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MotSMBBB 18, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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in splendid condition one or two weeks 

 ago, but there were: still plenty of varie- 

 ties to make a show that crowded the 

 hall to the doors. 



The largest flower in the show was 

 Onunda, a new variety raised by Will- 

 iam Duckham, of Madison, N. J., and 

 staged by him in the class for six, any 

 white variety. The color is not a pure 

 white; it shades more toward a cream, 

 and many of the judges thought the 

 flower coarse, but this flower was, with- 

 out exception, the largest flower that has 

 ever been staged at an American show, 

 when one combines breadth and depth. 

 A tape placed around the flower showed 

 a circumference of forty-three inches. 

 Many of the visitors, looking at it, ex- 

 claimed, "What next?" 



Thos. W. Head set up Mrs. O. H. 

 Kahn in splendid condition for the Totty 

 prize, and the same exhibitor captured 

 many of the prizes in the vase class. 



The classes for anemones were well 

 filled. James Bell, of Garrison, N. Y.; 

 Joseph Kennedy, of Eed Bank, N, J., 

 and Francis Milne, of Mamaroneck, N. 

 Y., were among the principal exhibitors. 

 Bush plants were also a splendid 

 feature of the show. W. H. Waite, of 

 Yonkers, N. Y., was the principal winner 

 in this class. In the competition for the 

 Vaughan prize, which he won, his splen- 

 did plant of Annie Laurie was deserv- 

 ing of special mention. 



Chas. H. Totty staged a table of sin- 

 gles and individual flowers of next year's 

 novelties, which were much admired. 



Other non-competitive exhibits were 

 staged by E. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., 

 who set up several hundred varieties of 

 pompons in excellent condition, and some 

 fine exhibits were also made by Thomas 

 Meehan & Sons, Germantown, Pa. These 

 exhibits created as much interest in 

 their way as anything in the show. 



The Stumpp & Walter cup .was won 

 by William Duckham with fine Miriam' 

 Hankey, and the Buckbee cup for Amer- 

 ican seedlings was captured by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co. 



It is impossible to enumerate all the 

 prize winners, but the quality of the 

 flowers staged will long be remembered. 

 At the meeting of the C. S. A., held 

 tluring the evening, the old officers were 

 reelected, the- only change being the 

 substitution of Eugene Dailledouze for 

 Harry Turner as vice-president. 



Several ways and means were dis- 

 cussed as to increasing the usefulness of 

 the society. Among others was a sug- 

 gestion from the president that he be 

 permitted to appoint committees at 

 flower shows, to judge seedlings that 

 might be exhibited, but such committee 

 to consist of members ot the C. S. A. 

 This was adopted. 



An interesting paper was read by I. T. 

 Powell, of Millbrook, N. Y., and sev- 

 eral of his suggestions will probably be 

 adopted in the near future. 



The question of a meeting place for 

 next year, was left to the executive com- 

 mittee, with power. Invitations were 

 read from Boston, the Morris County 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society, the 

 New York Horticultural Society and St. 

 Louis. So long as there is this rivalry 

 for entertaining the C. S. A., its mem- 

 bers need have little fear of the future. 

 W. Wells, of Merstham, England, was 

 present and gave the members an inter- 

 esting talk on the behavior of American 

 varieties in England. He also told how 

 the Australian varieties, as grown in 

 America, had impressed him. He en- 

 dorsed the methods of the C. S. A., in its 



system of scoring varieties at shows so 

 that only the most deserving gained 

 recognition. By his statement, many of 

 the Australian varieties are much finer, 

 as shown in America, than they are un- 

 der England's climatic conditions. He 

 was particularly impressed with the 

 splendid vases of Merza which he had 

 seen at the different shows, and re- 

 gretted the fact that it made a poor 

 showing when grown in England. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



David Rust, secretary of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society, succeeded in 

 having all the prizes placed on the ex- 

 hibits at 6 p. m. on the opening day of the 

 show, two hours before the public was 

 admitted. This is a feat to be proud of, 

 in face of the unusual lateness of the ex- 

 hibitors in staging their plants and flow- 

 ers. One exhibitor, John McCleary, made 

 eighty-four entries, several of them elab- 

 orate displays, making it impossible for 

 him to finish staging his exhibits on time, 

 with the limited force of employees at 

 his disposal. 



The show was held November 9 to 12 

 and was the largest in a number of years. 

 It was replete with interesting plants 

 and flowers. The quality of the cut 

 blooms of chrysanthemums was superb; 

 personally, I am inclined to think they 

 were better than I have ever seen in Hor- 

 ticultural hall, though this may not be 

 the general verdict. The quality of the 

 chrysanthemum plants evidenced that 

 they were too costly or cumbersome, or 

 insufficiently prized, to bring out the best 

 efforts of the growers. The feature of 

 the chrysanthemum plant exhibit was the 

 dozen or more plants of the single varie- 

 ties, which promise to revolutionize the 

 taste fer chrysanthemums in this city. 



The specimen ferns were of the highest 

 merit. There were three splendid dis- 

 plays of orchids and several novelties of 

 unusual interest. Taken as a whole, the 

 show reflected credit on the management 

 and on the exhibitors, especially the pri- 

 vate gardeners, who made the affair a 

 distinct horticultural success. 



