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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



November 28, IHOI. 



you do of the general good and welfare 

 of the profession, whieli we all ought 

 to be proud to call our business. 



W. S. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



RO.SES. 

 On Wednesday came the general com- 

 petition in roses and the awards were as 

 follows : 



Best 25 American Beauties — 1st. Bassett & 

 Washburn, Hinsdale. 111.; 2nd. Peter Reinberg. 

 Cliicago; 3rd, South Paris Fiorai Co.. New Cas- 

 tle. Ind. 



40 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria — 1st. Bassett & 

 Washburn: 2nd. Peter Reinberg. 



Best 40 Bride— 1st. South Park Floral Co. : 

 2nd. W. J. & M. S. Vesey. Fort Wayne. Ind.; 

 3rd. Peter Reinberg. 



Best 40 Bridesmaid— 1st. South Park Floral 

 Co.; 2nd. W. J. & M. S. Vesey; 3rd. J. F. Wil- 

 cox, Council Bluffs. Iowa. 



Best 40 Meteor— 1st. J. F. Wilcox; 2nd. South 

 Park Floral Co.; 3rd. W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 



Best Perle des .Tardins— 1st. Bassett & Wash- 

 burn: 2nd. Peter Reinberg. 



In the mantel deeoration competition 

 Samuel Jlurrav took the first prize of 

 $40, \V. L. Rock the second prize of 

 $30 and Arthur Newell the third prize 

 of $20. 



The prize of $100 offered for best seed- 

 ling pink carnation, to be named Presi- 

 dent ilcKinley, was awarded to E. T. 

 Grave, Richmond,' Ind.. for a splendid 

 flower that will surely be heard from 

 in the trade. 



FRIOAV. 



The special prize of $200 for best 

 seedling chrysanthemum, to be named 

 Convention Hall, was won by Nathan 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., with a su- 

 perb white seedling, a cross between 

 The Queen and llerza. .John Thorpe pro- 

 nounced it decidedly the finest flower in 

 the show and predicted great popularity 

 for it. 



Rose of Kansas City, with which the E. G. Hdl Co. won the $200 Prize at the 

 Kansas City Show. 



Best 40 Golden Gate— 1st, South Park Floral 

 Co.; 2nd. Bassett & Washburn; 3rd. W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey. 



Best 25 Liberty— 1st. Peter Reinberg; 2nd. 

 Bassett & Washburn; 3rd, E. T. Grave, Rich- 

 mond. Ind. 



Best 25 any other variety— 1st, Bassett & 

 Washburn; 2nd, Peter Reinberg; 3rd, South 

 Park Floral Co. 



Best 6 American Beauties— 1st, Miss M. Dal- 

 Icy. 



Best 12 Kaiserin .\ugusta A'ictoria— 1st. Miss 

 M. Dalley. 



Best 12 Bride- 1st. the Park Floral Co., Den- 

 ver. Col. 



Best 12 Bridesmaid— 1st. the Park Floral Co.; 

 2nd. Peter Reinberg; 3rd. Miss M. Dalley. 



Best 12 Meteor— 1st, Miss M. Dallev. 



Best 12 Liberty— 1st. the Park Floral Co, 



Best 12 Golden Gate— 1st, Peter Reinberg; 

 2na. Miss M. Dalley. 



Walter S. Dickey Special. "Rose of Kansas 

 City." $2i»— The B. G. Hill Co.. Richmond. 

 Ind.. awarded the prize on a pink seedling. 



For the best display of roses of not less than 

 three varieties nor less than lOi) total, shown 

 "any old way." $200— South Park Floral Co., 

 New Castle, Ind. 



THURSDAY. 



On Tliursday came the first of the 

 competitions in table decorations, 

 chrysanthemums to 'be used. The first 

 prize of $100 was taken by W. L. Rock, 

 the second prize of $.")0 went to Aiur. S. 

 Swanson (St. Paul), the third of $:i.') to 

 Samuel Jlurray. and the fourth of $1,5 

 to Arthur Newell. 



Messrs. Smith & Son also exhibited a 

 brilliant yellow which has been named 

 Mrs. Frank ,T. Taggart. after the wife 

 of the director of the exhibition, and a 

 splendid bronze, which has been named 

 Edgar Sanders, after the dean of the 

 Chicago florists. 



In the general classes the competitors 

 were J. C. Vauahan. Chicago, and Wm. 

