November 29, 1913 



HOBTICULTUBE 



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THE EXHIBITIONS 



THE CLEVELAND SHOW. 



This ambitious exhibition widely 

 advertised in advance among the 

 trade and the public was a pro- 

 nounced success in quantity and qual- 

 ity of exhibits, despite the handicap 

 of the great enow storm, and the at- 

 tendance was surprisingly good. The 

 hall, a vast floor of over an acre and 

 a half, was well decorated and the ar- 

 rangement of the exhibits was very 

 creditable, although the numerous 

 heavy columns and low ceiling were 

 somewhat of a drawback to effective 

 work. The show continued from 

 Thursday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, 16th. 

 Carnations were especially staged on 

 Thursday and roses on Saturday. 

 The carnation display was very ex- 

 tensive and of record quality. The 

 rose display was small in comparison, 

 but it was exceptional in the number 

 of meritorious new candidates for 

 favor as commercial forcing roses 

 and in the high quality throughout. 

 The showing of floral work by the re- 

 tail trade was a shining example for 

 the trade of other cities and was by 

 far the premier attraction in the eyes 

 of the public. A miniature home and 

 garden lay-out by J. Boddy, of the city 

 parks, was also a powerful magnet 

 for the visitors. Some idea of the 

 extent of the show may be gained 

 from the statement that there were 

 no less than 336 entries in the com- 

 petitive classes. ^ 



The "lions" of the carnation sec- 

 tion were Cottage Gardens Co.'s mag- 

 nificent new white, Matchless — well 

 named, and Patten & Co.'s crimson 

 Princess Dagmar. In the rose dis- 

 play the top-notchers were E. G. 

 Hill's seedling Ophelia, Killarney 

 Brilliant, S. J. Renter's Prince E. C. 

 de Arenberg, Hadley, and Mrs. Geo. 

 Shawyer. In the chrysanthemum 

 section the plant entries were quite 

 ordinary, but the cut blooms were 

 simply magnificent, E. G. Hill Co. and 

 C. H. Totty both making great rec- 

 ords. It is said that every class was 

 filled up in this section. In the retail 

 department the J. M. Gasser Co. pre- 

 sented a series of tables and other 

 decorative work which were veritable 

 gems of artistic beauty. 



We have not space in which to 

 publish the full 'list of prize awards 

 even If that were desirable. In the 

 chrysanthemum bloom classes first 

 prizes were allotted as follows: 



C. H. Totty, 6: E. G. Hill Co., 6; .1. M. 

 Gasser Co., 3; F. R. WllHams Co., 2 and 

 silver cup sweep.stakes ; Robert Weeks and 



THE PORTLAND SHOW. 



Prize Winning Vase of 

 At Flower Show, Portland, 

 The Portland (Ore.) Floral Society 

 put up its second annual flower show 

 in the Armory on Nov. 11 and 12. 

 amid a blaze of glory. It was the 

 most spectacular show ever staged on 



Hkoto by G. S. Crego 



Yellow Chrysanthemums 



Ore. Shown by Clarke Bros. 



the Pacific Coast and the public were 

 ready to give it full recognition. We 

 present in connection with thes« 

 notes one view in this memorable ex- 

 hibition and expect to show some 

 more in a later issue. 



A. N. Pierson, 2 each; Elmer D. Smith, 1. 



Carnation Ists as follows: E. G. Hill 

 Co, 11 and two silver cup sweepstakes; 

 Chicago Carnation Co., 8; Cottage Gardens 

 Co.. 1 and silver cup sweepstakes: Patten 

 ,& Co., silver cup for best seedling; H. M. 

 Weiss Sons Co., F. R. Williams Co. and N. 

 Zweifel, 1 each. 



Rose Ists as follows: F. B. Pierson, 4 

 and silver sweepstakes cup; A. N. Pierson, 

 .5; Lamborn Floral Co., 3; Cleveland Cut 

 Flower Co., 2 ; C. H. Totty, 1 and silver cup 

 sweepstakes: S. J. Renter, F. R. Williams 

 Co. and F. Breitnie.ver, 1 each; E. G. Hill 

 Co., highly commended for seedling Ophe- 

 lia. 



On decorative work the following 



Ists: 



J. M. Gasser Co. for chrysanthemum ta- 

 ble, for rose table, for handle basket and 

 for bride's bouquet; .lames Eadie Co., for 

 bridesmaid's bouquet, for corsage bouquet 

 and the Miehell gold medal for basket of 

 lily of the valley. On miscellaneous ex- 

 hibits the Jas. Eadie Co. won 1st on lily of 

 the vallev, antirrhinums and hanging bas- 

 kets; V. R. Gllmann on violets; F. R. Pier- 



son on araucarias and ferns; J. A. Peter- 

 son on Lorraine begonias: Jones-Russell 

 Co on fern dishes; G. M. Naumann & Co. 

 on' Cincinnati begonias and C. Merkel & 

 Sons on begonias. 



The judges made additional report 

 as follows: 



Probably the most striking example of 

 the above is the pictorial arrangement 

 shown by the J. M. Gasser Co. The rare 

 taste, artistic feeling and intrinsic beajity 

 of this exhibit are worthy of the highest 



^ A ^a^ge vase filled with palms, crotons 

 and ferns, shown by John Kirchner, pre- 

 sents an excellent example of this means 

 of decorating and is highly commended. 



A vase of mignonette shown by the J. m. 

 Gasser Co. is well grown: highly com- 

 mended. , , _, „„/i'-- 



\ display of araucarias, cyclamens .-ina 

 Pandanus "Veitchii, by the Naumann Co;, 

 is highly commended; the plants are clean 



■'"AnTxtrlmel^y ■ fine exhibit of nephrolepls 

 in many varieties and sizes, all in the pink 

 of condition, shown by the P. R. Pierson 



