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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMBEB 9, 1911. 



charge; a choice selection of foliage 

 plants from Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Phil- 

 adelphia, in charge of John S. Hay, and 

 a comprehensive assortment of fine Hol- 

 land bulbs from the Henry F. Michell 

 Co., Philadelphia, in charge of Otto 

 Robold. 



The pompon chrysanthemums were a 

 feature of the show; some really fine 

 sorts were exhibited by a number of 

 private gardeners. The specimen chrys- 

 anthemums, Japanese varieties, were 

 well grown and shown. There were also 

 some nice roses and carnations, but the 

 crowning feature of the show was the 

 vegetable display. This embraced all 

 the known and many rare varieties. 

 Brussels sprouts, Swiss chards, German 

 beets and Spanish radish were sipen 

 side by side with mammoth pumpkins, 

 carrots (Oh! Won't they be dear next 

 year!), well favored corn and gigantic 

 celery. 



The attendance — well, in describing 

 the attendance one longs for the shows 

 of England, with their vast throngs; 

 still the attendance was fair, though 

 hardly gratifying, and those who came 

 seemed deeply interested. Phil. 



NEW YORK. 



Horticultural Society of New York. 



The exhibition of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York, November 3 to 

 7, was the greatest of all its successes, 

 in beauty and quality of exhibits, and 

 in attendance. Greatly encouraged by 

 the response of the public were Secre- 

 tary Nash, Manager Manda and all the 

 officials of the organization. Over 50,- 

 000 had visited the show up to 5 p. m. 

 Sunday and the management then 

 counted on a record for the five days 

 of close to 100,000. 



The centers of interest were the three 

 immense chrysanthemum plants from 

 Adolph Lewisohn, of Ardsley, N, Y., 

 where John Canning is superintendent 

 and J. W. H. Campbell gardener. The 

 varieties were Wells' Late Pink, R. F. 

 Felton, yellow, and Lady Lydia, white. 

 The three plants carried over 3,000 blos- 

 soms and were nine to ten feet in diam- 

 eter. 



In roses, Louis A. Noe, A. N. Piersou, 

 F. R. Pierson Co. and L. B. Coddington 

 maintained their reputations. J. D. 

 Cockcroft, of Northport, carried off the 

 carnation honors. Harry Turner staged 

 a magnificent group of foliage and deco- 

 rative plants. Chas. Weber and C. H. 

 Totty exhibited the new carnation, 

 Brooklyn, which they will jointly dis- 

 seminate next year. The group of ferns 

 from F. R. Pierson Co. included all the 

 splendid varieties it has introduced in 

 the last ten years. Even the Boston 

 show displayed no more interesting 

 staging of orchids than those by Lager 

 & Hurrell, the Julius Roehrs Co. and 

 Joseph Manda. A. N. Pierson, of Crom- 

 well, Conn., won silver medals for his 

 new roses, Double White Killarney and 

 Killarney Queen. Chas. Weber was 

 given a certificate of merit for Brook- 

 lyn carnation. Chas. H. Totty 's Sun- 

 burst won the silver medal, and R. 

 Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., of White 

 Marsh, Md., received special mention 

 for a display of hardy chrysanthemums. 



The Museum proved an admirable 

 place for the exhibition, the flowers re- 

 taining their freshness remarkably well. 



There were four exhibitors in the 

 classes for chrysanthemum plants: John 

 Canning, gardener to Adolph Lewisohn, 



Ardsley, N. Y.; Harry Turner, gardener 

 to Samuel Untermyer, Yonkers; Wm. 

 Cordes, gardener to F. V. Burton, New- 

 burgh, and Max Schneider, gardener to 

 Charles Hathaway, East Orange, N. J. 

 They divided the premiums, Mr. Can- 

 ning taking the sweepstakes. 



In the open classes for cut chrysan- 

 themums Harry Turner was the prin- 

 cipal exhibitor, taking first on twelves 

 in each color. James Stuart, gardener 

 for Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck, 

 was first on twenty-five varieties on 

 short stems, also on singles. Charles 

 Mallory, Portchester, was first for pom- 

 pons. J. W. Everits, gardener for T. J. 

 Pratt, and Henry Gaut, gardener to H. 

 L. Pratt, Glencove, had some good en- 

 tries in these classes. In the classes 

 for cut mums, open only to private gar- 

 deners, the same exhibitors were promi- 

 nent, but had to surrender a part of the 

 trophies to R. Bottomly, gardener to W. 

 H. Fischer, New Canaan, Conn., and 

 Alex. Mackenzie, gardener to Percy 

 Chubb, Glencove. 



In foliage and decorative plants 

 Harry Turner was a successful exhib- 

 itor, as was Julius Roehrs Co. Others 

 who won in these classes were Charles 

 Webber, gardener to J. H. Wright, and 

 Wm. Reid, gardener to S. M. & A. Col- 

 gate, the latter of Orange, N. J. F. R. 

 Pierson Co. was first on ferns. 



Of the seventeen classes for orchids, 

 sixteen were filled, the awards going 

 to Lager & Hurrell, Julius Roehrs Co., 

 J. A. Manda, Siebrecht & Son, J. P. 

 Mossman, gardener to Clement Moore, 

 Hackensack, N. J.; Edwin Thomas, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Henry Graves, Orange, 

 and Wm. Cordes. The latter took all 

 the awards in the classes open only to 

 gardeners, also the non-commercial ear- 

 nation awards. John Dervan, gardener 

 to A. C. Van Gaasbeck, Orange, won in 

 all the classes for private gardeners' 

 roses. 



