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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_26_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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July 21, 1910. The Weekly Florists^ Review. 11 gold. Alex. Dickson & Sons, Newtown- :irds, received awards of merit for Mrs. Foley Hobbs and Mary, Countess of Ilchester. The Lyon rose dominated the rose section. Fine blooms were in evidence from Stuart Low & Co. Bush Hill Park; I'aul & Son, Cheshunt; Ben Cant & Son, Colchester, and many others. It is in great demand. Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham, were strongly represented by Wichuraianas in variety, in standards and dwarfs. All the leading carnation men were in evidence with splendid vases of blooms, notably Stuart Low & Co.; W. II. Page, Hampton; A. F. Dutton, Iver; II. Burnett, Guernsey; C. Engelmann, Saflfron Walden, etc. Blackmore & Langdon, Bath, exbib- ited marvelous begonias and received an award of merit for Mrs. W. L. Ainslie. In orchids, Stuart Low & Co. were again to the front, receiving a first- class certificate for Cattleya Mendellii, variety Stuart Low. Sapder & Sons, Bruges and St. Albans, received a sim- ilar honor for Miltonia vexillaria Lam- beaniana, and awards of merit for Cat- tleya Mendellii King George, Cypripe- dium Curtisii, variety Sander, and Cat- tleya Dietrichiana. Novelties worthy of note were: So- denia, a bright, rosy crimson polyantha rose from C. Weigand, Germany; Pink Pearl, an early flowering gladiolus raised by P. Vos, Sassenheim, Holland; Queen of the Balcony, a scarlet ivy- leaved pelargonium from W. Leib, Cre- feld, Germany, and Lathyrus Pink Pearl, from Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham. National Bose Show. This was held July 8 and was an ex- tensive show, of great beauty. In new varieties the prize of honor is the so- ciety's gold medal, and though there were many novelties, some of great beauty and promise, only four secured the coveted award; namely, Edward Mawley, a dark crimson hybrid tea, the sensation of the show, from McGredy & Son, Portadown, Ireland; Mrs. Joseph H. Welch, pink, from the same firm; Lady Hillingdon, from Lowe & Shaw- yer, Ltd., Uxbridge, and Eayon d'Or, from A. E. Waddell. Silver gilt medals were awarded to Evelyn Dauntsey, pink, from S. Mc- Oredy & Son; Mrs. George Shawyer, from Lowe & Shawyer; St. Helena, from B. B. Cant & Co., Colchester, and -Mrs. Foley Hobbs, from Alex. Dickson •fc Sons, Newtownards. The champion trophy, for seventy- two blooms, was won by Alex. Dickson iV Sons. In the hybrid tea section, Hugh I'ickson, Belfast, was the winner, and in the tea and noisette class, George I'rince, Oxford. For decorative roses the leading prize vinners were J. Mattock and I^ank * ant & Co.; for groups of roses, George ■ aul & Sons, Hobbies, Ltd., and J. tattock; for twelve vases of new seed- 1 ng roses, Hugh Dickson, first; Alex- ; nder Dickson & Son, second. The class for table decorations brought out a strong competition and Many lovely decorative effects were pro- ' uced, the first prize going to a table < ecorated with the Lyon rose; Irish I'legance, second. American Visitors. Among the American visitors to the foregoing shows, E. G. Hill, Bichmond, ^nd., and S. J. Goddard, Framingham,
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Baseball and Cresceai. Mass., were keen scrutinizers of roses, carnations and other subjects, especially the novelties. They were the guests of the Perpetual Flowering Carnation So- ciety, July 5. Mr. Hill entertained the members in capital style with a chat on carnations and, by special request, he gave his views on the season's Amer- ican novelties. Taking them one by one, he reviewed their salient features, greatly to the interest and delight of his English audience, humorously re- marking at the outset that, if he went wrong, Mr. Goddard would pull him up. Mr. Goddard substantiated Mr. Hill's views and spoke mainly on the exhibits he had seen that day at Holland Park. A discussion followed, and both Americans were most enthusiastically thanked for their genial speeches. Bee. BASEBALL AND CBESCENT. Probably as unusual a design as any retail florist ever was called on to make was th^t demanded of Eocklin & Leh- maB, Sioux City, la., for which nothing would do but a crescent on base, with which was to be combined a representa- tion of a baseball, the design being for the players in the Sioux City League. How M. Eocklin met the unusual re- quirements of the case is shown in the accompanying illustration, which is from a photograph which the purchas- ers had made, which latter fact throws a side light on how satisfactorily the job was done. The design stood six feet high; the base was made with Sprengeri and cycas leaves for green and with water lilies, Easter lilies and a few roses. The crescent was made in the conventional form, with an edging of galax leaves and a background of asters, upon which were set roses and water lilies. The representation of the baseball was attached to the upper point of the crescent by a wire which was covered by the chiffon bow. In- stead of making the ball round, only a hemisphere was made, on a background of galax. "White carnations were used for the leather, with red carnations representing the stitches. The initials of the league were put on with the pat- ent immortelle letters. The average florist doubtless would consider this a better design had its special feature been omitted, but when customers want something of this char- acter it usually indicates their willing- ness to pay a special price to get it, and when the ideas are well carried out better satisfaction for the customer usually results than where the florist tries to change the course of events and sell something more conventional. Logansport, Ind.—C. Kielsing & Son will erect two connected iron-frame greenhouses, each 32x325. The George M. Garland Co. material will be used.

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