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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



MARCH 9, 1S99. 



GRAND RAPIDS. 



Carnation Exhibition. 



The annual carnation meeting, open 

 to the public, was a decided success. 

 About 50 vases were staged by out-of- 

 town and local florists, comprising 

 many of the new seedlings as well as 

 standard varieties. So much had been 

 said about the Lawson, that the Club 

 purchased three blooms, to gratify 

 public curiosity, and they succeeded. 

 The Lawson carnations arrived in the 

 morning very much wilted and deject- 

 ed looking, stems about 14 inches long, 

 an apparent disappointment. They 

 were put in water down cellar and not 

 looked at until packed to take to the 

 place of exhibition; but, oh! what a 

 change. They had freshened up, as- 

 sumed their proper color and were, 

 excepting the length of stem, as fine 

 as If just picked; the admiration of 

 all who saw them. It is apparently a 

 good shipper as well as good keeper. 



E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., staged 

 a vase of fine specimens of America, 

 which seemed to delight the eye with 

 its light brightness of red, but had to 

 divide honors with its darker mate G. 

 H. Crane, shown by Fred Dorner & 

 Sons Co. Some prefer one, some the 

 other, the preference being on color 

 lines. Mr. Dorner also showed Gla- 

 cier, a beautiful white (with the ap- 

 pearance of dwarfness in growth, 

 which would make it desirable for side 

 benches), White Cloud and Mrs. Geo. 

 Bradt. 



L. E. Marquisee of Syracuse, N. T., 

 staged the Marquis, which to the eye 

 was the most attractive variety in 

 the exhibition. John Kuhn of Phila- 

 delphia, showed Mrs. B. Lippincott and 

 several other meritorious seedlings, 

 under number, the Mrs. B. Lippincott 

 from the nature of its Daybreak build 

 and light color, coupled with a fine 

 stem, will make it a popular variety 

 here. The Marquis and Lippincott are 

 very desirable in every way. 



Chris Besold of Mineola, Long Is- 

 land, staged Mrs. Joost, which is, ap- 

 parently in color and productiveness 

 superior to Victor. H. Weber & Sons, 

 Oakland, Md., showed Genevieve Ward, 

 another fine pink. R. Witterstaetter 

 of Cincinnati, Ohio, Opal, a light pink 

 of pleasing shade, very desirable to 

 those who like a very light color. 



Geo. Hancock of Grand Haven, 

 staged a white seedling, which gives 

 promise of being a fine one for next 

 year, and Crabb & Hunter put up a 

 vase of Irenes on strong stiff stems. 

 The flower is an improvement on Al- 

 bertini, but a shade brighter; a free 

 and easy habit; also a vase of mixed 

 seedlings. James Schols showed a 

 pink seedling which was much com- 

 mented on. 



The local growers put up some fine 

 stock of the leading varieties such as 

 Jubilee, Bradt, Flora Hill, Daybreak, 

 Victor and others. Local exhibitors 



were: Henry Smith, Chas. Chadwick, 

 Alfred Hannah, Crabb & Hunter, and 

 F. A. Chapman. 



A meeting of the Club was held up- 

 stairs during the exhibition, at which 

 Messrs. Crabb and Smith were re- 

 quested to relate their experiences at 

 the Philadelphia Carnation meeting 

 and their trip around New York. 

 Chas. Chadwick was requested to read 

 his article on Violets at the next meet- 

 ing, March 21st. Geo. F. Crabb was 

 instructed to invite the glass agent to 

 attend the same meeting. L. Renwick 

 was admitted to membership. 



The weather continues cold with 

 streaks of sunshine, which brings the 

 flowers along nicely. Business is a 

 trifle quiet; supply is now about 

 equal to demand. GEO F. CRABB. 



ST. LOUIS. 



We regret to have to state that our 

 St. Louis correspondent is conflned to 

 his home by illness and that he was 

 therefore unable to send the Review 

 any news this week. It is expected, 

 however, that he will be able to be 

 about again in a few days. 



BUFFALO BOWLERS. 



12 2 



D. J. Scott 104 190 152 



G. W. McCluer 144 149 136 



W. F. Kastins 188 116 151 



P. Scott 17S 98 



W. B. Scott 127 137 158 



A. Kumpf 115 142 171 



J. Bralk 122 117 137 



Wm. Scott 122 121 132 



W. Grever 124 137 127 



S. J. Rebstock 85 141 



B. J. Nolan 107 107 150 



Wm. WehbiT 89 134 112 



H. B. Budrtenborg... 87 95 123 



D. B. Long 125 98 94 



S. Jones 129 79 105 



M. Bloy 100 90 117 



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