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NEBRASKA STATE FAIB. 



The Nebraska state fair, held in Lin- 

 coln, September 3 to 7, was a whirlwind 

 success. Never before in the history of 

 Nebraska fairs was the interest of the 

 exhibitors shown as keenly as this year. 



The trade displays were staged in 

 Agriculture-Horticulture hall. This per- 

 manent building, erected expressly for 

 the display of the products of the earth, 

 is one of the best show houses in the 

 country. It is not only light, but its 

 crowning feature is room. 



On entering the building the visitor 

 found himself in a spacious garden, 

 with the patriotic colors hung overhead 

 in great stretches. The central feature 

 of the garden was a large fountain that 

 spouted some twenty feet high, to fall 

 among the rocks and on the aquatic 

 plants that set the pool off most wonder- 

 fully. Eadiating out from this pool 

 were garden walks, bordered by the well 

 arranged groups of decorative plants. 



Lewis Henderson, of Omaha, scored 

 highest with the best collection of green- 

 house plants, Frey & Frey secondhand 

 Hiltner Bros, third, both of Lincoln. 

 Frey & Frey carried honors with tmeir 

 display of blooming plants, Henderson 

 second and Hiltner Bros, third. \Hen- 

 derson returned to Omaha with the^luo/ 

 tag for his collection of ferns, while 

 Hiltner Bros, came in second, followed 

 by Frey & Frey, The prize money for 

 the best collection of foliage plants went 

 to Henderson, Frey & Frey and Hiltner 

 Bros, in the order named. 



In addition to the general display of 

 plants, the display of cut flowers called 

 forth much comment. The huge display 

 ice chest was packed with the choicest 

 of cut flowers and designs. Frey & Frey 

 were awarded the diploma on the best 

 collection of cut flowers and Henderson 

 on the best collection of plants. 



WISCONSIN STATE FAIR. 



Trade Entries Finest Ever. 



Last week the state fair was held at 

 Milwaukee, bringing in thousands of 

 visitors from all parts of the state, 

 including many florists. Milwaukee 

 members of the trade did their bit 

 toward making the fair a success by 

 exhibiting specimens and groups of 

 plants and cut stock. This year there 

 was more enthusiasm than has obtained 

 in the past, and from comments by 

 members of the trade the exhibition 

 was the best so far. There is still room 

 for improvement, 'however, and it is to 

 be hoped that next year will see more 

 retailers exhibiting and competing for 

 the prizes offered. We can think of no 

 cheaper way of advertising, and an ex- 

 hibition of this nature cannot help but 

 benefit the entire business. 



The judges appointed to make the 

 awards to florists were N. Zweifel and 

 J. G. Heitman, Milwaukee, and J. E. 

 Matthewson, of Sheboygan, Wis. The 

 awards were well distributed, and fol- 

 lowing is a list of the classes and the 

 winners in each: 



Collection of plants, not less than twenty-five 

 ■varieties, to cover not less than fifty square feet 

 —Hoi ton & Ilnnkel Co., first; C. C. Tollworth 



Co., second; A. F. Kellner Co., third; A. Klock- 

 ner, fourth. 



Palms, covering not less than fifty square feet 

 — Holton & Uunkel Co., first; A. F. Kellner Co., 

 second; 0. C. PoUworth Co., third. 



Ferns, covering not less than fifty square feet 

 — A. F. Kellner Co., first; Holton & Hunkel Co., 

 second; C. 0. PoUworth Co., third; Edwin Ham- 

 me, fourth. 



Foliage plants, covering not less than fifty 

 square feet — O. 0. PoUworth Co., first; Holton 

 & Hunkel Co., second; A. F. Kellner Co., third; 

 A. Klockner, fourth. 



Plants in bloom, to cover not less than twenty- 

 five square feet — No first; Holton & Hunkel Co., 

 second; A. Klockner, third. 



Specimen nephrolepis — C. 0. PoUworth Co., 

 first; Holton & Hunkel Co., second; A. Klockner, 

 third. 



Specimen palm — A. F. Kellner Co., first; C. C. 