The awards in the open classes for 

 roses were: 



Fifty Beautlrs — Louis A. Noe, Madison, N. .T., 

 first; F. K. Pierson Co., Tarry town, N. Y.. 

 second. 



Fifty Brldesmaid^Lculs A. Noe, first. 



Fifty Brides— Louis A. Noe, first. 



Fifty Killarney — L. B. Coddington, Murray 

 Hill. N. J., first: Louis A. Noe, second. 



Fifty Richmond— L. B. Coddington, first. 



Fifty My Maryland— Louis A. Noe, first; F. H. 

 I'Icrsnn Co., second. 



Fifty White Killarney— F. R. Pierson Co., first; 

 Lovifs A. Noe. second. 



American Institute Show. 



vThe exhibition of the American In- 

 stitute at Berkeley Lyceum, November 

 1 to 3, with W. C. Rickards as manager, 

 was a most successful and creditable 

 exhibition, the arrangement of the dis- 

 plays being especially good and the 

 quality of the exhibits of the highest 

 order. The attendance of gardeners was 

 greater than usual and the public con- 

 tingent quite up to other years. The 

 lack of room, both for exhibits and vis- 

 itors, was emphasized. 



C. H. Totty staged his Sunburst and 

 Radiance roses and his new carnation, 

 Wodenethe, as well as a fine assortment 

 of single and pompon mums, for which 

 he received special prizes. Louis A. Noe 

 captured his usual honors for Amer- 

 ican Beauties, Brides and Maids, and 

 J. D. Cockcroft 's new pink seedling also 

 won first premium in carnations. 



A bank of orchids aggregating nearly 

 $1,000 in value was staged by the 

 Julius Roehrs Co. Lager ^ Hurrell also 

 exhibited a magnificent collection of 

 eattleyas and cypripediums, receiving the 

 highest honors. Harry Turner arranged 

 a group of flowering and foKage plants, 



orchids and celosias that was the most 

 attractive feature of the exhibition. 

 The chrysanthemum display was ex- 

 ceptionally good. The winning flowers 

 were F. E. Nash, Donnellan, Duckham, 

 Syme, Kahn, Morrison, Glen View, 

 William Turner and Pockett's Crimson. 

 The principal winners among the gar- 

 deners were William Verts, Wm. Tur- 

 ner, J. G. Kennedy, J. T. Burns, Geo. 

 H. Hall, Geo. Middleton, W. Dowlen, 

 Peter Duff and Alex. Robertson. The 

 bush mums shown by Peter Duff were 

 the perfect specimens that this experii 

 always produces. A special prize was 

 given R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., for 

 a collection of pomponis. 



Other winners among the gardeners 

 were J. W. Everett, Ewen MacKenzie, 

 Chas. Webber, Robert Spiers, A. 

 Wynne, John Derban, A. Alexander, C. 

 D. Schaeffer and Wm. Mallory. 



One of the noticeable absentees was 

 Col. D. Appleton mum, not one flower of 

 which was shown. 



It was unfortunate that two such 

 splendid exhibitions should overlap. The 

 success of both demonstrates the great- 

 ness of achievement possible when they 

 join hands and harmonize in a united 

 effort, and with room and facilities com- 

 mensurate with their mission in the 

 metropolis. J. Austin Shaw. 



POUOHKEEPSIB, N. Y. 



The annual show of the Dutchess 

 County Horticultural Society was a com- 

 plete success. The exhibits were of a 

 high standard throughout. The leading 

 prize winners in the trade were Salt- 

 ford Flower Shop, which had an espe- 

 cially fine collection of orchids, and 

 Valentine Burgevin's Sons, who showed 

 a grand lot of roses. The amateur 

 classes were well filled and the exhibits 

 included some of the choicest stock thus 

 far seen in the Hudson valley. The 

 leading prize winners were: James 

 Blair, gardener to D. O. Mills; Henry 

 Allen, gardener to F. W. Vanderbilt; 

 J. Whiting, gardener to Prof. Sargent; 

 Henry Osterhoudt, gardener to W. P. 

 Clyde. The latter had a fine collec- 

 tion of seedlings of single varieties, a 

 white of the anemone type being in- 

 cluded that was especially fine. M. 



SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



At the executive meeting of the Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society of America, 

 held at the Parker House, Boston, No- 

 vember 3, President Sim presiding, it 

 was decided that the fourth summer 

 and annual exhibition and convention 

 of the society should be held in Boston, 

 July 13 and 14, 1912, in conjunction 

 with the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society's exhibition, $400 being set 

 aside to be offered for prizes as fol- 

 lows: 



Fc r wholesale growers |100.0«> 



I'lH- private gardeners ' 100.00 



Vor the amateurs 100.00 



For retail florists 100.00 



The above will be in addition to the 

 general list of special prizes donated, 

 also apart from the prizes offered by 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



There will be a meeting of the sched- 

 ule committee in Boston about the mid- 

 dle of the month; suggestions and 

 prizes for this schedule are invited. 

 Address the secretary at 342 West Four- 

 teenth street. New York. We shall 

 hope to have the schedule published not 

 later than December 1. 



Harry A. Bunyard, Sec 'y. 



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