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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NdVKMUKll 14. 



priie, Geo. Mlddleton. 



Six blooms, crimson— 1st prize, Andrew Taafe. 



Most effectively arranged vase of 25 blooms— 

 ^t prize, Andrew Taafe; 2nd prize, W. H. 



TweU 

 Nichols 



Twelve Bridesmaids— 1st prize, Jas. Nichols: 

 2nd prize, Wm. C. Roberts. 



Twelve Bride— 1st prize, Jas. Nichols; 2nd, 

 Robt. Williamson, gardener for Mrs. E. M. 

 Anderson, Greenwich. Conn. 



Twelve Perle— 1st prize, Wm. Nye; 2nd prize. 



Twelve Liberty— 1st prize. Geo. Middleton. 

 Twelve, any other variety— 1st prize, Wm. 

 Roberts; 2nd prize, Francis Gibson. 



Cut Blooms, Carnations. 



Thirty - six, six varieties, six each, w 

 Bradt, Lawson, Crane, Lorna and Roosevel 

 1st prize. Geo. Middleton. 



Eighteen, three varieties, six each, private 



gardener 



2nd 



2nd 



s— 1st priz 



gardene: 



prize. Robt. Mclnnes, 



nines. Fairfield, Conn 



Twelve white— 1st prize, Robt. Mclnnes. 



^•Welve scarlet— 1st prize, Geo. Middleton 

 2nd prize, Robt. Mclnnes. 



Twelve pink— 1st prize, Geo. Middleton 



2nd prize. Robt. Mclnnes. 



Six seedling not yet disseminated- 

 Herbert A. Spavins, Mt. Kisco, N. 1 

 very promising dark pink. 



Violets. 



Bunch of fifty double blu 

 C. F. Bahret, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; 2nd prize, 

 C. G. Velie & Son, Marlborough. N. T. 



Bnnch of fifty single blue violets— 1st prize, 

 Francis Gibson; 2nd prize, Wm. Nye. 



Arranged center piece for table— 1st prize, 

 Andrew Taafe, with basket of American Beau- 

 ties. 



The prizes for fruits were divided between 

 Wm. Scott, Jas. E. Caunce, Geo. Middleton, 

 Wm. Smith and Andrew Taafe. 



Those for vegetables were won by Wm. 

 Smith, Wm. Nye, Wm. Scott, L. A. Martin, 

 Jas. E. Caunce, Howard Nichols, C. F. Bahret, 

 W. H. Waite. Thos. A. Lee, Andrew Taafe 

 and Chas. Deutschman. 



Several awards for plants, flowers and bou- 

 quets were made to amateurs. 



The judges were C. W. Ward, Jas. Blair and 

 I. N. May. J. I. DONLAN. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The chrysanthemum show held here 

 from the 5th to the 9th by ttje Fall 

 Floral Festival Association was a suc- 

 cess financially as well as florally. The 

 quality and extent of the exhibits were 

 superior to anything held in this city in 

 years past. There was also a decided 

 departure in the decorations from pre- 

 vious exhibits and while the arrangement 

 was very pretty and effective in some 

 ways yet in other respects it was not as 

 good as some former arrangements, the 

 principal objection being the obstruction 

 of the view from the balcony. After 

 walking among the exhibits and admir- 

 ing the blooms individually for an hour 

 most of the people would go up to the 

 balcony and listen to the concert and 

 look down on the exhibition as a whole, 

 and when the whole floor could be seen 

 at once it was a grand sight. This year 

 there was an avenue of large latanias 

 raised on pedestals which divided the 

 hall in halves, making really only one- 

 half of the show visible at a time and 

 the same trouble was experienced in 

 photographing the show. 

 _ Wild smilax and other green mate- 

 rial were used extensively and with the 

 aid of hundreds of incandescent lights a 

 very pleasing effect was produced. Up 

 on the stage there was an exhibit of or- 

 chids arranged before a large mirror and 

 people were crowding around them con- 

 tinually. At the other end of the hall 

 was a large table of miscellaneous cut 

 flowers anil foliage from all kinds of odd 

 and rare plants, which was very inter- 

 esting and instructive. 

