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November 11, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



25 



Display of Cut Flowers Staged at Chicago by Wietor Bros^ not for Competition. 



White Killarney roses. A beautiful ex- 

 hibit of apples was put up by Mr. Under- 

 wood, superintendent for William A. 

 Bead. Scott Bros, were awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit for a fine exhibit of 

 roses, chrysanthemums, etc. Henry A. 

 Dreer received a certificate of merit for 

 a specimen plant of Acanthus montanus. 

 One of the most striking exhibits was 

 four beautiful specimen plants of Gloire 

 de Lorraine begonias, exhibited by Will- 

 iam Eockefeller, for which he received a 

 special prize. Miss Blanche Potter also 

 received honorable mention for a fine 

 new rose, Duchess of Wellington. Mrs. 

 F. A. Vanderlip was awarded a certificate 

 of merit for a specimen plant of Nephrol- 

 epis elegantissima. 



The following prizes were won by 

 members of the trade, in addition to the 

 special awards already mentioned: 



Silver, medal for any new flower, foliage or 

 decoratlvej^lant, won by F. R. Plerson Co. with 

 Nephrolepls Tiridlssima. 



Best sLk ferns for table decoration, pots not 

 to exceed 6-lncb, Theodore TrevlUlan, second. 



One Hundred double blue violets, Richard 

 Langle, first. 



Twenty-flve blooms of carnations, one variety, 

 Kretschmar Bros., first; Herman Bowman, sec- 

 ond. 



Certificate of merit for six blooms of carna- 

 tions, seedling not yet disseminated, won by 

 F. R. Plerson Co. with new pink seedling car- 

 nation No. 40. 



Twenty-five blooms of roses, one variety, 

 F. R. Plerson Co., first. 



Outside of the trade, the principal 



prize winners were as follows: 



Wm. Rockefeller, George Mlddleton gardener; 

 Mrs. Henry Siegel, Thomas Aitchison gardener; 

 Joseph Eastman, Robert Angus gardener; Mrs. 

 F. A. Constable, James Stuart gardener; Wni. 

 A. Read, Andrew McKlnley gardener; D. E. 

 Oppenhelmer, John I. Goff gardener; Chas. 

 Mallory, Wm. J. Sealey gardener; Mrs. M. K. 

 Sands, Tbos. A. Lee gardener; E. H. Weather- 

 bee, Francis Milne gardener; Miss Blanche 

 Potter, George Wlttllnger gardener; Mrs. 

 Isaac N. Sellgman, John Brunger gardener; 

 Frederick Potter, Wm. C. Roberts gardener; 

 Emll Berolzhelmer; F. W. Vanderbllt, Henry J. 

 Allen gardener; Mrs. L. P. Child, W. H. Mc- 

 Glnness gardener; Ferd. Hermann, Chas. J. 

 Weeks assistant gardener; Osborn Estate, 

 James Bell gardener; S. Godney; Mrs. H. 

 PuUan; F. A. Vanderlip, M. J. Welsh gar- 

 dener; Miss Alice Neubrand; Harold G. Neu- 

 brand; Adolph Bartl; John J. Riker, Wm. 

 Inglls gardener. 



Special prizes were contributed by 



many firms and individuals, including 



the following members of the trade: F. 



R. Pierson, Pierson U-Bar Co., Arthur T. 



Boddington, Julius Eoehrs Co., Henry A. 



Dreer, Burnett Bros., Peter Henderson 



& Co. and Lord & Burnham Co. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Connecticut Horticultural Society 

 held an excellent exhibition at Putnam 

 Phalanx armory, November 3 and 4, 

 which attracted an unusually large at- 

 tendance. The exhibition included not 

 only plants and cut flowers, but a con- 

 siderable section for fruits and vege- 

 tables. The arrangement was excellent, 

 and the show by many was said to be the 

 best thus far held in the state. The 

 judges were: F. Heeremans and A. H. 

 Wingett, of Lenox. The principal ex- 

 hibitor was J. F. Huss, superintendent 

 for J, J. Goodwin. Other exhibitors in 

 the section not restricted to amateurs in- 

 cluded Charles M. Beach, R. Cawte gar- 

 dener; J. A. Weber, Neil Nelson, W. S. 

 Mason, Carl Peterson, Charles T. Beas- 

 ley, John Coombs, George W. Smith, 

 Walter Angus and Thomas J. Dryden. 



WASHINGTON. 



The annual flower show given by the 

 Washington Florists' Club in the old 

 Masonic Temple is in progress this week. 

 At this writing, the first day of the show 

 has proven to be quite a success, the hall 

 being thronged with visitors, both in 

 the afternoon and evening, each visitor 

 on entering the hall receiving a souvenir 

 in the way of a choice cut flower. 



In the center of the hall are a number 

 of columns, forming a pagoda and an- 

 swering as a reviewing stand, from 

 which point the whole floor may be 

 seen. The spectators can pass through 

 these aisles, which is quite a treat in 

 itself. 



At four corners of the pagoda are 

 four large urns filled with specimen 

 chrysanthemums, with chrysanthemums 

 and ferns about the base. Two of these 

 urns were filled by George Cooke, the 

 other two by Gude Bros. Co. Gude Bros. 

 Co., in addition to the urns, has quite a 

 display, of which the writer will give 

 further details at the next writing. 



The Washington Florist Co. is ex- 

 hibiting some specimen palms, for which 

 they are noted. Among them are ken- 

 tias, arecas and Cocos plumosa. These 

 palms form a background for the ex- 

 hibit, with chrysanthemums and roses in 

 the foreground. Their new rose, Mrs. 

 Taft, was greatly admired. 



The National Botanical Gardens had 

 quite a collection of curios, while the 

 private collection belonging to Mrs. L. 

 Z, Leiter was beautiful and attracted a 

 great deal of attention. Messrs. Marche 

 and Mayberry & Hoover were well rep- 

 resented, a number of displays of pom- 

 pons being prominent. 



With over 100 singing canaries and 

 music by Pistoria's band, and a number 

 of vocal selections by noted singers, 

 things were kept quite lively. 



The amiable Mr. Cooke, who has the 

 show in charge, is much to be praised 

 for the manner in which things are 

 conducted. 



Last but not least is the side-show 

 issue, in the shape of a tarantula loaned 

 by Mr. Schmid. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The opening of the Philadelphia show, 

 held under the auspices of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society, in Horti- 

 cultural hall, November 9 to 12, was re- 

 tarded by some belated exhibits that 

 were not staged until long after the 

 hour set for the judges to commence 

 work. Secretary Rust took the bull by 

 the horns by starting the judges on one 

 of the most difficult tasks that ever has 

 confronted them. This was especially 

 true of the cut flower classes, where some- 

 thing like a dozen entries were made in 

 a single class. A glance over the show 

 is all that time will permit in this issue. 



It is a chrysanthemum show to a 

 greater degree than for many years past. 

 The autumn queen predominates every- 

 where. The average quality of the cut 

 flowers is fine, the specimens in vases 

 on the main stairway attracting admira- 

 tion from the experts. The plants are 

 good and rather taller than usual, filling 

 the entire main hall, except for some 

 fine groups of foliage and flowering 

 pknts arranged for effect, and the stage, 

 which Henry A. Dreer has filled with a 

 choice selection of palms and ferns. A 

 collection of orchids in bloom beautifully 

 arranged with ferns from John Wana- 

 maker is a striking feature. The speci- 

 men palms and ferns are of great merit. 

 In the lower hall the Henry F. Michell 

 Co. has a handsome bulb exhibit ef- 

 fectively staged. The exhibition is fully 

 as large as in former years. Phil. 



