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APBIL 17, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Conn., for display of ferns Bhowlng gradation of 

 eruwtli from spores to the full grown plant, silver 



"'Vleiiient Moore, Hackenaack, N. J., for group 

 of orcUld hybrids, gold medal. 



Mrs. W. G. S. Grlswold, A. J. Loveless super- 

 intendent, Lenox, Mass., for new antirrhinums, 

 gjlver medal. 



David S. Miller, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., for model 

 estate, silver medal. 



Thos. Roland, Nahant, Mass., the Henry F. 

 Michell Co. gold medal for the most artistically 

 arranged exhibit. 



Award Bevisions. 



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 Harry A. Bunyard, chairman of the 



board of jurors, supplies the following 



list of additional, revised and corrected 



a^vards in the official list of awards in 



th(» competitive classes published in 



last issue: 



.«:i)ecimen Isella — First, W. A. Manda, South 

 Oi;inge, N. J. 



1 wenty 10-lnch pans early single tulips, ten or 

 moie varieties, exclusive of Darwin — First, E. 

 Faitlel, gardener to Mrs. A. M» Booth, Great 

 Neck, L. I. 



'I'wo plants Kentia Forsteriana — First, K. Ty- 

 son, gardener to Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, Con- 

 vent, N. J.; second, W. A. Manda. 



Specimen maranta — First, W. A. Manda. 



I'wenty-flve plants conifers, twenty varieties — 

 First, F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y. ; sec- 

 ond, Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J. 



Twenty-flve plants conifers, dwarf or flat grow- 

 ing, twenty-flve varieties— First, Bobbink & At- 

 kins. Rutherford, N. J.; second, W. A. Manda. 



One plant holly — First, Bobbink & Atkins. 



Miniature landscape garden — First, Frank Jo- 

 sef ko, Glen Cove, L. I. ; second, Julius Roehrs Co. 



Miniature model of estate — First, Frank Jo- 

 gefko. 



Cyprlpedlum hybrid — First, W. A. Manda. 



Cyprlpedium, variety — Second, W. A. Manda; 

 no first awarded. 



Flowering plant, species — First, R. & J. Far- 

 qahar & Co., Boston, Mass. 



Ncphrolepls, species — First, Robert Craig Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; second, F. R. Plerson Co. 



Orchid hybrid — First, J. Mossman, gardener to 

 Clement Moore, Hackensack, N. J.; second, W. A. 

 Manda. 



Orchid, variety — First, Clement Moore; second, 

 W. A. Manda. 



Collection of plants or flowers introduced by 

 exhibitor— First. W. A. Manda; second, A. C. 

 Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. J. 



Three plants marguerites— First, Madsen & 

 Ohristensen, Wood Ridge, N. J.; second, J. 

 Stuart, gardener to Mrs. F. A. Constable. 



Specimen rhynchospermum — Second, S. W. 

 I'opp, gardener to H. Darlington, Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y. ; no first awarded. 



Twelve plants spiraea or astilbe — First, Mount 

 Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, Me. 



La;llo-cattleya — First, Lager fc Hurrell, Sum- 

 mit, N. J.; second, W. A. Manda. 



Class 34A— First, Thomas Roland, Nahant, 

 Mass.; second, Louis Dupuy, Whitestone, L. 1. 



Class 36A — First, Thomas Roland. 



Late Arrivals. 



James Wheeler, of Natick, Mass., 

 brought two vases of his light pink 

 snapdragons that showed up excellently. 



The international character of the 

 show was helped out in the middle of 

 the week by the arrival of a shipment 

 of odontoglossums and cypripediums 

 from W. A. Manda 's branch at St. Al- 

 bans, England. They filled a large table 

 and made a fine show. 



A trade exhibit late in getting into 

 place was that of the Dunham Co., Be- 

 rea, 0., which showed water weight 

 lawn rollers in several sizes. 



The Lectiires. 



