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HORTI CULTURE 



November 19, 1910 



three firsts, Bassett & Washburn three 

 firs:s, Mt. Greenwood Ceratcry Associa- 

 tion two firsts, Porhlmanu Bros., thi'ee 

 seconds, H. W. Buckbee and E. G. Hill 

 Co., each cne second. C. C. Pollworth 

 won the Jones' special prize for best 

 exhibit of Mrs. Jerome Jones. 



Miscellaneous Show Notes. 



Two excursions carried visitors to 

 the extension plant of the Chicago Car 

 Co. at Joliet, Thursday and Friday. 



A table of pompons was also exhibit- 

 ed by Frank Beu, conspicuous among 

 the varieties being the beautiful bronze 

 Mrs. Beu. 



Bassett & Washburn entered their 

 Beauties at Milwaukee and Chicago, 

 where they carried off all the first 

 prizes at each show. 



F. R. Pierson staged three roses not 

 for competition. Radiance, dark pink 

 Killarney and Gloriosa, all seemingly 

 fine varieties. 



The ball given by the Chicago Bowl- 

 ing Club on Friday night, was a disap- 

 pointment so far as numbers went, but 

 those who participated report a very 

 enjoyable time. 



A fine vase of Alta, pompon chi-ys- 

 anthemum, was shown by A. W. Meyer 

 of South Holland. It is a seedling of 

 a pure gold color and gives promise of 

 much merit. 



J. E. Meinhart, of Webb City, Mo., 

 was one of the new carnation men at 

 the show. He bought his place last 

 spring and has his eyes open for the 

 best varieties. 



H. W. Buckbee. of Rockford, 111., 

 won the sweepstake silver cup on 

 seedling chrysanthemum and Mr. 

 Greenwood same on seedling carna- 

 tion. 



All the chrysanthemums shown were 

 practically cut from standard varieties 

 of about half a dozen sorts, and judg- 

 ing from the excellence of the blooms 

 these sentinels of the flower shows are 

 not yet in need of new recruits. 



The lectures were extremely popular 

 features of the show and the speakers 

 who offered to answer questions after 

 the lectures found themselves busy 

 men. City Forester Prost is very pop- 

 ular with the children who enjoyed the 

 funny slides immensely. 



J. A. Budlong decided at the last 

 moment to enter roses and carnations 

 and captured nineteen prizes out of 

 twenty-six entries. This shows the 

 excellence of his regular daily stock 

 from wiiich the flowers were sent to 

 compete with stock grown for show 

 purposes. 



E. G. Hill & Co. exhibited their two 

 new roses, Sunburst and Rose Queen, 

 the former winning a silver cup and 

 honorable mention for best rose never 

 before exhibited in this country. It is 

 a yellow overlaid with pink. Rose 

 Queen, similar to Bridesmaid in color, 

 won first prize. 



Carnation Washington showed up 

 well and received three first prizes in 

 Minneapolis and one in Chicago. This 

 variety is a sport of Enchantress 

 which will be disseminated Jan. 1, 1911. 

 The color is same as Lawson, but 

 holds much better than in that variety. 

 It has all the habits of Enchantress. 



W. W. Barnard Co. in addition to 

 their nursery exhibit showed what 

 bulbs to plant in a bed and how to 



plant them. Such definite knowledge 

 is always appreciated by the public. 

 The Winterson Co. had a similar ex- 

 hibit and Mr. Winterson was always 

 theie to answer questions. Their ex- 

 hibit attracted much attention. 



Bronze medals on seedlings were 

 awarded as follows: White carnation, 

 20 blooms, Knopf Floral Co.; red car- 

 nation, 20 blooms, E. G. Hill & Co.; 

 flesh pink carnation. 20 blooms, Mt. 

 Greenwood; any other color carnation, 

 20 blooms, Mt. Greenwood; white 

 chrysanthemum, 6 blooms, E. G. Hill & 

 Co.; yellow, Elmer D. Smith & Co. 



R. F. Mueller gardener for A. S. 

 Trude, contributed greatly to the suc- 

 cess of the Chicago show. His chrys- 

 anthemum plants were excellent speci- 

 mens and were entered for general 

 competition as well as in the private 

 gardener's class. One of the best 

 things at the show was his bed of 

 scarlet geraniums, plants four ft. high 

 and covered with bloom. 



In the carnation classes Poehlmann 

 Bros., Northwestern Floral Co., Mt. 

 Greenwood Cemetery Association. Bas- 

 sett & Washburn. C. C. Pollworth Co., 

 Wellsworth Farm Greenhouses and 

 Chicago Carnation Co. all figured as 

 first prize winners. The leading 

 prizes in the plant schedule for pri- 

 vate gardeners were won by Robt. 

 Mueller, E. G. Uihlein. John Cook. Pe- 

 ter Schilt and Julius Rosenwald. 



Over two hundred florists and their 

 ladies sat down to a banquet at the 

 La Salle Hotel, Thursday evening. The 

 decorations were arranged by the old- 

 time florist John Starrett, now the La 

 Salle florist, and were simple and 

 tasteful. After they had done justice 

 to a choice menu toastmaster W. JS!. 

 Rudd introduced the various speakers 

 and their remarks are well worthy of 

 print did space but permit. A high 

 class entertainment followed and it 

 was with regret that the party dis- 

 persed for another year. 



MILWAUKEE. 



With the eve of Nov. 13, the second 

 annual flower show, of the Milwaukee 

 Florist Club came to an end and in 

 every respect it was a grand success. 

 This can be attributed first to the 

 great success of last year, second the 

 diligent work of the press committee, 

 and third the experiences gained a 

 year ago. 



The whole was to represent a forest 

 in its fall attire and it was a piece of 

 work well done by Aug. F. Kellner, 

 the decorator in charge with H. V. 

