APRlf. 10, 1918. .,. ._ 



The Florists' Review 



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A Portion of Thomas Roland's Notable Group of Hard Wooded Plants at the National Flower Show, Now in Progress. 



sizes florists buy for growing on. A 

 large number of varieties of crotons is 

 the leading feature, but the exhibit in- 

 cludes ferns in variety, roses, hydran- 

 geas, pandanus, dracsenas, palms, be- 

 gonias, Ficus pandurata, ivies and many 

 other plants. 



F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 has two tables of ferns, showing Har- • 

 risii, elegantissima, compacta, magni- 

 fica and muscosa in various sizes. As 

 a part of the exhibit are some splen- 

 did vases of Buxton's Pink snapdra- 

 gon, from George E. Buxton, Nashua, 

 N. H., and Carnation Princess Dagmar, 

 from M. A. Patten & Co., Tewkesbury, 

 Mass. This carnation is of deep crim- 

 son, of largest size, on wonderfully stiff 

 stems considering their length, and 

 lights up beautifully. Another feature 

 of the display is Begonia Gloire de 

 Chatelaine, a continuous bloomer and 

 good bedder, not new but not so well 

 known as it should be. 



Roman J. Irwin, New York, has a 

 well arranged bank of plants surround- 

 ing several plates of gladiolus bulbs. 

 Most of the stock is in sizes for the 

 trade to grow on and includes Adiantum 

 Farleyense, genistas, begonias, cannas, 

 asparagus, ferns in variety, cyclamens, 

 gardenias, English ivy, lemon verbenas, 

 Calla Elliottiana, 2i/G-inch roses, car- 

 nation cuttings, mum cuttings, and 

 field grown roses. 



H. F, Michell Co., Philadelphia, has 

 as the chief feature of its exhibit 

 Geranium Helen Michell, a large num- 

 ber of plants carrying fine tresses of 

 flowers. Michell 's royal purple salvia 

 is another novelty. New hybrid free- 

 sias in colors are shown, also Gerbera 

 •Tamesoni hybrida, Phlox Laphami, 

 Perry variety; and Lilium plentiflorum, 

 a type of giganteum. 



Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa., 

 has a group of kentias, both Forsteriana 

 and Belmoreana, in all sizes and made 

 "P plants; also Cibotium Schiedei and 

 Phoenix Rcebelenii, the plants on which 

 ■the company specializes. 



Knight & Struck Co., New York, 

 have one of the best displays in 

 the trade section, hard-wooded flower- 

 ing plants in twenty-seven varieties. 

 Notable in the collection are the new 

 Bauefa rubioides, Boronia elatior, Har- 

 denbergia monophylla, Coronella glauca, 

 Acacia cordata, Aotus gracillima. 

 Genista elegans and such odd varieties 

 of erica as translucens, ventricosa mag- 

 nifica, perspicua erecta and Sindryana. 



Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., 

 have a corner of one floor for a unique 

 exhibit of English ivies grown in tubs 

 and trained in many unusual forms, 

 like horses, knights, etc. In another 

 part of the hall they have a display of 

 plant tubs, some of them of great size 

 and unusual shape. 



Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J., has a 

 pond of water lilies, including seven 

 varieties of nymphaea, among them the 

 new N, Daubeniana; also plants for 

 the edges of water gardens, some choice 

 hardy azaleas. Daphne Genkwa and 

 andromedas. 



Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, 

 Me., has a group of astilbes (spiraeas) 

 in which there are thirty-six plants 

 and nearly as many varieties, white 

 and pink. 



P. H. Goodsell, New York, shows fif- 

 teen evergreens in tubs, including some 

 broad-leaved varieties. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, have 

 a group of new and rare plants from 

 the north of China, collected by E, H. 

 Wilson. Prominent in the display is 

 Lilium myriophyllum. 



Bulbs and Seeds. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co., New York, have 

 an exhibit of Japanese lily bulbs in the 

 original cases, to which plate glass tops 

 have been fitted. The line includes 

 giganteums in all sizes, auratum platy- 

 phyllum, album Kretzeri, auratums 15 

 to 20-inch in circumference and mag- 

 nificum 19 to 24-inch. There is a table 

 of literature on bulbs. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, oc- 

 cupy almost all of one end of the build- 

 ing with a cottage garden scene, with 

 pansy beds in the front and borders of 

 Dutch bulbs in bloom. This is flanked 

 on either side by groups of hard-wooded 

 plants in flower, palms, agaves, bego- 

 nias, caladiums, lilies, cycas and large 

 cacti, with some vases of cut flowers, 

 principally gladioli. At one end is a 

 large display of vegetables. A stereo- 

 motorgraph shows a never-ending suc- 

 cession of garden views in colors. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. 

 Y., has a display of miscellaneous bulbs 

 in upwards of fifty varieties, princi- 

 pally gladioli, amaryllises and lilies. 

 Blooming plants of Calla Elliottiana, 

 amaryllis and watsonia are shown in 

 flower; also a blooming plant of Chrys- 

 anthemum Glory of Seven Oaks, yellow. 

 Some big squashes are a novelty at a 

 flower show. Attention is called to 

 Felicia amelloides in flower. Some 

 palms and vases of cut gladioli com- 

 plete the exhibit. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., has a 

 table of gladiolus bulbs, the varieties 

 being Peace and War. He also has an 

 automatic lantern throwing a never- 

 ending succession of colored pictures 

 on a screen, illustrating the processes 

 of preparing the bulbs for planting, 

 cultivation, harvesting the blooms, har- 

 vesting the bulbs, etc., as done at 

 Meadowvale farm. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 have one of the most elaborate of the 

 trade exhibits. It occupies 1,000 square 

 feet of space and the commercial fea- 

 ture is kept in the background. A 

 typical scene in Holland has been 

 worked out, with a Dutch cottage at 

 the rear and a bulb garden in the fore- 

 ground. The space is sodded and the 

 bulb beds and borders are made of 

 stock in pots so sunken as to appear to 

 be planted out. The sign reads "Hol- 

 land in America. ' ' 



Burnett Bros., New York, make a 



