. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. J9I4. The American Florist. 859 This- was Neatly admired by everj' one. It was a very artistis creation. The allcnclance ihruughout was very KOckI. Thf firKt day the judses were S. ('nrl(|iiist. Tjemix, Mass.; Alexander MacKenzie, Highland Falls, N. Y., and George H. Penson, New Brunswick, N. J.; the second day, James Blair, Staat?luirsh, N. Robert Williamson. Oreenwich, Conn., and Alexander Mt. Kiscn, N. Y.: the third day, \j. .\. Martin. Irvington. N. .Joseph Mooney, Hastingrs-on-Hudson. N. Y.


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. J9I4. The American Florist. 859 This- was Neatly admired by everj' one. It was a very artistis creation. The allcnclance ihruughout was very KOckI. Thf firKt day the judses were S. ('nrl(|iiist. Tjemix, Mass.; Alexander MacKenzie, Highland Falls, N. Y., and George H. Penson, New Brunswick, N. J.; the second day, James Blair, Staat?luirsh, N. Robert Williamson. Oreenwich, Conn., and Alexander Mt. Kiscn, N. Y.: the third day, \j. .\. Martin. Irvington. N. .Joseph Mooney, Hastingrs-on-Hudson. N. Y., and John Featherstone, Tarry- town, N. Y. General and .special prizes, including several silver trojihies, were made In 157 varieties and included sections in plants and cut blooms, as well as fruits and vegetables. Among- the prominent successful contestants in the long lict of prize winners were the fol- lowing: Adolph Lewisohn (John Can- ning, Gr.); Mrs. W. D. Guthrie (Wm. F. Ross, supt.); Finley J. Shepard (Chas. R. Rusself! supt.); Samuel TJntermeyer (Wm. Waite, supt.); Wm. B. Thompson ( R. M, Johnson, supt.); Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish (Wm. MacBean. supt.); D. G. Reid, R. Delafield. Sam- uel Ullman, Dr. C. C. Brace and R B. Diila. E. W. Neubrand, Sec'y. Massachusetts Agfricultural Collegrc On Tuesday and Wednesday. Novem- ber 3-4, a chrysanthemum show and exhibition of Horal arrangements was given by the department of floriculture- at the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- lege. A large number of exhibition chrysanthemums, all of which were grown in the college greenhouses, were shown. A contest among the Junior students in table decorations .added .materially to the interest of the show. ?Wedding bouquets of roses, corsages and basket and box arrangements of ?various kinds of flowers were done by the seniors in the course. Exhibits of new varieties of flowers, pot plants and pottery were sent by grow-ers and peo- ple in the trade. The entire exhibition was much larger than any


Size: 1401px × 1784px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyea