NOVEMBER 15, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Display by the Geo. Wittbold Co. at the Chicago Show. 



to J. N. May, Summit, N. J., for Yan- 

 ariva, a blush pink. Mr. May also le- 

 ci'ivod a oertificate for a collection of 

 ]Miiii|i()ii chrysanthemums, as did N. 

 .Siiiilh & Son. 



In the seedling competition on Satur- 

 day a silver medal was awarded to Mr. 

 May for his Yanariva. 



Floral Displays. 



For the finest display by any retail 

 florist, plants, flowers, floral arrange- 

 ments and the usual accessories admis- 

 sible, judging to be done each day during 

 the show, tiie first prize, $100'.00, was 

 awarded to K. Wieiihoeber. and the sec- 

 ond prize of .$70.00 went to John Mangel. 

 These displays were a most attractive 

 feature of the exhibition. 



For best dinner table decoration, for 

 12 covers, to be judged each day during 

 the exhibition, the flowers to be on 

 Wednesday, chrysanthemums; on Thurs- 

 day, white flowers; Friday, roses; Satur- 

 day, optional ; fir.st prize, a silver tea 

 service valued at $125.00, was awarded 

 to the Anderson Floral Co. ; A. Lange, 

 second, a cut glass vase valued at $90.00; 

 John Mangel," third, $00.00 in cash. 



There were three bridal bouquets en- 

 tered, all good. We are sorry that the 

 photograph we took of the three turned 

 out too indistinct to use. The Anderson 

 Floral Co. and John Mangel scored an 

 equal number of points and the first and 

 second prizes of $25.00 and $15.00 were 

 divided between them. 



For vase of roses arranged for etTeet 

 John Mangel was first and the South 

 Park Floral Co. second, both with splen- 

 did vases of American Beauty. For vase 

 of chrysanthemums arranged for effect 



John Mangel was fiist and the Anderson 

 Floral Co. second. 



Violets. 



Grand llapids, Mich., will have to be 

 renamed Violetville. It was the whole 

 thing in the violet classes. In cut violets 

 Eli Cross was first and Crabb & Hunter 

 second. In pot violets Crabb & Hunter 

 were first and Eli Cross second. 



Notes. 



We failed to note last week that a 

 handsome group of palms and decorative 

 plants was exhibited by Walter Eetzer 

 & Co., not. for competition. 



During the latter part of the week a 

 very beautiful display of clematis flowers 

 of the Jackmanii type was made by F. A. 

 Bailer, Bloomington. 111. 



The booth for the sale of flowers, con- 

 ducted by the Florists' Club for the bene- 

 fit of the florists of Galveston, realized 

 the sum of $260.20. The work of car- 

 ing for the booth fell almost wholly upon 

 Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hauswirth, and they 

 are entitled to a great deal of credit for 

 their unselfish devotion to the task. 



The judges, Messrs. P. O'Mara, J. N. 

 May and E. Buettner, are to be congratu- 

 lated on the excellence of their work. 



BOSTON. 



This affair, beginning Nov. 7th, was 

 a "thing of beauty" but not "a joy 

 forever," as it came to an end with the 

 evening of Nov. 9th, having been very 

 well attended. It was considered by com- 

 petent judges as the best show of its 

 kind ever given in the city. There may 

 have been larger individual blossoms ex- 

 hibited previously, but the average was 



higher at this exhibit, and while the 

 potted plants perhaps did not make quite 

 so much display as in some former j'cars 

 on account of the blossoms not being so 

 fully developed, yet it is conceded that a 

 higher degree of skill has been attained. 



Much the same plan as usual was fol- 

 lowed, but the tables seemed to have 

 been arranged more tactfully and ex- 

 hibitors took even better care of exhibits 

 and attended more strictly to replenish- 

 ing fading blooms. And they were there 

 in countless numbers; in all hues and 

 shades of all colors but the ever lacking 

 blue; and in all sizes from that of a coat 

 button to eight inches in diameter. 

 There were incurved petals, outcurved 

 petals and spirally curved petals; 

 smooth, solid looking blooms and shaggy 

 headed ones that looked like Harvard 

 students after the Y'ale football encoun- 

 ter, and the perpendicular measure va- 

 ried from a few inches to six feet. 



Naturally the commercial growers do 

 not figure in this matter to any great 

 extent, showing to more advantage, how- 

 ever, in several side displays. 



I. E. Coburn & Son showed a fine dis- 

 play of their cut pansies, for which they 

 received a gratuity. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. exhibited a 

 white variety of the Gloire de Lorraine 

 begonia and received a first-class certifi- 

 cate. 



M. A. Patten received a gratuity for 

 a fine display of well-known varieties of 

 carnations, bearing the unmistakable 

 imprint of his handiwork. 



Robert Montgomery received a bronze 

 medal for a gorgeous bunch of his new 

 rose, Mrs. Oliver Ames, a sport froTn 

 Mrs. Pierpont Morgan, which looks like 

 an improvement on the parent. It is of 



