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SIFTBMBHR 21, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



19 



iicluding many novelties. In decora- 

 tives, Souv. de Gustave Uoazon, Gen- 

 try Gigantea, Jeanne Charmet, Mme. 

 \'an den Daele, John B. Baldwin, Mrs. 

 ' . Turner and Mephisto werfe note- 

 worthy. The peony-flowered type was 

 well represented, King Edward VII be- 

 ing noteworthy. In cactus sorts the 

 following had many admirers: Ethel 

 Veatman, Lady Muriel, Auburn Beauty, 

 lliirveet Home, Beryl, Mrs. Egginton, 

 \'idette. Sir A. M. Rivoire, Leda, Janet 

 ('oral, F. W. Barnes, Hongree, Mrs. 

 (irosvenor, Joan of Arc. In the big col- 

 loction of pompons, these were note- 

 worthy: Iris, Jessica, iSensation, Prince 

 charming, Ruy Bias, Snow Clad, Little 

 Mary, Crimson Queen, Catherine and 

 Henrietta. 



Geo. H. Walker had a fine display, 

 not for competition. He had a fine seed- 

 ling double salmon show variety. Grand 

 Duchess Marie, which last week re- 



I cived a certificate of merit at the 

 Connecticut state fair exhibition. The 

 twelve prize winning cactus from 

 (ieo. L. Stillman were: J. H. Jackson, 

 Advance, King of Siam, -C. H. Curtis, 

 Mrs. J. Mace, Wm. Marshall, Faunus, 

 \ictorian, Juliet, Imperator, The Prince 

 ;iiid Mrs. Mortimer. The twelve win- 

 ning decoratives from W. D. Hathaway, 

 of New Bedford, were: Jeanne Char- 

 met, Le Grand Manitou, Mrs Edna L. 

 Hathaway, Yellow Colossus, Mme. Van 

 • Ion Daele, Beaute Lyonnaise, Claribel, 

 F. Grinstead, Margaret Desblanc, J. R. 

 lialdwin, Mme. Louis Perrier and Kai- 

 ^orin Augusta Victoria. 



E. F. Dwyer, of Lynn, had some fine 

 l)loom8. He received awards of recogni- 

 tion for two new fancy decorative 

 varieties. H. R. Wirth had a fine collec- 

 tion of seedling cactus dahlias. Geo. B. 

 Gill took several prizes, including one 

 tor the best combination vase of 

 eighteen flowers. He received a first- 

 class certificate for Mrs. E. M. Gill, a 

 tine maroon show variety. The only 

 other certificate went to Mrs. L. A. 

 Tawle, for E. E. Tawle, who was also 

 second for the finest general display. 



Arthur Griffin showed a group of 

 his new Salvia Salmon Queen. Among 

 the leading prize winners in addition to 

 these already noted were: C. Lindwall 

 & Co., H. A. Winter, Parker A. Mans- 

 field and John E. Stokes. There was 



II big attendance all three days of the 

 show and from the way names were be- 

 ing jotted down and orders booked, 

 there would appear to be no diminu- 

 tion of interest in this showy if some- 

 what uncertain fall flower. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE SHOW. 



The dahlia show in progress this week 

 :it the American Institute, New York, 

 is the eightieth annual exhibition of 

 that organization and, considering the 

 unfavoraiile character of the weather 

 the growers have had to contend with, 

 it may be classed as the most successful 

 show that ever has been given in New 

 York to feature ■ this late summer 

 flower. Among commercial growers of 

 • lahliae, some also showing gladioli, the 

 principal exhibitors are George L. Still- 

 man, Westerly,' R. I.; W. P. Lothrop, 

 East Bridgewater, Mass.; J. T. Lovett, 

 Little Silver, N. J.; D. Herbert & Son, 

 .\tco, N. J. ; W. D. Hathaway, New Bed- 

 ford, Mass.; John Lewis Childs, Flower- 

 field, N. Y., and E. S. Miller, Wading 

 River, N. Y. These growers made large 

 and fine exhibits, constituting the prin- 

 cipal part of the show and capturing all 

 the awards in the classes open to them. 



E. S. Miller. 



Among the amateurs the leading ex- 

 hibitors were P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y.; James Kennedy, Deal Beach, N. 

 J.; Wm. Duckham, Madison, N. J.; An- 

 thony Bauer, Deal Beach; W. Dowlin, 

 Seabright, N. J., and J. T. Burns, New 

 Canaan, Conn. These had fine displays 

 and were all among the prize winners. 

 In the classes for its specialties the 

 Julius Roehrs Co. made excellent and 

 premium winning entries. Not for 

 competition Roehrs staged many new 

 orchids and other plants. Other trade 

 exhibits not for competition included a 

 large display of water lilies from Henry 

 A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia; Roses Ra- 

 diance and Sunburst, Carnation Wo- 

 denethe, also Smith 's Advance, Mon- 

 rovia and ten vases of early flowering 

 chrysanthemums from C. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J.; Gladiolus Kunderdi 

 Glory from Henry F. Michcll Co., Phil- 

 adelphia, awarded a certificate. 



Fruits and vegetables constituted a 

 large and interesting part of the show. 

 The principal exhibitors of fruits were 

 W. S. Teator, Upper Red Hook; W. P. 

 Masten, Pleasant Valley; EUwanger & 

 Barry, Rochester; G. C. Corby, Mont- 

 claire; Townley Produce Farm, Eliza- 

 beth, N. J., and J. G. Kennedy, Ten- 

 afly, N. J. Vegetables were shown 

 almost to perfection by Messrs. Ken- 

 nedy, Bauer, Srevens, Inglis, Dowlin, 

 Headly, Townley ^arm, the Long Island 

 Experimental Station and others. 



The manager of the show was Will 

 Rickards. The judges were Messrs. Mc- 

 Nicol Reagan, Turner, McKenzie and 

 DuflF. J. Austin Shaw. 



A VISIT TO E. S. MILLER. 



A visit to Wading River last week, 

 sixty-five miles out from New York, on 

 Long Island, found E. S. Miller, of that 

 ancient and attractive village, in the 

 rush of digging his gladioli and gather- 

 ing his fruit, for there is about every- 

 thing that heart could wish on the old 

 farm of his ancestors. Mr. Miller is 

 recovering from the accident that laid 

 him up for some time and looks good 

 lor another half century. I. S. Hen- 

 drickson, president of the American 

 (Jladiolus Society, was a visitor here 

 September 8. Fifty acres of Mr. Mil- 

 ler's 150-acre farm is devoted to gladi- 

 oli, lilies, irises, vines and similar stoe«:. 

 There are 250 gladiolus seedlings, the 

 liest of which are No. 88, white; No. 

 117, scarlet; No. 343, yellow; No. 59, 

 cherry and lavender; No. 91, salmon; 

 No. 144, brilliant scarlet; No. 148. 

 cream; Fascination, pink, and Dazzler, 

 an immense scarlet. Mr. Miller has 

 nearly a million salable gladiolus bulbs. 

 None of the flowers are cut to send to 

 the wholesale cut flower market. There 

 are acres of Madeira and cinnamon 

 vines, and hardy lilies in great variety. 

 There are five varieties of the yellow 

 calla. Mr. Miller says stock never 

 looked better, notwithstanding the long 

 drought. Wading River is one and one- 

 half iriiles from the L. I. R. R. experi- 

 mental farm, where they are demon- 

 strating the grand results possible in 

 the cultivation of scrub oak soil. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



