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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1401 



A Typical Retailer's Display at the Chicago Exhibition. 



One luiiidred Odliim (i;iir. I'oflihii.-imi 

 liros. Co., first. 



One hundred Bride. Poehlniann iJios. 

 ' II. first; Bontliey-Coatsworth Co. seioml. 



One hundred P,ri<lesni;iid, I'oclihiiaiui 

 P.ms. Co. first; HiMithc>-( oatswurth < n. 



sreond. 



One luindrcd Chatonav, Poehhuann 

 Bros. Co. first ; f^.assett & Waslihiirn sor 

 nnd. 



NEW YORK. 



I'liO .\e\v York .sliow closed its dooi's 

 "ri November 3 and the attendance, while 

 Mnthiny speci;d the first days of the show, 

 "as a jam ou tlie hist evening. Tlie 

 -how as a whole was generally con.sid 

 ered better than last year, particularly 

 in the orchid sectiou. whicli was a luagni- 

 ficciit display, the value of whicli could 

 111 11(1 way be measured by tlu' .•iniouni 

 "I the prize ofTered. 



< hrysanthcniunis arc always a liin' 

 tcatuie and tliis year was no exception, 

 tlie standard .specimens and bush plants 

 >it np by ('. j). Scliaeffer, gardener to 

 h'ii-hard Mnitiiiier. Tuxedo, and Peter 

 I'ntV, gardi'iiir tn .1. < idsby Brown, being 

 ■•-|H'ii,il|y fine. In cut blomns, .\. Her- 

 Mii^tiiii w;is a lieavy winner in the large 

 ^■1-1 classes, scoring first tur fit't\ 

 ''I'lioiis one variety, fifty in three va 

 Mi-tiev, twcntv-livc yellow, t\Ceiity-fi\ e 

 Wiite, twei'ity-tive pink, twenty (i\e aii\ 

 "tluM- color and twenty-livi^ any I'.tol 

 ••iiiety. C. n. 'I'otty was first for thirty 

 ■•irieties short stems, his varieties being 

 'iinstly novelties. Among them were Bea- 

 'liec May, Mrs. II. Partridge, Mrs. 

 lie.aiiine, May Seddon. K. ,T. Brook-. 

 Mary Ann Pockett, Mrs. ,1. Dunne, Mrrs 

 'ham Crimson, Mrs. V. V. Thomixson and 

 'ilieis. ]'"'. I?. Piersoii Co. was second in 

 'iiis eompetition with a fine exhibit uf 

 -faiidard kinds and some seedlings. 



The \arietif<s <et up in thi' large \asi 



link, witli Leila 



crimson, ivith 



\ariety, six any 



eiijhteen bioiiiii> 



classes li_\ Ml, lieiringtiiii uere \\ . 

 Duckham, Cheltoni, Harrison Dick, Col. 

 Appleton and Mrs. Kobinson. He scored 

 iirst also in ten white, with Robinson; 

 ten pink, with Duckham, and ten yellow 

 with Appleton, all splendid llowcis. 



'I'honia.s \V. il(>ad, superintendent for 

 M. 1-". Plant, (iroton. <'(Uin., scored 

 many firsts with a grand lot of Mowers. 

 His .Mi's. W. Dui-khaiii were parlicul;irl_\ 

 tine and also Mrs. I ), \'. West, 



Mr. Head was )ir.-t in ten bmn/e, with 

 Donald .^lcLeod: -ix white, with .Mer 

 /.a: six crimseii. with S. T. Wright: 

 -ix retle-xed white, with .Mrs. D, \'. 

 West; six rcflexed yellow, with Mrs. W . 

 Duckham; six ledexed 

 I'ilkins; si.x rellexed 

 Henry Barnes; fi\e any 

 white 1904 variety, .and 

 in three varieties. 



Win. Duckham wa.s first in every cla--- 

 he entered: Ten blooms in variety, six 

 any new yellow, six any new white. si\ 

 in three varieties, eighteen in six vari' 

 lies, some seven or more in all. 



