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The Florists' Review 



NOfEMBEB 8, 1914. 



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PASADENA FALL SHOW. 



Bigger and Better Than Ever. 



President Wm. Hutchison, of the 

 Pasadena Horticultural Society, must 

 have felt a thrill of pride at the excel- 

 lence of the show which he so ably 

 managed, and which opened at the 

 Hotel Maryland, in the Crown City, Oc- 

 tober 22, continuing the next two days. 

 The weather was delightful, the entries 

 were bigger than ever and the quality 

 of the exhibits has never been equaled 

 before. The summer has been cool here 

 and especially well suited to the Japa- 

 nese varieties of chrysanthemums, which 

 are almost universally grown here, and 

 I never before have seen such splendidly 

 finished, large blooms of Wm. Turner, 

 Lady Hopetoun, Mrs. Weeks, W. Mease 

 and Scalarandis as were here shown. 



Wm. Hutchison had a most attractive 

 group of specimen plants, comprising 

 coleuses, fine ferns and foliage stock. 

 K. Mackenzie also showed some splendid 

 specimens of ferns. In fruit and vege- 

 tables the competition was keen and 

 the judges had difficulty in making 

 their awards. The judges were Wm. 

 Hertrich, Alex. Urquhart, J. Jannoch, 

 H. R. Richards, Thomas Chisholm and 

 William Farrell. There were a few 

 exceptionally fine plants, notably a 

 large display of Scalarandis, but this 

 was badly staged, being placed in the 

 center of a group of other and rather 

 tall plants, which hid it to some extent. 



The Trade Exhibits. 



In the trade groups Howard & Smith 

 had the center of the tent and had 

 arranged around the central pole a 

 pretty showing of ferns, small palms 

 and other plants, with dahlias shown on 

 flat, papered boards. - The group of 

 chrysanthemums in many varieties from 

 Miss Sadie Thomas was a great attrac- 

 tion, the pompons being especially good. 

 Close to it was a good showing of 

 tropical fruits from the West India 

 Gardens, of Altadena; here many choice 

 specimens were staged. 



The most imposing group in the show 

 was a large one from the Germain Seed 

 & Plant Co., of Los Angeles. This oc- 

 cupied about 700 square feet and con- 

 sisted of fine specimen kentias, Ficus 

 pandurata, bays and other green foliage 

 plants. A recess was filled with choice 

 lily of the valley in pots, arranged with 

 ferns, while plants of the giant strain 

 of cyclamens for which this firm is 

 noted gave the needed relief in color, 

 ai<led by a few cut chrysanthemums. 

 Tables containing Dutch and local- 

 grown bnlbs, and Chinese lilies growing 

 in bowls of water, were also staged, 

 and the exhibit was just as fresh and 

 neat the last minute of the show on 

 Saturday night as on the opening day. 

 Close by, J. Jannoch had a pretty 

 pergola made of pared eucalyptus cov- 

 ered with rambling roses, a most effec- 

 tive bit of work. 



The Clemence Nursery had a large 

 and pretty group of various flowering 

 and foliage plants, including some 

 tuberous begonias that were of choice 

 quality for so late in the season. 

 Laurie's had a fihe showing of dahlias. 



The Campbell Seed Store, Morris & 

 Snow, E. Teekamp and the Dorman- 

 Shaw Seed Co. all had showings of bulbs 

 and seeds. 



On the evening of the opening day 

 Th()mas Chisholm entertained the judges 

 and officers of the society at a most 

 enjoyable banquet, where not only the 

 good things to eat and drink but also 

 the good things at the show were dis- 

 cussed to the full. Mr. Chisholm is ah 

 inimitable host and his quaint stories 

 kept all in good spirits and brought a 

 most pleasant day to a satisfactory end. 



H. B. Richards. 



PALO ALTO, CAL. 



Horticultural Society Show. 



The annual show of the Menlo Park 

 Horticultural Society, held at Armory 

 hall, October 23 to 25, proved a decided 

 success in every way. It was conceded 

 by everyone to be the best ever, held 

 by the society. The spacious hall al- 

 lowed everything to be staged for the 

 best effect. 



The orchid groups were first-class. 

 J. A. Carbone, of Berkeley, staged a 

 magnificent collection of forty different 

 varieties, including some fine brasso- 

 cattleya and lailia hybrids. The ex- 

 hibit of David Bassett, gardener for 

 L. Stern, attracted more attention 

 from the public. While not containing 

 so many ffnJB hybrids aS Mr. Carbone*8, 

 it contained some fine cattleyas, Iselias, 

 oncidiums, phalapnopsis, dendrobiums, 

 vandas, odontoglossums and several 

 curious rare orchids. 



Foliage and decorative plants were 

 finely shown by J. Sinclair, gardener 

 for Mrs. J. B. Coryell; David Bassett; 

 J. Paunicka, gardifener for C. Lathrop, 

 and C. Ehrlieh, gardener for Mrs. 

 Slade. 



The cut chrysanthemum classes 

 brought out strong competition. The 

 following varieties stood out promi- 

 nently: Mrs. Gilbert Drabble, Wm. 

 Turner and Maud Jeffries, in white; 

 Lenox, F. S. Vallis, Chrysolora and 

 Mrs. J. C. Neill, yellow; Elberon, Wells' 

 Late pink, Morton F. Plant, in pinks; 

 G. W. Pook, J. Lock, Mrs. H. Stevens, 

 Reginald "Vallis, Ongawa and Glenview, 

 in other colors. The collection of nov- 

 elties shown by the Lynch Nursery: Co. 

 was fine and included Odessa, James 

 Eraser, Nerissa,- Meudon and Flamingo. 



Tuberous begonias were fine, both in 

 pots and cut blooms, L. Stern 's ex- 

 hibits containing the latest European 

 novelties of 1914. Although a little 

 late,, dahlias were good and brought 

 keen competition 'from the Menlo Park 

 and San Mateo growers. '. ■ 



Carnations were never shown better. 

 Gorgeous, as shown by the Peninsula 

 Nursery Co., San Mateo, and F. R. 

 Mills, Palo Alto, with 3-foot stems, 

 would be hard to beat. White Wonder, 

 The Herald, Princess Dagmar, En- 

 chantress and Yellowstone were also 

 fine. 



The floral exhibits on the third day 

 were fine and helped, the gate receipts., 

 considerably. In the table decorations, 

 A. McDonald won the cup donated by 

 the Chamber of Commerce of Palo Alto, 

 his table consisting of a small lake 



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