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Mabch 21, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1353 



House of the New Violet, Bostoot at William Sim's, Qiftondalct Mass. 



shown by M. H, Walsh, of Wood's 

 Hole, Mass., and an exhibit of hydran- 

 geas made by J. W. Dudley & Son, of 

 Parkersburg, W. Va. 



Edward S. Schmid exhibited vases, 

 gold fish and aquatic plants. 



Among the cut flowers was a vase of 

 fifty Richmond for which W. H. Elliott, 

 Brighton, Mass., received a special prize. 

 They were the admiration of all. 



H. Weber & Sons Co. showed a fine 

 lot of the newer carnations. One, a 

 rose-pink Enchantress, was of special 

 merit. 



F. R. Pierson Co., of Tarrytown, N. 

 Y., exhibited Winsor, White Enchantress 

 and other novelties. 



Gude Bros. Co., of Washington, had 

 a corner devoted to an old Dutch wind- 

 mill, the fans of which rotated and 

 were filled with various colors of electric 

 lights. 



F. H. Kramer made a fine display of 

 his new Queen Beatrice rose. 



A beautiful mantle decoration by Z. 

 D. Blackistone, of Washington, was 

 awarded a first prize. 



There were two fine exhibits of ferns 

 and fancy caladiums by the Agricul- 

 tural Department. 



F. Lautenschlager, representing Kroe- 

 schell Bros. Co., Chicago, was on hand 

 with a model boiler. 



Final Awards. 



Late staging made it impossible to 

 conclude the judging until Thursday, 

 the day after last week's Review^ was 

 printed with the awards of Wednesday. 

 The following were announced on 

 Thursday : 



Fifty Killarney, Robert Simpson, first, 

 the Dingee & Conard special premium. 



American seedling rose, E. (i. Hill 

 Co., first, the H. O. May silver cup. 



Specimen climbing rose in tub, M. H. 

 Walsh, both first and second. 



Six plants in pots, M. H. Walsh, first. 



C. S. Briggs, four firsts, amateur 

 classes. 



Hybrid Wichuraiana, M. H. Walsh, 

 first, the Pierson silver cup. 



The Banquet 



The Washington Florists' Club enter- 

 tained at a banquet at the Arlington 

 hotel Thursday evening, March 21. The 

 service was late, for the guests did not 

 .reach the hotel until 8:30, because of 

 the interest taken in the discussions at 

 the closing session of the Rose Society. 

 Peter Bisset, president of the local club, 

 occupied the chair, while Toastmaster 

 Joseph Freeman introduced the speak- 

 ers in flowery language. Prof. Charle- 

 magne Koehler 's tragic recital of ' ' The 

 Horse Race," an imitation of comic 

 opera and ' ' Lockery Setting a Hen, ' ' 

 provoked prolonged applause. Robert 

 Kift sang a comic song, a take-off on 

 the Rose Society, which was received 

 with much hilarity. 



The speakers were as follows: 



"Washington, the City Beautiful," 

 by Commissioner McFarlane. 



' ' The Department of Agriculture and 

 Its Work for Horticulturists," by Dr. 

 B. T. Oalloway. 



"Our Country," by Simon Wolf. 



' * The American Rose Society, ' ' by 

 President Robert Simpson. 



"Washington Parks, Past and Pres- 

 ent," by George E. Brown. 



* * The Gardener and His Work for 

 the Rose," by Patrick O'Mara. 



' ' Horticulture, Past, Present and 

 Future," by Wm. R. Smith. 



"Our Parent Society," by Wm. J. 

 Stewart. 



"Our Guests," by Wm. F. Gude. 



"The Ladies," by Robert Craig. 



Friday afternoon the society was re- 

 ceived at the White House by President 

 Roosevelt. 



In the bowling contest held at the 

 Rathskeller between Philadelphia, Bal- 

 timore and Washington teams, the 

 Washingtonians were victorious and re- 

 ceived the cup, valued at $50, offered by 

 F. H. Kramer. J. L. C. 



TWO DAYS IN WASHINGTON. 



The Rose Meeting. 



The exhibition of the American Rose 

 Society held in the Light Infantry Ar- 

 mory last week was one of great inter- 

 est to every rose grower. The feature 

 of the exhibition was the wonderful im- 

 provement shown in the production of 

 Richmond. There were a number of 

 vases of fifty or 100 flowers each that 

 surpassed any rose, excepting only 

 American Beauty, that I have ever seen 

 at a show. The flowers were large, per- 

 fect and richly colored) the stems extra 

 long and heavy, while the foliage, one 

 of this "rose's chief glories, was ideal. 

 The whole Richmond exhibit of several 

 hundred flowers was an inspiration to 

 every grower present. Killarney, too, 

 was in finer form than I have ever seen 

 it. The flowers were large and beauti- 

 fully colored, reminding one of the Cot- 

 tage Maid tulips in this respect, but the 

 stems were most extraordinary, for 

 with most eastern growers Killarney 

 comes with rather short stems and here 

 were stems thirty to thirty-six inches 

 long. They were said to be from graft- 

 ed plants, precluding the possibility of 

 bottom breaks, as in Richmond, and in- 

 vestigation proved they had in some 

 cases been twice disbudded. The rules 

 expressly say that such flowers shall be 

 disqualified. The judges evidently 

 thought diffeiently. I heartily endorse 

 their action. 



The general scarcity of American 

 Beauties was evidenced by there being 

 but one vase of fifty flowers. 



From a plantsman's standpoint the 

 Wichuraiana hybrids alone were worth 

 going miles to see. Perfect specimens 

 probably three and a half feet hig^ 

 clothed with their hardy foliage down 

 to the tub and covered with clusters of 

 tiny blooms that were a sight. The new 

 roses, especially E. G. Hill's red, were 

 very interesting. ■ 



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