The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . ecause there wasno other competitor, and also becausethe plants were worth it. They covered150 square feet of space, and includedmany garden varieties in addition tosuch species as capitatum, quercifo-lium, fllicifolium, umbellatum, and thequeer-looking square-stemmed tetra-gonum. Streptocarpuses were shown in fairquantity, the most prominent trade ex-hibitor being Veitch & Sons. They hada grand mass of finely grown plants,sturdy in habit and full of bloom. Thecolors were also very varied, andpassed from pure white to the deepestof crimso
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . ecause there wasno other competitor, and also becausethe plants were worth it. They covered150 square feet of space, and includedmany garden varieties in addition tosuch species as capitatum, quercifo-lium, fllicifolium, umbellatum, and thequeer-looking square-stemmed tetra-gonum. Streptocarpuses were shown in fairquantity, the most prominent trade ex-hibitor being Veitch & Sons. They hada grand mass of finely grown plants,sturdy in habit and full of bloom. Thecolors were also very varied, andpassed from pure white to the deepestof crimson into almost scarlet, throughpink, mauve, rose, purple, blue andother shades. It would be impossible to go into de-tail with other stove and greenhouseplants exhibited, the exhibition was sohuge, and the plants were dotted aboutall over the place. Mention, however,should be made of the groups thatwere put up by Stuart Low & Co.;Dicksons, Chester; Cypher & Sons,Cheltenham; Peed & Sons, Norwood;Cannell & Sons; and James Carter &. ROYAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT LONDON, ENG. Exhibit of Ferns by H. B. May & Sons, Upper Edmonton. London, Enj,. igi2. The American Florist. 1231 ?^^-^v .i. .m^ y: i- -ijr , 1 »»??? •|^^, ^ > . ?? t wl hMi ^ ** -M^^ r 11 HiP*«^-?i. _ ..^ ^. ? ? wp,,^- S-*%-:*: - ...v^- ^^mkm.^: . ?? Jw 1 -^mm^^i^^^m ?Bute ;-%:»? »* ^ ^^?^^, ^^^*^ #»r. 1. ^^f ?1 ^p$f»r^ . *j| ^pr|<^^.^.^^.,, ...^^^^^ , ;# ROYAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT LONDON, Garden With British Trees by James Carter & Co., London, Eng. Co., Kaynes Park, London, S. W. Thelatter firm had a unique exhibit on theleft hand side of the main center represented a beautifullycut lawn in the center of which therewas a fountain at play and gold fishin the pool. Four beds of splendidpetunias were planted on the lawnand beyond these were beds of a brightrose colored stock called Queen Eliza-beth. The background was trellised upwith a pathway behind and this wasf
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