November 19, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Nephrolepis Sdiolzeli. 

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the two last days the table was done in 

 Richmond roses and was especially ef- 

 fective and well arranged. 



Z. D. Blackistone had a mantel and 

 table done in yellow pompon mums with 

 an old tree stump effect the two first 

 days, and changed to a centerpiece made 

 of oncidiums and Baby mums. 



John R. Freeman had the two main 

 banks in the large hall, and showed some 

 exceptional specimen palms, araucarias 

 and ferns. He also staged some fine 

 mums and his own grown violets, which 

 were the finest ever exhibited here. 



W. W. Kimmel showed some hand- 

 some metal window boxes and urns filled 

 with hardy stock. This exhibit was a 

 credit to him, as it was a surprise to 

 many in this line of work. 



Vernon Ley showed a fine lot of 

 €erns ^own by Ley & Bickings. 



l]dward Schmidt exhibited the Kift 

 berry and fern globe, and had singing 

 <janary birds hanging all through the 

 building. 



The Wm. H. Moon Co., Morristown, 

 Pa., showed a fine lot of evergreens. 



A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., 

 exhibited a fine lot of Farleyense in 

 ^-inch pots, also some fine Chadwick and 

 Convention Hall mums. 



Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa., staged 

 a vase of his pink carnation, Dorothy 

 <5ordon, which showed up fine. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, sent a 

 vase of Mrs. Potter Palmer rose. 



Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.jj_ 

 sent a vase of President Taft, white 

 mum. 



E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., sent 

 a vase of Lynnwood Hall mums. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel- 

 phia, staged a vase of Beauties and of 

 Mrs. Jardine and My Maryland roses. 



The Knopf Co., Richmond, Ind., show- 

 ed some of its new carnations. A maroon 

 named Ruby showed up well, as did 

 T^elight, a pink. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co. showed 

 a fine lot of the latest pompons. Samuel 

 Simmonds, gardener for Mrs. L. Z. 



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Leiter, had a table of the finest decora- 

 tive plants ever seen here. The Botanic 

 Gardens also showed fine specimens. 



James Carbcrry composed the Wash- 

 ington Florists' Two Step, and played 

 it Friday night and, by request, re- 

 peated it Saturday night. 



The Baltimore florists came over in a 

 body November 13. 

 - The first day the attendance was 3,000. 

 This was the only day complimentary 

 tickets were issued. For the second day 

 there were 1,500 paid admissions. Satur- 

 day it rained all morning and the bal- 

 ance of the day it snowed, »nd this 

 put a crimp in the attendance. O. O. 



PHILAPELPHIA. 



The fall exhibition of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society was held in Horti- 

 cultural hall last week, opening on Tues- 

 day evening, November 10, and continu- 

 ing throughout the three following days. 

 The exhibition varied from its predeces- 

 sors in many important respects. The 

 hardy varieties of chrysanthemums were 

 more in evidence than ever before. So 

 rapidly are they pushing to the front in 

 the race for popular favor that they 

 almost divide honors with the large flow- 

 ered varieties, not only in cut blooms, 

 but also in plants, though to a less de- 

 gree. The specimen foliage plants and 

 ferns for the fall exhibition are be- 

 coming greater favorites than ever. 



But the crowning feature of the dis- 

 play was the orchid exhibit of C. J. 

 Roebling, Trenton, N. J., James Goodier 

 gardener. This exhibition was placed in 

 the position of honor in the center of 

 the hall. It comprised not only the com- 

 mercial varieties of orchids, but many of 

 those that are never seen in commerce, 

 and some that are rarely seen outside of 

 this collection. It was beautifully staged, 

 foliage plants and ferns, notably Adian- 

 tum Farleyense, being combined with the 

 orchids with telling effect. Grouped 

 about this central display were the speci- 

 men plants of chrysanthemums in large 



pots, many of them showing a high de-^ 

 gree of culture, but nearly all bearing' 

 evidence of the fact that the chrysan- 

 themum season is earlier this year than 

 for many y«ars past, the blooms ijbeing a 

 little past their best when the e^dtibdfiion 

 doors were opened. 



