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HORTlCULTUini 



March 24. IHl, 



Hyacinth Gounod, light blue, shown 

 in Charles Knight's group was one of 

 the finest novelties in its class. The 

 White L'Innocence in this exhibit car- 

 ried the best spikes in the show. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York and the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den had jointly an elaborately fur- 

 nished rest room which was a favored 

 resort for the lady visitors especially. 



Among the sensational orchid ex- 

 hibits were the two hybrids, Jean 

 d'Arc and Gen. Pershing, from Clem- 

 ent Moore, both of which were auc- 

 tioned for patriotic charitable pur- 

 poses; Cymbidium Venus from A. N. 

 Cooley, gard. Oliver Lines, Pittsfleld, 

 Mass, carrying a spike of fourteen 

 flowers; C'attleva Trianae Elm Court 

 var from Elm Court Farm, Lenox, 

 Mass., gard. F. Heeremans. 



ELVES DANCE OUT OF A NINE- 

 FOOT BASKET OF FLOWERS. 



There was something besides opul- 

 ence and eloquence and general horti- 

 cultural good fellowship at the banquet 

 tendered by the New York Florists' 

 Club to the Executive Board of the 

 Society of American Florists' at the 

 Biltmore on Saturday ni.s?ht. With a 

 genius for the propogation of novelties, 

 the committee demonstrated that by 

 careful greenhouse methods it is pos- 

 sible to grow two dancing sprites in a 

 basket of flowers. 



At the proper stage of the banquet 

 it was thought proper to honor R. C. 

 Kerr, President of the Society of 

 American Florists', by presenting him 

 with some flowers. A signal was given 

 and a nine-foot basket, mounted on 

 wheels and gorgeously topped with the 



rarest and most colorful blooms of 

 spring, was rolled in and to a position 

 in front of the guests' table. 



A. L. Miller and Charles Schenck led 

 the cheering that greeted the novelty 

 and President Kerr had arisen to ex- 

 plain how he felt to he surrounded 

 with so many well wishers when some 

 one pulled a string and one side of the 

 basket opened and Lily Lenora and 

 Irma Komlossy skipped out and, with 

 the grace of woodland elves, danced a 

 floral number specially dedicated to 

 the Society. 



Then a thousand ballons with con- 

 necting strings released from some- 

 where rose to the ceiling. In each was 

 a numbered slip. Two of the slips call- 

 ed for chests of silver. 



Oh, yes, the New York Florists' Club 

 knows how to have a good time and 

 it isn't afraid to pay the bill. 



— New York World. 



THE ST. LOUIS SPRING SHOW 



The Spring Flower Show of 1917 

 surpassed anything of the kind ever 

 attempted in St. Louis and from all 

 reports was a success financially. 

 Thousands of people attended and the 

 publicity committee were thus well re- 

 warded for their labors. On entering 

 the spacious Armory a beautiful scene 

 met the eye. L. Jules Bourdet and his 

 assistants created, as it were, a beau- 

 tiful garden, the decorative scheme of 

 pillars of natural bark and thousands 

 of yards of wild smilax, making a 

 charming setting. The floor and paths 

 were bordered with bulbous plants. 

 Plants sent by the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden were beautiful in their pro- 

 fusion of colors. The Park Department 

 liad a splendid display. A lieautiful 

 electric fountain played in the centre 

 of geraniums and other flowers and 

 foliage plants. The display of Bourdet 

 Floral Co. was superb. The orchid 

 collection from Missouri Botanical 

 Garden was remarkable. Lilies, azaleas 

 and rhododendrons were wonderful. 

 The Retail Association bootli liad as 

 an attraction beautifully gowned ladies 

 who paraded with liuge floral hats and 

 corsage bouqiiets of natural flowers. 

 The table decorations were excellent 

 and hard to judge. The carnation 

 and rose displays were very good. 



The trades display was extensive. 

 Attractive special booths and exhibits 

 were made by F. ('. Weber. F. H. We- 

 ber, Grimm & Gorly. JIullanphy. J. W. 

