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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



FEBRUARY 24, 1S9S. 



Flora Hill. John Buiton, ChestiuU 

 Hill, Philadelphia, showed Alba Su- 

 perba, a white with grand stems and 

 medium sized flowers. W. P. Craig, 

 Philadelphia, showed a vase e-ach of 

 Flora Hill and Lily Dean, both in ex- 

 cellent order after their long journey. 

 W. N. Rudd, Mt. Greenwood, 111., made 

 four fine exhibits in this class. They 

 v.-ere Jubilee, Flora Hill, Mayor Pin- 

 gree and Mrs. McBurney. All four of 

 Ihem were of extraoi'dinary excellence 

 of these well known varieties, but Mrs. 

 McBurney is not so well known. It 

 ranks with the largest in size and stem 

 and is of a smooih. uniform soft, light 

 pink; but pink does not describe it, 

 fawn would be nearer. It will be heard 



ed 50 Daybreak. Wm. Murphy, Cincin- 

 nati, staged a vase of good-sized Por- 

 tia, which we all have known to long 

 that it seems to belong to that class we 

 grew "befo' de waa." W. N. Rudd's ex- 

 hibit in this class was a fine lot of 

 Jubilee. F. Dorner & Sous Co., wiJi 

 C. W. Ward, of Queens, N. Y., exhibit- 

 ed jointly a fine lot. They were Daz- 

 zle, a bright, useful scarlet; White 

 Cloud, New York, a beutiful cerise 

 piuk; John Young, a fine white; Mrs. 

 James Dean and Uncle John. The lat- 

 ter was really fine; if we cou'd grow 

 Uncle as it was shown, there would be 

 less demand for the new ones. W. P. 

 Craig exhibited a vase of Jubilee. R. 

 Witterstaetter's exhibit consisted of 



Table of the South Paik Floral Co. Glimpses of the Carnation Exhibition. 



of more frequently in the future. F. 

 Dorner & Son, Lafayette, Ind., had 

 three vases of superb flowers. Gold 

 Nugget. White Cloud and the beauti- 

 ful solid, substantial, but awkwardly 

 named Mrs. Bradt; everybody must 

 grow Mrs. Bradt. J. Breitmeyer & 

 Sons, Detroit. Mich, had three vases; 

 one Mayor Pingree, one an unnamed 

 crimson and 100 blooms of a dark pink, 

 all flowers of great excellence. H. 

 Weber & Sons. Oakland, Md., staged 

 vases of McBurney. Triumph and Mrs. 

 Bradt. There were no excuses for their 

 long ride. They were grand flowers in 

 fine order. Wietor Bros., Chicago, 

 staged a fine vase of Armazindy. 



Vase of Fifty Blooms:— In this class 

 competition was keen and brought out 

 a fine display. The South Park Floial 

 Co.'s (New Castle. Ind.) exhibit C3n- 

 sisted of Armazindy. Jubilee, Albertini, 

 Lizzie McGowan, and Alaska. The old- 

 er varieties as well as new were in fine 

 form. E. G. Hill's exhibit included 

 Flora Hill and Armazindy; needless to 

 say Flora was at her best. A. Sunder- 

 bruch's Sons Co., Cincinnati, 0., show- 



magnificent flowers of Evelina. H. 

 Weber & Son exhibited Storm King (a 

 fine white), Eldorado, Hector (a grand 

 scarlet; if you can grow it). Jubilee, 

 Scott, Buttercup and Daybreak. H. N. 

 Higinbotham exhibited a vase of fine 

 old Tidal Wave. 



Twenty-five Blooms; Varieties Sent 

 Out in i897:— F. Dorner & Sons Co. 

 showed in this class Mrs. C. H. 

 Duhme and Mrs. Bradt. It was notice- 

 able in this exhibit that Mrs. Bradt 

 held up its wonderful fiowers erect; as 

 erect as the dignity of the worthy man 

 who raised it. Queen cf the West, a 

 light pink of the Emma Wocher shade, 

 w;is shown by Sunderbruch's Sons. 

