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The Florists^ Review 



Novumbbr 6, 1919. 



disposed to advantage in the foyer, the 

 center location being given to a collec- 

 tion of orchids from Lager & Hurrell, 

 Summit, N. J. 



The Awards. 



In the chrysanthemum classes, the C. 

 H. Totty Co., Madison, N. J., won firsts 

 for collections of singles and pompons, 

 and A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn., won a special prize for a collec- 

 tion of pompons. 



Joseph A. Manda, West Orange, N. 

 J., was awarded a gold medal for a fine 

 exhibit of Cypripedium insigne Sanderse 

 and showed also a plant of x new hybrid 

 cattleya, Prince John. 



A. N. Cooley, Pittsfield, Mass., won 

 the Moore medal for a new orchid plant, 

 showing Lajliocattleya luminosa Gold- 

 en Glory, crimson purple lip with crim- 

 son shading on orange yellow sepals, a 

 most beautiful variety. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., staged vases of 

 the new roses, Pilgrim and Crusader, 

 gaining a silver medal for each. The 

 C. H. Totty Co. staged vases of the new 

 roses, Mme. Butterfly and Frank W, 

 Dunlop, each of which was awarded a 

 silver medal. 



The C. H. Totty Co. won first for a 

 vase of twenty chrysanthemums, one 

 variety. 



Sweepstakes Medal. 



Lager & Hurrell won the society's 

 silver cup for a collecion of not less 

 than twenty-five species and varieties 

 of orchid plants, covering fifty square 

 feet of table space. The firm was 

 awarded the sweepstakes silver medal 

 for the best orchid plant exhibited, on 

 Vanda Lowei. 



Eobert G. Wilson, Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 staged a group of a new fern, a type 

 of Pteris terminalis, for which he was 

 awarded a silver medal. 



Some commendable table decorations 

 were exhibited by private exhibitors 

 in the open class provided. It is to be 

 regretted that no commercial showing 

 was made in this class. 



Anthony J. Manda was manager of 

 the show. J. H. Pepper. 



DENVER ANNUAL SHOW. 



Most Successful on Becord. 



Denver's annual flower show at the 

 City Auditorium October 29 to 31 was 

 the most successful ever held, both in 

 quality of the exhibits and in attend- 

 ance. The show was free to exhibitors 

 and to the public, the City Auditorium 

 being donated under those conditions. 



Two prizes were offered, one for fifty 

 Premiers and the other for fifty Carna- 

 tion Denver. The prize for the best 

 fifty Premiers was won by the Mauff 

 Floral Co. The Elitch Gardens Green- 

 houses also had a splendid lot of Pre- 

 miers, hut they were cut a little tight. 

 The prize for the best fifty Carnation 

 Denver was won by Geo. Brenkert, the 

 originator of this variety. 



C. F. Maler showed a table of ferns, 

 cyclamens, cypripediums and cattleyas. 

 One plant worthy of special notice was 

 a Cattleya labiata with fourteen perfect 

 flowers. 



S. Knudscn, of Boulder, Colo., had a 

 splendid exhibit of Cattleya labiata, 

 Cattleya Trianse and a fine specimen of 

 Onridium varicosum Rogersii. 



The City Park Greenhouses had sev- 

 •^ral tables of novelty muma. Thev also 



sent in large palms, begonias, ferns and 

 a large number of good mum plants. 



The Barteldes Seed Co. filled a table 

 with ferns, bulbs, wreaths and autumn 

 foliage. 



Attractive Baskets. 



The Alpha Floral Co. showed several 

 artistic baskets. The one that attracted 

 the most attention was filled with fruits 

 and flowers. 



George Cooper exhibited some fine bas- 

 kets that brought the people back for 

 another look. 



Boldt & Lundy showed some fine cycla- 

 mens, Begonia Cincinnati and baskets of 

 mums and roses. 



T. H. Trimmer & Son had several good 

 vases of roses. 



D. S. Grimes' Son had a table filled 

 with fine mums, pompons and carnations. 



Graul Bros, had a fine collection of 

 carnations and roses, including some 

 good Columbia and Premier. 



Many Good Mums. 



The Fairmont Cemetery Greenhouses 

 showed a splendid lot of mums and pom- 

 pons. 



The Crown Hill Greenhouses had a 

 splendid showing of mums, pompons, 

 carnations and roses. One vase of Mar- 

 igold was especially good. 



The Elitch Gardens Co. exhibited a 

 fine lot of mums, carnations and roses, 

 including some splendid Premier, Key 

 and Columbia. This firm also had a 

 large collection of palms, ferns, arau- 

 carias, cyclamens, Begonia Cincinnati 

 and Begonia luminosa. 



The Mauff Floral Co. had a fine ex- 

 hibit of palms, ferns, adiantum, crotons 

 and cattleyas; also some splendid mums, 

 carnations and pompons. One pompon 

 in this collection, called Acto, was much 

 admired by the florists. This firm with- 

 out a doubt had the best collection of 

 roses ever seen in Denver, including 

 Ophelias and Columbias with 4-foot 

 stems and perfect flowers. 



