The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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The Baltimore convcnUon 

 American Carnation Society was a most 

 enjoyable and instructive meeting and 

 the exhibition showed the visual progress 

 in quality of exhibits. The exhibition 

 is decidedly the most valuab'e feature of 

 annual meetings and a trip around 

 the exhibition hall is alone worth the 

 time and expense of attending the con- 

 vention. The hall was of good size and 

 was well lighted and there was abun- 

 •daiit opportunity to inspect the various 

 candidates for public favor and to com- 

 pare them with the splendidly gr 

 blooms of standard varieties in the gen- 

 eral classes. These last were undoubt- 

 edly most educational, as showing what 

 the skillful grower can do with the vari- 

 eties already in commerce. 



It w:as necessary, though, to do this 

 the morning of the first day, as after 

 that time the hall was so crowded with 

 local visitors tliat careful inspection 

 was impossible. No admission fee was 

 eharged, but cards of admission were 

 uquired. These had been issued in large 

 luunbers by the local florists and the 

 was at T)ne time so packed that fur- 

 ther admittance had to be denied until 

 the number in the hall had thinned out. 

 It was no doubt a grand help in the ed- 

 ucation of the public as to the merits of 

 llie carnation, but interfered materially 

 with the observations of the trade vis- 

 itor. We are inclined to think it will 

 be wise to in future reserve all of the 

 first day to the men in the trade who 

 have traveled sometimes long dista 

 to inspect the flowers displayed. It 

 mistake to exclude the pub- 

 lic entirely, but the first and most im- 

 portant object of the exhibition should 

 not be lost sight of, or the opportunities 

 of the trade visitor curtailed. 



Among the flowers on display the 

 Lawscn seemed to stand out most promi- 

 nently and some superb blooms were 

 shown, notably those from Mr. Peter 

 Fisher, the originator. We were more 

 than ever convinced that the Lawson 

 has come to stay and that it will long 



hold a iiinimihiii |i,.,iiiui, : iig stand- 

 ard sorLs. Wrljii I.V: .Suns' Norway, as a 

 white, made a most agreeable impres- 

 sion, and we heard it commented upon 

 favorably by many good judges. Wit- 

 ter.staetter's Adonis and Estelle attract- 

 ed instant attention, and he had sev- 

 eral promising seedlings also. Mr. C. 

 W. Ward made a very large display and 

 his flowers were a prominent feature. 



Several of his seedlings were certificated 

 and his vase of 100 Roosevelt was cs- 

 peeinlly fine. Crane seemed to be the 

 most prominent scarlet in the general 

 classes, and Marquis was an important 

 factor among the light pinks, as was 

 also Frances Joost. Prosperity was 

 naturally a great attraction, and a vase 

 of splendid lilootris was shown. The Chi- 

 cago ( ,1 1 ii:ii inn (.'o. made a ; large 

 displiiv ..I hn. Ill luins, but they hod un- 

 forliiiiiii . I\ uiIm. I from the long sbip- 

 menl. \\ ]Ltui JJius., Chicago, showed a 

 vase of line blooms of their pink sport 

 of Armazindy. 



Some superb blooms of Liberty rose 

 were shown by Isaac H. Moss, of Balti- 

 more. We have never seen this rose in 

 better form. It is evident that Liberty 

 can be well done at other places than 

 West Iloboken, N. J. Mr. Moss also 

 showed some splendid blooms of Golden 

 Gate These flowers may be seen in the 

 Miiu ]i (_Uiie with the carnation basket 

 1 1 1 no A vase of white Golden 

 liown by the American Rose 

 I i I W ishmgton, D. C, attracted 

 mil 11 iiuiition The blooms were ira- 

 iiiLiioe It lb identical in form with 

 Golden Gate This vase may be seen 

 in one of the pictures to the right of 

 the carpet bedding design. 



The carpet bed shown in one of the 

 engiavings represents the coat of arms 

 of the state of Maryland and was ar- 

 ranged by Mr. Charles L. Seybold, su- 

 perintendent of Patterson Park, Balti- 

 more, whose portrait appeared on page 

 352, of our issue of Feb. 14. It was 

 well executed and attracted much at- 

 tention. 



The pictures in this issue will give a 

 good idea of the extent and quality of 

 the exhibition and we will let the 

 judges' awards tell the rest. The judges 

 of seedlings were Messrs. P. O'Mara. 

 New York; Wm. Scott, Buffalo, N. Y. : 

 Wm. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass. The 

 judges in the general classes were 

 Messrs. S. J. Renter, Westerly, R. I. ; M. 

 A. Patten, Tewksbury. Mass.; C. H. Al- 

 len. Floral Park, N."Y. 



The Awards. 



CERTIFICATES OF IIERIT. 



Certificates of merit were awarded 

 to C. Warburton, of Fall River, Mass., 

 for Cressbrook, pink, 94 points. 



To C. W. Ward, for Dorothy Whit- 

 ney, yellow, 87 points. 



To C. W. Ward, for Harry Fenn, 89 

 points. 



To C. W. Ward, for Golden Beauty, 

 87 points. 



To Weber & Sous, for Norway, white, 



' points. 



GENERAL PREMIUMS — CLASS A. 



100 White — Weber & Sons, Oakland, 

 Md., first with Norway; Craig & Son, 

 Philadelphia, second with Wliite Cloud. 



100 Light Pink— L. E. Marquisee, 

 Syracuse, N. Y., first with The Marquis; 

 Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush, N. Y., sec- 

 ond with Blush, seedling. 



100 Dark Pink— Peter Fisber, Ellis, 

 Mass., first, and Chicago Carnation Co., 

 Joliet, 111., second, both with Lawson. 



100 Scarlet— C. W. Ward. Queens. 

 N. Y., first with Crane; C. W. Ward 

 second with Joseph H. Manley. 



100 Crimson— C. W. Ward first with 

 Gov. Roosevelt; C. W. Ward second with 

 Harry Fenn. 



100 Yellow Variegated— C. W. Ward 

 first with Golden Beauty; C. Besold, 



