FEBRUARY 24. 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



537 



AWARDS ON SEEDLINGS. 



The seedlings were judged liy the scale ul imints indicated below. In the first 

 year seedlings entered fur ]ireliniinary certificates a jilaiit is not required to be shown 

 and therefore only 75 points are recjuired to win a certificate. In the three year seed- 

 ling class those scoring 85 points or over are entitled to a certificate. 



ENTERED FOR PRELfMIN.XRV CERTIFICATES. 



THREE-VEAK OT.O SFF.DLINGS. 



The Scale. 



Maud Adams, pink (Niquet i 



Empress, crimson (Swayne) 



Evelina, white i W'ltterstaetterj . 



Ft. Wayne, red (\'t'seyj 



Argyle. pink (Stolleryj 



G. H. Crane, scarlet iDorner)... 



Color Size , Calyx 



15 15 



15 



Stem 



15 



13 

 13 

 15 

 13 

 14 

 15 



Sub- 

 stance 



10 



Form 



Fra- 

 grance 



10 



111 

 10 

 10 



s 



10 

 10 



Plant 



10 



s 



10 



() 



10 

 V 



Total 



100 



80 

 9B 

 114 

 so 

 111 

 112 



*Plant not shown. 



as fine as the grand vase shown last 

 year at Cincinnati: the journey nad 

 told on it. R. Witterstaetter showed 

 a vase of Evelina whicli weie cut Jan- 

 uary 31 and February 1, and were 

 still in most excellent condition. Mr. 

 C. W. Ward's fine vase of Bon Ton at- 

 tracted much attention. It is not of 

 extra size, but every flower as perfect 

 as a pompon dahlia, of a bright scarlet, 

 fine stem and well named, tor it is an 

 aristocratic finished flower and will be 

 widely grown. Mr. W. had also a vasa 

 of Glacier, a pure white. There Is 

 something in the art of packing, for 

 all of Mr. Ward's exhibits were as per- 

 fect and fresh as if just emerging from 

 his cellar. His vase of .50 White Cloud 

 were perfect. Somewhere we saw a 

 vase of J. Breitmeyer & Son's Cerise 

 Queen. Its name implies its color, it 

 is a large, fine flower. 



Besides the carnations there were 

 several d-splays which added much to 

 the general effect, and for which the 

 ■committee in charge were doubtless 

 very grateful. Messrs. Bassett & 

 Washburn. Hinsdale. 111., filled a tab e 

 with a beautiful show of roses and car- 

 nations. There were extra fine (the 

 word is not strong enough) vases of 

 Bride, Bridesmaid and Meteor rose-, 

 Jubilee, Pingree, Mrs. Bradt and May 

 Wood carnations. Mary Wood is a 

 l.ieautiful flower, pure white with a 

 blush center. George A. Kuhl, Pekin. 

 111., made an exhibit of Belle Siebrecht 

 rose, great color, size and substance; 

 also vases of Bride and Bridesmaid 

 which were far above the ordinary, and 

 vases of Jubilee and old Tidal Wave 

 looking unusually beautiful in form 

 and color. 



W. W. Coles. Kokomo. Ind.. brought 

 along a fine bunch of Kaiserin Augusta 

 roses and an S-foot American Beauty 

 which he used to keep the flies off the 

 flesh colored carnations. George & Al- 



len, Cincinnati, made an exhibit of 

 miniature hyacinths, tulips. Meteor 

 roses and lily of the valley. J. A. Pe- 

 terson. Cincinnati, showed a bunch of 

 Princess of Wales violets of great size 

 and stems eleven inches long. South 

 Park Floral Co. exhibited 2 vases of 

 magnificent Brides and Bridesmaids 

 roses. Swan Peterson, Gibson City, 

 111., made an exhibit of Marie Louise 

 violets. They were fine in size and 

 color. John H. Sievers, San Francisco, 

 sent a number of seedlings. 18 varie- 

 ties, all in good order, many of them of 

 great size and substance. Among them 

 was one named Hanna Hobart (seed- 

 ling of three years). This was the 

 largest individual carnation in the hall. 



Last, but oh my, not least, was a 

 large vase of the new rose Mrs. Robert 

 Garrett grown and exhibited by H. 

