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AUGCST 21, 191lH^) 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



Gladiolus Bed of Arthur T. Boddington and John Lewis Cbilds at the Minneapolis Convention This Week. 



(BodcllDgton's America on the loft and Cbilds' display of 23 named varieties at tlie rifrht.) 



W. F. Kasting Co., Buffalo, and the 

 Erie Floral Co., Erie, Pa., had two large 

 and striking beds of Canna Mrs. W. F. 

 Kasting, red, one bordered with the 

 lower growing Alphonse Bouvier and 

 the other with the red pennisetum. 



The La Crosse Floral Qo., La Crosse, 

 Wis., had two handsomq^ beds, one of 

 King Humbert cannas, t^^rich color set 

 off by adjoining plantiiafa of the park 

 board's asters, and a ]Bd of Scarlet 

 Bedder geranium, red,3tordered with 

 Mme. Buchner, white, m, 



W. A. Maada, South ^Srange, N. J., 

 lias a bed containing Papaver altiacum, 

 Kestuca glauca. Begonia Christmas Bed, 

 Arenantherum bulbosura, aucubas, gold- 

 Pn privet, boxwood in various shapes, 

 i''tinosporas, juniperus, abies and acers 

 in variety. 



A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, were 

 represented by a bed of variegated 

 •louble petunias that were a mass of 

 bloom, and which therefore suffered 

 somewhat in the heavy storm that 

 'Irenched the garden Sunday night, but 

 they recovered nicely. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, was 

 •"epresented by four well located beds. 

 •\ long border was planted with ^a- 

 ^'oli, labeled Miss Frances King, Amer- 

 ica, Kunderdi hybrid, Chicago and Au- 

 !?usta. In front of this were three ex- 

 cellent large beds of cannas. The 

 varieties Julius Koch and Prince Wied 

 '^ere in beds by themselves, but the bed 

 of David Harum was bordered with The 

 Express. 



The largest outdoor display in point 

 '>f ground covered is that of Farquhar 

 4 Co., Bosion. One wide bptder extends 

 along the entire west .side, filled with 

 per.nnials with some of the park boa*d 's 

 *st( rs, some dahlias and edged with 

 "i"la cornuta atrojjurpurea. In front 

 of this is a bed the entire width of the 

 ^'arlen filled with mixed gladioli. In 

 front of this are two oval beds of can- 

 vas. Souvenir de Mme. Hardy in one 

 ^iii Beauty Poitevine, according to the 

 '8' 1, on the other. 



The Local Exhibits. 



^^hile the local exhibits were, per- 



haps, largely called in to save the gar- 

 den from presenting a half -filled appear- 

 ance, still they must not be considered 

 any the less interesting from that fact. 

 There were no great number of novel- 

 ties among the garden exhibits of the 

 outside florists and the local people 

 stood well on the comparison of stock. 

 Not only was it a credit to them, but 

 it must be a splendid advertisement and 

 one that will bring them many dollars 

 in the course of time. Every plant was 

 carefully labeled and the public was 

 admitted to the garden, not only this 

 week but all summer. 



The park board contributed an im- 

 mense quantity of stock. In addition 

 to the 100 tubs of cannas on the street 

 front, there was a splendid bed of gera- 

 niums, including many hundreds of 

 plants of La Favorite, Jean Oberle, 

 Col. Thomas, Dagata, Mrs. E. G. Hill, 

 Anatole Roseleur, Scarlet Bedder and 

 Berthe de Presilly. There also was a 

 big collection of evergreens and a dozen 

 or more smaller beds, placed where they 

 would do the most good. 



Aside from the park board C. N. 

 Ruedlinger, Minneapolis, is the largest 

 exhibitor among the local people who 

 have space in the garden. One of his 

 exhibits is a long bed containing thirty 

 varieties of hybrid perpetual and hybrid 

 tea roses that are making a considerable 

 show considering the date. He also oc- 

 cupies a long border at the east side of 

 the grounds with a collection of such 

 shrubs and perennials as have been 

 found best adapted for landscape work 

 ^ Minneapolis. 



"^BW HTJ U l oti, |t. Paul, have al^e 

 display of nurser^ stock oC^0py^ff^vie 

 greater part of the norttt ..iTOd of the 

 garden. There are-'^ ntllnber of ever- 

 greens, but the bulk'^rf the display is of 

 such deciduous shrubs as have been 

 found hardy in Minnesota. 



John Hawkins, of the Rose Hill Nur- 

 series, Minneapolis, has one bed de- 

 voted entirely to evergreens, principally 

 juniperus, picea, pinus and thuya, and 

 also has a border of deciduous stock 



with a few evergreens worked in among 

 the shrubs. 



L. L. May & Co., Mayfield Nurseriesj 

 St. Paul, have a large display of ever- 

 greens, including many varieties of 

 abies, pinus, picea, thuya and juniperus. 



G. Malmquist, Minneapolis, is the ex- 

 hibitor of Petunia Rosamond, a bed of 

 which makes an attractive showing. 



L. S. Donaldson Co., Minneapolis, has 

 two long parallel beds of the stock or- 

 dinarily used for lawns, vases and boxes 

 and has the firm name in letters three 

 feet high, worked out in two colors of 

 alternanthera. 



Merriam Park Floral Co., Minneapo- 

 lis, has two beds of red geraniums, one 

 of Enerich and the other Alphonse 

 Ricard. 



Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, 

 have a long bed of the standard varie- 

 ties of gladioli, in which the park people 

 have planted asters to heighten the color 

 effect. 



Miss H. B. Whitted, Minneapolis, is 

 represented by some excellent lawn 

 vases and by a long bed of begonias, 

 petunias, etc., in which the name of the 

 exhibitor is spelled out in alternanthera 

 carpet bedding. 



Will Bros., Minneapolis, have an at- 

 tractive bed of petunias and lilies. 



Nagel 's Greenhouses, Minneapolis, are 

 represented by a bed of the pink gera- 

 nium, Gloire de France. 



BOWLING. 



Twenty-eight ladies participated in 

 the bowling contest Thursday morning, 

 August 21. fhe* -wAiners and scores 

 were: Mrs. McTtSffai, Qhicago, 309; 

 Mrs. Desmond, Minneapolis, 234; Mrs. 

 Traendly, New York, 223; Mrs. Poll- 

 . worth, Milwaukee, 200; Mrs. Manda, 

 Sif^outh Orange, 198; Mrs. Rasmussen, 

 New Albany, 187; Mrs. Asmus, Chicago, 

 185; Mrs. Quick, Baltimore, 182; Mrs. 

 Smith, Cleveland, 181; Mrs. Gude, Wash- 

 ington, 169. 



The men's individuals were run off in 

 the afternoon. The inter-city team tour- 

 nament followed late in the day. 



