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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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One Standard, any variety — E. F. ColUns, first; 

 3. Boston, second. 



One specimen, white — D. Robertson, first; J. 

 Boston, second; E. F. Collins, third. 



One specimen, pink — J. Boston, first; £, F. 

 Collins, second; D. Robertson, third. 



One specimen, yellow — J. Boston, first; B. F. 

 Collins, second. 



Four bush plants, one each of white, pink, 

 yellow and dark color — Sir H. M. Pellatt, Toronto, 

 first; D. Robertson, second; E. F. Collins, third; 

 J. Boston, special prize. 



Twenty-five single stems — E. F. Collins, first. 



Three palms — W. Jay, Toronto, first. 



Twelve palms — W. Jay, first. 



Collection nephrolepis, not less than ten va- 

 rieties— W. Jay, first; B. F. Collins, second. 



Six ferns — W. Jay, first; E. F. Collins, second. 



Six cyclamens— Sir H. M. Pellatt, first; Her 

 Wilson, Berlin, second; H. H. Fudeer, Toronto, 

 third. 



Collection of primulas — Her Wilson, first. 



Six begonias in bloom— Sir H. M. Pellatt, first; 

 W. Jay, second; H. H. Fudger, third. 



Twelve table plants — W. Jay, first; H. H. 

 Fudger, second; T. Manton, Eglinton, third. 



Orchid in flower — D. Robertson, first. 



Three orchids — T. Manton, first. 

 , Six orchids — T. Manton, first. 



Oroup of chrysanthemums and foliage plants, 

 arranged for effect, not to exceed 100 square 

 feet— Sir H. M. Pellatt, first; E. F. Collins, 

 second; T. Manton, third; W. Jay, fourth. 



Display of orchids; arranged for effect— T. 

 Manton, first; E. F. Collins, second. 



Group of single and pompon chrysanthemums, 

 arranged for effect — E. F. Collins, first; Sir H. 

 M. Pellatt, second; T. Manton, third. 



AT FAIRMOUNT PABE. 



That the people love flower pictures 

 is shown in the large crowd that vis- 

 ited Horticultural hall, Fairmount park, 

 Philadelphia, on the second Sunday in 

 November, when the annual chrysan- 

 themum show was opened to the public. 

 Workmen had been busily employed 

 for the three previous days in prepar- 

 ing the east end for the visitors. Im- 

 mense rhododendrons, azaleas and 

 palms in tubs had been rolled back 

 against the wall to form the back- 

 ground for the flower picture. Then 

 came the staging, broad at the top, 

 with narrower steps to the ground. 

 Last, and most difficult of all, came 

 the arrangement of the chrysanthemum 

 plants themselves. Oglesby B. Paul 

 said: "The pinks and whites must 

 go at one end, the yellows and golds 

 at the other." To this primary rule 

 was added a determination to avoid 

 flatness and to bring out the best col- 

 ors advantageously. Xavier E. E. 

 Schmitt grew medium sized plants of 

 some eighty or ninety varieties, for me- 

 dium sized plants combine better in 

 flower pictures than do mammoth speci- 

 mens. He then arranged them with 

 exceeding care, studying the height of 

 the different plants with regard to 

 their relative positions. This secured 

 the undulating or wavy effect desired, 

 which, used in combination with a 

 study of color, produced the dazzling 

 picture that delighted the throng. 



The exhibition was confined to the 

 eastern or Schuylkill river end of Hor- 

 ticultural hall. The entrance is from 

 the main doorway directly into the ex- 

 hibition conservatory. On the right a 

 magnificent flower picture of the queen 

 of autumn clad in yellow, orange and 

 gold; on the left, a softer but no less 

 beautiful picture of the queen clad in 

 pink and white. The pathways between 

 are filled with graceful plants, mostly 

 yellow and white chrysanthemums, some 

 pink, scattered among palms and ferns, 

 the effect preparing the eye, as it were, 

 for the beauty beyond. The other 

 pathway, that enables the visitors to 

 return, is bordered entirely with green, 

 save one little patch of color, single 

 flowers, I think, of white and pink, a 

 rest to the eye after the gorgeousness 

 of color. 



The success of this Philadelphia park 

 show is only partly explained by the 

 fact that it is free — the people's own — 



The Pint Prize Entry to the Contested Clasi for 100 Eaton at Milwaukee. 



for who would go away out to Fair- 

 mount park in chill November unless 

 there was something to see? There is 

 something to see, well worth seeing. It 

 has been so for the last eleven years 

 and is now generally known. Some- 

 thing that can be seen nowhere else, a 

 picture on a magnificent scale, where 

 the result is secured by the sacrifice 

 of the individual perfection to beauti- 

 ful combination. Phil. 



OIiADIOLUS NO. 312. 



W. A. Pryal, in his article, "Gladio- 

 lus Topics," in The Review of Novem- 

 ber 16, says of P. O. Coblentz 's Gladio- 

 lus No. 312, that it has been catalogued 

 by two growers or dealers as Grena- 

 dier. Now, right here we are up against 

 the very trouble which was one of the 

 reasons for the formation of the Amer- 

 ican Gladiolus Society. Mr. Coblentz 

 used to call it Emma, but issued no 

 catalogue. Last year a seedsman, hav- 

 ing purchased from Mr, Coblentz his 

 stock of this variety, catalogued it as 

 Velvet King. This seems to me un- 

 fortunate and all the more so as the 

 name does not fit the flower, which is 

 not very velvety. It is also a little tgo 

 much like the name Scarlet "Velvet, un- 

 der which name I have for several 

 years advertised another variety in a 

 rather widely circulated catalogue. 



The variety No. 312, under whatever 

 name it goes, is an e^jcellent one and 

 does not, in this climate, show any of 

 the faults mentioned by Mr. Pryal. It 

 is not a bit "like Brenchleyensis " ex- 

 cept in having a bright color. The 



flower is large and well opened 

 instead of being nearly closed, like 

 Brenchleyensis. Among the nearly 

 white sorts, Silvretta is worth noticing, 

 the flower being large and of the 

 Nanceianus form, set on the stem much 

 in the same way as Mrs. Francis King, 

 which it much resembles in habit. 



It seems to me that Peace is bound to 

 come to the front as a white, in spite 

 of the small spot of color in the throat. 

 In form, substance, stem, vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness I think it leads. I have 

 none to sell. George S. Woodruff. 



SCALE OH NEPHBOLEFIS. 



What is the best way to get rid of 

 scale on the nephrolepis type of ferns, 

 in pots and planted in beds? What is 

 the best feed for them in bright 

 weather? L. M. 



Spraying with extract of tobacco, in 

 the proportion of one part of the ex- 

 tract to fifty parts of water, will help 

 to keep down scale on nephrolepis, but 

 if the plants are badly infested with 

 the insects it will take some time to 

 get rid of them, using the spray about 

 twice a week. The safest fertilizer for 

 these ferns is manure water from either 

 cow or sheep manure. This may be 

 given once a week to plants that are 

 thoroughly rooted, but should not be 

 given to newly potted stock, or to any 

 plants that are not well established. 



W. H. T. 



Hartford, Conn. — John Brodrib has 

 opened a flower department on Wise, 

 Smith & Co. 's main floor. 



