November 14, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



6:17 



envy and a blush came over this other- 

 wise white variety almost enough to 

 put it in the light pink class. 



Virginia Poehlmann was shown and 

 while not up to the standard of the 

 variety the exhibit showed the possi- 

 bilities. This was from plants benched 

 July IS from 2-in. pots and the bloom 

 had been held two weeks tor the show. 

 Beatrice May had also been held and 

 both this old favorite and the m w i r 

 variety White Cloud are to be com- 

 mended as keepers. 



Regularity in arrangement of petals 

 and purity in color describe the 

 variety Mrs. H. \\ . Euckbee, to some 

 extent, and these combined with good 

 stem, foliage and a perfectly propor- 

 tioned bloom, recommend it to the 

 grower of high-grade stock. 



In pink we have a smaller collection 

 to consider and our old friends still in 

 the lead, A. ,T. Balfour and Dr. Engue- 

 hard leading the procession with W. 

 H. Duckham a trifle tired and faded 

 about twenty minutes behind them. 

 Miriam Hankey also made a nice show- 

 ing but an unnamed seedling exhibited 

 by Chas. H. Totty on the type of Dr. 

 Enguehard looked better to me. 

 Maud Dean was not shown and no 

 comparison was possible with our 

 eastern standard of perfection. 



In red there were a number but few 

 that seem worth growing for the mar- 

 ket and my attention was more on the 

 bronze in the odd colors, Mrs. O. H. 

 Kohn, Pockett's Surprise, Pockett's 

 Crimson and Glenview attracting my 

 attention These however are more 

 exhibition varieties than commercial, 

 for bronze is a color that is nice to 

 admire but hard to sell. 



But let us leave the giants in the 

 vases and follow the people, for the 

 people who buy rule the people who 

 grow and they are crowded around the 

 pompons with their beautiful colors 

 and their brief names. 



Daintiest and prettiest of all is 

 Baby Margaret from the Robt. Craig 

 Co. for the smaller even-shaped pom- 

 pons appeal to the public and we have 

 in this little white button, the shape of 

 bloom to suit the most critical and 

 this seems combined with idealism in 

 habit. 



Nearest to this in color and size is 

 Magnificats shown by E. G. Hill Co. and 

 all compliments to Baby Margaret 

 apply to a certain extent to this 

 variety. In larger sizes Vincent is 

 there with Queen of Whites and it 

 looks good to me. Lula, Mrs. Jas. 

 Uoone and Angelique are others in the 

 white pompon class to consider. 



Yellow pompons also and good ones, 

 Baby, Savannah, Quinola, Klondike, 

 Emo, Lodi, Sunshine, and Zenobia 

 giving one a choice from the best 

 there is, or if there be better why were 

 not they there? 



Pink varieties are plentiful but to 

 find varieties in the collection that 

 it will pay to grow : s not easy. 

 Alena, Acto, Utau, and Leo show to 

 advantage here but under a poor light 

 it is hard to judge and I may be slight- 

 ing some better variety that did not 

 show to advantage. 



The Singles are a big class and my 

 experience wi*h them is limited. 



The Carnations. 



Monday was carnation day and it 

 brought out more competition and 



aroused greater interest than had been 

 manifested before, with an exhibit 

 which, for a fall show, was the 

 superior of any exhibit 1 have ever 

 seen staged. The carnation end of the 

 ball held the attention of the growers 

 and was the chief attraction to the 

 visitors. 



What is there that is new that is 

 better than something which we have 

 already'' Carnation growers are going 

 slow, i do not wish to say there art 

 no good new ones but we have a grand 

 collection which can be depended upoa 

 and the florists in general know it. 

 The day has passed when growers buy 

 a carnation because it is a seedling. 

 That word seedling has been fascinat- 

 ing and has caused many disappoint- 

 ments in the past. We must remember 

 also that no variety can be properly 

 sized up unless it can be seen growing. 

 We cannot all see the new aspirants 

 to favor on their native soil and we 

 have the comparison on the exhibition 

 table as the result. 



And what was staged in Chicago? 

 First of at! 'White Perfection." as all 

 who saw the exhibit must admit. 

 White Enchantress for a good second 

 and a number of other good ones, Mrs. 

 J. C. Vaughan with a good color and 

 form to recommend it. Georgia. I not 

 shown for competition), suffering from 

 a hard trip and the old stand-by Lady 

 Bountiful with its usual shortage of 

 petals which is a fall characteristic of 

 the variety, being the most prominent 

 in this color. In pink we meet a num- 

 ber of good ones and Winsor, Rose 

 link Enchantress, Winona and Mrs. 

 Lawson were exhibited in exeelli at 

 form. One seedling, William Howard 

 Taft, attracted favorable comment. A 

 full name and a good full flower but 

 Mr. Taft has substantial backing 

 while the stem in this case showed the 

 effects of hot weather and has not 

 sufficient underpinning for such a 

 bloom. A nice vase of Afterglow and 

 one of Aristocrat were there to set 

 forth the good points of the respective 

 varieties, while a vas> of Splendor 

 spoke well for this free blooming in- 

 troduction of last season. 



In the class of flesh pints there was 

 nothing but Enchantress. Grand vases 

 of Ihem and we can only regret that 

 Delight shown by Dorner was not 

 properly entered so that the judges 

 could pass on the respective merits of 

 the two Delight appeals to me as a 

 commercial variety and one that is 

 capable of standing long shipments. 

 We shall hear from it later and hope 

 to see it staged in its proper class. 

