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The Rorists' Review 



S,;lTKMl!Klt 2'.». 11121 



For two .siioeinicu I'criis hi liaiininj; 

 liaskfts, (U)iniiu>rci:il };ro\\iTs, Wollr.-illi 

 A: Soils won with hufi;(>, well grown sjuci- 

 iiieiis. Jii the ;iin;it<'iir d.-tss, Albert * '. 

 Hurriif^e won witli li.-indsome sijeciineii-N 

 of (!()iiiophlel)iuiii siili.iiirieiilat inn. l"oi- 

 sjx'ttinieii hanjiing liasket, eipiiunereiiil 

 iMily, \V. A. Mand.'i \\:is first ami Woll 

 rath & .Sons, secoml. ,\ll)ert <'. IUirra;;e 

 liail tin; liest li;is]<ct ;nii()iii^ tlie ]iri\ate 

 ;; rowers. 



Some iiiiiiieiise t'eiii balls wen- sjiown. 

 W. .\. Manila li.ivilij; the liiiest ; Woll 

 latli t.\; Sons, secoiiii. I'(jr collection of 

 fern |)lants wliie.h liest show the feiii 

 f^rowtli from tiie f^crmin.-it ion ol' the 

 spores tliiout;)! tile series of iliffereiit 

 ;4idwths iijitii tlie |il;int is fully (level 

 o|ii'i|, VV. ,\. Mandii. first. 



I'or the best new fern not vet in 

 commerce, lleniv .\. J>reer, Inc., lirst. 

 with J)ryopt(ui.s viridescens. This was 

 .-iwarded tiie gold medal. The Julius 

 ifoehrs Co. rt'ctiived the g(d<l nicd.il for 

 the best sjiecimen fern jilant in the en- 

 till- exliibition with a grand jdant ot' 

 A ngiopteris evceta. 



The ]{rool\lyn Hot .iniciil (ianleiis had 

 .1 comprelien.sive and instructive dis- 

 ]day of ferns, not for comjiet it ion. 

 Among tlie interesting )dants iiudnded 

 were VVoodwardia orientalis, Cyrtoniium 

 Davianum, Camiiyloneuron I'Jiyllitidis. 

 rella^a viridis, I'olysticlinm \ariiim, 

 Klnplioglossnm crinitum, Cyrtoniium 

 Kochfordianuin coinpactum, Cyclo- 

 phorus l>ingua coryinbifera, Dijtla/.iuni 

 /eylanicuin, Angiopteris evecta. Poly 

 pixliuni ])iinetatum, .\e]dirolepis hiser 

 rata, Polypodinni glauciim, numerous 

 nepfirolcjii.s, iniduiiing rivalaris, Wes- 

 tonii, liaiidolpliii rohusta, (Jretnai, Su 

 jierior, Mayi, Zollingeriana, eordifolia 

 tessellata. Alilleri, X'ictory, (iiatrasii and 

 .Mayi cristata. 



W. A. Manda liad a great number of 

 interesting varieties, some (dd and now 

 rarely seen, others new. Some of t]i(>se 

 were As]>i(liuin eapense, Ijoniarias ]ilaty 

 ptera and (;il)l)a, Alsoj)hila Mandaiana. 

 .\s])idiuni le])idocaulon, Polystiidiuin 

 setacenm, Asi)idiuni crisfatum variega 

 tnm, Xephrfdepis davallioides, fiiic'iiis 

 .•iiid DiifTii, IVdypodiums i/ingua. inca 



iiiim, fra.xinifoliuni, vfit'i'iniifoiiuni, 

 ■ I iiglandifoli:i and Kniglitii; T'teris Wal 

 liidiiantini, Didynioidihena Inniilata; 

 Aspidium longissiiiia, ( !onio|)lilebiiim 

 siibauriciil.at um ami i'(d \'poiliiini her.i- 

 clelim. 



<'. f. l-iggit, Pliil.-idelphia, showed 

 a table of neplirolepis, .\lacawij being 

 iiotew (Pit liy. I.. ,J. l{eiiter wa- in (liarg'e. 



The Orchids Attract. 



i'lic grou]is of ondiids and tropical 

 I'eins were l)eautiful and wonder was ex 

 pressed that siudi a wealth of orchid 

 tlowers ((uild be had in Se]>t eiiilier, when 

 siicli llowers are scarce and higli-prieed. 

 I'oi the best group fi'oiii pri\ate growers 

 Albert ('. Hiirrage stagecl ;i niagniliceiit 

 (•(dlei'tion, beautifully arraiigeil, cuwv 

 iiig ."ion s(|iiare feet. In the center was 

 a large cibotium, rising t'rom wliiidi 

 wire scores of grand spikes of Oiicidiiiiii 

 \ aricosum Wogeisii. Iiiclu(le(l were 

 numerous jdaiits of Odontoglossnni 

 grande, Oiicidiiim iiicurvum, Deiidro 

 biuiii Dearei; Cattleyas .\loira, labiata, 

 ilardyana, Fabia, Kabia alb;i, Maiitinii, 

 Iris, Carmen, adiila, Ilardyana alb:i, 

 gigas, etc.; Cypripediums Maudiii', (ias 

 ton liiiltell, gigas, gigas Corndeaiii, 

 Holtonii, insigne Sandera-, etc.; Hrassia 

 maculata, Aarioiis brassocatf levas, odon 

 tiodas, odoiitoglossunis, \amlas and 

 (it her fine things. 



for a .")li-foot group ot' ferns and 

 orchids A. \. Cooley, Pittstield, ^lass., 

 was first with a e(dlection whiidi in 

 eluded some wonderful liyhrids. Some 

 of the best were: Cattleyas l'"al)ia, 

 Kabia alba, Lady Voiteliii su|ierbissinia, 

 a magnificent jnire white v.ariety: 

 .\loira; Princess Ko_\al; I''abia alba, \ar. 

