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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEMBER 10, 1S9S. 



pears that this variety is often found 

 attached to bones in its habitat, hence 

 the experiment by Mr. Uihlein. and 

 the results seem very satisfactory. 



A very striliing feature of Mr. Uih- 

 lein's display is a huge block of ice in 

 which a bouquet of orchids has been 

 frozen. In this way flowers that 

 bloomed in August and September- are 

 now to be seen at a November exhi- 

 bition. Mr. Uihlein has a bouquet of 

 the sort for each day of the show and 

 they are very interesting to visit- 

 ors. Among the orchids in ice are 

 Phalaenopsis amabilis grandiflora, 

 Cattleya labiata, Cattleya Bowringi- 

 ana, Sobralia Veitchii, Stanhopea ti- 

 grina, Oncidium varicosum Rogersii. 

 and several varieties of cypripediums. 



A feature of the show were the 

 splendid geraniums shown by C. W. 

 Johnson. Some plants of Heteranthe 

 in 10-inch pots, were 3% feet high. with 

 a spread of 3 feet and with from 20 to 

 25 trusses of bloom. They were cer- 

 tainly magnificent, as were also sim- 

 ilar plants of Mme. Ame La Chevrali- 

 ere and Countess Castries, and there 

 were some equally fine plants of Mrs. 

 Pollock with well colored foliage. A 

 new feature this year was a collection 

 of standard geraniums from the same 

 grower. They were from 5 to 

 7 feet tall, with a 3 foot spread at the 

 top and a mass of bloom. The vari- 

 eties were Heteranthe, Le Cid and 

 Mme. Ame Le Chevraliere. 



All these plants were in thumb pots 

 last January and well illustrate what 

 high culture will do for the geranium. 

 It is one of the most educational ex- 

 hibits in the building. 



Some very interesting grafted stand- 

 ard geraniums are shown by Robert 

 Mueller, gardener to A S. Trude. A 

 number of different varieties are 

 grafted on each one and one plant has 

 four sorts in bloom. Mr. Mueller al- 

 so shows a grafted standard chrysan- 

 themum bearing thirteen varieties, 

 among them being the yellow Mar- 

 guerite, which looks strangely out of 

 place among the other large double 

 blooms. 



Charles A. Samuelson made a beau- 

 tiful display of specimen roses, chry- 

 santhemums, orchids, valley, etc., not 

 for competition, all artistically ar- 

 ranged in handsome vases and with 

 suitable accessories. E. Wienhoeber 

 also made a display, not for competi- 

 tion, being a group of palms inter- 

 spersed with vases of specimen mums 

 and at one side was a pedestal bearing 

 a grand plant of Asparagus Sprengerii 

 over which was draped a beautiful 

 spray of Oncidium varicosum. 



Chrysanthemum Blooms. 



For best twenty-five blooms white 

 W. N. Rudd was first with some grand 

 blooms of Mayflower, Bassett & 

 Washburn second with some Ivory 

 that opened the eyes of all. Other va- 

 rieties competing were Mrs, H, Rob- 

 inson and Mrs. H. Weeks. 



For twenty-five blooms yellow the 

 Hinsdale Rose Co. took the blue rib- 

 bon with a splendid lot of Bonnaffon, 

 W. N. Rudd taking second with a vase 

 of the same variety. Other sorts en- 

 tered were Golden Wedding, Austra- 

 lian Gold, Mrs. 0. P. Bassett and Ma- 

 bel Ward. 



For twenty-five blooms pink W. N. 

 Rudd was ahead with Autumn Glory, 

 and E. G. Hill & Co. second with Mme. 

 Perrin. 



For twenty-five blooms any other 

 color E. G. Hill & Co. took first with 

 Nyanza, W. N. Rudd taking second 

 with Rinaldo. 



The class for twenty varieties, one 

 bloom of each, brought out a strong 

 competition. E. G. Hill & Co. took 

 first with a superb lot, including the 

 new French variety. Fee du Champ- 

 saur (an immense white that will 

 push Mayflower), Modesto, Longfel- 

 low, Nyanza, Onyx. Frank Hardy, Vi- 

 viand-Morel and Mrs. J. J. Glessner. 

 W. N. Rudd took second with a fine 

 collection including Mrs. M. A. Ryer- 

 son, Evangeline, Golden Wedding, 

 Maud Dean, Defender, Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones. Sunstone. Chebeaque, Autumn 

 and Philadelphia. James Hartshorne, 

 gardener for H. N. Higinbotham, en- 

 tered a fine lot of blooms, as did also 

 N. Smith & Son and J. C. Vaughan. 



For best twelve varieties, one bloom 

 of each, E. G. Hill & Co. led with a 

 fine lot including Mrs. Seulberger, 

 Fee du Champsaur. Perrin and Jean- 

 nie Falconer. W. N. Rudd was sec- 

 ond, his dozen including Philadelphia, 

 Golden Wedding, Chito and Chebea- 

 que. James Hartshorne and Crabb 

 & Hunter also had fine fiowers en- 

 tered in this class. 



