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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVEMBEB 17, 1004. 



prizes also falling to James Fraser, gar- 

 dener to O. H, Kahn. The class of six 

 yellow won by Mr. Allen contained i^rob- 

 ably the largest flowers in the show, the 

 variety being Mrs. Thirkell. They were 

 truly enormous, as were also the bellow 

 Mme. Carnot exhibited by Mr. Riddel. 



Other magnificent vases through these 

 classes were Mary Inglis from Wm. 

 Duckham, Merza from Wm. Turner, Geo. 

 Hale, Guy Hamilton; W. R. Church 

 from Thos. W. Head which scored him 

 first in several classes and the Apple- 

 tons and Batons from "Wm. Kleinheinz. 

 The date was too late for the \ariety 

 Wm. Duckham to De shown very largely, 

 though James Fraser easily scored first 

 in the pink section with flowers of the 

 largest size and most perfect finish. This 

 variety must be taken on an August 

 crown bud, when it develops splendidly. 

 Those growers who complain of its show- 

 ing an eye, have in every case taken 

 terminal buds. 



A few of the earliest of the birds of 

 passage from the St. Louis show that 

 got home Saturday morning, threw up 

 their hands when they saw the cut ;,iums 

 and declared that the western exhibition 

 was not in the race at all. 



The novelties for next year were not 

 largely shown, though a vase containing 

 blooms of Mrs. W. Duckham, Mrs. D. 

 v.* West, J. H. Doyle, J. H. Sils- 

 bury, Dora Stevens and Merstham 

 Red were much admired. The prizo win- 

 ners in the chrysanthemum cut flower 

 classes are enumerated elsewhere in de- 

 tail and space forbids any more extend- 

 ed mention here, but I must say that it 

 was the best lot of flowers I ever saw in 

 an exhibition hall. 



In the classes for hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums 'grown in the open, the number of 

 vases shown would alone have filled a good 

 sized hall. R. Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 was the principal exhibitor and prize 

 winner. John N. May and Thos. Meehan 

 & Sons also exhibiting largely. Mr. Vin- 

 cent made application for 500 feet of 

 space and the display he made was a 

 riot of colors that drew great applause 

 from the artistic element in the audience. 

 As shown by Mr. Vincent the hardy sec- 

 tion of the chrysanthemum is a most 

 beautiful one and great credit should be 

 given him for his enterprise in bringing 

 from Maryland such an immense tollec- 

 tion. It is one thing to see pompon and 

 anemone chryanthemums represented by 

 one or two sprays in a vase or growing in 



scattered clumps around a dwelling house 

 and quite another thing to see them rep- 

 resented as shown by tlie Vincent firm 

 set up in great masses and apparently 

 endless variety. It is almost absurd to 

 pick out individual varieties, though the 

 following caught my eye more particu- 

 larly in scanning the exhibit. Northum- 

 berland, Conestoga, James Boon, Joppa, 

 Hamlet, Sunset, Lady Percy, Orange 

 King, Arizona, The Czar, Ontario, Mer- 

 met, Annie Eliza and Sheridan. 



There were some eighty specimen 

 chrysanthemum plants in the hall, bush 

 and standards, and they were all of the 

 highest quality, such growers as Peter 

 Duff, D. F. Roy, Robt. Marsh:Jl, J. 

 Schaffer and Herbert Dumaresq all be- 

 ing represented. Mr. Schaffer, gardener 

 to Richard Mortimer, was the largest ex- 

 hibitor, having some thirty plants, his 

 specimen standards of Dr. E'nguehard 

 being particularly fine. Peter Luff, gar- 

 dener to J. Crosby Brown, had two 

 splendid bush plants in A. J. Balfour and 

 R. Hooper Pearson, both of which won 

 prizes. D. F. Roy had Theo, The Bard, 

 Black Hawk, Hooper Pearson and Garza, 

 all in wonderful shape, the latter plant 

 carrying over 900 developed flowers. Wm. 

