November 25, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



The Kansas City Show 



Perliajis the iiKist reiiiarkalile fpature 

 of the big exhiljitioa at Kansas City 

 last week was the attendance of vis- 

 itors. Our frontispiece affords some 

 idea of how the public thronged the 

 hall every afternoon and evening. 

 Herewith also appears a view of the 

 exhibition before the admission of the 

 public. A very large and interesting 

 portion of the display being in the 

 space directly under the amphitheatre 

 seats, is not visible in the picture. 

 Most of the cut flower entries, the 

 table and mantel decorations, etc., 

 were so located. 



In our telegraphic report "of last 

 week the operators omitted a whole 

 page of manuscript, badly confusing 

 our account of one important item, the 

 mantel decorations. These were beau- 

 tiful, the wirners being Samuel Mur- 

 ray, first, with begonia Turnford HalL 

 orchids and ferns; Arthur Newell, sec- 

 ond, with begonia Gloire de Lorraine; 

 and Schaeffer Floral Company, third, 

 with Liberty roses and lily of the val- 

 ley. 



The special features for Thursday 

 were a vase arranged with pompon 

 chrysanthemums, W. L. Rock, Samuel 

 Murray and W. J. Barnes winning in 

 the order named. The silver cup for 

 bowl of roses was won by S. Murray, 

 and the silver cup for decorated buf- 

 fet table by W. L. Rock. 



On Friday the table decoration 

 prizes were repeated, the competition 

 bringing out some faultless centre- 

 pieces, the winners being Miss Jewell 

 with basket of orchids, first; Schaeffer 

 Floral Co., with Sunset roses, second, 

 and Samuel Murray with vandas, cat- 

 tleyas and adiantum, third. 



The hall was thronged every day, 

 from 7,000 to 11,000 people being in at- 

 tendance each evening. 



Mr. John N. May, one of the Judges 

 and one of the best-known flower men 

 in the country, was quoted in the 

 "Kansas City Journal" of Nov. 17 as 

 follows: 



"I have attended most of the im- 

 portant flower shows in this country 

 for many years. The Nephrolepis 

 Piersoni elegantissima, which won 

 first prize Monday night, cannot be 

 duplicated anywhere in this country. 



They arc the finest speoimr- 

 saw. In other cities the florists seem 

 to have striven only to multiply the 

 stock, while here attention has been 

 given to produce the finest grade pos- 



aphatically endorse Mr. May's 

 Elegantissima as seen at Kan- 



A FKATfUK OF Till. (llICACd SlIOW. 



