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HORTICULTURE 



November 21, 1914 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLOWER 



SHOW. 

 Some thirty odd years ago Lancas- 

 ter, Pa., had a successful flower show, 

 held under the auspices and manage- 

 ment of William Pyfer, a young flor- 

 ist. The exhibit he made at that 

 time with the assistance of but a few- 

 other florists was remarkable for its 

 day. Since then a few greenhouse 

 shows were held consisting of the 

 grower's own stock only. 



The Lancaster County Florists' Club 

 started the flower show pot boiling 

 soon after its organization and it final- 

 Jy bubbled over into the show held on 

 the 6th and 7th of November this year. 

 The committee, consisting of Albert 

 JVI. Herr, chairman, Harry K. Rohrer, 

 treasurer and Chas. Edgar and Ru- 

 •dolph Nagle as an advisory board pre- 

 sented to the people of Lancaster a 

 ^how that compared very favorably 

 -with those of the large cities, and that 

 in- artistic effect was the superior of 

 Tnany of them. 



On the first floor was a formal gar- 

 den with geranium beds edged with 

 echeveria and sod, hardy chrysanthe- 

 mum beds edged with sod, tan bark 

 paths, evergreen trees, rustic seats, a 

 gazing globe and all the accessories be- 

 longing to it. This garden was twenty 

 feet wide and some sixty-five long 

 and in walking through it the green- 

 house exhibited by T. J. Nolan for the 

 King Construction Co., was in constant 

 ■evidence, giving the effect ol a private 

 estate. On this same floor were plant 

 exhibits by the various local growers, 

 a fine exhibit of commercial ferns by 

 H. S. Brandt of 'V'ork, Pa., and trade 

 ■exhibits by the Pfaltzgraff Pottery Co. 

 of York; H. F. Michell Seed Co., Phil- 

 adelphia, greenhouse sash and mater- 

 ial from The Lord & Burnham Co., of 

 New York and a fine display of rib- 

 bons from S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 ■of Philadelpliia, Pa. 



On tlie second floor as well as the 

 first, everything was arranged for ef- 

 fect, the local florists being perfectly 

 willing to partly sink their own iden- 

 tity to attain an artistic show. The 

 show was set up in such a manner so 

 that when the visitor opened the door 

 the psychological effect on their mind 

 was to at once conclude that the show 

 was magnificent and the conclusion 

 thus formed was kept up by little sur- 

 prises all through the building, with 

 the result that during the day and 

 one half that the show was open a 

 number of people visited it three, four 

 and five times, paying admission each 

 -time; others bought tickets as they 

 ■went out for their friends, and we feel 

 -proud to think that out of a city with 

 a population of about fifty thousand 

 "we had one tenth of them at the show, 

 with no complimentary tickets issued 

 to any one. 



One thing tliat helped wonderfully 

 ■was the fact that there were no awards 

 offered in the florists' classes except- 

 ing a $25 one by Lord & Burnham Co. 

 tor the best display made by a florist 

 in the building. This was captured 

 ■by H. D. Rohrer of this city. The re- 

 tail men, three of whom made exhibits, 

 ■all ■worked in harmony. Mr. Schroyer 

 •setting up a magnificent dinner table, 

 "Mr. Goldbach a display of filled bas- 

 Itets and Mr. Bass a wedding display. 



all well surrounded with necessary ac- 

 cessories, following out the general ef- 

 fect rather than to push their own dis- 

 play in antagonism to the other fellow. 



To mention the exhibitors in full, is 

 beyond an article of this length. Al- 

 most every member of the club did 

 his honest share. The few who did 

 not are wearing sackcloth and ashes 

 today and will no doubt be the first 

 to get busy when we hold another 

 show. 



A number of trade visitors were pres- 

 ent and fine displays were made by 

 some of our friends from various parts 

 of this country, among who were the 

 Leo Nissen Co., S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Co., McCallum Co., Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co., A. N. Pierson (Inc.), El- 

 mer D. Smith & Co., R. Vincent, Jr. & 

 Sons Co., C. H. Totty, Peter Fisher, 

 Wm. Swayne, Joseph Heacock and sev- 

 eral others. 



We feel especially proud of the fact 

 that we have made a success of a 

 strictly non-competitive show conduct- 

 ed and set up with one object only 

 and that was to have the attendants 

 feel that they received their full value 

 for the quarter expended. Another 

 point that w-as strictly adhered to w'as 

 that the attendance represented cash, 

 no complimentary tickets being given 

 out beyond a half dozen to each of the 

 local papers and about another half- 

 dozen to men who helped with the show 

 without pay, and we not only had the 

 crowd but we had the people we want- 

 ed — the flower-buying public. 



AiBERT M. Herb. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT UNI- 

 VERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 



In spite of a cold rain and a driv- 

 ing wind, 2500 people ventured out 

 to the South Campus Sunday afternoon 

 to see the Chrysanthemum Show, 

 which was held in the floricultural 

 greenhouses. At times the crowd was 

 so great that it was a difficult task to 

 relieve the congestion at the entrance 

 to the different houses. A gorgeous 

 display of single, pompons, and num- 

 erous other chrysanthemums, occupied 

 one house 30 by lOO feet. The com- 

 mercial exhibition and specimen plants 

 were staged in an adjoining house and 

 these with the different varieties of 

 orchid-flowering sweet peas also re- 

 ceived their share of admiration and 

 attention. 



