. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. I^dviUBift 14. 1918. The Hdii&ts' Review 19 tfeese^^xeellent novelties. Premier was (iwarded a silver medal. In the Qrebid classes, Lager & Hur- rell, Summit, N. were the only ex- hibitors ift the class for a group con- taining a collection of not less than twenty-five species and varieties, to cover fifty square feet of table space, and were awarded first prize. Conspic- uous in the group was a new cattleya, Enid, a cross between C. gigas and C. Mossise, the flower having a lip much larger and more spreading than the par- ent. They rec
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. I^dviUBift 14. 1918. The Hdii&ts' Review 19 tfeese^^xeellent novelties. Premier was (iwarded a silver medal. In the Qrebid classes, Lager & Hur- rell, Summit, N. were the only ex- hibitors ift the class for a group con- taining a collection of not less than twenty-five species and varieties, to cover fifty square feet of table space, and were awarded first prize. Conspic- uous in the group was a new cattleya, Enid, a cross between C. gigas and C. Mossise, the flower having a lip much larger and more spreading than the par- ent. They received a silver medal for a new epidendrum. Joseph A. Manda, West Orange, N. J., had a splendid exhibit of Cypripedium insigne. The sub-variety Sandeianum was awarded a gold medal. He also showed a new hybrid cypripedium, Ser- geant Manda, a cross between C. radio- sum Shorthillense and C. Fairrieanum, for which he was awarded a silver medal. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., staged a fine group of orchids in the non-competitive class. Private Oardener Classes. Competition also was slight in the classes for non-commercial exhibitors. The gardeners who were represented were: Robert Marshall, gardener to J. R. De Lamar, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Max Schneider, gardener to Peter Hauck, Jr., East Orange, N. J.; Robert Jones, gardener to Percy Chubb, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Geo. Ferguson, gardener to Mrs. Payne Whitney, Manhasset, N. Y.; James Foster, gardener to Theodore R. Hoyt, Stamford, Conn.; Louis Piantin, gardener to Mrs. Louisa U. Skidmore, Great Neck, N. Y.; Wm, Reid, gardener to S. M. and A. Colgate, Orange, N. J.; A. Alius, gardener to J. B. Cobb, Stam- ford, Conn.; V. Carver, gardener to Miss M. Valentine, New Canaan, Conn.; John Thomson, gardener to Mrs. C. I. Hudson, East Norwich, N. Y.; A. Peter- son, gardener to Chas. S. Smith, Stam- ford, Conn. The society's silver cup, valued at $100, was awarded to the group of trained chrysanthemum plants exhib- ited by Robert Marshall.
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