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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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THE EXHIBITIONS 



NEW YORK. 



The annual autumn show of the Amer- 

 ican Institute opened Tuesday evening 

 at 6 o'clock, at the Macy exhibition hall. 

 The attendance at the opening was only 

 lair, but enthusiastic, the entire floor 

 pace of the great hall being occupied 

 liy exhibits of uniformly high class. 

 There were many visitors from Boston, 

 Detroit and nearby cities and the uni- 

 versal verdict was that it is the best 

 rhow ever seen in New York. No such 

 collection of orchids has ever been staged 

 ia this country. The exhibitors include 

 imager & Hurrell, Julius Eoehrs Com- 

 pany, Siebrecht & Son and others and the 

 r'ombined value of the exhibits runs into 

 many thousands of dollars. 



Some twenty leading private estates 

 are represented by specimen plants, cut 

 rhrysaDthemum blooms, etc. The chrys- 

 anthemum cut blooms are up to the usual 

 standard, but the interest centers in the 

 novelties exhibited by Totty, Duckham, 

 Herrington, Pierson and others. 



The chrysanthemum plants are of su- 

 perb quality. They have never been 

 shown in better form in New York. 

 Roehrs, Siebrecht and Childs have splen- 

 did groups of palms. The F. E. Pierson 

 Co., Bobbink & Atkins, the Cottage 

 Gardens, Eoehrs and Siebrecht show ever- 

 greens in upwards of fifty varieties. 

 Childs has a fine group of seedling calad- 

 iums. Eoehrs and Bobbink & Atkins 

 show dracsenas and bay trees and Eoehrs 

 also has orange trees. E. Vincent, Jr., 

 & Son, "White Marsh, Md., send their 

 usual collection of pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



There is a small exhibit of roses, but a 

 grand display of carnations. Guttman 

 & Weber show Victory in fine form and 

 Cottage Gardens stages Eobert Craig. 

 Fiancee shows up well. The Pierson Co. 

 has Carnation Winsor in fine form. 



Devoy & Son and Geo. T. Schuneman 

 are the violet exhibitors. Weinberg has 

 his usual group of cacti. 



Of the seedsmen, A. T. Boddington, 

 Thorburn & Co. and Marshall have 

 extensive exhibits. There is a large dis- 

 play of farm products, fertilizers, na- 

 ture books, etc. Harrison & Sons, Ber- 

 lin, Md., have a large exhibit of fruit. 



The gathering of so great an exhibit 

 and its successful arrangement is an- 

 other triumph of Dr. Hexamer's manage- 

 ment. The advertising, however, has been 

 weak, but it is expected that the word 

 will go out that the show is a triumph 

 and that the attendance will be good in 

 tbe later days of the week. The awards 

 ^vill be announced on Thursday. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The tenth annual show of the Morris 

 <'Hinty Gardeners' and Florists' Society 

 '-18 held October 26 and 27 and from 

 *'very standpoint was a great success. 

 ^he attendance was better than ever be- 

 *tre and the quality of the exhibits was 

 S"perlatively high. 



The premier class called for thirty-six 

 lowers in six varieties and here the old 

 ' le rivals, Wm. Duckham and A. Her- 

 '■'"gton fought it out as usual, the first 



prize falling to Mr. Duckham, who 

 staged Merza, Mrs. W. Duckham, Donald 

 McLeod, Nellie Pockett, F. S. Vallis and 

 a new pink seedling of which more will 

 bo heard later. Mr. Herrington 's ex- 

 hibit, which it seemed could hardly be 

 beat, included splendid vases of Mrs. 

 H. Eobinson, Mrs. W. Duckham, W. 

 Duckham and Nellie Pockett. 



Eighteen flowers in three varieties was 

 \son by E. Vince, gardener to E. D. 

 Foote, with James Fraser, gardener to 

 O. H. Kahn, second. There were mag- 

 nificent flowers staged in this class also, 

 Lady Hopetoun and W. Duckham being 

 especially fine. 



For twelve flowers in four varieties 

 conditions were reversed and Mr. Fraser 

 ran first, with Mr. Vince second. There 

 were six other entries in this class. 



Ten white was won by A. Herring- 

 ton with Mrs. Eobinson, W. McMichael, 

 gardener for C. A. Work, being second. 



Ten yellow was won by W. Duckham 

 with Mrs. W. Duckham, A. Herrington 

 being a very close second with a fine lot 

 of Cheltoni. 



A special prize for ten pink brought 

 cut three vases of W. Duckham that were 

 a sight to look at. If the people who 

 say this variety is no good could only 

 have seen that exhibit they would have 

 been convinced against their will. These 

 flowers stood erect on 5-foot stems and 

 the flowers by actual measurement were 

 thirty inches in circumference and full 

 to the center. The first prize went to A. 

 Herrington, with James Fraser second. 



Twelve flowers in twelve varieties was 

 won by Mr. Fraser, as was also the vase 

 arranged for effect, Edward Eeagan com- 

 ing second in the latter class. 



Six flowers in six varieties was won by 

 H. L. Hand, gardener to C. P. Chris- 

 holm, with John Heeremans second. Mr. 

