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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febriarv 20, 1902. 



\V. K. Partridge the $25 silver vase 

 offered by J. M. McCuUough's Sons for 

 best 20 vases, not more than ?.'> blooms 

 to a vase. 



Of the Garrett prizes for l)e.^t .50 

 blooms of any variety not yet in com- 

 merce, first, $30, went to " E. G. Hill 

 Co. for Adonis; second, to Mrs. E. T. 

 Grave, for C'amellialiora, white. 



The Lawson gold medal was awarded 

 to E. G. Hill Co. for best vase of 100 

 blooms, any color, for a vase of Adonis. 



The S. A. F, silver medal for best 

 uninlrodueed seedling was awarded t(; 

 E. G. Hill Co., for Adonis; the bronze 

 medal went to R. Witterstaetter, for a 

 white seedling. No. 723 A. 



The judges highly roniraended a line 

 e.Kliilit of new carnations and seelllngs 

 in great variety shown by Baur & 

 8ir.iHi. Indianapolis. The variety- i;iina, 

 and some Crocker seedlings, wore given 

 lioni rable mention. 



They aisc highly commendeu the fine, 

 artistic displays of well grown plants 

 and flowers by Bertermann Bros., H. W. 

 Eienian and A. Wiegand & Son^, all of 

 Indianapolis. 



High commendation was given E. 

 Hnkreide &, Son, Indianapolis, for very 

 well grown hyacintlis, tulips, and otlier 

 bulbous flowers. 



Honorable mention was given E. A. 

 Nelson, Indianapolis, for" a meritorious 



ent of the exhibition. 



Second — All exhibits should be staged 

 by classes, such an arrangement greatly 

 facilitating the work of the judges and 

 making errors or omissions less likely 

 to occur. 



Third — That regular exhibition entry 

 cards be used and same enclosed in 

 envelopes. 



Ow.ing to delayed trains quite a ni;m- 

 ber of flowers arrived too late to be 

 judged in any of the general classes, 

 among them those of the Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., Joliet, 111.; Peter Fisher, 

 Ellis, Mass.; Wm. Nicholson, Framing- 

 ham, Mass.; L. E. Marquisee, Syracuse, 

 N. Y.; C. W. Ward, Queens, N.'Y.; M. 

 A. Patten, Lowell, Mass.; H. M. Altick. 

 Uayton, 0. 



Those Present 



Among those present at the meeting, 

 in addition to the Indianapolis florists, 

 were: C. W. Ward, E. Dailledouze, P. 

 M. Pierson, Ernst Asmus. A. Herrington, 

 F. McMahon and Alex Wallace, New- 

 York; John Thorpe, Peter Ecinberg, C. 

 L. Washburn, P. J. Hauswirth and wife, 

 E. C. Amling. Edgar Sanders, C. A. Sam- 

 )ielson, Adam Zender, F. F. Benthey, G. 

 H. Pieser, A. L. Vaughan. H. S. Harnian, 

 H. Wietor, Geo. Garland, Wm. Kroe- 

 schell, W. N. Rudd, Anton Then, F. 

 Bahr, E. A, Kanst, J. S. Wilson, W. L. 



New Carnation Harry Fenn. 



[Two-thirds Natural Size.] 



exhibit of carnation Mrs. E. A, Nelson, 

 and roses. 



Honorable mention to W. J. & JI. S. 

 Vcsey, Ft. Wayne, Ind., for a flne vare 

 of Lawson carnations. 



John Hartje, Indianapo'is. was highly 

 commended for an excellent lot .f Crock- 

 er and Jubilee carnations, 



Koncrable mention was given E, H. 

 Hunt, Chicago, for a fine display ol 

 florists" supplies. The J. W. Sefton Mig. 

 Co., Chicago, highly commended for dis- 

 play of cut flower boxes. Excelsior 

 Wire Works, Indianapolis, honorable 

 mention for wire flower stands. 



In their report the judges made sev- 

 eral recommendations, as follows: 



First — There should be a superintend- 



Palinsky, F, Fischer, J. C, Vaughan, M. 

 Barker," C. Sehweigert, G. L. Grant, E. 

 Buettner, Geo, Weiland, W. G. Earle, J. 

 B. Amphlett, A. Hills, Wm. Trillow, 

 Chicago; E. G. Gillett, F. Huntsman, A, 

 Sunderbruch, J. A. Peterson, Wm. Mur- 

 phv, W. K. Partridge, E. Witterstaetter, 

 S.'Kuhn, J. W. Rogers, F. Ciller, Geo. 

 S, Bartlett, F, W, Ball, W. A. Proctor, 

 J, B. Allan, Ben George, W. A, Wliitte- 

 her, F, Gear, Cincinnati; G, A. Rack- 

 ham, H, Schroeter, R. Klagge, G. 

 Taepke, Phil. Brcitmeyer, F. Holznagle, 

 E. Beard, J. F. Sullivan, Detroit; Adam 

 Graham, G. M. Naumann, H. A. Hart. 

 Guv Bate, S, N. Pentecost, Isaac Ken- 

 nedV, F, R. Williams, G. W. Smith, A, 

 Schmitt, Cleveland; E. G. Hill, J. A. 



Evans, F, Lemon, V. D, Grave, Chas. 

 Knopf, B. Schroeder, E. A. Fulle, J. H. 

