November 17, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1323 



F. Ibbotson's Twelve Blooms in Twelve Varieties Shown at Philadelphia. 



second on specimen pluut of "any other 

 color. ' ' 



Mrs. R. J. C. Walker, John McCleary gar- 

 dener, was first, on specimen plant of "any 

 other color," on four plants in four varie- 

 ties, 1904, on twelve plants Including white, 

 yellow, pinli and red; second on six plants In 

 six varieties, on specimen plant yellow, on 

 six plants yellow, on four plants Japanese in 

 four varieties, on specimen of Mrs. F. Thom- 

 son, on four plants In four varieties. 



Mrs. P. J. Walsh, Alex. Kerr gardener, 

 was first on one plant, new variety. J. A. 

 Brown, F. West gardener, was first on six 

 plants yellow, on five plants white. J. V. 

 Merrick, F. Ibbotson gardener, was first on 

 six plants any color, second on five plants 

 white. J. W. Paul, Jr., Joseph Hurley gar- 

 dener, was second on two plants in two va- 

 rieties, on specimen plant white, on three 

 plants In three varieties pink; third on six 

 plants in six varieties. P. A. B. Wldener, 

 Wm. Kleinheinz gardener, was second on four 

 plants In four varieties 1904. on twelve plants, 

 on six plants "any other color." 



Following were the awards on miscellaneous 

 plants: J. Roehrs was first on orchids In 

 bloom and cut flowers, on six orchids other 

 than cypripedlums, on specimen orchids, on 

 six cypripedlums. J. W. Pepper first on ten 

 foliage plants, on Dracaena Sunderiana. sec- 

 ond on six dracicnas. E. A. Schmidt. J. 

 Hobson gardener, was first on fifteen foliage 

 plants and on ten crotons; second on specimen 

 foliage plant, on foliage plants in six varie- 

 ties, on specimen croton. E. Le Boutilller. 

 J. Thatcher gardener, was first on specimen 

 foliage plant, on foliage plants in six varie- 

 ties, on specimen croton. on flowering plant 

 other than chrysanthemum or geranium; sec- 

 ond on ferns, on six marantas and on flower- 

 ing begonia. J. W. Paul. Jr., J. Hurley 

 gardener, was first on six palms, on specimen 

 palm, on six flowering begonias, on specimen 

 flowering begonia; second on pair of palms, on 

 ten crotons, on six Rex begonias. C. B. 

 Newbold. S. Batchelor gardener, was flrst on 

 pair of palms, on six Rex begonias, on speci- 

 men Rex begonia; second on specimen palm, 

 on six ferns and on twelve ferns. G. W. 

 Childs Drexel. T. Long gardener, was flrst 

 on specimen fern, on six ferns and on twelve 

 ferns. C. Llpplncott, W. Morton gardener, 

 was first on six dractenas. second on cycla- 

 men. Mrs. R. H. Foerderer. J. Fowler gar- 

 dener, was first on six marantas. Robt. Craig 

 & Son first on twelve cyclamen. Lager & 

 Hurrell second on collection orchids in bloom 

 and cut flowers. Mrs. R. J. C. Walker second 

 on ten foliage plants. L. Burk. S. J. Irvine 

 gardener, second on six orchids other than 

 cypripedlums. H. S. Hopper. J. H. Dodds 

 gardener, second on six palms. P. A. B. 

 Widener second on specimen flowering plant 

 other than chrysanthemums or geraniums. 



For groups for effect and other displays the 

 "wards were: C. Llpplncott first on foliage 

 and fioworlng plant, second on ten foliage 

 I>lant8. E. A. Schmidt flrst on eight foliage 

 and flowering plants, on window box. J. W. 

 Pepper flrst on eight geraniums, third on 

 eight foliage plants. H. S. Hopper flrst on 

 ten foliage plants, on pair draca?nas. second 

 on six foliage plants. J. W. Panl. Jr.. first 

 on pair fern dishes, second on eight foliage 

 plants. E. Jjp BontiUier first on eight foliage 

 plants, on six foliage plants, on pair crotons, 

 second on window box. C. B. Newbold flrst 

 on eight Rex begonias. Mrs. R. J. C Walker 

 first on Asparagus plumosus. 



