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THE AUTUMN SHOWS 



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The fall flower shows are on and are showing continued advance in 

 quality of stock and attractiveness of arrangement. The season is one 

 of abundance in cut flower markets, so that commercial growers can well 

 afford to make the most of this best of all opportunities to attract tJie 

 favorable attention of the flower-buying public. 



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NEW TOBK. 



Horticultural Society's Exhibition. 



Friday evening, October 30, was held 

 the opening of the 5-day chrysanthe- 

 mum exhibition of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York. The attendance 

 gave promise of a record, as 3,500 more 

 were present than on the opening night 

 a year ago, when the total visitors for 

 the entire show aggregated nearly 

 150,000. The show itself, in quantity, 

 was below that of a year ago, but in 

 quality it could not be surpassed. 



The beautiful arrangement of the 

 large bush mums and the rose novel- 

 ties at the grand entrance of the mu- 

 seum was the first attractive feature 

 to^rreet the eyes of the visitors. The 

 i4Kense mum plants were perfect, and 

 the grower, John Canning, was the re- 

 cipient of many congratulations. The 

 plants were purchased by C. C. Trepel 

 for exhibition at his various head- 

 quarters in the department stores. 

 Prominent Exhibits. 



The orchid display was exceptionally 



attractive and complete. Lager & Hur- 

 rell, in their artistic bank, used 112 

 plants in sixty-eight varieties, and 

 their Vanda Arachnarite, from Borneo, 

 was the crowning novelty. The Julius 

 Boehrs Co., Jos. Manda and J. P. Moss- 

 man exhibits were also magnificent, 

 including many valuable novelties. 



A. N. Pierson's exhibits of the new 

 roses, Mrs. Moorfield Storey and Fran- 

 cis Scott Key, were much admired. 

 The varieties of the bush mums were 

 Graystone, which won the sweepstake 

 prize. Wells' Late, K. F. Felton and 

 Lady Lydia. F. Jl. Pierson's fern dis- 

 play was as diversified and perfect as 

 usual. Bobbink & Atkins added greatly 

 to the artistic completeness of the dec- 

 orations, with fine bay trees, ever- 

 greens and English ivy. 



John Lewis Childs showed his new 

 celosia. Wool Flower, from China, a 

 decided novelty. Max Schneider 's Glory 

 of Seven Oaks display, in pots, was 

 equal to that of 1913. Wm. Tricker 

 exhibited his new hybrid perpetual 

 flowering water lilies and his hardy 



mum seedling, Arlington. Chas. H. Tot- 

 ty's many exhibits were grand, varied 

 and in keeping with his national repu- 

 tation. 



Dahlia novelties were shown by the 

 Manetto Hill Nurseries, of Hicksville, 

 N. Y. Ophelia, as shown by A. A. Mc- 

 Donald, of Duke's Farm, was superb. 

 Head's Bergenfield Nurseries had a 

 large and fine assortment of pompons, 

 as did P. W. Popp, of Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y. 



Max Schling had an exhibit, con- 

 sisting of several fine baskets of chrys- 

 anthemums. 



John Young was the efficient mana- 

 ger of the exhibition. 



The Awards. 



All of the prizes for chrysanthemum 

 plants, except in* the class for plants 

 in less than 14-inch pots, were taken 

 by John Canning, gardener for Adolph 

 Lewisohn, Ardsley, N. Y., including the 

 sweepstakes cup. The awards to com- 

 mercial growers for cut blooms were: 



Twelve white— C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., 

 first; XboB. W. Head, Bergenfield, N. J., ■ec<Mid 



View of the New York Show, with the Chrysanthemum Plants at Rear and Exhibits of the F. R. Pierson Gd/(n Foreground. 



