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The Weeldy Florists' Review. 



Chrysanthemum Seedlings. 



There were several entries in the class 

 for seedling chrysanthemums, hut none 

 measured up to the standard and no 

 awards were made. 



Floral Arrangements. 



For dinner table decoration for twelve 

 covers, to be judged each day during the 

 exhibition, Wednesday, chrysanthe- 

 mums; Thursday, carnations; Friday, 

 roses; Saturday, optional, the first prize 

 of $125 was won by Anderson Floral Co. ; 

 second, $90, by A. Lange j third, $60, by 

 Walter Retzer & Co; fourth, $40, by 

 Walter Retzer. 



In the classes for table decorations 

 costing $12, $10 and $8, A. Lange was 

 first and Walter Retzer & Co. second in 

 each ease, while in the one for $.5 Walter 

 Retzer & Co. were first and A. Lange 

 second. 



Bridal Bouquet Shown by Walter Retzer & 

 Co., at the Chicago Show. 



Vase of roses arranged for effect, first, 

 Anderson Floral Co. (a picture of this 

 vase appears on our title page this 

 week) ; second, Walter Retzer & Co. 



Vase of chrysanthemums arranged for 

 effect, first, Walter Retzer & Co.; sec- 

 ond, Anderson Floral Co. (a picture of 

 this vase also appears on our title page 

 this week). 



Bridal bouquet, first, Walter Retzer 

 & Co. ; second, Anderson Floral Co. 



Walter Retzer & Co. received a spe- 

 cial award for the arrangement of plants 

 in the foyer described last week; also a 

 special on basket of flowers. 

 Notes. 



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KfMiaMii. -,11 J, HIT for M. A. Ryerson. 

 A I Ink li;nl ;ir( iilontally transposed the 



Aiiiiii-t .liiri;rns displayed some forced 

 tulips and datlodils that excited much 

 comment and many questions as to how 



is was done; also some very fine valley. 



H. N. Bruns showed some extra fine 

 valley as a special display. 



Bassett & Washburn showed a vase 

 of Harrisii that were extra fine for the 



S. Muir received a special award for 

 his fine group of Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine. 



Walter Kreitling & Co. had on display 

 a table decoration not for competition. 



The attendance was very satisfactory. 

 It was feared that the horse show would 

 draw away from the flower show, but it 

 was evidently a help instead of a draw- 

 back. The weather was good all the 

 week, averaging the best of any flower 

 show week in years. 



There was a host of visiting florists 

 from out of town, who will be found 

 mentioned in our Chicago notes. 



The judges were R. H. Warder, super- 

 intendent of Lincoln Park; Alex Reid, of 

 Oakwood Cemetery, and C. B. Whitnall, 

 of Milwaukee. 



E. G. Uihlein exhibited a seedling 

 fern, Nephrolepis Uihleiniana, which re- 

 ceived special mention. 



Robert Mueller is gardener for A. S. 

 Trude, who won many premiums in the 

 plant classes, as recorded last week. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The Morris County Gardeners' 



and 



Florists" Society held their sixth an- 

 nual flower show in the Assembly Rooms, 

 Madison, N. J., Nov. 5 and 6. It is a 

 pleasure to record that it was a grand 

 show, the best ever given by the society. 

 All the prizes were competed for, and the 

 quantity and quality of roses shown can 

 safely be said to excel anything seen at 

 exhibitions given in the whole of the 

 Uniteil States this fall, and some of 

 the elirysanthemums were the finest 

 shown in this section of the states this 

 season. 



Cut Chrysanthemums. 

 Arthur Herrington was first for 36 

 blooms in 6 varieties, with Mme. Deis, 

 Appleton, Kate Broomhead, Jeannie 

 Falconer, Mrs. Carrington and Eaton. 

 These were simply magnificent blooms, 

 many of them measuring 20 to 22 

 inches in circumference. Wm. Duck- 

 ham was a close second with Weeks, 

 ]\Iorel. Carrington, Park, Merza and 

 •T. Falconer. For 18 in 3 varieties A. 

