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specialties of the firm was staged by 

 the Knight & Struck Co., New York. 



Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y., exhib- 

 ited commercial plants, among them 

 their new fern, Elmsfordii, and Dolan's 

 refuse, waste and leaf burner. 



Besides a good display of plants, 

 bulbs and seeds, E. J. Irwin, New York, 

 showed the new carnations, Alice, Good 

 Cheer, Pink Sensation and Champion, 



A galvanized, V-bar greenhouse was 

 put up for the exhibition by W. H. 

 Lutton, Jersey City, N. J. 



Lord & Burnham Co., Irvington, N. 

 Y., exhibited a small curved-eave, iron- 

 frame greenhouse, with several of the 

 company's special features in connec- 

 tion. T. B. De Forest was in charge. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, was 

 represented by Fred Lautenschlager and 

 an abundance of boiler literature. 



Ealph M. Ward & Co., New York, ex- 

 hibited lily bulbs and some fine long- 

 stemmed flowers from Horseshoe brand 

 bulbs. 



A complete greenhouse was put up by 

 the Metropolitan Material Co., Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. 



Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth, N. J., had 

 on exhibition a curved-eave greenhouse, 

 with new style ventilators, doors, heat- 

 ing apparatus, etc. Samuel Bedstone 

 and John McArthur were in charge. 



J. A. Peterson & Sons, Westwood, 

 Cincinnati, O., exhibited their begonias. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 had in his trade exhibit quantities of 

 roses and other cut flowers, which were 

 changed every day. 



The pergola arrangement of A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., drew the 

 attention and admiration of many. 



Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., 

 showed fresh groups of cut flowers in 

 his trade exhibit each day. 



Woodrow & Marketos, New York, 

 showed a country estate worked out to 

 scale, perfect in every detail, from the 

 mansion to lawns, flower beds and 

 hedges. This was looked upon as one 



of the best educational features of the 

 show. 



The Julius Eoehrs Co., Eutherf ord, N. 

 J., had on exhibition plants of various 

 kinds, but the firm's display of orchids 

 was of particular note. These were 

 staged inside an enormous frame of 

 green velvet, giving the effect of a 

 beautiful picture from a short distance. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J., had 

 a splendid group of orchid plants, with 

 a large central column of phalsenopsis. 

 The varieties shown would make a long 

 list. 



Bobbink & Atkins, Eutherford, N. J., 

 showed specimens of trained fruit trees 

 and other lines of stock ready for 

 spring shipment. 



Retailers were conspicuous by their 

 absence this year. G. E. M. Stumpp 

 and Max Schling were the only ones 

 who put up trade exhibits. Bouquets 

 and designs of a kind calculated to ex- 

 cite the interest of the public were dis- 

 played. 



The Banquet. 



The twenty-eighth annual banquet of 

 the New York Florists* Club was held 

 Saturday evening, March 20, at the 

 Hotel Astor, with an attendance of over 

 250, and was followed by dancing until 

 the early hours. President and Mrs. 

 Bunyard received the members and 

 guests at the entrance to the beautifully 

 decorated dining room, and Mr. Bun- 

 yard, as toastmaster, exceeded all expec- 

 tations. The leading wholesalers do- 

 nated flowers for the tables, and the 

 committee, under the leadership of Chas. 

 Schenck, W. F. Nugent and George E. 

 M. Stumpp, was busy throughout the 

 evening in promoting the general enjoy- 

 ment. Eegrets were read from F. E. 

 Newbold, Theodore A. Havemeyer and 

 Daniel MacEorie, the latter declaring 

 he "could not find a dress suit in the 

 city large enough to fit him." 



W. F. Kasting, of Buffalo, spoke for 

 the Society of American Florists, and 

 gave a glowing tribute to the pioneer 



work of Peter Henderson in behalf of 

 American floriculture. F. E. Pierson 

 spoke to the toast of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York, and told of the 

 wonderful success of the show, far in 

 advance financially of any previous 

 year, and of its great future. E. G. 

 Hill, in behalf of the club, presented a 

 beautiful silver tea service to ex-Presi- 

 dent Duckam, who responded grate- 

 fully. Mr. Halleman spoke for the 

 Grand Central Palace Exposition Co., of 

 the splendid work of the committees, 

 the luck of fine weather, the prospect of 

 the receipts reaching over $20,000 and 

 the excellent work of the publicity de- 

 partment. Walter Sheridan made the 

 presentation speech to Secretary Young, 

 to whom the club presented a diamond 

 ring, in commemoration of his twenty- 

 five years of service. Mr. Young ac- 

 knowledged the honor and his apprecia- 

 tion. Only three meetings has he missed 

 in the quarter century I John Everitt 

 spoke for the National Association of 

 Gardeners, Professor White for Cornell 

 University, and J. H. Dick and E. 0. 

 Coldwell for the press. 



BOSTON EXPERT TAKES NOTES. 



At tlie New York Show. 



The New York show was a large one, 

 in some respects superior to its two 

 predecessors; in others, hardly so good. 

 The absence of the big specimen palms, 

 etc., from W. A. Manda, Thomas 

 Eoland's acacias and other hard-wooded 

 plants, and M. H. Walsh's huge ram- 

 bler roses makes a big gap, and, while 

 there is an bundance of well grown 

 material, it is too small compared with 

 what we saw at previous shows to be 

 telling. As a picture the New York 

 show, for instance, could not compare 

 with the smaller Boston one. It had 

 no striking exhibit like that of Far- 

 quhar's Dutch garden, and in hard- 

 wooded plants, cyclamens and some 



Carnations and Snapdragons>t the'New^York Show, March J8 to 22, J9I5. 



