November 11, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



23 



Sangamo. 



Dorothy Gordon. 



Mary Tolman. 



BriKbt Spot. 



Conquest. 

 Admiration. 



Sbasta. 



Miami Queen. 



Some of the New Carnations Staged at the Chicago Show, November 4, 1909. 



Vallis, C. H. Totty, Mrs. N. Davis, 

 Brighthurst, Miss May Seddon, General 

 Hutton, Mary Mason, Mrs. Duckham, and 

 O. H. Broomhead; Mr. F. Plant, second; 

 E. D. Jordan, third. Mrs. J, M. Sears, 

 W. C. Eitchie gardener, had the best 

 collection of anemones and also won for 

 twelve vases of singles; Mrs. Frederick 

 Ayer, George Page gardener, second; W. 



A. Riggs, third. There was a strong 

 entry in this class. The pompon prizes 

 were taken by Peter B. Eobb, E. K. Bet- 

 ter and Bellevue Nurseries. 



For ten blooms pink, M. F. Plant was 

 first, with Brighthurst; W. W. Edgar & 

 Co., second with Dr. Enguehard. For 

 red, M. F. Plant won with fine Mrs. H. 

 Partridge; W. A. Riggs, second, and P. 



B, Robb, third, each showing Shrimpton. 

 The last named, with superb Merzas, led 

 in the class for white; J. S. Bailey, sec- 

 ond with Nellie Pockett; W. W. Edgar 

 & Co., third with Eaton. M. F. Plant, 

 with splendid flowers of Mrs. W. Duck- 

 ham, was first for yellow; J. S. Bailey^ 

 second with the same variety; P. B. 

 Robb, third with Cheltoni. In any other 

 color, M. F. Plant was again in the lead 

 with the biggest lot of flowers in the 

 show, on Leslie Morrison; Mrs. F. Ayer, 

 second; F. H. Kennard, third. 



For the best six new varieties, intro- 

 ductions of 1909, M. F. Plant secured 

 first with excellent blooms of Rose Pock- 

 ett, Charles Beckett, Mrs. F. Thome, O. 

 H. Kahn, Frank L. Payne and Leslie 

 Morrison; Mrs. L. Leland, second with 

 Pockett 's Surprise, President Taft, 

 Merstham Blush, Yellow Miller, Mrs. C. 

 H. Totty and Leslie • Morrison. 



For seventy-five specimen blooms ar- 

 ranged in the society's large china vases, 

 there was a strong entry. W. A. Riggs 

 won, with a mixed vase ; W. W. Edgar & 

 Co., second, with fine Eatons; E. Mac- 

 Mulkin, third, with Bonnaflfon. For the 

 best vase of Mrs. Jerome Jones, James 

 Nicol won with a superb vase of fifty. 

 As grown by Mr. Nicol, there is no white 



chrysanthemum the superior of this grand 

 old variety. Thomas Howden was a good 

 second. 



For the best dinner table decoration 

 for ten covers the exhibits were less 

 numerous than usual. E. MacMulkin was 

 first, using Savannah, a yellow pompon; 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill, second, with single pink 

 variety, and W. H. Creed, third, with a 

 brownish-yellow single. 



T. D. Hatfield, gardener to Walter 

 Hunnewell, received a silver medal for an 

 extensive and artistic display of chrysan- 

 themums and foliage plants. R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. received a similar award 

 for a superb collection of conifers. They 

 also had a table artistically arranged with 

 dahlias, Lorraine begonias, Nephrolepis 

 Whitmani, etc. W. W. Rawson & Co. had 

 a beautiful collection of named and seed- 

 ling nerines, which attracted much favor- 

 able notice. Carl Jurgens had fine lily 

 of the valley and Beauty roses; Mrs. A. 

 W. Blake a big specimen Nephrolepis 

 Whitmani; Mrs. E. J. Clark, John Ash 

 gardener, Boston violets and a collection 

 of single chrysanthemums grown to a 

 single bloom on a stem. 



William Whitman had a display of 

 chrysanthemums and foliage plants; F. 

 W. Fletcher, seedling coleus and Ficus 

 altissima; Mrs. E. M. Gill, a general dis- 

 play; Bellevue Nurseries, a large collec- 

 tion of hardy pompon chrysanthemums. 

 They also showed Anemone Japonica 

 Prince Henry, awarded a first class cer- 

 tificate. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co. had 

 over 100 varieties of pompons, which 

 proved interesting to visitors, awarded 

 a bronze medal. This class of flower 

 seems to be gaining in favor in and about 

 Boston. Julius Roehrs Co. and Lager 

 & Hurrell each had tables of orchids. The 

 first named firm received a certificate of 

 merit for Croton F. Sander. 



W. N. Craig received a bronze medal 

 for his collection of single seedling chrys- 

 anthemums. Peter Fisher received a 

 certificate of merit for Carnation May 



Day, shown in fine condition. M. A. 

 Patten had excellent vases of Shasta, 

 awarded honorable mention; also Winona 

 and May Day. S. J. Goddard received 

 honorable mention for a fine vase of Pink 

 Delight. A. Roper showed a new scarlet, 

 William Penn, and H. A. Jahn a new 

 variegated variety. 



N. F. Comley had large china vases of 

 Bonnaffon, Eaton and Shrimpton chrysan- 

 themums. William Tricker showed the 

 pretty new alternanthera. Jewel. C. H. 

 Tottj' had a collection of single mums, 

 also a number of the new Wells-Pockett 

 1910 varieties, which arrived in good 

 shape. The variety Wells' Late Pink took 

 eveiyone's eye, being the best variety of 

 its color in the show. There were several 

 other fine exhibition sorts. 



A collection of 150 varieties of apples 

 proved an educational exhibit. In the 

 lower hall vegetables were shown in good- 

 ly number. For twenty varieties arranged 

 for effect, Edward Parker led; E. L. 

 Lewis, second. 



Admission charges were double thrse 

 of 1908 on the first three days, but this 

 had no appreciable effect in the attend- 

 ance. The exhibition was favored with 

 cool but pleasant weather. Visitors from 

 a distance were unusually numerous. 



W. N. Craiq. 



DOBB'S FERRY, N. Y. 



The Dobb's Ferry Horticultural So- 

 ciety held a most successful exhibition 

 the week ending November 6. The ex- 

 hibits were practically all from the pri- 

 vate establishments of the neighborhood 

 and were of excellent quality through- 

 out. The principal exhibitors were Mrs. 

 M. Sand, Thomas Lee gardener; Misses 

 Masters, H. Kastberg gardener; J. J. 

 McComb Estate, R. Boreham gardener; 

 Mrs. Harris, J. Howe gardener; Mr. Op- 

 penheimer, J. Goff gardener; William 

 Sindenberg, William Hutchin gardener; 

 J. B. Burke, E. Kuskereig gardener; J. 



