. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 488 The American Florist. Nov. p, Bradt. In roses there was also a strong showing, Archibald Rogers, Samuel Thome and the estate of N. B. Dins- more takingall the firsts and Mrs. Oakley Thorne all the seconds. J. N. May showed a nice vase of Mrs. Oliver Ames. The Henderson prize for vegetables went to J. Hnlet and the Cook & McCord prize in same department to C. F. Bahret. Wm. Scott was in it with two fine bunches of grapes. Harold Cottam won the dinner table prize with a decoration of Meteor roses and adiantu
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 488 The American Florist. Nov. p, Bradt. In roses there was also a strong showing, Archibald Rogers, Samuel Thome and the estate of N. B. Dins- more takingall the firsts and Mrs. Oakley Thorne all the seconds. J. N. May showed a nice vase of Mrs. Oliver Ames. The Henderson prize for vegetables went to J. Hnlet and the Cook & McCord prize in same department to C. F. Bahret. Wm. Scott was in it with two fine bunches of grapes. Harold Cottam won the dinner table prize with a decoration of Meteor roses and adiantums. The amateurs and the school pupils all did creditably in their respective classes. The latter were admitted free to the show and they took full advantage of the opportunity, adding an abundance of active life to the afi'air. Public Exhibition at Baltimore. Instead of no exhibition this year we are to have two, both of chrysanthe- mums. The first was held in the casino at Patterson Park, on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday last, and, whether judged by the exhibits or attendance, was an unqualified success. The attend- ance on Sunday was so constant and numerous as to require a special force of police to keep everything in order, the park officials not beingequal to the task. Admittance being free was, no doubt, an attraction, but the show in itself was well able to draw a crowd, even with admission fees, and the fact of it being open on Sunday was another card that must be considered. Each of the five spacious rooms on the first floor of the casino had an exhibition differing from the others. In one the center of the floor was occupied by a cir- cular, carpet pattern bed of echeveriaand alternanthera, of elaborate pattern. The groups of chrysanthemums which filled the rest of the floor and comers of the room, were admirably arranged with regard to color and size of plants, the fact that there were no premiums or classes to be considered giving Mr. Sey- bold and his able a
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