NovEaiBKR 20, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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iir MORE FALL TRADE SHOWS iir 



TOBONTO STAGES FINE SHOW. 



Retailers' Display Unusual. 



Last week there was held in Toronto 

 an exhibition of flowers such as Toronto 

 has never before seen. It was held un- 

 der the supervision of the Ontario Hor- 

 ticultural Association and was sup- 

 ported by the various other horticultural 

 organizations, the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Association and the Toronto Re- 

 tail Florists' Club. 



The displays were gorgeous and a fine 

 compliment was paid the participants 

 by the Duke of Devonshire, governor- 

 general of Canada, and by Sir John 

 Hendrie, the lieutenant-governor of On- 

 tario. 



Outstanding in the exhibition was the 

 unusual display by the Toronto Retail 

 Florists' Club.' The whole south of the 

 exhibition hall was divided off by a 

 high hedge of cedar trees, with an en- 

 trance through a pergola. A low cedar 

 hedge made an aisle back of the high 

 cedars and separated the public from 

 the well arranged exhibits. These were 

 arranged in full-sized rooms as follows: 

 Bridal, reception, living, dining and sun 

 room's. The decorations were beautiful 

 and were all arranged in their proper 

 positions. The rugs were of the best 

 Turkish designs; the china was Crown 

 Darby; the furniture, curtains and all 

 equipment were the best that could be 

 found. The whole work of arranging 

 the display was done by the members of 

 the club and all the furnishings were 

 from homes of the members. 



The bridal room was arranged for a 

 wedding, with an aisle leading up to a 

 canopy of white chrysanthemums. Fig- 

 ures representing the bride and groom 

 stood before the kneeling stool. Those 

 were in the correct dress. The proper 

 flf^T-al decoration and uses of flowers 

 weie shown. All through the club's dis- 

 play the scheme of decoration fitted in 

 with the kind of room. Prominently dis- 

 played were signs: "Say It with Flow- 

 ers." 



Visitors Pay Compliments. 



Twenty-nine members of the Hamil- 

 ton Gardeners' and Florists' Association 

 visited the exhibition and were enter- 

 tained at luncheon by the Toronto Asso- 

 ciation. They were received by Presi- 

 dent H. G. Dillemuth and Secretary 

 Alexander Simpson. In reply to Presi- 

 dent Dillemuth, W. H. Gray, president 

 of the Hamilton Association, stated that 

 he had visited all the larger flower shows 

 and the exhibits at Toronto were the 

 finest he had seen. 



The Toronto Retail Florists' Ciul) 

 conducted a tea room, which was well 

 patronized during the exhibition. 



The, Duke of Devonshire manifested a 

 great interest in both the flowers for dis- 

 })lay and those for competition. There 

 were sixty classes, with four substan- 

 tial prizes in each class. 



Prize-Winners. 



John II. Dunlop took first prize with 

 the Frank W. Dunlop rose. The Dale 

 Estate took second witli a choice collec- 



tion of Columbia. A beatjtiful collec- 

 tion of Hoosier Beauty, Sunburst and 

 Ophelia roses from the Dale Estate took 

 first prize in its class and was recom- 

 mended for a diploma. 



Sir Henry Pellatt took the first prize 

 for the best collection of plants, ferns, 

 etc. These had a background of palms. 

 Crotons, cibotiums and Adiantum Far- 

 leyense were used in arranging the 

 group. There were several fine displays 

 in this class. 



The Dale Estate and Miller & Sons di- 

 vided prizes in the carnation class, the 

 championship cup going to the latter. 



Sir Henry Pellatt and the Dale Estate 

 were the chief exhibitors in the mum 

 class. A new mum was shown by Rob- 

 ert L. Dunn, of St. Catharines, Ont. 



Walter E. Calvert, of Brampton, Ont., 

 took first prize in the violet competition, 

 the Dale Estate winning second. 



First prize for pompons went to Sir 



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Henry Pellatt and second to McLaugh- 

 lin's, of Oshavva, Ont. 



