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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 10, 1913. 



One of tbe Prettiest Views in the National Flower Show. 



■iOrchlil g< oup of Julius Roebre Co. In foreKrouod. with groups from LtiKer & Hurrell 

 and W. A. Manda at left and rlKht.) 



but the commercial feature has been 

 carefully kept in the background; the 

 general effect is what has been sought. 



On the whole, it must be said that 

 the third National Flower Show has 

 marked another advance. It has car- 

 ried the trade a step farther than it 

 ever has gone before, and it is bringing 

 flowers more conspicuously to the at- 

 tention of the people of New York than 

 they ever have been brought before. 

 The attendance on the opening night 

 -was not up to expectations, for New 

 York is proverbially difficult to get to 

 «it up and take notice, but the crowds 

 are increasing. About the time the 

 •close is in sight the people of Gotham 

 will awaken to the fact that to mi^p 

 this show is to miss a chance the like 

 of which they never have had before. 



The attendance of those in the trade 

 is large, and it, too, is growing. Dur- 

 ing the eight days the show runs, 

 pretty nearly everybody east of Buffalo 

 will see it, but the west is not turning 

 out as was expected; not so well as it 

 did at Boston two years ago. 



SOME SPECIAL FEATURES. 



Quality High Throughout. 



The present International Show 

 proves that New York can put up a dis- 

 play equal to any other city in America. 

 It remains to be seen whether the finan- 

 cial outcome will be perfectly satisfac- 

 tory, but certainly those who have 

 labored so hard for this show deserve 

 all possible praise and it is hoped the 

 ledger will show a balance on the right 

 side. 



Compared with the Boston show an 

 1911, the present exhibition is of about 

 «qual size. The floor on which the bulk 

 of the plant exhibits are staged is con- 

 siderably smaller in area than the hall 

 of Mechanics ' building, Boston, and the 

 many massive columns detract in some 

 degree from the beauty of the show as 

 a whole. Large exhibits are so cut up 

 as to lose in some degree their indi- 

 viduality, but the view from the upper 

 floor when artificial light is used is- 

 extremely pleasing. 



The Large Groups. 



Large groups such as W. A. Manda, 

 Farquhar & Co., M. H. Walsh and 

 Thomas Boland had at Boston were not 

 to be seen here, the exhibits being more 

 broken up. Mr. Roland's group was 

 again the star feature of the exhibition. 

 It was a pity that he could not ar- 

 range it as pleasingly as he could have 

 wished, but the whole collection showed 

 superb culture and proved the Nahani 

 grower to be a master hand in the 

 growing of hard-wooded plants. In this 

 remarkable group acacias were a strong 

 feature and included many beautiful 

 specimens of A. pubescens, heterophylla, 

 Drummondi, armata, armata pendula, 

 longiflora and cordata. Ericas included 

 melanthera, Caffra densa, rosea and 

 codonodes. Some grandly flowered 

 specimens of Bougainvillea Sanderiana 



gave a pleasing touch of color to the 

 whole. Mr. Boland also had a nice 

 crop of cyclamens. _ . 



Orchids were splendidly shown and 

 in far greater profusion than at Boston 

 two years ago. In Messrs. Roehrs' 

 beautifully arranged group I noted, 

 among other good things, Brasso-cat- 

 tleya Langleyensis, Brasso - cattleya 

 Thorntoni, Laelio - cattleya Hyeanu, 

 Dendrobium thyrsiflorum in quantity, 

 Oncidium Marshallianum, Cymbidium 

 Sanderee, Odontoglossum Harryanum 

 crispum, Odontoglossum Rolfese, odoii- 

 tiodas in variety, Dendrobium Artemis 

 and Dendrobium Bronkhartii. 



The Orchids. 



James Goodier, gardener to C. G. 

 Roebling, Trenton, N. J., also had a 

 superb and tastefully arranged group. 

 Some of his best varieties were the 

 beautiful Cattleya suavior C. G. Roeb- 

 ling, Cattleya intermedia alba, Cattleya 

 ^kinneri alba, the pure white Dendro- 

 bium nobile Ashworthianum, Miltonia 

 Bleuana, Odontioda Charlesworthi, Den- 

 drobium Apollo grandiflorum, Dendro- 

 bium Cybele nobilior, Cypripedium 

 Maudise magnificum and Epi-cattleya 

 Guatemalensis. 



Lager & Hurrell were, as usual, repre- 

 sented by a fine group, which included 

 Cymbidium eburneum, Dendrobium 

 Jamesianum, Miltonia Roezlii alba, 

 Odontiodas Sanderae and Bradshawise, 

 Brasso - laelia Veitchii, Phalsenopsis 

 Rimestadiana, Brasso-cattleya Langley- 

 ensis, Cattleya Wellsiana and Odonto- 

 glossum Hibernicum. W. A. Manda had 

 a lot of choice odontoglossums, oncid- 

 iums, cattleyas, miltonias, dendrobes 

 and cypripediums. Clement Moore, 

 Hackensack, N. J., showed some choice 

 orchids, as did a number of other trade 

 and private gardeners, and this portion 

 of the show was one of the strong 

 features. 



The hybrid amaryllis from William 

 Duckham, gardener to Mrs. D. Willis 

 James, were superb, and among the best 

 I have ever seen at any exhibition. 

 They had a wide range of colors, some 

 being nearly white, while others were 

 deep crimson. From Howard Gould, 



Looking across Oae Section of the Lower Floor from the Mezzanine. 



