November 23, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



669 



THE EXHIBITION SEASON 



EXHIBITION OF THE WASHING- 

 TON FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Nov. 12 will always remain a red- 

 letter day in the calendar of the 

 flower-loving Washington public. At 

 2 P. M. on that day the doors of the 

 Ni'tional Rifles Armory opened upon 

 a three-days' exhibit of ijlants and cut 

 flowers, the annual exhibit of the W. 

 F. C. Both floors of the Armory 

 showed a scene of great beauty. 



On the first floor everywhere were 

 immense palms, dracaenas. crotons, 

 ferns, orchids, etc., while dozens of 

 sweet-toned canaries mingled their 

 notes with those of a seven-piece or- 

 chestra. One entire length of the 

 room was given to the exhibits of the 

 .4griculture Department and Botanical 

 Gardens. A plant of Venus Flytrap 

 and a group of single flowered chrys- 

 anthemums furnished by the latter 

 attracted much attention. The Agri- 

 culture Department received special 

 certificate for group of pompon chrys- 

 anthemums and special mention for 

 groiip of decorative plants. 



Among the most beautiful attrac- 

 tions on the floor were the three 

 tables and mantels decorated by 

 Blacldstone. Cooke and Shaffer. The 

 napery and silver were furnished by 

 the courtesy of Chas. Rauscher, and 

 the decorations were changed each 

 day. These were not in competition. 

 In addition. Blackistone showed an 

 exquisite bride's shower bouquet of 

 Bride roses and white bouvardia. also 

 a beautiful autumn basket of single 

 stem chrysanthemums in autumn 

 shades, ribbon streamers and autumn 

 leaves, the handle topped by an im- 

 mense hornet's nest (nothing in it). 

 Geo. Shaffer also show-ed two lovely 

 shower bouquets, one for the bride, of 

 lily of the valley and orchids, the 

 other for the bridesmaid, of Brides- 

 maid roses. He also exhibited large 

 vases of Eaton chrysanthemums and 

 Richmond roses. Geo. Cooke showed 

 a magnificent vase of American 

 Beauty roses, banked by decorative 

 plants. None of the above mentioned 

 were in competition. 



The table of new seedling roses was 

 also a special centre of attraction. 

 John Cook of Baltimore received 1st 

 (no scoring) on 6 blooms of new rose 

 never exhibited in this country before. 

 For best 25 blooms not in commerce 

 he scored 86 points. Robt. Scott & 

 Son scored 81 points on Mrs. Jardine, 

 and E. G. Hill & Co. 79 points on 

 Princess. Peter Bisset also displayed 

 several of his new seedling roses, in- 

 cluding "Rosalie." 



David Geillboetzer took 1st on 25 

 Bride, ditto Bridesmaid, ditto Golden 

 Gate, also special prize on 100 Killar- 

 ney. C. A. Shaffer & Co. 1st on 25 

 Richmond and 2d on Bride. A. B. 

 Garden took 2nd prize on 25 Ivory. 

 C. A. Shaffer & Co. also took 1st on 

 50 Enchantress carnations. John E. 

 Haines 1st on 50 Imperial and 1st 

 on 50 Pink Imperial. On violets, 

 David Bisset took 1st on Farquhar, 

 and Theo. Diedrich 2nd on Dorsett. 



On the second floor the orchestra 

 was ensconced behind the magnificent 

 display by Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard, 

 which occupied the entire stage. The 



room at the head of the stairs was 

 given up to F. H. Kramer's display of 

 Queen Beatrice rose banked in 

 maidenhair ferns. A handsome mir- 

 ror was similarly decorated. Another 

 corner was filled with chrysanthe- 

 mum pot plants, while southern smilax 

 was gracefully festooned around the 

 entire room. A large Chinese pagoda 

 occupied the entire centre of the main 

 upper hall. This was the Gude ex- 

 hibit; it was banked from floor to 

 ceiling with large single stem chrys- 

 anthemums and maidenhair ferns, 

 and lighted by two hundred electric 

 lights. Thanks are due to Edw. 

 Schmid for twenty-one handsomely 

 caged canaries, which added greatly 

 to the scenic effect. One was sus- 

 pended from each post of the pagoda, 

 and they gave abundant evidence of 

 thoroughly enjoying the situation. 

 Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard's display was 

 magnificent. Towering palms, bana- 

 nas and ficus furnished the back- 

 ground, while cut flowers and adian- 

 tum banked the front. Mrs. Hub- 

 bard, tor whom Peter Bisset is gar- 

 dener, took 1st on 25 Killarney roses, 

 1st on 25 Enchantress, 1st on 25 Law- 

 son, Harlowarden. Rob't Craig, speci- 

 men palm, specimen decorative 

 plant (Alsophila Australis), group of 

 prims and special mention on collec- 

 tion of single chrysanthemums. Other 

 handsome exhibits of decorative plants 

 occupying the four corners of the ex- 

 hibit space were furnished by Messrs. 

 Freeman, Cooke, Blackistone and 

 Shaffer. Facing the stage was Geo. 

 Field's exhibit of orchids, said by a 

 competent judge to be the best dis- 

 play ever offered to the Washington 

 public. The beautiful exhibit of Mrs. 

