Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw53amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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1086 The American Florist. June 10, Mrs. Geo. D. Barron, Rye, N. Y. (Jas. Linanc, Gr.), group of summer flower- ing, bulbous and tuberous plants; Mrs. A. M. Booth, Great Neck, N. Y. (K. FarJel. Gr.), display of cut iris flow- ers. There was a good exhibit of children's garden work, under the auspices of President Cabot Ward, of the New York park board and Park Commissioner Thos. Whittle of Bronx Borough. The following garden clubs had creditable exhibits : Greenwich. Conn. Garden Club, Garden Club of New Rochelle. N. Y.. National Plant, Flow- er and Fruit Guild. Women's National Agricultural and Horticultural Asso- ciation, Rye, N. Y.. Garden Club. The Bedford, N. Y., Garden Club, Garden Club of Somerset Hills, N. .T. The la- dies of the Bronx chapter of the Amer- ican Red Cross had two tents on the ground and were busy increasing their membership. Assisted by boy scouts, they also gave demonstrations of pre- paring bandages, and other work of the society. The entire affair was en- joyable and interesting. Our foregoing criticism is not a "knock" but a sug- gestion. We should be pleased to see the club continue and improve its shoW'S. The awards in the commercial classes were as follows: Group of rhododendrons covering 100 sq. ft.—W. A. Manda. South Orange, N. J., 1st; F. R. Pierson Co., Tarry- town, N. Y., 2nd. Group of ornamental flowering trees and shrubs covering 200 sq. ft.—Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., 1st; W. A. Manda. 2nd. Group of orchids arranged for effect, covering 75 sq. ft.—Julius Roehrs Co., 1st; Lager & Hurrell, Summit, 2nd. Group of stove and greenhouse plants covering 100 sq. ft.—W. A. Manda, 1st; Julius Roehrs Co., 2nd. Group of ferns and selaginellas cov- ering 100 sq. ft.—W. A. Manda. 1st; F. R. Pierson Co.. 2nd. Rock garden, covering 250 sq. ft.— Julius Roehrs Co. Bay trees, pyramidal or columnar, two plants, not less than 10 feet in height—Julius Roehrs Co. Bay trees, standard, two plants, heads not less than five feet in di- ameter—Julius Rofehrs Co. Box trees, pyramidal, two plants, not less than seven feet high—W. A. Manda, 1st: Bobbink & Atkins, Ruth- erford, N. J., 2nd. Box trees, standard, two plants, not less than four feet in diameter—W. A. Manda, 1st; Julius Roehrs Co., 2nd. Box trees, bush, two plants, not less than six feet high—W. A. Manda. Box trees, six trained plants—W. A. Manda. 1st; Julius Roehrs Co., 2nd. Conifers, collection of 25 plants, 25 varieties in pots or tubs—Isaac Hicks & Son. Westbury, N. Y. Group of bedding plants arranged for effect, covering 20U sq. ft.—Julius Roehrs Co. Displays of peonies, 100 sq. ft.—John Lewis Childs, Inc., Flowerfleld, N. Y., 1st: Bobbink & Atkins. 2nd. Display of cut hardy flowers, 100 sq. ft.—Bobbink & Atkins. Display of cut sprays of flowering trees and shrubs, 100 sq. ft.—Isaac Hicks & Son. Display of cut roses—F. R. Pierson Co., 1st. In the classes for private growers the following were among the promi- nent prize winners : Mrs. Geo. Barron, Rye, N. Y., (Jas. Linane, Gr.); Mrs. John H. Flagler, Greenwich, Conn., (Wm. Whitton, Gr.); Mrs. Wm. G. Nichols, Rye, N. Y., (Geo. N. Sullivan. Gr.); Clement Moore. Hackensack, N. J.. (J. P. Mossman. Gr.): Mrs. A. M. Booth, Great Neck, N. Y., (E. Fardel, Gr.). Special awards were made to Harry A. Bun yard. New York; Miss Scheffler, Saugatuck, Conn.; Adolph Lewisohn, Ardsley, N. Y.; Wm. Shillaber, Essex Falls, N. J., and John Lewis Childs, Inc. The judges were Charles H. Totty and Wm. Duckham. Madison, N. J.; Peter Duff, Orange, N. J.; Frank Traendly and A. T. Bunyard, New York; John Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y. A. F. F. San Jose Sweet Pea Show. The fact that large fields of sweet peas, growing for seed, are common- place sights in the Santa Clara valley, does not seem to dampen the enthusi- asm of flower-lovers of San Jose, Calif., for the sweet pea. The San Jose Cham- ber of Commerce put on a three-day show, commencing May 17. Although no prizes were offered, a large number of exhibitors participated and the daily attendance was large. Aside from an exhibit of field-grown blooms, by the Braslan Seed Growers Company, all entries were made by amateurs, chief among which was Emile Ralston, who entered 27 varieties of the Spencer type, including most of the newly in- troduced sorts. Baltimore's Retail Stores. North Charles street is the center of the retail florists of this large city. Samuel Feast & Sons' store, at the corner of Pleasant street, adjoins that of Halliday Brothers, while a couple of doors below is E. A.- Seidewitz, and next door, Wm. J. Halliday, while just across the street is the store of John Cook. A block further out is the Ham- ilton shop, and on the corner above, the handsome establishment of Pierce's House of Flowers. With four auto delivery cars, one of them a large van for palms, etc., lined up at the curb, the Feast shop looked busy. Miss Hill, the manager, said they had had a splendid season. Their store was nicely decorated with peonies and other outside flowers. Hal- liday Brothers had their large window- filled with spring flowers and daisies and the store interior was gay with daisies and peonies. They have sold their property at North avenue and Pulaski street and are building green- houses at Monkton. They have en- joyed a good season. E. A. Seidewitz has put in an im- mense plate glass window to replace one unfortunately broken by the wind a short time ago. A double pink lark- spur raised by Mr. Seidewitz looks like a very good one. and think it is a fine color. His American shop on Liberty street should do well these patriotic days. "R^m. J. Halliday's attractive store and window was gay with peonies, which were just at their height. The season had been very satisfactory. John Cook's store, so ably managed by his two daughters, is a model of neatness. It enjoys a fine family trade. Things looked, as they were said to be, prosperous. The Hamilton shop, .500 North Charles street, had a healthy wide- awake appearance, with nicely deco- rated window and interior.
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SAN JOSE SWEET PEA SHOW.

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