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The Florists' Review 



January 80. 1919. 



on the list, supporting their claim by 

 pointing to the fact that the demand 

 last autumn carried and has kept the 

 price of carnations relatively higher 

 than the price of any other flower that 

 is in large supply. When the growers 

 talk about prices, recent and present, 

 it is with a satisfaction they make little 

 attempt to conceal; in their view the 

 expected has happened, right has 

 triumphed, the carnation at last has 

 come into its own. But when a bunch 

 of them rub up against a retailer — then 

 sparks fly! The retailer says that it is 

 harmful to the trade to push prices of 

 flowers above the point where the public 

 begins to protest as it pays, and that it 

 is particularly unwise with carnations, 

 always the people's flower. No matter 

 what stand you take, you can get a 

 debate on that subject. 



Novelties. 



Interest centered, perhaps, in the 

 novelties. For the first time in many 

 years, not even one new variety of car- 

 nation is being disseminated this season 

 — nobody had foreseen the end of the 

 war in time to be ready. Indeed, most 

 of those who are cherishing high hopes 

 for some pet were not even in position 

 to exhibit in quantity. 



Gude Bros. Co., Washington, have a 

 new light pink named Democracy, of 

 which they are growing 25,000 plants. 

 It was shown in vases and on the re- 

 tailers' tables and looked good from 

 every point of view. The owners state 

 that none of the flowers cut this season 

 have sold for less than $16 per hun- 

 dred, while at retail the price has been 

 from $3 to $5 per dozen. 



Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, 

 showed Ruth Baur, a flesh pink seedling 

 to be disseminated next season. It re- 

 cently was illustrated in The Review 

 and looks good. 



Joseph H. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 entered a new dark red, called Topsy, 

 which will have a future if, like the 

 original of that name, it "just growed" 

 is reported of it after a bad winter. 



Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., sent Red 

 Cross, a red variety which commands 

 instant attention because of its orig- 

 inator. 



Strout's, Biddeford, Me., came to the 

 front with the first seedling of C. S. 

 Strout's many years as a carnation spe- 

 cialist. It is yellow, called Sunshine, 

 and was seen last year at Boston. It is 

 still making friends. 



The Awards. 



There were about 4,000 blooms in the 

 show, counting fourteen classes. The 

 judging was late. The awards were: 



One hundred blooms, any variety — Joseph H. 

 Hill Co.. Richmond, Ind.. A. C. S. gold medal, 

 on Laddie; S. J. Goddard, FraminKbam, Mass., 

 A. C. 8. silver medal, also on Laddie. 



Fifty blooms, any undisseminated variety — 

 Strout's. Riddeford, Me., S. A. F. silver medal, 

 on Sunshine, formerly Seedling No. 809; Jos. 

 H. Hill Co.. S. A. F. bronze medal, on Topsy. 



One hundred blooms, any undisseminated seed- 

 linff — Banr A Steinkamp, Indianapolis, Dorner 

 gold medal, on Ruth Baur, formerly No. 414. 



Fifty blooms, any novelty to qualify for Domef 

 mednl contest in 1»20 — Stroiit's. on Sunshine; 

 Peter FishL-r, Ellis, Mass., on Red Cross. 



Fifty blooms, any seedling for certiflcates of 

 merit — Strout's, on Sunshine, soorinc 89 points; 

 Strout's. on White Delight, scoring 85 points. 



Twelve blooms, for preliminary certificate — 

 A. J. Stahelin, Bedford, Mich., on No. 8 A, scor- 

 ing 85 points; A. J. Stahelin, on No. 20 L, 

 Scoring 8."» i>oint8. 



One hundred blooms, anv variety disseminated 

 prior to July, 1918 — Jos. H. Hill Co., on Laddie. 



Fifty blooms, any variety disseminated prior 

 to July, 1918— Jos. H. Hill Co., on Laddie. 



Vase arranged for effect, 100 to 150 blooms — 

 S. J. Goddard, silver cup offered by the Chicago 

 Feed & Fertilizer Co., value $75. 



Fifty blooms, not less than five varieties — 

 Strout's, silver cup offered by Hitchings & Co. 



Fifty blooms, any white — J. F. Ammann Co., 

 Edwardsville, 111., first, on White Bnchantress; 

 Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pittsburgh, second, on 

 Matchleus. 