 PoUworth Co., second; Holton & Hunkel Co., 

 third. 



Wreath, not less than 21-inch frame — J. C. 

 Arnold, first; £1. Eberbardt, second; E. Hamme, 

 third. 



Basket of cut fiowers — E. Eberbardt, first; E. 

 Hamme, second; J. Arnold, third. 



Twenty-five pink roses — C. C. PoUworth Co., 

 first; Holton & Hunkel Co., second. 



Twenty-five white roses — C. C. PoUworth Co., 

 first; Holton & Hunkel Co., second. 



Twenty-five red roses — Holton & Hunkel Co., 

 first; C. C. PoUworth Co., second. 



Twenty-five any other color — Holton & Hunkel 

 Co., first; C. C. PoUworth Co., second. 



Twenty-five Easter lilies— Holton & Hunkel 

 Co., first; C. C. PoUworth Co., second. 



Twelve chrysanthemums — C. C. PoUworth Co., 

 first. 



Pansifes — Wm. Toole & Son, Baraboo, Wis., 

 first. 



Perennial phloxes, not less than five named 

 varieties — A. Klockner, first. 



Helianthus, named varieties — Wm. Eschrich, 

 third.; 



phiniums, named — A. Klockner, second; 

 Wm. Eschrich, third. 



Gaillardias — A. Klockner, first; W. Eschrich, 

 second; E. Eberbardt, third. 



Hardy perennials, correctly named — A. Klock- 

 ner, first; W. Eschrich, second. 



Asters — A. Klockner, first. 



Two hundred gladioli — E. Eberbardt, first; 

 W. J. Moyle, Union Grove, Wis., second; Wm. 

 Eschrich, third. 



One hundred and fifty dahlias — E. Eberbardt, 

 first; Mrs. F. D. Goodearle, Whitewater, Wis., 

 second; A. Klockner, third. H. J. S. 



MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. 



The premiums at the Minnesota state 

 fair flower show, held during the week 

 of September 10, were divided among 

 four Twin-City florists. Holm & Olson, of 

 St. Paul, and the Chicago Avenue Green- 

 houses, Swanson's, Inc., and Herman 

 Swanson, of Minneapolis. Aug. Swan- 

 son, of Minneapolis, was the judge of 

 the exhibits. The awards other than 

 those published in the last issue of The 

 Review were as follows: 



Blooming plants, covering 100 square feet — 

 Holm & Olson, first; Chicago Avenue Green- 

 houses, second. 



Blooming plants, covering fifty square feet — 

 Holm & Olson, first; Chicago Avenue Green- 

 bouses, second. 



Ferns, covering fifty square feet — Holm & 

 Olson, first; Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, sec- 

 ond. 



Ferns, covering twenty-five square foot — Holm 

 & Olson, first; Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, 

 second. 



Caladiums, covering twenty-five square feet — 

 Holm & Olson, first; Chicago Avenue Green- 

 houses, second. 



Specimen PhcBnlx Roebelenii — Holm & Olson, 

 first; Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, second. 



Any other palm — Holm & Olson, first; Chicago 

 Avenue Greenhouses, second. 



Pair pyramid bay trees — Holm & Olson, first; 

 Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, second. 



Pair standard bay trees — Holm & Olson, first; 

 Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, second. 



Fern dish, filled — Holm & Olson, first; Chicago 

 Avenue Greenhouses, second. 



One hundred asters — Holm & Olson, first; Her- 

 man Swanson, second; Swanson's, Inc., third. 



Fifty asters — Herman Swanson, first; Holm & 

 Olson, second; Swanson's, Inc., third. 



Twenty-five asters — Holm & Olson, first; 

 Swanson's, Inc., second; Herman Swanson, third. 



Twenty Mrs. Charles Russell roses — Swanson's, 

 Inc., first; Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, second. 



Twenty Kaiserin roses — Chicago Avenue 

 Greenhouses, first; Swanson's, Inc., second; Holm 

 & Olson, third. 



Twenty any pink roses, except Russell — Chi- 



cago Avenue Greenhouses, first; Swanson's, Inc., 

 second. 



