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The Florists^ Review 



23 



Approaching the National Flower Show from Broad Street. 



class for display of not loss than 1,000 

 or more than 1,500 blooms, arranged 

 for effect, Edward A. Stroud, of the 

 Strafford Flower Farm, taking first with 

 an exhibit that was accorded a place 

 of honor near the entrance. William 

 Kleinheinz and the Cottage Gardens 

 Co. made particularly fine exhibits in 

 their respective classes. 



The awards were as follows: 



PRIVATE GROWERS. 

 Vase of carnations, not to exceed 150 

 blooms — W:ti. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa., first; 

 Miss Ann Thomson, Merlon, Pa., second. 

 COMMERCIAL GROWERS. 



Display of carnation blooms, covering 150 

 squara feet — Strafford Flower Farm, Straf- 

 ford, Pa., first. 



Vase of carnations, not to exceed 300 

 blooms, one or more varieties — Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., Queens, N. Y., first. 



RETAIL FLORISTS' EXHIBITS. 



Table decorations, carnations being the 

 principal flower used — Forrest Flower Shop, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., ninety points; Gude Bros. 

 Co., Washington, D. C, eighty-eight points; 

 London Flower Shop, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 eighty-six points; L. P. VoUers, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., seventy-eight points. 



Basket arrangements, carnations being the 

 principal flower used — London Flower Shop, 

 ninety-three points; L. P. Vollers, ninety 

 points; Forrest Flower Shop, eighty-two 

 points. 



The Retail Florists. 



As the show progressed the retail 

 florists came out strongly. Sweet peas, 

 baskets and tables March 29; table 

 decorations March 30 and carnation dis- 

 plays March 31 drew and held admir- 

 ing throngs of people all day and all 

 evening. Gude Bros. Co., of Washing- 

 ton, D. C; J. M. Nitzschke, of the 

 Forrest Rower Shop; the London 

 Flower Shop, Ludwig P. Vollers and 

 Charles Henry Fox all showed beauti- 

 ful examples of artistic work that were 

 highly praised. 



In the art gallery the cards of Louis 

 Burk, Victor I. Ridenour and Elmer W. 

 Gaehring were added to those named 

 last week. 



The retailers have cause to be proud 

 of their part in the exhibition. 



Following are the awards: 



Corsage bouquet of roses — Ludwig P. Vol- 

 lers. Philadelphia, Pa., first; Forrest Flower 

 Shop, Philadelphia, Pa., second. 



Brido's bouquet of roses — Forrest Flower 

 Shop, first; Ludwig P. Vollers, second. 



Basket bouquet of roses — Charles Henry 

 Fox, Philadelphia, Pa., first; London Flower 

 Shop, Philadelphia, Pa., second. 



Tabk- decoration of roses — Forrest Flower 

 Shop, first; London Flower Shop, second. 



Bouquet of miniature roses — E. H. Slat- 

 tery, Buffalo, N. Y., first. 



Phlladelphlans and Sunday Closing. 



S. S. Skidelsky points to the follow- 

 ing editorial from the Public Ledger as 

 indicative of the attitude of the ma- 

 jority of Philadelphians on the matter 

 of closing the show ou Sundays: 



THE nn:OR.\LlTY OF FLOWERS. 

 The Flower Show must lie a wicked thing, 

 I f course, or the l.iws of Pennsylvania, stu- 

 pidly interpreted by local authority, would 

 not have closed it to the public on Sunday 

 afternoon — the one time when most of the 

 people were able to go to see it. To every 

 visitor. It may safely be said, this gorgeous 

 cxhibitioti has been a revelation of the beau- 

 ty and tlie glory of the flower world. Yet 

 all da.v long -.vhile th<iu.«aTuls from far and 

 near pleaded at the doors for a chance to 

 .-iee them these flowers wasted their loveli- 

 ness on the deserted interior of the Con- 

 vention hall simply because a blue law. the 

 mortmain of the crass and narrow attitude 

 of bygone times, decreed that it is wrong 

 to go to any form of <ntortairinient on Sun- 

 day for which one has to pay. The course 

 for the iieoi)le of anv ronirnuiiity thus f.t - 

 tered to take is to do away with a statute 



that sins against tlje light by forbidding 

 flowers or music; or pictures or any other 

 .source of moral and spiritual elevation on 

 Sunday or any other day. It is farcical to 

 pretend that wo are civilize d when we sub- 

 mit to such a preposterous imposition while 

 IcKislatures exist to reflect the will of the 

 people of today and not the decision of dark 

 ages of bigotry and superstition. 



The Banciuet. 



Five hundred persons g;ithcrcd in 

 Ilorticulturiil hall Wedncsdiiv evening, 

 March 20, when the Philad.'iphia Flo- 

 rists' club entertained the visitors to 

 the National Flower Show. About 300 

 of those present were visitors. The 

 remaining I'OO were club members and 

 their wives or daughters. About one- 

 third of those present were ladies. The 

 banquet was held in the main hall, 

 where all the big shows and balls take 

 place. Tlie speaker's table was placed 

 parallel with the stage. From it, at 

 right angles, ran five long tables. The 

 decorations were beautifully arranged 

 by J. J. Ilabermehrs Sons. The din- 

 ner was excellent and well served. The 

 menu was: 



Crape Fruit 



Mij<'k Turtle Soup 



')lives CeN'ry Kadislies Almonds 



r.aUed Sliad Willi t'ucunibers 



Fillet of r.i'cf JlusUrooin Sauce 



\ew I'otatoes IVas 



()raiii;e Sherbet 



Terrapin Dressed Snapper 



Tomato Salad 



Cheese and Crackers 



V.iulll I Ice Cream and I'resli Strawberries 



Kolls Coffee Fanc.v CaUes 



Cleat Bear Spring Water 



logget 



Despite the danger of l)eing water- 

 thc wets showed a fine spirit by 

 coming in numlier. One after another 

 they glanced at their menu cards, only 

 to be confronted by "Great Bear 

 Water.'' Sherbet was a mild form of 

 olive branch, which was accepted, and 

 they added much to the pleasure of the 

 evening by their hearty good will. 

 George Burton presided. On his right 

 sat Mayor Thomas B. Smith, who ar- 

 rived punctually and made the first 

 speech. The mayor spoke with regret 

 of the necessit.v of closing the show 

 Sunday. The law was clear and there 

 was nothing to do but to enforce it. In 

 his speech Win. F. Gude discussed this 

 portion of the mayor's address, sharply 

 condemning the blue laws in so far as 

 they affected the closing of a flower 

 show and urging that no sermon could 

 teach a better, truer, purer lesson than 



Exhibit of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., in the Trade's Section of the National Show. 