 The weather remained fine throughout 



the week and the attendance was very 

 fair, but hardly up to what such a show 

 ought to draw. But this is the first 

 show held here for many years that did 

 not leave the promoters with a deficit to 

 make up. 



The cut blooms of chrysanthemums 

 were as fine as any one could wish to 

 see and most classes were hotly contest- 

 ed. The two most prominent varieties 

 were Timothy Eaton and Col. Appleton. 

 Eaton certainly has the size and stem, 

 but we were disappointed in seeing such 

 a large open center in many of the 

 blooms. Perhaps this can be remedied 

 with proper handling. Appleton seems 

 to be a perfect yellow and was easily the 

 finest yellow in the show. Bonnaffon, 

 which has always been a favorite here, 

 looked like about 30 cents beside it, and 

 it will now have to "go away back and 

 sit down" in the exhibition hall. Old 

 Viviand-Morel and Mrs. Perrin still 

 seem to be the leaders in pink, and a 

 good pink with the .size and substance 

 of Eaton would be appreciated. 



In the class for 20 Eaton the E. G. 

 Hill Co. were first, with Vesey's from 

 Fort Wayne second and G. Teilmann of 

 Marion third. These were all grand 

 blooms and each lot was only a few 

 points better than the one next to it. 

 In 20 Appleton Vesey's were first, with 

 N. Smith & Son second and H. W. Pie- 

 man third. In 20 Bonnaffon E. G. Hill 

 was first with Vesey second and H. W. 

 Pieman third. In 20 Mrs. E. D. Smith, 

 N. Smith & Son were first, with Hill 

 second and Pieman third. These blooms 

 were only about half done and did not 

 show the variety to advantage. In 20 

 Mrs. Perrin, Hill was first, with Pie- 

 man second and J. Heidenreich third. 



In 20 yellow N. Smith & Son were 

 first with a vase of Mrs. Glessner, H. W. 

 Pieman was second with G. Wedding 

 and Hill third with H. L. Sunderbrueh. 

 In 20 white Gunnar Teilmann was first 

 with Fee du Champsaur, W. W. Coles of 

 Kokomo was second with the same vari- 

 ety and E. Huckreidle third with Robin- 

 son. In 20 pink Hill was first with S. 

 T. Murdoch, Pieman was second with 

 Xeno and Bertermann Bros, third with 

 V. Morel. In 20 red or bronze N. Smith 

 & Son were first with Charles Davis, 

 Hill was second with Kate Broomhead 

 and Teilmann third with Arab. 



In 10 white Hill was first and W. W. 

 Coles second; both showed Eaton. In 10 

 yellow N. Smith was first and Hill sec- 

 ond, both with Appleton. In 10 pink 

 Hill was first and H. W. Pieman second, 

 both with Viviand-Morel. In 10 any 

 other color Conway was first with Bas- 

 sett and Teilmann second with Chito. 



In the class for 10 blooms in 10 vari- 

 eties the E. G. Hill Company was first 

 with a fine lot of blooms of H. J. Jones, 

 Fakir, Princess Alice of Jlonaca. Mme. 

 Jouvin, Mrs. E. D. Smith. Collette. Col. 

 Appleton, Kate Broomhead, Timothv Ea- 

 ton and M. V. Claverin. N. Smith & 

 Son were second with Merza, Bruant, 

 Yanariva, lora, Chas. Davis, Pustique, 

 Wm. B. Chamberlain. Eaton, Appleton 

 and Mrs. E. D. Smith. 



In 5 specimen plants Conway was 

 first and ,J. Heidenreich was second. 

 r.'itli !i;iil fine plants considering the 

 -li'iit liiiii- tliev had to grow them in. 

 In J wliilr ,1. Heidenreich was first, with 

 ( niiwny scciiiid. In 2 pink Heidenreich 

 was first and Conway .second. In 2 any 

 other color Heidenreich was first and 

 Conway second. In 1 white Heidenreich 

 was first and Conway second. In 1 yel- 

 low Heidenreich was' first and Teilmann 



second. In 1 any other color Heidenreich 

 was first and E. Huckreide second. 



