NOVEMBEB 23, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



Best varieties carnations, any yarieties or color 

 — Denvar Wholesale Florists' Co., first. 



OPEN TO ALL. 



Collection of not less than 100 chrysanthemums 

 — Lang Floral & Nursei^^ Co., first. 



General exhibit of plants and novelties — Lan^ 

 Floral & Nursery Co., first; Stuppy Floral Co., 

 second. 



Exhibit of blooming plants — Stuppy Floral Co., 

 first; Poeblmann Bros. Co., second; Lang Floral & 

 Nursery Co., third. 



Collection of ferns — Lang Floral & Nursery 

 Co., first. 



Table decorations, table set for four — Lang 

 Floral & Nurserjr Co., first; Dallas Floral & 

 Nursery Co., second; Texas Nursery Co., third. 



Bride's bouquet, i^ower style — McKlnney Nur- 

 sery Co., Dallas, first; Lang Floral & Nursery 

 Co., second; Texas Nursery Co., third. 



Corsage bouquet — McKinney Nursery Co., first; 

 Lang Floral & Nursery Co., second; Dallas Floral 

 Co., third. 



Basket of flowers — Lang Floral & Nursery Co., 

 first; Texas Nursery Co., second; Dallas Floral 

 Co., third. 



The special prize for best 100 ■white roses was 

 won by Poeblmann Bros. Co. 



There also was a list of classes for 

 amateurs. 



H. S. Ely, of Neosho, Mo., did the 

 judging. 



In addition to the competitive entries, 

 there were a number who sent stock 

 for exhibition only. A list of these is 

 as follows: 



E. G. Hill Co., Eichmond, Ind., a 

 large vase of fancy exhibition mums 

 and a display of pompons. 



Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn., a 

 large display of chrysanthemum blooms 

 in many varieties. 



Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 a large vase of specimen blooms. 



J. F. Wilcox & Sons, Council Bluffs, 

 la., a large display of cut flowers, in- 

 cluding roses, carnations and mums, 

 and blooming plants. 



Stuppy Floral Co., St. Joseph, Mo., 

 blooming plants and a handsome dis- 

 play of roses, carnations, sweet peas, 

 calendulas and snapdragons. 



Furrow & Co., Guthrie, Okla., a large 

 display of mums, roses and carnations. 



Park Floral Co., Denver, a group of 

 fine booming plants, including fancy 

 cyclamens, azaleas and primulas. 



Gullett & Sons, Lincoln, 111., a group 

 of foliage plants in variety. 



H. S. Ely, Neosho, Mo., a large col- 

 lection of potted plants. 



Poeblmann Bros. Co., Chicago, a large 

 display of cut flowers, including roses, 

 carnations and mums, and a handsome 

 group of foliage and blooming plants. 



Denver Wholesale Florists' Co., Den- 

 ver, a large display of cut flowers. 



The McKinney Nursery Co., ^McKin- 

 ney, Tex., a group of palms, ferns and 

 bldoming plants. 



Business Meeting. 



President T. J. Wolfe called a special 

 business meeting of the Texas State 

 Florists' Association during tlie show, 

 when a committee consisting of H. 0. 

 Hannah, A. Y. Koehle and II. Kaden 

 presented resolutions on the death of 

 Thomas C. Joy and resolutions of ap- 

 preciation for all those who had con- 

 tributed in any way to the success of 

 the show. 



It has been decided to combine the 

 show and annual meeting of the asso- 

 ciation in 1917, holding both at the 

 same date, sometime in September, at 

 Waco, the home city of President 

 Wolfe. 



LAKE GENEVA, WIS. 



The twelfth annual chrysanthemum 

 exhibition of the Lake Geneva Gar- 

 deners' Association, held in Horticul- 

 tural hall, Lake Geneva, November 10 

 to 12, was a great 8U(^cess. The quality 

 and arrangement of the subjects staged 



A. H. Dailey Did Himself Credit at the Knoxville Fall Flower Show. 



were of the best, and the attendance 

 during the three days was most grati- 

 fying. 



In the main hall the mum reigned 

 supreme; huge exhibition blooms, cap- 

 tivating singles, pompons and anem- 

 ones were there in bewildering dis- 

 play. In the class for large groups, 

 these four types were blended with 

 palms and ferns into one artistic whole. 



The principal exhibitors and prizet- 

 winners were: A. J. Smith, gardener 

 for J. ,T. Mitchell; A. Johnson, gar- 

 dener for Mrs. F. T. Junkin; A. Mont- 

 gomery, gardener for Mrs. N. W. Har- 

 ris; A. Martini, gardener for F. D. 

 Countiss; R. Blackwood, gardener for 

 Mrs. A. C. Allerton; W. P. Longland, 

 gardener for C.L.Hutchinson; C. Lock- 

 wood, gardener for the Wrigley estate; 

 J. Balsden, gardener for Mrs. Boisset; 

 W, Wahlstedt, gardener for Mrs. H. 11. 

 Porter; R. P. Sampson, gardener for 

 Edward Swift. 



The vegetable ami fruit disjday was 



not extensive, but the stock entered 

 was of special merit. A. Martini, A. 

 .Johnson, R. J. Niles, J. Balsden, A. 

 Montgomery and C. Ackerson were the 

 prize-winners. The judges were Messrs. 

 Head, McNaughton and Francis, of 

 Lake Forest, 111. F. W. Sparks. 



CUSVELAND. 



The following awards were in addi- 

 tion to those reported in last week's 

 issue, as made at the second annual 

 Cleveland flower show, held in the Hoi- 

 lenden hotel, November 10 to 12: 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., of ("romweil, Conn., cer- 

 tificate of merit for jironp of novelty ohrysnn- 

 thoniums, not for ooiiipotition. and honorable 

 mention for the new chrysanthemum, Barbara 

 Davis. 



Charles H. Totty, of Madison, N. .T., cprtitiratc 

 of merit for group of pompon and single chrys- 

 iinthemums, not for conipptitinn. 



Xngirroc Gardens, of Wickliffe. O., honor- 

 able mention for croup of piilins and stove 

 plants, and honorahlo inoiition for a vase of 

 pompon and singlo chrvsMtitliciiiiinis. 



.\riiiM Donn Farm, of r.arborton. ()., honoralilf 

 mi'Titioii for n vase of Sunburst roses, not for 

 I'oiiipi'tition. 



One of the C. L. Baum Displays at the Knoxville Trade Show. 