 Boerm, Ayres Floral Co., Joe Witek. 

 Special displays were made by Scruggs 

 Vandervoort & Barney, Stix Fuller & 

 Baer. Poehlmann Bros., St. Louis Seed 

 Co., A. L. Randall, C. Young & Sons 

 and Vaughan's Seed Store. Trade ex- 

 liiliits by American Bull) Co., Burling- 

 ton Willow Ware. Knight & Str\ick Co., 

 Schloss Bros., Lion & Co. 



List of Prizes. 



ll(.niiU't Fli.lMl Ck. 1st prize U<r c-.ilk-i'- 

 lioii of Kliodnrteiulroiis. 100 sq. ft,; spefi- 

 inon Rhodotleiidron: 12 Spirea ; colleotion of 

 KMliililer Hcisps. 7.1 S(i. ft.: Dutch liulli dis- 

 play, 100 sq. ft. : (.'roup of Tulips. 50 sq. ft. : 

 pink Tulips; scarlet Tulips: 12 Lilies: 

 KroHp of Lilies arranged for effect: specl- 

 iMPii Xephrolepis Bnstouiensis ; 2d prize for 

 collection of Azaleas, 100 sq. ft.; :( Genis- 

 tas: collection of Lilacs; white Tulips. 



\Vm. Schrav *: Sons. 1st for specimen 

 I.ilac; flowerintr plants arranged for effect, 

 1110 sq ft.: specimen Rose: white Hya- 

 linths: hliie Ilyailnths; red and yellow 

 Tulips: 12 Palms: Cocos plumosus: Kentla 

 Helmoreana ; Kentia Forsterlana ; foliage 

 plants staged for effect, .50 sq. ft. ; Lemon 

 tree: hanging basket; 2d for pink Tulips: 

 Tallas; Lilies: Specimen Calla : group of 

 Lilies; Neplirolepis Whitmanil; Areea 

 lutescens; Asparagus plumosus nanus: .As- 

 paragus Sprengerl; FIcus elastlca ; FIcus 

 pandurata; window box; hamper of foliage 



'' H. .T. Weber & Sons, 1st for specimen 

 Genista; Asparagus Sprengeri; Bay trees: 

 display of Evergreens; collection of .luni- 

 per; 2'd for collection of Arborvltae ; collec- 

 tion of fir and spruce; :id prize for stand- 

 .ird Bay trees. 



W A. Rose. 1st for Pansy bed; 100 white 

 Carnations: 100 Narcissus Golden Spur; 100 

 Narcissus Poeticus; .50 Snapdragon; 100 

 Calendula; 2d for white and pink Sweet 

 Peas: blue or purple Sweet Peas; light 

 lavender Sweet Peas; .Sd for .50 red Carna- 

 tions; pink Sweet Peas; light lavender 

 Sweet Peas. 



Phil G. Goebel. .Ir.. 1st tor .", Callas ; speci- 

 men Calla. . . „ , 



W H. Kruse. 1st for collection of Palms; 

 Window box ; 2d for Fern group. 100 sq. ft. 



Missouri Botanical Gardens. 1st for pyra- 

 midal Box Trees ; collection of trained Box 



Trees; Foliage plant not previously ex- 

 hibited In the U. S. ; Carpet bedding : 

 .Vnthuriums: Cineraria stellata ; Cineraria 

 hybrida ; Cyclamen; specimen Genista; 

 Orchids; .speiimen Cnttleya; Cyprlpediuras: 

 specimen Vanda : any other specimen 

 (irchid; Staghoru IVrn ; collection of 

 liracaenas. 



Pierre Schneider, 1st for .50 white Carna- 

 tions; 50 dark pink; 2d prize for 50 light 

 pink. 



GuUett & Sons, 1st for 50 flesh pink Car- 

 nations; 50 red; 50 dark pink Roses; 50 

 red; .50 any other color Roses; 100 light 

 Iiink Roses; 100 dark pink; 100 any other 

 ■ olor; 2d for 100 red Carnations; 50 white 

 Hoses. 



