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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBIR 10, 1021 



not for competition, vases of Ked Co- 

 lumbia and Golden Ophelia. The for- 

 mer, Joseph H. Hill 's sport of Columbia, 

 showed up remarkably well, although 

 the flowers have no more substance than 

 Killarney. It was stated that this de- 

 fect was, however, compensated for by 

 the fact that the variety is quite florif- 

 erous over the Christmas holidays, and, 

 while the flowers opened to the full, 

 they did not drop for many days. 



Carnations. 



Commercial stagings in the carnation 

 classes were almost negligible. The new 

 white, Thomas C. Joy, staged for the 

 originator by the Springfield Floral Co., 

 was awarded a silver medal as a new 

 meritorious variety not in commerce. 

 Patten & Co., Tewksbury, Mass., were 

 awarded a silver medal for vases of 

 new carnations, Thomas C. Joy and 

 Natalie. 



F. R. Pierson won first for a splendid 

 collection of Nephrol epis exaltata and 

 its varieties, the staging to cover 100 

 square feet. He also took first for best 

 specimen any other fern. 



In the open classes for orchid plants, 

 Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., 

 took first for a collection of not less 

 than twenty-five species and varieties 

 covering fifty square feet of table space. 

 Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J., took 

 the second prize. Lager & Hurrell won 

 first in the class for a specimen plant, 

 and Julius Roehrs Co., a silver medal for 

 a new meritorious varietv not in com- 

 merce. The G. E. Baldwin Co., Mama- 

 roneck, N. Y., was awarded a gold medal 

 for a special group of orchids. .Toseph 

 Manda Co., West Orange, N. J., was 

 awarded the sweepstake prize for the 

 best display in the exhibition, which 

 was a flat V-shaiied staging reaching 

 well .-icross the floor of the museum 

 foyer, of Cypripodinm insigne Randersp, 

 combined with oak and other foliage. 



Chrysanthemums. 



The \. X. Pierson Co. staged, for dis 

 play only, a .splendid grou]) of ]iompon 

 chrysant)i(-mums, including several new 

 varieties, among them Elizabeth Mc- 

 Dowell, Louise Davenport, Elizabeth 

 I^'irestone, Kathorine Harlev, and New 

 York, the latter a beautiful golden 



bronze, shown for the first time. The 

 C. H. Totty Co. had a group of singles 

 and pompons, also for display only, in 

 which was seen their new Supreme, an 

 absolutely crimson variety. 



The W. A. Manda Co., South Orange, 

 N. J., displayed, not for competition, a 

 fine group of foliage and flowering 

 plants, featuring bromelias in flower, 

 n new crested ivy, strelitzias, a new 

 si)ecies of aburilon, and an exhibit in 

 tubs of Dahlia Mandaiana. 



Non-Commercial Classes. 



The exhibits in the non-commercial 

 classes were numerous and most credit- 

 able. Joseph A. Winsock, gardener for 

 Mrs. Guthrie, Locust Valley, L. I., 

 staged a most remarkable group of hy- 

 brid celosias. Variety Castle Gould, in 

 various shades. W. B. Thompson, 

 Yonkers, won a first for a grand staging 

 of twelve plants of Begonia Gloire de 

 Lorraine. James Stuart, superintendent 

 for Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck, 

 staged a beautiful exhibit of nerines, 

 for which he was awarded a special 

 prize. It is hard to understand why 

 nerines have not been added to the list 

 of florists' cut flowers. 



The garden clubs affiliated with the 

 Garden Club of America competed in 

 special classes covering table center- 

 pieces on tables four feet in diameter 

 with accessories other than china, glass 

 or small silver, and there was a consid- 

 erable number of exhibits; they also 

 staged exhibits in classes for collections 

 of chrysanthemums arranged for effect. 

 J. H. P. 



BOSTON AUTUMN EXHIBITION. 



Mostly a Private Growers' Show. 



