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The Florists^ Review 



Januabt 22, 1920. 



line. It is hard enough to produce the 

 everyday staples. 



Then the distance from that strong- 

 hold of the carnation, New England, 

 under the weather conditions prevail- 

 ing, prevented much support from that 

 section. S. J. Goddard brought a faith- 

 ful band from Boston, but it was not 

 an exceedingly large one. Prom New 

 York came the S. A, F. leaders, and the 

 well /inown figures in the trade who 

 can /always be tfounted on were there. 



For Exhibition Only. 



The showing of displays made for ex- 

 hibition only almost equaled the carna- 

 tions staged for competition in amount 

 of space covered and in interest at- 

 tracted. The banquet room of the Hotel 

 La Salle was well filled, though not 

 crowded. Some exhibits sent by express 

 were delayed in transit and did not ar- 

 rive in time for the opening of the con- 

 vention. The handiwork of Carl Engel- 

 mann, the English carnation grower, 

 made artistic the display of C. S. Strout, 

 (rf^Biddeford, Me. Greens were plenti- 

 fully used to adorn the vases that stood 

 on pedestals in a group. Mr, Strout 's 

 yellow variety, Maine Sunshine; Avi- 

 ator, Laddie, Lady Northcliffe, Match- 

 less Sport, Snow White, Donald, Crystal 

 White, Improved Ward and White De- 

 light constituted the display, which was 

 a center of attraction. 



Large blooms on long stems of the 

 new rose, Frank W. Dunlop, were shown 

 by John H. Dunlop, of Toronto, Ont. 

 •On the same table were a vase of Yel- 

 low Ophelia, a sport of the famous vari- 

 ety, and a pinched stem of Frank W. 

 Dunlop, showing growth, though the 

 bloom was too late for the exhibition. 



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

 exhibited an exceedingly handsome 

 basket of Mme. Butterfly roses, in splen- 

 did condition, and a vase of "Frank W. 

 Dunlop, which also won much admira- 

 tion. 



A vase of Topsy, the maroon variety, 

 was shown by the Eichmond Greenhouse 

 Co., Eichmond, Ind. 



E. H. Blameuser, of NUes Center, 111., 

 exhibited a vase of light pink blooms, 

 Pink Sensation, and a pink seedling. 

 Both vases were of excellent quality. 



From Cincinnati, J. A. Peterson & 

 Sons brought fine specimens of the new 

 begonia, Peerless, a large-sized plant of 

 Cyclamen Pride of Cincinnati and 

 blooms of other varieties of his seedling 

 cyclamens. J. A. Peterson proudly 

 showed autochrome slides, the photo- 

 graphic work of his son, Eogor W. Pe- 

 terson. 



Pots of the new cherry. Holly Berry, 

 were exhibited by Carl Hagenburger, 

 West Mentor, O. 



A dozen blooms of Chrysanthemum 

 Pink Mistletoe, in good shape, were 

 shown by Hartje & Elder, of Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



Vases of the new freesias, General 

 Pershing and Viola, bulbs of which are 

 to be ready this year, were exhibited 

 by A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, and 

 drew much admiration from the visitors. 



The Wm. F. Kasting Co., Buffalo, N. 

 Y., sent some good blooms of Chrysan- 

 themum Hamburg Late Pink. 



Mayer & Wagner, of Lyons, 111., had 

 on exhibition a vaise of fine-looking 

 stevia. 



The American Bulb Co., Chicago, had 

 a table on which were bulbs of Lilium 

 rubrum, Lilium album and gladiolus, 

 valley pips and a vase of freesia blooms. 



Some plants of Begonia Pride of New 



Castle were placed on exhibition by S. 

 S. Skidelsky, New York. 



A vase of Ethel Fisher was sent by 

 Peter Fisher, of Ellis, Mass., for exhibi- 

 tion only. 



From Iowa State College, Ames, la., 

 were a vase and a plant of seedling No. 

 669, from Matchless, pollen parent 

 White Perfection. It is white, faintly 

 flecked with pink, and the plant showed 

 it to be a good grower. 



A table was covered with foliage 

 plants, including ferns, crotons and 

 Ficus elastica plants, by Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, Chicago. 



Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, Ind., 

 had some fine' blooms of their well 

 known Euth Baur. 



The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, Chicago, had a splendid vase 

 of Ball's giant calendulas. 



Sykora & Kalina, of Batavia, 111., had 

 some good blooms of Supreme. 



The Awards. 



Though the size of the display was 

 not large, the quality of blooms dis- 

 played was 80 generally high that the 



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 which is the means of bringing a 

 new advertiser to 



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 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. "We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florist's use 

 not at present advertised. 



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judges took as long for their work as 

 they have for bigger exhibitions. 



The American Carnation Society's 

 medals, both gold and silver, went to 

 Laddie, the former to the vase of 100 

 staged by S. J. Goddard, the second to 

 that of C. S. Strout. Both were of ex- 

 ceedingly high quality and much ad- 

 mired. No bronze medal was awarded. 



The S. A. F. medal for fifty of the 

 best undisseniinated variety of Ameri- 

 can origin was won by C. S. Strout 's 

 vase of Donald. 