 Anderson, gardener to Herbert Dumar- 

 esq, had Arethusa and Mrs, C. B. Free- 

 man as his best plants and Robt. Mar- 

 shall, gardener to E. W. Converse, set 

 up Louis Boehmer and Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable wonderfully fine. 



Plants in 6-inch pots were well shown 

 by Peter Duff, Thos. W. Head and oth- 

 ers, Mr. Duff's Merza showing his ex- 

 pert skill to the highest degree. Whether 

 shown as a pot plant or cut flower, Mer- 

 za was invariably the finest white in tne 

 show. 



The rose classes were not so well filled 

 as some of the others, though the quality 

 was excellent. For twenty-five tea scent- 

 ed white and twenty-five pink, L. A. Noe 

 and Charles H. Totty were first and sec- 

 ond in each class with Bridesmaid and 

 Bride, L. A. Noe also coming first for 

 American Beauties. 



In carnations several novelties were set 

 up. Guttman & Weber's Victory is a 

 splendid scarlet and also the red John E. 

 Haines. A. B. Jenkins, gardener to Geo. 

 "Van Qualen set up a new seedliug of 

 Melba Cook with round flat petals. The 

 color is a lovely , pink and this variety 

 has probably come to stay. Regret was 

 heard that Fiancee was not represented, 

 though the introducers are probably busy 



enough taking care of the western shows. 

 . Violets were not represented in any 

 large quantity, though the Hudson river 

 men, as usual, managed to capture every- 

 thing in sight. 



Orchids, were shown in immense quan- 

 tity and variety by three prominent 

 growers^ Messrs. Lager & Hurrell, Julius 

 Roehrs and Siebrecht & Sons. The first 

 named were awardad first for the collec- 

 tion having some sixty species, Cattleya 

 labiata alba, Cypripedium insigne San- 

 deroB and other scarce kinds making a 

 beautiful showing. Julius Roehr's exhib- 

 it was particularly noticeable for im- 

 mense sprays of Oncidium varicosum, 

 Vanda Coerulea and Cattleya Dowiana. 

 Siebrecht & Sons showed among other 

 choice things some of the finest Cattleya 

 labiata I have ever seen. 



Any one of these exhibits was worth 

 teii times the value of the prize and could 

 not be seen outside of New York. 



In the classes for groups, single speci- 

 men palms, bay trees, etc., Julius Roehrs, 

 J. Lewis Childs, J. H. Troy, Bobbink 

 & Atkins, Siebrecht & Sons, F. R. Pier- 

 son Co. and several other eastern cracks 

 were largely represented and it goes 

 without saying that the quality was Al 

 in every instance. 



In the Collections of crotons, dracajnas, 

 Lorraine begonias. Rex begonias, etc., 

 Roehrs, J. L. Childs and Siebrecht & 

 Sons were largely to the front. 



In the class for conifers in pots or 

 tubs, Bobbink & Atkins, J. H. Troy, Ju- 

 lius Roehrs, Wm. A. Moon Co. and Sie- 

 brecht & Sons were all extensively rep- 

 resented and these exhibits formed mag- 

 nificent backgrounds for other clasres of 

 lighter colored material. 



The fruit exhibits were a show in 

 themselves, Ellwanger & Barry, of Roch- 

 ester, alone filling a table fifty feet long 

 with apples, not to mention pears and 

 various other fruits. There were much 

 laiger exhibits in this line than I had 

 before seen in J^ew York and they were 

 uniformly fine. 



Grapes grown under gTass were a spe- 

 cial feature and resulted in much argu- 

 ment and discussion as to who should get 

 first prize. Four entries that were the 

 finest in quality were from Charles S. 

 Smith, J. P. Sorensen, gardener, and J. 

 D. Smith, Thos. Harvey gardener; Mrs. 

 F. A. Constable, Samuel Riddel, g.arden- 

 er, and Mrs. O. Hoyt, William Slack 

 gardener. The first prize, I believe, was 

 finally given to J. D. Smith. 







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First Prize Group of Chrysanthemums at Boston, Staged by Wm. Thatcher, Gardener to Mrs. J. L. Garx/ner. 



