MABc-n 30, 1911. 



TheWcckly Florists' Review. 



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Garden of Rambler atid Qimbing Roses Staged at the National Flower Show by Thomas Roland, of Nahant. 



freshly imported plants. J, E. Lager 

 was in charge. 



Knight & Struck, New York, had a 

 large table of commercial Easter plants, 

 including Erica cupressina, E. persoluta 

 alba and E. persoluta rosea, Rhododen- 

 dron Profusion, standard acacias, stand- 

 ard genistas, Azalea fragrantissima and 

 others. Both Mr. Knight and Mr. 

 Striick were in attendance. 



jGrt. Van Waveren & Kruijff, Sassen- 

 helm, Holland, and Philadelphia, Pa., 

 shbwed Spjrsea Oueen Alexandra and 

 S. ^QJadetoije, also'tulips, daflfodils and 

 hyncinths grown at their place in Hol- 

 land and flowered at Philadelphia; also 

 dahlia roots. Ed. L. Mullen was in 

 chfirge. 



Paul de Nave, Fall River, Mass., 

 stiged a collection of orchids by no 

 means so large' as some of the others, 

 but of fine quality. There were about 

 thirty-five plants in variety, all beauti- 

 fully flowered. 



ii^rw England Jfureeries, Bedford, 

 M^8s., showed fifty evergreens, of many 

 varieties, in tubs; also a line of oak 

 and cedar jajtdinieres angl plant tubs. 



A. Leuthy, Roslindale, Mass., aside 

 from his competitive entries, had a 

 large group in the trade display, includ- 

 ing palms, pandanus, araucarias, dra- 

 cfpnas, adiantums, asparagus and many 

 otjter decorative plants in commercial 

 sizes. 



Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., 

 in the trade display put up a largg 

 group of commercial stock, including 

 kentias, Phoenix Roebelenii, pandanus, 

 dracsenas, Azalea mollis and many oth- 

 ers; also plant tubs. 



In addition to entries in over 100 

 competitive classes, W. A. Manda 

 staged a long tatble and a 'large gr<)up 



of palms, ferns and miscellaneous dec- 

 orative plants in the ordinary commer- 

 cial sizes, and a 100-foot row of large 

 evergreens in tubs. 



Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, 

 Me., put up a large table of Nephrol- 

 epis E. Milleri, locally known as the 

 Bar Harbor lace fern. In charge of 

 E. Miller. 



The Crowl Fern Co., Millington, 

 Mass., showed hardy cut ferns, galax 

 leaves, laurel wreathing, evergreen 

 boughs, etc. "In charge of E. W. Vineca. 



Eastern Nursery Co.,' Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass., staged thirty-two varieties of 

 evergreens in pots, including specially 

 nice pieces of Picea pungens glauca, 

 Pinus Mugho, Abies, Veitchii and 

 Retinospora Crippsii. George Pettfield 

 was in charge. 



Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., 

 exhibited a large collection of ever- 

 greens in boxes, but too closely crowded 

 to show their quality or permit exami- 

 nation. 



W. W. Edgar Co., Waverley, Mass., 

 staged a group of flowering and foliage ' 

 plants that .in themselves would make a 

 small flower show. It included acacias, 

 genistas, hydrangeas, azaleas, • lilies, 

 lilacs, roaes^ palms, ferns, crotons, bay 

 trees and many others, all in the com- 

 mercial sizefl. In charge of J. F. Edgar. 



The Nortti Shore Ferneries Co., Bev- 

 erly, Mass., had a large display of 

 many kinds of garden and lawn furni- 

 ture. .' 



Joseph Traudt, Canajoharie, N. Y., 

 showed his variegated form of Alyssum 

 Little Gem. 



R. C. Bridgham, of the Newton" Rose 

 Conservatories, Newtonville, Mass., had 

 an attractive display of palms, ferns, 

 flowering plants and bedding /Stock. 



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Kessler Bros., New York, staged a 

 half-dozen fine plants of Nephrolepis 

 Dreyeri, in addition to the one that 

 took a prize in the class for best new 

 fern. 



Bibbons and Supplies. 



S. S. Pennock-Meellan Co., Phila- 

 delphia, had a long table of ribbons, 

 inclu'ding the staple styles, but featur- 

 ing a new Fille ribbon six inches wide 

 in nineteen shades, including many 

 that are new in flower stores. Another 

 specialty featured is a satin moire 

 corsage ribbon, each color striped in 

 five shadei^. A new line xff corsage 

 ties is s])own in all flower colors, the 

 butterfly bows being in 'a new form. 

 The • display was in charge of Alfred 

 Swan, Robert Greenlaw and J. E. H. 

 Rorichard. 



Wertheimer BrQs., New York, had a 

 large display of. staple ribbons and 

 Sprinkleproof ribbons and chiflfons in 

 various weaves and colors; also several 

 new things — lace drapery in all colors; 

 Sunrise chiffon, vari-toned garuze, ra- 

 dium glac« corsage ribbon, chiffon with 

 gold and silv.er border, multi-tone chif- 

 fon, and Grenadine corsage ribbon, all 

 in a variety of colors. A large line of 

 spun glass and cjit glass corsage pins 

 also was shown. S. B. Wertheimer 

 personally was in charge, with several 

 assistants. 



Henry M. Robinson, Boston, made a 

 large display of supplies, including 

 boxes, baskets, ribbons, artificial flowers 

 and designs, toneware, and practically 

 all the staples. The exhibit also con- 

 tained hai-dy^ greens, such as ferns, 

 galax, boxwood and laurel, with a lot 

 of them made up into designs to illus- 

 trate different uses for the materials. 