The awards on cut chrysanthemum flowers 

 were: Mrs. R. J. C. Walker, J. McCleary 

 gardener, first on sixty blooms in twelve va- 



rieties, on six blooms crimson, on vase of 

 twenty blooms, one variiet.v. on four vases five 

 blooms each; second on thirty-six blooms six 

 varieties, on six blooms pink, on six T. 

 Eaton, on vase twenty blooms pink, twenty 

 blooms yellow, forty blooms pink, on three 

 vases twelve blooms each. Mrs. J. W. M. 

 Cardeza. Edw. Jones gardener, was first on 

 thirty-six blooms In six varieties. J. V. Mer- 

 rick flrst on twelve blooms twelve varieties, 

 on six blooms one variety, on twenty-flve 

 blooms twenty-flve varieties, on six blooms 

 pink. J. A. Brown, F. West gardener, flrst 

 on six blooms pink. J. W. Pepper , first on 

 six blooms yellow, on six blooms Mrs. F. 

 Thomson, on three vases twelve blooms each, 

 second on six blooms "any other color." J. 

 C. Brown, Peter Duff gardener, was first on 

 six blooms "any other color" and on six best 

 American variety pink never disseminated. 

 Mrs. J. W. Martin. C. Hlokey gardener, flrst 

 on six Eaton, on six .\ppleton. on vase of 

 twenty blooms yellow. J. N. May first on 

 twelve sprays pompons. C. Stoddart. Jr.. A. 

 Morrison gardener, first on six blooms white, 

 on six Appleton, on vase twenty of one va- 

 riety any color. P. A. B. Wldener flrst on 

 six blooms crimson, six "any other color." 

 on six Mrs. Paul, on six T. D. M. Cardeza; 

 second on six yellow, on six crimson, on six 

 "any other color." on twenty-flve In twenty- 

 five varieties, on six yellow, on six blooms 

 Mrs. V. Thomson, on four vases five blooms 

 ea<h. L. Burk. S. J. Irvine gardcnier. flrst 

 on six Catherine Iveeeh. John Wanamirfter. 

 Wm. Mangan gardener, flrst on six Wm. H. 

 Chadwlck, second on six Mrs. Paul, on six 

 Catherine Ijee<h. W. Llpplncott. J. Coleman 

 gardener, flrst on six Ettton. 11. G. Standen 

 flrst ■ on six best American' variety never dis- 

 seminated. Dr. R. V. Mattison. A. MuUer gar- 

 dener, flrst on 'twenty blooms pink, second on 

 twelve blooms In twelve varieties, on six 

 white, on six crimson, on twenty blooms 

 white. Pennsylvania Hospital. J. Mitchell 

 gardener, first on forty blooms pink, second 

 <;n twenty blooms "any other color." J. M. 

 Mack. E. Longhrey gardener, flrst on forty 

 blooms white. F. C. Bosler. Geo. Gulgnet 

 gardener, second on sixty blooms in twelve 

 varieties. Major Bent. M. Daly gardener, 

 second on six Eaton. C. H. Kuhn. D. Neely 

 gardener, second on six" Appleton. T. Meehan 

 & Sons second on twelve sprays pompons. 

 Mrs. J. Bohlen. J. Ward gardener, second on 

 six white. J. \. Brown second on six pink. 

 The Misses Vannxem. J. Bell gardener, see- 

 ing begonia. J. W. Paul. Jr.. J. Hurley 

 ond on six T. D. M. Cardeza. 



There were two classes for six blooms of 

 each color. 



The following were the awards on roses: 

 F. & H. Mergenthaler first on twenty-five 

 Kaiserin. Bride and Bridesmaid. E. TowIU 

 flrst on twenty-five IJberty. M.vers & Snrat- 

 man first on six Queen of Edgely. second twen- 

 ty-five American Beauty. Joseph Heacock 

 first on six Beauty, second on twenty-five 

 Bridesmaid. J. N. May flrst on six blooms new 

 variety. John Burton flrst on twenty-flve 

 Beauty. C. B. Newbold first on three vases 

 tea roses. Mrs. J. L. Wel<'h. J. Little gar- 

 dener, first on twelve Beauty, second on 

 Ivory. E. Ashley second on Kaiserin. J. 

