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Mabch 25, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



29 



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NEW YORK SPRING SHOW 



Annual exhibition of New York florists and 400 repeats success of 

 former years in number and quality of exhibits and in gate receipts 



INANCIALLY, artistically 

 and quantitatively, the New 

 York show of 1915 may be 

 said to hsate equaled and 

 sed those of 

 the year be- 

 ^cess this year 

 demonstrated 



perhaps st 



last year 



fore. Its 

 as a financial undertakij 

 the possibility of mal^Sl^ it a yearly 

 event that will, in thSo words of the 

 president of the Grani^Spentral Palace 

 Exposition Co., "_tak«?-*lprecedence of 

 horse shows, automobile shows, dog 

 shows and every variety of exhibition 

 that has hitherto won the recognition 

 0^ the 400. ' ' For it must be acknowl- 

 edged that the Bed Cross tea garden 

 and other activities of the society ladies 

 contributed materially to the large gate 

 receipts. 



But for the artistic quality and high 

 standard of the exhibits, credit goes 

 unreservedly to the growers and retail- 

 ers who furnished the entries and decor- 

 ations. There were, of course, some 

 things lacking; perhaps it is as well to 

 state them and get them over with. 

 Thomas Roland's acacias and W. A. 

 Manda's specimens, for instance, were 

 conspicuous by their absence. The small 

 showing, too, of the New York retailers 

 was a subject of remark, only G. E. M. 

 Stumpp and Max Schling making dis- 

 plays. But there were other features, 

 the rose gardens of A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 and the F. R. Pierson Co., for instance, 

 that went far to fill the places of the ab- 

 sent ones. 



The Sose Gardens. 



These rose gardens were all the week 

 the center of interest for a large and 

 admiring crowd. F. R. Pierson 's exhibit 

 consisted largely of roses of the ram- 

 bler type, which were arranged in a 

 series of twelve beds, with gravel walks 

 separating the beds. 



A. N. Pierson 's exhibit was staged in 

 a more open manner, on the lines of an 

 old-fashioned garden, with a rustic 

 fence surrounding it. It looked most 

 realistic, with stone walks and a rustic 

 summer house in the corner, covered 

 with climbing roses. A. N. Pierson was 

 placed first in this exhibit, but it must 

 be stated that both exhibits were won- 

 derfully fine. 



The orchid groups, particularly those 

 of the Julius Roehrs Co. and Lager & 

 Hurrell, were also the objects of much 

 commendation. There were groups of 

 large evergreens from the F. R. Pierson 

 Co., the Julius Roehrs Co. and Bobbink 

 & Atkins. Other exhibits of special in- 

 terest were Wm. Tricker's water lilies, 

 John Canning's group of flowering 



plants, P. W. Popp's lilacs, the carna- 

 tion exhibit of the Cottage Gardens Co. 

 and the fine collection of ferns from 

 the F. R. Pierson Co. 



Flowering Plants. 



The group calling for flowering plants 

 in a space of 200 feet brought out no 

 less than six competitors. The first 

 prize was awarded to William Duck- 

 ham, of Madison, N. J., for a splendid 

 exhibit, with acacias in the background 

 mixed with tropseolum, massed in the 

 center with amaryllis, and lilacs and 

 schizanthus on either side, F. E. 

 Lewis, of Ridgefield, Conn., was award- 

 ed the second prize in this class, with a 

 most beautiful arrangement of fruit 

 trees in flower, narcissi, tulips, schizan- 

 thus, and a varied assortment of spring 

 flowering plants. 



The awards on plants in flower were 

 as follows: 



COMMERCIAL GROWERS. 



Acacia, six plants — Knight & Struck Co., New 

 York, first. 



Acacia, three plants — Knight & Strucli Co., 

 first. 



Azalea Indica, collection covering 150 square 

 feet — A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 first; Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., 

 second. 



Azalea Indica, six plants — .Tulius Roehrs Co.. 

 first; A. N. Pierson, Inc., second. 



Azalea Indica. thn>e plants — Julius Roehrs 

 Co., first; A. N. Pierson. Inc., second. 



Azalea Indica, one plant — A. N. Pierson 

 Inc., first; Julius Roehrs Co., second. 



Erica, epacrls and boronla, collection cover 

 Ing 100 square feet — Knight & Struck Co., first 



Erica, six plants — Knight & Struck Co., first 



Hydrangea, collection covering 150 square 

 feet — F. H. Dressel, Jr., Weehawken, N. J. 

 first; Julius Roehrs Co., second. 



Hydrangea, six plants — F. H. Dressel. Jr. 

 first. 



Hydrangea, specimen — F. H. Dressel, Jr. 

 first. 



Lilac, twelve plants — Julius Roehrs Co., first 



Marguerite, six plants — Madsen & Christen 

 sen, Woodridge, N. J. 



Rhododendron, collection covering 150 square 

 feet— 1". R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., first 

 Bohhink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., second. 



Rhododendron, six plants — Bobbink & .Atkins 

 first; F. R. Pierson Co., second. 



Rhododendron, three plants — Bobbink & At 

 kins, first; F. R. Pierson 0»-, second. 



Spiraea, or astilbe, twenty-five plants — Bob 

 blnk & Atkins, first; H. C. Stelnhoff, West 

 Hoboken, N. J., second. 



PRIVATE GROWERS. 



Acacia, three plants — Percy E. Hicks, gar 

 dener to Bertram H. Borden, Oceanic, N. J 

 first. 



Acacia, specimen — James Stuart, gardener to 

 Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck, N. Y 

 first; J. W. Smith, gardener to F. E. Lewis, 

 Ridgefield, Conn., second. 



Amaryllis, twenty-five plants — W. H. Duck 

 ham, superintendent to Mrs. D. Willis James 

 Madison, N. J., first. 



Amaryllis, twelve plants — W. H. Duckham 

 first. 



Anthurlum, specimen — Wm. Cordes, superin 

 tendent to F. B. Burton, Newburgh, N. Y. 

 first. 



Azalea Indica, specimen, pink, or rose — F 

 Honoyman, gardener to Percy Chubb, Glen Cove 

 N. Y., first. 



Bougainvillea, sf)ecimen — A. W. Golding, su 

 perlntendent to D. G. Reid, Irvington, N. Y. 

 first. 



Two of the Seedsmen's Elaborate Trade Exhibits at the New York Show. 