 Leiter, Sam'l Simmonds, gardener, in- 

 cluded a fine display of Lorraine 

 begonias, and Begonia Rex. She re- 

 ceived first prize on these, and on col- 

 lection of ferns. 



There were large displays of show 

 chrysanthemums from Nathan Smith 

 & Son, E. G. Hill Company, and R. 

 Vincent, Jr., & Sons of White Marsh, 

 Md., the latter showing pompons, their 

 specialty. Ley & Bickings showed 

 Adiantum hybridum and chrysanthe- 

 mums. Wm. Kleinheinz of Ogontz. 

 Pa., sent twelve flowers of his new 

 chrysanthemum, Lynwood Hall. 



The out-of-town members of awards 

 committee were F. C. Bauer. Chas. 

 Siebold and Isaac Moss, all of Balti- 

 more. On the local awards committee 

 were Geo. Field, chairman; Jos. Free- 

 man, Jr., Wm. Clarke, Chas. McCauley 

 and John Robertson. 



There was a special meeting of the 

 club on Saturday night, Nov. 16th, to 

 wind up unfinished show business. A 

 suggestion from a member that an- 

 other exhibit be given in the fall of 

 1908 was enthusiastically received. 



ST. LOUIS FLOWER SHOW. 



The St. Louis flower show opened 

 last Tuesday noon. This exhibition 

 was given by the St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society and their efforts were 

 crowned with success as far as the 

 exhibition was concerned. The hall 

 in which the show was held is spa- 

 cious and fine, but the location un- 

 favorable for a large attendance. 



The entries in all classes were ex- 

 tensive and really fine. The made-up 

 work in mantels, tables, baskets and 

 special designs attracted a great deal 

 of attention; also the grand display 

 of cut blooms in carnations, roses 

 and chrysanthemums. The manage- 

 ment deserves great credit for the 

 manner of arranging the hall for the 

 displays. 



The society entertained all the vis- 

 iting florists at a banquet on Wednes- 

 day night at the hall, and on the same 

 evening the ladies of the society en- 

 tertained the visiting ladies with a 

 theatre party. Then on Thursday 

 afternoon the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 entertained all the visitors with a 

 Dutch lunch in their meeting hall. So 

 the first fall flower show of the so- 

 ciety will go down as a great social 

 success. The weather was exceeding- 

 ly fine throughout the week, clear and 

 cold. 



The judges placed the prizes for 

 the first day as follows: 



Cut chrysanthemums: Forty-eight 

 blooms, eight varieties, six blooms in 

 each vase. 1st, E. G. Hill Co.; 2d, 

 H. W. Buckbee; 3d, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. Fifty blooms arranged tor effect. 

 1st, H. W. Buckbee with Guy Hamil- 

 ton; 2d, Poehlmann Bros. Co. with 

 Yellow Eaton ; 3d, Himmer Bros, with 

 Major Bonnaffon. 



Carnations: One hundred blooms 

 of any variety. 1st, E. G. Hill Co. 

 with Afterglow; 2d. Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. with Perfection; 3d. Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. with Aristocrat. Ten 

 vases, ten varieties, twenty-five 

 blooms in each vase. 1st, Chicago 

 Carnation Co. with Winsor. Enchant- 

 ress. Aristocrat, Daybreak Lawson, 

 White Perfection, Red Chief, Rose 

 Pink Enchantress, Beacon. Welcome 

 and White Enchantress; 2d. H. W. 

 Buckbee; 3d, Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



Roses: Six vases, six varieties, 

 twenty-five blooms in each vase, 

 .\merican Beauty excluded. Poehl- 

 mann Bros., 1st; Peter Reinberg, 2d. 

 Fifty American Beauties; Poehlmann 

 Bros., 1st; Peter Reinberg, 2d; F. H. 

 Weber, 3d. 



Henry Shaw premiums for decora- 

 tive plants. Palms, etc., Wm. Schray 

 & Sons, 1st; Sanders' Nursery, 2d; 

 C. Young & Sons Co., 3d. Begonias, 

 J. A. Peterson 1st, Bentzen Floral vo. 

 2d. Berried Plants, Koenig Floral Co. 

 1st Vaughan's Seed Store 2d, Wm. 

 Schray & Sons 3d. Cacti, A. G. Grei- 

 ner 1st. Twenty-five blooming plants, 

 eight or more varieties, chrysanthe- 

 mums excluded, Wm. Schray & Son 

 1st, Bentzen Floral Co. 2d. Geraniums 

 in bloom, Wm. Brucker 1st, Koenig 

 Floral Co. 2d, Bentzen Floral Co. 3d. 

 Specimen ualm, fern or decorative 

 plant. Sanders' Nursery 1st. Koenig 

 Floral Co. 2d, C. Young & Sons Co. 3d. 

 Blooming plants, chrysanthemums ex- 

 cluded, J. A. Peterson 1st, Koenig 

 Floral Co. 2d. Group of variegated 

 foliage plants, Wm. Schray & Sons 1st, 

 Sanders' Nursery 2d. 



Group of chrysanthemum plants oc- 

 cupying 50 square feet. Koenig Floral 

 Co. 1st, Wm. Brucker 2d, Sanders' 

 Nursery 3d. 



Chrysanthemum plants grown to sin- 

 gle stem and flower. Vaughan's Seed 



