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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Makcu I'o, 1909. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Aftermath of Buffalo Meeting. 



'I'lii' Ii'iilli ;ililiu;il iiirrlilij; u\' llir sm-i- 

 oty was riiiM-lii'lcil 'riim'S(|;iy cNi'iiiii^, 

 March 1^. with ;ii! iiitniiiiiil (liiiiici- at 

 the JiiHjiiiii- hdirl. r.iilTalii, tcii>lrrc,| |.y 

 the KiilTald \']n\ i>i>' ( Inh. 



'I'lic If ricci lull III' I'rcsiilrllt I'm'lll- 

 IiKllill aiiil all iillii'l' iiHiiirs. r\i-r|>t tlii' 

 \icr |iirsii|iiil . x\a^ liy ari-laiiiat iiiii. It 

 is tlir |iiacliri' 111 laki' llic \ ii-r |ilfsii|rlll 

 rniiii ilii liirality clioscn \'nv the iifXt 



lllnlinu. sii |-'. I,'. I'liT-iili \\a> S'.'lrrtnl as 



tilt' 1 1 ]irr-riilal i\ r 111' New ^'<llk city, 

 where the iiicctiii^ i<\ I'.tln will hi> hcjil. 

 'J'he e.K(MMit i\ (' ciiiniiiiltcc cmf-isis u\' Win. 

 F. Kastin^^ I'eler Hisset, I'hilip P.reit- 

 meyer, E. G. IIUI, P. Welch ami A. 

 l"arciiwali|. 



J^il)en Hciitt A: 8iiii, Sharuii Hill. Pa., 

 were j^iveii a special awanl IVir a si)!eu- 

 did exliiliit lit' Ivdsc Mrs. .lar.liiic. 



The Walian ]ln<r « 'iiiisci\at(uies ^verc• 

 given a sjiecial iiicilal, as well as a cer- 

 tificate, fur While Killaiiicy. Their 

 hiodins were el' exci'|it inii.-i I (|iiality. 



In aihlitidii tu the i ). P. Passett and 

 IJurtithy liurdciii cainatiuiis. incnt iniicd 

 last week, Indianai)olis sent its two nov- 

 elties, yhasta, whiti'. from JJanr iSc Snutb, 

 and James Whitcoml) Riley, yellow, from 

 Bertermanu Bros. ( o. V. K. i'iirsuii Co., 

 Tarryto\vu, showed No. ."iH, pink; Xo. (in, 

 crimson; d.ark pink sport of Winsor and 

 variej^ated sport of White Lawsoii. W. 

 A. Manila showed his seedling caiiiatioii. 

 called I'ink Pearl. The carnation uovel- 

 ties thus wi'ic ijiiite a feature ol' the rose 

 show. 



The Pose yociiity lias ;it leiiL;lli put its 

 foot down and set an ex.ample to nthi'r 

 societies. The new rule is thai no spetdal 

 preiiuiims shall he nU'ered until tiiey have 

 lieen dejiosited with the society. It douht- 

 less a]i])lies to the consideralde niimlier 

 of medals that were nlfered to the soci 

 ety. free, during; the Pulf.-ilu n liiii;. 



li. <). Kin^r thoijelit that the comments 



on tile hi;^ liiSe house at Xultll Wales, 

 made ;it the <'liirauii nieetiii^ la'^t year. 

 have recently been pretty elfecti\ely ;in- 



swei'ed liy liie decision ot' ll wmrs 1o 



put lip another and still larerr hnuse un 



the •«ailie lilies, |7-_'x700 teel. 



The piililic .■itleiided in ^ |1\ niimlieis 



and niiieli interest w:is ma iii t'e--ied. The 



oxiiihil of the 1". I;. Pl'l^iill I'll. 



was the center uf attraction, indicating- 



thai .-ll leal iiiii In artistic staying iiiieht 

 Well lie uj\,.|i whenever the |uildic is ca- 

 tered III ai lliiuei. shows. The Wliitt' Kil- 

 lariiey in Llla-s \ases, ihe new iieph''ol- 

 epises and tin iiiirrols made an elfeclise 

 ciiiiilii na I imi, opecially aili;icli\e I'e 

 c;iii~e the ciiin pi'l it i\ '■ exhiliits were in 

 liie le^u lat ion indurated lilier \asi's. 



P. K". Piersiin says the exhiliition was 

 line 111 llie liiiest llie siicielv e\er lias 

 had. The inateiiiil in his iiw n exliiliit 

 w.a-- wiiitli :f."iiiii. ll was iidt a coiiipeti 

 li\e display, so there w;is alisolntely no 

 iilhel iiff-el tli:iii the ai l\ elM i-i 11^ \alne 

 III' s, I Moi.alile -A uroup. Mr. Piersmi 

 iiexer dues .'I liy I ll i II e li\' halxfs. 



The more |ieo|ile looked at the show 

 the more they were impressed liy tile 

 liij^h (|iiality of the stock. While nian.v 

 classes did iiol till, there was stroii;; com- 

 |ielitiiin in others, pa rl iciila riy P>eaiilies 

 and Killariiey. 



