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The Florists^ Review 



XOVEMBEtt IG, 1916. 



tive plants open to all, Julius Roehrs 

 Co. and F. K. Pierson Co. compet('<l 

 against private growers, the former 

 being first for bay trees and the latter 

 first for ferns. The principal private 

 exhibitor was Mrs. F. A. Constable. 



A large number of special prizes were 

 awarded, those to trade exhibitors in- 

 cluding a gold medal to John Scheepers 

 & Co. for a display of fifty plants of 

 winter-flowering begonias; a certificate 

 of merit to George Giatras for six 

 plants of his new nephrolepis, King 

 ('onstantine; a diploma to Young & 

 Nugent for a basket arrangement; spe- 

 cial mention to Julius Boehrs Co. for 



of single and anemone mums. J. F. Wil- 

 cox & Sons, of Council Bluffs, staged an 

 exhibit of cut flowers and potted plants 

 covering 125 square feet. 



Wesley Greene and J. F. D. Fulmer, 

 of Des Moines, and Chas. J. Reardon, 

 of Davenport, served as judges of the 

 competitive classes. Awards were made 

 as follows: 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Six >vhitt» -Koiidilc-Sniith Co.. Boone, first, 

 with Will. Turner: II. K. & C. W. KreliR, Cedar 

 Unpids, second; Keinble Floral Co., Oslvuloosa, 

 third. 



Six yellow -A Idous & Sons, Town City, first, 

 with Marigold: IJ. E. & C. W. Krehs, second, 

 with Yellow Turner; Kramer & Son, Cedar 

 Itnpids, third, with l?onnnffoii. 



The Roehrs Exhibit of Plants at the Moseom Show in New York. 



begonias of the Lorraine type and a 

 certificate to Charles H. Totty for dis- 

 play of chrysanthemums. 



AMES, lA. 



A disposition of the florists of Iowa 

 to cooperate with the State College was 

 manifest by the large number of entries 

 at the first state flower show, staged at 

 the college in Ames, November 10 and 

 11. The number of exhibits and the 

 character of the material were exceed- 

 ingly good considering that no plans 

 were made for the show until about 

 three weeks ago. 



Friday, which was Florists' day, 

 brought many trade visitors. About 

 forty-five florists availed themselves of 

 the opportunity and held a meeting in 

 the afternbon, which proved to be of 

 great interest. Dr. I. E. Melhus, of the 

 college, gave a lecture on plant diseases 

 of interest to florists.- He was followed 

 by Roy F. Wilcox, of Council Bhiffs, 

 who discussed the cost of production in 

 comparison with present selling prices. 

 The remainder of the meeting was given 

 over to a general discussion of terms of 

 credit, flower show, and plans of in 

 creasing and educating the trade. Iii 

 the evening the trade visitors attended 

 a banquet given by the Horticultural 

 Club of the college. 



Some of the newer carnations shown 

 were Thenanthos, exhibited by A. L. 

 Randall Co., Chicago; Akehurst, exhib- 

 ited by the Schroeder Floral Co., Mil- 

 waukee; Nebraska, exhibited by C. H. 

 Frey Co., Lincoln; Bonfire and Rosette, 

 exhibited by Wietor Bros., Chicago. 

 Among the roses were Baby Doll, Mrs. 

 W. R. Hearst and Lady Alice Stanley, 

 exhibited by J. A. Budlong, Chicago, 

 and Minnetonka, exhibited by the Alpha 

 Floral Co., Des Moines. Chrysanthe- 

 mums in variety were exhibited by E. D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. J. S. Wil- 

 son, of Des Moines, had eleven seedlings 



Six pink — O. B. Stevens, Shenandoah, first, 

 with Dr. EnKuehard; H. E. & C. AV. Krelis. sec- 

 ond, with Winter Cheer; Kramer & Son, third, 

 with Dr. Eiiftuehard. 



Six any other color — J. L. Denmead, Marshall- 

 town, first, with Black Hawk; J. S. Wilson, 

 Des Moines, second, with Pockett's Crimson; 

 O. B. Stovenfl, third, with Mrs. O. H. Kahn. 



Largest flower — Kemble-Smith Co., first, with 

 Wni. Turner. 