A. S. Cerny. 1st for white Roses ; 50 light 

 liink; 2a for .50 any other color Roses. 



.Mulanphy Florists. 1st (or Bride's aud 

 Kridesmalci's bouquets; display of 400 

 Koses arranged for effect; personal adorn- 

 ment novelty; Hamper of bulbous flowers; 

 2d for Sweet Peas arranged for effect, 



Joseph Witek, 1st prize for Dinner Table 

 Decoration of Roses; vase of Roses; Sweet 

 Peas arranged for effect; 2d for Corsage 

 Bouquet; Dinner Table Arrangement of 

 Carnations and Carnation arrangement, 200 

 blooms. 



Woodlawn Garden. s 1st for 50 light pink 

 Carnations; light lavender Sweet Peas; 

 also Bronze medal of American Carnation 

 Society. „ 



Hugo Gross, 1st for white Sweet Peas; 

 blue or purple; red or crimson; 1916 vari- 

 ety Sweet Peas ; second prize for pink Sweet 

 Peas ; 100 Freeslas ; 100 white Carnations 

 and 100 light pink Carnations. 



A. F. Koop, 1st for white and pink Sweet 

 Peas; pink Sweet Peas: Freeslas. 



Joseph Hauser, 1st for Admiral Avalene 

 Violets; salmon Sweet Peas; 2d for laven- 

 der ; ;ird for cream pink Sweet Peas. 



Alton Floral Company, 1st for light pink 

 Carnations; 2d for 50 white; M for 100 

 scarlet. . ,, 



Baur & Steinkamp. 1st for 100 red tar- 

 nations. 



Windler's Flowers. 1st for Carnation ar- 

 rangement, 200 blooms; 100 Roses arranged 

 for effect; 2d for personal adornment 

 novelty. „ , , 



Ayres Floral Co.. 1st for Dinner Table 

 -Arrangement; Hamper of 100 Roses. 



C. B. Nicholson, 1st for <i Orchid plants; 

 F W Weber. 1st for specimen Clbotluni 

 Schledel; St. Louis Wholesale Growers' 

 Company, 2d. Koenig Floral Company, 1st 

 for Areca lutescens. St. Louis Whcdesale 

 Cut Flower Co., 1st for Standard Bay 

 Trees; G. H. Weber, 2d; G. B. Windier, 2d 

 for Dutch bulb display and group of 

 Tulips. , „ 



W J Pilcher. 2d for .50 light pink Carna- 

 tions, 50 dark pink Roses; P.ergstermann. 

 "d for Bride's and Bridesmaid's bouquet ; 

 F H Weber, 2a for Rose dinner table 

 decoration; Tom Carr, 2d for 100 Roses 

 arranged for effect: O. C. May. 2d for red 

 Sweet Peas; Chas. Meier. 2d for any other 

 color Sweet Peas. Wm. Meyer. Jr., 2d for 

 Kaiser Violets; J. W. Boerm, 2d for Ham^ 

 per of bulbous flowers; W. J. Edwards, 2a 

 for 50 dark pink Carnations and 50 red: 

 Tom Kirkwooa, M for .50 light pink Car- 

 nations: Widmer Floral Co., :id tor 100 

 white Carnations. 



Honorable mention to J. F. Ammann for 

 exhibit of Roses not for competition ; also 

 to F. Dorner & Sons Company for vases of 

 their new Carnations, Rosalia ana Laddie, 

 also new Rose, Rose Marie and Seedling 

 No. 1. 



NOTES. 



Grimm & Gorly purchased the en- 

 tire exhibit of Randall of Chicago. 



P. X. Gorly and Vincent Gorly were 

 very prominent at the display of the 

 Retail Association. 



C. Young & Sons had a handsome 

 booth with our soldier friend, Walter 

 Young of Battery A in charge. 



J. W. Boerm had a most beautiful 

 table of yellow jonquills. Centerpiece 

 and bouquets were very artistic. 



Joe Witek did some artistic work, 

 his sweet pea basket being the most 

 beautiful arrangement of its kind ever 

 seen here. 



