NOVEMBBB 17, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



41 



Anaual Banquet of the Scranton Florists' Club, Held Last Veek in Connection with Show. 



and also for single specimen, lie also 

 had all the first prizes for pot chrysan- 

 theniiinis. Eu^eiio McCarron showed a 

 fine table of tastefully arranged l)askets 

 of chrysantlu'iiauiis, sweet jx-as and other 

 flowers. .M. J. L(>a('li tSc Sons had some 

 haiidsoiiie large baskets of (dirysanthc- 

 niuins and VVanokuck Greenhouses a 

 group of a fine new seedling single 

 geranium. 



A feature of the show was the exten- 

 sive and well-varied (lisj)lays from 

 nurserymen, both deciduous stock and 

 everefreens, also fruit trees being in- 

 cluded. (\ II. (Jre.aton, Providence, was 

 a good first; Daniel A. Clarke, Fiske- 

 ville, 1{. I., second. .\Ir. (Marke also 

 staged an extensive and finely arranged 

 collection of vegetables, wliicdi was one 

 of the best tilings in the show. Excel- 

 lent nurserymen's groups were also 

 staged by Lorenzo F. Kinney, Kingston, 

 and Still Kiver Gardens, Kdgewood. of 

 which F. E. Cole is the proprietor. F. S. 

 Peck had the best collect inn of vege- 

 tables ;ind won a good nundier of first 

 prizes in individual vegetable ;in(l fruit 

 •classes. W. X. Craig, Prookline, .Mass., 

 ofliciated as judge. W. N. C. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE SHOW. 



New York Society's Ninetieth. 



The annual f;ill exhibition of the 

 American Institute of New York, form- 

 ing really the ninetieth annual "f.air" 

 of the institute, was held in the Kn- 

 gineering Societies' building. New York, 

 Noveinbir !» to 11. Many decades ago, 

 when the county of New York, now en- 

 tirely covered iiy New York city, was 

 an agricultural county, the .-innual fair 

 of the institute was an important event. 

 Nowadays, flowers ;ire the chief prod 

 acts exhibited, niid th.' few fruits and 

 vegetables shown come from other coun- 

 ties to represent the glories of the p.ast. 



The show this ye;ir was most credit 

 able, although, i)erha])s, the t'xhibits 

 were not quite so extensive as in pre- 

 vious years. There was almost an en- 

 tire absence of anything in the way 

 of artistic arrangements of flowers, such 

 as flor.-il baskets, panels and the like, 

 but their absence was well cominMisjited 



for in the superb (luality of the exhibits 

 in general. 



Big Mums. 



At the recent show of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York, the jioinpon 

 .and single varieties of (dirysant hemuiiis 

 predominated. At the institute's show 

 it was the reverse, the exhibition varie- 

 ties forming the bulk of the chrysanthe- 

 mum st. agings, .and s(ddoiii h<ave ii finer 

 lot of flowers been seen. The grandest 

 st.'iging in the show w.as to be seen in 

 the (dasses, for private growers only, 

 calling for tw(>nty-four blooms, one va- 

 riety, long stems, white, in which the 

 v.'iriety Louise Pockett, shown by 

 (ieorge Ferguson, gardener for Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney, .Manli;isset, N. Y., won 

 first jirize. The flowers were wonderful 

 in their exci'lleiice. 