In best 30 plants, single stem and 

 bloom, yellow, E. Huckreide & Son were 

 first and Conway second ; b'oth had Bon- 

 naflon. In 30 white Stu;ivt & Haugh of 

 Ander.son were fii>l "iili Kohinsun. In 

 30 pink E. Huckr<'i.lr «:i- lir-i with Me- 

 rula and Conway sc.cncl witli l;;i(ly Har- 

 riott. In 30 any oilier color Conway 

 was first and Pieman second, both with 

 Childs. In 30 plants not less than 10 

 varieties, H. W. Pieman was first and 

 Hill second. In 5 plants in- 8-inch pots 

 J. Heidenreich was first and E. Huck- 

 reide second. 



In 6 plants in G-ineh pots, white, E. 

 Huckreide & Son were first and J. Hei- 

 denreich second. In 6 yellow J. Heiden- 

 reich was first and H. W. Pieman sec- 

 ond. In 6 of any other color H. W. Pie- 

 man was first. On standard yellow H. 

 W. Pieman was first and Conway sec- 

 ond. On standard pink Conway was 

 first and Pieman second. On standard 

 white Pieman was first and Conway sec- 

 ond. On standard any other color Con- 

 way was first and Pieman second. 



H. W. Pieman showed several seed- 

 ling mums and captured the S. A. F. 

 silver medal with a white scoring 91 

 points. A pink one scored 87 points and 

 another white scored 86 points. 



The carnation show was far superior 

 to anything that had ever been shown 

 here in the fall and the blooms in most 

 cases had midwinter quality in them. In 

 50 variegated Vesey showed Mrs. Bradt. 

 In 50 white Vesey was first and Stuart 

 & Haugh second; "both had White Cloud. 

 In 50 red Stuart & Haugh were first and 

 E. T. Grave of Richmond second, both 

 with America. In 50 pink E. T. Grave 

 5vas first with Vesey second, both with 

 J^awson. In 100 blooms Vesey was first 

 jvith Triumph and Lawson and E. T. 

 Grave second with Dorothy. John Hartje 

 jiad on exhibition several varieties of 

 pedigree seedlings and captured the S. 

 ft. F. bronze medal with a white one and 

 a certificate with a pink one. R. Witter- 

 staetter sent a vase of Enquirer and an- 

 other of a fine white seedling. Baur & 

 Smith showed a vase of Elma, which 

 were fine. E. A. Nelson showed a vase 

 of Mrs. Nelson, which were fine, consid- 

 ering that they were only planted a 

 few weeks. He also gave away 1,000 

 blooms on Thursday evening at the lec- 

 ture given by Mr. Griffiths on carnations. 

 The Cottage Gardens, of Queens, L. I., 

 also sent a lot of Gov. Roosevelt, and so 

 did Mr. Fisher a lot of Mrs. Lawson, 

 to be given away that evening. 



The rose display was also grand and 

 many fine blooms were staged. In 20 

 Perles, H. W. Pieman had his own way. 

 In 20 Brides, South Park Floral Com- 

 pany, of New Castle, was first, with 

 Vesey, of Ft. Wayne, second. In 20 

 Maids, Vesey was first and South Park 

 Floral Company second. In 20 Liberty, 

 Vesey was alone. In 20 Kaiserin, West 

 View Floral Company, of Knightstown, 

 was fir.st and W. W. Coles second. In 

 20 any other kind. South Park Floral 

 Company was first with Golden Gate. In 

 20 American Beauty, South Park Floral 

 Company was first, and Coles second. 

 Any rose not disseminated prior to 1901, 

 American Rose Company, of Washington, 

 D. C. was first, with a vase of its new 

 rose. Ivory, or White Golden Gate. This 

 is truly a grand rose. The E. G. Hill 

 Company showed a fine vase of White 

 Lady and J. N. May showed a vase of 

 Mrs. Oliver Ames, both of which were 

 grand. Later on Mr. Hill came over 



