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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVBMBEB 8, 1906. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Philadelphia chrysanthemum show 

 opened its doors to the flower loving pub- 

 lic November 6, to as good a show as was 

 ever seen in Philadelphia. While there 

 are not so many exhibits as in former 

 years, the blooms are very fine. The 

 stairway is well filled with cut mums of 

 enormous size and fine color. Some of 

 the varieties are Mrs. William Duckham 

 and William Duckham, Nellie Pockett 

 and Merza. ,~^ 



The main hall is well filled with speci- 

 men chrysanthemum plants, 'ferns and 

 two collections of orchids, one from La- 

 ger & Hurrell, of Summit, N. J., and the 

 other from Julius Roehrs Co. Edw. A. 

 Schmidt, Radnor, Pa., shows a fine col- 

 lection of crotons, which took first prize. 

 The names of the varieties are Thomp- 

 soni, Mrs. Swan, Evansianum, Canter- 

 buryana. Queen Victoria, Hookerianum, 

 superbissimum. Thomas Long, gardener 

 for George W. ChiWs Drexel, also shows 

 a fine collection of ferns, on which he 

 took first prize. E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., shows a fine pink mum. Mile. 

 E. Chabanne, which looks as though it 

 would make a good commercial variety. 

 Beatrice May is also a good variety, be- 

 ing a fine white of large size. William 

 Robertson, gardener for John W. Pep- 

 per, has a fine, collection of marantas, 

 which make a fine display besides cap- 

 turing first prize. William K. Harris has 

 a collection of Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine. The H. F. Michell Co. has a fine 

 display. H. A. Dreer has a nice assort- 

 ment of plants in all sizes which are 

 greatly admired. 



A full account of the show, including 

 the prize winners, will appear next week. 



Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The date set for the Boston show 

 proved to be ten days too early. Chry- 

 santhemums are unusually late and, as 

 we forecasted a week ago, the display of 

 these was far below the average, not 

 only in quantity, but also in quality. 

 Neither the big specimen plants nor 

 big blooms are now as popular in Bos- 

 ton as they were a few years ago. The 

 demand is for medium sizes in each sec- 

 tion, both on private and commercial 

 places, and the inevitable result is that 



the blooms and plants which were Bos- 

 ton's pride for so many years are now 

 almost a thing of the^ past. Other cities 

 are growing them now, but they in turn 

 will tire of them and demand something/ 

 different, as Boston is doing. Chrysan- 

 themums as flowers are not losing popu- 

 larity, however, and the queen of autumn 

 will continue to draw crowds as in past 

 years. 



Turning first to the cut bloom classes, 

 there was a good competition. For 

 twenty-five blooms in twenty-five varie- 

 ties Thomas Proctor, gardener to R. W. 

 Peterson, Lenox, won with a splendid set 

 of well finished flowers. His varieties 

 were the latest. Peter B. Robb was sec- 

 ond and W. Whitman, M. Sullivan gar- 

 dener, third. The last named won for 

 six vases, ten blooms in each. In the 

 incurved, reflexed and other classes the 

 prize-winners were Mrs. Lester Leland, 

 G. H. Waterton gardener; Mrs. E. A. 

 Converse, D. F. Roy gardener, and Peter 

 B. Robb. 



For six blooms, introductions of 1906, 

 W. Whitman won with Mrs. D. W. 

 James, Tioga, Crocus, Old Gold, Mayor 

 Weaver and Mrs. W. Knox; D. F. Roy 

 was second. 



Geo. F. Fabyan, James Stuart gar- 

 dener, had the best ten blooms pink, 

 showing M. F. Plant; second, A. F. 

 Whitin, with Wm. Duckham; third, Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill, with Dr. Enguehard. For 

 red, W. Whitman was first and G. F. 

 Fabyan second, each showing John 

 Shrimpton. W. Whitman led for ten 

 white, with Merza. He also was second, 

 with Nellie Pockett; third, G. F. Fabyan, 

 with Beatrice May. 



A. F. Whitin was first for yellow, with 

 dieltoni; Seth A. Borden second, with 

 Appleton; W. Whitman third, with Ap- 

 pleton. For any other color G. F. 

 Fabyan won, with Donald McLeod; 

 James Nicol second, with Harrison Dick. 

 A. F. Whitin had the best six Mrs. Je- 

 rome Jones; James Nicol second. 



Competitors were few in the plant 

 classes. For eight specimens not exceed- 

 ing 12-inch pots, J. S. Bailey, J. Nilan 

 gardener, was first. His plants needed 

 ten days more to develop, some having 

 few flowers open. W. H. Elliott was 

 the only other competitor in this class. 

 J. S. Bailey, W. H. Elliott and E. J. 

 Mitton, J. Lawson gardener, won the 

 prizes in the other plant classes. There 



were eight competitors for six plants 

 grown to six stems, one bloom to a stem. 

 Mrs. Lester Leland, Mrs. A. W. Blake, 

 J. L. Smith gardener, and Wm, Whit- 

 man won in order named. Plants grown 

 in this way are a great improvement 

 over those with a single flower to a 

 plant. 



For group of foliage and flowering 

 plants covering 200 square feet there 

 were five entries. W. Whitman led, fol- 

 lowed by Edward MacMulkin and Sidney 

 Hoffman. 



For group of orchids Mrs. J. S. Gard- 

 ner, Wm. Thatcher gardener, was first; 

 Edward MacMulkin second. Mrs. Gard- 

 ner was also first for ten Begonia Rex, 

 Mrs. A. W. Blake second. 



There was not a large showing of car- 

 nations, but some good flowers were 

 staged. For twenty-five crimson. Backer 

 & Co. won with Harry Fenn. For Day- 

 break color P, Dexter, James Salter gar- 

 dener, was first, and Exeter Conserva- 

 tories second, each showing Enchantress. 

 For dark pink Backer & Co. led, with 

 Pink "Patten, also for light pink, with 

 a rose pink sport of Enchantress. For 

 scarlet, Backer & Co. took all three 

 prizes, with Robert Craig, Victory and 

 Flambeau. Peter Fisher won on white, 

 with White Perfection, Backer & Co. 

 second, with Puritana. Backer & Co. 

 captured all premiums for yellow, with 

 Sunrise, Eldorado and \ellow King, and 

 were also first for white variegated, with 

 Mrs. Patten. 



J, E. Rothwell, E, Johanssen gardener, 

 won the silver gilt medal for cut orchids, 

 staging a splendid lot, filling nearly 200 

 bottles, Edward MacMulkin won the 

 bronze medal. 



There were numerous non-competitive 

 displays, F. R, Pierson Co, showed Car- 

 nation Winsor in fine shape, also their 

 latest ' ' creation ' ' in nephrolepis, which 

 has Todea-like fronds, and is quite dis- 

 tinct. 



Lager & Hurrell had a nice table of 

 seasonable orchids. Julius Roehrs Co. 

 had a good display of orchids and fine 

 foliage plants, also varieties of Begonia 

 Rex, and lily of the valley. Edward 

 MacMulkin had groups of pahns and 

 other foliage plants. R. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co. had numerous bay trees, palms, 

 dractenas, etc. They had a fine display 

 of coniferae which was awarded first 

 prize in its class. W. Whitman showed 





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