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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NnVi:Miii:u 4, 1909. 



MADISON. N. J. 



Fourteenth Annual Show. 



Tlic Mui'i'is C'oiiiitv (iai'doiicis ' uiul 

 I'lmists' Sncicty In M its I'oui'tcciilh uu- 

 iiiml y\\i)\\ <)ct(ilit'r 1'7 iiiid L'S, 



'J"1k' not iccalilc J'catiirc was tlio laek of 

 gidui s of ]»laii1s, as i-()iii|iai('(l with pre- 

 \ ions voars. Imt llic cut llowcr (wliiliits 

 iiiorc tliaii coiiipciisalcd for anything 

 lacking; in this rospec-t. 



'I'lic weather was spK^ndid and the at- 

 tendance on tlie secon<l day const ituti'd a 

 rcc<ird for tliis society. 



In tl:e sjiecial exhiliits, outside of tiio 

 eoinpetitixc jirizes, ('has. Jl. Totty set uj) 

 a lalde of sinyle ehrysantlienninis and 

 new ^arieties of tlie large llowered sorts, 

 among whlcli -were Mrs. David yynie, 

 (Jjailys Ulackbuin, Ji. F. Felton and other 

 sjilendid \arieties. He was also awarded 

 a eertilicate of merit for Alternantlieru 

 Jewel, whieli is apparently an excellent 

 novelty. 



Lager & llm'rell had a splendid table 

 of mixed orchids. 



.Folin Cliatius exhiluted his ne^v fern. 



Marry Turner, superint(>ndent for 

 Howard Gould, of Poit Washington, ro- 

 ceiveil a s[)ecial certificate for his in'w 

 celosia. 



1'he rose exliihits were more numercnis 

 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 .1. Crosby Brown, of 

 Orange, exliibits usually coming from 

 their estates were missing. 



Among the exhibits not for competi- 

 tion •\ver(.' fi\e excellent S])eciinens of Bos- 

 ton ferns from < '. A. Work, Alex. Mul- 

 michel, gardener. 



The judges were: I-]ugene Dailledouze, 

 Peter Bulf and ]?ol)ert Simpson, and 

 their work gave good satisfaction. 



The list of awards is as follows: 



t'lir.vsantlipmunis.--Tliirt.v-six flowers in si.K va- 

 rietit's, tiix (if iiicli, I'ii'ixm I IJar ]iiizc. Win. 

 Duekliam, supciiiitciiilfiit estate of D. \V. .Tamos, 

 first; Kouiid Top estate, C. I5aibauer gartleuer, 

 seeond. 



Eitrliteen flowers in three varieties, six of 

 eacli. Dr. I). II. Mc.Miiin, .Inliu Downing sar- 

 dener. first; (). II. Kaliii. James I'raser super- 

 intendent, second. 



Twelve flowers in twelve varieties, in one 

 vase, Iir. I). II. .Mc.Miiin. tirsl ; O. II. Kabn, 



(Concluded on page 35.) 



RHEA REID. 



Hhea Keid is exce])tionally good with 

 us iliis s(>!ison. I.tist year we Inid the 

 ])lants on raised benches in an even-span 

 housfi, and we ^\('\■e continually bothered 

 ■with the foliage falling. 



(ireat ciire was taken this year in the 

 selection of wood, which was gathered 

 ;il)oat February lid. The bottom hetit in 

 the propagating bench was carried at 6.1 

 to 70 ih'grees, tmd the house temperature 

 at (50 degrees. With it good bottom heat 

 the sand dried more rajjidly, thereby 

 preventing tlie cuttings from damping 

 oflC. 



At the time we benched the .stock the 

 plants were growing vigorously in 4-inch 

 ])ots. Two benches were ]danted to 

 young stock iind tlie third bench was 

 ])laiited to two-year-old stock, tait back 

 with care. 



This season tiie stock av.'i.s ])lanted on 

 raised benches in a three-quarter-span 

 house, Avith the long sjian to the south. 

 The growth they are imiking is beyond 

 our expectations. We are iiaving no trou- 

 ble at ill! with falling of the foliage, 

 though ;it the stiine time liist season the 

 l)lants were virtually without foliage. 



'J'lie jilants were benclied .Tune 20. 

 Stiining August i, they were given a 

 light mulch of sheep manure. 8e]itember 

 1 ihey were given a tiressing of blood 



and lione. From that time on they r( 

 ceivetl a licjuid ilressing once ii week 

 Now that the bright days are over ;inu 

 the uncertain days at hand, we think it 

 just as cs.senti,".! not to feed them, foi 

 we fear that overfeeding during dark 

 wctither 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 (52 de 

 degrees. 



The liou.se holds 1,200 plants, and for 

 the last month the daily cut has a\er 

 aged 200, with stems from two to thrcr- 

 feet long. W^ J. Vesey, ,1i;. 



AT THE EDGELY ROSE RANGE. 



Beproductions are hero given of two 

 photographs which were taken at the rose 

 houses of Tho Floral Exchange, at 

 Kdgely, Pa. One of the illustrations 

 shows a house that was built last year, 

 on the ridge and furrow system, with u 

 one-pit>co gutter which was constructed 

 from 3xS 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 lirst glance, is 

 unicjue enough to be interesting. It 

 shows a section of tiie roof of a new 

 house designed and erected by Mr. Simp- 

 son, without side post, eavo 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 Week's Flower Show at Madison, N. J. 



