June 6, 1912. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



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LONDON'S GREAT a>s 



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THE BIGGEST SHOW TO DATE. 



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Twenty-Seven Acres Covered. 



The largest and best horticultural ex- 

 hibition the world has ever seen was 

 opened in London, May 22, by King 

 George V. It covers an area of twenty - 

 seven acres, of which fully seven acres 

 are under canvas, the remaining space 

 being devoted to Alpine and rock gar- 

 dens, hardy trees and shrubs, gardening 

 sundries, greenhouses, boilers, etc. In 

 addition to the competitive sections, 

 where foreign exhibits compete with 

 British, the horticulturists of France, 

 Belgium and Holland each occupy 10,- 

 000 square feet and Japan is repre- 

 sented by Japanese gardens. Ameri- 

 can exhibitors include W. A. Manda, 

 Inc., South Orange, N. J., who has had 

 a remarkable run of successes in the 

 competitive classes and carries away 

 numerous trophies and medals, but as 

 the list of awards is incomplete at the 

 time of writing, I am unable to par- 

 ticularize them. B. Hammond Tracy, 

 Wenham, Mass., has also creditably 

 staged a collection of gladioli. 



Orcliids. 



Orchids take premier position, not 

 only in the magnificent collections of 

 wonderful blooms, but in the fact that 

 the King's cup for the best exhibit was 

 awarded to Sir George Halford, whose 

 clever gardener, J. Alescander, must in- 

 deed be a proud and happy man at the 

 consummation of his efforts. The 

 group occupies 1,100 square feet. 

 Oncidium Marshallianura, Dendrobium 



nobile virginale, cymbidiums, cattelyas 

 in endless variety and Laelio-Cattleya 

 Canhamiana are a few of the outstand- 

 ing features of the remarkable display. 

 Not many points behind is the collec- 

 tion of Charlesworth & Co., Haywards 

 Heath. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill 

 Park; Sander & Sons, St. Albans; Man- 

 sell & Hatcher, Eawdon, and others, 

 figure prominently in this section and 

 receive high awards. ' " i» 



Boses. 



The queen of flowers is represented 

 in all sections of the cut flower and 

 plant classes, and more* than one ex- 

 hibitor has outdistanced all previous 

 efforts. Frau Karl Druschki from 

 George Mount & Sons is marvelous, and 

 their pyramidal groups of Mrs. John 

 Laing, Ulrich Brunner and Mrs. Shar- 

 man-Crawford have never been equaled. 

 Hobbies, Ltd., occupy a large space with 

 a beautifully laid out rose garden, with 

 a summer house and pergolas resplend- 

 ent with Dorothy Perkins and others 

 of that family. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 

 pre in the front rank with all types, and 

 their neighbors, W. Paul & Son, Wal- 

 tham Cross, present gorgeous Hiawatha, 

 Tausendschon and many forms of pillar 

 roses in the pink of condition. The 

 Dicksons, from Belfast, and other great 

 rosarians are also represented. 



Carnations. 



Probably the finest carnation display 

 ever presented to the public in any land 

 is that of C. Engelmann, of Saffron 

 Walden. He had the quality in his 

 blooms, without a doubt, and the ar- 



tistic side of the exhibit was in the 

 capable hands of E. F. Felton, one of 

 London's cleverest floral decorators. 

 The flowers were arranged in baskets 

 and vaseo of many sizes, including some 

 of gigantic proportions and fine, bold 

 decorative effect. A considerable area 

 of space was devoted to the display, 

 which was staged amid a groundwork 

 of maidenhair ferns. The whole was a 

 triumph for the grower and a triumph 

 for the artist. The Worcestershire China 

 vase was awarded to it. 



In the principal competitive class 

 there was a keen contest between five 

 or six competitors. Bertie Bell, of 

 Guernsey, secured the blue ribbon, the 

 young firm of Allwood Bros, coming 

 next. In another class the Hereford- 

 shire cup was awarded to Young & Co., 

 Cheltenham, for a fine exhibit. 



Sweet Peas. 



Here, again, everyone who proposes 

 to be in the line of showing sweet peas 

 commenced months ago to prepare for 

 the exhibition, and in the month of May 

 such blooms as were seen have certainly 

 never been previously shown. 



Dobbie & Co., Edinburgh, had a glori- 

 ous display of plants in pots and cut 

 blooms, many spikes carrying five flow- 

 ers. Melba, Debbie's Cream, Inspector, 

 Mrs. Cuthbertson and Debbie's Thomas 

 Stevenson were glorious. 



C. W. Breadmore, E. W. King & Co. 

 and G. Stark & Son also figure well on 

 the list for awards. 



Bock Gardens. 



Eock gardens are among the most 

 magnificent features of the exhibition 



General View of the Dutch Sectisn, Baskets of Lilac FrdOi Aalsmeer. 



