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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



13 



Some of Pet»r Fishet's Wiontng Carnations, Staged at Boston. 



tracting the most attention Mere a vase 

 of Imperial, with immense stems and 

 large flowers. These were from William 

 Kleinheinz. Dailledouze Bros, sent Aft- 

 erglow, which will be sent out this 

 spring by a quartet of distributors. Ex- 

 pert judges consider Afterglow as an 

 even better carnation than Aristocrat, 

 which created such a sensation last sea- 

 son. Among the other carnations were 

 fine exhibits from Samuel Batchelor, Ed- 

 ward A. Stroud and F. E, Pierson Co. 

 The best varieties in these collections 

 were Lieut. Peary, Lady Bountiful, White 

 Perfection, White Lawson, Winsor, En- 

 chantress, Helen Goddard, Mrs. Lawson, 

 Beacon and Harlowarden. 



The violets were a small but most 

 creditable display. ^Irs. Sarah 1. Smith 

 sent Princess of Wales and La France; 

 John Maclntyre, California and Princess 

 of Wales; Louis I. Couche, Gov. Herrick 

 and Princess of Wales. 



Other features of the show were the 

 ferns from Thomas Long; the center ar- 

 rangement of oak leaves, Boston ferns 

 and pompons, from William Graham Co., 

 christened the Kendezvous by one of the 

 bright lady visitors; and the display of 

 vegetables in the lower hall. The at- 

 tendance was large, most enthusiastic 

 and gratifying, when it is considered 

 that it is the first exhibition that the 

 society has held under the new retrench- 

 ment plan. This plan "consists in the ab- 

 solute curtailment of all expense for 

 premiums, the prizes being entirely do- 

 nated by the members of the society and 

 by business houses that have an interest 

 in the exhibitions. 



A summary of the awards shows that 

 the principal exhibitors and winners 

 were : 



•Joseph Hurley, gardener to J. W. 

 Paul, Jr.; Gordon Smirl, gardener to 

 Mrs. J. F. Sinnott ; ,Tohn McClearv, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. R. J. C. Walker; William 

 Kleinheinz, gardener to P. A. B. Widen- 

 er; J, F. Whittaker, gardener to Robert 

 Le Boutillier; Samuel Batchelor, garden- 

 er to C. B. Newbold ; William Robertson, 

 gardener to J. W. Pepper; Thomas Gay- 

 nor, gardener to Mrs. J. B. Stetson; 

 George Bastard, gardener to Curwen 

 Stoddart; Edward Smith, gardener to E, 

 N. Benson; Joseph Crowther, gardener 

 to S. B. Brown; Thomas Long, garden- 

 er to G.'W. 0. Drexel; John Hobson, 

 gardener to E. A. Schmidt; John Hed- 

 lund, gardener to Mrs. W. L. Elkins; 

 J. H. Dodds, gardener to John Wana- 

 maker; John Little, gardener to J. L. 

 Welsh; Samuel Hammond, gardener to 



Rudolph Ellis; Isaac Kulp, gardener to 

 S. Friedbergor; R. J. Morrow, gardener 

 to (5. I. Bodine; J. 1\ Sisson, gardener 

 to Mrs. Thomas McKean. 



Robert Craig Co. was first for Lor- 

 raine begonias and for display of cro- 

 tons. 



Dailledouze Bros, won the silver cup 

 for new carnation, with Afterglow. 



A silver medal was awarded Robert 

 Scott & Son, for Rose Mrs. .lardine. 



A silver medal was awarded E. G. Hill 

 Co., for Rose Princess. 



A certificate was given P. A. B. Widen- 

 er, for Chrj-santhemum Lynnwood Hall. 



Special mention was given Mrs. S. 1. 

 Smith and L. A. Couche, for violets. 



Show Notes. 



"William Kleinheinz has sold Lynn- 

 wood Hall to E. (J. Hill." This was the 

 startling announcement made by Secre- 

 tary Rust on the third day of the ex- 

 hibition. Those present were amazed. 

 They did not understand how Mr. Kleiu- 

 iieinz could have sold P. A. B. Widener 's 

 mansion over liis head. Smart as Mr. 

 Kleinheinz is, they di<l not believe him 

 capable of this, oven iiad his loyalty 

 not rendered it impossible. But gradu- 

 ally comprehension dawned that Mr. 

 Kleinheinz had disposed of his new 

 white seedling nuun, named after his 



employer's home at Ogontz. This was 

 the finest novelty in the show. 



Gordon Smirl exhibited two superb 

 seedlings, a white and a purplish pink, 

 of grand form and great size. 



Among the orchids exhibited by Lager 

 & Hurrell were the white form of Cat- 

 tleya labiata and the yellow, Cattleya 

 Dowiana. 



H. F. Michell Co. had a fine display 

 of bulbs, seeds and implements. 



Henry A. Dreer made an interesting 

 display of all tlie best forms of neph- 

 rolepia. 



Robert Craig Co. made a fine showing 

 of Ficiis pandurata and crotons. 



George E. Campbell made an excel- 

 lent floor manager. 



Among the visitors were E. G. Hill, 

 of Richmond, Ind.; Elmer D. Smith, 

 of Adrian, Mich.; William R. Smith, 

 Washington, D. C. ; John A. Cook, of 

 Baltimore; Henry and Paul Dailledouze, 

 of Flatbush, L. I.; Charles H. Totty, of 

 Madison, N. J.; John I]. Haines, of 

 Bethlehem, Pa., and J. D. Cockcroft, of 

 Long Island. Phil. 



TORONTO. 



The fourth annual Canadian fruit, 

 .flower and honey show was opened in 

 Massey hall, Tuesday, November 12, un- 

 der tiie most favorable auspices. The 

 show may be said to surpass all pre- 

 vious shows in many respects, and in 

 few entries was there any lack of in- 

 terest or exhibits. The fruit, without 

 excejition, was the finest that was ever 

 put up at a Canadian exhibition, and 

 jierhaps would be hard to duplicate in 

 any fruit-growing center of the world. 

 Jn the flower section the exhibits were 

 well filled, and, according to the judg- 

 ment of John TL Dunlop, who had just 

 returned from Chicago, the blooms quite 

 equale<l anything he saw there. Per- 

 haps the most notable was the orchid 

 exhibit, and it was certainly a revela- 

 tion to (Canadian flower lovers to see 

 ."ucii masses of orchids as those exhibit- 

 ed by T. Manton, who captured first, 

 and the Dale estate, which got second. 

 Some fine vases of mums were exhib- 

 ited by the Dale estate. Perhaps the 

 most noticeable was the vase of Mrs. 

 Thirkel, a large yellow ; in fact, these 

 were the largest mums that have yet 

 been exhibited in Toronto. The chal- 



Some of the Roses Shown at Boston. 



(W. H. ElItott'B EaiMrIn In Center.) 



