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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOTXMBBB 2, 1005. 



The judges were William Turner, of 

 Oceanic, N. J.; Thomas W. Head, Gro- 

 ton, Conn., and Jas. Blair, Staatsburg, 

 N. Y. Chaeles H. Tottt. 



LENOX, MASS. 



The fall show of the Lenox Horticul- 

 tural Society occurred October 25 and 26 

 and is generally conceded to have been 

 the best this energetic society has yet 

 held. Competition was keen throughput 

 and the arrangements were exceedingly 

 well carried out. ^ 



Groups occupied the center of the hall. 

 These are always a feature in Lenox. 

 First prize was won by J. Heeremans, 

 gardener to W. D. Sloane, whose ar- 

 rangement reminded one of the famous 

 groups staged at the big English shows 

 by Cypher, of Cheltenham. Every plant 

 seemed to be set in its right place and 

 showed to the best advantage. The cen- 

 ter was built up with cork bark filled 

 with moss. A perfect Kentia Australis 

 eight feet high formed the apex and 

 below it quite a variety of plants were 

 used. Close to the edge of the group 

 were five cork stands with crotons and 

 arecas on the tops and tradescantia and 

 small begonias growing from each stand, 



W. D. Sloane had the best kentia. 

 John Sloane won for nephrolepis and 

 James Lanier for any other fern. For 

 twelve flowering plants other than chrys- 

 anthemums, Girand Foster was in the 

 lead, Mrs. R. Winthrop second. For 

 twelve foliage plants in 6-inch pots, W. 

 D. Sloane, Girand Foster and John 

 Sloane won in order named. For six 

 Begonia Lorraine, G. Foster was first 

 and^John Shields second. 



There was a grand show of orchids. 

 For a 50-foot group, W. D. Sloane won. 

 For twelve Cattleya labiata, there were 

 some grand specimens shown, John 

 Sloane, Girand Foster and R. W. Patter- 

 son being the winners. For six C. labiata, 

 W. D. Sloane was first and Charles 

 Lanier second. John Sloane won for 

 twelve cypripediums, J. D. Choate sec- 

 ond. For twelve Oncidium varicosum 

 Rogersii, J. Woodward was first with 

 some superb plants, Girand Foster tak- 

 ing the lead for six plants. 



Roses were very well shown, Liberty 

 and Beauty being especially good. The 

 prizes went to W. D. Sloane, John Sloane 

 and Girand Foster. 



The carnation classes called out strong 

 competition. Senator Crane and other 



THE LARGEST GREENHOUSE. 



At Bedford, thirty-five miles from 

 New York, the John Young Co. has built 

 what is believed to be the largest 

 single-span greenhouse in the world. 

 The house is used exclusively for 

 growing roses and is 54x701 feet. The 

 actual floor space is 37,126 square feet, 

 there are 46,808 square feet of glass 

 in the roof, 5,049 square feet of glass 

 and equivalent in the sides, and the 

 gables contain 1,417 square feet of 

 glass and equivalent, making a total 

 of glass and equivalent exposed sur- 

 face of 5,273 square feet. The cubical 

 contents of the house amount to 569,913 

 cubic feet. The house is designed so 

 as to obtain a temperature of 55 to 60 

 degrees inside, with an outside tem- 

 perature of zero. 



The house lies east and west and 

 has two exposed gables. It is what is 

 commonly known < as three-quarter 

 span; the eave plates on each side are 

 about six feet high. The long span 

 of the roof faces the south and has 

 a pitch of 30 degrees to the horizon- 

 tal. The short, or north, span has a 

 pitch of 42 degrees. 



The heating plant is one of the 



Greenhouse 54x701 Built ioir Jolm Younc Co., at Bedford, N. Y., Said to be Largest Greenhouse in the World. 



Cissus discolor winding around it. Be- 

 tween these stands were banks of moss. 

 These were covered with valley, Gypso- 

 phila elegans, Adiantum Farleyense and 

 orchids. The gypsophila gave a very 

 delicate touch. The edge was Farley- 

 ense fern and pandanus beautifully col- 

 ored in 4-inch pots some six inches high. 