Fine Retail Display. 



The American Flower Shop had a 

 large signs, ' ' Say It with Flowers, ' ' the 

 only one in the whole show. They gave 

 out a little folder, urging the people to 

 "Say It with Flowers" and calling at- 

 tention to the F. T. D. Their merito- 

 rious exhibit included nearly everything 

 a flower shop is supposed to handle — 

 vases and baskets of flowers, bouquets 

 and corsages, and Parisian winter bas- 

 kets, a specialty of this firm. The whole 

 exhibit was tastefully arranged. The 

 firm also showed for the first time gyp- 

 sophila prepared in all colors by a 

 process of their own. 



The Park Floral Co. had a large show- 

 ing of plants, palms, mums. Begonia 

 Lorraine, Begonia Cincinnati and a fine 

 lot of 6-inch Begonia Chatelaine; also 

 a fine exhibit of corsages, wedding bou- 

 quets, tastefully arranged baskets, some 

 vases of mums and roses and a splendid 

 table decoration of Ophelia, cattleyas 

 and Adiantum Farleyense. 



From Colorado Springs. 



Frank Crump, of Colorado Springs, 

 showed some good carnations and mums. 



The Glen Eyrie Greenhouses, of Colo- 

 rado Springs, exhibited the finest mums 

 at the show, William Turner, Yellow 

 Turner and white and pink Chieftain. 



The Pikes Peak Floral Co., of Colo- 

 rado Springs, had a meritorious collec- 

 tion of mums, pompons, roses and car- 

 nations, two artistic baskets of Bon- 



naffon mums and Ophelia roses and a 

 fine table decoration of Columbia roses 

 and double violets. 



Mrs. S. B. Walker showed her famous 

 collection of Colorado wild flowers. 



R. Forrest showed some seedling trees, 

 grown in Denver from seed, including 

 bur oak, scarlet oak, white oak, laurel- 

 leaved willow, English hawthorn and 

 the native hawthorn. 



Visitors. 



Visitors to the show included Mr. 

 Johnson, of Greeley, Colo.; S. A. Knud- 

 sen, Boulder, Colo.; Geo. Fleischer, 

 Pueblo, Colo.; Mr. Shepard, representing 

 Frank Crump, of Colorado Springs; Wm. 

 Burkhard, grower for the Glen Eyrie 

 Greenhouses, Colorado Springs; Edward 

 Johnson and family, Wm. Crump, and 

 Mr. Armstrong, all of the Pikes Peak 

 Floral Co., Colorado Springs. R. S. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The peculiar character of the fall 

 market is again showing itself. Supply 

 and demand were going nicely hand-in- 

 hand during the first part of the week, 

 with a liberal supply in fancy roses 

 only. Now it is almost a glutted mar- 

 ket, with only one possible outlet: If 

 the demand for funeral flowers in- 

 creases materially, perhaps we can 

 again sail smoothly. But of course the 

 chrysanthemum season is likely to bring 

 a glntted market. It is a time when 

 every grower's stock gets a setback, 

 including that of the plantsmen. At 

 this time, however, whether there is a 

 glut or not, the prices are fairly firm. 

 Stock either sells or does not sell. The 

 dealer who used to peddle stock to the 

 public at a song has awakened to the 

 fact that selling anything below pro- 

 duction prices is a losing game. 



Growers and Retailers Meet. 



The growers and retailers met again 

 October 30 at the store of the Wm. F. 

 Kasting Co. for the purpose of consid- 

 ering what procedure should be adopted 

 in order to raise a substantial adver- 

 tising fund. While the gathering was 

 not as large as the former meeting, it 

 was large enough to indicate that the 

 subject had made a real impression. It 

 was a stormy night and no doubt many 

 who lived on the outskirts could not 

 come. After some discussion it was 

 unanimously agreed that subscriptions 

 should be made voluntarily, with the 

 object in mind that it would be an 

 linvestment on which liberal returns 

 could be expected. The principal obsta- 

 cle to the plan proved to be the friction 

 caused by the fear that the other fel- 

 low was not giving enough. But after 

 all was said and done, it was felt that 

 there would be a liberal subscription, 

 even beyond the expectations of the 

 most optimistic. 



Various Notes. 



The Neubeck greenhouses, in Wil- 

 liamsville, N. Y., were sold last week 

 to Charles Sandiford and Oscar Loewen- 

 dorss. Mr. Loewendorss has been for 

 many years grower at the Newlands 

 greenhouses. It is expected that he will 

 soon take charge of the Neubeck range. 



The death of Leon W. Neubeck Octo- 

 ber 30 was a shock to his parents and 

 his many friends. Leon was the son of 

 L. H. Neubeck and conducted a shop 

 at 360 Connecticut street. The funeral 



