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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



rEBRUAnY 15. 1900. 



E. Marquisee. Syracuse. N. Y.; W. T. 

 Bell, John Bell, Franklin. Pa.; W. C. 

 Rockwell. Bradford, Pa.; C. Hagen- 

 burger, C. Merkel. Mentor. O.; J. L. 

 Dillon, Bloomsburg. Pa.; F. Burki, 

 Pittsburg, Pa.; Geo. E. Fancourt, 

 Wilkesbarre, Pa.; E. Hippard. Youngs- 

 town, 0.; O. P. Bassett, W. N. P.udd, 

 J. D. Thompson, J. V. Merlon, James 

 Hartshorne. George Garland. G. L. 

 Grant. Peter Reinberg. Henry Wietor, 

 J. C. Vaugban and wife. J. S. Wilson, 

 of Chicago; J. C. Rennison. Sioux City, 

 la • William Clark, Colorado Springs, 

 Colo.; Geo. H. Bancroft, Cedar Falls, 

 la ■ J F. Wilcox. Council Bluffs, la.; 

 John H. Dunlop, J. F. Miller. Toronto; 

 H. Dale, Wm. Fendley, Brampton, 

 Ont ■ Wm. Gammage. London, Ont.; 

 J. H. Taylor, C. W. Ward. C. Besold. 

 New York; John Murchie, Sharon, 



Pa. 



The exhibition was undoubtedly the 

 grandest display of carnations ever 

 made, being superior in several points 

 to any previous display by the soci- 



6ty. 



A most striking feature was a vase 

 of the huge blooms of -666," displayed 

 by Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush, N. Y., 

 and which won the Lawson gold med- 

 al. It was referred to by one visitor as 

 the chrysanthemum-carnation and its 

 size warranted the title. In color it is 

 a white, suffused with pink. 



Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson. the Marq;iis, 

 Genevieve Lord, Enquirer, Estelle and 

 a host of other stars of the first magni- 

 tude were represented by huge vases 

 of bloom. 



Three-year certificates of merit were 

 awarded to the following: Gov. Roo- 

 sevelt (Ward), crimson, 93 points; ^o. 

 "666" (Dailledouze), white, suffused 

 pink 89 points; Elinora (Witterstaet- 

 ter) white, 89 points; Enquirer (Wit- 

 terstaetter), pink, 88 points; Estelle 

 (Witterstaetter) scarlet, 86 points; 

 Mrs. Bertram Lippincott (Kuhn). pink, 

 86 points. Others exhibited in this 

 class scored as follows: No. 110 

 (Weber) white, 83 points; pink seed- 

 ling (H. A. Molatsch), 83 points; No, 

 30 (Weber), pink, 82 points; Opal 

 (Witterstaetter), light pink, 81 points; 

 Irene (Crabb & Hunter), pink, 80 

 points; Syracuse (Marquisee), pink, 76 

 points. 



Preliminary certificates were won by 

 No 550 (Witterstaetter), white, 90 

 points; the Maine (Fisher), white, 88 

 points; Delight (Dailledouze), pmk, 

 88 points; No. 100 (Dailledouze), white, 

 87 points. No. 11, white, shown by C. 

 F. Baker & Son, scored 80 points. 



The Cottage Gardens' Silver Cup 

 was won by Gov. Roosevelt (Ward). 

 The Chicago Carnation Co.'s cuP .^^s 

 won by No. 3 (Dailledouze), light 

 pink The silver medal went to R. 

 Witterstaetter, for Adonis, scarlet. 

 The sweepstakes prizes went as fol- 

 lows- First, to Dailledouze Bros., wltli 

 Mrs. Bradt; second, to R. Witterstaet- 

 ter, with Enquirer; third, to R. Wit- 

 terstaetter. with Adonis. 

 In the class for arrangements of car- 



nations with foliage no awards were 

 made. There were two entries, but 

 the judges considered that they fell 

 short of the present high standard of 

 floral art and withdrew the cup. 



In the general class R. Craig & 

 Son were first for fifty crimson with 

 Gomez, and second with Maceo. H. 

 Weber & Son took first for 50 yel- 

 low with Pingree. Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., first for 100 variegated with 

 Mrs. Bradt; E. G. Hill & Co., first for 

 25 dark pink with I^eslie Paul; L. E. 

 Marquisee. first for 100 light pink 

 with The Marquis; E. G. Hill fe Co. 

 second with Ethel Crocker; Chicago 

 Carnation Co. first for 100 crimson 

 with Maceo; J. L. Dillon first tor IfO 

 white with Louise; Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. second for 100 scarlet with 

 Jubilee; E. G. Hill & Co. second for 

 100 white variegated with J. Whitcomb 

 Riley. 