THE BOSTON EXHIBITION. 



Show of the Co-operative Market. 



The first :iiiiiiial pii/.e exlii liit imi uf the 

 P.oston ( odperat i\ e l-'lower Market, held 

 ill the Music Hall market Mandi L'O, 

 proved a "i.-iiid suc<'ess, ;iiid ;i s|p|endid 

 lot i)f plants, cut lloweis and llmal de- 

 siejis were stae<'i|. The executive com- 

 inittet\ on whose shoulders fell the hur 

 den of the show, were .John Mc l-'arland. 

 North Pastoii ; John P.arr, South Natick; 

 h'oliert Mont diMiiery, Natick; .Mhert 

 l.'oper, Tewkshury. and .\lliert Pat ley, 

 .Maynard. They deserve muidi credit for 

 till excellent exhiliition. 



The Judoes. who performed their duties 

 proinjitlv and s.il isl'actorilv, wire: K'uses. 

 .\. K". iluls.in. William Malloy and .\. 

 < art v\ right ; carn.ations. P. .1. Peiiter, j). 

 t'arniiclia(d and T. ('ajiers; miscellaneous 

 ixhiliils, William W.alke, Daiii.d Whvte, 

 Thomas (!rea\es and Samuel Neil; Moral 



desjuiis. p. II. Ilouehliiii, .\lliell Scull, 

 1'. Polierls. 



The Roses. 



Iv'u^es made a liiu' displ.ay, decidedly 

 liettei than the Park Street market had 

 lliiee Weeks earlier. K'olierl .Moiilgoniery 

 capliired lirsts t'or twenty live Killarnev, 

 twenty live li'iidiniuiid and twenty live 

 Pride, and was S'cuiid lui- twenty live 

 I'ride-maid. W. P. .Muni-- w,is ijist for 

 iweiity live Pridesmaid and second for 

 I went V live liride. .Ml'. .Montgomery cap 



lured the Bramau-Dow special for Kil- 

 lariiey and dniiiis Ziiin's cup for Rich- 

 mond. i'\ ll. and 1*. N. I'ierson took the 

 salesman's clip for fifty American Beau- 

 ties witli sidendid flowers. For fifty Kil- 

 lariiey, W. 11. J'llliott took first with mag- 

 iiiliceiit flovvejs, much liner than he staged 

 in Bulfalu, according to visitors at the 

 show there. They wer(> the feature 

 among the rose exhiliits. For fifty Bride, 

 .Montrose (Ireeiihoiises were first; \V. R. 

 .Morris, second. P'or fifty Bridesmaid, 

 W. R. .Morris, first; Montrose Grecn- 

 hmises. second. The Schlegel & Fottler 

 cii]i for the liest new rose introduced in 

 PMi',') vvent to the Walian Rose Conserva- 

 tories for a fine vase of White Iviilarney. 

 S. ,1. licuter ^- Son had good vases of My 

 Maryland and Mrs. .lardine. and W. H. 

 Idliott of the old Safraiio. 



Carnations. 



There was a large display of carna- 

 tions, some ^•(>ry good blooms being 

 staged. For fifty white. Patten & Co. 

 led with White Perfection; Flijah Cart- 

 wright, second, with ijady Bountiful. H. 

 L. Sliedd won for scarlet with Beacon; 

 .lohii Parr, second, with the same variety. 

 For fifty light pink, out of ten entries, 

 .lohn Barr was in the lead with excellent 

 Winsor; Pittlefield i^- Wyman, second, 

 with Kiudiantress. The last named ex- 

 hibitors had the best fifty dark pink, 

 showing l.awson \vitli spleiuiid stems and 

 lloweis; .biliii Parr, second, with Ijawson. 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, with Feiin. had the best 

 crimsons; P. P. Winch, second, with the 

 same ^;lriety. .John liarr and Patten & 

 to. had 1he finest variegated, each show- 

 ing X'ariegate*! ]>awson. 



The T. .1. (irey cii|i, for lUU flowers of 

 • 111 nndissemiiialed seedling, went to A. 

 l\'o|ier, for Bay StJite. Piilten tSc Co. had 

 the best fifty llowers of a seedling white, 

 with a tine vase of 'leiievleve. L. E. 

 Small won tor seedling red, showing an 

 unnamed crimson. Peter I'isher had tlie 

 best fifty dark pink seedlings, with his 

 Xo. ol),"), a full double llnwer. .rolin Barr 

 led in the light ]iink idass. with an 

 iineamed variety, .\ . K'oper captured the 

 prize for fifty scarlet, also fur fifty \arie- 

 gated, the latter with Pay St.ate. The 

 Pieck special, fill PMi c;i mat ions, any 

 cidor. went III .bihii Parr, for a fine vase 

 of P)t\acon. The special ol' the .V. T. 

 .Stearns Co.. for P)0 carnal ioiis, mixed in 

 six V ,1 ri<'t ies, was taken l>v*S, ,F. God- 



The Notable Exhibit of White Killarnev Staged at Buffalo by the F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N.'^Y. 



