. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. •2 The Florists^ Review Ji .\B 1, 1922 flower at tlic tiiiio of tlic visit; many had pasm'd, and were yet to hlooiii. Xotelxioks were kept busy until a sliower din|ierse(l all but tlie most ardent iris enthusiasts. Those Winning. Tlie exhibition was held in the mu- seum buibliny, and, under the circum- stances, was hifjhly credital>le. The exhibition date had been chanjred from .June li to May 27, and, even witli this advaueement, many varieties Jiad ])assed, and a considera- ble number of the exhibits stood up but jiooriy, and c(diecti
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. •2 The Florists^ Review Ji .\B 1, 1922 flower at tlic tiiiio of tlic visit; many had pasm'd, and were yet to hlooiii. Xotelxioks were kept busy until a sliower din|ierse(l all but tlie most ardent iris enthusiasts. Those Winning. Tlie exhibition was held in the mu- seum buibliny, and, under the circum- stances, was hifjhly credital>le. The exhibition date had been chanjred from .June li to May 27, and, even witli this advaueement, many varieties Jiad ])assed, and a considera- ble number of the exhibits stood up but jiooriy, and c(diections were cut down. The showiiij; made by commercial ex- hibitors was not larjie, but indeed com- mendable. The John Scheejters Co., New ^'ork, iiad a splendid exhibit on the bro.'id landiu}; of a stairway, but it was for exhibition only and not for competition. In the exhibit was the new variety, Asia, which everybody wanted to see. In the exhibit also were several stalks of eremurus. John Lewis ("hilds, Inc., Flowerfield, X. Y., won the society's silver medal for the most coni]ir(diensivi' dis])lay, an<l also the piize for a s]iecial dis[)lay to cover 100 s(juare feet. R. H. Farr, Wyoniissinj;, I'a., took first for a \ariety with blended tones; first for a lollect'oii of fifty distinct va- rietii's, any Wallace, of England, and the new variety. Mother of I'earl, by K. S. Stuitevant, of Wellesley Farms, Mass. Election of Officers. Flection of otticers resulte(l in the reelection of all otticeholders, as fol- lows: President, John (". Wister, Phila- iltdphia; vice-]iresiiient, William A. L'e- terson, Chicago; secretaiy, \i. S. Stur- tevant, Wellesley Farms, Mass.; treas- urer, Frank H. Presby, Montdair, N^. J.; directors, to serve thi'ce years, James Boyd, llaverford. Pa., ami Uertrand 11. I'"'arr, Wyomissing, I'a.; regional vice- presidents, eastern district, 1. S. Hen- drickson, Flowerfield, N. Y.; central dis- trict, Mrs. Samuel II. Taft, Cincinnati; north
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