JuiA- 7, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Lange's New Electric Delivery Outfit. 



By building the walls of hollow cement 

 blocks or building a grout wall with a 

 core, so as to form a 2-inch air space, 

 the loss of heat would be comparatively 

 small. 



If the pit is constructed with an 

 even-span roof, the walls need not ex- 

 tend much above the general level of 

 the surface, and if the soil is mounded 

 against the grout there will be little 

 loss of heat, even from a solid grout 

 wall. If preferred, there would be no 

 objection to the three-quarter-span 

 house, and, especially if hollow cement 

 blocks are used, the walls could be car- 

 ried three or four feet above the sur- 

 face without appreciable loss of heat. 

 This would greatly lessen the labor of 

 caring for the house. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The second annual convention and 

 exhibition of the National Sweet Pea 

 Society of America will be held at Saint 

 Nicholas rink, New York, July 12 and 

 13. The judges will be W. T. Hutchins, 

 of California; A. C. Beal, of Cornell, 

 and W. C. Kerr, of Philadelphia. There 

 also will be papers by Mr. Hutchins and 

 others. 



A large exhibition is expected, as 

 there is an unusually attractive list of 

 special prizes, as follows: 



Harry Turner Cup, for the best 25 vases of 

 sweet peas. 



Burpee Cup. for the finest and largest collec- 

 tion of sweet peas. 



Burpee Prize, for the best vase of waved or 

 Spencer type sweet peas Introduced 1910; first 

 prize, $5; second prize, $3; third prize, $2. 



W. W. Rawson & Co. Prizes— Sliver Gilt 

 Medal, for a vase of sweet peas never before 

 exhibited or disseminated, of American origin; 

 Silver Medal, for the best 25 vases Spencer or 

 Unwln types, open to the trade only: Silver 

 Medal, for the best 20 spikes of Rawson's Snow- 

 Sake; Bronze Medal, for the best three vases 

 comprising white, lavender and pink, open to 

 amateurs only; Silver Medal, for the most suc- 

 cessful exhibitor among the amateur classes. 



Watkins & Simpson's Prize, for the best vase 

 of Nora Unwln, Frank Dolby, Mrs. A. Watkins, 

 A. J. Cook, E. J. Castle. 



Arthur T. Boddington Cup, second prize $15, 

 third prize $10, for a collection of 25 varieties. 



Henry A. Dreer Prize, for the best 21 vases 

 of sweet peas, the 21 Incomparable standard 

 varieties as enumerated In Dreer's Garden Book 

 for 1910; first prize $20, second prize $5. 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. Prize, for the best 

 vase of white sweet peas; first prize $6, second 

 prize $3. third prize $2. 



Henderson & Co. Prize, $10 gold, to be awarded 

 the amateur exhibitor of the best and most 

 distinct collection of 25 varieties of sweet peas. 



including not less than six of the Spencer type. 

 Also $10 gold to be awarded the amateur exhib- 

 itor of the two 'best vases of our George Wash- 

 ington and Martha Washington, each vase to 

 contain not less than 25 sprays. 



Henry F. Michell Co. Prize, for the best 

 vases of Frank Dolby, White Spencer, Mrs. Al- 

 fred Watkins; first prize $5, second prize $3, 

 third prize $2. 



C. C. Morse & Co. Cup, for the finest collec- 

 tion, open to the trade only. 



Florists' Exchange Prize, for the best vase 

 Countess Spencer; first prize $3, second prize $2. 



F. R. Plerson Co. Prize, for the best 12 vases 

 of sweet peas; first prize $10, second prize $5. 



Aphlne Mfg. Co. Prize, for the best collection 

 of sweet peas, open to the florists only; first 

 prize $15, second prize $10. 



Anton Zvolanek Prize, for the best 10 vases 

 of Spencer and Unwln types, $10. 



John Young Prize, for the best vase of sweet 

 poas never before exhibited, $5. 



Stumpp & Walter Prize, for the best three 

 vases of sweet peas Spencer type; first prize $.">. 

 second prize $3, third prize $2. 



J. -M. Thorburn Co. Prize, for the best vase 

 of pink sweet peas; first prize $5, second prizi> 

 $3, third prize $2. 



John Lewis Chlids Prize, for the best vase 

 (if white sweet peas; first prize $5, second prize 

 $3, third prize $2. 



Sutton & Sons Cup, for the best table of sweet 

 I)ens to be arranged on a space 4x3 feet and not 

 to excocd three feet in height. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



There was a meeting of the executive 

 committee of the American Gladiolus 

 Society June 27, in New York, and the 

 following exhibition committee was ap- 

 pointed to take charge of the coming 

 show at Rochester, N. Y., August 16 to 

 19: H. Youell, chairman, Syracuse, N. 

 Y.; Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.; E. H. 

 Cushman, Sylvania, O.; L. Merton Gage, 



secretary. Orange, Mass. It was also 

 decided that amateurs or private gar- 

 deners would not be required to pay for 

 space for their exhibits, and that such 

 space would be paid for by the society. 



President Hendrickson has appointed 

 a membership committee, composed of 

 the following gentlemen: J. B. McAr- 

 dle, 50 Barclay street, New York; Wm. 

 Cahill, Bolton street. South Boston, 

 Mass., and E. E. Stewart, Eives Junc- 

 tion, Mich. 



There are now twenty-one prizes of- 

 fered for the exhibition, eight of which 

 are in the amateur class, including two 

 added since my last report, namely: 

 Silver cup by Montague Chamberlain, 

 Groton, Mass., for six best named varie- 

 ties, one bloom each, exhibition by an 

 amateur; and silver cup by L. Merton 

 Gage, Orange, Mass., for best collection 

 of blue gladioli, exhibited by an ama- 

 teur. 



The followincr awards have also been 

 placed in the amateur class: 



F. E. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y., $5 

 in gold for best collection of white 

 throated named varieties; $5 in gold for 

 best collection of mottled and striped 

 varieties. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., New York city, 

 $10 in gold for twelve best varieties, 

 three spikes each. 



A. T. Boddington, New York city, $5 

 in gold for best collection of yellow 

 named varieties. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., 

 $5 in gold for best vase of America, not 

 less than twelve spikes. 



RULES GOVERNING THE EXHIBITION. 



1. All entries must be made to the recording 

 secretary, L. Merton Gage, three days before the 

 first day of the exhibition, on blanks provided 

 by the secretary for the purpose. 



2. Exhibits In competition for prizes must 

 be of the exiiibitor's raising. 



3. Exhibits must be in place before 12. noon, 

 each day on which exhibits are to be Judged. 



4. Exhibitors are requested to keep their 

 flowers in fresh condition during the time the 

 exhibition remains open. 



5. Exhibitors will be awarded but one pre- 

 mium in each class in which they compete, and 

 then only when the exhibits on their merit war- 

 rant the Judges in making awards. 



C. While the society will take reasonable care 

 of the property of the exhibitors, yet it will not 

 in any way be responsible for the loss or damage 

 of anything exhibited. 



7. Exhibits, after being staged, cannot be 

 removed until the exhibition is closed, without 

 the consent of the exhibition committee. 



8. The society requests exhibitors to attach 

 labels to exhibits. Correct naming of varieties 

 is very Important. 



9. Exhibitors will be required to provide 

 tables and everything else necessary for table 

 decorations. 



10. In entering, every exhibitor agrees to be 

 governed by the rules. 



L. Merton Gage, Cor. Secy. 



Mount Stirling, Ky. — Emil Fredrich, 

 formerly in business here, is now out 

 of the florists' trade. 



Delivery Outfit of P. M. Obertio, Kenosha, Wis. 