Other iM'ominent exhibitors in tlie ■ r 

 '■hrysanthemum classes were Cha.s. H. 

 Tntty. who was first for six .Madam (':n 

 not, six seedling pink and six seedling 

 any other color. .1. McXicolI was firs', ioi 

 -ix Patoii. six A|ipleteii ;iiid -(ver.-il .oh. : 

 '•lasses. ,Jas, I'raser was first in [onk, ii 

 -everal classes with W. Dinkhiun. I". 1." 

 I'iersoii Co. was first in ^e\i'!:il ,|;is-c-. 

 v\ itti various seedlings. 



Hardy chrysaiitliemmns wen- ie[)rc 

 -ented in splendid shape b\ i;. Nimeiit. 

 dr., & Son, \Vliit( Marsh. Md.; .lolin X. 

 May, Summit, X. .1.; Jos. Meelian and 

 nthers. The e.xhibit of the first named 

 is always a spectacular feature of the 

 -how, filling several liundred feet of 

 liench space. A dozen of tlic best sorts 

 in his eolle<-tioii were as follows: .Tas, 

 I'.'. one. Stratagem. Dini/nler. Mr-. Per 



ler, Ceiise l^ueen. (!olden Trophy, Ruby 

 <^ueeii, Boston. Lyndhurst, Aaron, Hdna 

 Mrs. Vincent and f^ilobe d'Or. 



The groups of ornamental plants wert 

 -I'ly fine, dulius IJoehr-; Co. getting first 

 tiir a group of ornainent.ii foliage plants 

 :ind also group of foliage and dowering 

 plants. Poehrs also wmi the firsts foi 

 collection of draca'iias. collection of 

 ' idtdiis and ('(dlectidiis uf Kex begonia? 

 .md bay trees. Lager li- llurrell wert 

 liist for collection of orchids and thi;- 

 iiioiip was the jircmier attraction of thf 

 -how. Orchids were also largely exhibit 

 ed by . Julius Poehrs. Henry Siebrecht i 

 Sdii ;uid Clement Moore. The last na^a/i' 

 li.id a wonderful new hybrid cattley; 

 named after himself tluit created nuicl 

 interest. Siebredit & .'<on and F. h 

 I'iersiui ( (1. were large exhibitors o-f 

 I'liiins .-ind std\e :iihl grecMihouse plants 

 md the last named wnn out in a grea. 

 ■ dmpetiti(Ui for group of conifers showj 

 ■I iu\)<. Bobbink >.^ .\tkiiis were larg* 

 eshiliiters in the hardy classes, showing: 

 ■•■oiifer.-. Ii.'iy trees and other sjiociaifief- 

 I.ehni.; ^^ WinniM'eld were first for sc. 

 '■I'al clas>es .,|' I.drraiiie liegdiii;i>j ;iri 

 ' vi lameii. 



The ell! tlower da-M-- m ii,-e- ^ver' 

 ii'.l \erv well filled f,ir , \ , ^s >,-|,|-|< p^ 

 liibitidii. W. Kleinhein/ .,.i< (jrst fu 

 twelve Beauty, 1., A. N..- t,,r fwent-s 

 Mu' pink tea, twciity-fi\ ■ .■. into le:i, L 

 Vince for twenty-five veli.^., . ( . l|. Tott^ 

 t'or twenty-five re. I, with IJiehnidnd, ani 

 (ii-'o. Von Qualeii twent\ li<r niiv othe- 

 cdlor, with Mrs. Aine^. 



In the cariiaticiii d.-i.^-es. liie exliibi'- 

 were very fine, the Cottage Garden' 

 -coring first for cdllecti.oi of varietie> 

 -hdwing fine \a-e- uf (ictdroon, Alii:: 

 Ward and Polif. <'i;iio. fur six varieties 

 twenty-five lilodms df cidi, Wni. Kloii, 

 hein/ was first. I'di thre,. variefie- 

 iwetity-tive df eai-h. 1,' Viiic- was first 



