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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVKMBER 11, 1009. 



NEW YORK. 



Till' I Idit iciilturiil Sdi-ii'iy (if New 

 ^'(irk is In In' ciill;^!;!! ulatcil mi tlir Sllr 

 c-i'ss iii llir cxliiliit iiiii liclil .\ii\ cinliiT ;'. 

 til 7 .'It tlic A liicri<-;iii M ii'^ciiiii lit' \;itnr,-il 

 llistciiy. 'I'lic \\;iy the |iiililii- t iiidii^cil tci 

 llic rxlii liit inn \\;is IIIDSI (■lIcdUr.'If.lillL; to 

 tin' Il!;i ii;iL;fllli'ilt. Till' tiil;il ;it tfinia lln' 

 liir tlir wri'k was .".(i.T.'ll. ainl it is iiitcr- 

 I'Stiny til iiiitr the way tlir at trmlaiirc iii- 

 (•I'L'ascil I'liiin ilay tn i|a\. 'I'lic rccdi'd liy 

 ilays is as I'ullnws: W'cilncsijay, L'.oS.'i; 

 'riiiiisilay. .".,."iS I : I'riilay, '>,<>~\>; Saiur 

 ilay. ^.;;."s; Siiiiilay. II. ::■_">. Tlic lutal 

 ;i1 tcmla nri' at llii' slmw lirlil at the saini' 

 plarc iluriiij^ ,\ii\ ('Milirr. nins, was >. 1 1 1 . 

 till' at t niilaiiri' tiiis yrar licinL;. I luTi't'nrr. 

 ii\rr tliri't' ami miclialt' times as yii>at. 

 ())ii' lit' tile ;4fati t'yiiii;- fcatiirt's (if the at 

 ii'inlaiiic was tiic hu'jfo muiibor wlin 

 i-ai!ii' ill |i|-i\at(' (■(|iii|paL;i'S. Aimthcr 

 iiiitalilc fi'atiiii' was the Sunday attend 

 aiiri-. wliirli w a - :iii a\i'r;i;^e nl' user L'.siin 

 an liniir. 



I-1\ cryiiiic ex|ir('ssed adniir.'ition nf the 

 ideal I liarartei' (if the pl.ace in \\liirli tiie 

 exliiliit inn was held. The s|iaci(iiis fevei' 

 riinid nut lie excelled fur the dis|ilay ef 

 lai';ie s|ieciin('ns. and llie hmy ladiatin;^ 

 li;ills fnrnishe([ excellent ]ilaces in which 

 t(i display tile smaller exhiliits. The 

 autliiifit ies nf the innseurn placed excrv 

 facility at the dis|:iisai nf the nianaiic 

 menr ni the llnwcr shnw, and much nt' its 

 snccess is due In this. 



The cnllectinll nt' nl-(dli(|s ill the linl'tll 

 lial! was reinaikalily line, lieiiiir thi^ 



nf the niiiMiitunity ; he ]uit up a table 

 decnratioii nf nrtdiids which Avas a center 

 n\' interest. 



In the inse (lasscs V. \i. I'iersnii ( 'n. 

 made a splendid slinw, lieiny (ii'st nii lUO 

 l:e;inly. Km l\ i Harney, Hid Maryland. 

 Inn White Killaincy. I'-'i .Maryland and 

 -'} White Killarney; second on '2~) 

 Iteanty. L. A. Xne. Madisnii, X. .)., was 

 liist fni' L'.") lieauty. -'> .Maid and -o 

 llride; secnnd on '2') Killarney. 



Ill tile carnation classes !•'. H. I'ierson 

 I'll, was first nil Km scarlet. The ('ottaf^e 

 (i.irdens < n. was lirst for 100 Jjawsoii 

 shade, for liest new \ariety, and secured 

 the sweepstakes siK.cr medal fnr the best 

 Kill lilnnms ill the siinw . The other c-ar- 

 iiatinii premiiiiKs were won by the fjar- 

 dener nil the rnteiinyer estate. 



Trade I xhibitnrs secured the fnllow in<i; 

 aw.-irds in the plant (dasses: 



( •'llciliiiii (if ciiiiifcrs, Hiililiiiik iV: Alkiiis. lirst. 



