August 28, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



17 



Cardiaal Climber, Exhibited by Henry A. Dre«r at the Minneapolis G)nvention. 



THE GHENT FLOWER SHOW. 



Really International in Scope. 



In this, the year of the great Inter- 

 national Industrial and Art Exhibition 

 within her gates, Ghent, Belgium, is 

 keeping her horticultural specialties 

 prominently before the public view. A 

 few months ago the quinquennial show 

 was held; August 9 an international 

 show was opened equal to it in extent 

 and importance, and a third show will 

 be held in October. On this occasion 

 there was a grand wealth of well culti- 

 vated palms, dracsenas, crotons, arau- 

 carias, ferns, orchids, begonias, gla- 

 dioli and many other important lines, 

 most charmingly arranged. 



The show was held in the Palais des 

 Fetes, a large, elegant structure, and 

 some of the finest cultures from Bel- 

 gium, Holland, France, England and 

 America were on view. 



The American Representation. 



On the international jury J. C 

 Vaughan and W. A. Manda represented 

 the United States. J. C. Vaughan was 

 accompanied by Mrs. Vaughan, whose 

 health is improved. Judge Vesey was 

 also present, and Mr. Bonnot, of Bon- 

 not Bros., wholesale florists. New York, 

 and his wife were also there. 



\V. A. Manda was eminently suc- 

 cessful in the competitive classes and 

 secured twenty awards. One of the 

 most interesting classes was that for 

 new plants, in which he was placed 

 second. A few of the most striking in 

 the collection were Polypodium Manda- 

 ianum, Cibotium Mandaianum, Polv- 

 podium Mandaianum superbum, Neph- 

 rolepis Albert! aurea and Calceolaria 

 Stewarti. Other awards secured were: 

 Second for eight new plants, first for 

 three new plants, first for six new 

 plants, first for ten nephrolepis, and in 

 ten classes where nephrolepis were 

 called for, either in collections or single 

 specimens, he secured ten premier 

 awards. 



England. 



The leading English exhibit was a 



collection of tuberous begonias from 

 Blackmore & Langdon, Bath. This 

 was easily ahead of all collections of 

 begonias and was awarded a gold medal 

 with the felicitations of the jury. G. 

 Lange, Hampton, was in the front rank 

 with carnations and was awarded a 

 gold medal with acclamation. Sutton 

 & Sons, Reading, received a certificate 

 for the new red sunflower, Helianthus 

 lenticularis coronatus x Helianthus an- 

 nuus, raised by Professor Cockerell, of 

 Boulder University, Colorado, U. S. A. 



France. 



Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. were repre- 

 sented by a magnificent collection of 

 gladioli, thousands of spikes, and fine 

 strains of petunias and other annuals. 



L. Ferard, Paris, and Cayeux & Le Clerc, 

 Paris, enriched the French section with 

 fine exhibits of flowers of good strains. 



Holland. 



The principal exhibits from Holland 

 were in the gladiolus sections, and the 

 finest came from De Ruyter & Hoge- 

 woning, Noordwijk. They had some 

 promising yellow-flowered varieties, 

 named and seedlings. Perle des Jardins, 

 yellow; Glory de Noordwijk, yellow; 

 Loveliness, cream, and Princess Marie 

 .lose, white suffused pink, were all"^ 

 fine merit, among the hundreds of others 

 shown. P. J. Van der Pol & Co., Bos- 

 koop, were awarded a gold medal for 

 roses. 



Belgium. 



The leading prize for new plants was 

 awarded to Sander & Sons, Bruges and 

 St. Albans. Among the number were 

 Alocasia Michalitzi, Heliconia insig- 

 nis, Trevesia Sanderi, Polypodium 

 irioides Bartelsi, Alocasia Warteli and 

 Dietfenbachia Sanderae. In stove and 

 greenhouse plants, the principal prize 

 winners included Soc. Anon. Horticole 

 Gautoise, Ghent; A. Dalliere, Lede- 

 berg; Jules de Cock, Ledeberg; Fr. 

 Spae, Melle, and A. De Smet, Ledeberg. 

 A wonderful and most extensive ex- 

 hibit from the old established firm of 

 Louis Van Houtte was awarded an Ob- 

 jet d'Art, value 200 francs. It was a 

 garden in itself, with hill and dale and 

 water scene, and the plants represented 

 in it were those raised or introduced 

 into commerce by the firm. 



Palms and Ferns. 



Forty-seven classes were provided for 

 palms, and palms from baby sizes up to 

 30-foot specimens were there by the 

 hundred and thousand, as will be readi- 

 ly understood when it is stated that 

 the classes called for twenty-five, 

 twelve, ten, etc., to a class. The finest 

 twenty-five in large specimens were 

 from the Flandria Co., Bruges, and 

 their group of Phoenix Roebelenii, large 

 plants, were 8imi)ly marvelous. Others 

 who contributed to the excellence of 

 this section, and at the same time 



Wm. Tricker't Bed of Lythrum Roteum and Vinca Minor Aurea at Minneapolis. 



