NOVKMHEK 11, 1!)09. 



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 ^ijiples was put up by Mr. Uuder- 

 wood, superiiiteiuleut for William A. 

 Kead. Hcott Bros, were awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit for a tine exhibit of 

 roses, clirysantheiiunns, etc. Henry A. 

 Dreer received a certificate of merit for 

 a specimen jilant of Acanthus montanus. 

 One of the most strikinfj exhibits was 

 four beautiful specimen plants of Gloire 

 de Lorraine begonias, exliibited by Will- 

 iam Rockefeller, for which he received a 

 special prize. Miss Blanche Potter also 

 received honorable mention for a fine 

 new rose, Duchess of Wellington. Mrs. 

 J'\ A. Vanderlip was awarded a certificate 

 of merit for a specimen plant of Nepiirol- 

 cpis elegantissima. 



The following prizes were won by 

 members of the trade, in addition to the 

 si)ecial awar<ls already mentioned: 



Silver iiipdul fur any now flower, foliage oi- 

 decorative plant, won by V. R. I'lerson Co. witli 

 Neplirolepis viriilissinia. 



Best six f<'rns for tntdo decoration, pots not 

 to exceed li-incli, Tiieodore Trevillian, second. 



One Inniilred double blue violets, Richard 

 I, angle, lirst. 



Twenty live Idoonis of carnations, one variety, 

 Kretsciiuiar Bros., lirst; Herman Bowman, sec 

 oud. 



Certificate of merit for six blooms of carna- 

 tions, seedling not yet disseminated, won by 

 V. R. I'ierson Co. witli new piulc seedling car- 

 nation No. 4(1. 



Twenty Hve tilonms of roses, one variety, 

 1'. R. i'ierson Co., tirst. 



Outside of the trade, tlie piim-ipal 



jirize winiuTS wert> as follows: 



Wni. Rocliefeller. (leorge Middleton ganlener: 

 .Mrs. Henry Siegel. Tliomas .Mtiliison gardener; 

 Josepli Kastm.in, Roliert Angus gardener; .Mrs. 

 K. A. Cdiistalde. James Stuart gardener; Wni 

 A. Read. Andrew McKiniey gardener; D. K. 

 Oppenheiiner. .lolin I. tioff gardener: Clias 

 Mallory. Wru. J. SeaU-y gardener; .Mrs. M. K. 

 Sands, Tlios. .\. I.ee g.irdener; K. H. Weather- 

 l)ee. Francis .Milne gardener; Miss Biauctie 

 I'otter, (ieorge Wittlinger gardener: .Mrs. 

 Isaac N. Seligman. ,lolin Hriuiger gartU'ner: 

 Krederirk I'otter. Win, C. Kolierts gnrdemr: 

 Kniil lierolzlieimer; K. W. Vanderlpilt. llenrv .1. 

 Allen gardener; Mrs. I.. 1'. Child. \V. II. .Mc- 

 • iinness g;irdener; I-'erd. IIeini;inu. Clias. ,1. 

 Weeks assistant gardi'ner; Ostiorn Kstate. 

 James Bell gardeni'r; S. Coding; Mrs. 11. 

 I'ullan; F. A. Vanderlip. M. J. Welsh gar- 

 dener; Miss .Mice .Nenbrand; Ilaridd (1. N'eu- 

 lirand; Adolph BartI; John J. Rikcr. Wni. 

 Inglis gardener. 



Special jirizes were contributeil by 



many firms and individuals, iiudiiding 



the following members of the trade: F. 



K. Pier.son, Pierson T'-Bar Co., Arthur T. 



Boddington, Julius Roehrs Co.. llenrv A. 



Dreer, Burnett Bros.. Peter Jlen(h'rson 



& Co. and Lurd & Burtiham Co. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



Tlie t'onnecticut Horticultural Society 

 held an excellent exhibition at Putnam 

 Phalanx armoiy, No\einber ."! and 4, 

 whi(di attracted an uiuisualiy large :it- 

 tendance. The exiiii)ition iiitdu(h'd ni)t 

 only jdiints and cut floweis. but a con- 

 siderable section for fruits and vege- 

 tables. The arrangement was e.xcellent, 

 and the show by many was said to be the 

 best thus far "held "in the state. The 

 jiulges were: F. Heeremans and A. H. 

