. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. NOTSMBBB 21, 1918. The Florists^ Review 15. Rear> Side and Front Views of the Baur & Steinkamp New Carnation^ No. 414. mercial sort. We are growing about 5,000 this season and will have a large stock next season, when we propose to disseminate it.'' THE PROVIDENCE SHOW. A Creditable Exhibition. The annual fall exhibition of the Ehode Island Horticultural Society was held in the ballroom of the Narragan- sett hotel, at Providence, November 14 and 15 and was an excellent one. Pot chrysanthemums were missed, but cut blooms were numerous and of
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. NOTSMBBB 21, 1918. The Florists^ Review 15. Rear> Side and Front Views of the Baur & Steinkamp New Carnation^ No. 414. mercial sort. We are growing about 5,000 this season and will have a large stock next season, when we propose to disseminate it.'' THE PROVIDENCE SHOW. A Creditable Exhibition. The annual fall exhibition of the Ehode Island Horticultural Society was held in the ballroom of the Narragan- sett hotel, at Providence, November 14 and 15 and was an excellent one. Pot chrysanthemums were missed, but cut blooms were numerous and of grand quality. Roses and carnations were both in fine form. Great credit is due to this society for keeping its exhibitions go- ing as usual, while other and larger societies either have dropped shows en- tirely or so reduced them that they are mere shadows of those of former years. The leading exhibitors and prize-win- ners in the mum classes were John S. Doig, gardener to F. S. Peck, Barring- ton, R. I., some of whose finest vases were William Turner, Yellow Turner, Glenview, Louisa Pockett and E. Seide- witz; the Warwick Neck Greenhouses, whose Glenview, Yellow Eaton, Yellow Turner and Supreme were noteworthy, and Fred Hoffman, whose finest varie- ties were Golden Age, President Everitt and William Turner. T. J. Johnston & Co., Providence, took first and second for the best baskets of chrysanthemums. They also showed some excellent baskets of roses, a bride's bouquet of roses and a display of ferns. The carnation prizes were di- vided between John S. Doig and the Mount Pleasant Greenhouses. John Macrae had a fine table of carnations not for competition and had planned to show cut mums in quantity, but mistook the day of opening. John S. Doig had an excellent vase of Eucharis amazon- ica. Things to Eat. The Providence Market Gardeners' Association cooperated with the Horti- cultural Society in this show and its members showed some high-quality veg- etables. Apples were mo
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