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The Florists^ Review 



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FEATUHES AT FRISCO. 



An Autumn Altar. 



The quintessence of all the floral 

 beauties of autumn seems to have been 

 chosen to execute the decorations of the 

 altar pictured on page 26. "Distinctly 

 picturable," say you, and we all agree. 

 It is a production of the artistry of 

 Albert O. Stein, of San Francisco, and 

 was exhibited at the big show held in 

 that city October 26 to 30. 



Looking toward the altar side, one is 

 at once given the effect of great distance 

 in an aisle following well placed col- 

 umns interspersed with tall candles, not 

 too mathematically placed. The col- 

 umns are autumn-like, wreathed with 

 clinging garlands of French marigolds, 

 and the surrounding decorations are of 

 autumn-colored mums, gladioli, pompons, 

 etc. Yellow and red chrysanthemums 

 and gladioli are the principal flowers 

 on the altar proper and here, again, the 

 atmosphere is that of autumn. On either 

 side of the aisle leading to the altar are 

 tables fittingly decorated. 



It is regrettable that the illustration 

 cannot show the orange glow of the spot 

 lights that played on the display at the 

 San Francisco show. These lights did 

 much to heighten the whole effect. 



And the Appropriate Bride. 



The illustration of the bride exhibit 

 of Pelicano, Kossi & Co., at the San 

 Francisco show, shows this striking dis- 

 play, whose praises were on the lips of 

 everyone who saw it. From the picture 

 you would judge that the bride was real 

 flesh and blood. But this naturalness 

 is due only to the genius of Pelicano, 

 Rossi & Co. Nevertheless, no real bride 

 ever carried a more beautiful shower 



bouquet of orchids and lilies of the val- 

 ley. The baskets in the display are indi- 

 vidual works of art and the general en- 

 semble is a veritable wealth of beauty. 

 Mums, foliage plants, pompons, etc., 

 were used. 



NEW YORK FALL SHOW. 



Held by Horticultural Society. 



The annual fall exhibition of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of New York, held 

 this year with the cooperation of the 

 Garden Club of America, opened in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 Central park, west, and Seventy-sev- 

 enth street, New York, Thursday eve- 

 ning, November 3. It was in progress 

 during the three following days, with a 

 large attendance throughout. Admis- 

 sion was free, but on the opening night 

 only members and friends were ad- 

 mitted. 



The exhibition was much larger than 

 those staged in the last year or two, but 

 one could not help remarking the falling 

 off in exhibits of long-stemmed exhibi- 

 tion forms of chrysanthemums. The def- 

 icit was, however, more than compen- 

 sated for in the greatly increased stag- 

 ings of singles and pompons, which were 

 wonderfully fine. 



Commercial Exhibits. 



There were some creditable commer- 

 cial exhibits, particularly in the rose 

 and orchid sections. 



The open classes for specimen bush 

 and standard varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums were, as last year, but poorly 

 filled. The immense plants formerly 

 staged at this show by Adolph Lewisohn 

 were sadly missed, but the specimens 

 shown were good, although individually 



only of medium size. The competition 

 centered about the exhibits of Miss A. 

 De La Mar, of Glen Cove, and W. B. 

 Thompson, of Yonkers, the former car- 

 rying off three of the four firsts. 



The C. H. Totty Co., Madison, N. J., 

 carried off the first prize in the com- 

 mercial class for a vase of twenty 

 blooms, one variety, stems not less than 

 three feet, and also first for a collection 

 of twenty varieties, one bloom of each. 

 The Springfield Floral Co., Springfield, 

 N. J., took first in the commercial class 

 for a collection of pompons, twelve vari- 

 eties, with the C. H. Totty Co. a close 

 second. The C. H. Totty Co. won first 

 for a collection of singles, twelve vari- 

 eties, comprising Portia, Charles Fairs, 

 Millicent Piper, Gloriana, Isabel Felton, 

 and others under number. 



The Rose Classes. 



In the rose cla'sses for commercial 

 growers competition was rather keen. 

 In the class for fifty white, the C. H. 

 Totty Co. won first with Angelus, and 

 F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y., second 

 with White Killarney. It was evident 

 that the former pointed more for sub- 

 stance of flowers, other qualities being 

 fairly equal. The C. H. Totty Co., also 

 with Angelus, won the silver medal for 

 a new meritorious variety not in com- 

 merce. F. R. Pierson won first in the 

 class for fifty red with Francis Scott 

 Key, and L. B. Coddington, Murray Hill, 

 N. J., second, with Hadley. Premier 

 was the staging for fifty dark pink, 

 F. R. Pierson 's vase winning first over 

 L. B. Coddington, second. In the light 

 pink class C. H. Totty Co. won first, and 

 L. B. Coddington, second, both exhibit- 

 ing Columbia. In the yellow class, L. B. 

 Coddington won first with Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward. 



The C. H. Totty Co. staged also, but 



NO BRANCHES. 





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Display of Pelicano, Rossi & Co. at the San Francisco Fall Flower Show. 