 VVingett, of Lenox. The principal ex- 

 hibitor was J. F. Jluss, superintendent 

 for J. J. (ioodwin. Other exhibitors in 

 the section not restricted to amateurs iu- 

 (luded Charles ]\I. Jieach. J{. Cawte gar- 

 dener; .1. .\. Weber, .Xeil Nelson. \V. S. 

 .Mason, Carl I'eterson, Charles T. I>e:is 

 ley. John Coombs. (Jeorge \V. Smith, 

 Wtilter .\ngns and Thomas .1. Diydeii. 



WASHINGTON. 



The annual flower show given by the 

 Washington Florists' Club in tiie old 

 .Masonic Temple is in ])rogress this week. 

 At this writing, the first day of the show- 

 has {iroveii to be quite a success, the luill 

 being thronged with visitors, liotii in 

 the afternoon :unl evening, eacli visitor 

 on entering the hall receiving ;i s.Mivcuir 

 in the way of a (dioice cut flower. 



In the center of the liidi are a number 

 of columns, forming a pagoda an<l an 

 swering as a icxicwiiig statui, from 

 wiiieh jioiiit the whole fliMU- may be 

 seen. Tlie spectators can pass through 

 these aisles, which is (juite ;i treiit in 

 itself. 



.\t four corners of the |i:igip<ia ;ire 

 four l;irge urns lillfil with siiecinifii 

 clirysantheimims, with <-hrysaiitli('muiiis 

 :ind ferns about the base. Two ot' llicse 

 urns were filled by (ieoi'ge (ooke. tlic 

 other two by Gude Bros. Co. (iude Urns. 

 <'o.. in addition to th(> urns, has (|uiti' .-i 

 display, of which tiie writer will give 

 further det;iils at the next writing. 



The Washington h'lorist Co. is ex- 

 hibiting some s|iecimen palms, for which 

 they are noted. Among tiiein are ken- 

 tias, arecas and Cocos |ilumosa. Tliese 

 piilms form .a b.'ukgroiind for the ex 

 liibit, with chrysanthemums and roses in 

 the foreground. Their new rose. Mrs. 

 Taft, was greatly admired. 



The National Botanical Gardens had 

 (juite a collection of curios, while the 

 private collection lielonging to ^Irs. L. 

 Z. Leiter was beautiful and attracted a 

 great deal of attention. Messrs. Marche 

 and Alayberry & iloover 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 tiie side-show 

 issii(\ in the shape of a tarantula loaned 

 bv .Mr. Schmid. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Tlie opening of liie Philadelphia show, 

 held niKJcr the auspices of the Pennsyl- 

 vaniti Horticultural Society, in Ilorti- 

 cullural hall. .November it to 12. was re- 

 tarded by s(Uii(' 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 <linicult tasks that ever has 

 confronted them. This w;is especially 

 true of the cut flower chisses, where some- 

 thing like a dozen entries \vere ma^le in 

 ;i single (dass. .\ glance oxer the show 

 is all that time \\\\\ ju'iniit in this issue. 



It is a. clii'ysaiithi'imiui show to a 

 greater di^gree than for nuiny years jiast. 

 The aiitiiimi (|uceii jiredominates every- 

 where. The average (|iiality of the cut 

 flowers is fine, the specimens in vases 

 on tlic in:iin stairway attracting admira- 

 tion from tli(^ experts. The jdants are 

 inioij and rather taller tliaii usual, filling 

 I lie entire main liall. except for some 

 tine groups of foliage ;nid llowcring 

 phiiits ;irr;inged for etVect. ;md the stage, 

 which Henry A. Dreer has tilled 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 featur(\ The speci- 

 men |ialms and ferns an' of great merit. 

 In the lower hall the Hemy I'. Michell 

 to. has a haiidsouie luilli exhibit ef- 

 t'ectively staged. The exliiliition is fully 

 as large as in former years. I'llli,. 