The lectures proved one of the popu- 

 lar features of the show. The original 

 program was not carried out, due to the 

 failure of some of the announced 

 speakers to put in an appearance, 

 but there was a lecture each afternooft, 

 and evening and it was something of a 

 surprise to many to find that the thea- 

 ter, seating about 300, was well filled 

 «aeh time. Those in the trade did not 

 show much interest and, indeed, the 

 lertures were designed for amateur con- 

 sumption, but there was quite a little 

 |D some of them that was informative 

 to those in the business. E. H. Wilson, 

 <*i Arnold Arboretum, talked on his ex- 

 plorations in China; J, Horace McFar- 

 ^3nd, of Harrisburg, Pa., described the 

 A-nold Arboretum, Boston; Robert Pyle, 



Carnation Matchksr, Gold Medal Winner at New York. 



of the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., discussed roses and decorative 

 plants; J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Boston, 

 gave his Japanese lecture; Fred C. W. 

 Brown, with S. A. Anderson, Buffalo, 

 told of the art of flower arrangement; 

 Arthur Herrington, of Madison, N. J., 

 told of the whys and wherefores of tree 

 planting; J. Otto Thilow, of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, gave his 

 Eocky mountain lecture; Geo. V. Nash, 

 of the Bronx Botanical Garden, talked 

 on water gardens; Arthur Cowee, of 

 Berlin, N. Y., discussed gladioli; L. W. 

 C. Tuthill, New York, told of glass 

 structures for amateurs, and Leonard 

 Barron, of the Garden Magazine, spoke 

 of famous gardens. All the lectures 

 were illustrated by colored stereopticon 

 slides. 



Jottings. 



With things coming so well, and with 

 the additional fact that no hauling 

 through the streets of New York is per- 

 mitted on Sunday, preventing the dis- 

 mantling of the show until Monday, it 

 was decided to lengthen the show one 

 day by keeping it open Sunday, April 

 13. Because some of the stock was at 

 the point where it had to be removed 

 from view, the price of admission was 

 cut in half. It brought a big crowd and 

 added several hundreds of dollars to 

 the net receipts. 



Eobert Craig says that A. N. Pier- 

 son's pyramid of roses, shown in the 

 class calling for a group to occupy not 

 less than 200 square feet, was the most 

 wonderful display of cut roses ever put 

 up anywhere in the world. It was even 

 more notable for the quality than it 

 was for the quantity and variety of 

 stock, and the arrangement, all of 

 which were good. 

 '■ David Geddes, of St. Louis, arranged 



the A. N. Pierson exhibit of Killarney 

 Queen that won the cup valued at $200, 

 offered for best display of 200 roses. 

 The stock was simply wonderful, both 

 in stem and flower, and Mr. Geddes 

 staged them so that every bloom showed 

 its individuality. It was one of the 

 notable features of the show. 



Question: Should a dealer in arti- 

 ficial flowers be permitted to exhibit his 

 wares at a National Flower Show? Mr. 

 Totty thinks not. 



The carnations of the E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., were flood-bound for 

 twenty-four hours, not arriving until 

 the day following the carnation show. 

 Mr. Hill says he was all the more dis- 

 appointed because he is sure he could 

 have changed several of the awards had 

 his stock got through on time. 



Madison Square Garden could not be 

 had for this show; Barnum & Bailey's 

 circus wanted it. But when the Garden 

 management saw the crowds pouring 

 into the Palace, they concluded they 

 wanted the next flower show and they 

 sent a formal letter, asking that no 

 arrangements be made until the Garden 

 management had been given an oppor- 

 tunity to submit a proposition! 



Mrs. Wm. W. Edgar, of Waverley, 

 Mass., entertained several S. A. F. ladies 

 at tea at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel 

 April 10. She was assisted in receiving 

 by Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy. 



AWABDS TO TBADE EXHIBITORS. 



The trade exhibits at the National 

 Flower Show were handled in the same 

 way they are at the S. A. F. conven- 

 tions; that is, judges were appointed to 

 pass on the new things the exhibitors 

 had called to their attention in writing. 

 Where the exhibitor filted no written 

 description of his novelty with the sec- 



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