 Hunkel as chairman of the executive 

 committee, consisting of C. Dallwig, 

 Art Leidiger, J. G. Heitman, Wm. 

 Zimmermann, C. C. Pollworth and Nic 

 Zweifel. The main attraction was a 

 waterfall seemingly oozing out of the 

 midst of a pine grove at the left of 

 the stage; the right of the stage rep- 

 resented a hillside wooded with pines. 

 The main floor was tastefully deco- 

 rated with very tall oak, beech and 

 magnolia trees prettily draped with 

 wild smilax and • magnolia sprays. 

 Sixteen large baskets with wild smi- 

 lax illuminated with electric globes 

 backed by yellow shades relieved the 

 bareness of tlie upper balconies. 



The main floor was further beauti- 

 fied by the various palm, fern, chry- 

 santhemum and other plant groups, 

 with the addition of seven table deco- 



rations which were for exhibition 

 only. And all around and through 

 these was the brook, which was taste- 

 fully finished off with stone on the 

 inner and sod on the outer side. Five 

 rustic bridges which spanned this 

 brook were an ornament and in keep- 

 ing with the whole. 



Floor space being at a premium, 

 the cut flowers were placed on the 

 stage on the day of judging. All in 

 all, it was a local show; how could it 

 have been different with the Chicago, 

 Minneapolis, St. Louis and Indianapo- 

 lis shows running at the same time? 

 But the Milwaukee florists taking 

 more interest than ever before and 

 doing all they possibly could, it was 

 a grand success in every way. It also 

 showed that the stock from local 

 growers was fully as good as that 

 which was sent in by outsiders, espe- 

 cially in the cut flower line. The au- 

 dience was very satisfactory at all 

 times. The judges who honored the 

 club with their services were, Otto 

 Speidel, Oconomowoc; E. Amerpohl, 

 Janesville, and Jim Mathewson, She- 

 boygan. 



The best cyclamens ever exhibited 

 in .Milwaukee were shown by the Fox 

 Point Floral Co. E. D. Smith of Adri- 

 an, Mich., had some of their prize 

 chrysanthemums on exhibition and 

 reaped their reward. Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. were the heaviest exhibitors 

 from Chicago. Their stock was 

 grand. Julius Roehrs Co. of Ruther- 

 ford, N. J., had a neat display of or- 

 namental plants for exhibition only. 



Several of the Chicago florists came 

 up to see what the Milwaukee show 

 was like on Saturday night. They 

 were entertained by their friends. 



In the cbr.vsantliemum plant elasses, 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. C. C. Pollworth Co.. 

 E. Pracfke and Edlefsen-Leideger Co. were 

 the winners. In cut blooms, Pollworth Co.. 

 Poehlmann Bros Co.. Edelfsen-Leideger 

 Co., H. W. Bnckbee, H. Staeps, Elmer D 

 Smith. Alois Frey. Holton & Iluiikel Co. 

 and Fox Point Floral Co. In miscellaneous 

 r-nt tjowers the above named together with 

 Loeffler cV Benke. A. Loeffler. Heitman & 

 Baerman, Jlueller & Schroeder and Ous. 

 Pohi. In palms and ferns, A. M. Deitraan, 

 Aug. Kellner & Co.. C. C. Pollworth, Cnrrie 

 Bros., Holton & Hunkel Co., Theo. Buett- 

 eher and others. In misoell-ineous plants, 

 I'ollworth. O. Eggebrecht, Thos. Grirhler, 

 Kellner, J. Freytag, C. F. Fitzerow and J. 

 C. Rest. 



In the rose awards, Poehlmann Bros, were 

 tirst on 50 Beauty, Rinhmond, Perle and 

 any other variety; Holten & Hunkel on 

 Bride, Killarney, Kaiserin and White Kil- 

 larney. On the 2.5's. C. C. Pollworth Co. 

 weie first on White Killarney. Killarney 

 and Kaiserin. Carnations were splendidly 

 shown, eight firsts and the sweepstakes 

 silver cup being captured by C. C. Poll- 

 \N'orth Co. Mueller & Schroeder Co. won 

 three firsts in this section : Nic Zweifel won 

 five: Muuke Bros, won two. 



Talile decorations were shown by .T. I\I. 

 Fox & Son, E. Wilke & Co., Wm. 'c. Zim- 

 mermann, Walter M. Maas & Co.. Edlef- 

 sen-Leidiger Co., Currie Bros. Co. and M. 

 A. MeKenney & Co. 



Loveland Floral Co. received honorable 

 mention for table of baskets. 



Honorable mention was given to the fol- 

 lowing: Bed of Begonia Krfordi with 

 Acalypha border, Fred C. Kaiser; Primula 

 grand'flora, Chas. F. Kitzerow; Oranges, 

 Araucarias and Boston Ferns, John C. 

 Host; Callas and other miscellaneous 

 plants, Walter H. Hummel Co. ; Carnation 

 "Washington," Chicago Carnation Co.; 

 Cyclamens, Fox Point Flora! Co. ; decora- 

 tive plants. Aug. F. Kellner Co. ; Bonnaf- 

 fon Chrysantliemums. Burlington Floral 

 Co.; ornamental plants. .Tulius Roehrs Co.; 

 Rubbers and Araucarias, Jacob Freytag; 

 Begonia Glory of Cincinnati, J. A. Peter- 

 son; Snapdragon, llueller & Schroeder; 

 Enchantress and White Enchantress Car- 

 nations, Burlington Floral Co. ; Trees, 

 Shubbery, Perenni.ils. Olartioli and Dahlias, 

 H. W. Koerner; Trees and Shrubbery, Wm. 

 Eschrich Floral Co. 



