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NOVEMBEB 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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^ John F. CowelL 



(Judgre at the Chlcagro Exhibition this week.) 



TAREYTOVN. 



The Tarry town Horticultural Society's 

 eighth fall exhibition, held in Music hall, 

 October 30 to November 1, was without a 

 doubt the best the society has ever put 

 up, and reflects great credit on the man- 

 ager, James Smith, for neat and tasteful 

 arrangement. The season being some- 

 what late, quite a few of the blooms 

 lacked just a few days of being at their 

 best, but in spite of this fact, the blooms 

 taken all through, were a magnificent lot. 

 The classes were all well luleu and the 

 competition keen in most instances. The 

 dinner-table decorations, introduced last 

 year, proved to be one of the features 

 of the exhibitions. While last year there 

 were but two competitors, this year there 

 were eight, making the variety of design 

 both beautiful and instructive. This class 

 was judged by three competent ladies, 

 who after considerable deliberation, 

 awarded the coveted prize to James Bal- 

 lantyne, gardener to Mrs. Geo. Lewis. 

 The prize was a beautiful silver cup, 

 given by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. The win- 

 ning table was tastefully done with cat- 

 tleyas and Adiantum Farleyense. 



In the cut bloom classes, Girard Foster, 

 Lenox, Mass., Edwin Jenkins, gardener,, 

 carried off first prize for both the twenty- 

 five and twelve blooms, Wm. Rockefeller, 

 Tarrytown, Geo. Middleton, gardener, 

 running a close second. The competition 

 in these two classes alone filled three 

 large tables, and made an array of blooms 

 which we can safely say has not been 

 equaled in any of this season's shows. 

 Among the more prominent varieties 

 shown were Beatrice May, Lady Hope- 

 toun, Mrs. A. J, Miller, Mrs. "Wm. Knox, 

 Morton F. Plant, Mrs. H. Partridge, M. 

 Marc di Mons, Mrs. F. F. Thompson, 

 Montigne, May Siddon, Ben Wells, and 

 T. S. Richardson. 



In the class calling for thirty-six 

 blooms, six varieties, six of each, E. Ber- 

 olzheimer, Tarrytown, David McFarlane, 



gardener, carried off first honors. Among 

 his best varieties were Lady Hopetoun, 

 Merza and Glenview. 



The show of bush plants was not so 

 large as in former years. The lateness 



of the season had no doubt a good deal 

 to do with this, as only the early varie- 

 ties were shown, the late ones not being 

 up. The first prize for group of palms 

 and foliage plants went to Mrs. J. B. 

 Trevor, Yonkers, Howard Nichols, gar- 

 dener, who showed a lot of clean, well- 

 grown stuff. The same exhibitor led in 

 many of the plant and fern classes. E. 

 Berolzheimer was first for a table of 

 plants, which was one of the best ex- 

 hibits in the show. 



Mrs. Geo. Lewis led in most of the rose 

 classes, carrying off two silver cups, one 

 for Richmond and the other for Killar- 

 ney. The carnation exhibit was large 

 and fine, but with the exception of F. R. 

 Pierson Co. 's Winsor nothing new was 

 shown. Winsor shows up well, and will 

 no doubt prove a winner. The same com- 

 pany showed a dwarf foirm of Piersoni, 

 which was awarded a certificate of merit. 



The Elmsford Nurseries, Scott Bros., 

 won the society's silver medal for the 

 best new decorative plant, with Dracaena 

 Elmsfordii. This is a seedling from 

 D. GodseflSana, and is a decided improve- 

 ment on the old variety, the markings 

 being much brighter and more distinct. 



Among other successful competitors for 

 special prizes were Theodore Trevillian, 

 O. B. Jennings, Mrs. H. Fairfield Os- 

 borne, and James Donald. 



The exhibit of F. R. Pierson Co., not 

 for competition, consisted of a fine vase 

 of American Beauty roses, several vases 

 of fine carnations, also palms, ferns, etc. 

 Their Winsor carnation attracted a great 

 deal of attention. Other exhibits were 

 orchids in pots, by Lager & Hurrell, and 

 a vase of white chrysanthemums by 

 Charles H. Totty. W. S. C. 



NiLES, O. — C. L. Adgate is erecting 

 an addition to his greenhouse. 



John T, 



( Judre at the Chicago 



, Temple. 



Exhibition this week.) 



