The Weekly Florists' Review. 



25J 



A CARNATION MEETING. 



The annual cuinati.m meeting and ex- 

 hibition of tlic Cliicago Florists' Cluli 

 was held Jan. 18. 



Tlic cxliibiUon was, as usual, a iiio^l 

 attraetiv(: foature, and many proiiii-ini; 

 new varietir- w.u' .|i^iil:i\ . d, Wr pre- 

 sent herewitli mvi ,i\ m-- ii-ni plioto- 

 graphs taken >pr,i,ill\ i^.i idr IImiew 

 that will, we heluie. -at :ill idea of 

 what the disjilay was like. The commit- 

 tee on awards reported as follows: 



Seedlings Scored. 



Mme. Chapman, 72 points. 



White Daybreak (W. P. Harvey), 7!t 

 points. 



Queen Louise (The committee rep;reli 

 the variety showed signs of suffering 

 from shipment), 81 points. 



Irene, 82 points. 



Lorna, 90 points. 



Egy])t, 82 points. 



Norway. 02 points. 



"■• ■- points. 



Eli 



iuardian Angel 



JIis. IliiiiiilM.thani, 80 points. 



No. 78 of Chicago Carnation Co., s-j 

 points. 



Mrs. Potter Palmer, 77 points. 



No. 101 of Chicago Carnation Co. 

 (white), 90 points. 



Pink Armazindy ( Wietor Bros. ) . , >i 

 points. 



Guardian Angel (P. Reinbergi. S.") 

 points. 



Pink Armazindy (JI. Weiland 1 . 7.". 

 point.s. 



Daybreak sport shown by H. Luedke, 

 Lake Geneva, Wis., no improvement over 

 a well grown Daybreak; no award. 



General Display. 



Well grown blooms of standard sorts 

 were exihiliited as follows: 



Peter Keinberg: Crane, Marquis, 

 Genevieve Lord, Peru, White Cloud. 

 Melba, America, Lawson and Frances 

 Joost. Also Golden Gate and Liberty 

 roses. 



W. P. Harvey: Evanston. 



Bassett & Washburn : Red Bradt (ex- 

 tra fine). Marquis, Maceo, Lawson. 



Nathan Smith & Son: White Cloud. 

 Melba. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co.: Morning 

 Glory. 



H. Weber & Sons: Genevieve Lord 

 (extra fine). 



E. Witterstaetter: Enquirer (extra 

 fine) . 



Wm. Kurtz: Scott, Armazindy. 



Guardian Angel Orphan Asylum: 

 Lawson. Armazindy, Wihite Cloud. 



Wietor Bros: While Cloud, ^rar.pii-. 

 Triumph, Flora Hill. Aiihurii. i i:iih 

 (extra fine), and pink \i in:i/inil> . 



Anton Then: Law>on uh.lieM Law 

 son in the house). Hill, Mrs. Dean, 

 Bradt, Argyle, Triumph, Crane, Chicago, 

 Joost and Daybreak. 



M. Weiland: Chicago, Pink Arma- 

 zindy, Gov. Griggs, Gomez, Lord, Argyle. 



America, White Cloud, Crane, Evanston. 

 Marquis (extra fine), Bradt, Estelle, 

 Melba, Daybreak. White Daybreak. Also 

 vase of cyclamen flower*. 



Joihn Hocft: Hill. Triumph and .lulii- 



_-,.,! 



lose first in pos 



tion. 



The committee is informed that exhib- 

 its of Prosperity and Gov. Roosevelt are 

 on the way, but have been delayed; the 

 flowers have not arrived in time to be 

 judged. W. N. Rudd, 



Chas. Knopf. 

 E. R. Gesler. 



Of the seeiUings shown by the Chicago 

 Carnation Co.. Mrs. Potter Palmer is a 

 red: No. Iiil. wliite: NH. 78, a variegated 

 in the wa.v ui nlvnipia; Mrs. Higin- 

 bothani, a I ii;lit )nnk. 



The va-e of iji^pinvr. shown by R. 



\Vi(tev,l;o.|l,T, «;.- 1 II ;l 'J n i lieeilt, the 



lili..nn. Iiem- lon-iilri :ilil\ -nperior to 



I liii-e -Imih n lieiv ill |iM\ Miu- evhibitions. 



II is M.^n 111 one 1,1 ihe pi, line-. 



A va-e of (;en,^,e^e l.iii.l. shown by 



II. Weliel \ Son-. «:l- ;.l-n Worthy of 



special Hole. The 111 - Were superb 



and liriiri iliaii we have ever seen be- 

 fiii. Ill, II \,iiway is certainly a very 

 jiroiiii-iiej \\liiie, and Egypt is an at- 

 f 111, I i\,- liij'lii eiinison. 



Lorna. as -hown by F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co.. also showed marked progress in 

 whites, and their vase of Morning Glory 

 further I'lnplia^i/ed the value of this 



.J. L. Dill, ill- Ml-,' ,if Queen Louise at- 

 tracted iinnli .iiieiili.iii and was favor- 

 ably coiniiiiiili ,1 n|„,ii as a commercial 

 white. tlioiiL'li III, il, wiis unfortunately 

 showed th, -linn- ,,| i lavel. 