For best dozen blooms of a variety 

 named after a Chicago lady E. G. Hill 

 & Co. were first with a fine vase of 

 Mrs. W. C. Egan. Other varieties 

 shown were Mrs. J. J. Glessner, Mrs. 

 M. A. Ryerson and Mrs. Moses J. 

 Wentworth. 



Hill was first with Mrs. Seulberger 

 for six blooms, one variety, white, and 

 Rudd was second with Mayflower. 



Rudd led In six blooms yellow with 

 Modesto, Hill taking second with Je- 

 annie Falconer. 



Rudd was ahead in pink with Mur- 

 dock. Hartshorne taking second with 

 Perrin. 



In six blooms, red. Hill won with 

 Casco, Crabb & Hunter taking second 

 with Oakland. 



For six bronze Hill was first with 

 Bruant, Rudd second with Nyanza. 



For six blooms, any other color, 

 Rudd captured first with Henry Nanz 

 (buff), and Hill took second with Mrs. 

 Egan. 



For best collection of named varie- 

 ties, one bloom each, not less than 40 

 varieties, E. G. Hill & Co. were first 

 with a grand lot of blooms, the most 

 noticeable blooms being of varieties 

 that appeared in their other collect 



tions. Second was taken by N. Smith 

 & Son, who also showed a splendid lot 

 of blooms. 



The only entry In the class for best 

 collection of anemone varieties was 

 by N. Smith & Son, and it was well 

 worthy of the first prize that was 

 awarded. Especially notable were 

 Enterprise, pink; W. W. Astor, white; 

 Surprise, pink: Silver Bill, white; 

 and Thorpe, Jr., yellow. More atten- 

 tion should be paid to these anemone 

 sorts. 



In the International Contest for best 

 dozen blooms the winners in the 

 states were as follows: Colorado, 

 Daniels & Fisher, Denver; Illinois, 

 Jas. Hartshorne, Joliet; Indiana, E. 

 G. Hill & Co., Richmond; Maryland, 

 H. Weber & Sons, Oakland; Michigan, 

 N. Smith & Son, Adrian; Missouri, W. 

 A. Chalfant, Springfield: Ohio, Theo. 

 Bock. Hamilton. Canada was repre- 

 sented by J. H. Dunlop. Toronto, Ont. 



The grand prize was won by E. G. 

 Hill & Co., of Indiana. This was a 

 grand dozen blooms, the varieties be- 

 ing Jeannie Falconer, H. W. Longfel- 

 low, Lady Hahnam. Australian Gold, 

 Marie Calvat. Fee du Champsaur, Ny- 

 anza. Golden Gate, Modesto, Viviand- 

 Morel, Bruant and Mrs. H. Weeks. 



Chrysanthemum Plants 



For best specimen plant, white, W. 

 N. Rudd was first with a shapely and 

 well bloomed plant of Miss Helen 

 Wright. J. C. Vaughan second, with 

 Lenawee. 



For specimen plant, yellow, Rudd 

 was first with Henry Hurrell; 

 Vaughan second with Miss G. Pitcher. 



Specimen, pink, Rudd first with 

 Murdock; Vaughan second with Louis 

 Boehmer. 



Specimen red, Rudd first with De- 

 fender: Vaughan second with The 

 Bard. 



Specimen bronze, Vaughan first 

 with Hicks-Arnold; no second prize 

 awarded. 



Specimen, any other color, Vaughan 

 first with Mrs. C. B. Freeman; no sec- 

 ond awarded. 



For specimen standard, white, Rudd 

 first with Mrs. M. A. Ryerson; Robt. 

 Mueller second with Mayfiower. 



Specimen standard, pink, Rudd first 

 with Murdock; Mueller secoid with 

 same variety. 



Specimen standard, yellow, Mueller 

 first with W. H. Lincoln; Rudd second 

 with Yellow Fellow. 



For five standards Vaughan was 

 first, his varieties being W. H. Lin- 

 coln, Mrs. C. B. Freeman. The Bard, 

 Beauty of Truro and Louis Boehmer. 

 Mueller was second, his sorts being 

 Lincoln, Mutual Friend. Boehmer, The 

 Bard and Dean Hole. 



For five specimen plants in 10-inch 

 pots Rudd was first, Mueller second. 

 In ten specimen plants, five varieties, 

 in 8-inch pots. Vaughan was first; 

 no second awarded- 



