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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVBMBBB 9, 1911. 



Trethewey, gardener for Col. B. C. 

 Clowry; George Wittlinger, gardener 

 for Miss Blanche Potter; William 

 Brock, gardener for Eichard Delafield; 

 Thomas A. Lee, gardener for Mrs. M. 

 E. Sand; Edward Kane, gardener for 



E. L. Coster; William Jamieson, gar- 

 dener for E. Berolzheimer; John Heer- 

 man, gardener for James Speyer; Wil- 

 liam MacBean, gardener for Mrs. Stuy- 

 vesant Fish; Harry Turner, superin- 

 tendent for Samuel Untermeyer; Chas. 

 Deutschman, gardener for F. G. Le 

 Eoy; Thomas W. Stobo, gardener for 

 J. J. Eiker; Eobert Grier, gardener for 

 Hugh Hill; Arthur MacDonald, gar- 

 dener for Charles de Eham; William 

 Brown, gardener for Brayton Ives; 

 Ferd. Hermann, Theo. Trevillian, 

 Claude Wilson, Eichard Langle, Esther 



F. Neubrand, George Slater, Charles 

 Barson and J. W. Smith. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Philadelphia made a great stride for- 

 ward in the flower show that was 

 opened to the public Tuesday evening, 

 November 7. Improvement was notice- 

 able in every respect; in the arrange- 

 ments made to please flower lovers, evi- 

 dent on every hand; the show is well 

 advertised — ^people know that it is go- 

 ing on this week in Horticultural hall; 

 it is beautifully decorated, not a mere 

 display of plants and cut flowers in 

 rows, but an effective arrangement. 



On the right of the lobby are two fine 

 groups of single chrysanthemums, all 

 seedlings of their own raising, from the 

 Overbrook Gardens of Edward A. 



autumn queen and foliage, ,while to the 

 right and left John Kuhn, of Olney, 

 has handsome bunches of Yellow Chad- 

 wick in cedar bark covered vases. 



Old members of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society hardly recognize 

 the main hall, transformed by the skill- 

 ful hand of William Graham. The walls 

 are adorned with wild smilax, autumn 

 foliage and Ficus pandurata; a balcony 

 with chairs extends tlie entire length 

 on both sides. The exhibit of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., fills the stage, screening the 

 orchestra; it embraces all the leading 

 foliage plants grown at Eiverton; the 

 novelties were, Adiantum Farleyense glo- 

 riosum, Nephrolepis superba and Cyrto- 

 mium Eochfordianum. Opposite the 

 stage Louis Burk has a large exhibit 

 of orchids in a profusion of varieties 

 and sizes, set off by ferns and lighted 

 by many electric lights. Between the 

 stage and this orchid exhibit are four 

 magnificent groups that completely fill 

 the center of the hall, each a complete 

 collection of autumnal floral skill — fo- 

 liage and flowering plants of merit 

 grouped together happily. Against the 

 balconies, facing these central groups, 

 are varied exhibits of pompons and 

 orchids. 



Lord & Burnham Co. has the center 

 of the lower hall with a perfect model 

 greenhouse, 7x16 feet, complete in 

 every detail. The Henry F. Michell 

 Co. has bordered this house with choice 

 pompons. The Henry F. Michell Co. 

 has its main exhibit opposite. It con- 

 tains bulbs and sundries tastefully ar- 

 ranged and surrounded by stock from 



Group at San Francisco Show Winning Gold Cup for MacRorie-McLaren Co. 



Stroud; this group is staged with care, 

 each plant helping to form a part of a 

 perfect group. On the right of the 

 main stairway, Chas. F. Krueger has 

 an arrangement of foliage plants and 

 chrysanthemum blooms in beech bark 

 boxes that is exceedingly rich. On the 

 left, the De Kalb Nurseries of Adolph 

 Muller, of Norriatown, Pa., display 

 evergreens with winter berries in Im- 

 perial chinaware vases. The landing is 

 decorated with great mounds of the 



their trial grounds at Andalusia, Philip 

 Freud's special pride. Next is the 

 Henry A. Dreer store exhibit of tools 

 and implements, made beautiful with 

 wild smilax and other decorations. 