 Welsh Young second on six blooms Beauty. 

 P. A. B. Wldener second on three vases tea 

 roses. Mrs. H. B. Jacobs. G. Morrison gar- 

 dener, second on twelve Beauty. 



The following were the awards on carna- 

 tions: Cottage Gardens Co. first on flfty 

 blooms of any variety not disseminated, on 

 six vases In six varieties, silver cup for 

 twenty-flve blooms best .\merlcan seedling 



never disseminated. P. A. B. Wldener flrst 

 on twenty-five pink any named variety, on 

 four vases of twelve each. C. H. Kuhn, Dan- 

 iel Neely gardener, first on Enchantress, second 

 on pink any named variety. J. Cheston, Jr., J. 

 Fertsch gardener, first on twelve blooms each 

 of Nelson Fisher and Mrs. M. A. Patten. J. 

 N. May second on flfty blooms any variety not 

 disseminated. Strafford Flower Farm second 

 on six vases in six named varieties. 0. B. 

 Newbold second on four vases twelve each 

 J. W. Paul. Jr.. second on Enchantress, on 

 Nelson Usher and Mrs. M. A. Patten 



Following are the awards on violets- R 

 N. Elsenhart flrst on Princess of Wales and 

 Luxonne, second on I^ady Campbell. T H 

 Norton first on Campbell. J. Glllmet first 

 on ' any other variety," second on Princess of 

 Wales and on Luxonne. W. Llpplncott first 

 on 100 cut blooms, pansies. E. L. Welsh sec- 

 ond on "any other variety." 



The awards for floral arrangements were- 

 H S. Hopper first on plateau of ferns and 

 foliage. Geo. Faulkner first on plateau of 

 chrysanthemums, second on basket of flowers 

 Wm. H. Rieder & Bro. flrst on basket of 

 flowers, second on plateau of chrysanthemums. 



Special prizes were awarded as follows- 

 Silver medals to Edward A. Schmidt for best 

 foliage plant, to George W. Chllds Drexel for 

 best fern, to Joseph F. Slnnott for best chrys- 

 anthemum plant, to C. B. Newbold for best 

 palm, to John Wanamaker for group of orna- 

 mental foliage plants, to H. A. Dreer for 

 collection of rare palms, to Louis Burk for 

 collection of orchids, to Mrs. Robert H Foer- 

 derer for two Pandanus Baptlstll. 



Special prizes to William Graham Co. for 

 decoration In center of hall, to H. S. Hopper 

 for specimen Boston fern, to Lager & Hurrell 

 for specimen orchid plant, to H. S. Hopper for 

 specimen palm, to 0. B. Newbold for speci- 

 men fern, to Pennsylvania Hospital for cut 

 chrysanthemums. 



Certificates of merit for fine collection new 

 varieties of chrysanthemums exhibited by E 

 <;. Hill Co., for new Roee Wellesley exhibited 

 by Waban Rose Conservatories, for Carnation 

 Red Lawson exhibited by W. J. Palmer & 

 Son. for new Rose Tom Field exhibited by 

 George Field. 



Honorable mention for Carnation Fred Burkl 

 exhibited by John Murchie, for vase of well- 

 urown Lllium longlflorum exhibited by J 

 Koehler & Sons, for pink seedling carnation 

 and vase of seedlings exhibited by John E 

 Haines, for pink sport from Violet Ladv Hume 

 Campbell exhibited by T. H. Norton, for fine 

 collection of pompon chrysanthemums exhib- 

 ited by Henry A. Dreer, Thomas Meehan & 

 Sons and Henry F. MIchell Co.. for standard 

 chrysanthemums exhibited by H. R. Rosen- 

 garten. for standard chrysanthemums exhib- 

 ited by Gabriel Blum. 



(Jold medal to F. R. Plerson Co.. Tarry- 

 town, N. Y.. for Nephrolepls Piersonl ele- 

 gnntlsslma. 



FORT SMITH, ARK. 



This year's flower show was an un- 

 qualified success, the hospital under the 

 auspices of which it was conducted clear- 

 ing nearly $600. There were a large 

 number of exhibits from out of town 

 growers which were of exceptional qual- 

 ity and did much toward making the 

 show a success. 



The awards for twenty cut chrysanthe- 