Sir John Eaton won first prize for 

 orchids and Thomas Manton second. 



The Dale Estate had two seedling car- 

 nations, one an unusual yellow and the 

 other a fine scarlet. 



A good collection of commercial plants 

 was shown bv William Jav & Son. 



J. J. H. 



DES MOINES HAS DISPLAY. 



State Society Holds Show. 



The Iowa State Horticultural Society 

 held its annual flower show in connec- 

 tion with the Mid-West Horticultural 

 Exposition at the Coliseum, Des Moines, 

 la., November 11 to 14. At the banquet 

 of the society, William Goos, its presi- 

 dent, of Bcttcndorf, la., presided and 

 several interesting talks were made by 

 prominent speakers of the state. J. 

 Fred Animann, president of the S. A. F., 

 was the chief speaker and his invigorat- 



ing remarks on publicity were enjoyed 

 by all. Music was furnished by Miss 

 Perle Fulmer, of Des Moines. Several 

 non-competitive displays of mums were 

 made, including those by J. F. Wilcox 

 & Sons, Council Bluffs, la.; the Kemble- 

 Smith Co., Boone, la.; Ames College, 

 Ames, la.; the Ove Gnatt Co., La Porte, 

 Ind., and the Iowa Seed Co., of Dea 

 Moines. The last named firm had a no- 

 table display of 100 varieties of cut 

 mums, each in a separate vase. To these 

 firms the thanks of the society were ten- 

 dered for their displays. 



Two Buckingham Sports. 



In the exhibition itself, three 

 strangers appeared to good advantage. 

 Two were pompons, one of them being a 

 bronze sport from Buckingham and the 

 other a sport from the same source, of a 

 novel shade of peachblow, both exhib- 

 ited by Arthur Smith, of the Kemble- 

 Smith Co., Boone, la. The third was a 

 new, pure white carnation, No. 669, a 

 seedling from Matchless and White Per- 

 fection, measuring three and a half 

 inches, entered by Mr. Riordan, of Ames 

 College, Ames. la. 



The J. S. Wilson Floral Co., Des 

 Moines, showed a fine collection of 

 potted plants, not in competition, which 

 added much to the scenic attractiveness 

 of the show. 



The display of J. F. Wilcox & Sons, 

 of Council Bluffs, la., arranged personal- 

 ly by B. Wilcox, was especially exten- 

 sive, including Premier, Columbia, Rus- 

 sell and Ophelia roses and some fine 

 cyclamens, peppers and ferns. 



The judges of the competition for the 

 liberal cash prizes were William E. 

 Kemble, of Oskaloosa, la., and Arthur 

 Smith, of Boone, la. 



The Prize-Winners. 



J. F. Wilcox & Sons, Council Bluffs, 

 la., took first prize for general display. 



The Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, 

 la., won first prizes for yellow pompons 

 and Russell roses; second for Columbia, 

 red, yellow and pink roses; third for 

 roses of any color. 



The Art Floral Co. took first prizes 

 for yellow mums and pink carnations 

 and second for ytdlow jiompons and red 

 pompons. 



The Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, la., 

 was first on pink mums, red mums, as- 

 sorted mums, pink pompons, assorted 

 pompons and vases of fifty blooms of 

 white and assorted mums; second on 

 yellow mums and white mums and third 

 on pink pompons and white pompons. 



The Kirkwood Floral Co., Des Moines, 

 la., took firsts for American Beauty 

 roses, white roses, long-stemmed Colum- 

 bia, pink roses, long-stemmed yellow 

 roses, roses of assorted colors, pompon 

 l)lants, palms, twelve pink mums and 

 white pompons; second for assorted 

 pompons, white carnations, fifty pink 

 mums, yellow, pink and red pompon 

 jilants, collection of pompons, collection 

 of plants, collection of ferns and ar- 

 rangement for effect, and also several 

 third prizes. 



Mr. Riordan, of Ames College, Ames, 

 la., won first on fifty white mums, yel- 

 low, pink and red potted mums, twelve 



