November 8. 1^6. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1609 



Large Vay of Cut Flowers Exhibited at Boston by W. A. Riggs. 



Cattleya labiata. E. O. Orpet had cut 

 blooms of several new seedling cat- 

 tleyas and Iselio-cattleyas. Peter B. Eobb 

 had Cattleya x Louise, awarded honor- 

 able mention. William Sim showed vases 

 of James Wheeler's new sport from 

 Princess of Wales violet, awarded honor- 

 able mention. F. W. Fletcher Co. 

 showed a ficus which was awarded hon- 

 orable mention. N. A. Lindsay, G. H. 

 Walker, and W. C. Winter had large 

 displays of dahlias. W. H. Elliott had 

 fine Wellesley and Richmond roses and 

 Waban Conserv'atories good Beauty and 

 Wellesley. Peter Fisher had his new 

 carnations, Evangeline and Beacon; the 

 latter showed up finely. H. A. Jahn had 

 his new white seedling, also a fine crim- 

 son. Each were awarded honorable 

 mention. 



Dr. C. G. Weld, W. G. Rust gardener, 

 had five nice standards of Chrysanthe- 

 mum Garza. C. H. Totty received a cer- 

 tificate of merit for Chrysanthemum 

 White Duckham. Mrs. E. M. Gill had a 

 nice display of chrysanthemums. 



One of the features of the show was 

 a table of fifty varieties of single chry- 

 santhemums, English varieties, from 

 Miss E. J. Clark, Pomfret, Conn., John 

 Ash gardener. These attracted more 

 favorable notice than any of the big 

 blooms. They included 'Some beautiful 

 things which should prove of value to 

 commercial as well as private growers. 

 A small selection of the best were Sir 

 Geo. Bullough, Mrs. Holden, Stella, Pre- 

 toria and Mary Anderson. This collec- 

 tion merited the silver medal awarded. 

 E. A. Clark, W. A. Riggs gardener, 

 staged a large vase of specimen blooms 

 of fine quality and was awarded a cul- 

 tural certificate. Julius Roehrs Co. re- 

 ceived honorable mention for Tillandsia 

 Durvalliana and Begonia Rex The Mar- 

 quis. C. D. Sias, J. Porter gardener, 

 had half a dozen grandly grown speci- 

 mens of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 

 Louis Dupuy received honorable men- 

 tion for a new unnamed chrysanthemum 

 of which several were shown in pots, of 

 a rosy crimson color. J. S. Bailey re- 

 ceived honorable mention for a seedling 

 impatiens and a new fern as yet un- 

 named. 



The dinner-tables on the second day 

 attracted eight entries. The lady judges 

 gave first prize to Sidney Hoflfman, for 

 a harmonious arrangement of Cattleya 



labiata. Smaller cattleyas were used for 

 the boutonnieres. J. J. Casey, of the 

 Rosary, was second. In this case Prin- 

 cess of Wales violets were used; while 

 pleasing by day it was somewhat somber 

 under artificial light. Houghton & Clark, 

 who took third prize, had a beautiful 

 center-piece of Oncidium Rogersii and 

 Cypripedium insigne. Corsage bouquets 

 were of Cattleya labiata and bouton- 

 nieres of gardenias. G. A. Severy & Co. 

 received a complimentary notice for a 

 .tastefully arranged fruit center-piece. 

 Two of the unplaced tables were ar;. 

 ranged with Cattleya labiata and one 

 with pink roses. This competition seemed 

 to attract a great amount of interest 

 among the visitors. 



Fruit and vegetable displays were 

 good. The attendance was large, espe- 

 cially on the closing days. 



W. N. Cbaig. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The eleventh annual show of the Mor- 

 ris County Horticultural Society was held 

 on November 1 and 2, and, while the 

 f^ow, in common with other eastern ex- 

 hibitions, suffered somewhat in point of 

 quantity, the quality of all the exhibits 

 staged left nothing to be desired. So 

 many varieties are late this year that 

 many of the finest flowers will not be in 

 time for the exhibition. 



The premier class for thirty-six flowers 

 in six varieties was won by R. Vince, 

 gardener to Robert D. Foote, who staged 

 splendid flowers of Beatrice May, Morton 

 F. Plant, h. J. Brooks, Valerie Greenham, 

 Gen. Hutton and Mrs. J. E. Dunne. The 

 eighteen flowers in six varieties was won 

 by John Downing, gardener to Dr. Mc- 

 Alpin, with James Fraser second. Twelve 

 flowers in twelve varieties was also won 

 by Mr. Vince, likewise the six flowers 

 of 1905 introductions, and the special 

 prize offered by F. R. Pierson for six 

 flowers of Glenview. Mr. Vince 's flow- 

 ers averaged high in quality all through 

 his exhibits. 



The special prize offered by Stumpp 

 & Walter for ten pink was won by James 

 Fraser, with fine W. Duckham. Twelve 

 flowers in twelve varieties was won by 

 John Downing, with James Fraser sec- 

 ond. Mr. Vyse won for six flowers in six 

 varieties, and for six yellow, with fine F. 

 S. Vallis. Six pink was won by James 



Fraser. Six white was won by John 

 Heeremans, gardener to A. R. Whitney, 

 who also was second in six flowers in six 

 varieties, for six Glenview, and six pink." 

 Mr, Heeremans' flowers of Beatrice May 

 for six white were one of the finest vases 

 of flowers in the show. Six flowers any 

 other color was won by Andrew Kennedy, 

 gardener to Dr. Ward, with fine Mrs. A. 

 J. Miller. 



Good competition developed for the 

 vase of flowers arranged for effect, which 

 was won by E, Reagan, with James Fra- 

 ser second. The best display of pompons 

 was won by John N. May, with C. H. 

 Totty second. Ten flowers of any white 

 was won by C. H, Totty with Beatrice 

 May; ten yellow, by Frank L. Moore, 

 Chatham, N. J., with ten Maj. Bonnaf- 

 fon. 



The rose classes, while not so largely 

 filled as we have seen at this exhibition, 

 were of high quality. Special prize for 

 twenty-five Richmond was won by C. H. 

 Totty, C. A, Work being second and L. 

 B. Coddington third. Eighteen Amer- 

 ican Beauties was won by L. A, Noe, L. 

 M. Noe getting second and Henry Hentt 

 third. Twenty-five Bridesmaid was won 

 by H. A. Neuner, Henry Hentz second 

 and David Falconer third. Twenty-five 

 Brides was won by L. A. Noe, with Davii 

 Falconer second and C. Badgley third. 

 In twelve Maids J. T. Wagner ran first, 

 Mr. Badgley second, and in twelve 

 Brides L. M, Noe ran first, Mr. Badgley 

 again coming in second. 



Carnation classes were well filled, chief 

 interest centering in the Farquhar silver 

 cup. This cup had to be won twice in 

 succession, and Mr. Duckham won it last 

 year. He was once more successful, and 

 now the cup is his property. His varie- 

 ties staged were Robt. Craig and Wkite 

 Lawson. Mr. Vince was a good second, 

 and set up fine Fiancee and White Per- 

 fection. 



The Vaughan prize was won by R. 

 Vince, and the A. H, Seeker prize by 

 John N. May, with Robt. M. Schultz 

 second. Three vases in three varieties 

 was won by Mr. Vince, with John Heere- 

 mans second. One vase, any variety, was 

 won by James Fraser, with Robt. Craig; 

 R. Vince second. 



In violets Mr. Duff was first for fifty 

 singles; Mr. Vince second. 



The special prize offered by the Pier- 

 son-Sefton Co. for group of plants was 



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