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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



February 27, 1902. 



There was perhaps no variety shown 

 more extensively that Mrs. Lawson, of 

 which there were several vases of fine 

 blooms, and it carried off nearly all the 

 premiums in its class. The large vases 

 shown by Bassett & Washburn and by 

 H. W. IJuekbee were very fine indeed. 

 Prosperity was also very much in evi- 

 dence and all were fine blooms, but it 

 is too bad the stem is not a trifle 

 stronger. In red, Estelle was most ex- 

 tensively shown, and it captured most 

 of the premiums, except in the class for 

 100 scarlet, which was won by a mag- 

 nificent vase of Chicago shown by Bas- 

 sett & Washburn. They were the finest 

 blooms of that variety that I have ever 

 seen. 



In white Norway took the best pre- 

 mium anda finevase it was, by H. Weber 

 & Son. E. G. HilPs Lorna was very fine 

 also, as was also a vase of White Cloud. 

 Mrs. Bradt was the leading standard 

 variegated. A very fine vase of Gov. 

 Roosevelt, by E. G. Hill, looked very fine. 

 Tliere were a few vases of Ethel Croelser 

 which were very fine and I was glad 

 to see that it does well with some grow- 



Golden Beauty, shown by the E. G. Hill 

 Company. E. T. Grave showed a vase 

 of 100 very fine blooms of Dorothy, and 

 the E. G. Hill Company had a bunch of 

 fifty fine blooms. H. Weber & Son put 

 up a vase of 100 GJenevieve Lord, which 

 had a much better color than I had ever 

 seen before. We were glad to see a 

 vase full of our old friend and standby. 

 Flora Hill, and it was as good as any 

 only the stems were a little shorter than 

 the winners. 



There were two vases of Princess of 

 Wales \-iolets wliich were the finest I 

 ever saw; they came from William 

 Sim, Cliftondal'e, Mass. J. G. Heinl, of 

 Terre Haute, sent a fine bunch of white 

 lilac. 



All the Indianapolis boys were proud 

 of the show and the general satisfac- 

 tion expressed by all with the accommo- 

 dations, and feel well repaid for their 

 work during the past year in connection 

 with the convention and exhil)itioii. Our 

 most sanguine hopes were fully realized 

 and now we hope that the next show 

 will excel this one as much as this 

 one excelled all former exhibitions. 



tion Co. and several others had received 

 their flowers in time to compete, tlie ex- 

 hibition would have been far ahead both 

 in quantity and quality of any previous 

 similar occasion. The snow storm which 

 visited New York City and neighborhood 

 will not account for the many vexatious 

 delays, and every effort should be made 

 that this should not occur again. 



It gives you the headache (if at all 

 subject to it) pondering on what are the 

 best varieties to grow, and new aspi- 

 rants come along in such numbers that 

 we get bewildered. There is one thihg 

 sure and it is sound advice. If you are 

 growing any variety with success and 

 find it profitable don't discard it for an 

 apparently larger flower till you have 

 proven that you can grow the new one. 

 In the standard varieties there were 

 some grand vases. Still the judges in 

 their wisdom saw fit to witlihold the 

 first prize to some very fine flowers. In 

 the scoring for certificat-es we should be 

 most con.servative, as the careless award 

 of a certificate may mislead many, but 

 in competition it is entirely different 

 and the prize is given simply "for the 



W[iUv Cloud. 



Flowers Shown at Indianapolis Last Wetk. 



ers as well as w'ith ourselves. Our own 

 vase of Elma was very much admired, 

 but not near as much as was the bunch of 

 plants growing at our greenhouses. 

 Stuart & Haugii showed a nice vase of 

 their Avondale. 



Gunnar Teilmann put up a nice vase 

 of fifty Crane, which was the only vase 

 of that variety shown, besides the one 

 in Bassett & Washburn's collection, 

 which was by far the best collection of 

 blooms of standard varieties in the hall. 

 The varieties were Prosperity, Chicago, 

 Mrs. Bradt, Marquis, Gold Nugget, 

 Lorna, Lawson, Maceo, Norway, White 

 Cloud, Crane, Morning Glory, Flora 

 Hill and Mrs. James Dean. 



W. K. Partridge's collection, which cap- 

 tured the Proctor vase, contained the 

 following varieties: Norway, Chicago, 

 E. Crocker, Mrs. Joost, Melba, Crane, 

 Prosperity, Roosevelt, America, W. 

 Cloud, Dorothy, Gomez and Mrs. Bradt. 

 H. W. Buekbee showed good vases of 

 America and Jubilee, besides his fine 

 vase of Lawson. William Nicholson 

 showed a nice vase of Eldorado, which 

 looked quite up-to-date, but the pret- 

 tiest yellow in the hall was a vase of 



There are many fine new varieties now 

 in their second and third year that will 

 in time displace all the leaders of to- 

 day, and the grower who wishes to stay 

 at the front must purchase them as they 

 are introduced, just as he has done in 

 the past. That there is much room for 

 improvement could be seen on all sides 

 and not a variety in the hall but could 

 be improved in some way, although the 

 s)iecimens shown were the most perfect 

 ever shown of their kind. We want an 

 Enquirer bloom that does not burst its 

 calyx, \^'e want an Alba bloom on a 

 Lorna stem. We want an America with 

 the color of Adonis, and so on down the 

 list until the whole carnation family is 

 completely revolutionized. Yes, it will 

 come some day, but it will take lots of 

 hard work and practice. 



A. F. J. Baub. 



AS I VIEWED THEM. 



Other pens more official than mine 

 have given you a list of the varieties 

 shown and the result of the competitions 

 for premiums at Indianapolis. It was 

 a grand display and if Messrs. Fisner, 

 Marquisee, Ward, The Chicago Carna- 



best," which means the best exhibited in 

 competition with other exhibits in that 

 class, and in my opinion only when the 

 exhibit is very indifferent should the 

 premium be withheld. If this is going 

 to be the practice it will .scare off many 

 would be exhibitors. I noticed scarcely 

 an exhibit on the tables but what was 

 worthy of a prize had there not been 

 better pitted against them. 



Norway and Lorna showed up fine. 

 It seems Lorna will surely displace 

 White Cloud; it is grand in every way. 

 Camelliaflora is another fine white. Mr. 

 Hartshorne's seedling 101 is also a very 

 fine white and received a certificate. In 

 pink the vase of Enquirer was in ap- 

 pearance perfection, but can anyone but 

 Mr. Witterstaetter grow it? And then 

 he needs the services of a man milliner 

 to fix up the flowers. Cressbrook did 

 not show up quite as finely as at Balti- 

 more. Ethel Crocker was in good form 

 but there are others. There was a fine 

 vase of Nelson, but we have seen better 

 flowers of this variety. It is a good one 

 and I believe will find a place with all 

 growers. Dorothy was in fine form; 

 although it may not be considered the 