The commercial and open cl.-isses were 

 not ii.artiiuiarly well filled, and comjx'ti- 

 tion was chieflv in the rose classes. The 

 (;. II. Totty Co., Madison, N. J., won 

 first for twenty-four blooms, one va- 

 riety, long stems, with Xagirroc, and the 

 Springfu id Floral Co., Sj)ring(ield, N. .L, 

 second with Glenview. In the class for 

 twenty four blooms, twenty-four dis- 

 tinct varieties, <iiie bloom of e;i(di, 10- 

 imdi stems, the C. H. Tottv Co. won first 

 with Meudon, G. C. Wigg, Mrs. P.iihl, 

 AVm. Turner, Vermont, Klberon, N.agir 

 roc, Catherine Trigg, W. Wade, Ycdlow 

 Turner, Mrs. J. H.-ilnier, Orange Queen, 

 (Jorporal .1. F. Pijier, Seedling No. 8, De- 

 light, Ketlexed Louise I'ockett,,!. W.dls, 

 W. Kigby, ^•ellow Pockett, F. S. Vallis. 

 Glenview, .l(din Freeman, < '. G. .Mason 

 and Pink Turner. F. {'. He.id, Orange, 

 N. J., was awarded second. In the ofieii 

 class for a vase of pomjion varieties, ten 

 s]irays, crimson, the .Sj.rin<;field Floral 

 Co. gained the second aw.ird with .Fulia 



L;igra\eri'. In the section for s llings, 



sports, ;ni(l undistributed imiiortat ions, 

 tht^ C. II. Totty Co. w.as aw;irded a 

 first for .Mrs. John H;ilmer, a first for 

 -Mrs. C. II. Curtiss, a beautiful pink, and 

 a first for a seeilling white. 



Pompons and Singles. 



I"or ;i collection of twenty vases of 

 pompons, A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn., was awarded first prize, and the 

 C. H. Totty Co. second. The Springfield 

 I'lor.il Cji, w.is awarded .a speciul pri/>' 



for an exhibit in the same class. .\. X. 

 Pierson, Inc., and the Springfield Floral 

 Co. also staged sidendid groujis of pom- 

 l)ons and singles not for eompt^tition, 

 ;ind the C. II. Totty Co. oeeuided the 

 jdace of honor at the head of the main 

 hall with a grand grou|) of chrysanthe- 

 mums and roses, in which were featured 

 SOUK' of the new .lapanese .anemone 

 tyjies. Uicdiard N'inceiit, .Ir., & Sons Co., 

 White .Marsh, Md., also st.aged an ex- 

 cellent exhibit of singles and ](Ompons. 

 A i)lant of Buttercup, a diminutive 

 single chrysanthemum, with flowers 

 about th»; size of ;i dime, w.as exhibited 

 alongside ;i basket of the single, .loseph- 

 iiie, the exhibit gaining ;i special prize 

 .•IS showing the smallest ;ind largest sin- 

 gles in the show. The jilaiit of Lutter- 

 <'uj) attracted consider.able attention, 

 .and was b(dieve(l to be a new thing until 

 an old timer called to memory an ex- 

 hibit of the variety in I'.Mll, maile by 

 \'aughan's Seed Store, at the institute's 

 show in Macy's hall, .\ew York. The 

 (>xhibit at this show was made by Frank 

 Swen^oii, l\'i\-erd;ile-on-IIudson, .\. V. 



Rose Exhibits. 



The rose exhildts wiTe jiart ie ul.'irly 

 fin(\ and the jirivate cl;isses unusually 

 well filled. In the commercial section 

 L. \i. Coddington, Murray Hill, N. Y., 

 won first in the (dass for twenty-five 

 blooms pink, with Columbi:i. In the 

 ( l.'iss for twenty-fi\-e blooms yello>^', W. 

 W. Vert, Madison, .\'. .1., w.as first with 

 Sunburnt, and L. P. Coddington, second, 

 with .Mrs. .\aron Ward. Mr. (Jod<ling- 

 ton won first for twenty-five blooms 

 crimson with lladley, and Ivlw.-ird 

 Towill, Roslyn, P.i., won first in the class 

 for any other color with his new Amer- 

 ican Legi(pn, wliich was a decided at- 

 fr;iction. In the silver medal class for 

 a \ .'tse of any new rose not yet in I'om- 

 merce. the medal was t;iken by A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., with Priscillii, the new 

 light pink, over .\ng(dus, the promising 

 white, exhibited by (J. H. Totty Co., and 

 Phantom, yellow, exhibited bv Kdward 

 Towill. The C. H. Totty Co. staged some 

 splendid vases of Mine. P.utterfly for ex- 

 hibition only. 



Carnations. 



Tlure was a f.air display of carna- 

 tions, the txhildts being m.ainU from 



