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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



November 6, 1902. 



THE KANSAS CITY SHOW. 



Upon entering the Convention Hall at 

 Kansas City one is greeted by the bril- 

 liant display of red, white, blue and 

 green. Hundreds of flags draped from 

 the wall and balconies form a grand 

 sight. Ropings of wild smilax are fes- 

 tooned from the ceiling, while hundreds 

 of miiaiature electric lights are inter- 

 mingled with the roping. The elaborate- 

 ness of the decoration must be seen to 

 be appreciated, the decoration surpassing 

 all other years in novelty of design and 

 the success with which it has been car- 

 ried out. 



At the farthest end of the hall is 

 stretched a canvas, upon which is rep- 

 resented the house and grounds at Mt. 

 Vernon. From these historic grounds 

 broad steps lead down into an old fash- 

 ioned garden, laid out in small geometric 

 designs, and enclosed by a four foot 

 hedge of evergreens, as they are at the 

 real Mt. Vernon. On the upper terrace 

 are a number of plants loaned from the 

 National Conservatory by President 



When illuminated the yellmv lights give 

 a beautiful golden effect among the sear- 

 let salvia. The night display was beau- 

 tiful and. the orchestra played the "Star 

 Spangled Banner." The play of lights 

 was grand and brought out hearty ap- 

 plause from the public. 



Ovring to sickness or some other de- 

 tention Mr. Lonsdale and Mr. Young 

 were unable to attend and act as judges, 

 which was a great disappointment to 

 the management. Mr. Kanst acted as 

 judge for cut flowers mostly, and some 

 assistance was extended him by other 

 florists. But the judging was necessa- 

 rily very much delayed. 



The competition was remarkably 

 strong and from six to eight entries in 

 a class. Following are the awards up 

 to time of writing. 



The Awards. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM BLOOMS. 



Twenty-five blooms, white, four entries, 1st, 

 $20, E. *T. Grave, Rielimond. Ind., witll Eaton; 

 2nd. $15, Nathan .Smith & .Son. Adrian, Mich., 

 with Mrs. II. A. Constable; 3d. $10, Samuel 

 Sliirra.v, Kansas City, with Eatuu. 



Lager & Hurrell's Display of Orchids at the New York Show. 



Roosevelt. On the newel posts of the 

 stairs and landing are immense tub,s 

 with line specimens of Boston fern. On 

 either side of the garden are raised airy 

 pavilions, white as ivory, over which 

 runs a delicate tracery of wild smilax. 

 In the general decoration there are four 

 hundred flags six by ten feet in size, 

 draped in fan shape in three rows around 

 the building below each gallery. In the 

 vaulting are six flags eighteen by forty 

 feet, pendant in fan shape, while two 

 immense flags twenty by forty made of 

 bunting, extend horizontally across the 

 ceiling, and they are set with jewels of 

 about 900 incandescent lights. There are 

 6,000 electric lights used in the illumina- 

 tion and decoration of the hall. 



There are two large pyramids of salvia 

 plants, that are 25 feet long and 16 feet 

 liigh and about 16 feet wide. These pyr- 

 amids contain about 700 boxes with four 

 jilants to the box, and are built to just 

 fit the exact space for each box and 

 spacing. The whole was surmounted by 

 a bouquet of white incandescent lamps. 

 And all through the plants were a num- 

 ber of electric lights covering the banks. 



Twenty-five blooms, yellow, nine entries. 1st. 

 $2(1. W. J. & M. S. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 with Appleton; 2nd, $16, H. W. Buckbee, Rock- 

 ford, 111., with Appleton. 



Twenty-five blooms, pink, three entries, Ist, 

 $211, Chicago Carnation Co., Jollet, 111., with 

 Morel; 2nd, $15. H. Weber & Sons. Oakland. 

 Md., with Orizaba; 3d. $10, H. W. Buckbee, 

 with Mrs. Coombes. 



Twentv-five blooms, red, three entries, 1st, 

 $20, Nathan Smith & Son, with Childs; 2nd, 

 $15, H. W. Buckbee, with Childs; 3d, $10, E. 