 Mrs. Bradt and Ruby (a red) by Wm. 

 Murphy. Flora Hill by H. Weber & 

 Sons, and by W. N. Rudd, Flora Hill 

 and Mrs. McBurney. 



For Special Premiums: — W. N. Rudd 

 exhibited a grand 100 blooms of Flora 

 Hill. For the Breitmeyer prize of 50 

 Pingree Mr. Rudd was also to the front 

 with splendid flowers. The same grow- 

 er also showed the best 12 Pingree. 



Preliminary Certificates: — Entered 



for these were far more than last year 

 at Cincinnati. J. Tailby & Son, Wel- 

 lesley, Mass., brought their seedling 

 Wellesley, a bright scarlet with good 

 stems, but the flower had suffered from 

 its long ride on a sleeping car. In fact 

 you may say it had made a proper use 

 of the car. Peter Fisher, of Ellis, 

 Mass., showed a vase of Mrs. Thomas 

 Lawsou. This is a magnificent rosy 

 pink flower of largest size with fine 

 stem. It was one of the very best flow- 

 ers in the exhibition and looked as if 

 it had just been picked next door. E. 

 G. Hill's exhibit in this class was no 

 less than 4 varieties, all scoring high. 

 America is a light scarlet, fine flower. 

 Scarlet Queen is also a fine bright 

 scarlet. Arbutus is a beautiful flower 

 of the Daybreak shade, and Prima 

 Donna is a silvery pink. As the sched- 

 ule did not call for an exhibit of plants 

 75 points out of a possible 93 gaiued a 

 certiflcate. F. Dorner & Son exhibited 

 a vase of G. H. Crane, but whether it 

 was for a two or three years' certifl- 

 cate, I am not sure. It will not, how- 

 ever, be sent out this year. It took 

 the eye of every one. It is a large 

 scarlet of finest form and color, good 

 stem, and has all the attributes of a 

 high class standard scarlet carnation. 



There were a number of seedlings, 

 several of great promise, exhibited un- 

 der name and number as the follow- 

 ing list will show: Barnd Sisters, Find- 

 lay. 0.; Olive Snyder (crimson); R. 

 Witterstaetter. Opal, Daybreak shade, 

 but deeper in center, also unnamed 

 seedlings. There were three sports of 

 Tidal Wave shown, all varying in some 

 degree from the type; one by John T. 

 Tonner, of Galewood, 111., one by J. 

 Murchie, Sharon, Pa., and another 

 named Evauston grown by M. Wielaud, 

 Evanston, 111. F. Dorner & Sons Co. 

 showed a very full deep pink of great 

 fragrance, labeled No. 82 and 44. a pure 

 white finely fringed. H. Weber & Son 

 had half a dozen seedlings; some very 

 pretty shades. E. G. Hill showed two 

 unnamed, one a very fine dark red, C, 

 W. Ward exhibited Blush, white with 

 blush center, also Brower, a seedling 

 of Daybreak; a fine pure white flower. 



There were several fine exhibits of 

 carnations not entered for competition. 

 D. B. Long, of Buffalo, s.aged 3 vases 

 of Genesee, raised by Harmon & Burr, 

 of Darien, N. Y. While this cannot be 

 called a large flower, when shown by 

 the side of Flora Hill, it is of such 

 purity and substance and excellent 

 ^item. that it showed up flne, and it was 

 noticeable that on the second day it 

 was better than on the first. C. F. 

 Baker, of Utica, N. Y'., showed his two 

 seedlings Red Jacket and Oneida, the 

 former a fine red, the latter a pure 

 pink of good s'ze. They scarcely 

 showed up in their best form, not hav- 

 ing been well packed. Hall & Sons, 

 Clyde. O., showed Sandusky, a fine 

 striped variety. H. Neimeyer, Erie, 

 Pa., exhibited Snow Queen, of medium 

 size, also a light unnamed scarlet. 

 Hugh Graham, of Philadelphia, staged 

 a vase of Victor which was scarcely 



