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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



November 26, 1908. 



show can be held that will throw all 

 former eflForts anywhere in the shade. 

 A more beautiful and convenient place 

 for the holding of a great exhibition 

 cannot be found anywhere in the country. 

 Bobbink & Atkins sent over from Ruth- 

 erford a forest of bay trees for decora- 

 tive effect. F. R. Pierson Co., Julius 

 Roehrs Co., Lager & Hurrell and Peter 

 Duff were the largest exhibitors. C. H. 

 Totty and Harry Turner responded nobly 



tificated. C. L. Bausher was first for 

 white, Samuel Untermyer first for Win- 

 sor and scarlet, M. B. Metcalf for En- 

 chantress and Fred Potter for crimson 

 in the twenty-fives. 



Young & Nugent were first for bridal 

 bouquet muff, Bloomingdale Bros, for 

 shower bouquet, debutante's bouquet and 

 cotillion favors. 



Julius Roehrs Co. was first for t&ble of 

 greenhouse plants, collection of conifers 



al, Nephrolepis Scholzeli a certificate of 

 merit and Celosia Pride of Castle Gould 

 a cultural certificate of merit. 



Lager & Hurrell were first for collec- 

 tion of orchids, Julius Roehrs Co. re- 

 ceiving a certificate. Julius Roehrs Co. 

 was first for three hybrid orchids. C. 

 Moore was first for one hybrid orchid, 

 with Lager & Hurrell second. Julius 

 Roehrs Co. was first for Cattleya labiata 

 and for twelve orchid plants in bloom. 

 Samuel Untermyer was first for most of 

 the amateur classes for orchids. 



Special mention was made of the rare 

 plants from the New York Botanic Gar- 

 den, of the collection of orchids from 

 J. A. Manda, of the chrysanthemum 

 blooms from C. H. Totty and the Rich- 

 mond roses from F. R. Newbold. 



Bloomiogdale'* Wedding Deconttioo at a New York Show. 



to the call for chrysanthemums. F. R. 

 Pierson 's exhibit of 500 carnations in 

 100 lots and five varieties was especially 

 admired. H. A. Dreer sent Nephrolepis 

 Scholzeli. Peter Duff had fourteen im- 

 mense plants in his collection. James 

 Cockcroft showed Carnation Georgia, and 

 J. A. Manda a collection of orchids, in- 

 cluding his Laelio-cattleya Irene, which 

 took the prize for the best novelty not 

 before on exhibition. Burnham and 

 Nugent were the only retailers who made 

 displays, and their artistic offerings were 

 greatly admired. Nugent 's wedding muff 

 of valley and orchids was unique and 

 original. Julius Roehrs sent a fine assort- 

 ment of decorative plants. The Wanoka 

 Greenhouses sent their new carnation, 

 Wanoka. W. H. Waite sent three im- 

 mense chrysanthemum plants. 



In chrysanthemum plants the premium 

 for three specimen bush plants went to 

 Samuel Untermyer, all the other pre- 

 miums in this 'section going to Peter 

 Duff. 



For chrysanthemum cut blooms, How- 

 ard Gould and Samuel Thorne divided 

 honors about equally. C. H. Totty re- 

 ceived the society's diploma for new 

 varieties. F. R. Pierson Co. was first 

 on pompons and Samuel Untermyer for 

 singles and anemones. Howard Gould 

 was first for the exhibit of blooms on 

 short stems. 



W. Rockefeller was first for Beauty, 

 F. W. Howes for Killarney, and J. J. 

 Riker for Richmond and Chatenay. 



In the carnation classes F. R. Pierson 

 €o. was first for white, Winsor, Enchant- 

 ress, Crimson and Lawson color in the 

 100 lots. They also were first for best 

 new variety, with Governor Hughes. 

 Georgia and Apple Blossom were cer- 



and for plants in pots suitable for 

 table decoration. E. H. Weatherby was 

 first for table of ferns, Bloomingdale 

 Bros, first for fernery and for both in- 

 door and outdoor window-boxes. Mrs. 

 Henry Siegel was first for Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine. 



White Killarney received a silver med- 



QUAUTY OF SOIL. 



We are sending you under separate 

 cover two samples of soil. Please tell 

 us what is wrong. You will see by the 

 Primula obconica how it acts. It works 

 the same on foliage, ferns and gera- 

 niums, only they do not make any root 

 action. It may not be the soil, but we 

 have tried almost everything. J. S. 



The soil in which the Primula obconica 

 was growing was much too heavy to 

 grow this or any other of the soft- 

 wooded plants well. If you would add 

 not less than one-third leaf-mold, well 

 decayed, and some old cow manure 

 passed through a half-inch screen, it 

 would lighten and enrich the compost 

 so that plants of this description would 

 do well in it. Also use some sharp sand 

 to keep the soil porous. For ferns, leaf- 

 mold is preferable to cow manure, but 

 for vigorous growing sorts some of the 

 latter may be added. It is safer, how- 

 ever, to apply it in a liquid form. The 

 second and smaller sample of loam for- 

 warded appears to be heavy and will 

 become pasty unless such ingredients as 

 sand and leaf-mold are added. 



For primulas, cyclamens, geraniums, 

 cinerarias, calceolarias, begonias, gloxi- 

 nias and gesneras you would do well to 



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Another View of Bloomingdale's Wedding Decoration Exhibit. 



