NOVEMBER IT. 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



633 



Part of the Philadelphia Show." 



A couple were seen to pause ;n front 

 of something that looked like a 

 child's coffin in white flowers with "In 

 Memoriam" at the head. "What is 

 that?" she asked. "An Esquimaux 

 sledge," was his prompt reply. 



Mrs. Starr's bright deseription of 

 the Philippine orchid; that the indi- 

 vidual blooms resembled chieftains' 

 heads with arms outstretched as 

 though saying, "Come, take us," will 

 have to be cabled to Judge Day at 

 Paris. 



Latania aurea, while a beautiful 

 plant, seemed to impress many per- 

 sons with the idea that it was ill. 



Among the many prominent horti- 

 culturists who visited the hall were: 

 William R. Smith, Washington. D. C: 

 John N. May, Summit, N. J.;; William 

 Falconer and Fred Burki, Pittsburg; 

 F. L. Atkins, Short Hills, N. J.; Daille- 

 douze Bros., Flatbush, L. I.; William 

 Nicholson, Pramingham. Mass.; Chas. 

 H. Allen, Floral Park, L. I.; Charles 

 Weathered, New York city; Benjamin 

 Durfee, Washington, and John Cook, 

 of Baltimore. 



The Florists' Club kept open house 

 on Wednesday evening in honor of the 

 visitors. The gay sparks bowled, (he 



more dignified played shuffleboards. 

 while the lesser lights played pool. It 

 was pretty good fun to watch the ex- 

 perts with the cue dallying with the 

 novices so as to make hair-raising fin- 

 ishes. Then there were refreshments, 

 including John Westcott's famous 

 punch, which bears but slight resem- 

 blance to the innocent beverage you 

 get at parties. This entertainment took 

 the place of the usual dinner and 

 proved a popular innovation. 



i. W. Y. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The eighth annual Chrysanthemum 

 Show opened Tuesday night. Nov. 8. 

 Bad weather kept many away the 

 opening night. Wednesday it rained 

 all day and night and Thursday morn- 

 ing it opened up with snow. The at- 

 tendance was very light the first two 

 days. After this we had fine weath- 

 er and attendance was good the last 

 three days. Friday was our banner 

 night. The attendance was the larg- 

 est we have ever had. 



The large Coliseum was tastefully 

 decorated by Frank J. Fillmore and 

 Julius Koenig, Jr., and too much can- 

 not be said for these two workers, 



also Mr. Fred Meinhardt, who acted 

 as assistant manager, and C. C. San- 

 ders and C. A. Kuehn, the finance 

 committee. These five members were 

 of great assistance to the manager and 

 without them the show would not have 

 been a success. 



Among the most noticeable features 

 the first night were the 48 flowers, 8 

 sorts, 6 of each, shown by B. G. Hill 

 & Co., Richmond. Ind., which received 

 first. The varieties were: Harry 

 Hurrell, Quito. Fee du Champsaur, 

 Mrs. Egan. M. Verlot. Mrs. G. Morgan, 

 Merula and Mrs. Seulberger. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co. showed two 

 fine vases of new carnations; G. H. 

 Crane, scarlet and Maceo, dark red; 

 N. Smith & Son exhibited some very 

 fine blooms the latter part of the 

 week. J. C. "Vaughan sent three new 

 geranium plants, which were much ad- 

 mired. E. G. Hill's fine vase of 25 

 blooms of Phenomenal took first. 



In the Shaw prizes. W. A. Chalfant 

 won first on Bonnaffon. the finest ever 

 seen. In any other white variety, 

 Vesey's Frank Hardy won first. Any 

 other yellow variety was won by Max 

 Herzog, of St. Louis, with Golden 

 Wedding, scoring 99 points; very fine. 



