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NOVBUBBB 14, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



2S 



Carnation Defiance. 



TAHRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The annual exhibition of the Tarry- 

 town Horticultural Society was one of 

 the most successful yet given by this 

 organization. The exhibits were numer- 

 ous and the quality superb, the entries 

 being practically all from the private 

 gardeners on the splendid estates of the 

 neighborhood. Among the principal ex- 

 hibitors were William C. Roberts, gar- 

 dener for Frederick Potter; W. H. 

 Waite, gardener for Samuel Untermyer; 

 David MacFarlane, gardener for Emil 

 Berolsheimer ; George Middleton, garden- 

 er for "William Rockefeller; Robert An- 

 gus, gardener for Joseph Eastman; Os- 

 car Carlson, gardener •*Ior Mrs. 0. B. 

 Jennings; Francis Milne, gardener for 



E. H. Weatherbee; Thomas AitchisoL'., 

 gardener for Mrs. Henry Siegel; Edward 

 .Jenkins, gardener for Giraud Foster; 

 Thomas A. Lee, gardener for Mrs. M. E. 

 Sands; H. J. Thompson, gardener for 

 Alfred Marshall; Howard Nicols, gar- 

 dener for Mrs. J, B. Trevor; William 

 J. Buckley, gardener for Stuyvesant 

 Fish; James Stuart, gardener for Mrs. 



F. A. Constable; William Inglis, garden- 

 er for John J. Riker; E. Lundberg, gar- 

 dener for Henry Coon; William Lyons, 

 gardener at Spring Brook Farm, and 

 others. 



The F. R. Pierson Co. was given a 

 silver medal for Nephrolepis Superbis- 

 sima. Lager & Hurrell received a cer- 

 tificate of merit for a display of or- 

 chids. Honorable mention was given H. 

 A. Dreer, Philadelphia, for an exhibit 

 of ferns, palms, etc., and F. R. Pierson 

 Co. received certificates for a group of 

 chrysanthemums and ferns and for car- 

 nations. 



CHESTNUT HILL, PA. 



The eighth annual exhibition of the 

 Chestnut Hill Horticultural Society 

 opened in Joslin hall, Thursday evening, 

 November 7, continuing throughout the 

 week until Friday. The exhibits, coming 

 principally from the private gardeners on 

 the Hill, were varied and of excellent 

 quality. In the class for cut chrysanthe- 



mums Eaton led in the whites, Colonel 

 Appleton in the yellows, and William 

 Duckham in the pinks. The pompons ware 

 a feature of the exhibition, both cut and 

 in pots, being varied and of excellent 

 quality. There were a number of excep- 

 tionally well-grown flowering plants of 

 the usual high quality shown in the foli- 

 age plants, a specimen of Boston fern 

 being noteworthy. A good table of vege- 

 tables was shown. Music, lovely ladies 

 and meeting of old friends made the oc- 

 casion memorable. Phil. 



ORANGE, N. J. 



The thirteenth annual exhibition of 

 the New Jersey Floricultural Society 

 was held in the hall of the Woman 's Club 

 in East Orange, November 7 and 8. The 

 principal exhibitors were D. Kindsgrab, 

 gardener to Wm. Runkle; Peter Duff, 

 gardener to J. C. Brown; A. T. Capaarn, 

 gardener to Stewart Hartshorne; Max 

 Schneider, gardener to Charles Hatha- 

 way ; William Reid, gardener to S. M. 

 & A. Colgate; Albert F. Larsen, gar- 

 dener to Stewart Dickson; George Von 

 Qualen, gardener to A. B. Jenkins ; J. J. 

 Dervan, gardener to A. C. Van Oaasbeek ; 

 George Oakley, gardener to T. A. Gilles- 

 pie, and other private gardeners. George 

 Smith and Popken & Collins also were 

 among the prize winners. 



Trade exhibits not for competition in- 

 cluded a fine table of orchids from Lager 

 & Hurrell; a group of orchids, Phoenix 

 Roobelenii and Ficus pandurata from 

 Joseph A. Manda ; conifers in pots, varie- 

 gated privet and the new nephrolepis, 

 South Orange, from W. A. Manda; En- 

 chantress carnations from Henry Horn- 

 acker and group of chrysanthemums from 

 Popken & Collins. 



The judges were John N. May, Charles 

 H. Atkins and Anthony J. Manda. 



BOSTON. 



The annual exhibition just closed strik- 

 ingly showed the changing conditions in 

 and around Boston. For many years the 

 big specimen plants have been a strik- 



ing feature. Gradually their culture has 

 been discontinued until this year not a 

 solitary plant of this class was shown. 

 Plants of more moderate size are now 

 more popular and some years may elapse 

 before we have an era of the huge speci- 

 mens which used to be the wonder of 

 visitors to our shows. Nor are the speci- 

 men blooms as much in favor as they 

 were a few years ago; flowers of me- 

 dium size ai"e preferred, while the anem- 

 one and single varieties are coming 

 rapidly to the fore. In spite of the al- 

 tered conditions there was a fine aad in- 

 teresting show. 



For twenty-five cut blooms, distinct, 

 first prize went to Peter B. Robb for the 

 following: Nellie Pockett, President Vi- 

 ger, Mrs. Felton, Yellow Eaton, Dr. Eu- 

 guehard, F. A. Cobbold, Mrs. H. Part- 

 ridge, W. R. Church, Mrs. W. Duckham, 

 Guy Hamilton, Mrs. E. Thirkell, Mrs. 

 Swinburne, Yellow Jerome Jones, Souv. 

 de la Comtesse Reill6, Lady Hopetoun, 

 Fidelity, M. F. Plant, General Hutton, 

 Mrs. J. E. Dunne, Timothy Eaton and 

 Mrs. G. A. Miller. Second went to E. D. 

 Jordan, W. Abraham gardener; third 

 to Edwin Jenkins. 



For six vases, ten blooms each, W. 

 Whitman, M. Sullivan gardener, won 

 with Mrs. H. Partridge, Enguehard, 

 Merza, John Shrimpton, Appleton and 

 Mrs. J. E. Dunne. For twelve Japanese 

 incurved, E, O. Jordan was in the lead 

 with fine flowers of Mrs. J. Jones, Merza, 

 Miss M. Hankey, Millicent Richardson, 

 Mrs. H. Barnes, Princess, Souci, Mrs. 

 Peabody, Duckham, Miss Clay Frick, 

 Appleton and Peter Kay. The best 

 twelve, reflexed, from Mrs. Lester Le- 

 land, were Beatrice May, Nellie Pockett, 

 Mrs. G. Heaume, Mrs. W. R. Ethering- 

 ton, Brighthurst, Bessie Godfrey, Chel- 

 toni, May Seddon, F. S. Vallis, Souv, de 

 la Comtesse Reill^, Reginald Vallis and 

 Valerie Greenham. W. Whitman was 

 both first and second for six new varie- 

 ties of 1907 introduction. 



For ten blooms, pink, W. A. Riggs 

 won, with Enguehard; W. Whitman sec- 

 ond, with the same variety, and third, 



