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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw23amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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THE FLOWER MARKET AT HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. There were a good many entries for table decoration but, though some of them were very pretty, there was noth- ing very much out of the ordinary way. Trade exhibits not in the competitive classes were numerous. Hobbies making the best showing exclusively of sweet peas and gaining a gold medal. Other gold medals were awarded to H. J.Jones, Cannell & Sons, Henry Eckford and Dobbie & Co. There were many other exhibitors, Jones & Son, of Shrewsbury, being the principal trade competitor and prize winner. During the show a luncheon was given and a trip made to the trial grounds of Hurst & Sons at Kelvedon. H. Some Gigantic Floral Designs. - The great west has been developing at a marvelous rate in these later days and some big things have been brought out in the florist line, as well as in other directions. Probably the largest accom- plishment of the florists in the line of funeral pieces is shown in the accompa- nying illustration, which is from a pho- tograph taken recently of the front of the store of the Huddart Floral Co., at Salt Lake City, Utah. The memorial pieces were made for the obsequies of David McLaughlin, a well-known mining man of that city. It is probable that larger designs were never turned out in the west. The anchor shown in the illustra- tion was nine feet high on an easel. It was made for the Anchor Mining Com- pany. The gigantic"0" wasmadeforthe Qonceny Mining Company, and measured ten and one-half feet on its easel. There were a large number of other pieces, the Huddard Company, making in all over $500 worth of work for this one funeral. Pennsylvania Hor;icultural Society. The monthly meeting of the Pennsylva- nia Horticultural Society was held on August 20, with a good attendance of florists and gardeners. The exhibits proved interesting. From Henry A. Dreer came a collection of new and stand- ard varieties of cannas, about fifty-five varieties in all. Robert Craig & Son showed a collection of choice varieties of caladiums. It is gratifying to see this class of useful plants taken up by this firm, for it will undoubtedly assist in increasing their popularity. The vegeta- bles from John McCleary and Wm. Rob- inson were a revelation to many, this being an unusually bad season, bat Mr. McCleary's colleci ion included everything seasonable and in good shape. A new early tomato, Ferron, was exhibited by John Hobson and was highly commended from the fact of its extra earliness, good color, size and shape. Discussions were in order and the ques- tion of fall grass was taken up, as it seems to be early and abundant this sea- son. As this is an important question to many it will be well to mention the fact that Wm. Kleinheinz advocates sowing plenty of white clover with the grass, thereby crowding out the annual pest, the lawn under his care bearing evidence to the efficacy of his plan. The awards were: Bodine prizes for col- lection of seasonable vegetables, first to John McCleary, gardenertoWm. Weight- man, Germantown; second to Wm. Rob- inson, gardener to J. W. Pepper, Jenkin- town. Dreer prize, best twelve spikes of cannas, not less than six varieties, first to Wm. Kleinheinz, gardener to P. A. B. Widener, Ogontz. H. Waterer prize, best twelve specimen tomatoes, first to John McCleary. A certificate of merit was given to Henry A. Dreer for collection of new and standard varieties of cannas, to Robert Craig & Sou for collection of choice cala- diums, to Alphonse Pericat, for new seed- ling cypripedium, David Rust. Francis Canning. English Plant Notes. Queen Alexandra is another promising climbing rose. It is a seedling from Crimson Rambler and Rosa multiflora simplex. The flowers are produced in dense clusters and are of a pale pink, with deeper shading of red. Shown at the Royal Horticultural Society's meet- ing the color did not prove attractive and it failed to gain an award from the committee, but at the National Rose Society's show, at the Temple Gardens, it was far more attractive, the light being better, and Veitch & Sons were awarded the society's gold medal for it. Canna Mrs. Kate Gray is one of the finest of the orchid-flowering section I have seen. It was exhibited at a recent meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society b5' H. J. Jones and gained an award of merit. The plants were imported from America last autumn and have made remarkably strong growth. The plants are short and sturdy, with

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