November 14, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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exhibitors' flowers were past, still 

 the quality was fair. 



The Chrysanthemum Society's silver 

 cup for ten blooms of one variety was 

 won by Jas. MacDonald, gardener to 

 J. H. Ottley, Glen Cove, N. Y,, with 

 fine flowers of Wm. Turner. Other 

 magnificent exhibits in this class were 

 the Turner from Jos. Kennedy, gar- 

 dener for Mrs. J. A. Lyle, of Tenafly, 

 N. J., and F. E. Nash from Wm. Vert, 

 gardener for Howard Gould, of Fort 

 Washington, N. Y. 



Five blooms of Wm. Kleinheinz was 

 won by Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J. 



The W. W. Wells special medals for 

 three blooms of Annie L. Angus were 

 awarded as follows: Gold, to Wm. 

 Vert; silver, to Walter Angus, gardener 

 to K. & H. Scoville, Chapinville, Conn.; 

 bronze, to John Everitt. 



Six blooms of Mrs. Geo. Burke was 

 won by Henry Popp, gardener for H. D. 

 Darlington, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



The Henry A. Dreer prize for six 

 blooms pink was captured by C. H. 

 Totty, who also secured the Foley prize 

 for six blooms white, with splendid 

 flowers of Wm. Turner. 



The Lord & Burnham prize for six 

 blooms of American seedling never be- 

 fore exhibited was won by C. H, Totty 

 with No. 4. 



The Converse prize for six blooms 

 Harry E. Converse was won by Ernest 

 Wild, gardener to C. W. Harkness, 

 Madison, N. J., with one of the finest 

 vases of flowers in the whole exhi- 

 bition. 



The A. N. Pierson prize for twelve 

 blooms any. one variety was won by 

 Traendly & Schenck, Samuel Redstone 

 grower, of Eowayton, Conn. 



The Hitchings silver cup for ten 

 vases pompons, one variety in each 

 vase, was won by Mt. Greenwood ceme- 

 tery, Morgan Park, 111., C. W. Johnson 

 jsrower. 



In the class for twenty-five blooms 

 Traendly & Schenck captured first with 

 Col. Appleton. 



In the class calling for thirty va- 

 rieties, one bloom each, Chas. H. Totty 

 scored first. 



In the class for private growers only, 

 thirty varieties, Wm. Vert captured 

 first. For ten varieties David F. Roy, 

 gardener for H. E. Converse, Marion, 

 Mass., was first and Walter Angus 

 second. For ten blooms any white Geo. 

 Hale, gardener to E. D. Adams, Rum- 

 son, N. J., was awarded first with Wm. 

 Turner. Robert Johnson, gardener to 

 Payne Whitney, Manhasset, L. I., re- 

 ceived second. Carl Schaeffer, gar- 

 dener to Richard Mortimer, Tuxedo 

 Park, N. Y., scored first for ten yellow 

 with Col. Appleton; Wm. Vert, second, 

 with ten Yellow Miller. Geo. Hale 

 scored first with his own seedling in 

 the class calling for ten pink. For ten 

 bronze Wm. Vert was first, with Glen- 

 view; Alex. MacKenzie, gardener for 

 Percy Chubb, Glen Cove, L. I., second, 

 with Mary Mason. Jos. Kennedy 

 scored first for ten blooms in variety, 

 with Mr. MacKenzie second. 



Six blooms any white was won by 

 John Everitt, gardener to J. T. Pratt, 

 Glen Cove, with Wm. Turner. Jas 

 Bell, gardener for C. K. G. Billings, 

 was second, with the same variety. 

 There was a wonderful showing by 

 Turner all through the exhibition, and 

 this phenomenal variety is well worthy 

 of comment. As usual, Mary Donnellan 

 was practically invincible in the 



Rose Mme. Charles Russell at the Boston Exhibition. 



classes calling for six yellow, Wm. 

 Vert scoring first with this variety and 

 also for six Japanese reflexed yellow, 

 with Lenox. Mr. Vert also scored first 

 with the old Mrs. D. V. West in the 

 class calling for six white, and in the 

 class calling for six bronze with How- 

 ard Gould. This grower also scored 

 first in the class calling for six pink 

 with Wm. Duckham. Walter Angus 

 scored first for six crimson with 

 Pockett's Crimson. Frank Black, gard- 

 ener for G. E. Chapman, Oakland, N. J., 

 was first for six any yellow, with F. S. 

 Vallis. John Everitt was first for six 

 pink with Wells' Late Pink, and 

 Joseph Kennedy first for six Japanese 

 incurved crimson with Mrs. H. Par- 

 tridge. 



Most of the firsts in the specimen 

 plant classes were won by Peter Dull', 

 gardener for Mrs. J. Crosby Brown, 

 Orange, N. J. His white was Lady 

 Lydia, his yellow Mrs. R. Hooper Pear- 

 son, his pink Annie Laurie, and his 

 crimson Matchless. W. J. Sealey, gar- 

 dener to Chas. Mallory, Port Chester, N. 

 Y., had some excellent specimens, 

 among them being Annie Laurie and 

 Golden Shower. In the classes for 

 standards John F. Johnson, gardener for 

 Paul Dana, Glen Cove, had a plant of 

 Beatrice May that was noteworthy be- 

 cause this variety is not considered usu- 

 ally as running tall enough to make a 

 standard. For twelve bush plants as 

 grown for market, Jas. Bell won first 

 prize. 



Of special note aside from the sched- 

 ule was a collection of singles from 

 John Everitt, Glen Cove. This was a 



magnificent exhibit and included, 

 among others, Ceddie Mason, Margaret 

 Totty, Robert Thorp and Merstham 

 Jewel Improved; and a collection of 100 

 varieties of pompons and singles from 

 Chas. H. Totty. These included a num- 

 ber of pompons not yet disseminated, 

 and also a handsome collection of un- 

 named seedlings. The collection of 

 C. W. Johnson's that won the Hitchings 

 cup for pompons was particularly fine. 

 Traendly & Schenck showed some fine 

 carnations, which included their new 

 Salmon Queen, White Perfection and 

 Pink Delight. 



Jas. D. Cockcroft, of Northport, N. 

 Y., exhibited Northport, which wag 

 awarded a certificate. 



The Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, 

 showed a new variety called Vivid, a 

 magnificent cerise pink, and also Match- 

 less, the new white, in excellent condi- 

 tion. 



There were no classes for roses, but 

 splendid vases of roses were shown, in- 

 cluding Milady, from A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., of Cromwell, Conn.; Mme. Chas. 

 Russell, from the Waban Conservator- 

 ies, Natick, Mass., and Mrs. Geo. Shaw- 

 yer, from Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. 

 J. In standard varieties Traendly & 

 Schenck made a splendid showing of 

 Radiance, on G^^-foot stems, also Sun- 

 burst and Prince de Bulgarie. 



In hardy chrysanthemums, for the 

 best collection of twenty vases, Chas. 

 H. Rice, of Rochelle Park, N. J., se- 

 cured first with a splendid exhibit, 

 and Thos. Meehan & Sons, German- 

 town, Pa., also had a magnificent show 

 ing. 



