NOVEMBEU 20. 1002. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



885 



View of Main Hall at the PbiladeTpbia Show. 



twpnty-five blooms and one plant of the same 

 variety, for the "Craig Prize." a Silver Cup.— 

 Awarded to Dailledouzp Bros. 



Display of not loss than four vases, four va- 

 -rieties. twenty-five hluonis each. — First, Wm. 

 Kleinheinz; second, Juhn Little. 



Vase of tu'enty lilonms. pinlc. — First, Wm. 

 Eleinheiuz; seeond, Krnst Sohreiber. 

 VIOLETS AND TANSIES. 



Violets, bunch of one hundred blooms, Princess 

 <tf \^'m1i's. — First, Herman Zimnier; second, R. 

 JI. Lisenhart. 



Vi«»lets. bunch of one hundred blooms, Lady 

 Hume Campbell. — First. W. Courteney Pray; 

 second. R. M. Eiseuhart. 



Bunch of one hundred blooms, Luxonne. — 

 First, Aicher & Gillmet; second. R. M. Eisen- 

 ■hart. 



Bunch of one hundred blooms, any other va- 

 riety. — First, W. C. Pray; second, Aicher & 

 CiDinet. 



Pansies, o'.to hundred blooms, not less than 

 twenty-four varieties. — First. Knott & Potter. 

 SPECIAL PRIZES. 



Special priv.e for best plant in the exhibition 

 to Thos. Lonff. for large specimen fern. 



Silver medul for best palm or cycad in tlie 

 «xhil>ition to John Thatcher, for Cyeas eircinalis. 



Silver medal for best chrysanthemum plant 

 an the exhibition to Wm. Robertson, for Chrys- 

 -anthemum Brutus. 



Silver medal for the best foliage plant in the 

 exhibition to John Thatcher, for Maranta Ma- 

 ioyaria. 



Silver medal for the best fern in the eshi- 

 4)ition. to Th'is. Lung. 



Silver medal to Joseph Hurley, for a collec- 

 tion of two hundred and fifty varieties of cacti 

 and succulents. 



Gold medal to F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown. 

 3^. Y., for Nephrolepis Piersoni. 



Silver medal to Joseph Hurley for a collection 

 of fifty varieties of crotons. 



Gold medal to Thos. Long, for display of 

 ten spec! men ferns. 



Silver medal to Alphonse Pericat. gardener 

 to Mrs. Geo. B. Wilsuu. for a collection of new 

 Tarieties of cypripediums. 



Silver medul to Robert G. Carey, gardener to 

 Edward Trotter Price, for a new yellow chrys- 

 anthemum. 



Silver medal to E. G. Asmus, West Hoboken, 

 N. J., fnr nnw yellow rose FranK Deegen. 



Special premium to Joseph C. Schweida. gnrd- 

 «ner to Blum Bros., for standard chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



Special premium to Thos. Holland, gardener 

 "to Lincoln Godfrey. Esq., for special trained 

 -chrysanthemums. 



Special premium tn Jjimes Bell, for standard 

 <hrysantbemums. 



Certificate of merit to Henry A. Dreer, Phil- 

 adelphia, for Pandanus Sanderi, 



Certificate of merit to August Zitzewitz, for 

 ericas and Asplenium Nidiosoris. 



Certificate of merit to Edward Cos, for Cat- 

 tleya labiata. 



Certificate of merit to John Thatcher, for 

 specimen Eiif-a. 



Certificate of merit to Manson M. Roberts, 

 for two Boston ferns. 



Certificate of merit to Jacob Becker, for 

 new rose Ideal. 



Certificate of merit to Robt. Craig & Son. 

 for new chrysanthemum H. E. Richardson. 



Certificate of merit to Mr. Leo. Uaeu, for 

 basket of Blue Peter potatoes. 



Certificate of merit to W. Atlee Burpee & 

 Co.. for display of pumpkins and squashes. 



Certificate of merit to John Thatcher, for 

 new (lowering Begonia "Coral." 



Silver medal to J. D. Thompson Carnation 

 Co.. for new carnation Enchantress. 



Silver medal to John Gay nor. gardener to 

 John Wana maker, for group of foliage and 

 Howeriug plants. 



FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS. 



Plateau of chrysanthemums. — First. Albert W. 

 Rieder. 



Diiiiier table decorations. — First, Hugh Gra- 

 ham. 



Handle basket of flowers. — First, W. H. 

 Reidcr. 



BUFFALO. 



The event that overshadowed all else 

 floiit.'iiltnraUy this past Aveek was the 

 H. A. Meldriim Company Department 

 Store show of chrysanthemums. This 

 firm is young in years, but overflowing 

 with energj- and enterprise, and as a re- 

 sult is developing and evoluting far be- 

 yond its older rivals. When first I 

 heard of the idea it struck me as a solu- 

 tion of the flower show problem. Of 

 course, the local club should be able to 

 hold an exhiljition of its own, and has 

 done so on several occasions, but always 

 to the great pecuniary loss of tlie half 

 dozen men who have done all the work, 

 sacrificed their plants and ferns and then 

 gone deep into their pockets to pay the 

 fiddler. Glory is a pleasant sensation 

 when it does not come too high, and 



you are not glorifying the men who 

 haven't raised a finger to help, or even 

 given the affair their moral support. 



So this enterprising firm has given 

 thousands of our citizens a fine show of 

 chrysanthemum blooms. It brougnt 

 crowds to their store. They estimated 

 that 15,0(X) people visited the show on 

 the last day alone. Tlieir sales went 

 thousands of dollars above their normal 

 business. The florists received in pre- 

 miums a handsome price for their flow- 

 ers. So I cannot see but that all parties 

 are to be congratulated and happy over 

 the result. As evidence that the firm 

 was pleased with this initial attempt, 

 they have already announced that they 

 will increase the amount of premiums 

 next year fourfold, and will ofTer some 

 prizes that will induce the best chrys- 

 anthemum and rose growers in the coun- 

 try to make exhibits. The premium list 

 was very short and simple — only fifteen 

 classes and three prizes for each class. 

 There were five classes for designs — a 

 basket, a plateau, a wreath, a spray and 

 an original design. They were all very 

 good in their way, but it is doubtful if 

 they could not be dispensed with without 

 any loss to the attraction. Anything 

 suggestive of a funeral, as a wreath or 

 a spray, has no place in a flower show. 

 They may appeal to some warped minds, 

 but to those of good taste they are 

 vulgar. 



The E. G. Hill Company sent a vase 

 of the beautiful Marie Liger. but it was 

 a little past its best and the judges could 

 not see its worth. This firm also sent a 

 vase of Richardson, a lovely pink of the 

 ^laud Dean type, but much brighter in 

 color. Nathan Smith & Son sent 25 

 Idooms in 25 varieties. They were a fine 

 lot and among them were many beauti- 

 ful flowers. The remainder were all 



