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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



November 12, 1903. 



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with Fiancee, also first on pi 



'I'll }«•■« eompanj go1 firsl on white 



and red. Medals were awarded, Fiancee 

 thi gold imr. The othi i ■ 

 I'laneee also won the silver eup 

 ,. f or the best novelty in plants 

 or dowers. This is .ertainly a -i. 

 nation and was in much better form 

 I i,n,i iv hen show ii in i Ihicago last year. 



Joseph Labo took first on table > 



tions. The Chicago Carnation Companj 

 put up a splendid table of Sunrise rose, 

 not for competition. The sanio firm ha. I 



a magnificent display of plants and eu1 

 I, |,„.ms io advertise their retail depart- 

 ment, which opened with the flower show. 



Peter Reiaberg won first prize on roses. 

 Mine. Chatenny. Sunrise and Perle. The 

 Chicago Carnation Company first dn 

 Beauties, then' only entry, Colonel Lam- 

 bert second. Joseph I. alio had the 

 flower booth ami did a good business. A. 

 Lange, of Chicago, sent down a Leant)! id 

 bride's bouquet. Joseph Labo and John- 

 son \ Goranson divided lienors m bou- 

 quets and designs. 



The full list of awards was: 



Forty Darned varieties one bloom each, N. 

 smith '& Son. first; E. G. Hill Co.. second; H. 

 W. Bnckl third „ „ IIm 



Twelve iarleHes, one BHBBi EMU; E. ^. Hill 



' "\ 'u'.'-h'..' ;,.u..u, nhite. pink, Gunnar Teilrnann, 



Co. tirst on Finn eee: al*o tir*.! ■>,, hlty pinkv 

 Fifty white and fifty n-d. 1 h..nu"-"ii aiiiaiion 



*■'"•• nrst - „ ■ ,, ,-, i .„„„ f.pnn 



On twenty-live ]•..:,, u i.- ih.- iniei.. ...in.. 



""" ''"' "- .'in' '•ilV : V.u\'ef'ros'i.'''''l':lss.-V ' 

 '' r Mr""lv'i'i-iiii"«»- tii'st "ii Mole.-; Joseph l.nh" 

 „n pansies. Mskot roses. Pride's l.oii.piet and 

 ,„i funeral pieee and talile decorations. A. Lange 



f three. At 10:30 they were taken 

 across the street to the Elks' clubrpoms, 

 ivhii l,. bj the way, are the finest in 



\inoi i, a. i\ hen a o ! repast nn< await 



i„o them, and to which they did full jus- 

 tice. \l„,iit forty sal down, including 

 Mayor Crolius. After speeches ana 



.,,„',,. ii,,. mayor pressed Ihe button and 

 the whole fire department of the citj 

 was il'.i.- in two minutes. After a show 

 of their skill, which was great, equal it 

 not better than seen in larger cities, the 

 t'hieaio, |,o\s were hoisted into the patrol 



i.-igon in 



,1 ,1, 



to the new police sta- 



tion and other interesting places, and 

 put off tit their hotel at 2 a. m., well 

 pleased that they had taken in the Joliet 

 Bower Bhow. . 



Among the visitors were W. X. Kudd, 

 P. J. Foley, F. F. Lent hey. Robert John- 

 Mono. Leonard Kill. Aielde SpencerJJ. S. 

 1, nl. liner Walter Kreitling. P. .1. Haus- 

 wirth George Asmus, C. A. Balluft, E. 

 F Winterson, J. B. Deamud, A. Lange, 

 William Kidwell. Joseph Foerster,, and 

 neinv others whose tiames were, not 



Folio 



Chicaa 



P. J. II 



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At 

 Amiiii 

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howling 



RED BANK, N.J. 



The sixth annual exhibition of tilt 

 Monmouth County Horticultural Society 



View of the Madison, N. J., Exhibition Last Week. 



ing the 

 Lon of . 



a crack 



„1 displays and there 

 m- awarded to then,. 

 florists were down 

 the week and en 

 mtertainment. At 

 on Saturday even 

 ersj at the invita- 

 i ii.. brought down 

 got .me game out 



was held in the town hall at Red Bank, 

 \. .).. on November 3 and 4. Some won- 

 derful blooms were seen. George Hale, 

 manager of K. 1 '. Adams' place, had 

 .on,, White Carnot two and one-hall 

 fee) in circumference. His exhibits were 

 a show in themselves. 



