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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Apbil 9, 1908. 



of orchids from Alphonse Pericat, Col- 

 lingdale, Pa.j Lager & Hurrell, Sum- 

 mit, N. J., and Julius Roehrs Co., Ruth- 

 erford, N. J. The latter also exhibited 

 the new rose, Newport Fairy. Other 

 roses shown in good form were Anny 

 Muller and Catherine Zeimet, the white 

 Baby Rambler. There were choice ex- 

 hibits of specimen azaleas of immense 

 size grown in tubs. The hardy Azalea 

 mollis formed another showy feature. 

 An old-time yet novel exhibit consisted 

 of a group of specimen calla lilies aver- 

 aging ten or twelve large blooms to each 

 plant, from Wm. Robinson, gardener to 

 J. W. Pepper. 



Liliuni Harrisii was shown in fine 

 form and heavily flowered. Spiraea Glad- 

 stone and the pink variety, Queen Al- 

 exandra, were well done. The bulbs, shown 

 for the most part in large pans of 

 twenty-five blooms each, included all the 

 best tulips and all the leading varieties 

 of hyacinths. These were for the Michell, 

 Waterer and Dreer prizes. 



A feature of the exhibition was fif- 

 teen vases of Amaryllis hybrida from C. 

 G. Roebling, Trenton, N. J., J. Goodwin 

 gardener, which attracted much favor- 

 able comment. 



For the Waterer premium, lilacs were 

 exhibited in six varieties. The Dreer 

 premium brought out six fine plants of 

 wallflower. The geraniums in 10-inch 

 pots were wonderfully well grown. Prim- 

 ula obconica was also shown in gooil 

 form. Wm. Robinson exhibited one of 

 the plants of Nephrolepis Araerpohlii 

 Avith which he won the Craig prize last 

 August. It was in a 10-inch pan and 

 beautifully grown. Nephrolepis Todea- 

 oides in a 16-inch pan was a splendid 

 specimen. John MacCleary, gardener to 

 Mrs. F. C. Penfield, made a liberty bell 

 of blue hyacinths, with outlines of 

 white and red tulips, which was exceed- 

 ingly striking. Louis A. Couche ex- 

 hibited two varieties of watercress grown 

 from Michell 's Erfurt seed. Both Hen 

 ry A. Dreer Co. and Henry F. Michell 

 Co. had exhibits of grass seed, lawn 

 mowers, etc., the latter display being in 

 charge of Israel Roznowsky. Joseph 

 Hurley, gardener to J. W. Paul, Jr., ex- 

 hibited three fine specimens of rhodo- 

 dendrons in as many varieties. 



Edward A. Stroud, Strafford, Pa., 

 showed five vases of his fine carnations. 



Greenery at Craig's. 



Everyone fully recognizes the truth of 

 the old adage that * ' Enough is as good 

 as a feast," so in describing the Easter 

 plants of the Robt. CIraig Co. two weeks 

 ago, Phil deemed it best to say nothing 

 about the greenery until today. The fea- 

 ture of this department is a splendid 

 stock of Ficus pandurata. They are 

 grown, and well grown, in different sizes, 

 from medium single-stem plants to im- 

 mense branching specimens in quaint 

 cedar tubs that prove so useful to the 

 decorator. Nephrolepis Amerpohlii is 

 strongly in evidence, the plants being 

 nicely grown in good commercial sizes. 

 Robert A. Craig asserts that Nephrolepis 

 Todeaoides will surely become one of the 

 most popular varieties in its class when 

 better known. This assertion is backed 

 by a goodly stock of the fern in question. 

 Dracsena Massangeana, D. terminalis and 

 D. fragrans are largely grown for deco- 

 rative purposes. Two new varieties of 

 this family have strong prospects of com- 

 ing to the front in the near future. Pan- 

 danus Veitchii is a favorite here, also 

 crotons in many varieties, for which the 



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place has been noted for a number of 

 years. Wm. P. Craig, who ought to 

 know, asserts that his father's place 

 looks better this year than it ever did. 



Bowling. 



The bowling competition for prizes has 

 been in progress in the Florists' Club 

 alleys during the last ten weeks. Eight 

 matches of three games each were rolled ; 

 play days Monday and Tuesday evenings 

 of each week. Following is a list of the 

 teams and totals: Moore, Adelberger, 

 Rowley, G. Craig, Conner, 19,805; Dun- 

 ham, Graham, Shock, Harx'ey, Gobel, 19,- 

 516; Robertson, Eimerman, Batchelor, 

 W. Wescott, Manley, 19,262; Holmes, 

 Metroter, Dodds, Dungan, Griffin, 18,609; 

 Kift, Falck, Hahman, Anderson, J. Bur- 

 ton, 18,434. 



Various Notes. 



Visitors in town reported by the S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. were F. G. Berger 

 and Mrs. Berger, Baltimore, Md. ; Mrs. 

 Mary Johnson and Mr. .Johnson, Balti- 

 more, Md., and W. F. Gude, Washington, 

 D. C. 



It is rumored that M. Rice & Co. are 

 looking for an additional building that 

 they will use as a storehouse, as their 

 present large quarters have proved too 



small for their constantly increasing busi- 

 ness. 



Visitors in town reported by H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co. were George Shaffer, 

 Washington, D. C, and John Coombs, 

 Hartford, Conn. 



Desire ('orbin, violet grower, has 

 opened a store at Fortieth and Market 

 streets for the sale of cut flowers and 

 Easter plants. Charles Thomas is with 

 him. 



Edward Reid says that his success with 

 Easter plants is due to the fact that he 

 sends out only the best stock, and does 

 not bother with anything inferior. 

 ' ' Life is too short for that, ' ' says Mr. 

 Reid. 



At a fashionable luncheon recently the 

 ice cream was served in flower pots, the 

 kind selected being chocolate in order to 

 look like soil. In the center of the choc- 

 olate ice cream flower pot a daflfodil 

 bloom was inserted. Novel, but is this 

 good taste? 



William Munro, of Garrettford, is 

 sending some fine Kaiserin to W.- E. Mc- 

 Kissick. 



Arthur A. Niessen has returned to his 

 post after six weeks' illness. 



The Florex Gardens were awarded a 

 special prize for their American Beauties 

 at the Chicago rose show. The box con- 



