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The Weekly Horists' Review. 



NOTBMBBB 80, 1905.. 



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BARNEVELD, N. Y. 



H. H. Nicholson and A. 0. Grassl, who 

 have entered into partnership in the 

 greenhouse business, on November 21, 

 purchased from C. A. Nicholson his range 

 of greenhouses in this village. The 

 Wa-no-ka Greenhouses have grown from 

 a small beginning. The first house was 

 erected in the summer of 1901. Two ad- 

 ditional houses were added in 1903 and 

 three more, together with an eighty 

 horse-power boiler were erected in 1904, 

 so that the plant to-daj comprises 

 50,000 square feet of glass, boiler houses, 

 packing and shipping house, cement cool- 

 ers, etc., and a first-class hydraulic sys- 

 tem which supplies the houses with water 

 at a head of 200 feet. The plant is de- 

 voted exclusively to carnations. 



Mr. Grassl came into the business as 

 its manager in June, 1903, and now in 

 purchase with H. H. Nicholson, who is a 

 son of the former proprietor, becomes 

 equal owner of this property. Under Mr. 

 Grassl 's management the output has 

 steadily improved in quality and quan- 

 tity. The business has been successful 

 from the start, and they have never been 

 able to fill all orders received, although 

 the average cut of carnations is over 

 12,000 flowers a week. 



NEW LONDON, CONN. 



The second annual exhibition of the 

 New London County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, held November 16 and 17, was a 

 pronounced artistic success but did not 

 do well in point of gate receipts. The 

 exhibits were nearly all from the pri- 

 vate estates of the vicinity and to Thom- 

 as W. Head, of the M. F. Plant estate, 

 and John Maloney, of the C. S. Guthrie 

 estate, special credit is due. They were 

 the principal premium winners and the 

 quality of their exhibits very high as 

 well as the number of their entries large. 

 Other exhibitors were F. L. Osgood, Ged- 

 ulig estate, "W. E. Pendleton, E. E. Smith 

 and Mrs. J. C. Learned. The judges 

 were C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., A. N. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., and E. W. 

 Clark. 



A number of trade exhibits were of- 

 fered not for competition. These in- 

 cluded groups from Lager & Hurrell and 

 Julius Boehrs and chrysanthemums from 



A. N. Pierson and C. H. Totty. The 

 Plant estate and others also put up many 

 fine exhibits not provided for in the 

 schedule. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Hollywood, Cal. — ^A Mr. Bappe here 

 is very successful in growing pineapples 

 under glass. 



CoLEGROVE, Cal. — C. E. Brydges is se- 

 curing very fine results with roses. He 

 is a good business man and making 

 steady progress. 



Spokane, Wash. — There is trouble 

 afoot for E. C. Balzer, the city florist, 

 because he had a park team, which was 

 going by his residence, haul a small 

 heater for him, and because he did some 

 work on the mayor's lawn. A commis- 

 sion has been appointed to investigate 

 these grave charges. 



SEATTLE. WASH. 



The first annual exhibition of the Seat- 

 tle Florists' Association was held No- 

 vember 15 to 18, and was a most un- 

 qualified success. One gratifying fea- 

 ture of the show is that it brought the 

 florists of the city together closer than 

 they ever were before. If nothing else 

 had been accomplished the show was well 

 worth while, in the opinion of those in- 

 terested. The show was not only an 

 artistic success, but it paid for itself. 



The judges were John A. Balmer, of 

 Clealum; James Forbes, of Portland, 

 and L. L. Bussell, of Victoria, B. C. 



The main competition was for the 

 trophies offered, the silver cup, the gold 

 medal and the cut glass vase, the H. 

 Harrington Co. making a clean sweep of 

 all three, but the competition was very 

 keen, and only the long experience of 

 Lee "Walz, the store manager for the 

 Harrington Co., made it possible for 

 them to win. The Seattle Floral Co. 

 exhibited a rose pink sport from Enchan- 

 tress. The Harrington Co. won first 

 with a scarlet about the shade of Flam- 

 ingo but with a strong, wiry stem and a 



perfectly round and even flbwer, said to 

 be a sport from President McKinley. 



Visiting florists were: A. J. "Wood- 

 ward and son, Victoria, B. C; Messrs. 

 Hinz, Maneke, Boberts, Smith and Har- 

 per, of Tacoma; Conrad and Klam, 

 Olympia, Wash; A. Le-Grose, Everett; 

 Bobert Cane, Eagle Harbor; E. N. Ker- 

 sey, Bellingham. 



On Saturday night the members of 

 the association presented C. Malmo with 

 a gold-headed cane in appreciation of 

 his work in connection with the flower 

 show. A. B. 



A summary of the' awards is as fol- 

 lows: 



There were eight classeB for chrysanthemum 

 plants, and the Washington Floral Co. was first 

 in each. 



In miscellaneous plants, Jacob Umlauff was 

 first for twelve begonias, six adiantums, six Rex 

 begonias and best specimen plant. The Wash- 

 ington Floral Co. was first on pair of palms, 

 Piersonl elegantissima and collection of bloom- 

 ing plants. C. Malmo was first for Sprengeri, 

 baslcet of ferns, other basket, twelve palms, Pier- 

 sonl fern, twelve evergreens and collection of 

 evergreens in 100 square feet. The Queen City 

 Floral Co. was first for Boston fern. H. Har- 

 rington Co. was first for Scottll fern, the Wood- 

 land Park Floral Co. for design in carpet bed- 

 ding. 



For cat blooms of chrysanthemums the Wash- 

 ington Floral Co. was first on twelve pink,, 

 twelve yellow, twelve any other color, six of 

 six varieties and twelve varieties, one of each. 

 The Harrington Co. was first for twelve white, 

 twelve Timothy Eaton and best vase of not more 

 than 100. A. A. Hinz was first for seedling. 



Lena W. McCoy was first on funeral bouquet, 

 bridal bouquet, shower bouquet and basket of 

 roses. Washington Floral Co. was first for bas- 

 ket of chrysanthemums and H. Harrington Co. 

 for bontonnlere. Other competitors were, F. 

 Felix, Pacific Seed and Floral Co. and Woodland 

 Park Floral Co. 



On roses, H. Harrington Co. was first fOT 

 twelve Beauty, twelve any other and on vase 

 for effect. The Pacific Seed and Floral Co. was 

 first for twelve Gate. Woodland Park Floral Co. 

 was first for Bride and Maid. L. W. McCoy 

 was first for Perle and red, also on new rose. 

 Washington Floral Co. was first for Kaiserin. 



On carnations, H. Harrington Co. was first for 

 twenty-five scarlet, white, Lawson, new variety 

 and vase of 100 for effect. Seattle Floral Co. 

 was first on twenty-five Enchantress, light pink 

 and any other color. Washington Floral Co. was 

 first on dark pink, the Woodland Park Floral 

 Co. first on crimson and variegated. 



On floral design Li. W. McCoy was first, the 

 Harrington Oo. second. On table decoration. 

 Woodland Park Floral Co. was first, L. W. 

 McCoy second and Pacific Seed and Floral Co. 

 third. 



A CALIFORNIAN DECORATION. 



I was shown a decoration in a residence 

 in San Francisco last week that demon* 

 strated what posubilities there are in 

 native Califomian growths both in 



