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The Florists^ Review 



April 10, 1913. 



George Asmas. 



(Member National Flower Show Committee.) 



premium was awarded in twenty-one 

 classes. In two other classes the judges 

 withheld both awards. There was, how- 

 ever, some splendid stock shown in 

 these classes, several of the notable fea- 

 tures of the show being found in this 

 section, like Mr. Vert's and Mr. Duck- 

 ham 's amaryllis, Mr. Bieschke 's hydran- 

 geas and Mr. Bell's schizanthus. The 

 o£Scial awards were: 



Amaryllis, twenty-flve plants in variety — First, 

 Howard Gould, W. W. Vert gardener. Port 

 Washington, L. I. 



Amaryllis, six plants — First, Howard Gould; 

 second, Mrs. D. Willis James, Wm. Duckham 

 gardener, Madison, N. J. 



Anthurium — First, John W. Pepper, William 

 Robertson gardener, Jenkintown. Pa. 



Azalea Indica, three plants in variety — First, 

 C. B. Newbold, S. W. Batchelor gardener, 

 Jenkintown, Pa. 



Begonias, six plants in flower — First, W. B. 

 Thompson, Yonkers, N. Y. 



Calceolaria, covering 5x10 feet — First. Percy 

 Chubb, Alex. Mackenzie gardener. Glen Cove, 

 L. I. 



Cineraria stellata, six plants — First, C. B. 

 Newbold; second, W. B. Thompson. 



Cineraria stellata, specimen — First, Percy 

 Chubb. 



Cyclamen, twenty-flve plants — First, J. J. 

 Albright, Chas. Sandiford gardener, Buffalo; 

 second, Percy Chnbb. 



Cyclamen, twelve plants — First, C. B. New- 

 bold. 



Crotons, twenty-flve plants — First, Mrs. D. 

 Willis James, Wm. Duckham gardener, Madison, 

 N. J. 



Crotons, eighteen plants — First. F. V. Burton, 

 Wm. Cordes gardener, Newburgh. N. Y. 



Crotons, six plants-^-Flrst. F. V. Burton. 



Dracaena Sanderiana, specimen — First. Mrs. D. 

 Willis James; second, John Wanamaker, J. H. 

 Dodds gardener, Wyncote. Pa. 



Dwarf evergreens, collection covering 100 

 square feet, American grown — First, Mrs. A. A. 

 Anderson, Robt. Williamson gardener, Greenwich, 

 Conn. 



Gloxinias, covering table 5x10 feet — First, 

 W. B. Thompson. 



Hydrangeas, six plants, two varieties — Wm. 

 Ziegler, Jr., A. Bieschke gardener, Noroton, 

 Conn. 



Imantopbyllums in flower — First, C. B. New- 

 bold; second, BenJ. Stern, W. D. Robertson gar- 

 dener, Roslyn, L. I. 



Hydrangeas, new French, collection not less 

 than six varieties — First, Wm. Ziegler, Jr.; sec- 

 ond. John Wanamaker. 



Lilacs, twelve plants in bloom — First, Mrs. D. 

 Willis James; second, H. Darlington, P. W. Popp 

 gardener. Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



Primula Kewensis, twelve plants — First, Percy 

 Chubb. 



Palms, specimen, two plants — First, Geo. F. 

 Bhker, Tuxedo Park. N. Y. 



Palm, specimen — First, Wm. Ziegler, Jr.; sec- 

 ond, Geo. F. Baker. 



Palms, twelve plants, twelve varieties — First, 

 Mrs. D. Willis James. 



Roses in pots, display to cover 100 square feet 

 — First. Saml. Untermyer, Wm. H. Waite super- 

 intendent, Yonkers, N. Y. ; second, Mrs. D. Willis 



Schizanthus, six plants — First. C. K. G. Bill- 

 ings, J. Bell gardener. New York; second, Percy 

 Chubb. 



Schizanthus, specimen — First. C. K. G. Billings. 



Sansevieria Zeylanica. two plants — First, Geo. 

 F. Baker; second, Wm. Ziegler, Jr. 



Spiraea, six plants — First, C. B. Newbold; sec- 

 ond, Saml. Untermyer. 



Stove and greenhouse foliage plants, six — First, 

 Mrs. D. Willis James: second, John Wanamaker. 



Stove and greenhouse foliage plants, distinct, 

 three exclusive of palms — First, Saml. Unter- 

 myer. 