Twenty yellow roses — Swanson's, Inc., first; 

 Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, second; Holm & 

 Olson, third. 



Hanging basket of foliage plants — Holm & 

 Olson, first; Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, sec- 

 ond. 



Window box, five feet — Holm & Olson, first; 

 Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, second. 



Bridal bouquet — Holm & Olson, first; Swan- 

 son's, Inc., second; Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, 

 third. 



CoKsage bouquet — Holm & Olson, first; Swan- 

 son's, Inc., second; Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, 

 third. 



Original design — Holm & Olson, first; Swan- 

 son's, Inc., second; Chicago Avenue Greenhouses, 

 third. 



Basket of cut fiowers, sixteen inches — Holm 

 & Olson, first; Swanson's, Inc., second; Chicago 

 Avenue Greenhouses, third. 



ILLINOIS STATE FAIR. 



The Cut Flower Awards. 



The exhibit of plants by florists at the 

 Illinois State fair, at Springfield, was 

 staged September 10, as reported in last 

 week's Eeview, the cut flowers and 

 designs following on the succeeding 

 days. Owing to the destruction of the 

 Dome building by fire a few weeks ago, 

 the florists put up their displays in 

 Machinery hall. The only firms repre- 

 sented from outside the city were Hem- 

 breiker Bros., of Lincoln, and Albert T. 

 Hey. Those of the Springfield florists 

 who exhibited were A. C. Brown, the 

 Brinkerhoff Greenhouses, the Lewis H. 

 Wise greenhouses, the Janssen Seed & 

 Floral Co., Hembreiker & Cole and the 

 Springfield Floral Co. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, was a 

 fair and impartial judge. The bride's 

 bouquet seemed to bother him a little 

 bit, and, being of modest taste, he gave 

 the first prize to the least elaborate. In 

 a number of cases Mr, Ammann ruled 

 out an exhibit when not fulfilling the re- 

 quirements; and if there was only one 

 entry, and it did not deserve first, he 

 awarded it second or third premium, as 

 the case might be. 



There were renewals in several classes 

 on succeeding days. The awards follow: 



Twenty-five American Beauties — Hembreiker & 

 Cole, first; A. C. Brown, second. 



Fifty Russell— Hembreiker & Cole, first; A. C. 

 Brown, second. 



Fifty Richmond — Hembreiker & Cole, first; A. 

 C. Brown, second. 



Fifty Ophelia— Hembreiker & Cole, first; A. C. 

 Brown, second. 



Fifty KUlarney — Hembreiker & Cole, first; A. 

 C. Brown, second. 



Fifty White Killarney— A. C. Brown, first; 

 Hembreiker & Cole, second. 



Fifty roses, last season's introduction — A. C. 

 Brown, first; Hembreiker & Cole, second. 



Fifty Killarney Brilliant— No first; A. C. 

 Brown, second. 



Fifty Milady — No first; Hembreiker & Cole, 

 second. 



Six varieties of roses, twenty-five blooms 

 each. Beauties excepted — Hembreiker & Cole, 

 first; A. C. Brown, second. 



One hundred dahlias — No first; .Tanssen Seed & 

 Floral Co., second; A. Janssen, tliird. 



Twenty-five dahlias, double — -A. C. Brown, 

 first; no second; E. J. Nott, third. 



Hardy perennials, twelve vases — No first; A. 

 T. Hey, second. 



Asters — Janssen Seed & Floral Co., first; A. C. 

 Brown, second; A. T. Hey, third. 



Gladioli— A. C. Brown, first. 



Fifty mums, two varieties of twenty-five each 

 — Janssen Seed & Floral Co., first. 



Fifty mums, any variety — A. C. Brown, first; 

 A. T. Hey, second; Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 

 third. 



Fifty white carnations — Hembreiker Bros., of 

 Lincoln, first: Hembreiker & Cole, second; Jans- 

 sen Seed & Floral Co., third. 



Fifty flesh pink carnations — Hembreiker & 

 Cole, first; no second; Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 

 third. 



Fifty light pink— Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 

 third; no first or second. 



