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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



November 4, 1909. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Fourteenth Annual Show. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society held its fourteenth an- 

 nual show October 27 and 28. 



The noticeable feature was the lack of 

 groups of plants, as compared with pre- 

 vious y^ars, but the cut flower exhibits 

 more than compensated for anything 

 lacking in this respect. 



The weather was splendid and the at- 

 tendance on the second day constituted a 

 record for this society. 



In the special exhibits, outside of the 

 competitive prizes, Chas. H. Totty set up 

 a table of single chrysanthemums and 

 new varieties of the large flowered sorts, 

 among which were Mrs. David Syme, 

 Gladys Blackburn, E. P. Felton and other 

 splendid varieties. He was also awarded 

 a certificate of merit for Alternanthera 

 Jewel, which is apparently an ^cellent 

 novelty. 



Lager & Hurrell had a splendid table 

 of mixed orchids. 



John Giatius exhibited his new fern. 



Harry Turner, superintendent for 

 Howard. Gould, of Port Washington, re- 

 ceived a special certificate for his new 

 celosia. 



The rose exhibits were more numerous 

 and the flowers finer than had been the 

 case for the last five years. 



Owing to the death of A.. K. Whitney, 

 of Morristown, and J. Crosby Brown, of 

 Orange, exhibits usually coming from 

 their estates were missing. 



Among the exhibits not for competi- 

 tion were five excellent specimens of Bos- 

 ton ferns from C. A. Work, Alex. Mul- 

 michel, gardener. 



The judges were : Eugene Dailledouze, 

 Peter Duff and Robert Simpson, and 

 their work gave good satisfaction. 



The list of awards is as follows: 



Chrysanthemums. — Thirty-six flowers In sir va- 

 rieties, six of each, Plerson U-Bar prize, Wm. 

 Dnckham, superintendent estate of D. W. James, 

 first; Round Top estate, C. Barbauer gardener, 

 second. 



Elf^bteen flowers in three varieties, six of 

 each, Dr. D. H. McAlpln, John Downing gar- 

 dener, first; O. H. Kahn, James Fraser super- 

 intendent, second. 



Twelve flowers In twelve varieties, In one 

 vase, Dr. D. H. McAlpln, first; 0. H. Kahn, 



(Concluded on page 86.) 



RHEA REID. 



Ehea Eeid is exceptionally good with 

 us this season. Last year we had the 

 plants on raised benches in an even-span 

 house, and we were continually bothered 

 with the foliage falling. 



Great care was taken this year in the 

 selection of wood, which was gathered 

 about February 20. The bottom heat in 

 the propagating bench was carried at 65 

 to 70 degrees, and the house temperature 

 at 60 degrees. With a good bottom heat 

 the sand dried more rapidly, thereby 

 preventing the cuttings from damping 

 off. 



At the time we benched the stock the 

 plants were growing vigorously in 4-inch 

 pots. Two benches were planted to 

 young stock and the third bench was 

 planted to two-year-old stock, cut back 

 with care. 



This season the stock was planted on 

 raised benches in a three-quarter-span 

 house, with the long span to the south. 

 The growth they are making is beyond 

 our expectations. We are having no trou- 

 ble at all with falling of the foliage, 

 though at the same time last season the 

 plants were virtually without foliage. 



The plants were benched June 20. 

 Starting August 1, they were given a 

 light mulch of sheep manure. September 

 1 Lhey were given a dressing of blood 



and bone. From that time on they re- 

 ceived a liquid dressing once a week. 

 Now that the bright days are over and 

 the uncertain days at hand, we think it 

 just as essential not to feed them, for 

 we fear that overfeeding during dark 

 weather will cause the foliage to turn 

 yellow and the buds to blast. As to wa- 

 tering, we have kept them on the wet 

 side, with a night temperature of 62 de- 

 degrees. 



The house holds 1,200 plants, and for 

 the last month the daily cut has aver- 

 aged 200, with stems from two to three 

 feet long. W. J, Vesey, Jr. 



AT THE EDGELY ROSE RANGE. 



Eeproductions are here given of two 

 photographs which were taken at the rose 

 houses of The Floral Exchange, at 

 Edgely, Pa. One of the illustrations 

 shows a house that was built last year, 

 on the ridge and furrow system, with a 

 one-piece gutter which was constructed 

 from 3x8 inch cypress according to a 

 plan designed by Harry Simpson, of The 

 Floral Exchange's staff. This house is 

 100x200 and contains 17,000 Killarneys. 



The other picture, though not distinct 

 enough to mean much at first glance, is 

 unique enough to be interesting. It 

 shows a section of the roof of a new 

 house designed and erected by Mr. Simp- 

 son, without side post, eave plate or 

 curved bar. "The photo," says Mr. 

 Simpson, "was taken from the tower of 

 a tank, 100 feet above the house. The 

 shadow of the tank appears in the pic- 



General View of Last Weei^s Flower Show at Madison, N. J. 



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