Lariicsi Miiil licst cxliiliit uf liiiy trees. .Fiilius 

 Ki'i-lirs Co.. tirst : liiililiink .S; .ViUiiis. second. 



Ciillccliiiii (if ciDtiiMS. .Iiilhis KiH'hrs Cii.. tirst. 



I'lilliciiiiM iif Mi,iiMiil:is. .\li>. I'lMlt, tirst; 

 .liiliiis Uiiclii-s Co.. second. 



Siii'ciincii Ht's;oniii Glnirc dc LmiMiiic, .tiilius 

 Unclii-s Co., lirst. 



Siiciiincii pliii iiiv. Mrs. \\'ii;;lil. lii'sl ; .Inlius 

 Ik'M-hrs Cii., second. 



SiieciMieii lliriiiiix, .Tnliiis Itoelirs Co.. lirst. 



Sjieciiiien ,\e|ilirole|iis ex.-iltiilu liosloiiiensis, 

 .Mrs. I'lMll, liisl ; V. It. riersuii, second. 



S|iecinieii Ne|iliride|iis e\.ill:ilii I'lersoni, I". K. 

 I'icrsiin Cii,, lii-Ni. 



Siieciineii Miifrioiitciis or in.-umI li.i. .Fnliiis 

 Itiiehrs Co.. tirst. 



riiiiit nnt yet in cdninicrce. .Tiiliiis Itoelirs Co., 

 i-eil ilic'iti' for Croton Fritz .Siinder. 



Cnllrction of iircliids. I,:i>;er \- lliirrell, tirsl. 



.N'oveliy not liefore exliiliiled liefoic Hie mi- 

 ciely, .liiliiis Il/(eTTiV Co.. lirst. 



'I'iii Iiyhrid oreliMs. !.;ij.'er \ llinrell. tirst; 



.Inliiis Itoelirs Cii., second. 



B«st 100 Beauty Exhibited at New York, by F. R. Pierson Co. 



hiroest and liiKSt disjilay, in tl stima 



tioii (it inaiiy. ever made in .Xew N'ork. 

 This was lai'ocly due tn the work and 

 zeal nf the lieW Iv fnrined orchi(| section 

 of the society, wliiidi lia(| the arranj^e- 

 iiient nf the jirofrrain. in so far as it re- 

 lale(| tn or(diids. in hand. 



The (dirysaiitheiniim blooms aiKJ carua- 

 lioii exhibits could not be excelieil for 

 (|aality. but the tiumber of entries ftdl 

 belnw exjiectat ions. A. T. liiiiiyar(| wag 

 the oiilv retail florist wlm took advantage 



llylirid ..rcliid. Mr^. 'I'litlle. lirst; l.:f^,v & 

 lliirrell. second. 



Culleelion of oreliid cut Ideonis, ,T. .\. Miinda, 

 lii>l : l..i^er iV Hiirrell. second. 



Colleclinii of c.\ |irl|iediiiin cnl Ido.iins, I.ager 

 iV: lliirrell. lirst. 



I'ive <y|irl|iedliiins in Idiioni, .Inlius Roelirs Co., 

 lirst. 



CiiMlev.i |ilnnl in Idooiii. .Iiilins Koelirs Co., 

 lirst. 



OMiidiiini pliiiit in Idooni, t.nger A; Hurrell, 

 lirsl. 



V.iiid:i 1 -iriili a |danl in Idooni, I-axer & 

 lliirrell, lirst. 



Iieiidioliinin plant in tdeoin. I.acer & IliirroU, 

 first. 



Two orclild plants in tilooin. showing highest 



cxcelleiK'o ot ciiltivalion, Julius Roohrs Co 

 lirst, 



Sliray of eatlleyas, J. A. Manila, tirst. 



Amoiifr tlm aiiKiteiirs, some of wlion 

 Imd a laro;e number of e.xhibits of splei, 

 did (iiialit\', were: Samuel Uuterinyer 

 W, II. Wa'ite j;ar(leiier; Miss A. B. Jen 

 niiios, Oscar Carlson yarilenor; llowtii. 

