20 



The Florists^ Review 



Afbil 10, 1013. 



Two Notable Groups of Amaryllis at the New York Show. 



(Those of W. H. Duckbam In the fore^rround. with those of W. W. Vert In the rear.) 



pbia, have a group of the new pink 

 spiraea that bears the name America. 



The Industry Moss & Peat Co., Ware- 

 town, N. J., has a display of sphagnum 

 moss. 



Julius Eoehrs Co., Eutherford, N. J., 

 has a table of plants, including freshly 

 imported cattleyas and a general line 

 of decorative stock in commercial sizes, 

 the larger plants for retailing being 

 shown in the exhibitors ' decorative 

 groups and other entries for competi- 

 tion. 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York, 

 has an "office" decorated with some 

 attractive boxes of tulips, etc. 



The Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J., 

 has a table of its insecticides, Aphine, 

 Fungine, Sketorid, etc. 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., 

 has a table of new plants, principally 

 Polypodium Mandaianum, in the center 

 of which are the diplomas, medals and 

 cups won by him at the recent Lon- 

 don International Show. 



Warnaar & Co., Sassenheim, Holland, 

 have a group of the new narcissus 

 named King Alfred that are of splendid 

 quality. 



J. L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa., has a 

 display of young rose plants in 2'^- 

 inch pots. 



NOVELTIES AT NEW YORK. 



New Spiraeas. 



The familiar expression, "What have 

 you newt" was, as usual, heard on 

 every hand. Nothing sensational in 

 the novelty line was to be seen, but 

 there were some good things, neverthe- 

 less, which will become popular in a 

 year or two. The group of twenty-five 

 astilbes from the Mount Desert Nurser- 

 ies, Bar Harbor, Me., A. E. Thatcher, 

 manager, attracted much attention, 

 while some of the older sorts, like Glad- 

 stone, Peach Blossom and astilboides, 

 were included. The bulk were new hy- 

 brids, mostly raised by Aug. Haerens, 

 although a few were Lemoine's. These 

 are. rather later growing than the older 

 sorts, being the result of crosses be- 

 tween Chinese varieties, such as grandis 

 and Davidii, on Peach Blossom and 

 other dwarf varieties. 



A few of the best of these, which 

 have great possibilities both for pot 

 plant and outdoor culture, are: Vesta, 

 pink; Venus, beautiful deep pink; 

 Haerens No. 4; Silver Way, charming 

 pale pink; Mme. Rose, one of Lemoine's 

 pink, foliage fine; Ceres, peach pink; 

 Juno, deep pink, and Panache, another 

 Lemoine variety. 



The French hydrangeas, such as I 

 General de Vibraye and Mme. Mouil- 

 lere, although not entirely new, were 

 never before seen in as fine condition 

 as here. The plants as grown by Louis 

 Dupuy possess wonderful commercial 

 possibilities. 



New Chinese Plants. 



Among the new Chinese plants col- 

 lected in China by E, H, Wilson, and 



old gracilis; Deutzia longifolia, deli- 

 cate pink, a fine acquisition; Exochorda 

 grandiflora Wilsoni, a glorified form of 

 the well known Pearl Bush; Lonicera 

 Maackii Podocarpa; Berberis Wilsoni 

 and B. Isevis, each with striking foliage; 

 Ampelopsis Henryana and Thomsoni, 

 with beautiful foliage like Cissus dis- 

 color; Azalea Kaempferi; Cotoneaster 

 horizontalis; Syringa Wilsoni; Ber- 

 beris Gagnepainii; Ampelopsis Lee- 

 oides; Spiraea Henryi, white, very free 

 flowering, and Vitis megaphylla. 



New Orchids. 



Quite a few new orchids were in 

 evidence. From Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Gatton Park Gardens, England, came 

 the fine hybrid odontoglossum. Queen 

 of Gatton, a cross between 0. trium- 

 phans and O. percullum. Clement Moore, 

 Hackensack, N. J., showed Cattleya 

 Cappei alba, pure white, a cross be- 

 tween two other white cattleyas and 

 fairly intermediate. Laelio-Cattleya 

 Highburyensis, from C. Sandiford, gar- 

 dener to J. J. Albright, Buffalo, while 

 not entirely new, was finely flowered. 



The most noteworthy orchid, prob- 

 ably, in the orchid department was a 

 beautiful plant, carrying two fine 

 spikes, of the brilliant Odontioda 

 Bradshawise from Sir Jeremiah Col- 

 man. This is a cross between Cochlioda 

 Noezliana and Odontoglossum crispum 

 var. Mary Colman, awarded a gold 

 medal. 



F. R. Pierson Co. showed the com- 

 paratively new, bright fibrous begonia, 

 Gloire de Chatelaine, equally good as 

 a pot plant or for bedding. They also 

 had a fine vase of Patten's sensational 

 new carnation, Princess Dagmar. An- 

 other foreign exhibit was a group of 

 Narcissus King Alfred, the finest of the 

 newer large golden yellow trumpet 

 daffodils, from Warnaar & Co., Sassen- 

 heim, Holland. A deep pink spiraea 

 named America, from Gt. Van Waveren 

 I 



Rose Groups of W. H. Waite and V. H. Duckliam at New York. 



shown by R, & J. Farquhar & Co., of 

 Boston, the beautiful Lilium myriophyl- 

 lum stood out prominently. Bulbs in 

 2 M; -inch pots were flowering, some car- 

 rying as many as three buds each. Some 

 fine new shrubs were also included here. 

 Some of the more striking were: Deut- 

 zia discolor, a big improvement on the 



& Kruijff, was another pleasing nov- 

 elty. 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



Among the red roses the dwarf poly- 

 antha, Bordure, of a pleasing pink 

 shade, was the best. Silver Moon and 

 Dr. Van Fleet also had their admirers. 



