The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1075 



Roses and Carnations as Shown at New Yoik, Njvember JC 12, 1903. 



nil and The Belle, their two g I whites, 



and a Sm vase of mixed seedlings 



A. P. J. Baur came with [ndiam 5s' 



Their prolific bright pink, which makes a 

 favorable impression wherever shown and 

 Mr. Hartje sent Moonlight, bul it did not 

 travel well. 



\V. N. Rudd staged Phi His and No 

 2001A, a fine red seedling. 



Anton Then staged Mrs. Nelson, Sibyl, 

 Wolcott, II. i- Majesty, White Cloud, No. 



] --\ and or two bl ns each of sei 



era! other seedlings. The Thompson 

 Company also staged several vases of ear 

 nations, and H. Hansen put up a good 

 vase of Higinbotham. John Eeardon 

 also brought a tin.- lot of Lawson. 



Frank Harlan. 1 brought two pots of 

 Paper White narcissi tm. I a carnation 

 seedling, No. 15. L. ,1. Stankowicz 

 show. I two white seedlings, Mrs. Hearst 

 and Xo. 11. 



Bassett & Washburn sent a vase of very 

 good 'mums and E. H. Hunt a bunch nf 



1 1 plants the George Wittbold Co. sent 

 a big lot of comma cia l sizes in palms and 

 ferns. Anton Then had a nice lot of 

 cyclamens. John Reardon had two well 

 flowered chrysanthemum?. S""=tn"o. 

 Vaughan showed ferns and solanums, 

 with ..tie pot of Golden Chadwick cnr>»- 

 mi In niiiiiis. E. S. Thompson broughl 

 gladiolus bulbs and Geo. L. stiles, of 

 Oklahoma City, brought some very fine 

 mistletoe. 



Benthej & I o. 'a shipmenl of loses for 

 the show did not arrive in time to be 

 staged, but were very fine. 



A i the closing hour eighty-three florists 

 adjourned to supper, a purely informal 



the show, specifying much of the 

 stoek name. I above. The $50 in 

 prize money was distributed as follows: 

 Five dollars each to Peter Reinberg, foi 

 Uncle John rose; to Wietoi Bros., for 

 Liberty; to the ( hicago Carnation Co., for 

 Maid; to P. Dorner & Sons Co., for seed 

 ling carnations; to l hicago tarnation Co., 

 for Fiancee; to Thompson Co., for W..1 

 e..tt; to Weiland & Riseh, for Eaton; to 

 Anton Then, for cyclamen.; to J. A. Bud- 

 long, for genera] display. 



Following the report of the judges 



gressman .1. .1. Feeley spoke entertain 



BUFFALO. 

 The all important event of the week 

 just elose.l was, of course, the H. A. 

 Meldrmn show. Sou hear frequently 

 from In-other florists who never would 

 give ns support when ,.ur Florists' Club 



should have to depend on a department 

 store to hold a floral exhibition. If t itts- 

 bure, Cleveland, Detroit and other cities 



if they do persist in holding shon - and 

 putting their hands deep in their pockets 

 to make up the deficits. The writer be- 

 lieves public exhibition-, of our products 

 do help the business all alone' the line, 

 and if all in the trade would help the 

 cause the burden would be light. Hut 

 they do not. so we can see nothing but 

 ;. benefit to us when an enterprising, lib- 

 eral firm, such as the II. A. Meldrum r ■_ 

 lias proved to be, has t lie pluck and busi- 



insight to relieve us from all financial 



anxiety and give bettei premiums than 

 anj Florists'- Club ever hopes to. 



It was a sue. -ess iii .-\ erv sen I the 



vis 



t loin morning to night, ami here i- a \ ei \ 



g I glace to say that the firm was so 



well pleased with results that they will 

 double the space for exhibits ami double 

 the amount of premiums in 1904. 



\ feature that was very gratifying 

 was the number of brother florists who 

 came from many points within a hundred 

 miles, and some much farther. I know 

 I missed many, but here are some who 

 came and were well pleased; Mr. Hill. 

 Jr., of Richmond, I ml., just like Papa, 

 inly taller and handsomer; Mr. Baur, of 

 Erie, Pa.; Mr. Bennett, in charge of 

 Nathan Smith >y Son's exhibit; A. Krue- 

 ger, of Meadville, Pa.; John Eudy, of 

 Elmira; W. C. Rockwell, Bradford,' Pa : 

 Roderick Camer. . I '• t - Lj ons, I leot -• 

 Piper, .1. G. R. bi rtso Pi ter Murray, all 

 if Nisgara Fa Is, Ot tario; T. Mansfield 



& Son, .it Loekpi ri ; Mr. . raig, of Gen 

 eya; Mr. Michael, of Dansville, besides 

 the state!} judge, Geo. K. Fancourt, of 

 Wilkesbarre, and on Friday, much to our 

 pleasure, turned up I'resident-elo.-t Phil 



Br. itmeyer and President Geo. Rackham. 



A feature of the exhibit which [.leased 

 the public much was the dinner tables 

 set with full equipment of silver, glasses, 

 linen, favors, etc., with chrysanthemum 

 I. .nation. Mr. Breitrneyer and other 



gentlemen wl ertainly ought to know, 



pronounced them equal to any exhibit of 



the kind they had ever 



I trust it paid them, and supposing if 

 did, we are still nud. i an obligation to 

 the E. (i. Hill Co. and Nathan Smith & 

 s.oi for the splendid displays of cut 

 blooms they sent. In the class for 100 

 blooms, not less than twenty-dye varie- 

 ties, $50, $30 and $20, there wi ire some 

 great blooms and keen competition. In 

 the Hill collection we noticed, of great 



Calvat, enormous old gold; La Fusion, 

 flesh pink; Lucy Evans, lavender pink; 



H. W. Buckl line yellow ; MeEneroy, 



'i' Nathan Smith 's collet tion 



noticeable among many fine varieties was 

 Dr. Oronhyatekha, a' grand large vel- 

 lo-n (but the name ought to kill the man 

 and the Bower) ; Col. Baden Powell, old 

 rose pink; Silver Queen, light oink; Daz 

 zler, bronze; M. C. Niccolaud, incurved 

 white, and again. La Fusion. This firm 

 also exhibited a vase ot Golden ige, 

 a flower of the Applet. ... tj p.- and the 

 richest yellow. Mr. Marquisee of Syra- 

 cuse, was g I enough to ?end a vase 



of his famous Flamingo carnation which 

 showed up in fine form and for this sea- 

 son a wonderful stem. And then came 

 frnm iw,.,.;t twenty-five beautiful flow- 

 ers of Breitrneyer & Sons' nameless pink 

 lose. ' ' A hundred dollars in gold for a 



name. " Tl -an. Is looked at the earn 



and I dare saj thought that could be 

 easih earned. If others can grow this 

 r..se us Messrs. Breitrneyer do and show 

 such blooms from plants propagated in 

 April, then its a great acquisition. 



On Friday evening the .-raft gathered 

 ■ it a long table. Most of the visitors had 

 escaped, except one, a notable one, the 

 president-elect of the S. A. P., and Phil 

 made us all feel good, not alone by his 

 presence; but the good and sensible talk 

 he gave. As for the rest it was very in- 

 formal and mostly a ■•Mutual admiration 