 Her Maji'st.v: Lady Ingram alb.a; 

 Prince .John I'oetersii; Urassocattleya 

 llene; Hrasso hidia-eattleva the Haron- 

 css: Ortdiidliurst, variety awarded tin- 

 gold medal as the finest orchid in the 

 sliow; Odontioda eiiterpe; Cyjirijiedium 

 Maudia-; Brassoeattleya Redeiiii, Moeres 

 v:ir., .and Brasso-lajlia-cattleya Anier 

 niie. The second prize went to Ileiirv 

 Stewart, who showed ;i fine lot of Oiici 

 diuni flexuosiini. 



Tor ;i group ot' tropical t'erns .aiel 



Collection of Orchids Shown by A. C. Burrage at Boston. 



\anda ondiids Albert C. Hurrage won. 

 Included were some fine V. tricolor and 

 v. cierulea. K. B. Dane, Donald Me- 

 Kenzie, gardener, had the best group 

 of cypripediums and ferns. JSonie beau- 

 tiful varieties were imduded. Some of 

 the most striking wi're Maudiie, Lord 

 Ossulton, Henry Ciraves, .Jr., Watson- 

 ianum, .Juno, Fairy Queen, Lord Derby, 

 Princess May, Oakes Ames, Frau Ida 

 Krandt, Rothschild ianum supitrbum and 

 I-aiiil .lohanson. 



Albert C. Hiirragi^ had the best sjieci- 

 iiieiit odontoglossuin, showing a fine (). 

 grande. He also had the best vanda, 

 showing a fine sjiecinien of the rare and 

 remarkable \'. Lowii, carrying two of 

 its long racemose spikes with forty flow- 

 ers in all. The best cattleya in the 

 show was C. Princess Koyal (Fabia x 

 Ilardyana) from A. N. (Jooley, Oliver 

 Lines, gardent'r. For a L'.'-foot grouj) 

 of orchids, Clement Moore, Hackensack, 

 .\. .)., won. Some of his finest hybrids 

 were Cattleyas Prince .John Peetersii, 

 Ilardyana x I'eetersii, Fabia alba, labi- 

 ata alba, Cooksonii and yophrocattleya 

 A. C. Burrage. 



(ieorge K. Baldwin & Co., Maniaro- 

 neck, N. Y., received an Ajipleton gold 

 medal for a idioice group of hybrids, in- 

 cluded in which were C. Fabia, Fabia 

 alba, Kionastiana, Hardyana, Moira, 

 .\Iantinii, Minucea, I'rincoss Koyal, ex- 

 imia and Iris; Brassocattloyas (.'arimfir 

 and \'eit(diii and Ladiociittleyas car- 

 iiHMicita, Xysa and IT. Greenwood. 



The .Julius Roelirs Co. had a Large and 

 choice group of orchids. Some of the 

 fine things imduded were La^lioc.nt- 

 tleyas Soulangi. exiniia and Colmaniae; 

 \anda cHTulea; Cattleyas Peetersii, 

 Pabia, Fabia alba, Brenda alba, Raphael 

 alba X exiniin, arniainvilliercnse, Mag- 

 gie, Raphael .and labiata; Cypripedium 

 Maudiw; Br.assocattleya Veitchii. They 

 also showed a fine lot of foliaged plants 

 and ferns. 



.Joseph Manda, Fast Orange, X. .T., 

 had a centerpiece of cut Cyiiripediiim 

 insigne Sandera- ;iiid nepenthes, also 

 <'attleyas Fabia alba, Maronia, Fabia 

 .and ;idula; I>adiocattleyas Mita and 

 Langleyonsis. Lager & Hurrell, Summit, 

 X. .1., showed \'anda Miss .Joachim, 

 l.ycaste cruenta .-ind v.arieties of Cat- 

 t Icya Fabia. 



.1. T. Hutterwdrth had a table of 

 choice cyiiri]ie(liunis and oncidiums ar- 

 r.iiigcil with ferns. 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



W. .\. Manda captureil first prize for 

 a splendid ecdlection of cacti artisti- 

 ' ally arranged, which seemed to .'ittract 

 a lot of interest. The rustic looking 

 pieces of what m.any visitors took to 

 be stone from .New Mexico or .\rizona, 

 were large clinkers dijijted in cement. 

 They looked rustic .and deceived about 

 ivcrvone. Wolliath iV: Sons were second 

 in this (das-. They had tlndr jdants 

 rising from ;i bed of ]iiire white s.and. 

 W. A. M.and.-i li.ad the best cidlection 

 of bri'iiieliaciie, with a r('|iresentat ive 

 display. He w;is also lir-t for .a loii-foot 

 iliiuip of (Iracaii.as .and twelve sjieci 

 iMcii dr;icien;i--. Mr--. A. F. I'istalirook 

 liad the be-t single -|M-cimen di.aca'iia. 



For a .'II toot groii]! of b'ex liegoni.as, 

 W . .\. .Manda won in the comiiierci.al 

 .•l;i-- and .\lbert < '. P.iirr.'ige in the jiri- 

 \ ate growers " class. Mr. Manda had the 

 best twelve Rex begonias and .\. C. Bur- 

 lage the finest single sjiecimen. 



For collection of stove and green- 

 house ]daiits first jirize, a gold medal. 



