March 3. 1004. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



69? 



Ethel Ward.— Ward. 



nation Co.; ilrs. Patten, h\' the Tbonip- 

 son Co. 



Collection single blooms, Dorner & 

 Sons, first ; Weber & Sons, second. 



Silver cup for best vase of 100 En- 

 chantress, awarded to W. K. Partridge, 

 Lockland, O. 



Best 100 Harlowarden, \Veb(r & Sons. 



Best 12 blooms of undisseminated seed- 

 ling, premium divided between R. Witter- 

 staetter on No. 1000 A, pink, and Daille- 

 douze Bros., on No. 144, white. 



Silver cup for btst ilichigan seedling, 

 to J. A. Frueh for No. 115. 



Lawson gold medal, to Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., on Fiancee. 



Lawson silver medal, to H. Weber & 

 Sons, on Gov. Lowndes. 



Lawson bronze medal to E. G. Hill on 

 Adonis. 



S. A. F. silver medal to R. Witter- 

 staetter on The Cardinal. 



Sweepstakes for vases in the classes for 

 100 blooms, to Bassett & Washburn, on 

 Mrs. Lawson. 



Sweepstakes for vases in classes for 

 50 blooms to Breitmeyer's Sons on Gov. 

 Lowndes. 



The ."judges on seedlings for certificates 

 were E. H. Beard, P. J. Hauswirth and 

 Wm. Nicholson. The varieties scored 

 were as follows : 



For preliminary certificate C. W. 

 Ward's No. 303 scored 92 points. 



For certificates Eichmond Gem, shown 

 by the B. K. & B. Floral Co., scored 85 ; 

 Alarm, by J. A. Suydam, 82; Fred 

 Burki, by John Murehie, 88; Yorkston, 

 by J. E. Kraver, 70; Lieut. Pearv, bv 

 C. W. Ward, 85 ; J. E. Haines, by J. E. 

 Haines, 87; No. 77, by Haines, 69; Car- 

 dinal, bv B. Witterstaetter, 88; New 

 Daybreak, by Weber & Sons. 80 : No. 12, 

 white, by Swan Peterson, 70; No. 9, by 

 same exhibitor, 68 ; No. S, variegated, 

 by Vesey, 78 ; No. 4 ; pink, by same ex- 

 hibitor, 82; Red Lawson, bv W. J. Pal- 

 mer, 87. The poor condition in which 

 some of the varieties arriveel is account- 

 able for some of the low scores. Phyllis 

 and others were not scored at all. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



There were a number of meritorious 

 exhibits outside those passed on by the 

 judges. 



Baur & Smith, of Indianapolis, staged 

 200 Inclianapolis carnations which made 

 a splendid vase. It should have lictn en- 

 tered for the silver cup. 



Peter Reinberg, Chicago, staged a fine 

 vase of Uncle John rose, which made a 

 very favorable impression, and a vase of 



Chatenay which was a revelation to the 

 rose growers and retailers. It was ar- 

 ranged by P. J. Hauswirth. 



Jas. Taylor, Mt. Clemens, staged a 

 very good vase of Lawson ; it should have 

 been entered in the class for 100. 



Frank Holznagle showed a vase of 

 Brides and Maids of remarkable quality. 



Breitmeyer's Sons showed La Detroit 

 in such shape that it was constantly sur- 

 rounded by admirers. 



Geo. Hopp, of Grand Rapids, lad vio- 

 lets, ajid his new seedling rose. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, showed 

 Lorraine begonias, also a large-flowered 

 sport, and a very good strain of Prim- 

 ula obconiea. 



The F'. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, had 

 fine flowers of the White Lawson carna- 

 tion. 



Aug. Von Boeselager, ilt. Clemens, 

 sliowed good Morning Glory and Lawson 

 carnations, fine violets, anel superb sweet 

 pe.Ts. 



Wm. Sim, Cliftonelale, Mass., had fine 

 Princess of Wales violets and superb 

 Mont Blanc and Blanche Ferry sweet 

 peas. 



H. R. Carlton, Willoughby, O., showed 

 Gov. Herrick, a new violet which looks 

 good. 



The MacArthur rose was shown as 

 grown by Heller Bros., New Castle. 



The Moorehead steam trap was shown 

 in operation and was watched with much 

 iuteresi:. 



('. Lund. Wausau, Wis., had a section 

 of bench showing a new wire support on 

 which he has applied for a patent. 



There was an exhibit of the To- 

 Bak-Ine products by the Detroit Nico- 

 tine Co. 



There were a large number of seedling 

 carnations of which no recorei was ob- 

 tainable, and there were two large ex- 

 hibits of carnations arranged for effect 

 in which class no premium was awarded 

 as the judges did not like the effect. 



Mackinac— Ward. 



