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July 1, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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The judges will be instructed to regard 

 the overcrowding of a vase as a fault. 

 The sweet pea foliage onlj is allowed to 

 be used with the flowers unless otherwise 

 specified. Wiring the flowers or stems 

 will disqualify. 



The scale of points is as follows: 



stem 35 



Number of flowers on a stem 25 



Color 15 



Size 15 



Rarity 5 



Fragrance 6 



Total 100 



The schedule is as follows: 



Class 1. The Arthur T. Boddlngton cup for 

 the largest collection of sweet peas; number of 

 varieties to count. 



Class 2. The W. Atlee Burpee cup for the 

 largest collection of sweet peas. The number 

 of varieties to count. 



Competitors cannot compete in class 1 If they 

 compete In class 2, or vice versa. 



Class 3. The Peter Henderson cup or its 

 value for the best twenty-flve vases distinct 

 varieties. 



Class 4. The W. W. Rawson silver medal 

 for the best twelve vases distinct varieties. 



Class 5. The Stumpp & Walter prize, $10 In 

 gold, for the best six vases distinct varieties. 



Class 6. The Henry A. Dreer prize, $lu in 

 gold, for the best ten vases of sweet peas, 

 Spencer or Unwin flowered, in ten varieties. 



Class 7. The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society's prize for the best six vases 

 sweet peas, six varieties, twenty stems to a 

 vase, Ist prize, $10; 2nd prize, $5. 



Class 8. The C. C. Morse & Co. cup for the 

 largest collection of sweet peas, number of 

 varieties to count, open to the trade only. 



Class 0. The J. M. Thorburn & Co. prize 

 for the best fifteen vases sweet peas, fifteen 

 varieties, 1st prize, $10; 2nd prize, $7; ard 

 prize, $2.50. 



Class 10. The W. Atlee Burpee prize for the 

 best vase of waved or Spencer type sweet peas 

 introduced 1909, Ist prize, $5; 2nd prize, $3; 

 3rd prize, $2. 



Class 11. The Watkins & Simpson prize for 

 the best three vases of sweet peas disseminated 

 in 1909. 



Class 12. The Henry F. Mlchell prize for the 

 largest and best vase mixed sweet peas, $5 in 

 gold. 



Class 13. The F. R. Plerson Co. prize for the 

 best three vases of sweet peas, three distinct 

 colors, 1st prize, $5; 2nd prize, $3; 3rd 

 prize, $2. 



Class 14. The Florists' Exchange prize, for 

 the best twenty-flve stems mauve or lavender 

 sweet peas, one variety only, Unwin and Spen- 

 cer types barred, $5 in gold. 



Class 15. The Harry A. Bunyard prize, for 

 the best vase of Helen Pierce or King Olaf, 

 1st prize, $5; 2nd prize, $3; 3rd prize, $2. 



Class 16. The John Young prize, for the best 

 vase of sweet peas, crimson, one variety only, 

 1st prize. $3; 2nd prize. $2; 3rd prize, $1. 



Class 17. The Jerome B. Bice prize, best 

 vase of sweet peas, white, one variety only, 

 Ist prize, $3; 2nd prize, $2; 3rd prize, $1. 



Class 18. The H. E. Fiske Co. prize, for the 

 best single vase of violet or blue sweet peas, 

 one variety, Ist prize, $5; 2nd prize, $3; 3rd 

 prize, $2. 



Class 19. The Harry Turner prize, for the 

 best vase of sweet peas, light pink, one variety 

 only, Ist prize, $3; 2nd prize, |2; 3rd prize, $1. 



Class 20. The Frank H. Traendly prize, for 

 the best vase of orange shades sweet peas, one 

 variety only, Ist prize, $3; 2nd prize, $2; 

 3rd prize, $1. 



Class 21. The C. C. Morse & Co. prize, for 

 the best vase of sweet peas, dark pink, one 

 varletv only, 1st prize, $5; 2nd prize, $3; 

 3rd prize, $2. 



Class 22. The Charles H. Totty prize, for the 

 best vase of sweet peas, yellow, one variety, 

 1st prize, $3; 2nd prize, $2; 3rd prize, $1. 



Class 23. The Arthur T. Boddlngton prize, 

 for the best vase of sweet peas, bicolor, one 

 ▼arlety, 1st prize, $3; 2nd prize, $2; 3rd 

 prize, |1. 



All the above varieties of sweet peas must 

 have been grown outdoors. 



Any further particulars may be had by 

 addressing H. A. Bunyard, 342 West 

 Fourteentn street, New York. 



Lansing, Mich. — Alderman Van Hal- 

 teren has made a suggestion to the coun- 

 cil in favor of establishing a city green- 

 house. He thinks that an old building 

 owned by the city might be remodeled 

 for the purpose. 



CiNCTNNATi, O. — The greenhouse in the 

 rear of the residence oi Mrs. James H. 

 Perkins, Stettinius avenue and Observa- 

 tory road, Hyde Park, has been com- 

 pletely destroyed by fire. The loss 

 amounted to $800. 



West Grove, Pa. — D. H. Green is well 

 satisfled, so far, with this season's busi- 

 ness. 



Stamford, Conn. — Mrs. A. Lindstrom 

 says business has been so good at her 

 place that there has scarcely been time 

 to eat. 



Portland, Conn. — Otto Keser fur- 

 nished the decorations for the wedding 

 of Judge C. W. Cramer and Miss Flora 

 Marshall. 



