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The Florists' Review 



NOTEMBBR 14, 1912. 



tall cedars, Charles Sandiford, gardener 

 for J. J. Albright, filled with the most 

 beautiful and choice stock in the 

 show. Mr. Sandiford 's exhibit of 

 orchids was magnificent. This exhibit 

 also contained the largest mums, and 

 these attracted the eager eyes of the 

 crowd. The side walls were taken care 

 of by the florists, the largest exhibitors 

 being Palmer, Anderson and Scott. As 

 the exhibits were not for competition, 

 the stock was arranged for effect, and 

 also for the general effect of the show. 

 The idea worked out just as planned 

 and the show was a big success. Palmer 

 showed many roses, among them being 

 the smallest rose grown, Mignon. This 

 was arranged in a glass bowl and caused 

 much comment. Anderson showed the 

 new rose. Milady, and like everyone 

 who Bees it, thinks it a wonder. 

 The committee in charge were: 



Ways and means — W. J. Palmer, Charles T. 

 Guenther, E. C. Brucker, William B. Scott, 

 W. J. Peake, ,8. A. Anderson, Louis Neubeck, 

 Charles Sandiford, William C. Strob, William F. 

 Kastlng. 



Show — Qeorge H. McClure, William Grever, 

 Fred H. Brown, George D. Hale, Charles H. 

 KeitBCh. 



Press— W. A. Adams, Otto Glllis, Albert 

 Reichert, Edward Slattery, John F. Cowell. 



Tickets — Joseph Strelt, Robert Scott, J. Ben- 

 son Stafford, Edward Altnian. Albert Keltsch. 



Flower booth — Wallace H. Blss, Edward Stroh, 

 Charles Schoenhut, William Sievers, E. Douglas 

 Savage. 



The club had in connection with the 

 show a,n ice cream concession and a 

 flower booth, which proved a good 

 money maker, especially the last night, 

 when everybody got a bargain and a 

 good sum was cleaned up by the scheme. 



We learned many things from the 

 show and, while it was not a success 

 such as we would have liked, we can- 

 not help but feel that a good many 

 more people will want flowers from 

 time to time. The press and other 

 forms of advertising spread the news 

 broadcast and for the week talk of 

 'flowers was on everybody's lips. These 

 shows are a lot of work and, after all, 

 when done for advertising, for we can 

 say the last two were for that, some 

 of the members are of the opinion that 

 the same money spent in the store, and 

 directly for the store, would bring more 

 results. On the other hand, some be- 

 lieve that it would be better to hold the 

 show on a scale not so elaborate in de- 

 sign and preparation, feeling that the 

 crowd will appreciate it to the same 

 extent. Buffalo has held shows for 

 competition and shows for exhibition. 



but in either case we get plenty of 

 praise and not enough at the box office. 

 ... R. A. 8. 



TAEEYTOWN, N. Y. 



It was a magnificent exhibition that 

 the Tarrytown Horticultural Society 

 ^aged in Music hall November 6 and 

 which drMf^ large crowds during the 

 three days t^bat tTie flowers were on 

 view. The principal exhibitors were 

 the well known private gardeners of 

 the locality and the quality of the stock 

 made up in interest for anything the 

 show may have lacked ini^size as com- 

 pared with the exhibition^ in the larg- 

 est cities. Not only was all the stock 

 good but the arrangement was excellent 

 throughout. 



Th* siWat^jnedal for new plant was 

 won by Scott Bros., of Elmsford, N. 

 Y., for a new nephrolepis. 



Richard Langle, of White Plains, was 

 first for both single and double violets. 



Scott Bros, were first for twenty-five 

 carnations, any variety, with Wm. 

 Eccles, J. D,. Cockcroft, Northport, L. 

 I., being second, with Northport. 



F. R. Pierson Co. was first for twenty- 

 five roses of any one variety, with Kil- 

 larney. Several of the Pierson em- 

 ployees entered in the fern classes and 

 divided the ptt^imns. 



