Novomber 19, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



699 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Twin City flower show, given 

 by the Minnesota State Florists' As- 

 sociation came to a close Monday 

 night, Nov. 14, having been prolonged 

 one day. The show was in all re- 

 spects, except attendance, very suc- 

 cessful, was highly appreciated by 

 every visitor and there is no doubt 

 but that the next show will prove 

 successful in a financial way, too, if 

 carried on the same as this one was. 

 The quality of flowers, decorative 

 groups and plants was high class, as 

 were also the different table decora- 

 tions and floral pieces of various de- 

 signs. The quality of the roses sur- 

 passed Chicago, while the carnations, 

 after being exhibited five days, were 

 still in good showing at the close. 

 The layout of the hall and the decora- 

 tion combined with the illumination 

 were unique and unsurpassed by any 

 other flower show. This is the unani- 

 mous opinion of guests, judges, rep- 

 resentatives of the trade, in fact 

 everybody that visited the show. 

 Later on I will try to give details of 

 the decorations, especially the illumi- 

 nation, which was a combination of 

 half a dozen different lights, power- 

 ful but mild, showing the colors of 

 flowers to a very great advantage. 



The judges worked hard and satis- 

 factorily, and it is everybody's opin- 

 ion that we could not have gotten a 

 better set of judges. The following 

 named gentlemen acted in this ca- 

 pacity: J. J. Hess, Omaha; J. S. Wil- 

 son, Des Moines; X. A. Plummer, Ke- 

 wanee, 111. The judges praised the 

 management for the success of the 

 show in the following report: 



"The geueral effect of tlie Twin City 

 Flower Sbow was much above our e.\pec- 

 tations. We Lave visited aud taken an 

 active part in flower shows all over the 

 country for the last twenty years and we 

 must say for the size and space, we con- 

 sider the Twin City Flower Show one of, 

 if not the best we ever attended: First, 

 for the beautiful plan and arrangement of 

 exhibits; second, the unsurpassed effect of 

 the hall; third, the decoration of the hall 

 combined with shaded lights; fourth, 

 plants and cut flowers show the growers' 

 skill ; fifth, floral work has shown higher 

 skill than any other show we h.ive at- 

 tended: si:;th. the committee in (harge of 

 the magnificent show is to be congratu- 

 lated for their big undertaking in hand- 

 ling the flower show. We wish to express 

 our thanks to the Minnesota Florists' As- 

 sociation for the honor they conferred up- 

 on us and the good time they have sliown 

 us during our stay." 



The entries were as follows: 



L. S. Donaldson Co.. MLnneapulis. J. 

 .Torgenson grower, :37 entries. 



Holm & Olson, St. Paul, 53 entries. 



Hans Rosaoker, Minneapolis, 1 entry. 



E. Naegel & Son, Minneapolis, 2 entries. 



Poehlmann Bros., Morton Grove, HI., 35 

 entries. 



H. W. Buckhee, Rocktord, 111., 21 entries. 



J. E. Berry, Stillwater. Minn., 1 entry. 



J. E. Meinhart, Welib City, Mo., 2 

 entries. 



Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, 6 en- 

 tries. 



L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, 47 entries. 



La Cross Floral Co., La Cross, Wis., 26 

 entries. ,,. , 



Elmer D. Smith, Adrian. Mich., 14 en- 

 tries. 



Wm. Jaap, Duluth. Minn., 2 entries. 



Chicago Carnation Co., 20 entries. 



Will Bros. Co., Minneapolis, 23 entries. 



R. M. Chapman, Dillen Co.. Minneapolis, 

 2 entries. 



Board of Park Commissioners, Louis 

 Boegliu grower, 14 entries. 



O C Swanson, Minneapolis, 29 entries. 



Hiawatha Garden Co., Minneapolis, 13 

 entries. „,, ,,. _ 



John E. Steen, Red Wing, Minn.. 5 en- 



Wendland & Keimer. Elmhurst, 111., 6 

 eutries. ... J 



Itochester Flower Show — .lapanese Garden 



Indiauapolis Floral Co., 18 entries. 



E. II. Latham, Minneapolis, 2 entries. 



Ilarliins Floral Co., Bismark, N. D., 3 

 entries. 



Hess & Swoboda, Omaha (not for com- 

 petition), 1 entry. 



Julius Eoehrs Co., Rutherford, N. .T. 

 (not for competition), 1 entry. 



John S. Bradstreet & Co., Minneapolis 

 (not for competition), 1 entry. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Fourth Annual Flower Show 

 given by the St. Louis Horticultural 

 Society took place last week. The 

 show as a whole was not up to the 

 former years. The entries in most of 

 the classes were larely over two and 

 in most of them but one. The big 

 prizes which everyone thought would 

 attiaet many growers from outside 

 were poorly comiieted for. For the 

 $500 prize in cut chrysanthemums, E. 

