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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



MAitcH ;;(!, 1011. 



J'icrsdii < '(). "s iic)ilir(>lciii.s wi'vo su]i(Ml)ly 

 t;rii\\n; N. clt"^:! nt issi iii.h ciniiiiai't ;i \v;is 

 (•s|M'ci;i II y uooil. 



\\ . A. .M;iii(l;i liiiil no less Ili;in Iinc 

 (•;i ilii,-i(ls of cNliiliits .•ind i-:i]it iirc(l ;is 

 tunny |iri'niiiiins ;is .•inyoiii' in tlu' ex 

 liiliilidii. lie sliuwcd ill iiKiii' classes 

 than any dtlicr rxhiliitor. Tlic .>|irfi 

 \i\vn AnllinriuMi A mlrca nil ni Iroin Mrs. 

 Lostrr J, clan. 1. Krii' Wet 1 1 rldw uai- 

 (Iciicr, and William Tlialiiiri- 's \,\'^ 

 ]'liyll(itaiiiiiiii Liiidi'iii wcif s|il('ii(li(ily 

 <;rii\vn. I'ar(iiiliai' "s thirty six cyda- 

 incns, wliii-h tnuk lif'-l pii/c, writ' niod- 

 rls (pf ciiltiiial skill ainl .a jinniii iicnt 

 Xi'W \>iyU ii'tailiT rciii;iil\f(| that il 

 he iiiiilil iiKiiiirc siirh plants in that 

 .•it\ llii'v wiHilii iiici'l Willi a lii;^ sale. 



M;i\iir I'i t -'.jcr.-i id, in llir i-imiisc nl' hi^ 

 icniark-^ at 1 he I'minal n|ii'nin;; in tin' 

 I'aiil !i'r\cii' liall. s.aid. "'1 •~nini'i i iih'-' 



t ll ink thai I lie l(l\i' n\ 111. W 11^ i-.i||ir- 



diiwn Id 11-- Irdiii an anc(>-lial ^djduin in 

 I'aiaili^i- and i^ iddrr and iiidii' ii.atiiiai 

 I lia II diiiii na I sin it --cl 1. ' ' 1 1 i^ 1 1 niidi 

 ,i\' r,.i-~tdii always lia> t lir liapps' knacdv 

 df saying .-dinct liiiii: jdra-iiiLl tn lii~ 

 aiidicnri-. W. \. < rai •^. 



THE TRADE EXHIBITION. 



A Comprehensive Display. 



'I'lic tiadi' ilisplay in i-nniicrl idii with 

 a tldwcr sliiiw \\;i>- ;i new teat inc. 'I'lic 

 jii'cat size of the hall and the iiccil lur 

 all the rfscniic that was Ic^it iiiiat(dy to 

 Ix' li.nl ilis|iircd the nia iniLirincilt to tin 

 d(M'takt' what pfd\('d Id he sccatinl only 

 to till' lariicst ol' Atiyust cdiiNciit ion 

 showings li\- the iioiiscs sceUini; ]iati'oii 

 ;iji(\ ^\'llih■ the showiiii: was neatly all 

 li\" (^asTeiii lidiises. atnl sonu" di' the 

 prominent su|i|dy dealef^. \\ lio ate in 

 the midst ni tltcdr l-laster t iish, weie not 

 ii'lifcsettted. the display on the w lidle 

 was cottijifehetisix e atid intieh jafyer 

 that! was expected \\lieii the idea of 

 sii(di ati adjiiiict was liist adopted. Tito 

 alliecj ttadi's iMrii|iied the eiitife hiwest 

 lloor. Ndlie dt' the Westi'fll ^teeiihottse 

 liititerial liotises w;is tcpi-esented.. litit 

 the easterii liiiiis all came iit sti(Hi«;l\', 

 titeii' lieitii,'' several with elaliotate in 

 stallatidiis who liaxc not heett setMi at 



an S. A. I", adiair in years. The l)oiler 

 men, tdo, ^vel(' stroiti>ly rojiresetited. 

 The supply houses ^vetc put oit a lial- 

 ediiv. whete they had larL;e. liyht (jiiar 

 ters. excidletttly adapted to their neeils. 

 The platitsineit were placed on the main 

 fidor, alditu' with tlte jfctieral exiiiliits. 

 Iiiit they were Indd to 'tlte same rules as 

 the other exhiliitors and staffed their 

 stdcl; so ;itt ractivcdy tliat few outside 

 the tra.le ap|ire('iat cd that these ex 

 hiliits had any dilVeteiil (diaraeter ffdiii 

 the others. 



Plants. 



Henry A. Dreer. PJiiladelphia. did iidf 

 maki' a lar-c display, as at the Atiji-iist 

 con\ cut ions, ];iit showecl a numlier ot' 

 sperialties, iiirludiiiL;' ('yrtomiiim JiOch- 

 tiifilii, Aii.anas sati\iis \atie^at us, ainl 

 Marmierite ^Irs. F. Sander, all of which 

 ;.re new. (iliotiuiii Sidiiedei and ('ocos 

 Wed.l.dliana. the latter in the lareer 

 sizes only, also were shown. The ex 

 hildt was ill (diaruc of .1. .1. Karins and 

 ,1. ll.ay. 



i.'oliert Craiy ( 'o.. riiiiadelpliia. li.ad 

 a tradc^ display that liidd eijii.al iiiterot 

 with any ol' the cdm|ietili\e LlfiMijis. 