 Not a pot could be seen in the group. 

 All were covered with moss and appeared 

 as if naturally growing. The arrange- 

 ment was carried out in a most masterly 

 manner and its extreme beauty arrested 

 the immediate attention of every visitor. 

 The second prize went to E. Jenkins, gar- 

 dener to Girand Foster, and would it- 

 self have been a winner at almost any 

 other show in America, being finely put 

 up. 



The chrysanthemum classes brought 

 out strong competition and many very 

 fine blooms were staged. Girand Foster 

 was the most successful exhibitor in the 

 cut flower section, taking eight firsts, in- 

 cluding best thirty-six blooms, which were 

 magnificent Wm. Duckham. Other suc- 

 cessful exhibitors were W. D. Sloane, 

 John Sloane, Mrs. John E. Parson, 

 Charles Lanier, Mrs. Robert Winthrop, 

 Mrs. F. K. Sturgis and Geo. H. Morgan. 

 For chrysanthemum plants, the prizes 

 went to George G. Haven, Girand Foster, 

 R. W. Patterson, John Sloane, Mrs. J. 

 E. Parsons, Mrs. R. C. Winthrop and 

 Mrs. F. K. Sturgis. 



new sorts were shown. The prizes went 

 to W. D. Sloane, John Sloane, L. W. 

 Acheson, R. W. Patterson, Charles 

 Lanier, August Schemerhorn, G. H. Mor- 

 gan, Mrs. R. Winthrop, Mrs. J. E. Par- 

 sons and Girand Foster. 



The best 100 Marie Louise violets were 

 from George H. Morgan, John Dallas 

 gardener. Mrs. John E. Parsons won 

 with Campbell and John Sloane for sin- 

 gle. 



The new cosmos. Lady Lenox, from A. 

 H. Winthrop, secured a first-class cer- 

 tificate. The flowers are four to five 

 inches across, of a deep pink color, a de- 

 cided acquisition. Mrs. F. K. Sturgis 

 received a diploma for a group of plants. 

 Guttman & Weber a similar award for 

 Carnation Victory and John Shields the 

 same for cyclamen. E. J. Norman, of 

 the Westinghouse estate, received a 

 diploma for a fine collection Cjt vegeta- 

 bles. There were excellent displays of 

 fruits and vegetables. The grapes from 

 Girand Foster, W. D. Sloane and Mrs. 

 R. Winthrop were extra good. W. D. 

 Curtis had pumpkins weighing 153 pounds 

 each. 



The attendance of the public was ex- 

 ceedingly good and there were many vis- 

 itors from a distance. The judges were 

 James Wheeler, Brookline, Mass.; Peter 

 Duff, Orange, N. J.; I. L. Powell, Mill- 

 brook, N. Y., and Walter Shaw, Hunt- 

 ington, L. I. W, N. Craig. 



notable features of the structure and 

 is described as follows in a recent issue 

 of the Engineering Review: 



The house contains eight benches 

 and is divided into four sections by 

 three cross walks. The main flow 

 passes down the north walk, feeding 

 branch flows in each cross walk, so 

 that in reality there is a separate sys- 

 tem for each of the four divisions. 



The west end of the greeijhouse has 

 an elevation of seven feet above the 

 east end, which gives a pitch of twelve 

 inches to the 100 feet for the entire 

 length of piping of the heating system, 

 which consists of a 100 horse-power 

 tubular boiler, located in the power 

 house, forty feet to the north of the 

 greenhouse, and li4-inch wrought iron 

 pipe placed on the side walls and un 

 der the benches running parallel witli 

 the grade. The boiler foundation i^ 

 about fifteen feet below the walk levci 

 of the greenhouse-^ at the point of en 

 trance of the steam main. 



The heating system is fed by a 7 

 inch main, which is run in a trench fc 

 a distance of seventy feet, and enters 

 at the north side of the house under 

 the first cross walk at a point about 

 130 feet from the east end. From this 

 point a 4%-inch cross walk brancli 

 is taken out of the main, which feeds 

 the first or east division, containing 

 twenty-three lines of 1^-inch pipes. A 