Fifty blooms, any light pink — J. F. Ammann, 

 first, on Bnchantress Supreme; George Brenkert, 

 Denver, second; Gude Bros. Co., Washington, 

 D. C, third, on Democracy. 



Fify blooms any dark pink — Cleveland Cut 

 Flower Co., Cleveland, first, on Mrs. C. W. Ward; 

 Bauer & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, second, on 

 Rosalia. 



Fifty blooms any red — Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co., first, on Belle Washburn. 



Fifty blooms any other color — Baur & Stein- 

 kamp, first, on Pocahontas. 



Sweepstakes in the preceding five color classes 

 for fifty blooms — -Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., on 

 Belle Washburn. 



Honorable mention was awarded as follows: 

 To Rose Premier, exhibited by B. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind. ; to Carnation Red Cross, ex- 

 hibited by Peter Fisher; to vase of mixed seed- 

 lings, exhibited by Joy Floral Co., Nashville, 

 Tenn. ; to Hamburg chrysanthemums, ex- 

 hibited by W. F. Kasting Co., Buffalo; to vase 

 of Carnation Laddie, exhibited by J. M. Uasser 

 Co., Cleveland. 



Betailers' ExUbits. 



The Cleveland retailers never fail to 

 make a show a success. If there were 

 nothing else, the displays of the Cleve- 

 land florists would be suflScient to at- 

 tract and please the public. 



The new Gloriosa-pink carnation, 

 Ruth Baur, was used effectively on a 

 table decorated by Knoble Bros. With 

 the carnations were yellow freesias and 

 schizanthus. The exhibitor also put 

 up a large vase of Ruth Baur and staged 

 several novelty baskets. 



A. M. Albrecht made his centerpiece 

 of Mrs. C. W. Ward carnations, with 

 corsages of the same. 



Enchantress was used for the center- 

 piece of the Smith & Fetters table, with 

 flat and colonial corsages. 



The ,T. M. Gasscr Co. made a big 

 centerpiece of Rosalia carnations, acacia 

 and eupatorium. 



Democracy, the new light pink carna- 

 tion of Gude Bros. Co., Washington, 

 D. C, was used for the centerpiece of 

 the table of the Jones-Russell Co. 



C. M. Wagner made his table decora- 

 tion in baskets with the dark red car- 

 nation, Bernice. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



The American Bulb Co., Chicago, had 

 a display of bulbs of gladioli, in twenty- 

 seven varieties. 



Carl Hagenburger, Mentor, O., staged 

 vases of white lilac and Purity freesia. 

 He also showed for the first time a new 

 yellow freesia, both cut sprays and 

 plants in pots. Of course, the exhibit 

 included the two Mentor solanums, 

 Cleveland and Yellow Queen. 



W. F. Kasting Co., Buffalo, showed 

 two vases of the only chrysanthemums 

 now grown by Charles F. Guenther, 

 Hamburg, N. Y. They are Hamburg 

 Late White and Hamburg Late Pink. 

 The blooms are large and clean. 



Temperley's, Indianapolis, showed for 

 the first time plants of the new red 

 Chatelaine begonia, named Christmas 

 Gift. 



H. W. Sheppard, Cincinnati, staged 

 for the Hills, of Richmond, a big exhi- 

 bition basket of Rose Premier, which 

 was a center of attraction. 



Fred H. Lemon & Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 had a table of plants of Primula mala- 

 coides rosea in fine flower. 



Sidelights. 



Chicago was after the 1920 convention 

 like a dog chasing a bone; the delega- 

 tion was armed with a big banner and 

 invitations from the Florists' Club, Hor- 

 ticultural Society and Commercial Asso- 

 ciation. 



The Cleveland newspapers, as usual, 

 were extremely liberal with their no- 

 tices, looking to Ella Grant Wilson for 

 their inspiration. > 



Those Present. 



The attendance of those who gave 

 addresses outside Cleveland was approx- 

 imately iOO. Among those noted on the 

 first day in time for this report, were: 



Adgale, F. H., Warren, O. 



Ammann, J. F., Edwardsville, 111. 



Anderson, S. A., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Arnold, Geo. B., Boston, Mass. 



Asmus, George, Chicago, 111. 



Bahr, Fritz, and wife. Highland Park, III. 



Bates, W. 6., Newton Falls, O. 



Baum, Karl P.,. Knoiville, Tenn. 



