November 20. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



887 



Specimen Chrysanthemum Plant at the Philadelphia Show. 



ill these coIiimn.s later, we will give only 

 brief descriptions now. 



For basket of chi-ysantliemums. John 

 ilangel was first with a superb handle 

 basket of very gracefully arrasged flow- 

 ers of mixed colors, the shades beauti- 

 fully blended. T. D. Moseonosotes was 

 second with a prettily arranged basket 

 of Golden Wedding. 



For basket of orchids, T. D. Moseono- 

 sotes was first with a large low basket 

 of Cattleya Percivalliana, arranged in 

 Adiantum Farleyense. E. G. Uihlein 

 was second with a handle basket of 

 mixed orchids, the handle being very 

 gracefully covered with small flowered 

 (incidiunis, etc. 



A. Lange's entry was a large low bas- 

 ket of Cypripedium Leeanum inter- 

 spersed with adiantum and mignonette. 



For bridal bouquet, A. Lange was 

 first with a bouquet of valley and a 

 shower of the delicate Asparagus decum- 

 bens, with sprays of valley in same. T. 

 ]). Moseonosotes was second with a bou- 

 quet of valley with a cluster of white 

 violets at the side. John Mangel's bou- 

 quet was of white roses and valley. A. 

 Lange's was of white sweet peas with 

 a shower of fine asparagus and peas. 



For bridesmaid's bouquet A. Lange 

 was first with a. bouquet of Blanche 

 Ferry sweet peas, with a shower of As- 

 paragus deeumbens and peas. T. D. 

 Moseonosotes was second with a bouquet 

 of Sunrise roses. Mangel's bouquet was 

 of La France roses. 



For vase of roses John !Mangel was 

 first with a handsome trumpet vase of 

 Beauties and T. D. Moseonosotes was 

 second with a similar vase. 



For basket of roses John Mangel was 

 first with a high handle basket contain- 

 ing two shades of pink, beautifully 

 blended. A. Lange was second with a 

 very tastefully arranged basket of Lib- 

 erty. 



For basket of carnations .Tohn Mangel 

 was first with a handle basket contain- 

 ing white and pink shades, and T. D. 

 Moseonosotes was second. 



For best arranged box of cut flowers 



John Mangel was first with an arrange- 

 ment of Chatenay roses, valley, 

 cypripediums and adiantums. T. I). 

 Moseonosotes was second with an ar- 

 rangement of Liberty roses, vallej-, vio- 

 lets, cypripediums and mignonette. 



Other Awards. 



The judges recommended the highest 

 award in the gift of the society to the 

 F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 for the new fern Xephrolepis Piersoni. 

 A gold medal was awarded the new yel- 

 low rose Franz Deegen, shown by the 

 South Park Floral Co. and Ernst Asmus. 



Notes. 



I-/iiger & Hurrell, Summit, X. J., made 

 a fine display of orchid plants in bloom. 



Aug. Jurgens displayed some bunches 

 of remarkably fine valley. 



The attendance was very satisfactory 

 in spite of several rainj' days and, the 

 rent not being so monumental as in re- 

 cent years, the society will probably 

 liave a comfortable balance on the right 

 side of the ledger. 



THE EXHIBITIONS. 



The largest and principal exhibitions 

 are over and are maWers of history to 

 those interested. Boston. Philadelphia 

 and some other cities have had their an- 

 nual displays, without any extra effort 

 or feature, which presumably have paid 

 their way, for in those large cities there 

 are true lovers of flowers sufficient to 

 patronize these annual functions where 

 no great expense is entailed. In cities of 

 from 200,000 to 400,000 people the prob- 

 lem is not yet solved, "How to hold a 

 financially successful chrysanthemum ex- 

 hibition on its own merits." Kansas 

 City is an entire except icm and no cri- 

 terion. Any other city of its size might 

 have done what Kansas City has done if 

 it had had the men and the pluck and 

 phenomenal enterprise to promote and 

 carry it through, but it is too late now. 

 It belongs entirely to a class of its own 

 and cannot be duplicated. 



The flood, Grecian art and philosophy, 

 the rise and decline of Rome, the battle 

 of Hastings, the commonwealth of Crom- 

 well, the rebellion of the thirteen states, 

 the battle of Waterloo, the truths of the 

 inferences of Charles Darwin and the 

 genius of a Taggart and a Thorpe mark- 

 epochs in the march of the world onward 

 and upward, so we will pass the Kansas 

 City show as phenomenal. If there were 

 many attempted to emulate it they could 

 not be successful, because the material 

 does not exist to support them. Still 

 one other, in the East, could surely be 

 carried out on the same broad and liberal 

 plans. Long may Kansas City be suc- 

 cessful in her great flower shows, al- 

 though it stretches our faith to believe 

 that it can be annually a great success 

 in a city or locality where the people, 

 with the exception perhaps of a very 

 small per cent, have no true love and 

 less knowledge of plants and flowers, and 

 the present spectacular success is surely 

 a fad which is liable to evaporate at any 

 time. 



The Madison Square exhibition in New 

 York, although not bringing out a quar- 

 ter of the exhibits that it should, was 

 yet a most artistic and beautiful exhibi- 

 tion and reflected the greatest credit on 

 the management, design and labor of the 

 committee in charge; but in the center of 

 Greater New York, with its three mil- 

 lions of people and its marvelous wealtli 

 and culture and material for an exhibi- 

 tion, within thirty miles equal to the 

 combined resources of the whole countr.y, 

 with all these great opportunities, the 

 result was enough to chill the soul of the 

 most ardent exhibition enthusiast. 



From what we hear of Chicago, it was 

 in all ways a success, not phenomenal or 

 spectacular, but a splendid exhibition, 

 and paid its way. They know how to 

 adverti.se in that great city; the wind 

 blows their handbills and utterances into 

 the uttermost parts of Illinois and ad- 

 jacent states. After traversing the great 

 chain of lakes we found one sticking to 

 a log on the shores of Goat Island, close 

 to the brink of Niagara. It was im- 

 pervious to water, being saturated witli 

 alcohol, and in large letters was printed, 

 "Dont fail to see Chicago's great Chrys- 

 anthemum Show." 



The convention of the American 

 Chrysanthemum Society added greatly 

 to the interest of the Chicago exhibition, 

 although it possibly made no perceptible 

 addition to the attendance. We deeply 

 regret that we could not lend our as- 

 sistance to the convention, if only with 

 our mute presence, and had we reason 

 to suspect that on returning home we 

 should have been presented with twin 

 baby girls, as was the majestic Emil 

 Buettner. we should have gone, even at 

 an}' sacrifice to the loss of a leg or the 

 balance of our hair. 



And now we have arrived at the point 

 for which these remarks have an excuse. 

 Some of you had the pleasure of hearing 

 the address of President Herrington. 

 All of you have an opportunity to read 

 it, andevery one of jou whose eyes are 

 not obscured by two large silver dollars 

 should read it. It is true that Mr. Her- 

 rington had the retrospective view of 

 several years to draw from and the fu- 

 ture was all his own, and he did it well. 

 It is comprehensive, earnest and has the 

 true ring of the lover of his profession 

 and his pets, of the horticulturist and 

 gardener, who delights in the produce of 

 his skill, and incidentally the revenue it 

 brings. 



To me bv far the most important part 

 of the address was that devoted to the 



