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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



NOVEMBER 17, 1S98. 



for 25 red with Childs, also 25 any 

 other color with Chito, second for 50 

 yellow and 50 white with Sunderbruch 

 and Robinson, first 50 in variety. 



The Berterman Flo. Co. received sec- 

 ond for 6 largest plants, first for speci- 

 men pink with unusually large speci- 

 men of Murdock, first for pink stand- 

 ard, first tor yellow standard. 



J. Heidenreich, first for specimen 

 yellow with Fewkes, second on 12 mar- 

 ket plants, first best six market plants 

 white with Ivory, first 6 yellow with 

 Sunderbruch, second on C pink with 

 Irma, first 25 pink with Perrin. 



Huckreide & Son were third for 6 

 largest plants, second specimen white, 

 second specimen yellow, also red, also 

 6 market plants white, 6 yellow, 6 red, 

 25 pink with H. Bloodgood, first white 

 standard with Silver Cloud. 



Stuart & Haugh, of Anderson, Ind., 

 were second for 6 pink market plants 

 with well grown plants of exception- 

 ally good color of Pink Ivory, second 

 50 in variety. 



Crabb & Hunter, of Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., received first for 25 white single 

 stems with fine Robinsons, 25 yellows 

 with Bonnaffon, 50 white and 50 yel- 

 low with same varieties. 



Cut Flowers. 



H, Rieman received first for 10 vari- 

 eties, 3 blooms each, second for 25 

 Bonnaffon, first 25 Mrs. H. Weeks, sec- 

 ond 25 Mrs. Perrin, 25 Modesto, first 

 10 yellow, second 10 pink, first 25 

 white with Robinson, first for 10 

 blooms with Mrs. Weeks. - 



Stuart & Haugh, first 15 varieties, 3 

 blooms each, including Perrin, Pea- 

 body, Longfellow, Geo. W. Childs, 

 Chas. Davis, first 10 white, second 10 

 red, second on 10 blooms one variety, 

 first 12 blooms, 12 varieties, including 

 Modesto, Solar Queen, Philadelphia 

 and Mte'el. 



E. G. Hill & Co. were second on 25 

 Mrs. H. Weeks, first 25 Modesto, sec- 

 ond 25 yellow, second 25 pink, first 25 

 red or bronze, second 100 pompons. 



N. Smith & Son received second 15 

 varieties, 3 each, including Monstrosa, 

 B. A. Kimball, Niveus, Snow Queen, 

 first 10 red, 25 yellow, second 25 red or 

 bronze, second on 12 blooms, 12 varie- 

 ties, first for 100 pompons. 



J. Heidenreich was first for 25 Mrs. 

 Perrin, also 10 pink, also 25 pink. 



For 25 Bonnaffon G. Tellman re- 

 ceived first prize. 



Huckreide & Son were second for 10 

 yellow, also for 25 white. 



The Berterman Flo. Co. were second 

 for 10 white. 



In roses South Park Flo. Co. were 

 first for 10 Bride, 10 Maids, 10 Perles, 

 36 blooms, white with Bride, 36 pink 

 with Maid. 



Stuart & Haugh received second for 

 10 Bride, 10 Perle, 10 Kaiserin, first for 

 10 Carnot. 



H. Rieman was first tor 10 Meteor, 

 10 Morgan, 36 yellow, 36 red with Me- 

 teor, second for rose display. 



The Berterman Flo. Co. were first 

 for rose display. 



In carnations W. W. Coles, Koko- 

 mo, Inri., was first for 50 white, 50 red. 



South Pk. Flo. Co. were first for 50 

 pink and second for 50 white. 



Stuart & Haugh were second for 50 

 pink. 



Fred Dorner & Sons Co. received a 

 certificate of merit for new red seed- 

 ling. 



Miscellaneous. 



In display of ferns the competition 

 was keen; Reimaii, first; Berterman 

 Flo. Co., second; Stuart & Haugh, 

 third. 



Rex begonias, first Rieman, second 

 Stuart & Haugh. 



Berterman Bros, made the only table 

 decoration. 



Fancy decorative plants, Ber:i>rnian 

 first, Rieman second. 



WORK OF THE COMMITTEES. 

 New York. Nov. 5.— Wm. Anderson, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y., exhibited Mrs. F. 

 A. Constable. Jap. Pure white. 

 Scored commercial scale 91, exhibition 

 scale 95 points. F. R. Fierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., exhibited G. J. War- 

 ren. Jap. Canary yellow. Scored 

 commercial scale 7S, exhibition scale 

 85 points. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 5. — ,Tno. N. May, 

 Summit, N, J., exhibited Mrs. Trainor 

 L. Park. Jap. inc. Yellow. Scored 

 commercial scale 91, exhibition 90 

 points. Same grower exhibited Mrs. 

 N. Molyneaux. Jap. White. Scored 

 commercial scale 90 points. Also Yel- 

 low Mayflower. Jap. Light yellow. 

