HOETICULTUEE 



November 18, 1916 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' .ART AND 

 FLOWER SHOW. 



Something new in flower shows has 

 been tried and successfully carried 

 out. It was distinctively a retailers' 

 show and the public plainly indicated 

 its approval. The attendance was 

 pretty evenly divided between the 

 afternoon and evening, a steady 

 stream of people passing in and out 

 from two till eleven, and at no time 

 was the number so large that the ex- 

 hibits were injured. The 19th floor 

 of the Hotel La Salle was a beautiful 

 place for the affair, the flowers look- 

 ing so much more attractive than 

 with the usual barn-like setting of the 

 coliseum. Variation was given by the 

 use of platforms and tables upon 

 which smaller vases and baskets were 

 placed. Groups of green plants en- 

 hanced the beauty of the cut flowers, 

 and blooming plants in groups and in 

 hampers added much to the good ef- 

 fect. All kinds of corsages, arm bou- 

 quets, bridal bouquets, etc . were ex- 

 hibited by Chicago retailers and the 

 wholesale commission house of M. C. 

 Gunterberg had carried out an orig- 

 inal idea with success, the different 

 wedding anniversaries being suitably 

 designated by flowers, combined some- 

 times with little gifts, and this table 

 was always the center of an interest- 

 ing group. 



The baby table led in the display 

 of flowers arranged for special re- 

 membrances. The stork looked down 

 upon cradles of many kinds, each 

 filled with choicest miniature roses 

 and the work was dainty in the ex- 

 treme. Dinner tables were made 

 beautiful with flowers and one long 

 table showed something new for a 

 wedding. Down the center of the 

 table was a broad runner of pirtk rib- 

 bon, crossed by eight white arches, 

 each trimmed with the smallest roses, 

 while under the arches was a tiny 

 bridal party, complete even to the 

 flower girl and all carrying natural 

 flowers. The needs of debutantes were 

 well cared for. with every conceiv- 

 able kind of basket, and the height 

 of the florists' art was shown in the 

 arrangement of these. The usual tall 

 vases filled with the largest chrysan- 

 themums made imposing displays. 



The retail trade turned out well to 

 view the exhibit but only a small pro- 

 portion took part in it. the south-side 

 florists being entirely without repre- 

 sentation. Among the down-town 

 florists exhibiting were Geo, Wien- 

 hoeber. who far exceeded any other 

 retailer in the number of displays 

 staged. A. Lange, J. Mangel, L, Bo- 

 hannon and Jliss Leslie whose store 

 is the latest addition to the Loop flor- 

 ists. From north side were Ernst 

 Wienhoeber, W, W. Adams and Schil- 

 ler, Miss Edna Frauenfelder ably up- 

 held the honor of the we=^t side, A 

 big vase of the new red carnation, 

 Thenanthos, originated by Anton 

 Then and disseminated by the A. L, 

 Randall Co, showed up well and called 

 forth miich admiration for its size, 



color and stem. The Deerfield Nur- 

 sery, Deerfield, 111., shewed a new 

 red rose and the Thompson Carna- 

 tion Co., a collection of seedling car- 

 nations. An exhibit of seedling chrys- 

 themums was made bv the Growers' 

 Cut Flower Co. of Redwood, Cal. A. 

 Schneider of Oak Park. Frank Oechs- 

 lin and Vaughan's Greenhouses fur- 

 -lished the plants. 



TUXEDO (N, Y.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY SHOW, 



The annual flower show held in the 

 ball room of Tuxedo Club House was 

 one of the finest displays of flowers 

 ever shown at Tuxedo, The entiies far 

 exceeded those of any previous show. 

 The groups were again a feature and 

 chrysanthemums were very good. Sin- 

 gles were shown to advantage and are 

 no doubt slowly taking the first place 

 in chrysanthemums both for their use- 

 fulness in decoration and their beauty 

 on the exhibition table, Roses were 

 the best ever shown here with a big 

 increase of entries. Carnations were 

 of excellent quality and fine color. The 

 classes for vegetables in the past years 

 have been falling off but this year they 

 came up to the front again with some 

 fine collections. The great feature 

 was the table decoration of chrysan- 

 themums which brought out thirteen 

 entries, 1st prize was won by Mrs, S, 

 Spencer, gard, Emil Earth, H, M, Til- 

 ford, gard, .loseph Tansey. carried off 

 1st in both the miscellaneous and 

 chrysanthemum groups. He was also 

 the winner of the Knight & Struck Co. 

 cup for single chrysanthemums, Mrs, 

 John .Murray Mitchell, gard, Thos, Wil- 

 son, won the J, Scheepers & Co, cup tor 

 six cold storage spireas and the Met- 

 ropolitan Material Co. cup for singles 

 and anemones. Mrs. A. Carhart, gaVd. 