 G. Hill Co., and Elmer D. Smith & Co. 

 made entries. For the $500 prize in 

 cut carnations, E. G. Hill Co. made 

 the only show and for the $500 prize 

 in roses Poehlmann Bros, were the 

 only competitors. The management at- 

 tributes the lack of entries to all the 

 western shows being held during the 

 same week. The local retailers did 

 not. as usual, show any interest, C. 

 Young &. Sons and the Metropolitan 

 Floral Co. being the only ones to enter 

 for competition. The show in itself 

 was tastefully laid out and artistically 

 decorated. The weather was all 

 that could be asked for, still the at- 

 tendance was not up to expectations 

 and the chances are that financially it 

 will again prove to have been a failure. 

 Below will be found the awards of the 

 four days: 



Awards. 



Shaw Premiums, 



Uisjjlay of decorative plants — Wm. Schray 

 & Sons, first prize, Sanders Nurseries, 

 second. F. J. Fillmore & Son, third. 



Berried plants — Koenig Floral Co., San- 

 ders Nurseries. 



Blooming plants— Wm. Schray & Sons, F. 

 J. Fillmore & Son, Sanders Nurseries. 



Geraniums — Koenig Floral Co., F. J. Fill- 

 more & Sou, Bentzen Floral Co. 



Specimen palm — Wm. Schray & Sons, C. 

 Young & Sons Co. 



Specimen fern — H. J. Weber & Sons Nur- 

 sery Co., Sanders Nurseries, C. Young & 



Blooming plant, other than chrysanthe- 

 mum — Koenig Floral Co., Wm. Schray & 

 Sons, F. H. Meinhardt. 



Fern dish — Wm. Schray & Sons, San- 

 ders Nurseries, C. Young & Sons Co. 



Group variegated foliage plants — Wm. 

 Schray & Sons, Sanders Nurseries. 



Group of chrysanthemums — Koenig Floral 

 'Co., Wm. Bruecker, C. Y'oung & Sons. 



Specimen chrysanthemum plants, white. 

 ilitto pink, ditto yellow, ditto any other 

 ci>lor — Koenig Floral Co. 



Bay trees— C. Y'oung c& Sons Co.. Wm. 

 Schray & Sons. 



Begouies — Wm. Bruecker. 



Display of Pompons, Anemone or single 

 chrysanthemums — Koenig Floral Co., San- 

 ders Nurseries, Geo. B. Windier. 



Chrysanthemums grown to single stem — 

 Sanders Nurseries. 



6 Blooms, new seedling, not yet dissemi- 

 I rted — M. F. Widmer, Hy. Emunds. 



Display of ehrysantheunims varieties at- 

 tra<-tiyely displayed, either cut blooms, 

 plants or both— E. G. Hill Co., .$300. 



Carnations, 4 varieties, 50 blooms each- ■ 



F. H. Meinhardt. 



50 blooms, one or more varieties — Oak- 

 land Floral Co., Bentzen Floral Co. 



Roses, 6 varieties. 25 blooms each — B. H. 

 Meinhardt. . , ,. 



Decorated dining room effect, including 

 table and mantle decoration— C. Young & 



'Collection of hardy evergreens, 20 or more 

 varieties— H. J. Weber & Sons Nursery Co.. 

 Sanders Nurseries. 



The above concluded the first day's 

 awards. The Henry Shaw gold medal 

 was not competed for. The following 

 are the awards for the second day: 



Carnations, one or more varieties attrac- 

 tively displayed either cut blooms, plants 

 ,ir both, accessories not permissible — E. G. 

 Hill Co., S500. ^, . T,, , r.„ 



.30 America Beauties— Koenig Floral Co. 



Basket of carnations— Metropolitan mo- 

 ral Co., C. Young & Sons Co. . 



100 roses arranged for effect, any variety 

 — Kneuig Floral Co. „ 



Chrysanthemums, 25 blooms, white—*.. 



G. Hill Co., Henry Johann & Son, W. J. 

 &'m. S. Vesey. w t .?, M s 



25, yellow— E. G. Hill Co., W. J. & M. S. 

 Ve'sev, F. II. Meinhardt. , r.„ w 



Any other color— Koenig Floral Co., E. 

 (• Hill Co F. H. Meinhardt. 



3t' not less than 20 varieties short stem 

 imoks back)— Elmer D. Smith & Co., E. O. 

 Hill Co. 



The entries for the third day were 

 better and more attractive and the at- 

 tendance much better. The awards 

 were as follows: 



Morton prize, 50 white carnations— Jj. G. 

 Hill Co. .T E. Meinhardt, Oakland Floral 



"^'"schroeter Bros, prize, 50 blooms, ll»tht 



