6.16 



HORTICULTURE 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



November 14, 1908 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW AT 

 CHICAGO. 



This i 1 1 t ■ n ■ ' even! opened on 

 schedule time on Friday November •'•. 

 under the most ausijicious circum- 

 stances, at ihi Coliseum, Chicago's 

 great exhibition building. The judges 

 to will promptly and after the 

 chrysanthemum awards had been made 

 thr compel in" \ ai es wei e disti ibuted 

 about de hall, adding greatly to the 

 beauty of the shovi as a w hole 



A distinct feature pi the arrange- 

 ment was the introduction of four 



12 \ 72 ft. under which 



the crov i 1 of spectators valked and 

 viewed thi exhibits. Tin long trel- 

 lines with their supporting pillars 

 all in mire white were draped with 

 wild smilax*. The balconies wer.e also 

 heavily draped with the same green 

 while suspended from the roof hung 

 man y $ "ft ircles oi wir • wound and 



,!, i with the smilax and looking 



like huge hang- 

 ing baskets. The 

 effect ninii'i' the 

 hundreds of elec- 

 tric lights was 

 verj pleasing. The 

 large supports on 

 the balconii S were 

 Skillfully li dden 

 by small lir trees. 

 One hundr id box- 

 es of the wild 

 smilax were nsi d 

 in the decorations. 

 There was a feel- 

 ing of regret that 

 the view from the 

 gallerii s, a ways 

 the best point 

 from which to see 

 the exhibitions, 

 should have been 

 partially obs met- 

 ed by the per- 

 golas which were 

 considered 

 by many as too 

 heavy to be in 

 keeping with their 

 surrounding and 

 therefore failingof 

 the desired effect. 

 The booths so 

 much admired last 

 Flowers Were offered for sale in one 4 

 imoth only which was conducted by 

 the Chicago Florists' Club. 



Saturday the attendance was good. 

 The roses had been placed and the 

 much desired prize labels attached by 

 tb" judges in fon- noon and the people 



i nil ved to the full the huge vases of 



i leautii ■ Mrs Marshall Fit Id, .Mrs. 

 Potter Palmer, Richmond, Killarney 



and others. A vase of 100 roses My 

 Maryland grown l>\ \. X. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn . was much admired 

 but could not be ■ for < >mpe- 



tition because they arrived a littli late 

 owing t" a delayed I rain 



With Saturdaj i itme that 



National Flower Show was to be 

 a sin ci i ndano was 



conci (I paid admissii ins were 



reported. Sundaj the attendanci 

 also gratifying and Mo 

 either ol the preceding Jays Monday 

 i he carnatii ns n and 



promptly : - •■ Qd I hi an n s was 



used for bhe display. Other new 



features were added on Monday, among 



i hem eight table decorations that ai 

 traded much attention, Bohanhon 

 Floral Co. and Kenwood Catering Co. 



iving first prize. Decoration with 



1 1 nt r \ ase' and corsage bouquets of 

 Killarni s fost s. Second prize was won 

 by A. Lange and the Kicln lieu ('ate, 



ing Co. and third was given to P-utler. 

 : .a isi. the Gi and Pacific Hot. I fur- 

 nishing the service! In each case 

 Killarne, rase was used. 



Among the sensational novelties in 

 plants was a magnificent specimen of. 

 ("elosia Pride of Castle Could which 

 was gi'i'ii.a silver medal. It came 

 from Harry Turner of the Howard 

 Could estate. 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND 



CARNATIONS. 



As Seen by Wallace R. Pierson. 



Chrysanthemums at the National 



Flower Show cannot, I think, be corn- 



year were missing. 



Somk Winning Exhibits at Chicago 



pared to some of the former exhibi- 

 tions given in Chicago. There are sev- 

 eral reasons for this lack and a warm 

 summer followed by unseasonable 

 weather through October is to be 

 blamed. If we could compare the vase 

 of ten Col. Appleton which won the 

 blue for the best ten in the hall alter 

 the closest kind of competition from 

 While Duckham, now .Mrs. Clay Prick. 

 we could all see the difference in qual- 

 ity for the vases as they run through- 

 out the entire exhibit are as far sin rt 

 nt the qualitj i t two years ago as are 

 tin Col. Appleton at ibis one inferior 

 to 1 he famous ten. 



In chrysanthemums the commercial 

 grower looks for pointers for future 

 guidance to the exhibits and the im- 

 pressions at this great show are in 

 favor of our old standbys. 



In yellow we have Col. Appleton in 

 the lead and nothing better in sight 

 for its season. Bonnaffon in its usual 

 good forms and Golden Wedding cut 

 a trifle green to back these up with a 

 premise of what it would have 



i bad one week more on the plant. 

 Golden Fagle we regret was not ex- 

 hibited being still not ready to cut 

 but to those who know chrysanthe- 

 tnums ii is a factor in the race for 

 supremacy among the late yellows. 



Throughout the exhibit, wherever 

 show ti Mary Donnellan appeals strong- 

 ly, \ deep golden yellow and almost 

 ideal in form, this variety on the ex- 

 hibition table is hard to beat and 

 whether il has a place commercially 

 is yet lo be determined. On the type 

 of II. W. Kieman the variety "Scalar- 

 andes' " makes a good appearance and 

 should prove a grand shipping variety. 

 Smith's Seedling 95-3-06, as yet un- 

 naeiid. will also be an acquisition to 

 ilc list of commercials and from all 

 I could see by which to judge it this 

 si idling has the essentials of a variety 

 ol commerce. 



Mrs. Elmer D. Smith also conies in 

 as a good one and can safely be 

 recommended i f 

 tb-- exhibit here 

 be a just criterion 

 of its "merits. For 

 the exhibition 

 table and possibly 

 for tbe commer- 

 cial grower "Yel- 

 low Miller" which 

 is a sport, of Mrs. 

 J. A. Miller and a 

 bloom of the Yel- 

 low Eaton type 

 has a place and in 

 mentioning a va- 

 riety of Yellow 

 Eaton type, the 

 grand vases of 

 Yellow Eaton it- 

 self must not be 

 overlooked or for- 

 gotten. Let us 

 then leave the yel- 

 low variety and 

 turn to the white 

 classes and again 

 meet old friends, 

 for Alice Byron 

 and Timothy 

 Eaton are the 

 leaders. I well 

 remember the 

 first vases of 

 Fidelity I sajv staged and only the 

 weakness of stem prevented it from 

 being more widely grown. It seems 

 strange to say that almost at 

 every turn where classes are shown 

 with short stems and a good 

 while is seen the label Fidelity is at- 

 tached. High up in this class is Merza 

 and we know that Merza is not alone 

 a show variety but good commercially. 

 I'lc sensation of the show from the 

 visitors' standpoint, due to very fine 

 work by the advertising department, 

 was the chrysanthemum W. H. Taft, 

 and why not? If people could not see 

 ihi Lrentleman himself they wanted 

 his namesake and strenuous measures 

 taken to protect the bloom from 

 the public who wanted to fondle it. 

 This new variety coming from the 

 in-- Fidelity and Col. Appleton is 

 a very pure white in color and has 

 very good form. Pres. Roosevelt also 

 was there in the shape of a white 

 chrysanthemum and at the admiration 

 displayed by the ladies, especially for 

 Taft, the foliage was green with 



