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The Florists' Review 



NOVEMBEB 6, 1913. 



■^ . distinct varieties, Wm. Duc'.ihani scored 

 . i^ first and Chas. H. Totty second. Mr. 

 \U,,[ Ducltbam's notable flowers were Mary 

 I p; ' ^Farnsworth, Mrs. David Syrae, Mrs. 

 Gilbert Drabble, Gorgeous, Woodmason 

 and Converse. C. H. Totty 's group 

 included Kleinheinz, Gertrude Peers, 

 Mrs. Gilbert Drabble and several seed- 

 lings. 



In the class calling for three vases 

 of six blooms each, C. W. Harkness, 

 Esq.,, Ernest Wild, superintendent, 

 Madison, N. J., was first, with a mag- 

 nificent exhibit of Lady Hopetoun, 

 Mrs. Gilbert Drabble and Hon. Mrs. 

 Lopes. 



For the special prize of a silver cup, 

 offered by Thos. D. Leonard, Esq., of 

 Morris Plains, N. J., for twelve blooms, 

 twelve distinct varieties, stem not to 

 exceed twelve inches, the competition 

 was strong. The judges decided James 

 Fraser's exhibit was the best. Mr. 

 Eraser showed F. S. Vallis, Wm. Tur- 

 ner, Pockett 's Crimson, Wm. Klein- 

 heinz, Loiseau Bousseau, Lady Car- 

 michael, Alice Lemon, Yellow Miller, 

 Bose Pockett, W. Woodmason, Mrs. 

 Syme and Leslie Morrison. Mr. Wild 

 was second in this class and Mr. Whit- 

 ney third. 



The special prize offere<l by the 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., of New York, 

 for six flowers, six varieties, stem not 

 to exceed twelve inches, was woh by 

 Bobt. Tyson, who had Geo. Lock, Mary 

 Mason and Lady Hopetoun as the best 

 flowers in this class. Second prize in 

 this class was won by Fred. Cromwell, 

 Esq., Jas. Eimmon, superintendent, 

 Mendham, N. J., who had in his ex- 

 hibit the largest flower in the show, 

 a magnificent bloom of F. S. Vallis, and 

 this certainly was a fine specimen. 



In the class calling for six pink, 

 Edw. Davies was first with Loiseau 

 Bousseau, and J. H. Johnson, Esq., An- 

 drew Fullerton, superintendent, New 

 Brunswick, N. J., second. For six 

 white Mr. Whitney was first with Wm. 

 Turner, and John Downing second with 

 the same variety. For six yellow Mrs. 

 John Crosby Brown, Peter Duff, super- 

 intendent. Orange, N. J., was first with 

 some fine Col. Appleton, and Jas. Fra- 

 ser, second. Ten competitors lined up 

 in this class. For six crimson John 

 Downing was awarded first with 

 Pockett 's Crimson, and Jas. Fraser sec- 

 ond with the same variety. For six, 

 any other color, Jas. Fraser was first 

 with Bose Pockett, and he also won 

 first for a vase of flowers with foliage, 

 arranged for effect, with chrysanthe- 

 mums and autumn leaves splendidly ar- 

 ranged. 



In the class for ten pompons C. W. 

 McAlpin, Esq., Hamilton Scott, super- 

 intendent, of Morristown, N. J., was the 

 winner. The single classes were won 

 by Wm. Duckham, Jas. Fraser and J. 

 W. Pratt, Esq., J. H. Everitt, super- 

 intendent. Glen Cove, N. Y. Some 

 beautiful varieties were staged in this 

 class and included Gladys Duckham, 

 Caterham Bronze, Katie Covell, Joan 

 Edwards and many other handsome 

 singles. C. H. Totty scored first for six 

 vases of single mums in six varieties 

 and first in all the commercial classes; 

 he won the prize for ten white with 

 Wm. Turner, ten yellow with Chryso- 

 lora, ten pink with O. H. Broomhead 

 and ten any other color with his name- 

 sake C. H. Totty. C. H. Totty also 

 carried off the Smith prize for six 

 P.owers of Madison. 