 G. Hill Co.. also with Childs. 



Twenty-five blooms, any other color, three 

 entries. 1st. $20. H. W. Buckbee, with Car- 

 rington; 2nd, $15. Nathan Smith & Son, with 

 Lady Anglesea; 3d, $lo, E. G. Hill Co., with 

 Lady Hanham. 



Twentv-five blooms, one variety, reflexed, 1st. 

 $20. E. "g. Hill Co., with Yanariva; 2nd, $15. 

 Chicago Carnation Co.. with Morel; 3d, $10. 

 H. W. Buckbee, with Lady Anglesea. 



Twentv-five blooms, one variety. Incurved, 1st, 

 $20; Nathan Smith & Son. with Philadelphia; 

 2nd. $15. Gunnar Teilmann, Marion, Ind., with 

 Bonnafton; 3d, $10, H. W. Buckbee, with Ap- 

 pleton. 



Six blooms, white, 1st, $5, Nathan Smith & 

 Son, with Alice Byron; 2nd. $3, Samuel Murray; 

 3d. $2. E. T. Grave, with Eaton. 



Six blooms, yellow, seven entries, 1st, $5, E. 

 G. Hill Co., with Appleton; 2nd, .$3, H. W. 

 Buckbee, with Appleton; 3d, $2, W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey, also «-ith Appleton. 



Six blooms, pink, nine entries, 1st, $5, E. G. 

 Hill Co.; 2nd, $3, Nathan Smith & Son; 3d, $2. 

 H. W. Buckbee. 



Six Ijlooms, red, six entries, 1st, $5, E. G. 



Hin Co.;-2D(t. $3, Chicago Carnation Co. ; 3d, 

 $2, H. W. Buckbee. 



Six blooms, any other color, six entries, Ist, 

 $5, H. W. Buckbee; 2nd, $3. A. F. Barbe, Kan- 

 sas City; 3d. $2. Nathan Smith & Son. 



Six blooms, one variety, reflexed, six entries, 

 1st, $5, H. W. Buckbee; 2nd, $3, Vaughan's 

 Seed Store; 3d, $2, Nathan Smith & Son. 



Six blooms, one variety, incurved, seven en- 

 tries, Ist. $5. E. G. Hill Co.; 2nd. $3, Nathan 

 Smith & Son; 3d. .$2, Vaughan's Seed Store. 



Collection of pompons, 1st, $8, Nathan Smith 

 & Son; 2nd, $6, Vaughan. 



Twelve anemone, 1st, $5, Nathan Smith & 

 Son. 



Vase of 100 blooms, any variety, four entries, 

 1st. $75, E. G. Hill Co., for a fine vase of the 

 new pink chrysanthemum Mile. Marie Liger; 

 2nd, $50, H. W. Buckbee, for a fine vase of Ap- 

 pleton; 3d, $25, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, also with 

 Appleton; 4th, E. T. Grave, with Eaton. 



AMERICAN BEADTIES. 



This was the only rose competition on the 

 first day and the big prizes attracted much at- 

 tention as well as the fine display. The fitst 

 prize, $150, was won by Peter Reinberg, Chi- 

 cago; 2nd. $100, to Benthey & Co., Chicago; 

 3d, $75, to South Park Floral Co., New Castle, 

 Ind. ; 4th, $00, to Reinberg & Weiland, New Cas- 

 tle, Ind. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS. 



Specimen plant, white, 1st, $20, Samuel Mur- 

 ray; 2nd, $12, H. W. Buckbee; 3d, $8, Rocfc- 

 Heite Floral Co. 



Specimen yellow, 1st, $20, Rock-Helte; 2nd, 

 $12, H. W. Buckbee; 3d, $8. Samuel Murray. 



Specimen pink, 1st, $20, Rock-Heite; 2nd, $12. 

 H. W. Buckbee; 3d, $8. Samuel Murray. 

 « Specimen red, Ist, $2U, Samuel Murray; 2nd, 

 $12, H. W. Buckbee; 3d, $8, Vaughan. 



Specimen any other color. 1st. $20, H. W. 