 Hiri ington also won first with Appleton. 

 Timothy Eaton and Mons. Chenon de 

 Leche. " Peter Duff, Orange, N. J., won 

 second ; there were six competitors in 

 this class. A. Herrington won first 

 again in the class for 12 blooms. 4 va- 

 rieties, 3 of each, with Eaton, J. Fal- 

 coner, Robinson and Carrington. Peter 

 Duff won second; there were seven com- 

 petitors for this prize. In 12 whites, 

 Peter Duff won first with Merza (one 

 measuring 33 inches), and Arthur Her- 

 rington won second with Timothy 

 Eaton, some of them measuring 28 

 inches in circumference. All Appletons 

 were shown in the 12 yellows, A. Her- 

 rington, first; Geo. Smith of Orange, 

 second. For vase of 12 blooms in va- 

 riety, Wm. Duekham won first with 

 Chas. Davis. Morel, Eaton, Weeks, Love- 

 liness, Carrington, Park, Broomhead, 

 Mme. Carnot, Yellow Carnot, Appleton 

 and Yanariva ; A. Herrington was sec- 

 ond. There were four competing in the 

 classes for twelves and ,ns many in the 

 sixes. Six whites. Geo. Smith first, with 

 Weeks: A. Reaaen second. Six yellow, 

 first. Henrv Hentz. with Appleton; sec- 

 ond. O. Keser. Six any other color, first, 

 A. Coren with Morel: H. Hentz, second. 



Vase of blooms arranged for effect, first, 

 Wm. Duekham, second, 0. Keser. 

 Roses. 



There were four lots staged for the 18 

 American Beauties. L. A. Noe won first 

 and II. llcrilz second; all were grand 

 bldiiiii- '111 iiuiii. ii-i' stems. There were 

 niaiix c Mill prill.. I , lor the 12 American 

 Bc:iiiiH-. I,. \ \.ir again winning first, 

 and M- Mini/ -.i.inil. Ten growers tried 



to will ilu- li" - for 12 Bridesmaids. 



John Mil. lull uuii lirst, and J. T. Quear- 

 ney, .sccuiid. ,S>\t:ii exhibited in the 

 class for 12 Brides. L. A. Noe won first, 

 and H. Hentz second. Twelve competed 

 for 6 Bridesmaids; John Mitchell first, 

 and The Chatham Rose Company, sec- 

 ond. Thirteen vases of 6 Brides were 

 shown. First honors went to Righter & 

 Barton; second to Chatham Rose Com- 

 pany. Twelve competed in the class for 

 six blooms of any rose except Bride or 

 Bridesmaid and " Beauty. Peter Duff 

 won first with Papa Gontier, and El- 

 wood Brant second with Liberty. There 

 was a dire scarcity of variety in roses 

 shown, but the quality of all was extra 

 fine for the season and those who failed 

 to \vin have no reason to be ashamed 

 of their products; they could not have 

 been duplicated anywhere else. 

 Carnations. 



There was but one class provided for 

 carnations, which seemed strange to us, 

 though this is the great rose-growing 

 center. However, there was a nice 

 table of blooms shown and they in a 

 measure defied the roses and chrysanthe- 

 mums in the line of loveliness. The 

 class called for 3 varieties, 18 flowers of 

 each. D. Camstra won first, and H. L. 

 Hand second. 



G. H. Velie & Sons, Marlboro, N. Y., 

 won first on 100 double violets, W. H. 

 Thomas second. H. L. Hand and O. 

 Keser were winners of the prizes for 

 single violet. 



Groups. 



For group of chrysanthemums and 



Bridal Bouquet Shown by Anderson Floral 

 Co., at the Chicago Show. 



foliage plants, H. L. Hand was first,_ A. 

 Coren second, and John Jones third. 

 Group of foliage and flowering plants, 

 chrysanthemums excluded, John Jones 

 first, Wm. Charlton second. Three 

 specimen chrysanthemum plants, pots 

 not to exceed 12-inch, first and a 

 special to Geo. Smith of Orange, N. J. 