 I'erliaps iiidst iidtalde was a table nf 

 fifty seecllitid- ( tototis, e\ery diie dis- 

 tinct triiiti any \ariety now in cdiii- 

 men-e ,atid many of excidleiit |iroinise. 

 These are to lie disseminated this year. 

 Thc> disjilay ot' sam]des of the ;^eiieial 

 std( k (d' crototis contained sixty \ari 

 eties, t'or the <'raij;s are the lareest 

 iiiciwcrs (.1' crotdiis in America. The 

 most conspicuous |)laiit in tlii' i^roiips 

 of this exhibitor Avas I'andaniis i'ride 

 (d' liiiidliurst. a ji'old and ;^reeii sjiurt 

 (d' S.anderi that orij;inated with .hditi 

 llddds. gardener td dtdiii \\ atiamaker. 

 and wliiidi is td he disseinitiated by 

 • 'rai;^. (tne of the Crai^^' yrottjis con 

 tallied Draca-na Massaii<i('atia, ]), ter- 

 minalis, I), frayraiis. .\reca hitesi-eiis, 

 I'lidiiix h'oebeleiiii. tiie entire Itostoii 

 famil\' ot' fetus, featuring ilarrisii, 

 I'andatiiis \'eit<diii. I'ictts pandtirata 

 and ilaster sto(d< of hydra nj^cas, spi 

 la-as, rambler roses, etc. Tlte display 

 was ill (Itaryc of li. A. ('raii:. W. I'. 

 ('rai;i ami i)uttcati Macaw. 



Not content with eitteriitj; in compe- 

 tition ill most dt' tlte fern chasses. tlte 



F. K. ]'i(;xM)n Co., Tarrytown. X. Y., 

 staj;('(l in the trail(> display a laryo 

 table of tlie descendants of Hostoii. 

 The list included the fidlowin^ sorts: 

 r.dsloti, Sidtolzidi, ISiii>erbissima, I'^leifan- 

 tissima iiit|iroved, I'iersoiii, AVliitmani, 

 Toi lea o ides, l']les;ant issitita, l"]l(>yaiitissi 

 ma comiiaida. ,\iiteriioit!ii, Scottii, Cilia- 

 trasii, Ilarrisii, a new dw ar'' .Hostoii, 

 X'iridissima, new, and Miiscosit, newest 

 of all, save for two that are so new 

 they ha\(' not been named. The ex 

 hibit was ill c]tar<;e fd' .1. K'. Fothering- 

 liam and Theoddre Trexelliati. 



A. .\. I'iersoit, Cromwadl, Conn., iit 

 tlie main liall had a lar^ic table on 

 which \\as yt()it]ied an extretiudy lar<i(' 

 line of commercial stoids, primdpally 

 plants jirow n speciall\- for laister, iii- 

 (diidiit*;' azaleas, rliododiMidroits, ramlder 

 loses, hydra it^<>as, spit;eas, ^.ardtMiias. 

 orchids, lilies, idc; also siu-h bejfdiiias 

 as Lorraine, I'riiiia Donna and (Mory 

 ot' Ciiicinnali; palms, fetus, crotoiis, 

 cibotiums, Farleyense, licits, .\sparaiitis 

 llat<di(>ri, jieddiitjr stock ami eij;lit \ari- 

 tdies of \(ittitt>- rose stock-, indii jifafted 

 and own root, the whole finished olf 

 with \ases of cut llowi'ts of K'eil Kil 

 lariiey, I'rince'de |!ttl^,arie. hady ('rout- 

 widl. Dark I'ink Ixillaritey and other 

 roses. W. K. I'ietsou w.as in iliarjic, 

 witlt se\'eral assistants. 



.\side I'roiti tlte s|iletidid j^roiip of dr- 

 (dtids and itian\' other thinj;s eiitereil 

 for competition, .liilius KNudtrs Co., 

 Jn'tttherford, X. ,1., made a lar*re trade 

 exhildt, incliidiit";' commercial size>; of 

 crotons, draca-itas, ]ialnis. |iaiidamis, 

 lioxwood in all lorms, ba.\- trees, bego- 

 nias and iitaitv other thin^js. in charge 

 of .luliiis h'oehrs, dr., and I*. Miilior. 



The ^'okohaina Xitrsery Co., Now 

 York, had a tables of '-'."ill plants in 

 thirty \arieties of dwarf exeryreens. 

 In (dtarye of A. Kakttda. 



C. Keiir iV Sons, llille<fotii, liolland, 

 had a booth emdosed by boxwoods in 

 many forms, at wlticdi they showed 

 tliidr bulbs as flowered by their IJoston 

 cttstomers. J. Ketir was in ( Itarjre. 



I..'i;;er & ]Iiirr(dl, Suminit, X. J., in 

 addition to its entries, had ;i trade ex- 

 hibit in(dndinfj a larjfe variety of or- 

 chids, finelv Howere<i. also a number of 



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Walsh's Wonderful Roses, Staged at the National Flower Show, Boston, March 25, to April 1. 