A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., 

 showed a fine vase of the new red rose, 

 Milady, and was rewarded with a cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., staged 

 a handsome exhibit of his new pink 

 rose, Mrs. George Shawyer, and was 

 awarded a certificate. 



Honorable mention was given F. R. 

 Pierson Co., for a group of ferns, and 

 for roses, also to Scott Bros, for a dis- 

 play of single chrysanthemums. 



There was, as usual, a large showing 

 of fruits and vegetables. 



The following were the principal ex- 

 hibitors of plants, cut flowers and 

 vegetables, and they secured most of 

 the prizes: 



George Middleton, gardener to Wil- 

 liam Rockefeller; Allen Jenkins, gar- 

 dener to S. P. Shotter; Wm. Jamieson, 

 gardener to Emil Berolzheimer; John 

 Elliott, gardener to Geo. Legg; Wm. J. 

 Sealey, gardener to Chas. Mallory; Rob- 

 ert Grieve, gardener to Hugh Hill; P. 

 W. Popp, gardener to H. Darlington; 

 W. H. Waite, superintendent for Sam- 

 uel Untermyer; Geo. Wittlinger, gar- 



dener to Miss Blanche Potter; Wm. C. 

 Roberts, gardener for Frederick Pot- 

 ter; R. L. Cushman, gardener to Wm. 

 B. Thompson; Edw. Kane, gardener to 

 E. L. Costfer; James Stevens, gardener 

 to M. C. Herrmann; A. Underwood, 

 superintendent for W. A. Read; Wm. 

 Brock, gardener to R. Delafield; Thos. 

 A. Lee, gardener to M. L. Sand; A. L, 

 Marshall, Igardener to H. J. Park; John 

 Canning, gardener to Adolph Lewisohn; 

 H. M. Blanche, gardener to Wm. R. 

 Harris; A. Macdonald, gardener to D. 

 E. Oppenheimer; Chas. L. Fisher, gar- 

 dener to H. E. Rogers, and the gar- 

 deners for Joseph Eastman, F. W. Van- 

 dferbilt^ Mrs. W. H. Pullman and Mrs. 

 Stuyvesant Fish. George Middleton 

 won the Pierson silver cup offered for 

 the exihitor winning the most prizes. 



The judges were Alex. MacKenzie, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y.; A. Bauer, Deal Beach, 

 N. Y.; A. Briscke, Noroton, Conn.; F. 

 Heeremans, Lenox, Mass.; Robert Spies, 

 Dalton, Mass., and J. R. Fotheringham, 

 of Tarrytown, assisted by several so- 

 ciety ladies and Edward W. Newbrand, 

 the ubiquitous secretary. 



BOSTON. 



November 7 proved rather late for 

 many of the specimen blooms at the 

 Boston show, and while some fine flow- 

 ers were shown, they were fewer in 

 number than usual. Specimen plants 

 also seem to be almost a thing of the 

 past here, as only one exhibitor brought 

 any of these. They were, however, of 

 superb quality. What the exhibition 

 lacked in specimen plants and blooms 

 was compensated for in the many mis- 

 cellaneous displays and exhibits of the 

 retailers. There was in addition an 

 extensive fruit display, which occupied 

 the extreme end of the large hall, the 

 whole of the small exhibition hall and 

 the basement. 



For twenty-five Japanese varieties, 

 distinct, D. F. Roy, gardener to H. E. 

 Converse, was first with splendid, well 

 finished flowers of Wells' Late Pink, 

 Appleton, H. E. Converse, F. S. Vallis, 

 Onunda, Ethel Fitzroy, F. T. Quittenton, 

 President Taft, Lady Hopetoun, Wm. 

 Turner, Mme. Boissant, Glenview, W. E. 

 Etherington, W. R. Brock, Cheltoni, 

 Miss Alice Finch, R. F. Felton, W. 

 Duckbam, Ongawa, Thanksgiving Queen, 

 Yellow Miller, Pockett's Surprise, Dr. 

 Enguehard and W. Woodmason. 



Edward MacMuIkin's First Prize Table Decoration at the Boston Exhibition. 