The palm, fern, rose and carnation 

 houses were also open to the public 

 and never before have the greenhouses 

 been in as good condition as this year. 

 The rose section is making a wonder- 

 ful showing. The Hoosier Beauty 

 roses, which were presented to the 

 University by the F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co.. have made an excellent growth 

 and have out-topped any other rose 

 on exhibtion, and it received more com- 

 ment and praise than any other. The 

 palm house with its large variety of 

 tropical plants seemed as a place of 

 recreation to the most of the visitors. 

 In this house such plants as Pawpaws, 

 Bananas, Ficus, Dracaenas, Anthuri- 

 unis. and Saintpaulias, stood out most 

 conspicuously. 



The chrysanthemum show is an an- 

 nual affair at the University, but this 

 year the sho%v has proven a greater 

 success than ever before. 



MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The fall meeting of the Minnesota 

 State Florists' Association was held at 

 the West Hotel, Minneapolis, Novem- 

 ber 12th. A business meeting was 

 held in the afternoon followed by a 

 banquet, with speeches in the evening. 

 The main feature of this meeting was 

 the large exhibit of chrysanthemums 

 and other cut flowers and plants, 

 which compared very favorably with 

 many of the flower shows held through- 

 out the country. 



At the meeting presided over by 

 President Olson a committee was ap- 

 pointed to confer with the State Fair 

 officials relative to making up a pre- 

 mium list for another year. This meet- 

 ing was well attended and was full of 

 interest from start to finish. 



The Minnesota State Horticulture 

 Society will meet December 1st, 2nd, 

 3rd and 4th at the State Farm School, 

 St. Anthony Park. The program for 

 Tuesday evening has been turned over 

 to the State Florists' Association, and 

 papers will be read by A. S. Swanson. 

 E. Meyer and Prof. Moore of the State 

 School. All florists are urged to at- 

 tend this meeting. During the week 

 premiums will be awarded for the best 

 exhibits of palms, ferns, blooming 

 plants, roses, chrysanthemums and 

 carnations. 



List of awards: 



Cariinl ions- .Jewell Nursery Co.. L;ike 

 City, .Minnesota, eeitiflcate of merit on 

 Wliite Kncliantress; lioiiorable mention for 

 Comforl. I'7ncb.intress. Kose Pinlj Enchan- 

 tre.ss. Kosette. C. \V. Ward and Victory. 

 Will Urol hers Co., Minneapolis, certificate of 

 merit on Heiiora. Kosette and White Won- 

 der; honorable mention for Eureka, C. W. 

 Ward and Delhi. Minneapolis Eloral Co.. 

 certificate of merit on Philadelpbia, Cincin- 

 nati and Champion ; honorable mention for 

 Ilerald and White Enchantress. L. S. Don- 

 ald.son Co., certificate of merit for Windsor 

 and White Wonder; honorable mention (or 

 Rosolte and Philadelphia. 



Koses— Miss H. B. Wbitted. certificate of 

 merit on American Beauty and Bulgarie; 

 honorable mention tor Mrs. Russell. I^. S. 

 Donaldson Co., diploma for Mrs. Kussell : 

 certificate of merit on Mrs. Ward and 

 Ophelia, 



Clirysanthemums — La Crosse Eloral Com- 

 pany, honorable mention on collection of 

 4.T varieties. Miss H. B. Whitted, honorable 

 mention for general collection. Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co.. diploma on Cbadwick and Golden 

 Chadwick; honorable mention for Pauline. 

 .John E. Sten. certificate of merit for 

 Golden West; honorable mention for De- 

 cember Gem, Adonis and Helen P'riek. 

 Merriam Park Floral Co., certificate of 

 merit for collection of Pompon and Jessie 

 Miller; honorable mention for a sport of 

 Shiimpton. Will Brothers Co.. certlfloaie 

 of merit for White Eaton, Yellow Eaton. 

 Maude Dean and Wallace G. Nye; honor- 

 able mention for Roman Gold and Shrimp- 

 Ion. Minneapolis Floral Co., diploma on 

 Yellow Mercer. White Mercer and Bucking- 

 bam, each scoring 9,5 points; certificate of 

 merit for Y'ellow Eaton and Golden Wed- 

 ding; honorable mention for F. Miller. Lin- 

 wood Hall and William Turner, Hans 

 Rosacker, certificate of merit for Black 

 Hawk. J. A. Weber, diploma for Dolly 

 Dimple and Harry Converse, both scoring 

 95 per cent. ; certificate of merit on Wells 

 Late Pink and Quittenton. L. S. Donald- 

 son Co.. certificate of merit on Dolly Dim- 

 ple and William Turner. Jewell Nursery 

 Co.. diploma on William Turner, scoring 

 98 points. 



Plants — L. .S, Donaldson Co.. certificate 

 of merit on Begonia Glory of Cincinnati. 

 Minneapolis Floral Co.. bonoralile mention 

 on Begonia Glory of Cincinnati. Minne- 

 apolis Floral Co.. diploma on collection of 

 stove and greenhouse plants. 

 Easier Lilies — L. S. Donaldson Co.. dlplo- 