 Thomas Meehan & Son come next with 

 a fine exhibit of hardy pompons in pro- 

 fuse variety. W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 

 have an exhibit of single varieties of 

 mums from March sown seed. Last in 

 the galaxy of exhibits is Hosea Waterer 

 with fine bulbs and fungicides. 



To sum up, the plants and flowers art 

 fully equal to the best standard of pas 

 years, in some cases a little ahead. Thi 

 spectacular effect has never been sur 

 passed. The Interest will be kept b^ 

 fresh attractions each day, the man 

 agement says, until the close on Friday 

 Phil. 



STAMFORD, CONN. 



The first exhibition of the West 

 Chester and Fairfield Horticultural So 

 ciety was held at Stamford Novembei 

 3 and 4, achieving a success beyond 

 the expectations of the most sanguine 

 of the society's workers. Classes had 

 been provided for chrysanthemums, 

 roses, carnations, fruits and vegetables, 

 and in all there were over 350 entries 

 in the eighty classes. The Casino, where 

 the show was held, was hardly large 

 enough for so successful a show. The 

 attendance was heavy both days. 



The principal exhibitors and prize 

 winners were: W. J. Sealey, gardener 

 to Charlaa Malloy, Portchester, N. Y.; 

 A. J. Burns, gardener to Miss C. A. 

 Bliss, New Canaan, Conn.; James Stu- 

 art, gardener to Mrs. F. A. Constable, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Alex. Geddes, gar 

 dener to Mrs. Albert Crane, Stamford; 

 Ewen Mackenzie, gardener to Miss G. 

 Iselin, New Eochelle, N. Y.; Thomas 

 Aitchison, gardener to Henry Siegel, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Wm. Smith, gar- 

 dener to Eobert Malloy, Portchester, 

 N. Y.; Eobert Stobo, gardener to J. J. 

 Biker, Portchester, N. Y.; A. Bieschke, 

 gardener to Wm. Zeigler, Noroton, 

 Conn.; A^m Paterson, gardener to 

 Mrs. M. T. Cockcroft, Saugatuck, Conn.; 

 M. J. Quirk, gardener to J. D. Crimmins, 

 Noroton, Conn.; James Foster, gardener 

 to Mrs. Oliver Hoyt, Stamford; Thomas 

 Harvey, gardener to Miss Helen M. 

 Smith, Stamford; Thomas Stentiford, 

 gardener to Mrs, W. L. Gushing, Sims- 

 bury, Conn.; Thomas Bell, gardener to 

 Fred Sturgess, Fairfield, Conn.; John 

 McAllister, gardener to Mrs. W, C. 

 Nicol, Bye, N. Y. ; John Grant, gardener 

 to E. Holbrook, Stamford; Eobert 

 Allen, gardener to E. C. Benedict, 

 Greenwich, Conn.; George Macrae, gar- 

 dener to Hobart J. Park, Portchester, 

 N. Y.; A, Peterson, gardener to Charles 

 S. Smith, Stamford; Eobert William- 

 son, gardener to Mrs. A. A. Anderson, 

 Greenwich; Mrs, L. P. Child, Mrs. H. O. 

 Havemeyer, J. I. Downey, J. B. Cobb, 

 W, W. Hewy, A, F. Higgins, Mrs. Ernest 

 Green and A, Whitlaw. 



Edward Holbrook offered a silver cup 

 to be competed for between the garden- 

 ers of the two counties. Fairfield 

 county won, taking the most premiums. 

 The cup was awarded to Miss C. A. 

 Bliss, her gardener being the most sue 

 cessful exhibitor in the show. 



The judges were Wm, Bussell, Mi) 

 brook, N, Y.; James Ballantyne, Eidge 

 field, Conn.; John G. Nichols, Cedar 

 hurst, L, I. 



QLENCOVE, N. Y. 



The seventh annual flower show of 

 the Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held November 1 and 2 in 

 Pembroke hall. The schedule provided 

 for forty-seven classes, with thirty- 

 five special classes for silver cups, gold 

 and silver medals and cash awards. AH 

 classes were well filled and the contests 

 were keen. The choicest chrysanthe- 

 mum blooms from the estates, with 

 roses, caYnations, violets, fruit and 

 vegetables, were displayed. Herbert L. 

 Pratt, of Glencove, and Anton G. 



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