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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



AirousT IS, lOltv 



said to lie a lice bloomer. INIr. Alillcr 

 and T. Y. Hmith -were in charge. 



(.'has. Ebcle, New Orleans, had a large 

 low table of IMiocnix lioebelenii, at least 

 -^(»viMity-five plants. lie was jjersonally 

 ill cliarge and says this plant can be 

 grown faster and cheaper in the south 

 than under glass at the north. 



Chas. D. Ball, Ilolmesbnrg, Pa., 

 showed kentias in both varieties, single 

 and )naile up idants; Lataiiia Borbon- 

 i<-a. Areca lutescens. Cocos Weddelli- 

 aiia. Dracu'ua Sandeiiana and I'luenix 

 Koebelcnii, all jx-rtect ])l;nits. Mr. 

 jiall and his son were liotli on the spot. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit. X. .1., had 

 a large table of establislunl and freshly 

 im{)orted orchids. Tliere were upwards 

 (if st'venty-five \arieties, the whole 

 having an invoice \alne of close to 

 •+70(t. There w<'rt' twenty ^•arieties of 

 I'vpiipediums, lifteen of cattleyas and 

 examples of practically all the commer- 

 cial species. J. F.. Lager was person- 

 ally in charge. 



('ouaril He Jones Co.. AVest (irove. Pa., 

 showed liady Oay, (iardenia, Alba rubi- 

 folia and Philadelpiiia liandjler lield- 

 grown roses, also viburnums, Althea 

 Jean de Arc, Spira'a prunifolia and 

 S. Anthony AVaterer. A Boston fern 

 was jdanted in tlu; Illinois self-water- 

 ing window box, for which the iirm has 

 the agency for several states. Robert 

 I'vle was in charge. 



Lemuel liall, AVyomissing, Pa., showed 

 kentias, cocos, arecas, latanias, ])h(enix, 

 Aralia \'eitchii, Drai-aMia Sanderiana, 

 I), terminalis, and ciotons in several 

 \arieties. These jdants ha\i' been his 

 specialties for thirty-li\-e years. ^Ir. 

 Hall was personally in charge. 



(u'oige (iialras. West lloboken. X. .L, 

 had a table of his new fern. Xephrol- 

 ''jiis (iialrasii, in several sizes, in charge 

 <<\' his brother, I', (iiatras. 



Joseph Ti'audt, Canajoharie, X. Y., 

 iiiid a table of ]iot jilants of new varie- 

 gated sweet alvssum. l^ittle (iem. 



(ieo. A. Kuhl', I'ekin. 111., ha<l a table 

 (if ferns, including a large part of the 

 nephrolepis family; ])alms and other 



plants grown for the wholesale trade. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. 

 Y., showed thirty-six varieties of Dutch 

 and French bulVis, some twenty varie- 

 ties of field-grown roses, tree hydran- 

 geas, tree lilacs. Hydrangea arbores- 

 ( ens stcrilis, Clematis Jacknianni, peo- 

 nies, hollyhocks, etc. A. J. Fretnow 

 was in charge. 



Kessler Bros. & Dre^'er, X'ew Y'ork. 

 had a taljle of the new nephrolepis, 

 Dreyerii, in charge of Wm. Kessler and 

 (ieo. 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, 

 Colorado blue spruce, Koster "s spruce, 

 berberis, shade and fruit trees. Orlando 

 Harrison was in charge. His souvenirs 

 consisted of fruit of a ncMv jieach shortly 

 to lie intro<iuc(>(l. 



I']lhvanger <!c Barry, L'ochcster, had two 

 sides of one of the lialls and yet were 

 crowded with theii- exhibit of some sev- 

 enty-five evergreens in tuli.<, many of 

 them large; J.apanese nuiples and other 

 ornamental nursery stock. 



Brown Bros. Co.. Kocliester, 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 l)loom was usetl in the exhibit. 



Cut Flowers. 



Jame.s \'ick 's Sons, Rddiester, had an 

 I'l'jrmous display. A talile of cut blooms 

 of asters ca'rJed a vase t)f practically 

 every variety which may be had in llower 

 ;;t this date and above it was ])robably 

 the largest floral design ever made. It 

 was a double faced sign, four feet high 

 and tiiirty-six feet long, made of white 

 asters with the words "Vick — Rochester" 

 in purple a.sters. It was estimated that 

 over 12,500 were used in it. The balance 

 of tliis 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 extremidy large collection of cut 

 lilooms of herbaceous plants and annuals, 

 all correctly named. The gladioli and 



phloxes were particularly line. W. j 

 Dildine put in as much time as pussil , 

 at the exhibit. 



A'ick & Hill Co., Eocliester, complain 

 that the season prevented showing hki 

 than the early types of asters, Imt t^ 

 display nevertheless was a large one. , 

 large number of plants were shown i 

 pots, full of bloom, and the same va, 

 eties were shown in vases. Queen of li., 

 Market wa.s there in eight colors. T: , 

 Daybreak family was rei)resent('(l ! , 

 seven colors; the latest is a light l.h, 

 Mikado, pink, which has been selected .^ 

 the official flower of the city ami renavih I 

 Kochester, was in evidence. A m^w oi 

 that looked good was White Fleece, slunv . 

 both as pot plants and cut. The linn - 

 well-known strain of ruflled giant pcti, 

 nias also were shown. F. W. \'ick ai.i 

 A. F. A'ick were at the exliibii \\hene\. i 

 their official duties permitted. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, X. Y,, had :;.;j 

 vases of gladiolus blooms, not countiiiu 

 those shonn in competitive classes. TIk i, 

 were over 500 varieties, the display ..n 

 account of the peculiar season consist in;: 

 almost entirely of the Meadowvale tin 

 rists' light mixture, with a ninnber ■ i 

 iiovelties. Of GrofT's hybrids Mr. Cow,, 

 pointed out Afterglow, Peace. Dawn. l,.i 

 Luna and Blue Jay as notable. A 'ii,, 

 of fine scarlets not yet disseminated ":i- 

 AVar, Dominion and Empire. Some ,,t 

 the varieties never before exhibiti'd wci. 

 Aeroplane. London, Intensity. Silver Sinr 

 and Laxcndula. Mr. ('owee l,ro!inlii li;- 

 usual stati' (»f \(iuiig lad\- as>i>laiit-. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park. X. V 

 staged IL'.") ^.^rieties of gladioli, cir 

 blooms, a dozen spikes to a vase. Oik 

 side of tht! If^ng table was eutirel\ 

 Childsii varieties, most of the other sid,' 

 (iandaveiisis varieties, with one end ;iii' 

 ]iart of the side ex(dusi\ely Lemoii:, i 

 sorts, with the prominent end reserxed i ■ 

 America, introduced by Childs. which still 

 stands xvithout a peer as a conimerii;il 

 variety. Some of the newer and goe I 

 Child.sii sorts shown were: Alim-. wliii' . 

 AVild Rose, rose; Silver Sheen, wli ■■ 

 flushed pink; Scribe, nuittled; Iv ■ 



A Corner of the Newer Section of Convention Hall. 



