NOVEMBEtt 4, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Wedding Decoration Exhibit of A. Lange at the Chicago Flower Show This Week. 



Soleil d'Octobre, and three new white 

 Calvat varieties, Mme. Prudhomme, Mme. 

 E, Truelle and Mme. Felton. Among the 

 Australian varieties were the red fawn, 

 Mrs. J. A. Miller; Mrs. Partridge, a 

 bright dark red and yellow ; Mrs. William 

 Duckham, bright yellow; Cheltoni, pale 

 yellow, and Nance O'Neil. 



Among other notable private collec- 

 tions were those of George Eastman, in 

 charge of "William Pirie; Hiram W. Sib- 

 ley, Etienne Berry gardener; Mrs. Gil- 

 man N. Perkins, John Condie superin- 

 tendent. 



Mrs. F. F. Thompson, of Canandaigua, 

 N, Y., presented an interesting collection 

 of chrysanthemums through E. Ballan- 

 tyne, gardener. 



The method of exhibiting was entirely 

 distinct from that of any flower show 

 held in the past, the plan being to make 

 the hall a great garden, rather than a 

 series of small booths or tables contain- 

 ing individual exhibits, and the success 

 of this idea is in a great measure due to 

 Charles H. Vick, chairman of the general 

 committee, assisted by George B. Hart, 

 W. L. Keller, J. M. Keller, F. L. Keller, 

 R. G. Salter, E. P. Wilse, A. T. Salter, 

 C. J. Brown, F. W. Vick, William Pitkin, 

 C. B. Ogston, F. R. Schlegel, H. B. 

 Stringer and E. A. Osborne. 



The private exhibitors included George 

 Eastman, Mrs. William 8. Kimball, Mrs. 

 G. N, Perkins, Hiram W. Sibley, A. M. 

 Lindsay, Warham Whitney, C. D. Bon- 

 bright and Mrs. F. F. Thomson, of Ca- 

 nandaigua. Mrs. Thomson was the only 

 out-of-town private exhibitor. 



A complete list of exhibitors follows: 

 A. W. Darling, Charles E. Frey, John 

 House, Vick & Hill Co., E. R. Fry, Frank 

 Bennett, Hiram W. Sibley, Etienne Berry, 

 R. H. Pringle, H. E. Wilson, Thoman & 



Teute, George Crooke & Co., G. T. 

 Boucher, Mrs. G. N. Perkins, John Con- 

 die, CliflPord & Son, George Bennett, 

 George Eastman, William Pirie, Salter 

 Bros., Warham Whitney, T. S. Trezesky, 



A. M. Lindsay, John McKeown, C. D. 

 Bonbright, Otto Grasinze, F. Kronsbein, 

 Ed Brockman, F. Schlegel 's Sons, Charles 

 Suhr, Brown Brothers Nursery Co., A. 

 Rayton, Fred Teute, City Parks Depart- 

 ment, John Dunbar superintendent; 

 Charlton Nursery Co., Mrs. F. F. Thomp- 

 son, Robert Ballantyne gardener; Walter 

 Tickner, Mrs. William S. Kimball, C. B. 

 Ogston gardener; George J. Keller, EU- 

 wangcr & Barry, Chase Brothers Co., E. 



B. Campbell, Thomas Cogger, George B. 

 Hart. 



The officers of the Flower City Flo- 

 rists' Association are: President, F. W. 

 Vick; vice-president, E. P. Wilson; secre- 

 tary, H. B. Stringer; treasurer, W. L. 

 Keller. 



The general plan for the decorations 

 and landscape efifects was prepared by 

 Ailing S. Deforest, landscape architect 

 of this city, and it reflects great credit 

 on his skill and artistic ability. There 

 were no premiums, the purpose being to 

 stimulate the public interest in flowers 

 by means of an attractive decorative ef- 

 fect rather than by competition between 

 growers of cut flowers. 



SouTHBRiDGE, MASS. — A. H. Faxon has 

 an unusually choice stock of chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



Wheeling, W. Va. — Miss Clara Forbes, 

 of the firm of I'orbes & Donahey, re- 

 cently lost ner handbag on a Barton car. 

 The bag contained $600 in money and 

 valuables and was found by the con- 

 ductor and returned to Miss Forbes. 



LENOX, MASS. 



The ninth annual show of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society, which opened Oc- 

 tober 26, was decidedly the best in its 

 history. Never was competition keener 

 or exhibits of a higher quality. The only 

 drawback was the smallness of the hall, 

 which prevented the exhibits being seen 

 to good advantage. Some arrangement 

 should if possible be made another year 

 to secure additional floor space. 



The keenest interest was taken in the 

 competition for the Dreer cup for the 

 best group of plants arranged for effect. 

 This has to be won twice to become the 

 property of the exhibitor. F. Heeremans 

 and Edwin Jenkins had already secured a 

 first each, and this year was expected to 

 settle the supremacy of the contestants. 

 There were four entries and after long 

 consideration the judges awarded the cup 

 to F. Heeremans, gardener to W. D. 

 Sloane, for a beautiful group most ar- 

 tistically arranged. Palms, crotons, lilies, 

 gypsophila, begonias, gardenias, valley 

 and ferns were mostly used. S. P. Shot- 

 ter, Allan Jenkins gardener, was second 

 and Edwin Jenkins, gardener to Girand 

 Foster, third. The latter had an arch- 

 way resting on a base surrounding a 

 miniature lake and was both original 

 and charming. Many visitors admired 

 this group the most. Fourth went to 

 Miss John Sloane, A. J. Loveless gar- 

 dener, who used orchids freely. 



There was a bewildering display of 

 chrysanthemums of a quality rarely seen, 

 even at the best eastern shows. The best 

 specimen plants from Mrs. John E. Par- 

 sons were marvels of cultural skill, car- 

 rying 350 to 400 blooms each. W. D. 

 Sloane also had some splendid specimens. 

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