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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jdnb 6, 1912. 



and each firm has spent hundreds of 

 pounds and weeks of toil to get them 

 into shape- on the grounds. Taking hold 

 of a level, or in some instances a slop- 

 ing piece of ground, two weeks ago, 

 they have transformed it beyond all 

 recognition of its former self, with rocks 

 and pools, grottos and groves, mounds 

 and valleys, and the plants now repos- 

 ing thereon seem to have been growing 



Miscellaneous. 



J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., London, are 

 represented in their usual top form in 

 many sections of the show. Watkins & 

 Simpsod, London, in a special house of 

 their own, make a brilliant display of 

 hardy annuals. Lauchaume, of Paris, 

 leads in artistic floral work in the 

 French sections, and huge baskets of 



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Group of Orchldi Considered the Finest Exliibit in the Show. 



in their respective positions for years. 

 A few of the firms who have distin- 

 guished themselves in this section are: 

 K. Wallace & Co., Colchester; Baker's, 

 Wolverhampton; T. S. Ware, Ltd., 

 Feltham; Cheal & Sons, Ltd., Crawley; 

 Kent & Brydon, Darlington; J. Back- 

 house & Son, Ltd., York, and Artindale 

 & Son, Sheffield. 



Bhododendrons. 



Waterer & Son, Bagshot, headed the 

 list for rhododendrons with a bold dis- 

 play, followed closely by Fletcher Bros., 

 Ottersham, and Geo. Jackman & Son, 

 Woking. In Azalea Pontica the leading 

 prizes went to R. & G. Cuthbert, South- 

 gate, and Geo. Jackman & Son were in 

 the front line with clematis. 



lilac are a striking feature in the Dutch 

 section. Belgium, with all her wealth 

 of plants, has not come out strongly on 

 this occasion. 



New Plants. 



"Novelties! Novelties! Novelties!" 

 is all the cry of the commercial men, 

 and while we have all been looking for- 

 ward to the International producing 

 something startling and have been hop- 

 ing it would do so, we seem doomed to 

 disappointment. In my next notes, 

 however, I may give particulars more 

 fully, especially if there are any worth 

 looking up as good commercial lines. 



Sander & Sons, Bruges and St. Albans, 

 won the premier position for six stove 

 or greenhouse plants introduced by the 



exhibitor, with Ceratoiobus Forgetiana, 

 Musssenda Sanderi, Alocasia Micholitzi- 

 ana, Trevesia Sanderi, Adiantum Sie- 

 bertianum and Eriobotrya Japonica 

 variegata. 



For one plant introduced by the ex- 

 hibitor, the silver medal goes to W. A. 

 Manda for Polypodium Mandaianum, 

 and a bronz:e medal for a group of 

 twelve plants. 



For a climbing rose not in commerce, 

 first, Charles Turner, Slough, with Ophe- 

 lia, single, pure white; second, B. R. 

 Cant & Sons, Colchester, for a variety 

 named Sweet Pea, a small flowered poly- 

 antha, white, tinted rose; third. Baker's, 

 for Dorothy Jeavons, semi-double white 

 polyantha. 



Seedling rose not in commerce, climb 

 ers excluded, first, Pernet-Ducher, with 

 Mme. Edouard Herriot, a fine Pernet- 

 iana of a rich salmon color, recom- 

 mended to receive the Daily Mail gold 

 cup, as the best novelty rose in the 

 exhibition; second, Lowe & Shawyer, 

 Ltd., Uxbridge, with Mrs. E. Alford, 

 after the type of La France, rich flesh 

 pink; third, Alexander Dickson & Sons, 

 Newtownards, with George Dickson, hy- 

 brid tea, rich crimson. 



Six flowers, any rose not in commerce, 

 B. R. Cant & Son, Colchester, first, with 

 Sallie, hybrid tea, creamy white, tinted 

 yellow; second, Alexander Dickson & 

 Sons, with Mrs. Gordon Sloane, hybrid 

 tea, white, suffused rose; third, Frank 

 Cant & Co., with Mrs. E. V. Penrico, 

 hybrid tea, pale pink, with deep rosy 

 center. 



Awards of Merit. 



Awards of merit were made to Calceo- 

 laria Veitchii, from Veitch & Co., Exeter; 

 sweet peas, Mclba, Brunette and Mrs. 

 Cuthbertson, from Dobbie & Co., Edin- 

 burgh; Lastrea patens, var. Mayii, and 

 Polypodium Vidgenii, from H. B. May 

 & Sons; Begonia Princess Vicktoria 

 Luise, from Blackmore & Langdon; 

 Celmisia spectabilis argentea, from 

 Bees, Ltd., Liverpool; Hydrangea Sar- 

 gentii, from J. Veitch & Son, Ltd., Lon- 

 don; Pyrethrum Queen Mary, from G. 

 W. Miller, Wisbech; Papaver orientale, 

 Ferry 's White and Edna Perry, from A. 

 Perry, Enfield. 



American Visitors. 



The visitors from America include Mr. 

 and Mrs. Richard Vincent, Jr., White 

 Marsh, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. B. Hammond 

 Tracy, Wenham, Mass. ; E. G. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; H. A. Bunyard, New York, 



General View in One of the Large Tents at the International Exhibition, London. 



