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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 18. 1910. 



said to be a free bloomer. Mr, Miller 

 and T. Y. Smith were in charge. 



Chas. Ebele, New Orleans, had a large 

 low table of Phoenix Roebelenii, at least 

 seventy-five plants. He was personally 

 in charge and says this plant can be 

 grown faster and cheaper in the south 

 than under glass at the north. 



Chas. D. Ball, Holmesburg, Pa., 

 showed kentias in both varieties, single 

 and ma^e up plants; Latania Borbon- 

 ica, Areca lutescens, Cocos Weddelli- 

 ana, Dracaena Sanderiana and Phcenix 

 Roebelenii, all perfect plants. Mr. 

 Ball and his son were both on the spot. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J., had 

 a large table of established and freshly 

 imported orchids. There were upwards 

 of seventy-five varieties, the whole 

 having an invoice value of close to 

 $700. There were twenty varieties of 

 cypripediums, fifteen of cattleyas and 

 examples of practically all the commer- 

 cial species. J. E. Lager was person- 

 ally in charge. 



Conard & Jones Co., "West Grove, Pa., 

 showed Lady Gay, Gardenia, Alba rubi- 

 folia and Philadelphia Rambler field- 

 grown roses, also viburnums, Althea 

 Jean de Arc, Spira;a prunifolia and 

 S. Anthony Waterer. A Boston fern 

 was planted in the Illinois self-water- 

 ing window box, for which the firm has 

 the agency for several states. Robert 

 Pyle was in charge. 



Lemuel Ball, Wyomissing, Pa., showed 

 kentias, cocos, arecas, latanias, phoenix, 

 Aralia Veitchii, Dracaena Sanderiana, 

 D. terminalis, and crotons in several 

 varieties. These plants have been his 

 specialties for thirty-five years. Mr. 

 Ball was personally in charge. 



George Giatras, West Hoboken, N. J., 

 had a table of his new fern, Nephrol- 

 epis Giatrasii, in several sizes, in charge 

 of his brother, P. Giatras. 



Joseph Traudt, Canajoharie, N. Y., 

 had a table of pot plants of new varie- 

 gated sweet alyssum, Little Gem. 



Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111., had a table 

 of ferns, including a large part of the 

 nephrolepis family; palms and other 



plants grown for the wholesale trade. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. 

 Y., showed thirty-six varieties of Dutch 

 and French bulbs, some twenty varie- 

 ties of field-grown roses, tree hydran- 

 geas, tree lilacs. Hydrangea arbores- 

 cens sterilis. Clematis Jackmanni, peo- 

 nies, hollyhocks, etc. A. J. Fremow 

 was in charge. 



Kessler Bros. & Dreyer, New York, 

 had a table of the new nephrolepis, 

 Dreyerii, in charge of Wm. Kessler and 

 Geo. Dreyer. It is a compact Boston 

 on the order of Scottii and is to be 

 jointly disseminated next year. 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md., 

 showed California privet in large sizes, 

 Coloi'ado blue spruce. Roster's spruce, 

 berberis, shade and fruit trees. Orlando 

 Harrison was in charge. His souvenirs 

 consisted of fruit of a new peach shortly 

 to be introduced. 



EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, had two 

 sides of one of the halls and yet were 

 crowded with their exhibit of some sev- 

 enty-five evergreens in tubs, many of 

 them large; Japanese maples and other 

 ornamental nursery stock. 



Brown Bros. Co., Rochester, had a long 

 table of evergreens in large pots, shrubs 

 in pots, and ornamentals with balls in 

 burlap. A large quantity of cut hydran- 

 gea bloom was used in the exhibit. 



Cut Flowers. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, had an 

 orormous display. A table of cut blooms 

 of asters carried a vase of practically 

 every variety which may be had in flower 

 at this date and above it was probably 

 the largest floral design ever made. It 

 was a double faced sign, four feet high 

 and thirty-six feet long, made of white 

 asters with the words ' * Vick — Rochester ' ' 

 in purple asters. It was estimated that 

 over 12,500 were used in it. The balance 

 of this table was given over to a full line 

 of Dutch and French bulbs. A second 

 table, the full width of the hall, car- 

 ried an extremely large collection of cut 

 blooms of herbaceous plants and annuals, 

 all correctly named. The gladioli and 



phloxes were particularly fine. W. 1!. 

 Dildine put in as much time as possible 

 at the exhibit. 



Vick & Hill Co., Rochester, complainc! 

 that the season prevented showing move 

 than the early types of asters, but the 

 display nevertheless was a large one. A. 

 large number of plants were shown iu 

 pots, full of bloom, and the same vari- 

 eties were shown in vases. Queen of the 

 Market was there in eight colors. Tlie 

 Daybreak family was represented b\ 

 seven colors; the latest is a light blue. 

 Mikado, pink, which has been selected as 

 the oflBcial flower of the city and renamed 

 Rochester, was in evidence. A new one 

 that looked good was White Fleece, shown 

 both as pot plants and cut. The firms 

 well-known strain of ruffled giant petii 

 nias also were shown. F. W. Vick and 

 A. F. Vick were at the exhibit whenever 

 their official duties permitted. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., had 332 

 vases of gladiolus blooms, not countinjj 

 those shown in competitive classes. There 

 were over 500 varieties, the display on 

 account of the peculiar season consisting 

 almost entirely of the Meadowvale flo 

 rists' light mixture, with a number of 

 novelties. Of Groff's hybrids Mr. Cowee 

 pointed out Afterglow, Peace, Dawn, La 

 Luna and Blue Jay as notable. A trio 

 of fine scarlets not yet disseminated was 

 War, Dominion and Empire. Some of 

 the varieties never before exhibited were 

 Aeroplane, London, Intensity, Silver Star 

 and Lavendula. Mr. Cowee brought lii> 

 usual staff of young lady assistants. 



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

 staged 125 varieties of gladioli, cut 

 blooms, a dozen spikes to a vase. One 

 side of the long table was entirely 

 Childsii varieties, most of the other side 

 Gandavensis varieties, with one end and 

 part of the side exclusively Lemoinei 

 sorts, with the prominent end reserved to 

 America, introduced by Childs, which still 

 stands without a peer as a commercial 

 variety. Some of the newer and good 

 Childsii sorts shown were: Aline, white; 

 Wild Rose, rose; Silver Sheen, white 

 flushed pink; Scribe, mottled; Rosy 



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