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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw47amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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962 The American Florist. Nov. i6. conspicuous in the show. It was dis- played in fine shape by Chas. H. Totty, Madison, X. J., and J. MacDonalQ, gardener to J. H. Ottley, Glen Cove, Long Island, N. Y.. and also by one or two other exhibitors. The six blooms of Harry E. Converse, which won the Harry E, Converse cup of the C. S. A. specials, exhibited by Ernst "Wild, gardener to C. W. Harkness, Madison, N. J., were magnificent spec- imen blooms of this variety, being one of the best vases of flowers in the show and a great credit to the grower. The light pink variety F. E. Nash, a large Japanese reflexed, was in extra fine form. Some of the blooms were a little faded out, but in every other respect they were grand. The twenty-five blooms of Col. D. Appleton, shown by Traendly & Schenck, Rowayton, Conn., were fine in every way and shov.-ed that this old variety can still be grown to take its place along with the best of them. "\\'^ells' Late Pink appears to be very popular with the gardeners around New York and it was shown in excel- lent form. "V^'m. Woodmason stood out very prominently in the collection. It is a big bloom of the chestnut color. A very fine bloom of Y'ellow Miller was noticed in the collection. Mary Mason, an old variety that is not seen much in the West any more, was shown in fine form. Mrs. H. Stevens was an- other very striking variety. Onunda was fine as regards size but the color is not pure enough. Wm. Mease, Pockett's Surprise, Pockett's Crimson, Mary Donnellan, F. S. Vallis and Mrs. O. H. Kahn were also shown in fine shape. There were very few seedlings or undisseminated varieties. Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., exhibited a very large incurved pink named EI- beron, but unfortunately it arrived late and it had suffered considerable in travel. It appears to be a worthy ad- dition to the list of exhibition varie- ties. It has good size, fine form and is apparently of good color when in condition. A big array of pompon va- rieties were staged and among them were some very fine forms of this type. The Hitchings cup for the best 10 vases of pompons was won by the Mount Greenwood Cemetery Associa- tion, Morgan Park, 111., with ten vases of seedling pompons, several of which are worthy of special mention, A room set apart for the purpose was entirely filled with hardy varieties, making a great display. A vase or two of the hairy varieties were noticed, a type not often seen at the exhibitions any more. The same can be said of the anemone, of which there was a fine lot of blooms, Chas, H. Totty had also a fine col- lection of single varieties. .Rotable among them were: Wm. Buckingham, a fine white; Mensa White, another good one; Robt. Thorpe: Lady Bed- ford; and Josephine, a light yellow and a very large flower of this type with lots of substance. A. N. Pierson, Inc, Cromwell, Conn., made a grand dis- play of single and pompon varieties the same as they use for their com- mercial trade. They were well grown, of fine color and with plenty of sub- stance. The Cottage Gar.lens, Queens, New York, had on exhibition their new white carnation Matchless, which is a large fine bloom of good color and form with five calyx and carried on long stiff stems. Also they showed a variety named Vivid, a bright cerise. particularly good a.s to color and form of flower, also having a good stem. Traendly & Schenck staged several vases of standard varieties of carna- tions and a vase of their new variety Salmon Queen, a salmon sport of En- chantress in every respect the same as the parent but of an even more sal- mon color. The White Perfection and Pink Delight were well grown flowers equal to any seen on exhibition at this season of the year, but the best vase of blooms of the exhibit was that of Mrs. C. W. Ward. These were sim- ply grand, the best the writer has seen at this time of the year and a vase of carnations that would be hard to beat at any time. Traendly & Schenck exhibited several vases of standard varieties of roses on long stems. They were a fine lot of well grown stock worthy of special men- tion. The novelty roses were out in full force. A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn., exhibited Milady, a fine red rose, very fragrant, of good color, form and lots of suljstance. It opens out double and appears to l)e a splen- did keeper. Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., exhibited Mrs. George Shawyer, a beautiful pink rose. The flowers were large, of fine color, very fragrant, of good form and carried on 4 to 5- foot stems. This also has the appear- ance of being a fine acquisition. The Waban Conservatories, Xatick, Mass., exhibited the Mrs. Chas. Rus- sell, which, judging by the vase of blooms on exhibition, would seem to be the finest creation of all roses. We do not know anything about the pro- ductiveness or growth of this new- comer, but the color form, stem and every other point of the flowers shown were magnificent. Henry J. Allen, gar- dener to F. W. Vanderbilt, ex- hibited Lady Alice Stanley, also a pink rose but a little weak in stem and not up to the grade of the Mrs. Shawyer or Mrs. Russell. C. W. Joh:json. St. Paul. Mix.n.—S. D. Dysinger has a very interesting review of the his- tory of the flower business of this city in a recent issue of the Pioneer Press. Pa.sadena, Cai.i1.—At a meeting of the flower show committee of the Pasa- dena Horticultural Society reports showed that fully 7,000 persons at- tended the show, October 24-20, and that it was the most successful in ev- ery respect ever held.
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NEW ROSE MILADY- FROM A N. PIERSON. INC.

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