?ril \f\v York 1st 2ti(l .'Jrd 



Kiiohlo 125 10,0, lS5.Maii(la 177 10,0 124 



H. It.ito ir.l Is2 10,0i:.M-hrs 12'.t 101 1.37 



O. Itat.> 13!> l.'l 15rrni.Ti(llv ...1.32 100 10>9 



Ritz<>iitlial(T.l<i5 157 l.'{7lruiii \:i7, 1:17 l,-)8 



(;ral].iiii ....14:i 10,5 ls;{Mar.iiianlt .111 122 l."!! 



Tctal 2.370 



■rctal 



.204 'J 



Davenport, la. — A sjieoial prize of $li) 

 for the ani.'iteur who exhibited the best 

 plant or flower was offered \>v the 

 Tri-City Florists' Association in addi- 

 tion to the regular prizes offered for 

 amateur exhibits at the Mississippi 

 valley fair and exposition August IH to 

 21. R. W. C. R(di!fs ;iot(>d as suporin- 

 t(>ndont of the lloriciiltural section ^at 

 tht^ fair. 