On the hx whites, ii 'ge Hah- was 



first with Merza. and William Turner, 



, a na E the M. C. D. Borden estate, 



s, I. with X.llie Pockett. 



On six yellows N. Butterbach. garden- 

 er for C. N. Bliss, was first, with -Mrs. 

 E. Thirkell. a grand yellow over nine 

 inches in diameter. William Turner was 

 second with Lord Salisbury, also a new- 

 one like the foregoing and a beautifully 

 built bloom. Appleton was shown in sev- 

 eral classes, and in the best shape, but 

 could not compete with the newer varie- 

 ties. . 



On crimson George Hale was first with 

 H. J. Jones and Mr. Tierney, gardener 

 for Mr. Hartshorn, second with W. R. 

 Church. 



On pink George Hale was first, with 

 Balfour. This is certainly the best pink 

 in commerce. 



On "any other color" George Hale 

 was first, with Brutus. 



On twelve specimen blooms Geo. Hale 

 was first, with Chas. Longley. Mrs. T. W. 

 Pockett, Merza, Appleton, John Pockett. 

 Carrington, G. J. Warren, White Carnot. 

 Brutus, Peter Kay and Pazzler. Wil- 

 liam Turner was second in this class. 



On the thirty-six blooms in six varie- 

 ties, William Turner was first, with Ma- 

 bel Morgan, H. J. Jones, Merza, Car- 

 rington, Nellie Pockett and Peter Kay. 

 Geo. Hale was second in this class. There 

 was- a great deal of interest among the 

 exhibitors as to which of the two gentle- 

 men above would get first prize in this 

 ,lass. and the judges had a long critical 

 examination. Mr. Turner got first by two 

 points. Mr. Hale's White Carnot, with- 

 out artificial support, could not stand up 

 with a bloom ten inches in diameter. 



There were four entries on the vase of 

 twentv-five blooms for effect, Geo. Hale 

 winning first and N. Butterbach second. 

 For chrysanthemums in pots, a group 

 of seventy-five square feet, N. Butter- 

 bach won. an easy first. A. G. Williams, 

 gardener for Selmar Hess, was second. 



In roses Geo. Hale was first for Beau- 

 ties and W. W. Kennedy, gardener for 

 A. Freidman, Red Bank, second. On 

 Brides Mr. Tiernev was first and N. But- 

 terbach second. On Maids Mr. Tierney 

 was first and Geo. Hale second. On ' ' any 

 other variety" Geo. Hale was first for 

 Morgan. 



In carnations, pink, Wm. Turner was 

 first and W. W. Kennedy second. On 

 white Wm. Turner was first with Queen 

 and Tierney second with Flora Hill. On 

 red Win. Turner was first with Harlo- 

 warden and Mr. Tierney second with Ma- 

 ceo. In yellow Wm. Turner was first. 

 also on "any other color." Enchant- 

 ress was shown by Mr. Turner for exhibi- 

 tion only. They 'showed good stems and 

 ■the blooms were three and a half inches 

 in diameter. 



Two big vases of Brides and Maids 

 were shown by Frank McMahon, for ex- 

 hibition only.' They were the best the 

 writer had ever seen at this time of the 

 vear. They reminded one of the great 

 blooms from Canada, shown at the Eden 

 Musi,, at the American Rose Society's 



For greenhouse grapes Geo. Hale was 

 first for two fine bunches of Lady 



Tor foliaoe plant- on a group of 100 

 .qiiai. feet, II. A. K.ttel. gardener for 

 James Loeb, and James Dowlen, gardener 

 for General Terrell, had a very close com- 

 petition, and after a critical examina- 

 tion Mr. Dowlen was awarded first and 

 Mr. K.-ttel second. 



For specimen palm N. Butterbach was 

 grsl and Geo Hale second. For "any 

 other" specimen foliage plant Geo. Hale 

 was first and \. Butterbach second. For 



