NOVEMBEIt 13. 1002. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



829 



Two of the Vases of 100 Blooms at the Chicago Show. 



Salisbui}', Mine. Thirkell (both grand), 

 Mrs. Weeks, T. Caningtoii, !Meiza and 

 H. J. Jones. Mr. Herrington was given 

 second, his varieties being Merza, Ap- 

 pleton, Carrington. Chenon de Leehe, 

 Eaton, very line, and Jeannie Falconer. 



In the class for 18 flowers in 3 varie- 

 ties, Mr. Herrington was first with Ap- 

 pleton. Eaton and Mrs. Barclay, Peter 

 Dull' being a good second. 



For 12 flowers in 4 varieties A. Her- 

 rington was again first with Eaton, Ap- 

 pleton, Merza and Carrington, W. Duck- 

 ham running a good second with W. R. 

 Churcli as his conspicuous vase. 



For 10 white A. Herrington was first 

 witli Merza, Jefl'erson Dorenius being 

 second with the same variety. 



For 10 yellow VV. Duckham was first 

 witli Mabel Morgan, a beautiful English 

 variety, that will become a favorite with 

 everyone; A. Herrington was second with 

 Falconer. 



In class for 10 flowers of Eaton, A. 

 Herrington was easily first, F^ank Bur- 

 nett being second. 



For 10 Appletons A. Herrington was 

 again first, with W. Ihickham second. 



For 6 flowers, white, Peter Duff was 

 first with Merza, and George Bird second 

 with Mrs. Weeks. 



For (i yellow Alfred Coreu scored first 

 with a nice vase of Minerva. 



For Eaton H. L. Hand was first and 

 George Bird second. There were seven 

 competitors in this class. 



For Applcton, which also brought 

 out fine competition. Peter Duff got first, 

 Prank Burnett second. 



For fl any color Peter Duff was first, 

 with T. Carrington, H. L. Hand being 

 second. 



For a vase arranged with foliage the 

 president of the society, Mr. E. Kegan, 

 got a well merited first. 



The special prize for the largest flow- 

 er in the show was given to the secre- 

 tary, C. H. Atkins. Tliis was a rank 

 decision, and fraud and corruption on 

 the secretary's part is- openly charged. 



A recount of the votes may be neces- 

 sary before the prize is finally awarded. 

 The chief point at issue is where the 

 secretary got his flower. It is known 

 for a fact that he has not handled mums 

 for years. If the flower has been five 

 years growing, as claimed, its enormous 

 size may be accounted for. When meas- 

 ured by the judges it was 28 inches in 

 circumference, but as the evening ad- 

 vanced it had swelled to 41 inches, with 

 two districts yet to be heard from. Final- 

 ly a guard had to be placed over this 

 flower, as one lady attempted to take 

 it away, being under the impression 

 that it was a .lapanese screen. The va- 

 riety was Malcolm Smith, an Australian 

 importation, a freak of the first order, 

 due to early bud selection. 



Before leaving the mums, special men- 

 tion must be made of an exhibit of 50 

 named varieties set up by W. Duckham. 

 They were practically all novelties, and 

 many of them will possibly never see 

 the exhibition board again, but there 

 were some very fine varieties among 

 them. Florence ^lolyneux was the most 

 conspicuous, a splendid white on the 

 style somewhat of Eaton, but perfectly 

 finished in the center. 



Roses. 



The rose classes were well filled, and 

 considering the bad season, were of won- 

 derful quality. Competition was excel- 

 lent, running as high as twelve to fifteen 

 entries in many of the classes. 



For 18 Beauties L. A. Noe was first, 

 with Henry Hentz second. 



For 12 Beauties the order was re- 

 versed, Henry Hentz getting first and 

 L. A. Noe second. 



In 12 Bridesmaids Mr. Ryan was first, 

 David Shannon second, Henry Hentz 

 third. 



In 12 Brides the order ran, Hentz 

 first, Carl Holm, second. Noe third. 



In G Maids W. Ryan first and Joseph 

 Querncy second. 



In 6 Brides Henry Hentz first, with 

 Carl E. Holm second. 



Miscellaneous. 



There were some very fine carnations 

 staged, a variety. Glowworm, in C. W. 

 Ward's exhibit, being much admired. 



For 12 flowers each of 3 varieties, W 

 Duckham was first, with C. W. Ward 

 second. 



The violets were the best ever shown 

 in Madison, the first for 100 blooms 

 double going to Lyon & Strickland, Mil- 

 ton. N. Y.; J. Herzog second. 



For 100 singles H. L. Hand was first, 

 John Eraser second. 



For group of chrysanthemums in flow- 

 er with foliage plants, Mr. Hand was 

 first. 



For 3 specimen plants in flower, Peter 

 Duff got first with fine plants of A. J. 

 Balfour. Puritan and Walter Molatsch. 

 Mr. Duft' was also first for one speci- 

 men. 



The prize for single stems was won by 

 Mr. Hand; Peter Duff setting up a dozen 

 Merza as single stems, not for compe- 

 tition, that I have never seen equalled 

 for finish and perfection. 



The vegetable classes are always a 

 special feature here, and this year was 

 no exception. For a collection W. Duck- 

 ham was first. J. Eraser second. 



For 12 heads of celery, the prizes 

 were won by the same competitors in the 

 same order. 



For collection of apples first was won 

 by Mr. Brant. H. Hand second. 



Certificates of merit were awarded to 

 W. Duckham for 50 distinct varieties of 

 mums previously noted, and also for a 

 pair of Kentia Sanderiana. 



P. Duff was given a certificate for 

 tlie wonderful lot of single stem Merza 

 and F. R. Pierson Co. for its new fern. 

 A. Herrington for Gerbera Jamesoni, 

 John N. May for seedling pompons and 

 Lager & Hurrell for table of orchids. 



Not to trespass any longer on valuable 

 space. I will only add that the judges 

 were W. J. Stewart, of Boston ; A. J. 

 Loveless, gardener to John D. Sloan, 