 Melody, the Daybreak— colored Mrs. 

 Lawson. showed well. 



In scarlet there was a pretty race 

 for first place, O. P. Cassett which is 

 being sent out by Passett & Wash- 

 burn receiving the blue after a hard 

 fought finish with Victory and Beacon 

 and we must acknowledge its superior- 

 ity on the exhibition table and as a 

 high class bloom. 



Variegated was represented by Var. 

 Lawson and Mrs. M. A. Patten with 

 a cred'table showing of each. in 

 crimson there was very little outside 

 of the seedling? and novelties, while 

 the Prosperity type of bloom was rep- 

 resented mainly by unnamed new 

 comers 



And for the seedling classes there 

 is much to be said and nothing bur 

 nraise. If the'-e is a new one that looks 



Kood to the grower let him stage it 

 ami learn its value by comparison. 

 The public admire the variety and 

 when a freak shows up in this class 

 those who are wise are heard repeating 



"In jesting guise but ye are wise 



And ye knew what the jest is worth." 



Among the new one not previously 

 mentioned, Apple Blossom shows nice 

 form and a good stem, Mrs. Chas. 

 Knopf in the flesh pink class is a good 

 heavy, wi II formed bloom. Ruby, a 

 dark red, showed to advantage and 

 iVanoka for a very dark colored bloom 

 made a good impression. 



A cleat yellow James Whitcomb 

 Riley, and Heacock's fine vase of a 

 pink seedling which is to all appear- 

 ances an improvement on Rose Pink 

 Enchantress, shared honors in atten- 

 tions bestowed upon them with a vase 

 of Hill's scarlet seedling of the Victory 

 type, while a pink seedling shown by 

 the Miami Floral Co. was there to 

 show us something nice in cerise pink. 



On the type of Prosperity F. R. 

 Pierson Co. showed a seedling with 

 nice stem, good calyx and plenty of 

 color. Others there were and good ones 

 from well known carnation men but 

 1 couldn't get them all. 



One i xhib't however could not fail 

 to be noticed— Alvina, a variety for 

 pot culture and for pot purposes. I 

 have never seen a better. 



Taking it then as a whole it was 

 an instructive and valuable exhibition 

 cf the most popular flower in com- 

 merce today. 



WALLACE R. PIERSON. 



THE AWARDS. 



Friday and Saturday Awards. 



Best group of chrysanthemums with foli- 

 ■ <■-<■ plants as accessories — Vaughau's Seed 

 Store, first; Frank Oechslin, second; J. J. 

 Mitchell, third. In 22 other classes for 

 chrysanthemum plants Vaughan's Seed 

 Slim- won twelve tirsts, live seconds; H. 

 W. Ituekbee, nine seconds and two thirds; 

 A. MeAdams, three Thirds; K. T. Crane, 

 one lirst. one 'hint: M. A. Kyerson, three 

 seconds; A. S. Trude, one third. 



t'hrysant'ienmni blooms — Vase of 50 

 white. Harry Turner, flrst; E. G. Hill Co., 

 sec,, ml: Passett <v Washburn, third. 50 

 pink, Hill, first; Turner, second; M. S. 

 Vesey, third. 50 yellow, l'oehlmaun Bros. 

 Co., first; Bassett ,\; Washburn, second; 

 Hill, third. .,o any other color, E. D. 

 Smith & Co.. first: H. W. Buckbee, second; 

 Pnohhn.inn. third. 40 blooms, 40 varieties, 

 in four \.iscs, in in a vase. Chas. H. Totty, 



first; II. W. Buck second; E. G. Hill 



Co., third. 4a blooms, 4(1 varieties, shown 

 ,m mossed boards, C. H. Totty, first; Buck- 

 bee, second; Smith, third. Rest collection 

 ot ane'none varieties, Alois Frev, flrst; C. 

 H Totty, sc, ,u, I: E. D. Smith & Co., 

 third. Best collection of pompon varieties, 

 K. Vincent & Sens I'd., first; Hill, second; 

 Smith, third Best collection of single va- 

 rieties, i'. il. Totty, lirst (silver medal); 

 Alois I'ley, second; H. H. Porter, third. 

 In fifty 'Hit , lav-es for chrysanthemum 



bl is D. G. Hill Co. won eight firsts, 



seven seconds, .me third: ("lias. H. Totty, 



eight firsts, two sec Is; II. W. Buckbee, 



ten firsts; six see, iii, is, two thirds; Elmer 

 1 1. Smith Co., twelve firsts, seven seconds, 



two thiols: Tl ias I :tor, five firsts and 



a certificate of merit, one second; W. .1. & 



M. S. Vesey, mm, s is, four thirds; 



Poehlmann I '.res. one first, one second; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, two firsts; A. J. 

 Loveless, a. Prey, 0. M. Barton, Peter 

 Schilt, each one first; It. Vincent, Jr. & 

 Sons, two se, ends: Robert Craig Co., J. 

 Pr, it meyei's Sons. J. J. .Mitchell and Prank 

 Kiieime each one second; Mrs. S. w. Ailer- 

 on,, one third. 



Hoses— 100 American Beauty, Win. Ditt- 

 inan, lirst; Poehlmann Bros, second: Bas- 

 set t & Washburn, third; Peter Reinberg, 

 fourth. 



100* Liberty or Richmond, Poehlmann 

 Bros., first; Basselt & Washburn, second; 

 Reinberg 1 , third 



100 Bride, Poehlmann Bros, flrst; Wei 



