

NOVBMBBB 12, 1908. 



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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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A Glimpse of the National Flower Show at Chicago,- November 6 to 14, 1908. 



each had excellent groups of chrysan- 

 themum plants arranged for effect. 



Splendid Decorative Plants. 



The quality of the decorative plants 

 was especially noteworthy. It hardly 

 ~^>-uld be possible to find finer specimens 

 anywhere in the United States than 

 were gathered together for this show. 

 To W. A. Manda special mention is due, 

 because of the quality, number and size 

 of his exhibits. The only regret was 

 that it seemed difficult to provide each 

 one with space to show its perfect de- 

 velopment. He had a number of palms 

 which stood fifteen to twenty feet high 

 and scores of large plants in tubs, speci- 

 mens weighing many hundreds of pounds 

 each. To transport them to Chicago 

 he engaged a special express car at 

 South Orange, N. J., and filled it with 

 stock without .wrapping. One of .his 

 special groups was of Dracaena Man- 

 daiana. He also made an exhibit of 

 landscape plans, which was the subject 

 of much study by those interested in the 

 matter. 



Julius Eoehra Co., Kutherford, N. J., 

 also brought a carload of plants, in- 

 cluding many large specimens and rare 

 varieties, but also including more of the 

 commercial stock. 



Henry A. Dreer had a group occu- 

 pying 200 square feet, made up of a 

 large variety of decorative plants in 

 commercial sizes displayed on the Moore- 

 Livingston plant stand. Special men- 

 tion in this group should be made of the 

 large sizes of Coeos Weddelliana and of 



the Adiantum Farleyense. Dreer also 

 had a separate group of Nephrolepis 

 Scholzeli, the crested sport of Scottii. 

 The Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, 

 aside from its entries in the competitive 



I. C. Bertermann* 



(Treasurer National Flower Show.) 



classes, had a group of Ficus pandurata, 

 of crotons in a large number of vari- 

 eties, and of Pandanus Pacifica, which 

 latter especially attracted attention. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, 

 had a group of palms, ferns and deco- 



rative plants, and the George Wittbold 

 Co., Chicago, was represented, as usual, 

 by a large group arranged as a part 

 of the landscape effect. It was too much 

 crowded to show the individuality of 

 the specimens. 



New Ferns. 



Among the commercial men much in- 

 terest centered in the displays of the 

 new ferns. Competing for the award as 

 "best" were F. R. Pierson's Neph- 

 rolepis elegantissima compacta. Dreer's 

 Nephrolepis Scholzeli, H. H. Barrows & 

 Son's sport of Nephrolepis Barrowsii and 

 W. A. Manda's Polypodium Mandaianum. 

 The judges took three days to deliberate 

 on this class, so difficult was it to de- 

 termine which one should be singled out 

 as better than the others. They finally 

 settled upon Polypodium Mandaianum to 

 receive the silver medal, and thereby 

 skillfully avoided the issue as between 

 the nephrolepises. 



The F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, 

 had a table of Superbissima and Ele- 

 gantissima tompacta in a large range of 

 sizes ; also another new fern named Viri- 

 dissima, which is a sport from Super- 

 bissima and shows that. the variation has 

 pi^gressed from the Boston through 

 Piersoni and succeeding sports to Super- 

 bissima and now biack closely to Boston 

 type, with the evidence of its more im- 

 mediate ancestors. The Pierson Co. also 

 had a table showing a large number of 

 the now numerous sports following Bos- 

 ton. Geny Bros., Nashville, had a finely 

 crested nephrolepis named Geneyii. 



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