Next week we shall print some notes 

 on other fiowers seen at the exhibi- 

 tion. 



A Discussion. 



The question of changing the scale 

 so as to cover keeping quality of the 

 flowers brought out a long and inter- 

 esting discussion. It was made quite 

 evident that the scale could not be 

 made to cover everything and that uo 

 judges could determine from the flower 

 anvthing as to keeping qualities or 

 freedom of bloom, those two very im- 

 portant matters. The point was made 

 that the keeping quality of any flower 

 depended a great deal on how 

 and when it was cut, and Mr. 

 S A. Baur stated that flowers 

 cut with a sharp knife would 

 keep twice as long as those that were 

 picked by breaking the stem. The 

 matter was finally referred to a com- 

 mittee with instructions to revise the 

 scale, or else provide some other way 

 of determining the keeping qualities of 

 the flowers of new varieties. 



The express companies received a 

 little attention. Mr. Hill said Mr. 

 May had written a large number of 

 letters to high officials of the coni- 

 panv, with the only result that Mr. 

 May had considerably improved his 

 handwriting. 



Mr. Peter Fisher not having pre- 

 pared anv paper on hybridijins. a 

 discussion of the subject was invited. 

 The several speakers agreed that good 

 seedlings were largely the result of 

 chance and that about all the hybrid- 

 izer could do was to select good par- 

 ents, get a large number of seedlings, 

 and hope to get a few good ones out 

 of the batch. Mr. Witterstaetter said 

 he had records of over 27,000 seedlings 

 from crosses, but his record had been 

 of little assistance so far. He thought 

 though, that it was well to depend 

 upon the seed parent for blooming 

 qualities and constitution, and be- 

 lieved that color was most largely in- 

 fluenced by the pollen parent. He 

 could devise no rule or system to 

 bring forth desired results. This was 



indorsed by Mr. Dorner, who said 

 that you might cross two crimsons and 



get a white. , , ,^ ^ -^ 



Mr. A. Herrington suggested that it 

 would possibly be best for both the 

 carnation and rose societies to hold 

 their meetings in the same city at 

 the same time. The suggestion was 

 tavorablv received, and a committee 

 appointed to confer with the officers of 

 the rose society. Should this arrange- 

 ment be carried into effect the attend- 

 ance from outside points would sure- 

 ly exceed a hundred and thus insure 

 getting a reduced rate from the rail- 

 roads. 



A committee was appointed to pre- 

 pare a premium list for the next ex- 

 hibition, this work having in the past 

 fallen largely on the shoulders of the 

 secretary. A number of the essays 

 promised did not materialize, but the 

 discussions that took their place were 

 certainly just as valuable. Mr. Harts- 

 horne's paper was received with in- 

 terest and given the attention the sub- 

 ject deserved. 



And now they talk of a carnation 

 having an "air spaced calyx." 



Next Year. 



The society was honored by invita- 

 tions from four different cities for 

 next year, these being Indianapolis. 

 Baltimore, Detroit, and Cleveland. A 

 good deal of oratory was expended in 

 favor of the various cities and writ- 

 ten ballots were finally resorted to. 

 Baltimore was selected after a warm 

 canvass, receiving 33 votes, Indian- 

 apolis 24, Detroit 2, and Cleveland b. 



Indoor Planting. 



The discussion of Mr. Hartshorue's 

 paper brought out the tact that many 

 good growers thought it was carry- 

 ins matters to excess to keep the 

 plants always indoors. While all fa- 

 vored early planting, the majority 

 thought the plants should surely have 

 the benefit of at least a few months' 

 outdoor growth in the spring. 



An important point that developed 

 during the discussion was that the 

 Dailledouze Bros, no longer use the 

 side ventilators in their houses, find- 

 ing that thev induce too rapid evapora- 

 tion. Mr. Ward said the evaporation 

 was needed to keep the houses cool, 

 but Mr. Dailledouze said that the free 

 use of water on the walls to offset the 

 evaporation was apt to sour the soil 

 by an excess of moisture and to make 

 the growth soft. 



A pleasant side entertainment at the 

 convention was an elaborate dinner 

 tendered to thirty of his friends in the 

 trade at the Hotel Iroquois on Thurs- 

 day evening by Mr. J. D. Thompson, 

 manager of the Chicago Carnation Co. 

 The menu was exceptionally pood, 

 and as most of the bright lights of 

 the society were present, the (low of 

 soul was fully in keeping with the 

 menu and flow of liquids. It was a 

 most enjoyable event 