The space at the foot of the grand 

 stairway was filled by an immense speci- 

 men fern, six or seven feet tall and pro- 

 portionately broad, one of Thomas 

 Long's triumphs, which was awarded by 

 the judges the prize for the best foliage 

 plant in the exhibition. Flanking this 

 masterpiece, two on either side, were four 

 of the best specimen chrysanthemum 

 plants. The xellow.was Golden Age; the 

 white, Geraltf Foster (it seems to me this 

 was the first time the variety had been 

 shown here), and there were two pinks, 

 Dr. Enguehard. - -- 



The stairway was ornamented on both 

 sides with superb vases of cut blooms of 

 specimen chrysanthemums, twenty-five in 

 each. Among these, Nellie Pockett was 

 prominent. At the top, in the post of 

 honor where the stairway divides, was a 

 group of the new crested fern, Nephrol- 

 epis Scholzeli, from Henry A. Dreer, in- 

 cluding a great specimen, the original 

 plant, I fancy, with medium and smaller 

 plants in front, all weirgrown. To the 

 right and left, lining both sides of the 

 smaller stairway, were vases; then 6-inch 

 pots of mums, with a specimen bloom on 

 each; a feature was the pink Viviand- 

 Morel, exhibited last year for the first 

 time by Heck Bros., Wyomigping, Pa. 

 At the top of the stairway, on either side, 

 were superb vases of roses from Edward 

 Towill, Hillside, Pa.; one was My Mary- 

 land, with flowers like Beauties in size. 



the other Sunrise, a variety rarely seen, 

 which Mr. Towill is growing for variety's ' 

 sake. 



The center of the main hall was filled 

 with the specimen plants of chrysanthe- 

 mums and the first prize winning group 

 of foliage plants, a 10-inch Cocos Wed- 

 delliana adding grace.- The right-hand 

 wall, nearest the door, -was filled by a 

 long table of orchids in bloom, arranged 

 with ferns. This exhibit, one of the fea- 

 tures of the show, was from John H. 

 Dodds, gardener to John Wanamaker, 

 and the varieties and arrangement won 

 admiration. Next came two groups of 

 crotons, with an intervening exhibit; 

 there were eight plants of each, all speci- 

 mens, the exhibits being in marked con- 

 trast. In the fijpt the plants were of 

 great size, very leafy; in the second they 

 were dwarfer, though large and highly 

 colored. The prizes were reversed. 



Two groups of flowering and foliage 

 plants, arranged for effect, followed. The 

 first was made up of superb material, 

 specimen blooms of chrysanthemums in 

 6-inch pots, cattleyas, Easter lilies, lily 

 of the valley and bouvardiaj with a glori- 

 ous areca and graceful palms and ferns 

 at back and edge. These were from Sam( 

 uel Batchelor. The second group, a mas-V 

 terpiece in arrangement, was fully fifteen f' 

 feet high, a wooden staging being de- 

 pended upon for height, rather than size 

 of plants. The quantity of green, espe- 

 cially arecas, gave grace. Yellow and 

 white mums, oncidiums and Dractena 

 Godseffiana were conspicuous. The effect 

 produced was that of a canopy, suggest- 

 ive of a betrothed couple receiving. This 

 was John McCleary 's. The order of the 

 prizes was again reversed. The right- 

 hand corner was filled by a group of 

 hardy pompons, in fifty or more varieties, 

 from the Overbrook Gardens (Edward A. 

 Stroud's modesty did not permit his 

 name to appear). This group attracted 

 much attention, with the pink sport from 

 Garza in the post of honor. 



The stage was completely filled by 

 Henry A. Dreer 's palms and ferns; all 

 choice varieties, well grown, with but one 

 or two specimens of each. Phoenix Eoe- 

 belenii and Cocos Weddelliana in specimen 

 sizes, a well colored variegated pineapple 

 (Ananassa sativa variegata), and a nicely 

 fruited plant of the Otaheite orange, were 

 features. This exhibit was in charge of 

 John S. Hay. Beyond the stage was a 

 table containing a baker's dozen plants 

 of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine in a vari- 

 ety of sizes, all perfect specimens, full of 

 flowers, from the Eobert Craig Co. Next, 

 a table from the same exhibitors of hand- 

 some cyclamens in many colors, with one 

 grand plant, Nephrolepis Scholzeli. 



Julius Eoehrs Co., Eutherford, N. J., 

 "sent a showy collection of orchids in 

 bloom, Cattleyaj labiata being especially 

 admired. A variety of Cypripedium in- 

 signe, Harefield Hall, was large flowered 

 and parti-colored. Croton F. Sander, 

 green and gold, beautifully colored, com- 

 pleted this fine exhibit, two exhibits of 

 foliage plants from private gardeners 

 contained specimen Pandanus Sanderi in 

 the center, both well enough grown to 

 please the most critical. Then came 

 Lager & Hurrell 's exhibit^ from Summit, 

 N. J., containing thirty-seven varieties of 

 orchids in bloom, many of them rare 

 plants of value, the balance well known 

 commercial varieties in fine form. This, 

 the largest orchid exhibit in the hall, was 

 in charge of George Strange. 



W. H. Eitter had a table of tiny .cacti, 

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