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HORTICULTURE 



January 30, 1909 



G. Hill Co. first, R. VVitterstaetter second, 

 both with Afterglow. Ked or Carmine — 

 Bassett & \\'ashl)uru, O. P. Bassett, first; 

 Chicago Carnation Co. second, Beacon. 

 Scarlet or Cardinal — F. R. Pierson Co. with 

 Victory, first; E. G. Hill Co. second, with 

 Beacon. Maroon- -F. R. Piereon Co. first; 

 W. W. Coles second, with Mrs. W. W. 

 Coles. Yellow— Bertermann Bros, with 

 Whitconrb Riley. Any other color— H. We- 

 her & Sons Co. first, with Toreador. Ber- 

 tennan Bros. Sweepstake prize— H. Weber 

 & Sons Co., first; A. C. Brown, second; 

 Chicago Carnation Co., third. 



Class B, 50 blooms to a vase. Wliite En- 

 chantress—Chicago Carnation Co., first; E. 

 G. Hill Co.. second. White Perfection- 

 Baur & Smith, first; Chicago Carnation Co., 

 second. Any other white— E. G. Hill Co., 

 first; H. AVeher & Sons Co., second. En 

 chantress — Mauke Bros., first; Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., second. Any other flesh pink — 

 Chicago Carnation Co., first; W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey, second. Winsor — Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., first; Pittsburg Rose iV: Carnation 

 Co., second. Welcome — Chicago Carnation 

 Co. Rose I'ink Enchantress — F. Dorner & 

 Sons Co., first; Weiland & Oliuger, second. 

 Afterglow— E. G. Hill Co., first: Cliicago 

 Carnation Co., second. Any other light 

 pink— E. G. Hill Co.. first; "F. Dorner & 

 Sons Co., second, both with Winona. Law- 

 son — Manke Bros., first; W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey. second. Aristocrat— F. I>orner & 

 Sons Co., first; Chicago Carnation Co., sec- 

 ond. Any other dark pink — Baur & SmUli 

 with Pink Imperial, first: Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. with Enchantrcs.s. second. Red 

 Chief— F. Dorner .% Sons Co. Victory-- 

 Wieland &■ OHnger, first; W. J. & M." S. 

 Vesey, second. Beacon — Chicago Carnation 

 Co., first; K. G. Hill Co., second. Any 

 other scarlet— Chicago Carnation Co. with 

 Carnegie. M. A. Patten — A. C. Brown, 

 first: Weiland & Olinger, J'econd. 



Class C. The Gold .Medal for best yase 

 of 100 blooms, any variety, an.v color, was 

 won by A. Roper with Bay State. The 

 Siher Medal went to Dailledouze Bros, for 

 Seedling 404, and the Bronze -Medal to Bas- 

 sett & Washburn for O. P. Bassett. The 

 silver S. A. F. medal went to F. Dorner & 

 Sons Co. for Seedling, the bronze to A. 

 C. Frown for Superlia. 



Special Prizes. 



The Wiegand Silver Cup was won by 

 Bertermann Bros.; the State Florists' As- 

 sociation cup by E. G. Hiil Co.; Indiana 

 Floral r'estival Association prize by E. G. 

 Hill Co. with Afterglow; H. W. Field, cash, 

 to F. R. Pierson Co. 



Preliminary Certificates. 



Preliminai"y certificates were awarded to 

 W. W. Coles, for Mrs. W. W. Coles; Chas. 

 Knopf Floral Co., for Admiration: one each 

 to A. C. Brown and Nic. Zwcifel, and three 

 to E. G. Hill Co., for varieties under num- 

 ber. Certificates of !nerit were awarded to 

 several fine productions du wliicli a full re- 

 port will be made next week. 



The report was laid on the table iiu- 

 tii Thursday. The next business was 

 the nomination of officers. 



Fred Burki and A. M. Herr werj 

 nominated tor president. Mr. Burki 

 declined the honor, but allowed his 

 name to stand tor vi<;e-president; 

 Louis Renter. secretar\ ; A. P. J. Baur, 

 treasurer; Fred Dorner, director for 

 t.>iree years. The meeting; then ad- 

 journed and the evening was spent 

 enjoyably at the smoker and in bowl- 

 ing. 



Thursday's Session. 

 The session on Thursday morning 

 opened at eleven o'clock. The judges 

 reported a complete list of sweep- 

 stakes awards; first to E. G. Hill Co. 

 for Afterglow; second, Bassett & 

 Washburn for O. P. Bassett; third, to 

 F. R. Pierson Co. for Victory; fourth, 

 to Strafford Flower Farm for Lady 

 Bountiful. 



Election of Officers. 

 The election of ofTicers was the next 



E. G. HiLi. Co.'s NiAGAKA (No. 142) White 



The variety illustrated is one of a 

 number of verv handsome and 

 promising seedlings by the E. G. Hill 

 Company. Good whites with the per- 



fection of form and finish shown in 

 the accompanying illustration are not 

 over-abundant, and Mr. Hill has un- 

 doubtedy secured a "trotter" in 

 .Niagara- 



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