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The Florists^ Review 



Beptembbr 18, 1919. 



Display of ferns, covering at least fifty square 

 feet— Helton & Hunkel Co., first; A. F. Kellner 

 Co., second; C. C, PoUworth Co., tliird; B. J. 

 Hamme,- fourth. 



Display of foliage plants, coTering at least 

 fifty square feet— 0. C. PoUworth Co., first; Hol- 

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

 third; E. J. Hamme, fourth. 



Display of plants in bloom, covering at least 

 twenty-five square feet — Holton & Hunkel Co., 

 first; E. J. Hamme, second; A. F. Kellner Co.. 

 third. 



Specimen nephrolepis— Holton & Hunkel Co., 

 irst; C. C. PoUworth Co., second; B. J. Hamme, 

 third. 



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

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

 third. 



Most artistically arranged floral wreath — E. J. 

 Hamme, first; Otto Bggebrecht, Milwaukee, sec- 

 ond. 



Basket of cut flowers — B. Bberhardt, Cedar- 

 burg, Wis., first; E. J. Hamme, second. 



Twenty-five white carnations — C. C. PoUworth 

 Co.. first. 



Twenty-five dark pink carnations— C. C. PoU- 

 worth Co., first. 



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

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



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

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



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

 first; Holton & Hunkel Co., second. 



Twelve chrysanthemums — Heltman-Oestrelcher 

 Co., Milwaukee, first; C. C. PoUworth Co., sec- 

 ond; B. J. Hamme, third. 



Display of hardy gaiUardia- E. Eberhardt, 

 first. 



Display of asters — Fox Point Floral Co., Mil- 

 waukee, first; Otto Bggebrecht, second. 



Display of asters, twelve any color — Otto Bg- 

 gebrecht, first; Fox Point Floral Co., second; 

 A. F. Kellner Co., third. 



Display of not less than 200 gladioli— E. 

 Eberhardt, first. 



Display of not less than 150 dahlias— E. Eber- 

 hardt, first. 



A. H. M. 



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GREETING FOR GENERAL 



kee John K. Bugowski, of Manitowoi', 

 exhibited some asters which he is grow- 

 ing for seed. They were large bloom.s, 

 coming without branching on stems 

 about eighteen inches long. One, a 

 white, is called Pure Honor. The other, 

 a pink, of firmer stem, is not named and 

 Mr. Rugowski asked the members of 

 the association to suggest a name for it. 



The blooms were much admired and 

 the meeting went so far as to place on 

 record the statement that it was the 

 finest aster the association had seen. 

 Mr. Rugowski plans to distribute seed 

 to the trade this fall and left for Chi- 

 cago the day after the meeting to visit 

 seed firms there in regard to it. 



Mr. Rugowski has grown plants at 

 Manitowoc for a number of years. Last 

 spring he opened a seed store there. 



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PERSHING AT PHILADELPHIA. 



Florists Aid Beception. 



The event of the week in Philadelphia 

 was General Pershing's visit September 

 12. It was one of the most remarkable 

 events in the history of Philadelphia. 

 The man who led the nation's troops to 

 victory in the cause of humanity and 

 justice received an extraordinary wel- 

 come there, that came from the hearts of 

 the people. General Pershing reached 

 North Philadelphia at 10 o'clock in the 

 morning. He was met by the governor, 

 the mayor and other leading citizens. 

 Escorted by the City Troop, he was mo- 

 tored through wide streets thronged with 

 cheering crowds to Independence hall 

 and to the Union club. At each place he 

 made two brief addresses, one inside the 

 building and the other outside. The 

 general and his escort left for Washing- 

 ton at 12:30 p. m. It is with pride that 

 I come to the part taken by the florists 

 in this splendid reception. A booth of 

 generous proportions erected on the 

 Parkway at Twenty-second street was 

 decorated with showy flowers and fo- 

 liage by our florists, Charles H. Grake- 

 low, J. Liddon Pennock and other lead- 

 ers in our profession lending their per- 

 sonal aid. Here great quantities of 

 rosea and other flowers were distributed 

 among the spectators, who showered the 

 general with them as he passed. The 

 street was strewn with flowers for a 

 square. A. half hour later not a flower 

 was to be seen, so keen were the souve- 

 nir hunters. 



Qlrls Present Flowers. 



The prettiest scene of* the day oc- 

 curred at the point where the school 

 children filled the big stands. Two little 

 girls of 10 years, Marie S. Aeugle, daugh- 

 ter of George Aeugle, of the Philadelphia 

 Cut Flower Co., and Hazel Matthews, 

 niece of Charles H. Grakelow, presented 

 the great general with a magnificent 

 bouquet of Columbia roses. 



At a signal the car stopped for a mo- 

 ment. The two little girls climbed on the 

 running board and presented their gift. 

 * * These are for you. General Pershing, ' ' 

 Marie said. "Yes, for you," chimed in 

 Hazel. General Pershing was deeply 

 touched. ' ' God bless you, my children, ' ' 

 he said, as he kissed them both, and the 

 car was off. The card on the bouquet 

 bore the words, * ' From the Philadelphia 

 Florists." 



A telephone message received Wednes- 

 day evening apprised J. J. Habermehl's 

 Sons of the fact that they had just one 

 day, Thursday, to get old Independence 

 hall into gala attire for General Persh- 

 ing's visit. They worked hard all day 

 and well into the night. The result of 

 their efforts was strongly apparent when 

 the general arrived at the State house 

 on Friday evening. The famous red 

 carpet used on the most impressive oc- 

 casions was laid from the street curb, 

 across the sidewalk, up the steps, into 

 the hall and right up to the Liberty bell, 

 which the general gravely saluted. The 

 columns were garlanded with beautifully 

 made garlands of flowers and foilage, 

 heavy in the center and tapering toward 

 the ends. A real, live goddess of liberty 

 of majestic mien stood on a platform to 

 welcome the victor. The rooms were 

 beautifully decorated with palms and 

 ferns and autumn flowers. Phil. 



SEVERE STORM HITS TEXAS. 



Although Houston escaped without 

 any damage whatever from the storm 

 which caused such severe damage along 

 the gulf coast, it is thought that the flo- 

 rists at Corpus Christi, W. H. Caldwell 

 and D. E. Curtis, suffered heavily. At 

 that point were the heaviest losses, the 

 dead in that vicinity numbering over 

 300 and the financial total reaching $10,- 

 000,000. No news has been received 

 from either of the two florists at Corpus 

 Christi. R. C. Kerr. 



RUGOWSKI SHOWS ASTERS. 



At the meeting of the Wisconsin 

 State Florists' Association at Milwau- 



South Bend, Ind. — Williams & Co., 

 who are looking for a good season, re- 

 port that it started with the largest 

 wedding order in the history of the firm 

 for September 17. It was the Carlisle 

 wedding and the decorations were the 

 most elaborate ever seen in South Bend. 



Evanston, 111. — September 16 John M. 

 Fischer found the safe at the store of 

 Fischer Bros., at 614 Dempster street, 

 in the icebox, where burglars had blown 

 it open with nitroglycerin during the 

 night. Checks amounting to $200 and 

 $50 in currency were gone. The safe- 

 blowers had used gloves to prevent de- 

 tection by finger prints. 



Bouquet of Columbia Roses presented General Pershing by Philadelphia Florists. 