 Hand also got first for six pinks, six 

 white and ten flowers in five varieties, E. 

 Halliday, John Fraser and John Heere- 

 mans running second respectively. 



For six yellow, John Fraser, gardener 

 to G. E. Kissel, Morristown, was first, 

 with H. L. Hand second. Both these 

 exhibitors put up F. S. Vallis and the 

 flowers were immense. 



For six flowers 1904 introduction, A. 

 Herrington was first, with E. Vince sec- 

 ond. Six flowers 1905 introduction, W. 

 Duckham was first, E. Vince second. 

 Best display of pompons, W. Duckham 

 was first with a fine lot, M. McMullen 

 coming second. 



In the classes for commercial growers 

 only Eobert M. Schultz was first in 

 twelve white with White Coombes, Henry 

 Hentz first on twelve yellow with Apple- 

 ton. 



Twenty-four flowers in twenty-four va- 

 rieties was a great competition, W. Duck- 

 ham, A. Herrington and E. Vince run- 

 ning first, second and third respectively. 

 I'his class, shown singly in glasses, was 

 the most popular class in the hall and 

 should be taken up more by other socie- 

 ties, as it forms a very welcome change 

 from the long-stemmed classes. Mr. 

 Duckham in his exhibit showed many of 

 the novelties, Merstham Crimson, T. 



Bichardson, Old Gold, Dolly Glide, Mrs. 

 H. Partridge and others, which helped 

 him very much. 



In roses^^ while the quantity was not 

 extensive, the quality was very high. 

 Eighteen Beauties was won by L. A. 

 Noe, with L. M. Noe the winner for 

 twelve Beauties. In twenty-five Brides- 

 maids, David Falconer was first, L. A. 

 Noe second, L. B. Coddington third. In 

 twenty-five Brides, C. M. Wagner was 

 first, D. Falconer second and L. A. Noe 

 third. For twelve Maids, C. Badgley was 

 first, with L. M. Noe second, and in 

 twelve Brides conditions were reversed. 

 Six Maids went to H. L. Hand, John 

 Heeremans second, and six Brides to Mr. 

 Heeremans. For six Beauties, Mr. Duck- 

 ham was first and Mr. Hand for six teas 

 any variety, with Killarney. 



Carnation classes were excellently 

 filled this year and the quality was un- 

 surpassed. Three kinds, twelve flowers 

 of each, was won by E. Vince, with H. 

 L. Hand second. Mr. Vince also won 

 for eighteen flowers, any variety, with 

 grand Fiancee, Cottage Gardens coming 

 second with Eobert Craig. There were 

 twelve other entries in this class, all 

 fine. The Farquhar silver cup for 

 twenty-five fiowers each of two varieties 

 was won by W. Duckham, with Fiancee 

 and White Lawson. The way Fiancee 

 was set up proves that this variety is 

 still peerless jvhen properly handled. 



In violets, James Fraser was first and 

 A. Laub second on the doubles and Peter 

 Duff first, with E. Vince second, ^n^ the 

 singles. 



Groups were a fine feature, four entries 

 materializing. John Fraser was awarded 

 first, John Heeremans second and E. 

 Vince third, the chrysanthemum plants 

 that were set up in these groups being es- 

 pecially noteworthy. 



For three specinten plants, 12-inch 

 pots, A. Herrington was first with a very 

 fine lot, Mrs. Coombes being particularly 

 good. One plant, 12-uich pot, was won 

 by Peter Duff, with a beautiful white 

 called Lady Lydia. Twelve 6-inch pots 

 was won by E, Vince, with Peter Duff 

 second. Quality here was superb. For 

 six plants in flower, G. Eeagan scored 

 first. 



In vegetables the quantity and quality 

 were both very high, the Henderson spe- 

 cials being won by W, Duckham, James 

 Fraser and John Heeremans. The 

 Weeber & Don specials were won by 

 John Fraser and H. L. Hand, the Thor- 

 burn special by W. Duckham. 



Certificates were awarded to the fol- 

 lowing, which did not figure in the com- 

 peting classes: Guttman & Weber, for 

 Victory carnation; Charles H. Totty, for 

 twenty varieties new chrysanthemums 

 and Eichmond rose; E. Vince and John 

 Heeremans for hothouse grapes; F. E. 

 Pierson Co., for cactus dahlias; Lager & 

 Hurrell, for an orchid group; John N. 

 May, for pompons; C. A. Work, for a 

 Boston fern, and Dr. Ward, for a very 

 fine davallia. 



The hall was beautifully decorated, 

 many fine palms from A. Herrington and 

 W. Duckham being artistically arranged. 

 Visitors included as usual the bulk of 

 the New York wholesale section and the 

 different representatives of the seed 

 houses and other interests. We were also 

 fortunate in having with us Joe Hill, of 

 Eichmond, Ind., on his wedding trip, who 

 was greatly interested and to whom I 

 would like to refer some of our western 

 friends who do not think much of Duck- 

 ham as a pink. Mr. Hill was "showm." 