 Weber & Sons. Oakland, Md. It would 

 take a rose enthusiast to properly and 

 adequately describe this queen of a 

 queenly race. It has a grand stem, is 

 of great size, beautiful leaves, and 

 could be called a silvery pink of the 

 Carnot shade,, but much deeper in col- 

 or. The writer has never seen it grow- 

 ing, but as exhibited it is all things 

 considered the most beautiful rose we 

 ever saw. and if Mr. Weber gets any 

 advertising out of the free show he de- 

 serves it, for it was a charming sight". 



In nooks and corners, and here and 

 there a group, were scattered some 

 nice palms which made the beautiful 

 hall look cosy and thus endeth the 7th 

 annual display of the Carnation Socie- 

 ty. Perhaps better are to come, if so 

 they will be wonderful, indeed. It is 

 good that the evolution of Dianthus 

 Caryophyllus is gradual like all true 

 evolucion. It Jubilee. Flora Hill. Pin- 

 gree or Evelina had been thrust upon 

 us suddenly fifteen years ago we should 

 have collapsed with a sudden attack of 

 Dianthus monstrosis. 



Kathleen Pantlind, as shown by 



Hopp & Lemke, E. Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., w.-is ceitainly a very attractive 

 llower. 



THE AWARDS. 



The awards on seedlings will be 

 found herewith in tabulated form. 



Of the special premiums, the Breit- 

 meyer prizes for 50 Mayor Pingree and 

 12 of same variety, both went to W. 

 N. Rudd. Mt. Greenwood, 111. The Hill 

 prize for 100 Triumph was w'on by H. 

 Weber & Sous. Oakland, Md. TheHill 

 prizes for 100 Flora Hill were awarded, 

 first to W. N. Rudd, second to W. P. 

 Craig, Philadelphia. The Ward silver 

 cup for best yellow or yellow variegat- 

 ed seedling not yet distributed was 

 won by P. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafa- 

 yette, Ind.. with Gold Nugget. 



Other special exhibits noted by the 

 judges were vases of extra Brides- 

 maid, Meteor and Bride roses, a vase 

 of very fine mignonette, and vases of 

 carnations Mrs. Bradt, Jubilee and 

 Mary Wood, shown by Bassett <& 

 Washburn, Chicago; vases of fine Bride 

 and Bridesmaid roses, shown by the 

 South Park Floral Co., New Castle, 

 Ind.; bunch of Marie Louise violets 

 from Swan Peterson. Gibson City. III.; 

 vases of extra Belle Siebrecht,' Bride 

 and Bridesmaid roses, shown by Geo. 

 A. Kuhl, Pekin. III.; eighteen varieties 

 of carnations of great size and sub- 

 stance (including Hanna Hobart, dark 

 pink, the largest flower in the exhibi- 

 tion hall) from John H. Sievers. San 

 Francisco, Cal.; vase of magnificent 

 blooms of the new pink rose Mrs. 

 Robt. Garrett, from H. Weber & Sons, 

 Oakland, Md.; a very fine bunch of the 

 Princess of Wales violet (stem eleven 

 inches long and flowers of great size), 

 from J. A. Peterson. Cincinnati, 0.;' 

 lily of the valley. Keiserskroon tulips 

 and Meteor roses, from George & Al- 

 len, Cincinnati; vase of very fine 

 Kaiserin roses from W. W. Coles, Ko- 

 komo, Ind. The judges making above 

 awards and those on seedlings were 

 Messrs. Wm. Scott, Adam Graham and 

 Wm. Nicholson. 



In the following general classes the 

 judges were Messrs. E. H. Michel E 

 G. Gillett and W. W. Coles. 



Vase 100 white, first. E. G. Hill & Co., 

 with Flora Hill; second, P. Dorner & 

 Sons Co., with White Cloud. 



Vase 100 light pink, first, W. N. 

 Rudd. with Mrs. McBurney; second, H. 

 Weber & Sons, with same variety. 



Vase 100 dark pink, no award. 



Vase 100 scarlet, first, E. G. Hill & 

 Co.. with Jubilee; second, W. N. Rudd, 

 with same variety. 



Vase 100 yellow, first. W. N. Rudd, 

 with Mayor Pingree; second, P. Dor- 

 ner &- Sons Co.. with Gold Nugget. 



Vase 100 crimson, first, J. Breitmey- 

 er & Sons, with Meteor. 



Vase 100 white variegated, first, F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co., with Mrs. G. M. 

 Bradt. 



Vase 100 Lily Dean, first, Wm. P. 

 Craig. 



Vase 100 Armazindy. first, Wietor 

 Bros., Chicago. 



