November 15, 1913 



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THE EXHIBITIONS 



THE CHICAGO SHOW, 



Another Chrysanthemum Exhibit 

 has come and gone, this one running 

 nearly twice its scheduled time and 

 maliing a record for showing some of 

 the finest blooms, of the big fall fa- 

 vorites, ever seen in Chicago. Not 

 one of the largest, but one of the best 

 — this describes the affair in a sen- 

 tence. The exhibit, which was given 

 by the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America in conjunction with the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Chicago and Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club, was held in Black- 

 stone Hall, Art Institute, and opened 

 the afternoon of November 5th. When 

 the closing day came, November 7th, 

 the blooms were in such perfect con- 

 dition that the management extended 

 the time to November 9th and special 

 displays of roses were added by Peter 

 Reinberg and Bassett & Washburn, 

 and the Chicago Carnation Company 

 who showed vases of their Peerless 

 Pink, Gloriosa and The Herald carna- 

 tions. 



The exhibit was staged by G. T. 

 Siegert of the Mt. Greenwood Ceme- • 

 tery Association, and his work showed 

 much skill and good taste. Though 

 distinctly a chrysanthemum exhibit, 

 two large groups of palms and deco- 

 rative plants, furnished by Frank 

 Oechslin; specimens of box woods in 

 various shapes by Vaughan's Seed 

 Store and fine groups of Begonias Cin- 

 cinnati and Lorraine from Poehlmann 

 Bros, added greatly to the effect as a 

 whole. The groups of chrysanthemum 

 plants which also added materially to 

 the beauty of the exhibit, were fur- 

 nished by Poehlmann Bros., Mt. 

 Greenwood Cemetery Association and 

 Vaughan's Seed Store and were main- 

 ly in plants of commercial sizes. The 

 largest bush plants in the hall came 

 from Iowa State Agricultural College, 

 and the grafted plants always so ad- 

 mired by those outside the trade were 

 missing. . A very pretty effect was 

 a bed of* rose plants in full bloom, 

 growing in two-inch pots sunken in 

 moss, showing masses of the tiny 

 roses of Baby Tausendschon, Phyllis 

 and Germa Tetschendorf by Vaughan's 

 Seed Store. 



Very noticeable among the many 

 excellent cut chrysanthemums was the 

 Wm. Turner, and a vase of 25 grown 

 by C. H. Totty won a silver medal. 

 White blooms seemed to lead, nothing 

 quite equalling the Wm. Turner, and 

 Naorni was another splendid white. 

 The older varieties'as Major Bonnaffon 

 and Eaton are keeping up well in the 

 race. Exhibits of single blooms were 

 quite large and made a good showing. 



The rose section (not for competi- 

 tion) contained some noteworthy va- 

 rieties. Killarney Brilliant was shown 



by Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hills, 

 Pa., and much admired. It was in as 

 fine shape at the end of the show as 

 at the beginning. Dorner's new red 

 rose. No. 6, was exceedingly fragrant 

 and of a dark rich shade. A brilliant 

 red novelty was shown by S. J. Ren- 

 ter & Son, Westerly, R. I., and E. G. 

 Hill & Co., had a vase of their light 

 pink Ophelia. Dorner also had a vase 

 of his scarlet carnation Champion, and 

 the Detroit Cut Flower Exchange ex- 

 hibited Philadelphia. Two of the re- 

 tailers. A. Lange and J. Mangel, sent 

 baskets of roses to represent their 

 branch of the trade. The out-of-town 

 visitors were confined mostly to the 

 exhibitors. 



Cut Flower Awards. 



Silver cup for 10 Ijluoms. one variety : 

 C. H. Totty witb Wm. Turner. Gold 

 watch for 6 varietie.s, 3 blooms each, pri- 

 vate gardeners, F. D. Countiss. Silver cup 

 for 10 blooms not disseuiinated, Mt. Green- 

 wood Cemetery Corp. Silver gilt medal 

 for hest vase of blooms from cultural 

 standpoint, Poehlmann Bros. Co. with Bon- 

 naffon. Silver m'?dnl for best display of 

 varieties Introduced by self within five 

 years. Elmer D. .Smith. 



Plants. 



In the large flowering plant classes 

 Vaughan's Seed Store won all the firsts 

 except one which went to Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. Iowa State Coll. won the Geo. W. 

 Chllds gold medal for bush plants. 



Vase 25 blooms, one varietv, white — 1st, 

 C. H. Totty with Wm. Turner; 2nd, E. G. 

 Hill Co. with Naomah; 3id, Bassett & 

 Washburn with Solamon. Vase 25 pink — 

 1st, Mt. Greenwood Cem. Assoc, with Seed- 

 ling No. 4; 2nd. E. G. Hill Co. with Chief- 

 tain; 3rd, Poehlmann Bros, with Engue- 

 hard. 25 yellow — 1st. Meredith Flower & 

 Vegetable Co. with Bonnaffon ; 2nd, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. ^^■itll Bonnaffon: 3rd, BJl- 

 mer D. Smith witb Chrysolora. 25 !)ronze 

 — 1st, Howard Gonld with H. E. Converse; 

 2nd. E. G. Hill Co. with Glenview ; 3rd. 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. with O. H. Kahn. 

 25 red or crimson — 1st. Mt. Greenwood 

 with Pockett's Crimson; 2nd. E. G. Hill 

 Co. with Prefettillier; 3rd. C. H. Totty 

 with Gertrude Peers. 25 any other color — 

 1st. E. G. Hill Co. with Ijoiseau Rousseau ; 

 2nd. Howard Gould with C. H. Totty. 6 

 blooms white— 1st. E. G. Hill Co. with 

 Turner- 2nd. C. H. Totty with Turner. 

