. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 48 The Florists^ Review Apbil 0. 1922 nearly seven feet and in shades ranginj; from pure white through the creams and pinks to deep reds. A. N. I'ierson, Inc., received the blue ribbon. In tliis dis- play were Butterfly, Ophelia, Crusader, Columbia, J'reniier, Mrs. Warren G. Harding, Francis Scott Key and others. A sweet pea display of great merit by a private gardener was shown by Mrs. F. K. Lewis, of Eidgefield, Conn. The blooms were perfect and on long, heavy stems. Twenty-two varieties were shown. f Tliat lovely new sweet pea(4)f Burjjee's, nam
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 48 The Florists^ Review Apbil 0. 1922 nearly seven feet and in shades ranginj; from pure white through the creams and pinks to deep reds. A. N. I'ierson, Inc., received the blue ribbon. In tliis dis- play were Butterfly, Ophelia, Crusader, Columbia, J'reniier, Mrs. Warren G. Harding, Francis Scott Key and others. A sweet pea display of great merit by a private gardener was shown by Mrs. F. K. Lewis, of Eidgefield, Conn. The blooms were perfect and on long, heavy stems. Twenty-two varieties were shown. f Tliat lovely new sweet pea(4)f Burjjee's, named Mrs. George W. Kerr, was awarded a gold medal. This is a lovely butterfly type of a pleasing shade of salmon, suffused with orange. A. L. Miller, of Jamaica, N. Y., pre- sented his exhibit of elegant potted |)lants and shrubs to the park board of the city of Indianapolis. Tlie local flo- rists greatly a])i)reciate such a gift to their city and thank Mr. Miller. Wright's Flower Shop, Los Angeles, Cal., had an exhibit of the new adian- tnm, Wrightii, wliich is an attractive fern. It has large fronds and good keeping qualities. A silver medal was awarded this. A. Wiegand's Sons Co. staged an un- usual table for Baur & Steinkamp. This was for the class of an unusual carnation dis])lay. A coal scuttle of carnations a])- ])eared as if it had been carelessly dumped upon a table, scattering its con- tents. The suggestion that even the most common thing can be made attrac- tive by flowers was obvious. As a special feature on Friday a de- sign for "Fathers' day" was ma<ie. This being Men's Club day, the design was especially appropriate. A floral pipe, the bowl of which contained cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, formed the design. Lectures. Thursday afternoon, March 30, a free lecture was giv«^n for the public at Caleb Mills hall. I'rof. Arno II. Nehrling, of Cornell University, gave a most interest- ing talk, on "Continuous Bloom in the (; This was i
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