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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jdmb 10, 1009. 



PEONIES 



$3-$4 per 100 



FANCIES— 



$5-$6 per 100 



We can supply white or pink in any grade in any quantity — thousand lots our specialty. Get our quotations 

 if you can use a big lot. 



Carnations in Large Supply 



and all other Btock in seaaon at market rates 



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Theo. Havermeyer, of Hempstead, Al- 

 bert Hodney, gardener, exhibited hardy 

 rhododendrons and azaleas, irises and 

 herbaceous plants. E. S. Miller, of 

 Wading Kiver, L. I., had a collection of 

 irises, unfortunately heated in transit. 

 Bobbink & Atkins, of Kutherford, 

 showed a collection of irises and hardy 

 herbaceous plants. George H. Peterson, 

 of Fair Lawn, had a collection of peonies. 

 Joseph A. Manda exhibited a collection 

 of orchids of twenty different varieties. 

 Lager & Hurrell had some twenty varie- 

 ties of orchid plants, the best being a 

 Cattleya gigas Sanderiana of great size 

 and with many blooms. 



Miss B. Potter, of Ossining, G. Watt- 

 linger, gardener, showed cut blooms of 

 Gladiolus Peach Blossom and plants of 

 Crassula rosea. James Wood, of Mount 

 Kisco, displayed sweet peas, Cytisus La- 

 burnum and Scotch eglantine. Julius 

 Roehrs Co. sent several vases of cut 

 orchids and a grand plant of Cattleya 

 gigas with fifteen flowers. The Blue Hill 

 Nurseries, of South Braintree, Mass., had 

 a bench of well-staged hardy herbaceous 

 plants in 120 varieties, also a large col- 

 lection of branches of hardy conifers. 

 The Palisades Nurseries, of Sparkill, N. 

 Y., showed a fine collection of hardy 

 herbaceous plants, some 100 varieties, a 

 striking vase of Iris Susiana and a grand 

 plant of Lychnis Flos-cuculi fl. pi. E. H. 

 Weatherbee, of MamaVoneck, N. Y., 

 Francis Nielne, gardener, had rhododen- 

 drons, azaleas, irises and a splendid lot of 

 hardy herbaceous plants, twenty-five 

 varieties, also a display of hardy flower- 

 ing shrubs and trees. The F. R. Pierson 

 Co., as visual, had a grand collection of 

 hardy rhododendrons and azaleas. Amon^ 

 the peonies, their best flowers were : Be- 

 wesiana, Princess Mathilde, Edulis su- 

 perba, Festiva Maxima, Boule de Neige, 

 Candidissima, officinalis, Rubra, Reubens 

 Annemona, Flora Rubra, Achille, Pul- 

 rherrima, Reine des Francais. This firm 

 also had a collection of single peonies 

 and hardy herbaceous plants and flower- 

 ing shrubs and trees. 



The judges were Messrs. O'Mara, 

 Lager and Manda; and of the orchids, 

 Messrs. O'Mara, Bunyard and Pierson. 

 The following were the prize winners: 



Tlirpp white varieties of peonies, F. R. Pierson 

 Co.. first. 



Peonies 



Pink and white Peonies 

 for June weddings, etc., 

 A-1 stock, handled just 

 right, $3.50 per lOO; 

 $30.00 per 1000. 



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R. R. No. 8. DAYTON, O. 



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Tliree light pink peonies, G. H. Peterson, first; 

 Pierson Co., second. 



Three rose peonies, G. H. Peterson, first; Pier- 

 son Co., second. 



Three crimson peonies, Pierson Co., first. 



Best collection single peonies, Pierson Co., 

 first. 



Largest and finest collection of peonies, Pier- 

 son Co., first; G. H. Peterson, second. 



Collection of hardy flowering shrubs, E. H. 

 Weatherbee, first; Pierson Co., second. 



Collection of hardy rhododendrons and azaleas, 

 Pierson Co., first; Theo. Havermeyer, second. 



Collection of hardy herbaceous plants. Blue 

 IliU Nurseries, first; Palisades Nurseries, sec- 

 ond. 



Collection of irises, Theo. Havermeyer, first; 

 Bobbink & Atkins, second. 



Special prizes for orchid plants and cut 

 orchids. Lager & Hurrell, $10; J. A. Manda, 

 certificate for Cattleya Mossiee and bronze medal 

 for LKllo-cattleya Dominiana splendens; Julius 

 Roehrs Co., $5 and cultural certificate for Cat- 

 tleya gigas. 



Gladiolus and Crassula rosea. Miss Potter, 

 Ossining, N. Y. 



The schedule of the fall exhibition of 

 the Horticultural Society of New York 

 is already made public, and embraces 

 chrysanthemums, roses, carnations, plants, 

 fruits, vegetables, orchids, table and 

 mantel decorations, baskets, bouquets and 

 bridal canopies. The prizes are liberal, 

 the date November 3 to 7 and the place 

 the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, the best place in New York for a 

 great flower show. Of the exhibition 

 committee, many are members of the 

 Florists' Club, which will cooperate with 

 the society in making this show a great 

 success. There will be no admission 

 charged, and with publicity the exhibit 

 can be made to draw 100,000 visitors. 

 Special prizes are given by Lager & Hur- 

 rell and P. Henderson & Co. 



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The society's exhibition committee is: 

 F, R. Pierson, chairman; Geo. V. Nash, 

 secretary; Leonard Barron, Peter Duflf, 