In the rofe classes the prize for 



' Herbert Bate. 



(Member Hall Oommtttee for the Cleveland Trade Show.) 



eighteen Beauties was won, as usual, 

 by L. A. Noe, of Madison, N. J., and 

 the prize for twelve Beauties by the 

 same person, with Lyman B. Codding- 

 ton, of Murray Hill, N. J., second. Mr. 

 Coddington secured firsts for twenty- 

 five Maryland, twenty-five White Kil- 

 larney, twenty-five Eichmond and 

 twenty-five Killarney. C. H. Tottv 

 was awarded firsts for any other pink 

 with Mrs. Shawyer on 6-foot stems. 

 Twenty-five any other red was won by 

 L. A. Noe, with Milady, and twenty- 

 five any yellow rose by L. B. Codding- 

 ton with Sunburst; Harry May, of Suna- 

 mit, N, J., was awarded second in this 

 class with the same variety. For 

 twelve Maryland, C. A. Work, Esq., 

 Mr. Mulmichael, superintendent, of 

 Madison, N. J., was awarded first, with 

 John J. Biker, Esq., W. R. Faulks, 

 superintendent, second. For twelve any 

 undisseminated variety, C. H. Totty 

 was awarded first with his beautiful 

 shell-pink sport of Mrs. Geo. Shawyer. 

 The special prize offered by Badgley, 

 Biedel & Meyer, of New York, was 

 won by Chas. H. Totty. This prize was 

 offered for the best vase of roses ex- 

 cept American Beauties, twenty-five 

 blooms in a vase, and was won by the 

 variety Mrs. Shawyer. In the class 

 for twelve blooms of Mrs. Shawyer, 

 C. H. Totty prize, first prize was 

 awarded to L. M. Noe, with L. B. Cod- 

 dington second and Jas. Fraser third. 



In the class for one specimen plant 

 in flower, white variety, Peter Duff 

 was awarded first for a 10-foot plant 

 of Lady Lydia. The specimen plant 

 of yellow mum was won by Edw. Davies 

 with Bamapo. In the class for twelve 

 chrysanthemum plants in flower, twelve 

 varieties, single stems, pots not to 

 exceed six inches in diameter, the first 

 prize was won by Peter Duff, with John 

 Downing second. 



The class for six mum flowers in 

 pots, six varieties, single stems, was 

 won by Robt. Tyson, as was also the 

 prize for one specimen Begonia Lor- 

 raine. Wm. Duckham won the prize for 

 six large-flowering mums, six varieties, 

 six flowers to a plant, pot not over 

 eight inches in diameter, and he also 

 won the special society prize of $25 

 for a table four feet in diameter of 

 orchid plants arranged with fern plants. 



Bobert D. Foote, Esq., J. H. Landa- 

 bury, superintendent, Morristown, N. J., 

 won all the prizes offered for grapes, 

 and showed some beautiful specimens 

 in his exhibit. 



The special vegetable prize for a 

 collection of vegetables in twelve va- 

 rieties, the first prize $75, second prize 

 $50 and third prize $25, was the most 

 talked-of class in the exhibition. The 

 prize was more than has ever been 

 given before for a vegetable class, but 

 apparently was too much, for plenty 

 of stock from different sections of the 

 country that had been entered failed 

 to materialize, due possibly to the fact 

 that, the gardeners were afraid that the 

 prize, being so big, would bring out 

 too strong a competition. Mr. Duck- 

 ham scored first and Edw. Jenkins 

 second. Both of these exhibits were 

 beautiful and there was only one or 

 two points td difference between them. 

 Mr. Duckham 'g arrangement was 

 slightly better. 



The special Peter Henderson prize 

 for collection of vegetables, six va- 

 rieties, was won by Jas. Fraser, and 

 David Francis took second prize. For 

 six stalks of celery, L. Barkman, Ber- 



