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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 18, 1907. 



EXHIBITION AT NEWPORT. R. I. 



A Splendid Success. 



The rose show of the Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society July 9 and 10 was from 

 every point of view one of the most 

 sui'.cessful ever held by the society. The 

 lateness of the season caused the com- 

 mittee to postpone the show from the 

 last week in June to the above date, and 

 it was feared by many, after the warm 

 weather began to show its effect, that 

 this postponement would impair the suc- 

 cess of the exhibition; but the display 

 proved t4iat the 'committiee hit it just 

 right. 



Although the exhibition held at this 



Gloxinias and tuberous begonias were 

 well shown, better, in fact, both as re- 

 gards numbers and quality, than 1 have 

 ever seen them shown here. The begonias 

 in one or two exhibits were grown to 

 such perfection that many society vis- 

 itors were fairly carried away with them. 

 Paul Volquardson was first and John 

 F. Allan second. Mr. Volquardson also 

 was first in the class for gloxinias and 

 James Kobertson second. First prizes 

 for specimen -palms were awarded to 

 Colin Robertson for fine specimens of 

 large size. Phoenix Roebelenii was ex; 

 hibited in -many classes but not of a size 

 large enough to compare with the huge 

 specftnens of other kinds. F. L. Zeigler 

 was third in one class with a fairly good 



Table of Folias;e Plants Exhibited at Newport by David Mcintosh. 



time of the year always is termed a rose 

 show, it is far from being that exclu- 

 sively, and this year full advantage was 

 taken by exhibitors of the comprehen- 

 siveness of the schedule and the liberal 

 premiums offered. The class for groups 

 of palms, ferns and foliage plants was 

 keenly contested by Colin Robertson and 

 James Boyd, but the gorgeous crotons 

 and dracaenas gave the former a decided 

 advantage. This exhibitor's group 

 showed more graceful arrangement, made 

 easy by the numerous specimen plants 

 of Areca lutescens, whereas Mr. Boyd 

 used kentias exclusively, with results 

 which again demonstrated their unfitness 

 for effective grouping when light, grace- 

 ful effects are taken into consideration. 



In the class for groups of palms, ferns 

 and flowering plants Colin Robertson was 

 again a winner, with a beautiful group 

 composed mainly of arecas, anthuriums 

 and gloxinias, with a few adiantums and 

 Nephrolepis Whitman!. 



In the plant classes by far the great- 

 est interest and competition was in that 

 for table of decorative foliage plants. 

 There were four entries, with good plants 

 in all of them. David Mcintosh took 

 first with an exhibit in which dractenas 

 predominated, with D. Lord Wolsey of 

 good color showing up effectively. John 

 Marshall took second in this class and 

 James Boyd third. 



In the class for dracaenas David Mc- 

 intosh was again first, with Charles D. 

 Stark a close second and James Boyd 

 third. 



The first for crotons went easily to 

 Colin Robertson for as fine a lot of 

 plants as was ever seen here. David Mc- 

 intosh was second. 



In orchids Charles D. Stark had a 

 walk-over with a nice lot of plants, Cat- 

 tleya gigas mostly. 



specimen of this palm. One and per- 

 haps the only trouble connected with this 

 palm is that it is usually seen in a pot 

 apparently too large. 



In the class for which premiums were 

 offered by Henry A. Dreer for three 

 decorative foliage plants in 6-inch pots 

 David Mcintosh was first with a plant 

 each of Croton Faciatus, Pandanus San- 

 deri and Dracaena Lord Wolsey. Charles 

 D. Stark was second. Mr. Stark took 

 first for a basket of foliage plants, which 

 consisted mainly of caladiums and fit- 

 tonias. 



As evidence of what Nephrolepis 

 Whitmani is capable of, it will be of in- 

 terest to know that one plant in a shal- 

 low pan was awarded first prize in the 

 class for made up fern dishes, where 

 Adiantum Farleyense was admissible. 



This was a rose show and roses were 



shown better than I have ever before 

 seen them. The keenest competition was 

 in the class for prizes offered by S: G. 

 Harris, of Tarrytown, for the best col- 

 lection of cut roses. James Robertson, 

 gardener for Mrs. Richardson, was first 

 with a grand display of perfect blooms 

 of about sixty-five varieties. Conspicu- 

 ous" in this display was a large vase of 

 Frau Karl Druschki. Hugh Williamson, 

 gardener for William Waldorf Astor, 

 was second and Alexander Adam, gar- 

 dener for Alfred G. Vanderbilt, third. " 



In the class for the best display of 

 roses arranged effectively, Colin Robert- 

 son was first, John Marshall second. In 

 nearly all thg) other classes for roses hon- 

 ors were about even between Colin and 

 James Robertson. There was nothing in 

 white to equal Frau Karl Druschki. Mrs. 

 John Laing ran hard upon Mme. Gabriel 

 Luizet for pink. 



F. L. Zeigler was first in the class for 

 fancy baskets of roses, with a gorgeous 

 creation of red ribbon and Jacqueminot 

 roses. John Marshall was second. In 

 the class for assistants' baskets. Miss 

 Agnes Allan, of Gibson Bros., was first 

 and Harry G. Christian, from the same 

 store, second. Wm. Tricker was third. 



Fruit was only fair in quality and 

 small in quantity. 



Henry A. Dreer, of Philadelphia, had 

 John S. Hay on hand with an exhibit 

 which was composed of Lobelia Kathleen 

 Mallard, Nephrolepis Todeaoides and N. 

 Amerpohlii. Both these varieties of 

 nephrolepis are distinct in character 

 from the other improved varieties of 

 this fern and both seem to have points of 

 superiority also. Lobelia Kathleen Mal- 

 lard is a distinct novelty, quite double in 

 flower, of a good blue color, in plants of 

 sturdy, compact form. A certificate of 

 merit was awarded Dreer for each. The 

 lobelia referred to was also shown in 

 the exhibit of Julius Roehrs Co. in plants 

 of larger size. Lager & Hurrell showed 

 a fine collection of orchids. 



Julius Roehrs Co., of Rutherford, N. 

 J., exhibited a fine collection of stove 

 and foliage plants. This firm makes a 

 specialty of crotons and there seem to 

 be a few new ones in every exhibit it 

 makes. This time there were several 

 strikingly beautiful new ones, among 

 them being Louis Drops, Souvenir de 

 Laekens and Brilliense. In this exhibit 

 there were two plants of Cattleya Gas- 

 kelliana in 8-inch pans with fifteen to 

 eighteen flowers each. This firm was 

 awarded a liberal gratuity for the ex- 

 hibit as a whole and a certificate of 

 merit for Lobelia Kathleen Mallard. 



Table of Roses Exhibited at Newport by James Robertson. 



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