 Buckbee; 2nd, $12. Samuel Murray. 



Specimen standard, white, 1st. $12, Vaughan; 

 2nd, $8. S. Murray; .3d, $6, H. W. Buckbee. 



Specimen standard, yellow, 1st. $12, Vaughan; 

 2nd. $8, Rock-Heite; 3d, $6, S. Murray. 



Specimen standard, pink, 1st, $12, H. W. 

 Buckbee; 2nd, $8, Vaughan. 



Specimen standard, red, 1st, $12. Vaughan. 



Specimen standard, any other color, 1st, $12, 

 H. W. Buckbee. 



Six specimen plants, six varieties, 1st, $25, 

 Samuel Murray; 2nd, $15, H. W\ Buckbee. 



Grafted plant. 1st, $20. Vauglmn; 2ud, $15, R. 

 Mueller; 3d. $10, Rock-Heite. 



Group of plants to occupy 50 feet, lat, $40, 

 Samuel Murray; 2nd, $20, Vaughan; 3d, $10. 

 Rock-Heite. 



Group of pompons, 1st, $20, S. Murray; 2nd, 

 $15, Vaughan. 



Group of single and anemone, 1st, $20, S. 

 Murray; 2nd. $15, Vaughan. 



Two plants with twined stems, Ist, $15, 

 Vaughan; 2nd, .$10, W. L. Rock. 



Largest plant with smallest flowers, 1st, $15, 

 Vaughan. 



One plant, single flowered, Ist, $10, Vaughan. 



Thirty single stem, white, 1st, $25, H. W. 

 Buckbee; 2nd, $15, Vaughan. 



Thirty single stem, yellow, 1st, $25, Vaughan; 

 2nd, $15, S. Murray. 



Thirty single stem, in variety, 1st, $25, 

 Vaughan. 



Twenty bush plants in 10-inch pots, 1st, $20, 

 S. Murray. 



OTHER PLANTS. 



Group of begonias to occupy 75 square feet, 

 1st, $50, S. Murray. 



Twenty-five Begonia Lorraine, l&t, $15, 

 Vaughan. 



Ten specimen salvias, 1st, $10, S. Murray. 



Ten zonal geraniums, 1st, $13, S. Murray. 



Six cosmos, 1st. $25, S. Murray. 



Group of crotons, 1st. $20, W. L. Rock. 



Six araucarias, 1st, $20, S. Murray; 2nd, $12, 

 W. L. Rock. 



Six kentias, 1st, $20, W. L. Rock. 



Six Boston ferns, 1st. $20. S. Murray; 2nd, 

 $12, W. L, Rock; 3d, $8, A. F. Barbe. 



Twenty-five ferns, 1st, $20, A. F. Barbe. 



Two Asparagus Spreugeri, 1st, $10, W. L. 

 Rock. 



Group of palms to occupy 100 square feet, 1st, 

 $50. W. L. Rock; 2nd, $30, S. Murray; 3d, $20, 

 A. F. Barbe. 



Group decorative plants other than palms, 1st, 

 $50, S. Murray; 2nd, $30, W. L. Rock. 



Two grafted plants, any species, Ist, $30, 

 Robt. Mueller. 



Plants of sterling merit, gold medals to 

 Nephrolepis Plersoni and Pandanus Sanderi. 



CARNATIONS. 



In the carnation competition on the second 

 day the classes called for fifty blooms each, and 

 the prizes were uniformly $5. $3 and $2 each. 



Flora Hill, 1st, Peter Reinberg; 2nd, H. W. 

 Buckbee. 



White Cloud, 1st, W. J. & M. S. Vesey; 2nd, 

 H. W. Buckbee; 3d, Peter Reinberg. 



Norway, 1st, H. Weber & Sons; 2nd, Chicago 

 Carnation Co. : 3d. Peter Reinberg. 



Lorna. 1st, J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. 



Any other white, 1st, J. D. Thompson Carna- 

 tion Co.. with Gov. Wolcott; 2nd. H. Weber & 

 Sons, with theii- No. 43; 3d, W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey, with Alba. 