The Dorner memorial medal was won 

 by C. S. Strout also, on Maine Sunshine, 

 a yellow that attracted much attention. 

 In the preliminary competition the only 

 variety which passed was seedling No. 

 26.16 C, shown by the Mt. Greenwood 

 Cemetery Association, with eighty-one 

 points. 



A special silver medal was awarded 

 Carl Engelmann, of Saffron Walden, 

 England, for his artistic arrangement 

 of the group of C. S. Strout 's carna- 

 tions and a cash prize of $50 awarded 

 Mr. Strout for the excellence of his 

 blooms. 



The other awards were as follows: 



One hundred white — Mt. Greenwood Cemetery 

 Association, fist, on Seedling 140.09 A; Krlng 

 Bros., Fairbury, 111., on White Enchnntress. 



One hundred flesh pink — Alfred M. Campbell, 



Strafford, Pa., first, on Laddie; Richmond 

 Greenhouse Co., Richmond, Ind., second, on 

 Laddie. 



One hundred light pinli — George Brenkert, 

 Denver, Colo, first, on Denver. 



One hundred medium pink — C. S. Strout, 

 Blddeford, Me., first, on Mrs. C. W. Ward; 

 Richmond Grenhouse Co., second, on Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward. 



One hundred dark pink — Mt. Greenwood 

 Cemetery Association, first, on Rosette; Frey 

 & Frey, Lincoln, Neb., second, on Seedling 

 No. 25. 



One hundred red or scarlet — Richmond Green- 

 house Co., first, on Nebraska. 



One hundred white variegated — Richmond 

 Greenhouse Co., first, on Benora. 



One hundred flaked — C. S. Strout, first, on 

 Matchless Sport. 



Fifty White Enchantress — V. Bezdek, Gross 

 Point, III., first; James Psenicka, Gross Point, 

 III., second. 



Fifty Matchless — W. Frank & Sons, Portland, 

 Ind., flrst. 



Fifty Enchantress Supreme — V. Bezdek, Gross 

 Point. 111., first. 



Fifty Laddie — S. J. Goddard, Framlngham, 



Fifty Mrs. C. W. Ward— W. Frank & Sons, 

 Portland, , Ind., first. 



Fifty Rosalia— S. J. Goddard, first. 



Fifty any other dark pink — James Psenicka, 

 flrst, on Peerless Pink; Mt. Greenwood Cemetery 

 Association, second, on Rosette. 



Fifty Belle Washburn — Bassett & Washburn, 

 Chicago, first; McCallum Co., Pittsburgh, second. 



Fifty any other red or scarlet — James Psenicka, 

 flrst, on Herald; second, on Aviator. 



Highly commended for displays not entered 

 in competition: American Bulb Co., J. A. Peter- 

 son & Sons, Baur & Steinkamp, E. G. Hill Co. 

 and John H. Dunlop. 



Vote of thanks for displays not entered in 

 competition: Richmond Greenhouse Co., S. S. 

 Skidelsky, B. H. Blameuser. Sykora & Kallnn, 

 Hartje & Elder, Iowa State College, Carl Hagen- 

 burger, Peter Fisher, Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, and Chas. 

 F. Guenther, Hamburg, N. Y., wliose chrysan- 

 themums were displayed by the W. F. Kasting 

 Co., Buffalo. 



Business Meeting. 



The business session of the American 

 Carnation Society was held at 8 p. m. 

 January 21 at the Hotel La Salle. 



The president laid special stress upon 

 the need of new varieties to maintain 

 the carnation as the popular and profit- 

 able flower it has been. The desira- 

 bility of increased membership was 

 dwelt upon both by the president and 

 the secretary. The latter stated that 

 the revenues of the society must be in- 

 creased, either by additional member- 

 ship or by investment of the funds in 

 higher interest bearing securities. The 

 address of the president and the secre- 

 tary's and the treasurer's reports are 

 printed on following pages of this issue. 



A paper on "The Control of Stem- 

 Rot in Carnations" was read by Dr. 

 Lehenbaur, of the University of Illinois, 

 on Wednesday evening and another ses- 

 sion was set for next morning to discuss 

 it thoroughly. ^ 



On the evening of January 21 the 

 ladies attended a theater party at the 

 Cort theater, to see Nora Bayes in 

 "Ladies First." For the next night 

 was set the banquet of the society in 

 conjunction with the Illinois State Flo- 

 rists' Association. 



Vice-President C. W. Johnson had 

 done good work on the arrangements, 

 the success of which was generally ap- 

 preciated by the visitors. Fred Lauten- 

 schlager worked hard in promoting the 

 banquet, though he spared enough time 

 to get out a 10,000-pound boiler within 

 one hour after he received the order. 

 The Attendance. 



The number of those present from 

 other cities was limited by the weather, 

 for most growers desire to be pretty 

 close to home under prevailing condi- 

 tions. Those who were noted on the 

 opening day were the following: 



Animann, J. F., Edwardsville, 111. 



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



Baum, Chas. L., Knoxville, Tenn. 



Baar, A. F. J., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Beck, W. J., New Castle, Pa. 



Bernlng, H. G., and wife, St. Louis, Mo. 



Blackraan, G. D., and wife, Evansville, Ind. 



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