Sbptbmbbr 18, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



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Charles E. Russell, President Cleveland Florists' Club. 



Society was held September 12 to 14, 

 and proved successful. The dahlias 

 were of unusually good quality, al- 

 though early frosts had severely dam- 

 aged the flowers of some large growers. 

 For twenty-four blooms distinct show 

 or fancy, W. D. Hathaway was first and 

 E. 1\ Dwyer & Sons second. E. W. 

 Kla led for twelve varieties show, A. 

 R. Johnson being second and W. H. 

 Symouds third. 



For twenty-four varieties cactus com- 

 petition was strong. Sisson & Thurs- 

 ton were first, A. E. Johnson second 

 and E. W. Ela third. 



For twenty-four decorative W. D. 

 Hathaway was first. Some of his best 

 varieties were: Souv. de Gustave Doa- 

 '••on, Perle d'Or, Mrs. Winters, Mme. 

 Mary Collett, Santa Cruz, Jeanne Char- 

 niot, LeGrand Manitou, Ueloit and Mrs. 

 I-illie P. Hathaway. J. K. Alexander 

 was second. For twelve decorative E, 

 " • Ela was first with fine flowers. For 

 twelve cactus Miss Fanny Foster, New- 

 port, R. T., took the lead with a superb 

 '"t. A. E. Johnsou was second and 

 J'- W. Ela third. 



There were some fine entries for 

 I't'ony-flowered varieties. In the twenty- 

 ^our class W. D. Hathaway was first, 

 •^- K. Alexander second. For twelve 

 \;iiieties Sisson & Thurston were first, 

 '■• P. Dwyer & Sous second. For 

 *^i^"ty-four varieties pompons J. K. 

 j^u'xander was again invincible. W. 



• Hathaway was second. For twelve 

 y^firieties E. F. Dwyer & Sons were first. 

 " r twelve varieties singles, Sisson & 

 ^'mrston were first and E, W. Ela sec- 

 oiiil. Foj largest and best collection, 

 "•''»'ed, of. all classes, Geo. H. Walker 



was first, Miss Lilian M. Towle second. 



Thomas W. Head, Bergenfield, N. J., 



had a large display of dahlias. The 



Fottler, Fiske, Eawson Co. filled several 

 large tables with several hundred va- 

 rieties of dahlias and gladioli, includ- 

 ing many fine novelties. Geo. B. Gill 

 had a dahlia display. A large vase of 

 a dark red variety, Mrs. E. M. Gill, 

 was noteworthy. B. Hammond Tracy 

 had an extensive gladiolus display ar- 

 ranged, as usual, most artistically. 

 There were extensive displays of herb- 

 aceous plants from Old Town Nurseries, 

 Eastern Nurseries and Mount Desert 

 Nurseries. E. & J. Farquhar & Co. had 

 phlox, buddleias and palms. F. J. Rea 

 had a collection of phlox, 



Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. Thatcher, 

 gardener, had splendid specimen plants 

 of Alpinia Sanderee and Phyllotsenium 

 Lindeni. Mrs. Frederick Ayer, Geo. 

 Page, gardener, had large standard 

 ivies, variegated pineapples and pl^ty- 

 ceriums. Mrs. E. M. Gill had a nice 

 miscellaneous display, also Mrs. M, W. 

 Chadbourne. William Whitman, M. 

 Sullivan, gardener, had a large collec- 

 tion of perennial phlox and annuals. 

 Peirce Bros, had an axtistic display of 

 the charming little rose, Mme. Cecile 

 Brunner. The Eastern Nurseries showed 

 several novelties in perennials from 

 China. A clematis and potentilla re- 

 ceived honorable mention. 



The fruit display was good. Thomas 

 E. Proctor, Jas. Marlborough, gardener, 

 won premier position for grapes. He 

 also showed a large basket of handsome 

 Princess of Wales peaches. New Hamp- 

 shire Agricultural College had a most 

 interesting display of melons, includ- 

 ing varieties from Sutton and Vilmorin 

 and resultant hybrids raised at the col- 

 lege greenhouses, the result of nearly 

 six years' labor. This exhibit secured 

 a silver medal, the only one awarded 

 at the exhibition. The Boston Myco- 

 logical Club -hkd a large mushroom dis- 

 play, and it was surprising to see the 

 growing interest in these fungi. 



George W. Smith, Treasurer Qeveland Floiists' Club. 