Collection of pompons — Grant Newport. Cedar 

 Uapids. tirst ; (). B. Stevens, second; KeniVile- 

 Smith Co., third. 



Collection of singles or anemones — H. E. & 

 C. \V. Krehs, first. 



nOSES. 



Twelve Mrs. Chns. Hussell — J. L. Dcnuie;i(l. 

 first; Kenihle Floral Co., second. 



Twelve Ophelia — Herman Bros., Cedar Itnpids, 

 first; Kemhie Floral Co. wcond. 



Twelve AVhite Killar'^ey — J. L. Denr»enil, first; 

 O. I>. Stevens, second; Herman Bros., thinl. 



Twelve Killnrney — t l. Denmead, first; Her- 

 m.in Bros., second; O. B. Stevens, third. 



Twelve Richmond — J. L. Denmead, first; Keni- 

 ble-.Snilth Co., second; Kemhle Floral Co., third. 



Twelve any othe.' color — Herman Bros., first, 

 with Sunburst; Keinble Floral Co.. second, with 

 Ward; Herman Bros., third, with AVard. 



CARN.\TIONS. 



Twelve light pink — Kemble-Smith Co., first; 

 Grant Newport, second; I. O. Kemble, third. 



Twelve dark pink — I. O. Kemble, first ; Kemble 

 Floral Co., second: J. L. Denmead, third. 



Twelve white — Keniblo-Smith Co., first; I. 0. 

 Kemble,' second ; Grant Newport, third. 



Twelve red — I. O. Keinble, first; Kemble Floral 

 Co., second: Kemble-.Smith Co., third. 



The college had its greenhouses open 

 for inspection and one large house 

 which was filled with specimen and 

 bush plants Avas a center of interest. 

 Competitions for students in which there 

 were classes for table decorations, bas- 

 ket arrangements, vase arrangements 

 and arrangements of autumn material 

 proA'ed to be of much interest, to the 

 Avomen observers in particular. 



A. S. T. - 



CLEVELAND. 



Held in Hotel Ballroom. 



The second annual Cleveland flower 

 show was held November 10 to 12 in 

 the ballroom of the HoUenden hotel. It 

 was a success from an artistic stand- 

 point and also financially, as oA'er 5,000 

 admissions were paid during the three 

 days. 



The show was largely supplied by the 

 private gardeners of the vicinity, the 

 special feature being the competition for 

 the Corrigan cup, A'alued at $500. This 

 called for thirty-six chrysanthemums, 

 six varieties, six blooms of each, staged 

 in two vases for effect. There were five 

 entries, the award falling to William 

 Fisher, gardener to H. S. Firestone, 

 Akron, O., whose exhibit scored eighty- 

 seven points. 



The first forty classes on the sched- 

 ule were open only to private growers 

 and the prizes were pretty evenly dis- 

 tributed between Andrew Gemind, gar- 

 dener to C. W. Seiberling, Akron, O.; 

 Henry Koltl.off, gardener to Mrs. L. D. 

 Holden; W. S, Richards, gardener to 

 G. R. Fonl, Perrysburg, O.; Fred Alt- 

 knecht, gardener to J. W. Corrigan, 

 Wickliffe, O.; Robert Weeks, gardener to 

 Misses Holden; Hugh Thomas, gardener 

 to C. A. Otis; Rudolph Thurman, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. F. E. Drury; George 

 Jacques, gardener to W. G. Mather; 

 Walter Dale, gardener to Mrs. J. H. 

 Andrews, Akron; J. Curnow, gardener 

 to C. B. Raymond, Akron; Wm. Fisher, 

 gardener to H. S. Firestone, Akron; 

 Felix Celmer, gardener to Mrs. Price 

 McKinney, and H. B. Raplev, gardener 

 to H. P. Ellis. 



Commercial Exhibits. 



There was excellent competitiop in 

 the dozen classes open to commercial: 

 growers, the awards being aS follows: 

 Two hundred blooms violets, doutile — Ethan A. 



The Scheepers Exhibit of Winter-Flowering Begonias at the Museum. 