No longer called a chrysanthemum ex- 

 hibition and, as far as specimen plants 

 and blooms are concerned, a mere ghost 

 of years ago, the show held in Horti- 

 cultural hall November 2 to 6 was, nev- 

 ertheless, a fine one, some of the fea- 

 tures surj)assing anything Boston has 

 previously had. The cxhil)its were prac- 

 tically all from private estates. Com- 

 mercial growers, for some uiiaccount- 

 al>le reason, were ;il)scn1, altliougli re- 

 tailers came out well and made good 

 displays. The attendance was rather 



Floral Altar in Albert O. Stein's Exhibit at San Francisco. 



disappointing, due to several causes. 

 A big international textile exhibition 

 was running in Mechanics' building, 

 a few doors away, which attracted 25,- 

 000 visitors daily. Then the show re- 

 ceived practically no publicity and the 

 lack of music and all complimentary 

 tickets combined to keep the attendance 

 below normal. 



The groups of chrysanthemums ar- 

 ranged for efifect with foliage plants 

 were the best Boston ever had. The 

 prize-winning 300-foot group of L. D. 

 Towle, H. H. Fletcher, gardener, was 

 circular in form and most pleasingly ar- 

 ranged, autumn foliage being used to 

 good efifect. All types of chrysanthe- 

 mums were used and the general efifect 

 was extremely pleasing. Iristhorpe 

 Farm, Shrewsbury, A. J. Jenkins, super- 

 intendent, was a close second, and many 

 considered this the better group of the 

 two. Acalyphas were used in lieu of 

 autumn foliage and were, perhaps, a 

 little overdone, but the boldness of the 

 group, with triangular bays, large cen- 

 tral and end pyramids of plants, was 

 fine. The chrysanthemum plants, how- 

 ever, were inferior in quality and vari- 

 ety to those in the first-prize group. Mr. 

 Jenkins was also first in the 150-foot 

 group, with a fine arran'gement. 



Cause for Reminiscence. 



Specimen plants were almost nil. 

 Edgar Cuddick, gardener to Prof. A. 

 Michael Newton, had two fine pink spec- 

 imens six feet across, reminiscent of 

 the days when specimens of like caliber 

 filled an entire hall. For the best group 

 of chrysanthemum and other flowers ar- 

 ranged with suitable foliage, covering 

 100 square feet, A. J. Jenkins beat L. D. 

 Towle. 



For cut flowers L. D. Towle won for 

 twenty-five varieties with fine blooms of 

 Miss Grace Durkin, Mary Mason, Wil- 

 liam Turner, Yellow Turner, Nerissa, 

 Mrs. Mease, Ursula Griswold, F. S. Val- 

 lis, pink Vallis, Golden Elberon, Artista, 

 Bob Pulling, Miss Mola Wright, Odessa, 

 W. R. Church, Nagirroc, Crane, Mrs. G. 

 L. Wigg, Pink Turner, Louisa Pockett, 

 H. E. Converse, Earl Kitchener, Silver 

 King and Mrs. J. Gibson. 



For twelve Japanese incurved, A. J. 

 Jenkins was first. His best flowers 

 were Chieftain, Ramapo, Ongua, Wil- 

 liam Turner and Yellow. For vase of 

 twenty-five assorted blooms the veteran 

 James Nicol was first with a splendid lot 

 of flowers. Mr. Nicol also had some 

 handsome vases not in competition. 



.For ten blooms on long stems, white, 

 A. J. Jenkins was first with William 

 Turner; L. D. Towle, second, with the 

 same variety. For ten yellow, Mr. Jen- 

 kins won with Yellow Turner; L. D. 

 Towle, second, with Bob Pulling. For 

 ten pink and ten red, Mr. Jenkins won 

 with Chieftain and F. R. Quittenton. 



Begonias. 



Winter-flowering begonias were shown 

 in uiiusual numbers and of superfine 

 (luality. The prize-winning group of 

 Thomas E. Proctor, James Marlborough, 

 superintendent, was a sensational one, 

 the plants being of magnificent quality, 

 staged with a background of cedars. I 

 Tfoubt if such specimen plants of the 

 English winter-blooming type of bego- 

 nias were ever before exhibited. A glori- 

 ous plant of Emily Clibrans was five 

 feet in diameter and smothered with 

 blooms, awarded a silver medal. Among 

 the numerous other grand sorts shown 

 by Mr. Marlborough which were two to 



