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HORTICULTURE 



November 13, 1909 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



THE CHICAGO SHOW. 



While no official announcement has 

 been made, it is generally known that 

 the flower show was a financial suc- 

 cess, even ahead of last year. In 

 artistic beauty, also, it was considered 

 superior to anything hitherto seen in 

 Chicago; not the largest number of 

 exhibitors, but the best as a whole. 

 Taken all together the details of the 

 show were more complete on the first 

 day than is usually the case. On 

 Monday, the day preceding the open- 

 ing, it was apparent that the arrange- 

 ment of the Coliseum as a whole was a 

 great success and the spaces not need- 

 ed by the exhibitors were gladly ap- 

 propriated by the superintendents of 

 the city parks, who are always ready 

 to help out when the opportunity 

 presents. 



The Japanese garden arrangement 

 of the hall was due to H. J." Stockman 

 of the West Parks, who not only 

 planned, but largely executed the 

 work. The impression as one entered 

 the building was fine in the extreme. 



steps in front of this the cut flowers 

 were staged, American Beauties only 

 the first evening and other roses, 

 chrysanthemums, carnations, etc., ap- 

 pearing successively. These steps, 

 leading apparently from the mansion, 

 ended five feet above the main floor 

 and rested upon an immense platform 

 reached by other steps at either end 

 and from this platfoiin people had a 

 splendid view of the entire hall. 



Three booths to the right and three 

 to the left of the entrance filled the 

 space under the balcony. On the op- 

 posite side of the room were eight 

 booths all given over to the retail 

 trade, with the exception of two for 

 pottery and an exhibition of how to 

 pot plants. Of the booths as a whole, 

 much could be said. E. Wienhoeber 

 Co.. Vaughan's Seed Store, Schiller 

 Estate, A. Lange, Geo. Wittbold Co., 

 J. F. Kidwell & Bro. and Samuelson, 

 all had displays which meant time and 

 money, arid it must have been very 

 gratifying to them to see the crowds 

 constantly viewing the various decor- 



VlEW AT THE 



AH was artistically arranged and there 

 was a distinct absence of anything 

 "set" about it. Two large pagodas 

 added greatly to the effect. Another 

 feature was an immense Japanese bal- 

 loon-shaped lantern shedding a soft 

 light over the scene. This was hung 

 from the centre of the ceiling, which 

 had been covered with blue cloth with 

 stars shining through it, making an 

 artificial sky reaching down to the 

 balconies, which were heavily draped 

 with wild smilax. 



Branching from the wide central en- 

 trance walk was another winding its 

 way the entire length of the Coliseum, 

 which, turning to the right, crossed a 

 rustic bridge spanning a lagoon which 

 was attractive with water lilies. At 

 the north end of the building was a 

 mountain scene on canvas, underneath 

 which was the band stand, occupied by 

 the orchestra. On either side of the 

 orchestra were refreshment tables 

 waited upon by young ladies in .Japan- 

 ese costumes — an innovation much ap- 

 preciated by the people. 



On the south side a colonial house 

 made a fine background and on the 



CHICAGO SHOVr 



ations — table, mantle, weddin.g, etc., 

 and the advertising it gives tliese firms 

 will be no small matter in the future. 

 The booths were either changed or 

 touched up each day .ind the public 

 never lest its enthusiasm for these 

 displays. Society ladies were the 

 booth judges. 



The annex was devoted entirely to 

 shrubbery and with a winter scene 

 effect. The side walls were covered 

 with canvas showing woodland scenes 

 and around the sides were grouped 

 shnibs and evergreens arranged with 

 winding paths, and the spaces between 

 the shrulas and around the roots cov- 

 ered with cotton over which diamond 

 dust had been sprinkled. The cold 

 sparkling winter scene was empha- 

 sized by the lower temperature of the 

 room. The nurserymen as a whole 

 contribiited to this, and the interest of 

 the visitors in this feature and the 

 notes they took show that the ex- 

 hibitors will get their reward in the 

 near future. The centre of the annex 

 was arranged each evening with a 

 screen on which were thrown stere- 

 opticon views of ideal spots in the 



arrangement of home lots, and City 

 Forester Frost lectured to an audi- 

 ence that never left a chair vacant. 



First Prize Winners. 



The prize aVard list is a very 

 lengthy one and has already been 

 published, in the main, by the local 

 Chicago trade papers. Among the 

 first prize winners in the various 

 classes were the following: 



Chrysanthemum plants — Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, Robt. F. Mueller. Chrys- 

 anthemum blooms — Mt. Greenwood 

 Cemetery, E. G. Hill Co., Poehlmann 

 Bros. Decorative plant classes — J. B. 

 Kidwell & Bro., George Wittbold Co., 

 Peter Schilt, Schiller the Florist. Car- 

 nations — Poehlmann Eros., C. C. Poll- 

 worth Co., Nic Zweifel, Bassett & 

 Washburn, Chicago Carnation Co., Des 

 riaines Floral Co. Violets— H. N. 

 Lown of Rhinebeck, N. Y. Lily of the 

 valley — Poehlmann Bros. American 

 Beauty roses— Bassett & Washburn, 

 Bohannan Floral Co., Holton & Hun- 

 kel. Other roses — Weiland & OUinger, 

 Poehlmann Bros., Chas. Knopf Floral 

 Co., Bassett & Washburn, Peter Rein- 

 berg. In 100 "any variety" Poehlmann 

 Bros, won out with White Killarney. 



Brief but Honorable Mention. 



Alois Frey of Crown Point, Ind., had 

 a splendid exhibition of single chrys- 

 anthemums. 



There was no competition for the 

 S. A. F. medals for plant or flower of 

 American origin. 



Manager George Asmus was tendered 

 a special vote of thanks for kind at- 

 tention and courtesies shown. 



The booth where cut flowers were 

 sold was well patronized and the sales 

 reached four figures by the last day. 



The group by the University of Chi- 

 cago contained some fine specimen 

 plants, only seen in rare collections. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, 

 Ind., won a silver cup, also certificate 

 of merit on best white seedling carna- 

 tion. 



E. G. Hill & Co. won certificate of 

 merit and silver cup on seedling 

 chrysanthemums, also sweepstakes on 

 seedling Elsie Papworth. 



.\ bed of scarlet geraniums in full 

 bloom by A. S. Trude. The thatched 

 roofs of two of the booths were a 

 pleasing contrast to the green. 



The booths in which postals, candy, 

 etc, were sold were in round, Japan- 

 ese style and added instead of de- 

 tracting from the beauty of the whole. 



The city parks, noticeably Lincoln 

 and South Park, lived up to their rep- 

 utation and staged exhibits that make 

 the people justly proud of their parks. 



Swain Nelson & Sons Co. were also 

 well represented. In fact the nursery- 

 men added largely to the attractive- 

 ness of the show and received in re- 

 turn six days of good advertising. 



Ed. Hauswirth, though still unable 

 to use his hand recently cut by a fall 

 through a window, was at bis usual 

 place. The show would not seem quite 

 complete without the Auditorium 

 florist. 



Leesley Bros', exhibit of berried 

 ''brubs showed to good advantage in 

 the winter scene. Leesley Bros, devote 

 much attention to winter landscape 



