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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



November 20, 1902. 



The Board of Trade cup for best seed- 

 ling not disseminated excited the most 

 interest among the prizes. It was award- 

 ed to a seedling originated by Mr. Raw- 

 son, whicli may be described as follows: 

 Wliite tinted primrose, petals broad and 

 twisted, reflexed center, incurved, good 

 sized stem and foliage. It was grown 

 and exhibited by Mr. John Rudy and 

 may be named "Strathmont." 



William Paul Binder, of Rider, Md., 

 sent three blooms of Mrs. Harry V. 

 Casey, which is a very promising varie- 

 tv, beautiful pure light pink, broad pet- 

 als, reflexed, tips incurved and of good 

 size. 



From Nathan Smith & Son came a col- 

 lection of tlieir splendid old and new 

 varieties, including among others the 

 great prize winner, F. J. Taggart; the 

 fine red bronze, Edgar Sanders: the 

 beautiful yellow, Mrs. J. J. Glessner; 

 Bentley and Merza. 



R. Vincent, Jr. & Son, of Wliite 

 Marsh, Md., sent a large and interest- 

 ing collection of pompons. 



Tlie exhibit from the Strathmont green- 

 houses of Hon. J. S. Fassett sliowed the 

 intelligent, liberal interest of that gen- 



mums, good roses. Prosperity and Law- 

 son carnations' and some well-developed 

 plants of celestial pepper, Chinese lan- 

 tern plant and various solanums. 



Fred La France and Geo. Backer ex- 

 hibited some good carnations of several 

 varieties, and Emerson Orvis some 

 chrysanthemum plants and cut flowers 

 and carnations. 



Robert Leavitt displayed his flowers 

 and decorative material in a neat and 

 attractive booth. 



The success of the exhibition is due 

 very largely to the busy labors of the 

 secretary. Miss Flora Swift, and her 

 able assistants, who are to be sincerely 

 congratulated on the result of their ef- 

 forts. H. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Society of Indiana Florists lield 

 its fall exhibition at the State House 

 on the 12th. The exhibits were not as 

 extensive as they miglit have been, but 

 the room was well fllled and the quality 

 was very good. The public was invited 

 free and a good many people vieweil the 

 show. 



Benthey & Co.'s First Prize Vase of One Hundred Brides at the Chicago Show. 



tleman and the able care of the gardener, 

 John B. Rudy. Among the large number 

 of varieties staged the most notable in 

 this exhibit were Timothy Eaton, Gal- 

 vat 99, a new French white, a beautiful 

 English pink variety called Mrs. Barks- 

 dale, Jessie Cottee, Thomas Carrington, 

 also a fine vase of Liberty roses, some 

 violets and seedling carnations. 



The best of H. N. Hoffman's exhibits 

 were some very large Timothy Eaton 

 and Col. Appleton mums, a vase of 100 

 Kstelle carnations of large size and deep, 

 rich color, and some well developed 

 plants of cyclamen in full bloom. 



Grove P. Rsvwson had an attractive 

 exhibit filling iwo tables, the most no- 

 ticeable being Col. Appleton, Lady Han- 

 ham, Idavan, Orizaba and Philadelphia 



The exhibitors were mostly local, 

 with the exception of Messrs. Stuart & 

 Haugh, of Anderson, and the South 

 Paik Floral Co., of New Castle. A cer- 

 tificate of merit was awarded to Mr. H. 

 W. Rieman for a vase of a seedling mum 

 called "Adella." It is of Robinson form 

 and general appearance, but it is not 

 troubled with the weak neck which so 

 often ruins Mrs. Robinson. Tliis va- 

 riety is sure to make a grand commer- 

 cial sort, as Mr. Rieman says it is a 

 very easy doer. He also showed several 

 other seedlings of decided merit and a 

 vase of his silver medal white "Majes- 

 tic," which is a grand thing. 



Baur & Smith had on exhibition a 

 fine lot of carnation seedlings, among 

 winch were several striking ones. Be- 



atrice is apparently a Dorothy of Day- 

 break shade and- should make a good 

 commercial sort. John Mitchel, a fine 

 large white; The News, a fine large 

 scarlet; Fascination, a large Daybreak 

 shade, and (Jherry Ripe, of Leslie Paul 

 color; all attracted much attention. The 

 largest carnation blooms in the hall 

 were of a white seedling called ]\Ion- 

 strosum, the blooms of which weie over 

 3J inches. They also showed Mrs. Law- 

 son, E. Crocker and Crane in good 

 shape, and three vases of mums — Eaton, 

 Mary Hill and a small pure white of 

 their own. 



Ilerteimann Bros, filled up a table with 

 banked up back of it and made the pret- 

 tiest display in the room. Their tables 

 always have many novelties not often 

 seen, such as orchids of various kinds 

 and rare ferns. Their Begonia Lor- 

 raine and cyclamen are unusually fine 

 this year. 



E. A. Nelson. filled a table with mums, 

 carnations, roses, Boston ferns, cycla- 

 men and Gl. de Lorraine, all of which 

 were well grown and made a good 

 show. 



John Hartje had a nice lot of carna- 

 tion seedlings and as usual they at- 

 tracted much attention. John has g»me 

 good whites which should be heard from 

 soon. He also showed a large vase of 

 Appleton which were good. 



E. Huckreide & Son showed six vases 

 of well grown mums and a fine lot of 

 market plants in and 8-inch pots, be- 

 sides some fine single stem plants. All 

 these were very fine. 



Wm. Glaubke showed thi'ee fine plants 

 in 6-inch pots which were wonderful 

 for that size pot. Also a vase of the 

 old Diana, which brought back memo- 

 ries of olden times when this and old 

 Kioto and CuUingfordii were the main 

 stand-bys in the mum line. 



The Young & Smith Co. showed a fine 

 lot of violets, for which they have be- 

 come famous, and justly so, as their 

 blooms are hard to beat. They seldom 

 have any surplus. 



Mr. Stuart came down from Anderson 

 with a grand lot of mums, roses and 

 carnations. His Eaton and Appleton 

 were grand. The roses were Brides, 

 Maids and Golden Gates and tlie rarn-i- 

 tions were Law.son and Avondale, all 

 of wliich were of extra high quality. 



The South Park Floral C^o., of Neiv 

 Castle, sent down a vase of the new- 

 rose Franz Deegen, which were very 

 good, though not so good as 1 have 

 seen them. This ought to make a goo<l 

 commercial sort and if it holds up well 

 all winter it Avill have a good sale, as a 

 gi;od yellow rose is wanted badly. 



There were no certificates awarded 

 on tarnations, because we always have 

 :i show piinci])ally of cirnations in 

 Januaiy and they show their true char- 

 iicter better then. 



Phil Conway showed a fine vase of 

 I'.iiMii.nfVon mums. A. B. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Following are the reports of the com- 

 mittees judging seedlings, sports and 

 new importations: 



Boston, Nov. 10.— The E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., exhibited Dr. Oronbya- 

 tekha, sport of Timothy Eaton, light 

 yellow, .Japanese, incurved, which 

 scored 91 points both commercial and 

 exhibition scales. T. D. Hatfield, Wel- 

 lesley, Mass., exhibited a sport of Ori- 

 ental Glory, yellow, tinged apricot, 



