NOVEMBEK 10. I'JOO. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



7J5 



Vase of Chrysmthemums and autumn foliage, fay Anderson 

 Floral Co., at Cfiicago Show. 



prize, with Bon Ton a close second. In 

 the variegated class both Olympia and 

 Bradt were good, Bradt particularly so, 

 hut Olympia is Olympia. 



In the mantel and table decorations 

 some fine work was done. The Park 

 Co.'s mantel, nhicli tntik first, was an 

 artistic affair in which a fine color 

 scheme was carried out. Poinsettias were 

 used to advantage in this. The Colfax 

 mantel was equally as pretty, but rather 

 overdone. This mantel was carried out 

 in white and green. In table decorations 

 there were four entries and each was 

 decidedly different. The Colfax table 

 was prettily done, perhaps a little too 

 much of the tab'e was taken up by the 

 decoration. The Park Floral Co.'s table 

 was a neat iifTair of Gloire de Lorraine 

 arranged in a low, flat basket. It was 

 seen here that this plant can be made 

 effective in a table decoration. Wm. 

 Clark's (of Colorado Springs) table was 

 arranged with the Lawson carnation, 

 very pretty, but was, I think, spoiled 

 by too much ribbon. Mrs. Gallup's ta- 

 ble was an arrangement of white roses 

 and violets, probably intended for a wed- 

 ding breakfast. 



Among the baskets that were shown, 

 the prettiest and the one that attracted 

 the most attention, was a high-handled 

 basket made up of a dark-red cyclamen; 

 the handle was trimmed with croton foli- 

 age and ribbon to match the flowers. An- 

 other pretty basket was an arrangement 



of chrysanthemums and autumn foliage. 

 This basket was made up of Pennsylva- 

 nia and Mrs. Weeks and autumn leaves 

 and received first prize. John Berry's 

 basket, which took second, was made of 

 pink mums and asparagus; a very pretty 

 thing, but not as striking as the autumn 

 leaf eft'ect. 



The judging for the entire show was 

 left to local men. Judging by scale of 

 points was somewhat new- to them, but 

 they came out with very little kicking. 



The awards were as follows: 



Best four, 12-inch chrysanthemum 

 plants. Park Floral Co. first with Weeks, 

 Mutual Friend, Pitcher and Lincoln. 



Six white, G-inch, Park Floral Co. 

 with Weeks. 



Six pink, G-inch, Park Floral Co. with 

 lora. 



Six yellow, G-inch, Park Floral Co. 

 with Pitcher. 



Twenty, single stems, 5-inch, Park 

 Floral Co. 



Flowering begonias, six varieties, Park 

 Floral Co. first. 



Twelve geraniums, 10-inch, Park Flor- 

 al Co. This display seemed a revelation 

 to the public and attracted a throng all 

 through the show. 



In potted carnations there was no 

 competition. The Park Floral Co. win- 

 ning first with Lawson, Crocker, Olym- 

 pia, Marquis, Flora Hill and White 

 Cloud. 



The Park Floral Co. were the only 



exhibitors in the collection of blooming 

 plants, but they made a very creditable 

 display of primulas, cyclamen, Browallia, 

 cattleyas. Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, 

 stevia, poinsettia and Roman hyacinths 

 in pans, the last three being remarkably 

 well done considering the season. 



In the classes for twelve palms or 

 twelve ferns and for si.x Bex begonia The 

 Park Floral Co. was awarded first. 



Kmil Forter, gardener to C. B. 

 Kountze, was first with Latania borbon- 

 ica for best decorative plant, commer- 

 cial growers being excluded from this 

 competition. 



Decorative group arranged for effect, 

 100 square feet, Colfax Avenue Floral 

 Co., first; Park Floral Co., second. 



In the competition for cut blooms, 

 Colfax Avenue Floral Co. won first with 

 twelve blooms of Niveus, which were un- 

 usually well done; F. F. Crump, of Colo- 

 rado Springs, second with Queen. 



Colfa.x Avenue Floral Co. also won 

 first in pink with Viviand-Morel, and 

 won in the class for six vases, six vari- 

 eties, with lora. Weeks, Philadelphia, 

 Pennsj'lvania, Niveus and Bonnafl'on. 



In the class for twenty single blooms 

 the Colfax Avenue Floral Co. won first, 

 Bonnaffon, Queen and Philadelphia be- 

 ing noticeably well done. 



The Park Floral Co. won first with 

 Pennsylvania and this vase carried with 

 it the Wolcott cup given for the vase of 

 twelve, any class; scoring the highest 

 number of points. The Park Floral Co. 

 also won first in "any other" class with 

 Xcno, one of last year's novelties. As 

 shown here it would seem likely to be- 

 come a standard sort. 



The Williams cup of sterling silver 

 offered for the best seedling chrysanthe- 

 mum was not competed for and will 

 doubtless be hung up again in the same 

 class by the society next jea.r. Seedling 

 growers please take notice. 



The roses and carnations staged on 

 Saturday were a grand display, and we 

 wish they might have been seen by that 

 class of eastern growers who appear to 

 think that nothing good can come out of 

 the West. Al Mauff was easily cock of 

 the walk in the rose competition with 

 awards of first in Beauty, Wootton, Bride 

 and Bridesmaid. He was also awarded 

 second in the "any other'' class for a vase 

 of Mermets which to most observers 

 were a better vase than almost anything 

 else in the show. The Colfax Avenue 

 Floral Co. were first in this class with 

 a vase of very fair Liberty. They also 

 won first for Perle. F. F. Crump won 

 second in this class and also in Woot- 

 tons. 



The Park Floral Co. was first in Kais- 

 erin and ran second to Mauff in Beauty, 

 Bride and Bridesmaid. 



In the carnations the competition was 

 lively and in a good many instances close. 

 The Park Floral Co. were first with 

 Crane, Marquis, Lawson, Maceo and 

 Olympia, and in the seedling classes won 

 first, second and third. The Colfax Ave- 

 nue Floral Co. was first with Mary Wood 

 and with Scott. 



In violets J. W. Smith, of Colorado 

 Springs, won first for 100 double with 

 an exceptionally well colored bunch of 

 Marie Louise. Lyle C. Waterbury won 