David Ingram's exhibit of the best 

 six varieties, which won first prize, com- 

 prised Mutual Friend, white; Mrs. 

 Weeks, white ; Mrs. Sinnott, pink ; Golden 

 AgOy yellow; Mrs. Marshall, light pink; 

 Georgiana Pitcher, yellow. Near this 

 prize-winning group were a half dozen 

 beautifully grown 6-inch pots of Old 

 Gold from Wm. Robertson. On the right- 

 hand side of the hall was a choice ex- 

 hibit of orchids from Wm. Kleinheinz. 

 Beyond this the smaller chrysanthemums, 

 grown in 6-inch pots, single blooms, were 

 interspersed with groups of foliage and 

 flowering plants arranged for effect. The 

 most striking of these groups was the 

 exhibit of John H. Dodds, gardener to 

 John Wanamaker, whose arrangement 

 comprised the choicest and most grace- 

 ful palms, ferns and orchids, just enough 

 flowers being used among the delicate 

 green leaves and fronds to give them 

 richness, which should never deteriorate 

 into vulgar profusion. The dark purple 

 and brown of the orchids were confined 

 to the lower and middle zone of the 

 group ; the whites, and especially the yel- 

 lows, of the graceful oncidiums were 

 clustered above. 



In the right-hand corner was a choice 

 exhibit of hardy outdoor chrysanthe- 

 mums from the Overbrook nurseries of 

 E. A. Stroud. On the opposite side wtw 

 the silver nae^al exhibit of the crested 

 Scottii fern, the Nephrolepis Scholzeli. 

 Beyond this were prize-winning groups of 

 magnificently grown ferns. The first 

 prize, for a group of six, was won by 

 Thomas Long, with Samuel Batchelor a • 

 clode second. 



The center was occupied by the Henry 

 A. Dreer Co., with a most complete col- 

 lection of ornamental foliage and stove' 

 plants. Among their varieties were choice 

 specimens of Phoenix rupicola. Below 

 these were Cocos Weddelliana, grown 

 only as they can grow it, Pteris Childsii, 

 Pteris Wilsoni, Kentia Wendlandiana, 

 Pandanus Veitchii. 



Opposite the stage, at the other end 

 of the hall, were three collections of 

 crotons in 6-inch pots, each plant excep- 

 tionally well grown. Wm. Robertson cap- 

 tured first with Craigii, Seedling, Queen 

 Victoria, Golden Thread, Lonsdale Seed- 

 ling, Reedii, Golden Beauty, Complete, 

 Czar Alexander, Miss Swanv A magnifi- 

 cent specimen croton. Queen Victoria, as 

 fine a plant of its kind as one could 

 wish to see, was shown by John H. 

 Dodds. It was in a 20-inch or 22-inch 

 pot, was completely clothed with foliage 

 and stood over six feet in height. 



The foyer contained the cut chrysanthe- 

 mums, the collections of Wm. Robertson 

 and Samuel Batchelor, of twelve vari- 

 eties, three blooms each, showing won- 

 derful flowers. The former's varieties 

 were George Hill, yellow; Mary Mason, 

 red and yellow; Merza, white; Brutus, 

 bronze ; O. H. Broomhead, pink and white 

 variegated 5 . Glenview, bronze ; Nellie 

 Pockett, white; Mary Donnellan, superb' 

 yellow ; Beatrice May, white ; Miriam 

 Hankey, lavender pink; George Haller, 

 yellow. Samuel Batchelor 's were Glen- 

 view, bronze; Mrs. Duckham, yellow; 

 Dr. Enguehard, pink; Cheltoni, yellow; 

 Wm. Duckham, pink ; Colonel Appleton, 

 very fine ye^ow; O. H. Broomhead, lav- 

 ender pirJ£j Merstham Crimson, crim- 



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