AUGUST 18, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



33 



One of the Bayersdorfer Aisles in the Balcony. 



•I'inas, a largo miinber of stove ])lants, 

 htnv, I'or (lislios in upwards of twenty 

 varieties were in cliai'ffo of J. .1. Karins, 

 • I. .1. (loudy and .John Knppert. At an- 

 nther location Geo. J'arsons liad cliarge 

 i>f a table of French, Dutch, fri'esia, 

 llarrisii, l-'orinosa. iris, candiduin and 

 "ther bulbs, with a dozen named varie- 

 ' ics of novelties and mixtures of yladi- 

 "li. <*ut blooms, from the Kixcrton 

 'Mirseries. Of tiie amarvllis llowered 

 ype Oharlamagne and J^oselle were es- 

 pecially good. Deuil de Carnot, vtdvety 

 maroon; Heliotrope, ])urple; Henri Le- 

 moine, yellow with crimson blotch; Eu- 

 ' liaris and Trioniphe de (^aon were 

 'inong the foreign novelties. A vase 

 ! Sulphur King and liaron Ilulot made 

 striking color combination. Plant 

 lbs, hose and glazing points also were 

 -liown. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 



-aged the Boston fern and its numer- 



'iis progeny, as follows: Piersoni, 



legantissima, Fdegantissim;i Com- 



iicta, llarrisii, Scholzeli, Veridissima, 



"•ii[>erbissima, and the youngest mem- 



'■r, Mossii, to be disseminated next 



ear. It is what its name is intended 



imply, moss like, dwarf, thick, dark 



reen. In addition there was a large 



ne of Dutch and French bulbs, Har- 



sii and Formosa lily bulbs, candidum 



nd freesia. J. R. Fotheringham was 



'I <harge, as usual. 



I{<d)ert Craig Co., Philadelphia, made 



splendid showing of crotous; there 



ere eighty-five distinct named varie- 



'es, and they seem to do them a little 



'it better each year. The long table 



'Ljainst a wall maile a striking show of 



"lor. A special feature was tiie six 



■ig plants of the drooping variety Cron- 



^tadi; W. p. Craig, who had charge of 



■ lie exhibit, said they had a whole 



"iiiseful of it at home, also a full house 



■I' Lonsdale, and over l.iKiO dilTercnt 



~' ''<liii|i.s in sizes up to li inch. Fred 



Sander was a striking variety, and one 

 of the new ones was Mrs. Macaw, 

 named after the mother of the linn '■< 

 grower. A number of tin* new Frencli 

 varieties were shown for the first time. 

 The nephrolepis family was well repre 

 sented, including llarrisii, wliich thi'v 

 think will aid in keeping green the 

 memory of the originator. Other ex- 

 hibits were Pluenix Hoebelenii, Ficus 



pandurata, draca'na'< i 

 danus I'acifica and P 



varietv. Pan- 



cyclamens, Pegonia Lorraine and 



utilis, keutias, 

 the 

 Lonsdale variety, Pougainvillea San 

 deriana, adiantum, etc. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, s1io\v(m1 

 begonias in variety: (I lory of Cine in 

 nati, Agatha, I'res. Taft and Lorraine; 

 .also the striking Draciena Victoria, a 

 jiair of handsome Plnenix Koebelenii 

 and some specimen j)iants of Neplirol 

 epis llarrisii. .1. .\. Peterson and his 

 son were both on duty. 



S. A. Anderson, Puffalo, had two 

 large tables of fine Pegonia (iloire de 

 Lorraine and a wall display of his arti 

 ficial ))oinsettias, on which he stated 

 he was granted a patent August 6 and 

 will push this season harder than ever. 

 Jos. Streit, president of the liutfalo 

 Florists' Club, was in charge with Mr. 

 Anderson. 



Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa., 

 h.ad two large round tables of his new 

 carnation for pot culture, Christinas 

 Cheer. The plants showed their free- 

 blooming qualities. The flowers are 

 almost poinsettia scarlet and Mr. Eich- 

 holz says G inch pots retail readily at 

 $1.50 each. 



The Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, 

 N. J., staged Celosia Pride of Castle 

 Gould, which it is distributing; also 

 Croton Fred Sander. I'alms in com- 

 mercial sizes were shown, with Lor- 

 raine begonias, draca-nas in variety, 

 camellias, bay trees, and Cibotinm 

 Schiedei. The Poston goKI motlal dis- 



j)Iay of or(diids was represented by a 

 few coininercial varieties. .1. A. Muller 

 was in ciiarge. 



hobbink ^: .\tkiiis. jjutherford, X. J., 

 jiut up a genei'al display of stove and 

 greenhouse pliuits, a special' feature of 

 which was the specimen keutias, some 

 of tiiem ten feet tall. There were 

 |)alnis, draeaMias, araucarias, ferns, 

 camellias, etc. I'ho'nix Roebelenii was 

 conspicuous. Of the firm's collection 

 of \')i) \arieties of evergreens, forty 

 \arieties were shown in tubs, some of 

 them so rare that the names were not 

 divulged. Victor Morgan was in 

 (diarge. 



W. A. :\landa. South Orange. X. J., 

 had Polypodium Mandianum ;is the 

 leading feature of his large exhibit. 

 Manila's golden privet also was con- 

 spicuous. As])aragus (dongatus, Dra- 

 caena Rothiam and Xephrolepis Cia- 

 trasii were i>ut to the front. There 

 were some fintdy fruited oranges. Of 

 evergreens in tubs some twenty-five va- 

 rieties weri' shown, iiududing boxwoods 

 in all forms. Aucubas and palms had 

 a place. Twelve varieties of anthuriums 

 in bloom were shown. A general col- 

 let'tion of commercial orchids in bloom 

 had a separate table. S. R. Lundy and 

 Robert Carlstrom were in charge. 



Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 

 O., showed Tansendschon, Hiawatha, 

 Paby Rambler, Fran Karl Druschki and 

 other field-grown roses for forcing; also 

 ferns for dishes, small palms, prim- 

 roses, Adiantum Croweanum, etc. S. R. 

 Welch was in charge. 



T. M. Miller, .Tamesville, N. Y., had a 

 specially attr.active exhibit in his new 

 geraiiium, called simply Miller's Seed- 

 ling. It is salmon ])ink, veined deeper 

 salmon and with a small white eve. 

 The color is extremely pleasing, the m- 

 dividual How(>rs large, single, in fair- 

 sized trusses (jn long, strong stems; 



