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HORTICULTURi: 



Marcli 16, 1907 



Wild SmilaX, pfr^l^e 



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ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The first spring flower show ever 

 held in St. Louis was given by this 

 society, and opened on Tuesday after- 

 noon in the banquet hall of Masonic 

 Temple. The hall was beautifully dec- 

 orated with plants, cut flowers and 

 handsomely arranged booths. Especi- 

 ally noticeable were the booths of 

 Fred C. Weber, C. Young & Sons Co., 

 St. Louis Seed Co., and the Koenig 

 Floral Co. The dinner table arranged 

 by Theo. Miller attracted much atten- 

 tion from the society ladies, and was 

 the only display of this Ivind. 



Among the visitors were Leonard 

 Kill, W. C. Washburn, M. Barker of 

 Chicago; A. P. Longren and J. D. 

 Thompson, Joliet, 111.; G. A. Kuhl, 

 Pekin, 111.; A. R. Knowles, Blooming- 

 ton, 111.; Mrs. Canfield, A. C. Brown, 

 Springfield; J. S. Wilson, Western 

 Springs. A spread in a near-by cafe 

 was tendered them on Wednesday af- 

 ternoon and was an enjoyable feature. 

 On Tuesday and Thursday evenings D. 

 M. Hazlett gave stereopticon views of 

 the society's aims. On Wednesday 

 evening the annual meeting was held 

 and oflicers were elected as follows: 

 President, Edward Mallinckrodt; 

 vice-president, L. Mathews; secretary, 

 F. C Weber; treasurer, O. G. Koenig. 



Messrs. R. Tesson, Alex. Waldbart 

 and A. Meyer were the judges and the 

 list of awards was as follows: 



Cioilection of plants in bloom, Wm. 

 Schray & Sons, 1st; G. B. & R. J. 

 Windier, 2d; Koening Floral Co., 3d. 

 Collections of bulbous plants in 

 bloom, F. C. Weber, 1st; W. Schray 

 & Sons, 2d; G. B. & R. J. Windier. 

 3d. Fifty foliage and blooming 

 plants, C. Young & Sons Co., 1st; 

 W. Schray & Sons, 2d; C. C. Sanders. 

 3d. Specimen plant, W. Schray & 

 Sons, 1st; Koenig Floral Co., 2d; C. C. 

 Sanders, 'i&. Specimen blooming plant, 

 A. .Tablonsky, 1st: F. C. Weber, 2d. 

 Six blooming lilies, C. Young & Sons 

 Co., 1st; A. Jablonsky, 2d; F. H. Mein- 



hardt, 3d; all Longiflorums. Lily of 

 valley. H. N. Bruns, Chicago, 1st; W. 

 Schray & Sons, 21. Display of pansies, 

 R. J. Windier, 1st; C. C. Sanders, 2d. 

 Violets, W. Schray & Sons, 1st; F. C. 

 Weber, 2d; Wm. Winter, 3d. 



In carnations the Chicago Carnation 

 Co. took first in five varieties, with 

 White Perfection, Rid Riding Hood, 

 Aristocrat, J. A. Valentine and En- 

 chantress; first in white with White 

 Perfection, with J. Steidle, 2d: 1st in 

 light pink with Enchantress. J. D. 

 Thompson Carnation Co., 2d; 1st in 

 dark pink, with Aristocrat, J. D. 

 Thompson Carnation Co. 2d. In red J. 

 D. Thompson Carnation Co. was 1st 

 with Robert Craig, A. Jablonsky, 

 2d. in variegated, J. D. Thompson 

 Carnation Co. 1st with Mrs. Patten; 

 A. Jablonsky, 2d. Any other color, A. 

 Jablonsky, 1st with Harlowarden, .1. 

 Steidle, 2d. 



In roses, Peter Reinberg, Chicago, 

 took first in all but the American 

 Beauty class, when W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey captured the first, with F. C. 

 Weber second. In the other classes 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey were a close 

 second. 



For florpj baskets. Theo. Miller took 

 first; for vase of flowers arranged for 

 effect, P. C. Weber first with Rich- 

 mond roses. 



The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 displayed their red rose, Rhea Reed. 



The society are already making ar- 

 rangements for a fall exhibition. 



OBITUARY. 



William Griffin. 

 William Grifiin, for years a member 

 of the firm of Griffin Brothers, florists, 

 of Frankford, Pa., died March 7 at his 

 home. No. 4915 Willow street, after a 

 long illness. He was 58 years old and 

 had lived in Pranktord all his life. He 

 retired from active business some time 

 ago and spent several months in Eu- 

 rope in search of health. He was a 

 member of the School Board of the 

 Twenty-third section and a vestryman 

 of St. Mark's P. E. church. He was 

 buried with Masonic honors from St. 

 Mark's church. A widow survive.s him. 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the meeting on March 6 a very in- 

 teresting paper on carnations was read 

 by Wm Stahlein. Mr. Stahlein is well 

 able to handle the subject for his 

 elegant blooms speak well for his 

 methods. He has two very promising 

 seedlings. 



Mr. Pautke of Crosse Pointe showed 

 blooms of a new carnaiion of En- 

 chantress color, 4 to 5 inches in 

 diameter, with very long, stiff stem. 

 It shows distinct qualities among the 

 many carnation children. 



Other Deaths. 



I. M. Brainard, aged 79. died at 

 Oouverneur, N. Y.. February 26. 



Mrs. E. E. Street, the pioneer florist 

 of Eooneville, Miss., died on February 

 26. 



S. C. Hulbert, superintendent of 

 Fairmount cemetery, Newark, N. J., 

 died February 28, aged 66. 



James B. Ennis, a native of Ireland, 

 died on February 24, at Bloomington. 

 111., in his seventy-sixth year. 



Prank Yahnke, a familiar figure at 

 farmers' institutes, died at Winona, 

 Minn., February 27, aged 70 years. 



Philip Winter, who since 1853 has 

 been located in Glenville, 0., died on 

 February 22, in his eighty-third year. 



James Magill, W. Collingswood, N. 

 J., passed away on F'ebruary 27. He 

 was for many years a popular florist 

 in Tioga. His age was 65. 



John C. Garden died at his home on 

 Minnesota avenue, Anacostia, D. C, on 

 March 11th, aged 57 years. Deceased 

 came of a family of Scotch gardeners 

 and was educated as such in his native 

 country. After landing in this country 

 he took up the additonal industry of 

 raising bedding plants. He was the 

 eldest son of the late Alex. Garden and 

 a half-brother of Alex B. Garden of 

 Washington, D. C. 