Baur, A. F. J., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Baur, S., Brie, Pa. 



Bertermann, I., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Blackman, George H., Evansville, lud. 



Blind, B. H., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Burki, Fred, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Campbell, Alfred, Stafford, Pa. 



Clarke, W. A., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Coe, Mrs. B. A., Akron, O. 



Cowgill, J. R., Canton, 0. 



Cowgill, V. A., Salem, O. 



Critchell, C. B., Cincinnati, 0. 



Dorner, Theo., Lafayette, Ind. 



Dunlop, John H., Toronto, Ont. 



Duys, C, Chicago, 111. 



George, E. B., Painesville, O. 



Foley, Phil, Chicago, III. 



Freund, Samuel, Chicago. 



Gammage, W. W., London, Ont. 



Geddis, D. S., St. Louis, Mo. 



George, E. B. Painesville, O. 



Gillett, E. G., Cincinnati, O. 



Goddard, S. J., Framingham, Mass. 



Gude, Wm. F., Washington, D. C. 



Gunterberg, M. C, Chicago, 111. 



Hagenburger, Carl, Mentor, O. 



Hathaway, W. W., Boston, Mass. 



Hottes, Prof. A. C, Columbus, O. 



Helnl, Harry, Toledo, O. 



Hill, Joseph H., Richmond, Ind. 



Hunkel, H. V., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Irwin, Roman J., New Yorlc, N. Y. 



Johnson, C. W., Chicago, 111. 



Jones, R. E., Richmond, Ind. 



Kane, Mrs. C. B., Akron, O. 



Kerr, R. C, Houston, Tex. 



Kohankie, Adam, Denver, Colo. 



Kramer, J. L., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Kurowski, E. F., Chicago, HI. 



Lautenschlager, F., Chicago, III. 



Lemon, Fred, Richmond, Ind. '• | 



Ludwig, E. C, and wife, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Lumsden, Prof. D., Ithaca, N. Y. 



Manke, W. C, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mann, E. H., Richmond, Ind. 



Mann, Matt, Chicago, 111. 



Margolis, J., Boston, Mass. 



Michelsen, G. J., Chicago, III. 



Miller, A., Chicago, 111. 



Miller. A. J., Jamaica, N. Y. 



Mohn, George, Chicago, 111. 



Mott, Walter, Schenectady, N. Y. 



Nicholson, W. R., Framingham, Mass. 



Noyes, Geo., Needham, Mass. 



Palmer, W. J., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Peirce. E. A., Waltham. Mass. 



Pennock, S. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Pollworth, C. C, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Reukauf, Martin, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Rinjtler, C. A., Wellington, O. 



Robinson, Charles, Boston, Mass. 



Rock, W. L.. Kansas Citv. Mo. 



Rodgers, J. W., Dayton, O. 



Samiders, B., Lewlston, Me. 



Schiller, J. L., Toledo, 0. 



Schoenhut, Charles, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Schroeder, Wm. R., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Selkregg, F. H., North East. Pa. 



Seligman, Sam., New York, N. Y. 



Sheppard, H. W., Cincinnati, O. 



Skidelsky, S. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Smith, R. F., Nashville, Tenn. 



Smith, Elmer D., Adrian, Mich. 



Steinkamp, O. E., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Strout, Charles S., Biddeford, Me. 



Strumph, A., Boston, Mass. 



Sullivan, J. F., Detroit, Mich. 



Tegelaar, George, Chicago, 111. 



Temperley, E. E., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Ward, D. S., Queens, N. Y. 



Welsh, R. H., LyndonviUe, N. Y. 



Whitloclc, Mrs. Geo., Ravenna, 0. 



Wietzke, R., Charlotte, Mich. 



Wilcox, Glen, Council Bluffs, la. 



Wilcox, Blaine, Council Bluffs, la. 



Winter, Herman F., Charleston, W. Va. 



Wltterstetter, R., Cincinnati. 



Woolf, Harold A., Chicago, 111. 



Young, John, New York, N. Y. 



Zech, A. J., Chicago, 111. 



Zweifel, N., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Lincoln, Neb.— The Eiche Floral Co., 

 which built a new range in 1917, has 

 placed an order with the John C Mon- 

 inger Co., Chicago, for material for four 

 more houses, each 35x11.'). 