 Scored both scales 88 points. Mavour- 

 neen by the same grower. .Tap. Pink. 

 Scored commercial scale 85. exhibition 

 scale 83 points. H. B. Surman, Ger- 

 mantown. Pa., exhibited Mrs. J. V. 

 Merrick. Jap. Pink. Scored com- 

 mercial scale 82 points. 



Chicago. Nov. 5. — John N. May ex- 

 hibited Meta. Inc. Jap. White. Scored 

 commercial scale 86 points. Yellow 

 Mayflower by the same grower. Ref. 

 Jap. Light yellow. Scored commer- 

 cial scale 84 points. He also exhibi- 

 ted Mrs. Trainor L. Park. Inc. Jap. 

 Yellow. Scored commercial scale 89 

 points. Nathan Smith & Son. .Adrian, 

 Mich,, exhibited No, 35-4. Inc. Jap. 

 Pink, scored commercial scale 82 

 points. Shilowa by the same growers. 

 Ref. Jap. Crimson. Scored oommer- 

 cial scale 86 points. G. P. Rawson, 

 Elmira, N, Y.. exhibited (no name or 

 number), Ref. Jap. White. Scored 

 commercial scale 81 points. Smith & 



Son, Cleveland, 0.. exhibited Yellow 

 Ivory. Inc. Jap. Y'ellow. Scored 



commercial scale 73 points. 



Cincinnati. 0. — Nathan Smith & Son 



exhibited 35-6. Jap. Blush pink. 



Scored commercial scale 81, exhibition 



scale 80 points. 



New York, Nov. 12.— F. R. Pierson 



& Co., Tarrytown, N, Y,, exhibited 



Mile, Lucie Faure. White Inc. Jap. 



Scored commercial scale 86, exhibition 



scale 80 points. Jas. R. McDonald, 

 Riverdale. N. Y., exhibited Col. D. Ap- 

 pleton. Yellow Inc. Jap. Scored both 

 scales 92 points. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 12.— C. W. Ward, 

 Queens, L. I., exhibited Admiral 

 Dewey. Y'ellow Jap. Ref. Score! 

 commercial scale 87, exhibition scale 



85 points. 



Boston, Nov. 8. — Grove P. Rawson, 

 Elmira, N. Y., exhibited (*) Pride. 

 White Ref. Scored commercial scale 



86 points. E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind., 

 exhibited Phenomenal. Light bronze 

 Jap. Inc. Scored exhibition scale 87 

 points. Nov. 12th. — Nathan Smith & 

 Son, Adrian, Mich., exhibited 25-1. 

 Amaranth pink Jap. Inc. Scored exhi- 

 bition scale 78 points. C. W. Ward ex- 

 hibited Admiral Dewey. Chrome Yel- 

 low Ref. Scored commercial scale 90 

 points. John N. May, Summit, N. J., 

 exhibited Yellow Mayflower. Prim- 

 rose Y'ellow. Jap. Scored exhibition 

 scale 89 points. The same grower ex- 

 hibited Silver Wedding. White Ret. 

 Scored commercial scale 90 points. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 12. — Theo. Bock, 

 Hamilton, 0., exhibited No. 97. Light 

 Pink Inc. Jap. Scored commercial 

 scale 79 points. Nathan Smith & Son 

 exhibited Shilowa. Red Jap. Scored 

 commercial scale 80 points. 



Chicago, Nov. 12.— E. G. Hill & Co.. 

 Richmond, Ind., exhibited Gen. Custer. 

 Red Jap. Ref. Scored commercial 

 scale 79 points. John N. May exhibit- 

 ed Mavourneen. Pink Ref. Jap. Scored 

 commercial scale 84 points. Silver 

 Wedding was shown by the same 

 grower. White Ret. Jap. Scored com- 

 mercial scale 82 points. Nathan Smith 

 & Son exhibited Izanga. White, Leiu- 

 on disc, Anemone. Scored exhibition 

 scale 85 points. 



(*) This variety was mentioned as 

 (no name or number) in my last re- 

 port. ELMER D. SMITH. Sec'y. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The annual exhibition of the R. I. 

 Horticultural Society was held Nov. 9, 

 10 and 11th. The exhibition this year 

 fell far below the usual excellence both 

 in quantity and quality. Thursday 

 was a very stormy day, therefore the 

 receipts at the door for the whole sea- 

 son was greatly reduced. Further- 

 more the interest in chrysanthemum 

 exhibitions in this city and state has 

 largely subsided, and they no longer 

 attract the great throngs of a few 

 years ago. One cause assigned for the 

 deterioration of the exhibits, was the 

 lateness of chrysanthemums in reach- 

 ing to perfection. If the exhibition 

 was held a week or ten days later a 

 finer showing would have been made. 



However, there was sufficient excel- 

 lence in the exhibits to attract the 

 visitors, and many expressions of 

 wonder were heard at the fine show- 

 ing made. 



Especially fine was the exhibit of 

 our chief mum grower, Farquhar Mac- 

 rae, who took first, second and third 



