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The Florists' Review 



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Gladiolus Exhibit of tfie Metzaer Floral G>«t Mountain View, Cal.» at ttie San Francisco Exposition. 



Display of primnllnus blooms, not less than 

 four inches across, not less than twenty-iivc 

 spikes — B. H. Tracy, first; C. W. Brown, second. 



Twelve spikes any variety In one va8«> — M. K. 

 Meader, first; R. W. Swett, second. 



Collection of Kunderd varieties, both pltiiii 

 and ruffled petals — C. W. Brown, first: r. W. 

 Popp, Mamaroneck, N. Y., second. 



Twenty-five spikes Hollandia— C. F. Fairbanks, 

 first; R. W. Swett, second. 



Six spikes Mrs. Pendleton — Madison Cooper, 

 first; H. E. Meader, second. 



Twenty spikes Panama — R. W. Swett, first. 

 - Twenty spikes Niagara — B. H. Tracy, first. 



Seedling never before exhibited, not less thiiii 

 three spikes — L. Merton Gage, Natick, Mass.. 

 first; John Lewis Cbllds, second; R. W. Swett. 

 third. 



Twenty-five spikes white — John Lewis Childs, 

 first; B. H. Tracy, second. 



Twenty-five spikes red — R. W. Swett, first ; 

 Wm. McKay, Newport, second. 



Twenty-five spikes yellow — Clark W. Brown, 

 first; John Lewis Cbllds, second. 



Twenty-five spikes blue or lavender — C. W. 

 Brown, first; R. W. Swett, second. 



Twenty-five spikes pink — C. P. Fairbanks, 

 first; B. W. Swett, second. 



Twenty-five spikes any other color — B. H. 

 Traoy, first; John Lewis Cbllds, second. 



In the amateur classes Theodore A. 



Havemeyer and Madison Cooper took 



the lion's share of the prizes, C. F. 



Fairbanks, L. M. Fuller, of Rockland, 



Mass.; A. E. Griffin, of Marion, Mass., 



and Miss Fanny Foster, of Newport, 



also won awards in these classes. 



THE BEST WHITE. 



In justice to the judges of the Ohio 

 Gladiolus Society, who awarded "best 

 white" to our exhibit of Glory of 

 Holland at Cleveland, please mention 

 that our vase of Rochester White did 

 not contain the required number of 

 flowers and that we did not have Eu- 

 ropa in bloom at that time. Glory of 

 Holland really did not have any com- 

 petition of any account. I do not care 

 to express any opinion here as to the 

 relative merits of the last two varie- 

 ties mentioned, but I will say that 

 Glory of Holland is a good white, al- 

 though not by any means as good as 

 either Rochester White or Europa. 



I follow trade and show awards on 

 various varieties closely, in order to 

 get a line on good stock, and the out- 

 come of this award is likely to be mis- 

 leading to those who do likewise, and 

 who think that Glory of Holland came 

 into competition with Rochester and 

 Europa. Ralph E. Huntington. 



METZNER GLADIOLUS DISPLAY. 



Among the best of the gladiolus ex- 

 hibits on the grounds of the San Fran- 



cisco exposition is that of the Metzner 

 Floral Co., of Mountain View, Cal., 

 which occupies a comer of the Cali- 

 fornia garden. This is a general col- 

 lection. The color combinations in it 

 came out more happily than is often 

 the experience and, in addition, the 

 blooms are remarkably fine, the stalks 

 growing up to six feet and even higher. 



At the height of the gladiolus season, 

 this part of the California garden was 

 one of the show places of the exposi- 

 tion, horticulturally speaking. The ac- 

 companying illustration g^ves a good 

 view of the exhibit. The department 

 of horticulture of the exposition award- 

 ed the Metzner Floral Co. a grand prize 

 for seedling gladioli. 



FEEDING ORCHIDS. 



Will you kindly tell me the best way 

 to mix- manure for orchids, mostly cat- 

 tleyas? M. P.— Conn. 



There are decided differences of 

 opinion as to whether feeding cattleyas 

 and certain other orchids is a benefit" 

 or the reverse. All are agreed that 

 calanthcis need manure in the soil and 

 also Vflp-Bh it in liquid form; so, also, 

 with phaius, zygopetalums, sobralias, 

 cymbidiums, cypripediums and coelo- 

 gynes, but when it comes to cattleyas, 

 Itelias, dendrobiums, odontoglossums and 

 miltonias there is no unanimity of 

 opinion. 



Personally I have found careful feed- 

 ing a decided advantage to practically 

 all orchids, if the food is given only 

 during the active growing season and 

 in moderate doses. I use 50-gallon bar- 

 rels. In these I dilute five pounds of 

 Clay's fertilizer or Bon Arbor No. 1. 

 Let the liquid stand a few days and 

 then dip the baskets in the barrels; or 



a tub may be mounted on low wheels 

 and run along the houses, making the 

 dipping more convenient. Dipping is 

 not always feasible, and in such cases 

 a Kinney pump is used to apply the 

 liquid, especially to those in pots or 

 pans. Cow manure is also used, at the 

 rate of half a bushel to a barrel, and 

 a few handfuls of soot are added to it. 

 These liquids are alternated; I find 

 plants like a change of food as much 

 as do human beings. 



I would not advise you to go into this 

 cattleya feeding in any haphazard way. 

 Try the various foods on batches of 

 plants and compare results. As a gen- 

 eral rule, one watering per week is 

 ample during the growing season. Some 

 growers use the Gookson formula on all 

 varieties of orchids, with good results, 

 but T think if you will try the three 

 fertilizers previously named you can 

 get equally satisfactory results. 



An expression of opinion from other 

 orchid growers on this important ques- 

 tion wouM bo interesting. C W. 



