NOYKMBER 17, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



IZ19 



General View of the Exhibition of the American Institute, New York, November 10-17. 



Table after table was filled with \ege- 

 tiibles some thirty-six classes being de- 

 voted to this section and the classes were 

 well filled in every instance, cauliflower, 

 parsnips and celery being particularly 

 fine. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., the seedsmen, 

 had an immense exhibit of vegetables with 

 their new potato, Noroton Beauty, as a 

 star attraction. Farm crops in the line 

 of cereals, seed and root crops took up 

 coEsiderable space and were a great at- 

 traction to the farmer element among 

 the gathering of the clans. This exhibit 

 received a silver medal. 



In the line of s|>ecial exhibits all the 

 novelties seen at the various exhibitions 

 throughout the country were to be found. 

 John Scott had a splendid group of Scot- 

 tii and also a very handsome exhibit of 

 his salable sizes of draceenas, palms, etc. 



F. R. Pierson showed the new sport 



from Piersoni and also a large collection 



of palms, ^.folwige plants and cut cbrys- 

 anthemui 



The "^inods Florist Co. had an ex- 

 tensive display of Japanese dwarf plants 

 which attracted much attention. 



Thos. De Voy & Son, of Poughkoepsie, 

 showed flowers of their new geranium 

 Telegraph which seems to be in a class 

 by itself. 



John N. May showed pompon chrysan- 

 tbemums. Arthur Boddington had a 

 fine sample of all kinds of bulbs raid J. 

 L Childs, of Queens, had very large ex- 

 hibits of palms, foliage plants and nov- 

 elties of all descriptions. A grafted 

 chrysanthemum from Vau^han's Seed 

 Store gave the daily paragrapher his 

 chance to work off the old .ioke i>bout 

 "pulling the show for grafting." 



F. Weinberg, of Woodside, L. I., had 

 a large collection of cactus and they 

 sold well as a novelty. There were sev- 

 eral novelties in carnations already spok- 

 en of, and doubtless many other things 



that did not catch my eye, as the exhibi- 

 tion was an immense one and covered a 

 good deal of space. 



Dr. Hexamer and his corps of Hssist- 

 ants deserve every credit for" the get- 

 ting together of such an exMbitiop. It 

 was most attractively laid "out, _wlth. 

 broad walks to permit of easy handling 

 of large crowds of people and the hall 

 was handsomely decorated. 



The judges in the chrysanthemum cut 

 flowers and plants were Eugene Daille- 

 douze, Charles H. Totty and Wm. Scott. 



In the groups, roses, carnations, vio- 

 lets, etc., Jas. T. Ballantyne, F. Morton 

 and J. T. "Withers. The list of prizes in 

 detail would fill a volume. B. B. 



The seventy-third annual show of the 

 American Institute taTces the palm from 

 any of its predecessors." In fact, it is very 

 doubtful if a better exhibition has ever 

 been given in this country. It closes on 

 Thursday of this week, with a record for 

 extent, beauty and perfection of arrange- 

 ment unequaled, and a record for attend- 

 ance that will go down in history as a 

 discredit to this city and for which there 

 is no possible excuse. A prize list of over 

 $3,000, with medals, certificates and dip- 

 lomas unlimited, with a generous dis- 

 tribution of thousands of complimentary 

 tickets and a unique booming, of its mer- 

 its by the city papers; all were as effect- 

 ive as the proverbial "poujing of water 

 on a duck's back." No better hall for 

 the purpose can be found in the country. 



Many out of town visitors, a nost of 

 market gardeners and some experts in 

 carnation growing were on hand, many 

 of them daily. J.^H.-.Troy added much 

 to the * ' filling ' ' with Jemon trees, bamboo, 

 anonymous evergreens ' and kentia«. J. 

 ,H. itL Cook had his hive of busy bees 

 and an abundance of honey, which some 

 of the wholesalers tested often. The 

 Springfield Moulding Works showed a 



practical portable greenhouse that was 

 voted a good thing. Arthur T. Bodding- 

 ton 's display of bulbs and orchids was 

 the only independent exhibit of its kind. 



The banks and benches of palms and 

 decorative plants of John Lewis Childs, 

 Julius .Roehrs,.JF. R. Pierson Co.,_Sie- 

 brecht & Son have never been excelled. 

 The orchid displays of Lager & Hutrell, 

 Roehrs and Siebrecht were all of', the 

 highest quality and variety. Noe's and 

 Totty 's roses and DeVoy & Son's violets 

 were of the first class and Weber 's, Nye 's, 

 Allen's, May's, Haines' and Guttinan & 

 Weber's carnations the center of admir- 

 ing crowds. Julius Roehrs' Begonia 

 Glorie de Lorraine and his new Tam- 

 ford Hall were superb. Weinberg exhib- 

 ited ^50 varieties of cacti, a most cred- 

 itable display. Robert Craig oc Son 's 

 new mum. Baby, is a pretty novelty. 



Fraser, Herrington and . Duckham, of 

 Madison, as usuual, captured much of the 

 first prizes in mums, and deserved them. 

 Your chrysanthemum expert has told you 

 all about it. 



The Hinode Co. showed a bank of Jap- 

 anese plants, ranging from 1-inch pots to 

 veterans several centuries of age. John 

 Scott had a grand bank of Scpttii and 

 one of palms and decorative plants, es- 

 pecially some fine dracajnas and Pandan- 

 us Veitchii. The F. R. Pierson Co. also 

 had a grand bank of plants, palm'i, con- 

 ifers, etc., as well as a fine exhibit of 

 Piersoni elegantissima. Bojbjjink & : At- 

 kins had an immense assortment of coni- 

 fers and evergreens of every size and de- 

 scription and W. H. Moon Co. showed 

 a fine display of the same. [ 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Son were her^ in 

 person and their exhibit of hardy mums 

 included over 200 varieties, all named,' the 

 whole contribution being the ^ best -ever 

 shown in this country. Thos. Meehan & 

 Sons and John May also had fine •exhib- 

 it? of pompons. The vegetable, fruit and 

 grape exhibits were extensive and of the 