Lowell, Mass. — J. J. McManmon has 

 been cleaning out his greenhouses of bed- 

 ding plants, preparatory to setting out 

 chrysanthemums. 



MiLFORD, Conn. — Comstock & Hunger- 

 ford had the contract to plant the flow- 

 ers in the new mounds that have been 

 laid out in the park. 



Lawrence, Mass. — W. F. Eegan had 

 charge of the decorations for the George- 

 Coash wedding. Palms, spiraeas, hydran- 

 geas and carnations were used. 



HoosiCK Falls, N. Y. — Arthur O. 

 Curtice is installing a new tubular, re- 

 turn steel boiler, manufactured by H. S. 

 Simmons, of North Bennington, Vt. 



Clinton, Mo. — A. Woerner says: "We 

 have had the best trade and the worst 

 hail storms I have ever experienced, but 

 I am still on the spot I settled on eleven 

 years ago." 



Fall River, Mass. — Frank Buffing- 

 ton decorated both the church and the 

 residence for the recent Harley-Pierce 

 wedding. The affair was a brilliant one 

 and the decorations were elaborate and 

 tasteful. 



Kendallville, Ind. — Mr. and Mrs. H. 

 W. Johnson have sent out cards announc- 

 ing the arrival of a little girl, who is 

 being introduced to visitors as Miss Buth 

 Mary Johnson. 



Stoneham, Mass. — A S. Parker, the 

 Farm Hill florist, is to begin the erection 

 at once of two more greenhouses, each 

 200 feet in length, on his land, and will 

 make a specialty of the production of 

 violets and chrysanthemums. 



Akron, O. — James Salmon finds it a 

 good advertisement to each year plant 

 flower beds on the lawns at the fire- 

 engine houses, which would otherwise go 

 unembellished ; it gets the entire fire 

 department "plugging" for him. 



Worcester, Mass. — T. C. Thurlow, 

 West Newbury, made an exhibit of be- 

 tween sixty and seventy varieties of peo- 

 nies at the last meeting of the Worces- 

 ter Horticultural Society, George C. Thur- 

 low personally staging the exhibit. There 

 also was a large display of hardy roses, 

 perennials and strawberries. 



Gloversville, N. Y. — Eiehard E. Loe- 

 ben is adding another section to his 

 greenhouses, on North Main street. The 

 new building will contain 10,000 square 

 feet of glass. With this and other re- 

 cent additions and improvements, Mr. 

 Loeben will have one of the largest and 

 best equipped ranges in this part of the 

 state. 



PouGHKEEPsiE, N. Y. — John H. Ed- 

 monds, a florist, and Mrs. Jennie Benney 

 were married June 16. 



Negaunee, Mich. — The management 

 of the Negaunee Greenhouses is sending 

 out postal cards containing a picture of 

 the plant. 



New Castle, Ind. — Peter Weiland 

 has taken charge of the greenhouse 

 plant which he recently purchased from 

 L. A. Jennings. 



Lancaster, Pa. — Peter Brown, the 

 pansy grower, will visit Europe this sum- 

 mer to see if there is anything new in 

 the pansy business there. 



New Portage, O. — C. R. Young has 

 sold the Sunnyside Greenhouses to Ed- 

 ward L. Bawers, of Pittsburg, and has 

 removed to Akron, where he has taken 

 a position with the Imperial Greenhouses. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — While L. W. Ache- 

 son, the Hamblin street florist, was oper- 

 ating his automobile recently, his hand 

 was caught somewhere about the machine 

 and one of his fingers was badly smashed. 



Missoula, Mont.— J. H. Smith, for- 

 merly at Painted Post, N. Y., is now 

 with the Missoula Nursery Co., in this 

 place. Business, he says, is good. Car- 

 nations are still of satisfactory quality, 

 owing to the cool nights. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — Besides continu- 

 ing to operate the greenhouses on Wal- 

 ton avenue, A. J. Lanternier & Sons have 

 now bought the Scherer greenhouses, on 

 Maumee avenue, containing 10,000 feet 

 of glass. As the newly purchased range 

 is directly opposite Concordia cemetery, 

 the spring trade there is good. 



Menominee, Mich. — Charles Schuiz, 

 who some time ago purchased two lots at 

 the corner of Dunlap avenue and State 

 street, will there erect greenhouses which 

 will practically double his area under 

 glass. He will also build a new heating 

 plant. The new houses will be com- 

 pleted and in use before fall. 



Austin, Tex. — E. Friedrich is now 

 building his third greenhouse and will 

 be obliged to install a larger boiler. Two 

 of the houses will also be fitted with new 

 ventilating apparatus. He says that, 

 though overcoats were in use in May, a 

 temperature of 110 degrees is not un- 

 usual now, and outdoor vegetables, com 

 and grass are burning up. 



Abbeville, N. C. — E. E. Brown, pro- 

 prietor of the Brownhurst Greenhouses, 

 is moving his glass out from town about 

 three-quarters of a mile, where he will get 

 better light and have room for expan- 

 sion. He will this season add a rose 

 house, 30x150 feet, to the glass to be 

 moved. A store will be opened in the 

 city. 



Randolph, Vt.— H. M. Totman will 

 build a greenhouse, 23x100, to take the 

 place of the oldest and smallest of his 

 four houses. He will also build a lean- 

 to, 7x100, for violets. With these addi- 

 tions, his range will contain 17,000 square 

 feet of glass. His plan of improvements 

 also includes a storage shed and cement 

 coal cellar. 