Stove or greenhouse foliage plant — First, Geo. 

 F. Baker. 



Flowering plant, stove or greenhouse, any 

 variety— First, J. T. Pratt, J. W. Everett gar- 

 dener. Glen Cove, L. I.; second, Saml. Untermyer. 



Stove plants, twelve distinct varieties — First, 

 Mrs. D. Willis James. 



Wistaria, two plants— First, C. B. Newbold. 



SPECIAL AWARDS. 



The following special awards have 



been announced: 



Gold medal to Wm. Sim, Cllftondale, Mass., 

 for collection of cut blooms of pansies. 



Gold medal to R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston,, 

 for Lillum myrlopbyllum, as best new plant li» 

 the show. 



Gold medal to Peter Henderson & Co., for 

 Dutch garden. 



Missouri Botanical Gardens prize of $2 OO to- 

 John Wanamaker for Pandanus Lindeni as best 

 new foliage plant. 



Silver medal to J. F. Pratt, for twelve gar- 

 denia plants. 



Silver medal to Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, for 

 imantophyllum. 



Silver medal to A. L. Miller, Brooklyn, for 

 group containing Ponderosa lemon, marguerites, 

 green and variegated holly and eight tulis of 

 forsythia. 



S. A. F. silver medal to Thomas Roland, for 

 bougainvllleas and acacias. 



Gratuity to W. W. Edgar Co., Waverley, 

 Mass., for genistas. 



Gratuity to Madsen & Chrlstensen, for mar- 

 guerites. 



Gratuity to H. Darlington, for group of plants. 



Silver medal and certiflcate to Mt. Desert 

 Nurseries for hybrid astUbes. 

 Silver medal to Mrs. D. Willis James for hya- 

 cinths in 10-lncb pots. 



NATIONAL SHOW MANAOEBS. 



The management of the National 

 Flower Show is vested in a standing 

 committee of the Society of American 

 Florists, of which Chas. H. Totty is 

 chairman. The other members of the 

 committee are Wm. P. Craig, Philadel- 

 phia; W. N. Eudd, Morgan Park, 111.; 

 George Asmus, Chicago, 111.; Thos. Ko- 

 land, Nahant, Mass., and W. A. Manda, 

 South Orange, N. J. 



The Local Governing Board, all 

 members of the New York Florists' 

 Club, in direct charge of local ar- 

 rangements, consists of F. H. Traendly, 

 Walter F. Sheridan, W. H. Duckham,^ 

 Joseph A. Manda and Harry A. Bun- 

 yard, the latter also being chairman 

 of the Board of Judges, who numbered, 

 as originally appointed, nearly seventy. 



W. H. Duckham, of Madison, N. J., 

 was appointed manager of the com- 

 petitive exhibits and John Young, sec- 

 retary of the S. A. F., was manager 

 of the trade exhibits. 



Cooperating with the Society of 

 American Florists in this exhibition 

 were the following organizations: New 

 York Florists' Club, William H. Sie- 

 brecht, president; American Eose So- 

 ciety, Adolph Farenwald, president; 

 American Carnation Society, Philip- 

 Breitmeyer, president; American Sweet 

 Pea Society, William Sim, president; 

 American Gladiolus Society, I. S. Hen- 

 drickson, president; Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America, Chas. H. Totty, presi- 

 dent; National Association of Garden- 

 ers, Wm. H. Waite, president; New 

 York and New Jersey Association of 

 Plant Growers, Louis Dupuy, president. 



TELEGRAPH DELIVERY. 



The Florists' Telegraph Delivery As- 

 sociation held a meeting at New York 

 April 9, President Irwin Bertermann in 

 the chair. Secretary Pochelon reported 

 splendid progress in the exploitation of 

 the organization, with a steady gain 

 in membership, but a far more rapid in- 

 crease in the business exchanged be- 

 tween members. Treasurer Eock re- 

 ported all available funds going into 

 extension work, and there was general 

 discussion of ways and means of ex- 

 tending the work. 



Knightstown, Ind. — Eussell Eichard- 

 son is now proprietor of the establish- 

 ment which has been conducted here 

 for some time under the name of the 

 West View Floral Co. and which still 

 bears that name. S. S. Jones, one of 

 the former owners of the business, i» 

 now in the trade at Elkhart, Ind., and" 

 he also has retained the title West 

 View Floral Co. as his firm name. 



