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Sei'TEMBEB 28, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1047 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS! 



Our prospects were never as bright as they are this 

 season for mums. We will receive daily quantities of 

 Extra Fancy, Fancy, Medium and Second Grade Stock from 

 growers who know how to do them to perfection. 

 Remember us when in need; your wants will be looked 

 after with care and promptness. 



Beauties and Riciimond, the new rose, are other 

 leaders with us. We also feel proud over an order for J 500 

 Valley filled this past week with our superior Valley. 



Don*t you think we can look after your wants this 

 season? We do, and will give you the stock you want on 

 time, and of a quality that pleases. • 



"There is a reason" for 27 years of business — others 

 have found it out, why not you? Wild Smilax and other 

 greens always on hand. 





L H. HINT, 



76-78 



Wabash Ave., 



iMong DistaAOd Phon* 0«ntral 1761. Auto. 3079. 



BstabUshad 1878. 



CHICAGO, ILL 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



years more and more people are staying 

 through September and even October. 



While from the peony season to the 

 last of the dahlias all flowers are liked 

 and employed in every sort of a function 

 by the society folk, there are three that 

 Newport can never get enough of, 

 namely, American Beauty roses, orchids 

 and gardenias. As regards retail prices, 

 this summer they have been well main- 

 tained and among the Bellevue avenue 

 florists have run about as follows: Best 

 long Beauties, $6 a dozen; good cat- 

 tleyas, $1.50 each, and gardenias $5 to 

 $6 a dozen; gladioli, $1 a dozen; carna- 

 tions, $1 to $1.50 a dozen; lily of the 

 valley, $2 to $3 a bunch of twenty-five; 

 sweet peas, 50 cents a hundred. 



Horticoltttral Society. 



Our society has met regularly every 

 other week all summer, and the attend- 

 ance has been larger than ever before 

 and is constantly increasing. Several 

 very interesting and instructive lectures 

 have been given before the society, no- 

 tably a talk on sweet corn the evening 

 of August 2, which was opened by Wil- 

 liam C. Elliott, and a lecture August 16, 

 fully illustrated by charts, on the gypsy 

 and brown tail moths, also San Jose 

 scale, by George T. Powell, bringing out 

 the largest gathering of the year. 



Of course the annual autumn exhibi- 

 tion, held September 11 to 13, was the 

 great feature of the season. For the 

 first time in some years this show was 

 held in the famous casino and, as was 

 expected, there was a large attendance 

 of society folk. The dahlia is one of 

 Newport's crazes and this part of the 

 show was the largest ever held here. Spe- 



cial prizes were awarded for the best 

 twenty-five blooms each of the four most 

 desirable solid colors, any type. Among 

 whites, Winsome was considered by far 

 the best. The flowers are large and the 

 strong stems hold the blooms absolutely 

 erect, face upward. It is certainly the 

 finest pure white cactus dahlia in sight 

 at the present time. For the best red 

 flower in the show the judges gave the 

 award to Katherine Duer. It is a grand 

 color, a living red, and nothing as yet has 

 been able to displace it as a decorative 

 sort. The beautiful delicate pink Kriem- 

 hilde distanced everything of its color. 

 It is certainly a magnificent variety and 

 has established itself as a favorite here, 

 although of such recent introduction. 

 The old standard, Mrs. Charles Turner, 

 again this season held first place among 

 yellows. Some day this fine cactus 

 variety will no doubt be superseded, but 

 it will be a good flower that takes its 

 place. It is worthy of note that while 

 these prizes are open to any type of 

 dahlia, in three cases out of four the 

 award went to a cactus variety, showing 

 clearly the popularity of the pointed 

 petaled type at the present time. 



The dinner-table decoration prizes 

 were, one for the best centerpiece of 

 dahlias, the other for the best centerpiece 

 of outdoor flowers, exclusive of roses and 

 dahlias. There were fifteen entries in 

 the two classes. Gibson Bros, took first 

 prize for the best centerpiece of dahlias, 

 with a beautiful mound of Kriemhilde, 

 with Adiantum cuneatum for foliage. 

 The second prize in this class went to 

 the Bjiihesea Greenhouses, John Mar- 

 shallj manager, for an elegant combina- 

 tion of Volker dahlias and Adiantum 



Farleyense. In the class where dahlias 

 and roses were not to be used, Colin 

 Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Goelet, with 

 a most tasty arrangement of Anemone 

 Japonica alba, secured first prize. Sec- 

 ond prize went to Alexander McLellan, 

 gardener to Mrs. Clark, for a round 

 basket piece of nasturtiums so tastefully 

 arranged with its own foliage that its 

 very simplicity made it a winner. These 

 dinner-table decoration classes were not 

 judged by the regular committee of the 

 society, but by three society women. 

 This custom has resulted in the greatest 

 good to all concerned. 



There were many other noteworthy ex- 

 hibits. A new variety of saxifraga, un- 

 ier the name of S. sarmentosa tricolor 

 superba, from the conservatories of H. 

 H. JRogers, Fairhaven, attracted much at- 

 tention. The leaves of this new alpine 

 plant are handsomely marked with 

 creamy white, yellow and red variega- 

 tions. James Garthley, the head gar- 

 dener, always has something very choice 

 on hand in show plants. Our society 

 awarded him for this plant a silver 

 medal. 



The splendid collection of aquatics 

 from H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, was per- 

 haps the most striking exhibit in the 

 show. Several special awards were naade 

 to it, including a silver medal to t^ 

 superb new pink, Nymphsea Bissetii. 



Newport's CarnivaL 



Newport has been having an "old 

 home week." Perhaps the greatest fea- 

 ture of all the many attractions was the 

 carnival parade. Of a score of most 

 elaborate floats, the entry of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society was one of 