 Schray & Son, St. Louis. 



S.\TU1!DAY. 



In the second and final competition in 

 table decorations the first prize of $100 

 was won by Wni. L. Rock with an ar- 

 rangement of orchids and adiantuni 

 The second prize of $.J0 went to Samuel 

 Murray, for an arrangement of orchids 

 and Farleyense ferns. The third prize 

 of ,$30 was awarded to Aug. .Swanson. 

 who used orchids, cosmos and ferns. 

 Fourth, $l.i, went to Arthur Newell, for 

 an arrangement of American Beauty 

 roses and ferns. 



For the best vase of American Beau- 

 ties arranged for effect. 1st. $.iO, W. L. 

 Rock: -ind", $35, Samuel ilurray. 



Best vase of chrysantliemuiiis arranged 

 for etlect, 1st, .$50i Nathan Smith & Son, 



Adrian, Mich.; •2nd, $3.5, Samuel Mur- 

 ray; 3id, $15, \V. L. Rock. 



The prizes were all paid in full Sat- 

 urday night, and it took a lot of money 

 to d<i it. Sam Murray heads the list 

 witli nearly $700, and the others range 

 from $500 down. Notwitlistanding th& 

 unusual expenses of the exhibition and 

 the liberal prizes the week ends with a 

 big balance in the treasury and next 

 year there will be larger prizes and a 

 show that will make this one look like 

 the "infant" it really is — for this was 

 Kansas City's first flower show. 



Tlie city was "flower mad" all the 

 week. Every store of any account was 

 decorated. 



The florists offered liberal prizes for 

 the five best and 500 must have com- 

 jictcd. It was a great scheme; it filled 

 the pockets of the local florists, while 

 it made the city a vast flower garden. 

 Some of the exhibits were very elaborate. 

 Novelty, public interest and business 

 ambition, these were the foundatiott 

 stones of this successful show. 



Tlic fish pond and the jokers was a 

 very interesting feature of the big show. 

 E. K. Bruce of Thornburg, Iowa, sup- 

 plied the finny visitors anil his mimie 

 "lake" was constantly surrounded. He 

 must have had shoals of all kinds of fish 

 for he was still catching them on Mon- 

 day afternoon, and began to empty the 

 waters on Sunday evening. Mr. Lind- 

 say, of Thorpe & Co., one of the "pi-ac- 

 tical jokers" was jiaying "George Wash- 

 ington" "haf a dollah" to carefully re- 

 turn the fish to the ])ond about as fast 

 ;i> they were removed. Brine may be 

 li-hing yet, for at 2 o'clock .Monday he 

 had more fish to catch than he had at 

 10 in the morning. 



In the center of the pond was a 

 •wooded island" where Buckbee, the 

 severest practical j<iker of the lot, 

 stranded the representative of the South 

 Park Floral Co.. Jlr. Heller, and forced 

 him to swim to land. 



It would take a book to rci'ord all' 

 the jokes played upon Uncle .John and 

 Edgar Sanders and some others, but the 

 Miii>t dangerous of these artists were 

 BucklM'e, Lindsay and Elmer Smith, and 

 what thev didn't do it would be hard 

 to tell. 



(Jood nature prevailed, however, and 

 cvcivbody stayed happy till the closing 

 ceremonies. 



Many a bumper was drained to the 

 healths of the Kansas Cityans, and at 

 tlic farewell ban(|uet the final ceremo- 

 nies were moistened witli champagne. 



The American Beauties sent by Wil- 

 cox, of Council Bluffs, retained their 

 odor to the very end of the show. Mr. 

 Wilcox did not intend to exhibit forty- 

 <'iglit hours before the show began, and 

 teh-g-raphed his entries at the last mo- 

 ment, so he had no special stock ready. 

 Next year he proposes to be ready for 

 business and take more iirst prizes. 

 With his magnificent plant of over half 

 a million square feet of glass, he is very 

 a])t to do it. 



Over 50,000 people attended the show, 

 a result unequaled in tlie history of 

 similar exhibitions. No small part of 

 this success is due to the fact that 

 Kansas City has a loyal, liberal daily 

 ]U'ess that is not afraid to Ixjoni local 

 enterprises and maintain jiuhlic interest 

 in them. 



A gold medal was awarded the Ameri- 

 can Rose Co., Washington. D. C, for 



