November IS, 1911 



EORTICULTUEE 



699 



the "standard" classes and In six varieties 

 grow 11 to one flower, « u Li J< I unlng, 



Chrysanthemum Blooms. 



Harry Turner won on 12 i 

 i"« and white, with 0. M Bromhead, I<\ 

 s. Vol Us nnd Mrs. n. s.\ a tlvely, 



and "ii "anj other color" with Mary Mn- 



s I W. G\ ei el i . gard. toi J v. Prol t, 



being 2nd. On the ela> ■ - for six, R 1 1 



Bottom for W. 1 1 I ,von In 



pink n iih I G. S'ash, J \\ i i en tl lu 

 j i How n ii li Mai Doui i Stuart, 



garrt. (or Mrs. I'. A. Constable, lu white, 

 with Mrs, I'. Syme and In "any other col- 

 or" with Kose Poi k 'ii. .i \\ Ei erett be- 

 ing second, 'in twentj Ave varieties with 

 ljni.il stem, lames sunn l-t. II. Turner 

 2nd, and on twelve varieties Alex, McKen- 

 zle 1st, EI, Turner 2nd. Collection of 

 hardys, II. Gaut 1st, P. W. Popp 2ud. Col- 

 lection nf singles. Jus. Stuart and J. W. 

 Everett. Twenty-flve varieties and on 

 twelve varieties of pompons, \V. .1. Senley 

 and II. Gaut. ('. II. Totty exhibited one 

 hundred vases with one hundred varieties 

 of single, pompon ami anemone chrysanthe- 

 mums. Splendid displays were also made 

 bv H. Vincent, jr. & Sons. Tlios. Meeban 

 & Sun, Seolt Urns, 1 louldoda v-Pnge Co. 



live varlel les < In the orchid spray i Ii 

 .1. A Manila, Win. Cordet and I P 

 man were winners, the latter Bhowlug a 

 sis flowered spike of C. Inblata. 

 Decorative Plants. 



LOO ft. i nl foliage 



p] til 1st, Harry Turner; Wl ft. group, 

 Win. ' '"i di i 1 1 of Nephrolep 



altata and its varieties, P. It, Piersua Co., 

 wiiii ill ii tn ii \ arlet les, all demnudlng q 

 place n here f< rus arc used. Bi 

 i ; lolre ii' 1 I. "i i.i in. ii, Julius Roehi 

 2nd, Win, Kind. Celosln Thompsonl, W. 

 tunics. Twelve crotons, Chns. \\ 

 gard. t" Mrs. J. Hood Wright; six do., 

 Win, Cnrdes. Specimen Boston fern: 1st. 

 Harry Turner, -ml. l\ It. I'lersou Co. Ha 

 vallln, Cans. Webber; Rhtipls, Wm I 

 des. 2nd. Geo. Glatras showed Ne 

 lepis Glatrasl. 



Roses. 



Ill the rose classes. I.. A. Nee won fmir 

 lsts. L. B. Codditigton two, W. It. Plerson 

 Co.. one. John Dervau live. From A. N. 

 l'ler.-on came Klllarney Queen and Double 

 While Klllarney. From C. II. Totty, Sun- 

 lnirst, and it made a sensation. On the 

 fourth day they were still In glorious con- 

 dition. The three novelties were each 

 awarded a silver medal. 



Specimen Chrysanthemum Lady Lydia at New STork Show. 



and P. W. Popp, all of which formed a 

 great galaxy of surpassing beauty. 



Orchid Plants. 

 As mentloued last week the orchids were 

 the great feature. For collection not less 

 than twenty-flve species and varieties. 

 Lager & Hurrell were 1st with a table of 

 great beauty and rarity. They won out 

 also in the novelty class for plant not pre- 

 viously shown before this Society with 

 Brasso-Cattleya x Imperatrlce de Russie. 

 Wm. Cordes won the cold medal for collec- 

 tion of not lesj than twelve species. J. P. 

 Mii--iii.il,. gard. to Clement Moore, won 

 on three hybrids with Brasso-Laelia x 

 Veltehil. Cattleya x Portia and Brasso-Cat- 

 tleya x I'ortla and Brasso Cattleya x Ma- 

 ronae. Julius Roehrs Co. were second In 

 this class with Cattleya x Portia, Cattleya 

 x Petersii and Cattleya x Princess. On 

 specimen hybrid Roehrs won with a grand 

 plant of Brasso-Cattleya x heatonensls, 

 which also won the silver medal sweep- 

 stake. J. P. Mussina ii was 2nd with 

 Brasso-Cattleya x Sedeni. Wm. Cordes won 

 the silver medal for two orchids showing 

 highest excellence in culture, 1st on Vanda 

 eoerulea. six cattleyas and laellas, six 

 plants six- varieties, six cypripedlums and 

 three C. labiata. Specimen cattleya, 

 Lager & Hurrell 1st. Wm. Cordes 2nd. On- 

 cidiuin, J. A. Manila 1st. Cypripedlura, 

 Edwin Thomas, with C. insigne Sanderae. 

 ten (lowers. Dendrobium, Leger & Hur- 

 rell. Julius Roehrs Co. showed, not for 

 competition, a splendid lot of commercial 

 size orchids in bloom, for which a silver 

 medal was awarded. Lager & Hurrell re- 

 ceived a silver medal for a grand specimen 

 of Vanda Sanderlana. 



