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MARCH 26, 1914. 



The Fkwiste* Revkw 



15 



NEW YORK'S BIG 

 SPRING SHOW 





UMBOLDENED by the ||c- 

 " cess of the Kational 





Flower Show of 1913, the 

 New York Florists' Club, 

 with the co-operation of 



the Horticultural Society, 



of New Yark, is this week holding the 

 largest exhibition of plants and flowera 

 ^ver attempted in America otherwisa 

 tfaiift. usdec the -auspiiem- ot th^ -S. r-K^.^l, 

 Tb« -finaoeial/ oateome w^s. nuule eer-; 

 tain months' ago b"y a guarantee fund 

 of. $10/100 backed, by the- sale- of space 

 for trade- displays, to the aggregate- of- 

 $13,0010, .with -a furtiier cash- income 

 from the souvenir program. And the 

 ^rtistic success was assured the mo- 

 ment the doors were opened. 

 * While the title "International," 

 given with the idea of securing adver- 

 tising prestige, was something of a 

 misnomer, no foreign exhibits being 

 noted, the exhibition is a magnificent 

 one, and, considering the severity of 

 the weather, which kept away some 

 choice exhibits and seriously injured 

 not a few, the display is worthy of the 

 highest praise. The exhibition is near- 

 ly as large as that of a year ago, and 

 the arrangement is better. While the 

 aisles are a little narrower, the pas- 

 sage room is ample. The massive pil- 

 lars really add to the eflfectiveness this 

 year, owing to the way they have been 

 treated. Everyone concerned deserves 

 hearty congratulations. 



While there are fewer large exhibi- 

 tors from a distance than a year ago, 

 there are many new ones from near 

 New York. The retailers' booths are 

 wonderfully attractive. Max Schling, 

 C. A. Dards, A. T. Bunyard, Geo. M. 



Stum^p and Bloomingdale ^ making 

 superb displays. The greenhcwse men'« 

 exhibits are more attractive than ever, 

 and the spacious and artistic booth 

 erected for the Horticultural Society 

 of New York by Wanamaker is a 

 splendid feature. The seats and ta- 

 bles provided .with the best hM-ticul- 

 tural books prove alluring to large 

 I Auinber^s of, the- society people. - ■ . > .. 



Tte Attendajice. 



! ■ Eheouraged by liberal advertising, 

 ; the' attendance has been 'good from the 

 \ start and the appearances are that the 

 guarantee . fund will not be touched ; 

 indeed, that there will be a good sum 

 to serve as a nucleus for a fund for 

 another show. The management an- 

 nounced that the gate receipts for the 

 first day, Saturday, March 21, were 

 nearly three times those for the open- 

 ing day last year. There was a heavy 

 fall of snow that night and prospects 

 were less cheerful the second day, but 

 the attendance was excellent, consider- 

 ing the circumstances, and has in- 

 creased day by day. 



The attendance of trade visitors is 

 large. The private gardeners for 100 

 miles around have been dropping in by 

 scores and many commer ial men from 

 some distance have been noted. 



In an exhibition of such magnitude 

 it is impossible to note every attract- 

 ive feature, but probably the strongest 

 section is that devoted to hard-wooded 

 plants. 



Flowering Plants. 



Azaleas are shown of grand quality. 

 Julius Roehrs Co., the largest exhibi- 

 tors in the show, making fifty entries 



and capturing two gold medals^ one 

 silver medal, one certificate of merit, 

 thirty firsts, fourteen seconds, and one 

 third premium in the plant classes, put 

 up a wonderful group of azaleas. Some 

 specimens are six to eight feet across. 

 The group covers 1,000 square feet of 

 space. Some new varieties, such as 

 : Daybfeak, Blushing Bride and purpu- 

 1 rea superba, are included. A. N. Pier- 

 son and others also show azaleas well. 

 Rhododendrons from A. N. Pierson, F. 

 R. Pierson Co., Bobbink & Atkins,, and 

 others, are splendid. 



Acacias ^ make a grand showing. 

 Thomas Roland -did not put u[f as large 

 a group as a year ago, but shows the 

 best plants he had at the Boston ex- 

 hibition, such varieties as pubescens, 

 longifolia,- Baileyana and heterophylla. 

 Other exhibitors of acacias are Mrs. 

 F. A. Constable, James Stuart, garden- 

 er; Knight & Struck Co., Julius Roehrs 

 Co., and Louis Dupuy. The last named 

 grower has splendid botigainvilleas. 

 Knight Si Struck Co. won many prizes 

 and has a beautiful collection. Thom- 

 as Roland secured a gold medal for 

 the wonderful Erica melanthera on 

 which he won a similar award in Bos- 

 ton. Erica codonodes from Louis Du- 

 puy is good. H. Frank Darrow shows, 

 for the Haerens Co., some good new 

 azaleas, including Pink Pearl, delicate 

 pink, and Haerewill's alba, a beauti- 

 ful white. 



The large-flowered cinerarias shown 

 are not up to the mark, but the stel- 

 latas are immense, as shown by W. B. 

 Thompson and others, being four to 

 five feet across. Cyclamens are good, 

 as exhibited by James Stuart and oth- 



One of the Best Gmiers In the Big Spring Show at New York this Week. 

 ( Rhododendrons of F. R. Pierson Co. and of K, N. Plervon at the left, Thomas Roland's Hard- wooded Oroap at the rear, Louis Dupar'a Lilies at the richt.) 



