. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. BURPEE'S EXHIBIT AT THE SAN FRANCISCO SWEET PEA SHOW. ton; Barr & Sons, Covent Garden; Bees, Ltd., Chester; Bunyard & Maid- stone; Cheal & Sons. Crawley; G. & A. Clark. Dover; John Forbes, Hawick; Clarence Elliott, Stevenage; Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery, Guildford; Godfrey & Son. Exmouth; Jackman & Son, Woking; B. Ladhams. Southamp- ton; G. W. Miller. Wisbech; Amos Perry, Enfield;. Maurice Prichard, Wimborne; Reamsbottom & Geashill. Ireland; G. Reuthe, Keston; Wallace &
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. BURPEE'S EXHIBIT AT THE SAN FRANCISCO SWEET PEA SHOW. ton; Barr & Sons, Covent Garden; Bees, Ltd., Chester; Bunyard & Maid- stone; Cheal & Sons. Crawley; G. & A. Clark. Dover; John Forbes, Hawick; Clarence Elliott, Stevenage; Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery, Guildford; Godfrey & Son. Exmouth; Jackman & Son, Woking; B. Ladhams. Southamp- ton; G. W. Miller. Wisbech; Amos Perry, Enfield;. Maurice Prichard, Wimborne; Reamsbottom & Geashill. Ireland; G. Reuthe, Keston; Wallace & Co., Colchester; T. S. Ware, Feltham; Waterer Sons «& Cripp, Bag- shot, and Whitelegg & Page, Chisle- hurst. In connection with this sec- tion special mention may be made of the fine sweet peas from Dobbie & Edinburgh; Bide & Sons. Farnham; R. Sydenham, Birmingham; J. Steven- son. Wiborne, and I. Piper & Son. Bayswater. The snapdragons, in spikes two to three feet long, from Dobbie & Co., -were specially attractive and it is likely these flo-wers will become still more popular. The tulips, chiefly Darwins & Rembrandts. from Barr & Sons. Hogg & , Dublin; R. H. Bath. Wisbech; Sutton & Sons, Reading; Wallace & and Alex. Dickson, New-townards, constituted a very glo-wing and popular mass of color in various parts of the show. Considering the fine, hot sunny weather, the flo-svers lasted remarkably well, but -were naturally somewhat blown by the end of the third day. The three large and particularly fine groups of flowering —calceo- larias, cinerarias, schizanthus. etc.— shown by Sutton & Sons. Webb & Sons, and Carter & Co., stood out by them- selves as distinct features of artistic arrangement and superior cultivation. The same applies to the begonias of and a great variety of other orna- mental shrubs came from L. R. Rus- sell. Richmond, and Cheal & Son, Crawley. Examples of topiary -work w
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