July 21, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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gold. Alex. Dickson & Sons, Newtown- 

 :irds, received awards of merit for Mrs. 

 Foley Hobbs and Mary, Countess of 

 Ilchester. 



The Lyon rose dominated the rose 

 section. Fine blooms were in evidence 

 from Stuart Low & Co. Bush Hill Park; 

 I'aul & Son, Cheshunt; Ben Cant & Son, 

 Colchester, and many others. It is in 

 great demand. 



Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham, were strongly 

 represented by Wichuraianas in variety, 

 in standards and dwarfs. 



All the leading carnation men were 

 in evidence with splendid vases of 

 blooms, notably Stuart Low & Co.; W. 

 II. Page, Hampton; A. F. Dutton, Iver; 

 II. Burnett, Guernsey; C. Engelmann, 

 Saflfron Walden, etc. 



Blackmore & Langdon, Bath, exbib- 

 ited marvelous begonias and received 

 an award of merit for Mrs. W. L. 

 Ainslie. 



In orchids, Stuart Low & Co. were 

 again to the front, receiving a first- 

 class certificate for Cattleya Mendellii, 

 variety Stuart Low. Sapder & Sons, 

 Bruges and St. Albans, received a sim- 

 ilar honor for Miltonia vexillaria Lam- 

 beaniana, and awards of merit for Cat- 

 tleya Mendellii King George, Cypripe- 

 dium Curtisii, variety Sander, and Cat- 

 tleya Dietrichiana. 



Novelties worthy of note were: So- 

 denia, a bright, rosy crimson polyantha 

 rose from C. Weigand, Germany; Pink 

 Pearl, an early flowering gladiolus 

 raised by P. Vos, Sassenheim, Holland; 

 Queen of the Balcony, a scarlet ivy- 

 leaved pelargonium from W. Leib, Cre- 

 feld, Germany, and Lathyrus Pink 

 Pearl, from Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham. 



National Bose Show. 



This was held July 8 and was an ex- 

 tensive show, of great beauty. In new 

 varieties the prize of honor is the so- 

 ciety's gold medal, and though there 

 were many novelties, some of great 

 beauty and promise, only four secured 

 the coveted award; namely, Edward 

 Mawley, a dark crimson hybrid tea, the 

 sensation of the show, from McGredy 

 & Son, Portadown, Ireland; Mrs. Joseph 

 H. Welch, pink, from the same firm; 

 Lady Hillingdon, from Lowe & Shaw- 

 yer, Ltd., Uxbridge, and Eayon d'Or, 

 from A. E. Waddell. 



Silver gilt medals were awarded to 

 Evelyn Dauntsey, pink, from S. Mc- 

 Oredy & Son; Mrs. George Shawyer, 

 from Lowe & Shawyer; St. Helena, 

 from B. B. Cant & Co., Colchester, and 

 -Mrs. Foley Hobbs, from Alex. Dickson 

 •fc Sons, Newtownards. 



The champion trophy, for seventy- 

 two blooms, was won by Alex. Dickson 

 iV Sons. In the hybrid tea section, Hugh 

 I'ickson, Belfast, was the winner, and 

 in the tea and noisette class, George 

 I'rince, Oxford. 



For decorative roses the leading prize 

 vinners were J. Mattock and I^ank 

 * ant & Co.; for groups of roses, George 

 ■ aul & Sons, Hobbies, Ltd., and J. 

 tattock; for twelve vases of new seed- 

 1 ng roses, Hugh Dickson, first; Alex- 

 ; nder Dickson & Son, second. 



The class for table decorations 

 brought out a strong competition and 

 Many lovely decorative effects were pro- 

 ' uced, the first prize going to a table 

 < ecorated with the Lyon rose; Irish 

 I'legance, second. 



American Visitors. 



Among the American visitors to the 

 foregoing shows, E. G. Hill, Bichmond, 

 ^nd., and S. J. Goddard, Framingham, 



Baseball and Cresceai. 



Mass., were keen scrutinizers of roses, 

 carnations and other subjects, especially 

 the novelties. They were the guests of 

 the Perpetual Flowering Carnation So- 

 ciety, July 5. Mr. Hill entertained the 

 members in capital style with a chat on 

 carnations and, by special request, he 

 gave his views on the season's Amer- 

 ican novelties. Taking them one by 

 one, he reviewed their salient features, 

 greatly to the interest and delight of 

 his English audience, humorously re- 

 marking at the outset that, if he went 

 wrong, Mr. Goddard would pull him up. 

 Mr. Goddard substantiated Mr. Hill's 

 views and spoke mainly on the exhibits 

 he had seen that day at Holland Park. 

 A discussion followed, and both 

 Americans were most enthusiastically 

 thanked for their genial speeches. 



Bee. 



BASEBALL AND CBESCENT. 



Probably as unusual a design as any 

 retail florist ever was called on to make 

 was th^t demanded of Eocklin & Leh- 

 maB, Sioux City, la., for which nothing 

 would do but a crescent on base, with 

 which was to be combined a representa- 

 tion of a baseball, the design being for 

 the players in the Sioux City League. 

 How M. Eocklin met the unusual re- 

 quirements of the case is shown in the 

 accompanying illustration, which is 

 from a photograph which the purchas- 

 ers had made, which latter fact throws 



a side light on how satisfactorily the 

 job was done. The design stood six 

 feet high; the base was made with 

 Sprengeri and cycas leaves for green 

 and with water lilies, Easter lilies and 

 a few roses. The crescent was made in 

 the conventional form, with an edging 

 of galax leaves and a background of 

 asters, upon which were set roses and 

 water lilies. The representation of the 

 baseball was attached to the upper 

 point of the crescent by a wire which 

 was covered by the chiffon bow. In- 

 stead of making the ball round, only a 

 hemisphere was made, on a background 

 of galax. "White carnations were used 

 for the leather, with red carnations 

 representing the stitches. The initials 

 of the league were put on with the pat- 

 ent immortelle letters. 



The average florist doubtless would 

 consider this a better design had its 

 special feature been omitted, but when 

 customers want something of this char- 

 acter it usually indicates their willing- 

 ness to pay a special price to get it, 

 and when the ideas are well carried out 

 better satisfaction for the customer 

 usually results than where the florist 

 tries to change the course of events and 

 sell something more conventional. 



Logansport, Ind. — C. Kielsing & Son 

 will erect two connected iron-frame 

 greenhouses, each 32x325. The George 

 M. Garland Co. material will be used. 



