. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi6. The American Florist. 665. NEW YORK SPRING SHOW. View Across the F. R. Plerson Co.'s Rose Garden. On the east balcony was placed the groups of commercial growers, cover- ing 300 square feet. The Julius Roehrs Co. won first honors with a superb collection containing a great variety of rare and well-grown plants. These were arranged in mound form. A very striking plant of Medinilla magniflca superba heavily flowered was in the center and standard genistas. Acacia pubescens, dracfenas, varigated pine- apples, m
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi6. The American Florist. 665. NEW YORK SPRING SHOW. View Across the F. R. Plerson Co.'s Rose Garden. On the east balcony was placed the groups of commercial growers, cover- ing 300 square feet. The Julius Roehrs Co. won first honors with a superb collection containing a great variety of rare and well-grown plants. These were arranged in mound form. A very striking plant of Medinilla magniflca superba heavily flowered was in the center and standard genistas. Acacia pubescens, dracfenas, varigated pine- apples, marantas, crotons, anthuriums, with their brilliant flowers, flowering begonias, araaryllis and other flower- ing plants were combined to make a beautiful picture. The ground work was covered with tradescantias and panicum, looking as if it had- grown there. A. Li. Miller, Jamaica, N. Y., won second. He staged a splendid lot of flowering plants and palms; every- thing to be f jund in the Easter collec- tion was seen here. It made a great showing. Bobbink & Atkins also staged a collection of superbly grown plants, palms, dracfenas, pandanuses, azaleas, rhododendrons and other flowering stock, which made a splendid color effect. This firm's evergreens received special mention and a blue ribbon for collection of forced shrubbery: also a first premium for large groui)—25 plants of conifers. Emil Savoy, Secaucus, N. J., won the blue for 100 square feet of bougain- villeas—plants in all sizes from 3-inch pots up to 10-inch tubs. They were trained as arches, baskets, globes and pyramids, and were a splendid com- mercial lot. The center tables running the length of the south gallery contained the ex-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Florists Company. Chicago : American Florist Company
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