 Fulle, Richmond, Ind.; H. G. Berning 

 and wife, F. M. Ellis, St. Louis; Henry 

 Smith, G. F. Crabb, W. Hannah, Geo. A, 

 Hannah, Grand Rapids, Mich.; J, S. 

 Stuart, J. A. E. Haugh, Anderson, Ind.; 

 F. Dorner, F. E, Dorner and wife, A. 

 Pahud, Lafavette, Ind.; S. S. Skidelskv, 

 51. Reukauf, C. L. Waveren, Philadel- 

 phia ; E. Hippard, John Walker, 

 Youngstown, O. ; P. Weiland, M, Heller, 

 L. A. Jennings, New- Castle, Ind.; James 

 Hartshorne, J, D. Thompson, Geo, D. 

 Cobb, Joliet, 111.; Albert M. Herr and 

 wife, Lancaster, Pa. ; S. Alfred Baur, 

 Erie, Pa.; F. Burki. H. L. Blind, J. M. 

 Frederick, F, Hinkel, Pittsburg; W. R. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.: H. Heiril, 

 Jacksonville, 111.: H, Weber, Wm, 

 Weber, Oakland, ild.; W. J. Vesev, M, 

 S. Vesey, Ft, Wayne, Ind.; S. F. 

 Stephens, P, Sinclair, Columbus, O. ; A. 

 Montgomery, Jr., Natick, Mass.; L. L. 

 Lamborn, Alliance, O. ; L. Van Leeuwen, 

 Holland; J. A. Valentine, Denver; Etta 

 J. Nott, Charleston, 111.; W. F, Law, 

 Shelbyville, Ind,; Jno. Wunderlie, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. ; E. Gingrich, South Bend, 

 Ind.; A, Rasmussen, New Albany, Ind.; 

 Wm. Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo.; .T. 

 C. Rennison, Sioux City, la.; C. W. 

 Johnson, Rockford, 111.: "W, E. Kemble, 

 Oskaloosa, la,; Geo. M. Kelloag, Pleas- 

 ant Hill, Mo.: L. Ullrich, Tiffin, 0.; D. 

 C. Noble, Columbia City, Ind,; A, C, 

 Brown, Springfield, 111.;' H. P. Smith, 

 Piqua, 0.; C, P, Dudley, Parkersburg, 

 W. Va.; Geo. Blackman, Evansville, 

 Ind.; A. G. Boehringer, Bay City, Mich.; 

 n. W. Goetz, Saginaw, Mich.; .John Bell, 

 Franklin, Pa.; Jno. L. Wyland, De 

 Haven, Pa.: W. Jackson, Glendale, 0.; 

 A. M, York, Hancock, Mich.; G, A. 

 Washburn, Bloomington, 111,; J. D, Im- 

 lay, Zanesville, 0,;"E. McConnell, Sha- 

 ron, Pa.; B, D. Kapteyn, Sassenheim; 

 Jnor Sleepers, Hillegom: E. E. Bissell, 

 Marion, Ind.; .John Merkel, Jlentor, 0.; 

 Wm. Scott, W, F. Kasting, D. B. Long, 



C. T. Guenther, Buff'alo; J. H. Dunlop, 

 W. Muston, Toronto, Ont. ; Edw. Dale, 

 Brampton, Ont. ; W. Gammage. London, 

 Ont.; Geo, A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111.: A. M, 



D. Myers, Bluffton, Ind.; N. Zweifel, 

 Milwaukee; H. M. Altick, Wm. Dilger, 

 Phil. Haas, Dayton, O.; A, C. Eott, 

 Bloomington, Ind.; Elmer D. Smith, 

 Adrian, Mich.; Jacob Schulz, Jos. Coc- 

 nen, C. H. Kunzman, A. R, Banner, Wm. 

 Mann, Louisville, Ky. ; G. A. Heinl, 

 Geo. Bayer, Toledo, O. ; Wm. Nicholson, 

 Franiingham, Mass. ; S. J. Renter, West- 

 erly, R, I.; M. A. Patten, Lowell. Mass,; 



E. N, Peirce, Waltham, Mass.; Wm. Sim, 

 Cliftondale, Mass,; C. Warburton, Fall 

 River, Mass,; C. H. Roney. Jamestown, 

 N. Y. ; Swan Peterson, Gibson City, 

 111.; L. E. Marquisee, Syracuse, N, Y. ; 

 Carl Hagenburger, P, Hagenburger, 

 West Mentor, O.: J, R, Goldman, Mid- 

 dletown, O. ; Thos. Windram, Ft. 

 Thomas. Ky, ; Jos. Carey, Mt. Clemens, 

 Mich.; T. J, Totten, T, J. Totten, Jr., 

 Saratoga, N, Y'. ; A. C. Anderson, Tip- 

 ton, Ind.; John Willius, Danville, 111.; 

 J. G. Heinl, L. Heinl, Terre Haute, Ind, ; 

 T, C. Joy, Nashville, Tenn.; C. L. Reese, 

 Springfield, 0.; J, B. Svvayne, Kennett 

 Square, Pa.; S. M. Harbison, Danville, 

 Ky. ; N. H. Gano, Martinsville, Ind. ; J. 

 D. Carmody, Evansville, Ind. 



The Sessions. 



A preliminary meeting was held Wed- 

 nesday morning to appoint judges, but 

 the real opening session was at 2:30 in 

 Uie afternoon. 