 C. Costicki, won the Hitchiugs & Co. 

 cup for the best flowering plant, G, G, 

 Mason, gard, D. McGregor, won the 

 Vaughan bronze medal for the largest 

 flower in the show. .-\. Monell, fard 

 C, Davidson, was 1st with the fern 

 group, R, Mortimer, gard C, D, Schaef- 

 fer, staged a very nice collection of 

 seedling anemones which was award- 

 ed a certificate of culture. The judges 

 were R. Speirs, Dalton, Mass.; John 

 Canning, Ardsley, N, Y,; Jas, Robert- 

 son, Newport, R, I,, and Thos, Page, 

 Great Harrington, Mass,, whose judg- 

 ment met with the entire satisfaction 

 of all the exhibitors, A few of the out- 

 of-town visitors were F, Seeley and J, 

 Muller, of Julius Roehrs Co,, J, Morri- 

 son of Weeber & Don, Geo, Strong, 

 C, H, Totty, R, J, Beers of A, N, Pier- 

 son. Inc., W. Scott. \V. H. Lutton, C. 

 Peterson, J. E. Lager, Jos, Manda, 

 Thos. Knight and W. Sperling, 



The principal prize winners for 

 chrysanthemums were Jos, Tansey, D, 

 McGregor, W, Hastings, C. Davidson, 

 Thos. Wilson, T. Lyons and Mrs. Mac 

 .Machan. 



The principal prize winners in roses 



were: Wm. Brock, J. Tansey, D, Mc- 

 Gregor, Thos, Wilson, C. Davidson and 



C, Costicki. 



In carnations: J. Tansey, W. Brock, 



D, McGregor, W, Hastings, Thos, Wil- 

 son, C, Davidson, Thos, Lyons, C. Cos- 

 ticki. Vegetable winners were D. S. 

 Miller, Emil Barth and D. McGregor. 



In the orchid classes Geo. F. Baker 

 and H, H, Roger, gard. P, Venezic, 

 were the principal winners. The com- 

 mercial exhibits were from Lager & 

 Hurrell, table of orchids, C, H. Totty, 

 collection of single and pompon chrys- 

 anthemums and roses, A. N, Pierson, 

 Inc., sin,gle chrysanthemums and a new 

 yellow rose, Scott Bros., collection of 

 single and anemone chrysanthemums, 

 Thomas Wilson, Sec. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLOWER 

 SHOW, 



A special effort was made to have a 

 good amateur display and the result 

 was very encouraging, A halt dozen 

 vases of exceptionally fine dahlias 

 demonstrated the abnormal weather 

 conditions existing in this section. 

 Two years ago high class chrysanthe- 

 mums were hard to find here. The dis- 

 play then made by our out-of-town 

 friends educated us up to the possibil- 

 ities and for this show the display by 

 local growers was the equal of those 

 exhibited anywhere. The Lord & 

 Burnham prize for the best display of 

 chrysanthemum blooms was won by H, 

 D. Rohrer, His display was some 200 

 vases of specimen blooms, filling four 

 tables and three vases of extra long- 

 stemmed blooms towering over them 

 in the center of the table group. These 

 three vases were M, Louiseau-Rous- 

 seau, Nerissa and Wm. Turner. 



Best display of cut flowers other 

 than chrysanthemums was made by 

 Chas, M, Weaver with a table of sweet 

 peas and mignonette that equaled the 

 stock shown last spring at the 

 National Show. The prize was award- 

 ed by the King Construction Co, 



The Michell bronze medal was 

 awarded to Elmer Weaver for the best 

 display of plants and cut flowers. The 

 Michell silver medal for table decora- 

 tion was awarded to B. F. Barr Co, 



Blue ribbons were awarded as fol- 

 lows: Rudolph Nagel for display of 

 chrysanthemums artistically staged; 

 Maurice J, Brinton for table of lilies; 

 Amos N, Rohrer for carnations; E. F. 

 Campbell for vase of chrysanthemums. 



Honorable mention was made of the 

 following: Ira D. Landis, table of car- 

 nations, daisies and pompons; W. B, 

 Girvin, table of chrysanthemums and 

 carnations; Lemon Landis, for chrysan- 

 themums and lilies; Frank Kohr, cut 

 flowers, plants and straw flowers; H, 

 A, Schroyer, for an excellent retail dis- 

 play, part of which was a basket of 

 his new chrysanthemum, Mrs. H. A. 

 Schroyer, 



Other exhibitors almost as good as 

 those getting awards: E, P, Hosteller, 

 yellow daisies; A, F, Strickler, pom- 