Orchid Flowers. 



Joseph A. Manda won 1st on collection 

 arranged for effect, with a very choice 

 group well set up: Siehrecht & Sons, 2nd. 

 Mr. Manda was first also on collection of 

 cypripedlums. of which he showed fifty- 



Carnations. 

 For fifty blooms Lawson shade, J. D. 

 Coekcroft won with his seedling 310, which 

 also won the prize for twenty-live of a 

 variety not yet in commerce. Other carna- 

 tion winners were Win. Cordes and Max 

 Schneider. C. II. Telly put up a large 

 vase of Wodeuethe and Ch.is. Weber his 

 new Brooklyn, which received a certificate 

 of merit. J. I. DONL^N. 



THE ST. LOUIS FLOWER SHOW. 

 The Fifth Annual Flower Show 

 opened its doors on Tuesday noon, 

 November 7th, with a very nice dis- 

 play in all classes for the first day. 

 The overhead decoration was of bunt- 

 ing and flags left over from a show 



■ ,1,1 ii , i eek. The only booth 



bj the Retail I loi 

 .mi, in which the di"' nil is 



nf the association exhibited 'lining the 



b i i tor competition. Oster- 



the Metropolitan Floral Co., 

 r ii, Weber & Co. and Young & Sons 

 exhibit .1 i ome pretty work in 

 ool b. The St. Louis Park De- 

 belped out greatly in filling 

 be big hall by making a great dis- 

 play at the south end of the hall of 

 decorative and blooming plants. Gor- 

 man &. Qorly were the only exhibitors 

 ' the Shaw prizes, and were awarded 

 all the firsts. The weather was per- 

 fect throughout the week, but the paid 

 attendance was as usual, not up to ex- 

 pectations. The judges for the week 

 were Fred H. Bruenig John Steidle R. 

 F. Tesson, C. Bergestermann and Jules 

 Burdet. Visitors during the week were 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., President-elect 

 of the S. A. F.; George Asmus, Presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F.; H. E. Philpott, 

 President of the Chicago Florists' Club; 

 A. T. Pfyer, Phil Foley, C. W. John- 

 son, Guy Reyburn, Aug. Poehlmann, 

 F. F. Winterson, Adam Zender and 

 Tim Waters, all of Chicago; Wallace 

 R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; Elmer D. 

 Smith, Adrian, Mich.; C. H. Totty and 

 W. H. Duckham, Madison. N. J.; Geo. 

 Jack, Springfield, 111.; W. J. Vesey, 

 Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.; A. F. J. Baur, 

 Indianapolis, Ind.; H. Balsley, Detroit, 

 Mich.; J. D. Carmody, Evansville, Ind.; 

 W. J. Gullett Lincoln, 111.; Morris 

 Levine, New York; J. A. Peterson, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio; Andrew Viaud, Boston; 

 James E. Jones, A. C. Mann, Rich- 

 mond; C. J. Gaupp, Springfield, 111.; 

 J. F. Ammann and H. Blixen, Ed- 

 wardsville; E. W. Guy, A. S. Halsted, 

 C. Halsted, H. Edmunds, G. Grossoot, 

 A. G. Fehr, Ed. Schoenberge, all of 

 Belleville, 111. 



The society entertained the visitors 

 with a banquet on Wednesday evening 

 at the American Hotel, and the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club took them in hand 

 on Thursday afternoon to their meet- 

 ing, after which a dinner was served 

 at Lippe's, at which SI attended, and it 

 was a most enjoyable affair. 

 Prizes Awarded. 

 Display of decorative plants— 1st. Wm. 

 Sehray & Sons; 2nd. C. C. Sanders: 3rd, 

 Grimm ,x- Gorty. Group variegated foliage 

 plants 1st, Wm. Sehray & Sons; 2nd, C. 

 C. Sanders. 5 Kentias 1st, Wm. Sehray 

 ,x Sous; 2nd. Grimm & Gorty. 5 Areca — 

 1st. Koenig Floral Co. Specimen palm — 

 ii Wm. Sehray & Sons; 2nd. Grimm & 

 Gorly. PIcus pandurata — 1st, Koenig 

 l"l..ral Co. FIcus elastlca — 1st, Wm. Sehray 

 & Sons. :! N'ephrolepis Bostoniensis — 1st, 

 Grimm & Gorly; 2nd, Wm. Sehray & Sons. 

 5 Nephrolepis— 1st, 11. .1. Jeunemann; 2nd, 

 Wm. Sehray & Sons. 18 berried plants— 

 1st, Koenig Floral Co.; 2nd; C. C. Sanders. 



Display of Orchid Blooms by Jos. A. Manda at New York Show. 



