The Florists' Review 



April 2. 1914. 



THE AFTERMATH of the BIG SHOW 



PLANS MADE FOR EXHIBITION IN 1915 



10 successful was the big 

 flower show at New York 

 last week that before it 

 was scarcely half over 

 plans were started for an- 

 other on the same extensive 

 scale next year. Those who doubted 

 the feasibility of such a large under- 

 taking without the backing of the na- 

 tional body had their apprehensions 

 more than dissipated by the solid suc- 

 cess, as an exhibition and as a finan- 

 cial undertaking, that grew more and 

 more apparent as the week advanced. 

 To give the public the full advantage 

 of the exhibition, the show was con- 

 tinued a day, Sunday, March 29. 



The show drew a great many trade 

 visitors from the neighboring states 

 and not a few from a distance, and to 

 them the many exhibits of more than 

 ordinary merit had a strong appeal. 

 The retailers* displays had great in- 

 terest for the general public and the 

 publicity derived from this source 

 should bring no small results. The 

 close of the exhibition did not need to 

 be awaited before the undertaking 

 could be finally pronounced a complete 

 success, as it was at the banquet 

 Thursday night. 



The Banquet. 



One of the most enjoyable events in 

 connection with the show was the New 

 York Florists' Club's annual banquet, 

 held March 26 at the Hotel Astor. The 

 beautifully decorated dining hall was 

 filled with the usual enthusiastic and 

 happy crowd of the club's members 

 and friends. The menu was thoroughly 

 enjoyable, the speeches brief and prac- 

 tical and nearly every one of the 250 

 who attended the banquet remained 

 for the dancing. 



President Duckham was toastmaster. 



Addresses were delivered by Geo. A. 

 Dennison, superintendent of floriculture 

 of the San Francisco exposition; T. A. 

 Havemeyer, for the New York Horti- 

 cultural Society, and F. R. Pierson, for 

 the exhibition committee, of which he 

 was chairman. Patrick O'Mara spoke 

 for the New York Florists' Club and 

 on behalf of the club presented W. H. 

 Siebrecht, retiring president of the 

 club, with a handsome silver tea serv- 

 ice. Mr. Siebrecht eloquently and 

 gratefully responded. 



The banquet was a fitting addition 

 to the week's festivities, and Chair- 

 man Nugent and his committee are 

 congratulated by all because of its 

 success. F. E. Pierson 's address was 

 an enthusiastic appreciation of the 

 show's success and of all who had con- 

 tributed to it. Especially did he com- 

 mend the retail florists who had shown 

 their practical interest, and the an- 

 nouncement that the exhibition would 

 be an annual affair and that arrange- 

 ments had already been made for 1915 

 met with enthusiastic approval. The 

 president of the Grand Central Palace 

 Co. also spoke eloquently of the show 

 and of his company's cooperation in 

 its behalf in the future. 



Flowers for the tables were donated 

 by E. Horan, P. J. Smith, John Young, 

 Walter Sheridan, Badgley, Riedel & 

 Meyer, Guttman & Eaynor, Traendly & 

 Schenck, W. Ford, Young & Nugent, H. 

 E. Froment, George Siebrecht, A. L. 

 Young & Co., James McManus, M. C. 

 Ford, Walter Siebrecht & Co., Paul 

 Meconi and William Kessler. 



The Rose Groups. 



On Thursday the rose groups were 

 set up. From 500 to 1,000 cut blooms 

 were to be used, covering 200 square 

 feet. A. N. Pierson, Inc., and the 



F. R. Pierson Co. made the only; en- 

 tries and the former took first place 

 and the latter second place. These 

 groups, staged in the center of '■ the 

 building, on the first floor, were a whole 

 show in themselves. Hadley, Killarney 

 Brilliant, Double White Killarney and 

 American Beauty were the varieties 

 that attracted especial admiration. 



The Carnation Groups. 



The splendid group of carnations 

 staged by the Cottage Gardens Co., 

 with Matchless, Beacon and Ward, took 

 first prize. Philip Breitmeyer, of De- 

 troit, won second prize, using Philadel- 

 phia, and S. A. Anderson, of Buffalo, 

 took third place, with an assortment 

 of new and old varieties. These 

 groups, containing from 1,000 to 1,500 

 blooms and covering 150 square feet 

 of floor space, were most artistic in 

 arrangement and drew constant ad- 

 miration from the visitors. 



The silver cup for the most artistic 

 vase of 300 or less carnations was 

 won by the J. M. Gasser Co., of Cleve- 

 land. The vase was arranged with 

 splendid effect." 



In the class for artistic vases of 150 

 or less carnations arranged by private 

 growers, first place was taken by P. B. 

 Widendr, of Ogontz, Pa., with an ad- 

 mirable vase; Geo. Mason, of Tuxedo, 

 N. Y., was second and T. Aitchison, of 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y., won third prize. 



The awards in the carnation classes 

 open to private gardeners were: 



Twenty-five blooms white — Geo. Ma- 

 son, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., first, o^ Alma 

 Ward; Winthrop Sargent, Fishkill-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y., second, on Wodenethe. 



Twenty-five blooms flesh pink — D. G. 

 Reid, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., first, 

 on Enchantress; Miss G. A. Bliss, New 

 Canaan, Conn., second, on Enchantress. 



Twenty-five blooms light pink — Miss 



A General View of the Rose Exhibits at the Spring Show at New York Last Week. 



