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The Florists* Review 



Apiiil 14, 1921 



lew vjiviotios in large houses with dol- 

 lars as the only object in view, than 

 the small growers and amateurs who 

 have a greater variety. 



0. H. Totty spoke for New York and 

 mentioned the success achieved by the 

 recent show at the Grand Central 

 Palace, with an attendance of about 

 100,000. 



Thomas Koland spoke for the S. A. 

 ]•'. and referred to the great prepara- 

 tions being made for the Cleveland 

 show and urged everyone to support it 

 most heartily. 



John H. Dunlop spoke for Canada 

 .ind referred to his earlier visits to the 

 Hub, also to what he was continuing 

 to do in the way of seedling raising. 



J. K. M. L. Far(iuhar advocated in- 

 <'r('ased attention to the many l^eautiful 

 and useful s]»ecies of roses and referred 

 to hunts he had made in Scotland, 

 Eussia and .Japan for certain interest- 

 ing and unusual varieties. 



William ]l. Elliott commended Bos- 

 ton's system of grading roses and re- 

 ferred to California and its wonderful 

 flora, especially in the higher altitudes. 



W. A. Manda spoke on hybridizing 

 and the big iield open to rosarians now. 

 There were few of the newer roses 

 better than the old Gloire de Dijon, 

 when vigor, fragrance, stem, hardiness 

 and floriferousness were considered. 



Henry Penn spoke on the benefits of 

 publicity as applied to flower shows. 



Eugene Dailledonze referred to how 

 he loved to linger in and around the 

 Hub at sjjring show periods and A. J. 

 Loveless, tl>e las> speaker. comiuente<l 

 •on the many fine features of the lioston 

 show. 



The event was a pleasant one and 

 jnuch enjoyed by all who attended. 



Orchid Dinner. 



On the evening of April 7, following 

 the successful hunu-liing of the Ameri- 

 can Orchid Society, Albert C. Hurrage, 

 president-elect of the new society and 

 also president of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, gave a dinner at 

 the Algonquin Club, Commonwealth 

 avenue, to thirty-five leading orchid 

 specialists. The decorations of cat- 

 tleyas, oncidiums and other orchids 

 were sumptuous and the dinner one 

 long to be remembered, served in the 

 best style of this famous aristocratic 



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Short addresses were made by Mr. 

 Barrage and Thomas Eoland, " after 

 which, on invitation of the host of the 

 evening, all accepted an invitation to 

 visit Mr. Burrage's Commonwealth 

 avenue residence, a couple of blocks 

 •distant, and inspect his collection of 

 minerals. 



Those who imagined that such a col- 

 lection was comparatively small and 

 not specially interesting were dum- 

 founded at the wonderful array of 

 minerals of every kind, from diamonds 

 in the raw state to diamonds which 

 filled case after case in a large room. 

 All cases were splendidly lighted and 

 the glorious range of colors and in- 

 finite variety of the minerals excited 

 everyone to exclamations of wonder, 

 and out of the thousands of specimens 

 shown Mr. Burrage could tell the full 

 history of each one, just as he can of 

 his new pets, hybrid orchids. 



The members left the mineral collec- 

 tion reluctantly, especially as the liquid 

 refresliments and choice cigars ap- 

 pealed to the sentiments of not a few. 

 Later the great orchid libr;iry was ex- 



amined in part, this concluding a most 

 delightful evening. W. N. C. 



ROLAND WINS ON ROSES. 



The silver cup offered for the finest 

 vase of roses in the show was awarded 

 April 9 to Thomas Roland for his first 

 prize vase of Hadley. The flowers 

 were all in perfect condition when 

 judged, after being on exhibition four 

 days. Mr. Eoland also won the silver 

 cup offered by the North Shore Garden 

 Club for the exhibit of the best new 

 hardy garden rose, with his exhibit of 

 Los Angeles. As he won the prize for 

 the big group of cut roses, as well as 

 the blue ribbon premium of $1,000 for 

 the best rose garden, not to mention 

 otlier premiums, the redbubtable Na- 

 hant and Revere grower made an 

 enviable record. W. N. C. 



NOTABLES AT BOSTON. 



Active workers and exhibitors at the 

 Boston show last week included Thomas 

 Eoland, president of the S. A. P.; W. D. 

 Howard, president of the American Car- 

 nation Society; W. N. Craig, president 

 of the National Association of Garden- 



A Word to 

 Lovers of Flowers 



Horticultural Hall, Masaachusett»Bnd 

 Huntington avenues, is the scene of a 

 Rower Show which every admirer of beauti- 

 ful flowers should see between now and Sun- 

 day evening, when this exhibit is over. 



The display of roses, orchids and spring 

 , flowers of the choicest varieties is undoubted- 

 ly one of the most creditable ever made in 

 this hall famous for charming exhibitions. 



Every sho«ving is worthy of mention 

 and we say don't miss this Flower Show 

 and in passing note our display of flowers 

 particularly arranged for home decoration. 



Pcnn {[\e Fiorisi" 



p. S. — Today i< Roie Day — with these 

 beautiful bioomi at their best. 



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Tying Up to Local Flowier Show. 



ers; A. ('. Burrage, president of the 

 American Orchid Society; B. F. Letson, 

 president of the Boston Florists' Asso- 

 ciation; J. K. M. L. Farquhar, president 

 of the New England Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation, and S. J. Goddard, president 

 of the New England Flower Growers' 

 Association. Truly a noteworthy group 

 of notables. 



