l-'EBRVAliV 26. 1003. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Vase of 25 blooms, white, 1st, L. K. 

 ilarquisee, with Albatross; 2nd, \V. 

 Duokham. with Wolcott. 



Va.se of 25 blooms, light pink. 1st. 

 C. Besold, \vith Goethe; 2nd, Patten & 

 Co.. with Fair Maid. 



Vase of 25 blooms, dark pink, 1st. 

 John H. Taylor, with Lawson; 2nd, W. 

 Duckhani. with Lawson. 



Vase of 25 blooms, crimson, 1st. W. 

 Duokham. with Gov. Roosevelt; 2nd. 

 Chicago Carnation Co., with Harlowar- 

 den. 



Vase of 25 blooms, yellow variegated, 

 1st, C. Besold, with Admiral Cervera. 



Va.se of 25 blooms, white variegated. 

 1st, Patten & Co., with Jlrs. 51. A. Pat- 

 ten; 2nd. C. Warburton, Fall River, 

 mass., with Prosperity. 



The judges in the above classes were 

 Messrs. W. N. Rudd, O. H. Allen anil 

 M. A. Patten. 



SPECIAL PRIZES. 



In these classes the judges were S. .1. 

 Renter, Fred Lemon and A. Herrington. 



For collection of carnations, not less 

 than t«n nor more than fifteen varieties, 

 and not less than fifty nor more than 

 one hundred blooms of each variety in a 

 vase, 1st was won by C. W. Ward, 

 Queens. N. Y. A picture of the table 

 containing this collection appears in this 

 issue. The varieties were largely new- 

 ones of Mr. Ward's, and were as follows : 

 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt (in the center). 

 Prosperity, Golden Beauty, Gov. Roose- 

 velt, Mackinac (white), Alpine Glow 

 (pink), Judge Hinsdale (pink variegat- 

 ed ) , Golden Eagle ( yellow variegated ) , 

 Gov. Bliss (red). Octoroon (crimson), 

 Ethel Ward ( light pink ) , Flame ( scar- 

 let), Lorna, Mrs. John A. Thayer (a 

 very fine light pink), Creole Beauty 

 (crimson). 



Second prize in this class was won bv 

 Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush, N. Y., of 

 whose table a picture also appears in 

 this issue. The varieties in the collec- 

 tion were as follows: Prosperity (in 

 the center), White Bradt, Fair Maid. 

 Red Bradt. Fragrance (a fine pink), 

 Dorothy Whitney, Harry Fenn, Lorna, 

 Bradt, a scarlet seedling, Alice Roosevelt 

 (light pink), Genevieve Lord, Eldorado, 

 Gov. Roosevelt, Lawson. 



For collection of not less than five or 

 more than eight varieties and not less 



C. W, Ward's First Prize Table at the Brooklyn Exhibition of the American Carnation 



Society. 



than 50 blooms in a 



was first and Chas. 



than 25 or more 

 vase, C Besold 

 Weber second. 



The silver cup for best exhibit of 200 

 blooms, any variety, was won by Peter 

 Fisher, with Enchantress. 



For collection of single blooms, all to 

 be correctly named or numbered, 1st was 

 taken by Dailledouze Bros, and 2nd bv 

 C. W. Ward. 



C. E. Dickerman won the special prize 

 for best fifty blooms of Crcssbrook. 



Patten & Co. won the special for. fifty 

 blooms of Gov. Wolcott. 



Of the Lawson medals the gold one was 

 won by Peter Fisher with Enchantress, 

 the silver medal went to L. E. Marquisee 

 for Flamingo, and the bronze medal to G. 

 W. Ward for President Roosevelt. 



The S. A. F. silver medal was won by 

 L. E. Marquisee with Flamingo and the 

 bronze medal went to Peter Fisher for 

 Mrs. M. A. Patten. 



Boston Market, white, was not entered 

 for competition, and Innocence, white, 

 from the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 arrived too late to compete, as did a 

 large collection brought by Mr. Tliomp- 

 son, of Joliet, 111., and others. 



Dailledouze Bros.' Second Prize Table at the Brooklyn Exhibition of the American 



Carnation Society. 



Exhibition Notes 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, dis- 

 played a fine group of the new Pandanus 

 Sanderi. 



Several fine plants of Nephrolepis 

 Piersoni were exhibited b}' F. R. Pier- 

 son Co., Tarrytown, N. Y. 



W. H. Siebrecht. Astoria, X. Y.. made 

 a large and interesting display of bulb- 

 ous flowers in pots and fiats. 



The Little South Floral Co., Natick, 

 Mass., showed a lot of cyclamen with 

 wonderfully large flowers. 



Thos. Roland. Xahant, Mass.. made a 

 fine display of Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine in various sizes. 



Lion & Wertheimcr, New York, made 

 a fine display of their Conqueror brand 

 of florists' ribbons. 



Reed & Keller, New Y'ork, displayed a 

 great variety of florists' supplies and 

 a model of their new extension pot 

 holder. 



E. Hippard. Y'oungstown, Ohio, showed 

 sections of his new iron greenhou.se gut- 

 ter. 



Jerome A. Suydam, Flatbush, N. Y., 

 made an interesting display of miscel- 

 laneous flowers, including some remark- 

 ably fine mignonette. 



C. W. Ward won first for best fiftj' 

 blooms of the variety Viola Allen. 



Baur & Smith's Indianapolis and W. 

 N. Rudd's Phyllis were both frosted in 

 tran.sit and could not be exhibited. And 

 there were others. 



Many of the flowers shipped by the 

 Chicago Carnation Co. were frozen en 

 route and only a few out of the lot could 

 be exhibited. 



It is curious how regularly the annual 

 February blizzard comes the week of the 

 Carnation Society convention and exhi- 

 bition. It is to be hoped that the shift 

 in date will bring next year's meeting 

 into better weather. 



There is room for improvement in the 

 keeping of the entries and the judges' 

 books. They are exceedingly difficult to 

 decipher and in consequence errors are 

 possible. 



Tlie Howei-s of Mrs. E. A. Nelson on 

 exhibition made one feel confidence in 

 the future of this variety. 



A small vase of the good old Win. 

 Scott showed that it wasn't such an aw- 

 fully way back number when well done. 



The improvement in varieties has been 



