.(ii.v 21, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



11 



^,,1(1. Alox. Dickson & Sons, Nowtown- 

 , fils, received awjirds of merit for ]\Irs. 

 I, (ley llobbs and ^lary, Countess of 

 ! Ichester. 



The Lyon rose dominated tlio rose 



iMtioM. Fine blooms were in evidence 



M,,m Stuart J.ow i^- Co. Busli Hill Park; 



:':iul iV: Son, Chesliunl; Jien Cant (.V: Son. 



(ilchester, and many others. It is in 



teat demand. 



lIol)bics, Ltd., Dereliani, -svero strongly 

 ,.|iicsente<l by Wicliuraianas in variety, 

 !i standards and dwarfs. 



All the leadiiifif carnation men were 

 II evidence with s|)len(li(l vases of 

 Idonis, notably Stuart Low & Co.; W. 

 I. raye, llampton; A. F. Dutton, Ivor; 

 i. liurnett. Ciuernsey; C. J''ngeliiiann, 

 ■.ill'ron W'alden, etc. 



i'.lackmore & Lan<i;don, Batli, exhib- 

 tcil marvelous begonias and received 

 n award of merit for Mrs. W. L. 

 vinslie. 



In orchids, Stuart Low & Co. were 



^ain to tiic front, receiving a first- 



iass certificate for C.ittleya Mendellii, 



ariety Stuart Low. Sander <t Sons, 



'.luges and St. Albans, receiv'ed a sini- 



i.ir honor for Miltonia vexillaria Lam- 



iiraniana. and awards of merit for Cat- 



1 leva Mend(dlji King George, Cypripc- 



linm Curtisii, variety Sander, and Cat- 



! Ii ya Dietrichiana. 



Novelties worthy of note were: So- 

 ■I'liia, a bright, rosy crimson polyantha 

 •use from C. Weigand, Germany; Pink 

 I 'earl, an early tlowcring gladiolus 

 i.iised liy P. Vos, Sassenheim, Holland; 

 i;)ueen of the Balcony, a scarlet ivy- 

 ii.-ived pelargonium from W. Leib, Cre- 

 ii'ld, Germany, and Lathyrus Pink 

 Tear], I'rom Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham. 



National Rose Show. 

 This was held July 8 and was an ex- 

 t' iisive show, of great beauty. In new 

 varieties the prize of honor is the so- 

 ciety's gold medal, and though there 

 uere many novelties, some of great 

 I'l'auty and promise, only four secured 

 I lie coveted award; namely, Edward 

 Mawley, a dark crimson hybrid tea, the 

 -'■nsation of the show, from McGredy 

 A Son, I'ortadown, Ireland; Airs. Joseph 

 M. Welch, pink, from the same firm; 

 l.ady Ilillingdon, from Lowe & Shaw- 

 ir, Ltd., Uxbridge, and Kayon d'Or, 

 1 rom A. R. Waddell. 



Silver gilt medals were awarded to 



'ivelyn Dauntsey, pink, from S. Mc- 



'■redy & Son; Mrs. George Siiawyer, 



I rom Lowe & Shawyer; St. Helena, 



:om B. E. Cant & Co., Colchester, and 



Irs. Foley Ilobbs, from Alex. Dickson 



Sons, Newtownards. 



The champion trophy, for seventy- 



■vo blooms, was won by Alex. Dickson 



Sons. In the hybrid tea section, Hugh 



ickson, Belfast, was the winner, and 



; the tea and noisette class, George 



rince, Oxford. 



For decorative roses the leading prize 

 inners were J. Mattock and Frank 

 • int & Co.; for groups of roses, George 

 lul & Sons, Hobbies, Ltd., and J. 

 'attock; for twelve vases of new seed- 

 iig roses. Hugh Dickson, first; Alex- 

 ■ider Dickson & Son, second. 

 The class for table decorations 

 I'ought out a strong competition ami 

 ;iny lovely decorative etfects were pro- 

 need, the first prize going to a table 

 "corated with the Lyon rose; Irish 

 logance, second. 



American Visitors, 

 Among the American visitors to the 

 'regoing shows, E. G. Hill, Richmond, 

 ' 'id., and S. J. Goddard, Framingham, 



AL'iss., 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, Air. Goddard would pull him up. 

 Mr. Goddard substantiated Air. 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 CRESCENT. 



Probably as unusual a design as any 

 retail llorist ever was called on to make 

 was that demanded of Rocklin & Leh- 

 man, 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 AI. Rocklin 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 



:\ side light on hnw sa t isfnctorily the 

 /pib was done. The design stoixl six 

 feet high; the b.ase was made with 

 Spreiigeri and cycas leaves for green 

 ;ind with water lilies, Easter lilies and 

 a few roses. The crescent was m.ade in 

 the conventional form, with an edging 

 of galax leaves and a background of 

 asters, upon which were set roses aiul 

 water lilies. The repres(Mitat ion of tho 

 baseball was att;iclie.i to the upper 

 point of the crescent by a wire which 

 was covered by the cliill'on bow. In- 

 steitd of m.aking the ball ronml, only a 

 lieiiiisphi^re was made, on a background 

 of galax. White carnations were used 

 fnr th(> leather, with reil carnations 

 representing the stitclies. The initials 

 of the league were jiut on with the pat- 

 ent immortelle letters. 



The ;iver;ige florist doubtless would 

 consider this a b(>tter d(>sign had its 

 special feature been omitted, but when 

 custonu^rs want something of this char- 

 acter it usually indicates their willing- 

 ness to ]iay a special price to g(^t it, 

 and when the ideas are %vell 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-framo 

 greenhouses, each .Ti!x.12o. The George 

 AI. Garland Co. mat(>rial will be used. 