WATCH YOUR CHANCE. 



Do you take advantage of the oppor- 

 tunities in your own town or city to 

 make yourself and your business known 

 to the community, to the people whom 

 you wish to make your customers? A 

 local flower show offers an opportunity, 

 though few florists make use of it to 

 the extent that they might. For ex- 

 ample, see what Penn the Florist does 

 in Boston when a big show is in prog- 

 ress, such as the combined exhibition 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society and the American Rose Society, 

 at Horticultural hall, Boston, last week. 



Read the advertisement from the Bos- 

 ton Post reproduced on this page. 



Says Mr. Penn of the advertisement; 

 "It is an indirect advertisement which 

 creates good-will with the people as 

 well as with the management of the 

 show, which is evidenced by the 

 wording." 



VISITORS AT BOSTON. 



Following is a list of visitors noted 

 in attendance at the show- at Horticul- 

 tural hall, Boston, last week; 



Aitken, Mark, Spriugfleld, Mass. 



Ashby, Mrs. Harriet Wallace, ties Moines. la. 



Brown, James, Newport, R. I. 



Burr. P. S., Freeport, Me. 



Cahill, W. E., New York. 



Cameron, Robert, Ipswich. Mass. 



Canning, John, Ardslcy, N. Y. 



Clark, H. W., Manchester, Mass. 



Coddington, L. B.. Murray Hill, N. Y. 



Coombs, J., Hartford, Conn. 



Dailledouze, Eugene, Flatbush, L. I. 



De La Mare. A. T., New York, N. Y. 



Doig, J. S., West Barrington, K. I. 



Dorward, A. J., Newport, R. I. 



Faulkner, A. F., New York. 



Fish, A. J., New Bedford. Mass. 



Hammond, Benjamin. Beacon, N. Y. 



Hay, John S., Philadelpliia, Fa. 



Heeremans, F., Lenox, Mass. 



HoUiday, George. Marion, Mass. 



Holmes, Eber, Halifax, Mass. 



Howanl, R. C, Milford, Mass. 



Howard, AV. D., Milford, .Mass. 



Howden, Thomas. Hudson. Mass. 



Jenkins, Allan, Shrewsbury, JIass. 



.Tenkins, Edwin, Lenox, Mass. 



Karins, J. J., Philadelphia. Pn. 



Lager, John E,, Summit. N. J. 



Lincoln, Edwin, Lenox, Mass. 



Low, Miss Eileen W., Entleld, London, Eng. 



Manda, ^Y. A,, South Orange, N. J. 



Marlborough. J., Topstield, Mass. 



Marshall, W. P., Biddeford, Me. 



McNair, C. S.. Providence. R. I. 



Montgomery, Alexander, Hadley, Mass. 



Montgomery. Jr., Alexander, Hadley, Mass. 



Nlckerson, W. D., Haverhill, Mass. 



Parsons, A. E., Manchester, Mass. 



Patten, W. A., Tewksbury, Mass. 



Peloubet, L. B., Murray Hill, N. Y. 



Peterson, J. A., Cincinnati, (). 



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



Pierson, AV. R.. Cromwell, Conn. 



Pritchard, J., Bedford Springs. N. Y, 



Ramey, Andrew, Newport, R. I. 



Randall, E. E., Prides Crossing, Mass. 



Redstone. Samuel, Springfield, Mass. 



Ritchie, Stewart, Newport, R. I. 



Robertson, Colin, Whitinsville. Mass. 



Robertson, James, AVIiltinsvllle. Mass. 



Robertson. Thomas, Whitinsville, Mass. 



Rochrs, Edward, Rutherford, N. J. 



Roehrs, Julius, Rutherford. N. J. 



Rogers, A. E. T., Prides Crossing. Mass. 



Saunders. Ernest, Lewiston, Me. 



.Scott. Peter, Barrington, R. I. 



Sealev, Frank G., New York. 



Stalford, J. H.. Bar Harbor. Mc. 



Stroh, Albert, Batavla, N. Y. 



Strout, C. S., Biddeford, Mc. 



Thayer, Clark L., Amherst, JIass. 



Tottv. C. H., Madison, N. J. 



TowiU. Edward, Roslyn, Pa. 



TTrqnhart, J. B., Newport, R. I. 



AVarburton, Chatterton, Fall River. Mass. 



AVetterlow. E. H., Manchester, Mass. 



White. E. A., Itiiaca, N. Y. 



AVistcr, John C, Philadelphia. Pa. 



GROWING E. A. SEIDEWITZ. 



In growing E. A. Seidewitz chrysan- 

 themums we have found the points go 

 blind from damping and other growers 

 in this district have found the same 

 condition true. Would heavy feeding 

 cause this condition to arise or would 

 stopping at any particular time benefit 

 the plants? We have successfully 

 grown all other popular varieties this 

 year with the same treatment this par- 

 ticular variety has received. 



S. A. N.— Can. 



The variety of chrysanthemum E. A. 

 Seidewitz is a strong, heavy grower and 

 quite susceptible to burning from heavy 

 feeding. It should be grown as natur- 

 ally as possible, always bearing in mind 

 that it is a late variety and, when well 

 grown, is at its best for Thanksgiving. 

 Late buds should be taken, because the 

 earliest buds, while they make large 

 blooms, are never entirely satisfactory. 



M. P. 