 (ion Id, Harry Turner yartlencr; l*crc\ 

 • hiibb, .\lex. ^iidxeuzie ^anlcncr; C. IJ 

 Hathaway, Ma.x Schneider j^ardener . 

 I'aul Dana. .1. I. .hilinson j;ardeucr , 

 KNibert .Mallorv. Win. yinitli K^rdener: 

 .Miss ]{. I'otter, (!. Wittlin^er {gardener; 

 I"]. II. Weatherbee. Francis ]\iiliie g;ii 

 deiier; Charles Mallorv, Win. ,1. 8ealev 

 -ardeiier; .Mrs. II. I. Pratt. A. J. Manda 

 yanlener; (!eo. II. Morgan, Thomas Pa^c 

 yardenor; ^Irs. .1. \i. Trevor, Mrs. J. JI. 

 Wriyht. ])r. 1). ]I. :\IoAli)in, S. T. Peters, 

 Miss .M. T. Cnekcroft. Mrs. W. H. Pullan, 

 .Mrs. P. J^. Tiittle, Dr. Clement Moore. 



Ainon^ the special awards, those made 

 to trade exhibitors were as follows: 



K. Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh. 

 -Md.. special prize for 100 varieties hardy 

 poiniions. 



V. \. liolles, honorable mention for window 

 boxes. 



Williiiin Triok(n-, hoiioralile mention for .\1 

 ternantliera .Fewcl. 



Ceorgo Giatras, West Ilolioken, N. J., cer- 

 tilicate of merit for Neplirolepis (Jiatrasii. 



Lelinig & Winnilield, bronze medal for Celosia 

 Th'iinpsoni magnilica. 



.lulins Roelirs Co., silver modal for excel- 

 lent |ilant of Cattleya labiata, and special prize 

 for collection of oreliids. 



K. (). Orpet iilso received a silver medal for 

 collertion of hybrid orchids. 



The judffes were C. 11. Totty, Madison, 

 N. .),; A. .1. T^oveless, Lenox, Mass.; K. 

 (). Orpet. South Lancaster, Mass.; T. \V. 

 Head, (iroton. Conn.; 1. L. Powell, !Mil- 

 brook, X. Y. 



This show seems to indicate that at 

 last llower shows are to receive the recoj^- 

 iiition in Xew York which they should 

 have had loii^ ayo, and a word should bo 

 said fnr the nieinbers of the committee 

 which made this show the success it 

 pro\('d to be. V. K. Pierson was chair- 

 m;in of the comniittee, and George V. 

 N'ash secretary. Tlit! other members 

 were V. II. Traendly, J. 10. Lager, I'. 

 O'Mara, .Inlin ^'(Uiiig. TiConard Barron, 

 P(>ter Duff and J. A. ^landa, the latter 

 act i no as manaoer nf the show, and ac- 

 (|uittin^ himself with high credit. 



The display of 100 varieties of ever- 

 greens by Hobbiiik i.t -Atkins was one nf 

 the features of the show. The entire Int 

 was sold btd'ore the second day. 



( 'liarl(>s Weber, of Lynbrook, appears 

 to have a good thing in his new jiiiik 

 seedling carnation. 



Richard Vincent, of White Marsh, was 

 on his way to Florida when he visited 

 the show. 



Charles 11. Tntty did not compete for 

 jirizes. but staged some sjilendid blooms 

 of his new (dirysanthemums. 



.Iiidge 1. L. Powell lia<l a fine vase of 

 iiiiims arranged with 8])rengeri. 



MT. KISCO. N. Y. 



The seventh annual exhibition of the 

 Westchester County Horticultural and 

 ,\griciiltural Society, held at Mt. Kisco, 

 X. v.. X'ovember ~) to 7, was a great 

 success, under the management of Secre- 

 tary Herbert Spavins. The society needs 

 a larger hall, for the patrons include all 

 the many millionaires within a radius 

 of tliis beautiful town nestling in the 

 Westchester hills. The quality of all the 

 exhibits was of a high order, for most 

 of the display was drawn from the pri- 

 vate establishments of the wealthy ama- 

 teurs. 



The Bailey cup, said to be valued at 

 .■ffl-jO, was the incentive for the mum ex- 

 perts and was won by George Middleton, 



