NOVGMBKR 10, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



1243 



A View of the Cut Blooms of Chrysanthemums at the World's Fair Flower Show. 



Yellow, a fine early variety of good size 

 and depth, a good shade of yellow; Mrs. 

 J. Heaume, Seedling No. 10, Valerie 

 Greenham, a grand pink; Emily Mile- 

 ham, fine white, and others. The com- 

 mittee honored this most meritorious ex- 

 hibit with the highest award at its com- 

 mand, a gold medal. We trust Mr. Wells' 

 enterprise may lead others to send their 

 novelties over. Certainly our English 

 friends know how to grow big specimen 

 blooms. 



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

 their usual fine stand of orchids com- 

 piieing^any useful sorts. E. 0. Orpet 

 showed a number of seedling orchids 

 not for competition. H. A. Wheeler 

 showed a cross between Laelia Dayana 

 and Cattleya velutina (Laelio-cattleya 

 Piosperpine). For best display of cut 

 orchids the silver gilt medal went to the 

 F. L. Ames estate, W. N. Craig, garden- 

 er, who staged 100 varieties and species 

 filling 200 bottles. Colonel Charles 

 Pfaff, Geo. Melvin gardener, won the 

 silver medal and E. McMulkin the bronze 

 medal. 



Sander & Son, St. Albans, England, 

 showed the new Nicotiana Sanderae, with 

 rosy red flowers two and one-half inches 

 in diameter. It was greatly admired and 

 will become popular for pot culture and 

 outdoor bedding. It received a silver 

 medal. Waban Bose Conservatories re- 

 ceived a first-class certificate for their 

 new rose, Wellesley, the color of which 

 takes the popular fancy and will make 

 it in big demand. They also showed a 

 fine vase of American Beauty. Carl Jur- 

 gens had fine Kaiserin and John Cook, 

 of Baltimore, a fine new seedling white 

 rose. T. DeVoy & Son received honor- 

 able mention for their new geranium, 

 Telegraph. John Scott was awarded a 

 silver medal for Nephrolepis Scottii, of 

 which he had a fine group. F. R. Pier- 

 son Co. had some handsome plants of 

 the improved Piersoni. A. M. D;!ven- 

 port had some pretty nephrolepis sports, 



one from Piersoni receiving honorable 

 mention. 



Carnations made quite an extensive 

 .showing. William Nicholson's special 

 prize for 100 white went to Peter Tisher 

 for his fine new seedling, which seems to 

 have all the merits of a first-class com- 

 n^ercial variety. Peter Fisher's prize 

 for fifty Nelson Fisher went to M. A. Pat- 

 ten & Son, while Patten's prize for Mrs. 

 AJ. A. Patten went to William Nichol- 

 son. H. A. Stevens & Co. had fine vases 

 of Fair Maid, Enchantress, Queen, Harry 

 Icnn, Mrs. Patten and J. H. Manley. 

 Geo. B. Anderson received hounrablo 

 mention for Seedling No. 10. John Barr 

 showed Elaine, a promising white. H. 



A. Jahn Co. had about a dozen seedlings. 

 Wild Bose received honorable mention. 

 8. J. Goddard showed Helen Goddard, of 

 a beautiful lustrous pink shade, which 

 \*as much admired. It will be beard 

 from later. He received honorable men- 

 tion for a light pink seedling No. 9. 

 J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., .'oliet, 

 111., had fine vases of Estelle, Mrs. Pat- 

 ten and The Bride. The journey had 

 used up some of them in spite of ideal 

 packing. William Nicholson's vase of 

 .100 mixed blooms was a beauty. Backer 

 & Co. showed Crusader, Flamingci, Nel- 

 son plsher and fine Enchantress. L. E. 

 Small, Tewsbury, showed his white 

 seedling. 



Coolidge Bros, had a good White Law- 

 son and White Cloud. M. A. Patten & 

 Son had honorable mention for a pink 

 sport from Mrs. Patten and Peter Fisher 

 a similar award for his crimson seed- 

 ling, No. 113. He also had a fine flesh- 

 colored seedling of the form of Joost. 



B. C. Pye, Nyack, N. Y., had a rather 

 dull scarlet seedling and one similnr in 

 color to Mrs. Lawson. L. E. Small 

 showed striped Lawson. C. N. Osborne, 

 Newington, Conn., had a new white 

 seedling. Victory from Guttman & Weber 

 received a certificate of merit. It is a 

 fine, clear scarlet, size, stem, calyx and 

 f.irm exfelli nt. Robert Craig, owned 



by the Cottage Gardens and the J. D. 

 Thompson Co., also received a certificate 

 of merit, color very fine scarlet, stem 

 strong, flower fringed, and good form. 

 I'iancee from Chicago Carnation Co., ar- 

 rived on the third day. It received a 

 certificate of merit. Gibson Beauty, 

 from J. D. Thompson Co., received hon- 

 orable mention. 



The first and second prize collectionB 

 of eight specimen chrysanthemum plants 

 from William Anderson and D. F. Eoy 

 each received a cultural certificate, which 

 were well merited. 



Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 sent a few seedling chrysanthemums 

 which arrived on the third day. It was 

 pleasant to have one exhibit from our 

 western friends. 



There was a fine exhibit of fruits and 

 vegetables in the basement hall. Silver 

 medals were awarded to Warren Heustis 

 & Son for celery and to Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner, Wm. Thatcher, gardener, for 

 the finest brussels sprouts ever staged in 

 Boston, or probably in America. 



Business Meeting. 



The business session of the C. S. A. 

 \>as held Friday afternoon, November 

 4. President Herrington presided and 

 there was a good attendance. In the ab- 

 sence of Secretary Lemon, Elijah A. 

 Wood was appointed secretary pro-tem. 

 President Herrington delivered a short 

 address in opening the session. His re- 

 marks in part were as follows: 



"We are pleased to meet in the city 

 of Boston, where all horticultural soci- 

 eties receive a hospitable welcome. After 

 the institution of the C. S. A. it was a 

 long time ere it dared essay to hold an 

 exhibition. At last, however, one was 

 held, in Chicago, and we have continued 

 to hold one from that time. It was a 

 long time ere any of the horticultural 

 societies had sufficient confidence to ask 

 foi this association. That time has 

 now happily passed. The splendid exhi- 

 bition speaks for itself. As a society 