 6 pink— 1st, Mt. Greenwood with Seedling 

 No. 4; 2nd. E. G. Hill Co. with Hicondelle. 

 6 yellow — 1st. Meredith Flower & Veg. Co. 

 with Bonnaffon; 2nd. C. H. T"ttv with 

 Mrs. .T. C. Neill. 6 bronze^lst, E. G. Hill 

 Co. with Ongawa; 2nd. C. H. Totty with 

 Mary Mason. 6 red — 1st, La Crosse Floral 

 Co with W. A. Read; 2nd, C. H. Totty 

 with Pockett's Crimson. 6 any other color 

 —1st. E. G. Hill with Mrs. G. C. Kellev ; 

 2nd. C. H Totty with Mrs. G. C. Kelley. 

 ^ 3(5 blooms in 6 varieties — 1st. Howard 

 Gould; 2nd. E. G. Hill; 3rd. Poehlmann 

 Bros. 18 blooms in fi varieties — 1st. 

 E. G. Hill; 2Dd. C. H. Totty; 3rd. F. D. 

 Countiss. 24 blooms in 24 varieties — 1st. 

 Howard Gould: 2nd. K G. Hill; 3rd, F. D. 

 Countiss. 12 blooms in 12 Japanese re- 

 flex varieties— 1st, E. G. Hill; 2nd, C. H. 

 Totty; 3rd. F. D. Countiss. 12 blooms in 

 12 varieties incurved — 1st. E. G. Hill; 2nd, 

 C. H. Totty. 10 vases pompons — 1st. Mt. 

 Greenwood ; 2nd. Poehlmann Bros. 12 va- 

 rieties single— 1st. C. H. Totty ; 2nd. Mt. 

 Greenwood. 25 sprays yellow pompon — 

 1st. Mt. Greenwood with Climax: 2nd, 

 Poehlmann Bros, with Madge; 3rd, E. G. 

 Hill with Madge. 25 pink pompon — 1st, 

 Poehlmann Bros, with Waco; 2nd. E. D. 

 Smith with Minta; 3nr, E. G. Hill with 

 Acto. 



Seedlings Not in Commerce. 



6 blooms white — 1st, C. H. Totty. bronze 

 medal, fi pink— C. H. Toltv, bronze modal, 

 fi .vellow— C. C. PolUvorth Co.. bronze 

 medal. C* red — E. T>. Smith ^t Co.. bronze 

 medal. Sweepstakes — fi blooms among the 

 above seedlings — C, H, Totty, silver medal. 



THE STAMFORD SHOW. 



The Third Autumn Exhibition of th© 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society was held in the Armory, 

 Stamford, Conn., November 7th and 

 Sth, and proved in every respect the 

 finest exhibition ever held by the So- 

 ciety. The excellent attendance which 

 far exceeded expectations shows the 

 deep interest the public is taking in 

 this young and energetic Society. En- 

 tries were heavy in the 98 ciasses in 

 the schedule, competition very keen, 

 and the judges fulfilled their duties in 

 a most efficient and satisfactory man- 

 ner, although they had no easy task. 

 Chrysanthemums, which occupied the 

 larger part of the exhibition, were of 

 excellent quality and quite the equal 

 to the standard in former years. Of 

 the trained specimens, Adolph Lewi- 

 sohn's "Black Hawk," a gigantic plant 

 14 feet in diameter caused quite a 

 sensation. Other fine specimens were 

 shown by Herbert J. Parks, Mrs. Al- 

 bert Crane, Wm. Fisher, Chas. Mal- 

 lory. W. W. Heroy, J. S. Downey and 

 G. D. Barron. Single chrysanthemums 

 and pompon varieties, now fast com- 

 ing into public favor, were well staged. 



Roses stood out prominently. Pink 

 and White Killarney, Milady, Ameri- 

 can Beauty, Mrs. Geo. Shawyer and 

 Mrs. Chas. Russell were never before- 

 shown to such advantage. Carnations 

 were shown in excellent form and 

 variety. Some excellent flowering 

 and foliage groups occupied the 

 center of the hall, artistic in 

 their design, calling forth the ad- 

 miration of all. Vegetables and fruit 

 also added their part. The former 

 brought out some fine displays where 

 competition was very keen, Mrs. 

 Albert Crane being a winner of 

 two cups and several other prizes. 

 Several excellent groups of orchids 

 were staged. The gardeners' deco- 

 rative art was again displayed in 

 the basket and table decorations. In 

 the former. P. W. Popp, gardener for 

 H. Darlington, came first with a splen- 

 didly decorated basket of chrysanthe- 

 mums and autumn foliage. Thomas 

 Aitchison. gardener for Henry Seigel, 

 was second with a pretty basket neat- 

 ly arranged. Great interest was dis- 

 played in the table decorations with 

 competition very keen. Thomas Ait- 

 chison, winner in this class, put up a 

 wonderfully pretty table of Lady Hill- 

 ingdon roses, which was greatly ad- 

 mired. A. Peterson and Thomas Ryan 

 were second and third, respectively. 



The interior decorations of the hall, 

 which added in no small way to the 

 general success of the exhibition, were 

 kindly donated by Chas. T. W. Main, 

 the local florist. Excellent music, com- 

 bined with the artistic surroundings, 

 added the finishing touch to the most 

 successful exhibition in the history of 

 the Society. 



The trade exhibits included groups 

 of evergreens from F. E. Conine Nur- 

 sery Co., Stratford. Conn., chrysanthe- 

 mums and carnations from Scott 

 Bros.. Elmsford. N. Y.. flowering andl 

 foliage plants from A. N. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn., orchids from Geo. E. 



