

APBIL 17, 1918. 



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The Florists' Review 



AFTERMATH OF THE 



BIG NATIONAL SHOW 



IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. 



New York Makes Good. 



Those who thought New York could 

 3t win out on a big flower show were 

 ippily disappointed last week. The 

 ig exhibition, reported so fully in last 

 eek's issue of The Eeview that little 

 iiiiains to be said, proved a success in 

 ,ery particular, artistically, popularly 

 ad financially. As always is the case, 

 »e show improved from day to day. 

 earrangement brought about better 

 isplay, filling up the weak spots and 

 16 odd corners. By the second or third 

 ay so complete had been the shift 

 lat only the largest groups remained 

 I their original places, and most of 

 lese had "been made over. Part of 

 le work was necessary, to make room 

 )r the cut flowers as they came on, 

 ad part was purely to increase the 

 eneral effectiveness and add to the 

 ttractiveness of the show in the eyes 

 I the public. 



It was unfortunate that the show 

 )uld not all be on one floor. Some 

 orists thought the splendid building 

 imirably adapted to flower show pur- 

 3ses, but the general opinion was that 



is very poor indeed. Practically no 

 fort was made to use the big third 

 oor, and the mezzanine floor, where 

 16 greater part of the trade displays 

 ere located, wag only kept in the Tun- 

 ing by signs on the main floor and a 

 lud-mouthed crier, who every now and 

 len appeared at the railing to invite 

 le people up from the main floor. Also, 

 16 building is so cut up by posts that 

 a effective general view is impossible, 

 here were plenty of exhibits on the 

 !cond floor and by the end of the 

 eek the lower floor was so crowded 

 lat really magnificent stock was 

 •owded together until all individuality 

 as lost and it became merely a riqt 

 f color — and yet it did not seem p6S'' 

 ble to get action on the big, almost^ 

 acant third floor. By all means; a 

 ower show should be all on one floor; 



practically amounts to that anywaj'. 



The attendance was light the opening 

 ight and Sunday. Then rose day drew 



big crowd. Carnation day followed 

 id drew as many. Then came matinee 

 iy and the afternoon attendance fell 

 T, but there was a big crowd at night, 

 hursday again was a $2,000 day. Thus 

 ir the weather was bright and cool, 

 riday and Saturday it rained all day 

 ad then came an extra Sunday with 

 le admission cut in half. On the 

 hole, more people saw this show than 

 ''er did any other flower show in New 

 ork and the finances came out all 

 Sht; there will be a small profit. 



The Sweet Peas. 



The National Sweet Pea Society had 

 ^ inning April 10. Perhaps it was the 

 (^nient of surprise that was lacking, 

 "t the showing of sweet peas did not 

 "*'ate the sensation that was made at 

 '*stdn. Remembering the wonderful 



showing made in 1911 with the winter- 

 blooming varieties of the grandiflora 

 type and knowing that this year many 

 of the winter-blooming Spencers would 

 be added, the trade anticipated a rev- 

 elation. It was another case where 

 anticipation is better than realization, 

 for, instead of eclipsing the Boston dis- 

 play, the showing, while larger, was 

 not so sensational. At Boston the peas 

 were better staged, where they all could 

 be seen at once; at New York they 

 were in four separate places, so that 

 the effect was lost. Also, at Boston 

 the long stems on all the peas were re- 

 markable, while at New York some of 

 the most promising varieties of the new 

 Spencers could only be shown on short 

 stems. The quantity was there, "Wm. 

 Sim alone having nearly 1,000 vases. 

 Special interest centered in the win- 



grown for him by Mr. Sim. Most of 

 them were shown under number. 

 The awards on sweet peas were: 



Fifty sprays pink and white— First, John M. 

 Barker, Morrlstown, N. J.; second, n-ederlck 

 Mamltsch, Paterson, N. J.; third, Winkler Bros., 

 Hackensack, N. J. 



Fifty sprays white — First, William Sim, Clif- 

 tondale, Mass.; second, Frederick Mamltsch; 

 third. Winkler Bros. 



Fifty sprays pink — First, Wm. Sim; second, 

 Winkler Bros. 



Fifty sprays light pink or salmon— First, Wm. 

 Sim. 



Fifty sprays blue or purple — First, Wm. Sim. 



Fifty sprays red or crimson — First, Wm. Sim; 

 second, Winkler Bros. 



Fifty sprays cream pink — First, Wm. Sim. 



Fifty sprays light lavender— First, Wm. Sira; 

 second, John M. Barker. 



Fifty sprays dark lavender — First, Wm. Sim: 

 second, Frederick Mamltsch. 



Fifty sprays orange — First, Wm. Sim. 



Fifty sprays any other color— First, Wm. Sim: 

 second, John M. Barker. 



Twenty-flve sprays Earliest of Ail, Christmas 

 Pink or Pink Watchung— First. John M. Barkei ; 

 second, Frederick Mamltsch; third. Wm. Sim. 



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Pyramid of Rotei Staged at New York by A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. 



ter-blooming Spencer varieties. W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, had 

 a vase of several varieties^ mixed, that 

 showed some promising things, but thd 

 principal display was by Anton C. Zvo- 

 lanek. The Spencers in the Sim ex- 

 hibits were from Mr. Zvolanek's seed 

 and the looms on which Mr. Zvolanek 

 won the society's gold medal were 



Twenty-five sprays Earliest White, Watchung 

 or Snowbird — First, Wm. Sim; second, Winkler 

 Bros. 



Twenty-flve sprays Mont Blanc or Florence 

 Denzer — First. Wm. Sim; second, John M. Barker; 

 third, Winkler Bros. 



Twenty-flve sprays Mrs. C. H. Totty — First, 

 Wm. Sim. 



Twenty-flve sprays Wallacea— First, Wm. Sim; 

 second, John M. Barker. 



Twenty flve spra.vg Pink Beauty — First, Wm. 

 Sim; second, Winkler Bros. 



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