Crabb & lluniei Inul on display two 

 great bunches of Irene and they made 

 a grand display. It is certainly very 

 effective. 



Bassett & Wlashburn's flowers were 

 all extra and the blooms of Red Bradt 

 were the finest we have ever seen. 

 What's the matter with this variety as 

 a strictly first class red? Is there yet 

 anything to beat it in either size or 

 color ? 



Mme. Chapman, pink, was shown by 

 Henry Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich. It's 

 a pretty flower. 



The displays by Wietor Bros, and 

 Anton Then were very comprehensive 

 and the quality was strictly first class 

 without exception. 



M. Wieland's display also included 

 many varieties, all well done. But a 

 vase of Estelle seemed especially good. 

 It was better than AVhen shown here 

 some time ago by the originator. Mr. 

 Peter Wielanil. wiio has entire charge of 

 lii- fiillii'i'- Ml' iiiiil;,' of glass at Evans- 

 ton. i- ,inl\ J:; Mill- of age, and the 

 l.looinv -linun nifiiinly reflect the 

 greatest credit upon so young a grower. 



The quality of blooms in the display 

 by Peter Reinberg was uniformly extra, 

 and we were much pleased to see the 

 Liberty rose in form about as good as 



wlien grown by the originator. It is 

 evident tfiat the needs of this rose have 

 been met at this establishment and all 

 will agree tlhat such blooms will have 

 a place near the top in the market. 

 'Ilii CoMen Gates were also superb and 

 iiiii-t !i,iM- lieen a revelation to many as 

 I,, III, p,,--iliilities in this rose. 



Ill,' Millets shown by VM Cross, of 

 (Jiaiid Kapids, Mich., were Imperial, 

 Campbell and Swanlcy White. The 

 dark color and size of the Imperial 

 should make it very popular if produc- 

 tiveness is up to the mark. 



It is much to be regretted that Pros- 

 perity and Roosevelt, the stars in antici- 

 pation, did not arrive in time to be 

 shown. Everyone was asking for them. 

 They did arrive the next morning and 

 the va^e of Roosevelt was on display 

 Satin, I. li 1,1 \1, l\,IIar & Winterson's, 

 w^hil, li [111 Ml- to be seen in the 

 wind,' .1' \ ,1 ii'ji in'<. 



liiio-, \,:i 1- •,itainly ideal in form 

 and stem, and the color is a beautiful 

 shade of crimson. In size the flowers 

 measured a good plump two and one- 

 half inches in diameter and they ar- 

 rived in such perfect condition it was 

 difficult to believe they had traveled 

 clear from tlie Atlantic coast. 



Prosperity Showed the stains of 

 travel, but the blooms nevertheless told 

 what they were like when fresh. It cer- 

 tainly is a huge flower, some of those in 

 this l,ii 111, ii-in inn three and one-half 

 inche- III '!miii,i, I. Were the petals a 

 little III' I, iimiii'ins it would probably 

 have laiiieil 11 little better. The colo'r 

 is while with a suffusion of pink on each 

 petal, and the size is such that the at- 

 tention of the average passer-by is in- 

 stantly attracted. 



The management of the exhibition fell 

 almost wholly upon Ed Winterson, who 

 put in his time hustling while the rest 

 of us were enjoying ourselves on the ex- 

 cursion to Joliet. Mr. Winterson isn't 

 much on dress suits and things of that 

 sort, but he is long on hustle and muscle. 

 The photographer managed to include 

 him in one of his groups and he will be 

 discovered in one of the pictures. 



At the meeting of the club in the even- 

 ing the final report of the Galveston fund 

 committee was accepted and the couiniil- 

 tee discharged with the thanks of the 

 club for the service rendered. 



Messrs. Jtfhn P. Risch, Evanston, and 

 Thos. Archer, St. Joseph, Mich., were 

 elected to membership. 



President McAdanis in introducing 

 Mr. Hartshorne, the essayist of the 

 evening, spoke of the great advancement 

 made in the new carnations as noted at 

 the exhibitions from year to year. Mr. 

 Hartsihorne's paper follows: 



SOME CARNATION QUESTIONS. 



BV JAMKS H.\HTSH01iXE. 



!Mr. I'rcsident and Gentlemen: You 

 have asked me three quite important 

 questions. First, Is the bottomless pot 

 a success? Second, What new varieties 

 of the season give the most promise? 

 Third, Is early lifting in summer pref- 

 erable? I can only state my own ex- 

 perience, and should it not coincide with 

 your views there will be all the more 

 chance for discussion of the subjects 

 herein mentioned. 



To begin with I can say very little for 

 or auiiin-i lioiinnil,— |,i,i .ulture of car- 

 nati,,ii- 'I- I li.i\,' n, 1 1 1 i, ,| the method 

 mv-i'li, I'lii I liiiM' -I'i'ii II in use where 



the villi, i.\ Mr-. V. ■ -I was used. At 



planting time the thriftiest plants were 



