Fbbbdaby 8, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



27 



CARNATION CONVENTION 



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EXHIBITION SHOWS PROGRESS. 



Returning to Prewar Conditions. 



The American Carnatjon Society's 

 exhibition, staged in the smaller of the 

 two big banquet halls on the tenth floor 

 of the Now Willard hotel, at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, January 26 and 27, was a 

 splendid array of well grown carna- 

 tions. In number the exhibits were 

 fifty per cent larger than last year, 

 quite filling the room. All the exhib- 

 its, save the platform decoration and 

 one basket, were in the customary tin 

 receptacles, without adornment. No 

 such arrangement as Carl Engelmann 

 made for C. S. Strout at Chicago last 

 year was in evidence. 



The tardy express service delayed the 

 shipments from Baur & Steinkamp, F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co. and the Eichmond 

 Greenhouse Co., and so they were not 

 at hand on the opening day. Splendid 

 blooms were shown by C. S. Strout, 

 Gude Bros. Co., Joy Floral Co., William 

 Sim, S. J. Goddard, John Coombs and 

 W. D. Howard. 



Gold Medal to Goddard. 



The gold medal of the American Car- 

 nation Society was awarded S. J. God- 

 dard, who staged a superb vase of Lad- 

 die. The official score was ninety-three 

 and one-half points. No silver or bronze 

 medals were awarded. 



The S. A. F. silver medal for the best 

 fifty undisseminated seedlings of Amer- 

 ican origin went to C. S. Strout on 

 Rosalind, which scored eighty-nine 

 points. George Brenkert, of Denver, 

 Colo., took the bronze medal in this 

 class with Denver, scoring eighty-six 

 points. 



The Dorner memorial medal was won 

 by C. S. Strout, with Donald, which 

 scored eighty-nine points. Edward 

 Winkler was awarded a certificate of 

 merit on his seedling, No. 4. 



Other Awards. 



The other awards, which telegraphic 

 delay withheld from last week's issue 

 of The Review, were as follows: 



w?°/ ,?°.?''r^ whitf^C. s. Strout. first, on 

 Whitp Delight; Joy Floral Co., second, on Tliomas 

 (.. Joy. 



Ono hundred flesh pink— Willium Sim, tirst 

 on Laddie; George Brenlcert. second, on Denver' 



One hundred light pink— Gude Bros. Co first' 

 on Democracy; R p. Peterson. Bramlngham; 

 -Mass., second, on Morning Glow. 



One hundred medium pink— Gurto liros Co 

 hrst, on Mrs. C. W. Ward ' 



One hundred dark pink— S. J. Goddard. first 

 on Rosalia : Gude Uros. Co.. second, on Lassie 

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 One hundred white variecated S. J, 



William Sim, second 



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first, on The I.ark 

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Fifty any otlier white— C. S. .Strout first on 



Beacon. '^"*'' '''"•""" «""• ^econdl'on" w'hi°e 



flrs't."^ Enchantress Supreme-Ernest Saunders. 



Fifty Pink Delight— W. D. Howard first- 

 Kriiest Saunders, second n"«ara, nrst. 



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Fifty any other dark pink — William Sim, first, 

 on Rosette. 



Fifty Rosalia— William Sim, first. 



Fifty Belle Washburn- John Coombs, first; 

 W. D, Howard, second. 



Fifty any other red or scarlet — William Sim. 

 first, on Herald; Ernest Saunders, second, on 

 Beacon. 



Fifty any other crimson — Ernest Saunders, 

 first, on Doris. 



Fift.v any white variegated — William Sim. 

 Hrst, on lleuora. 



Not for Competition. 



Exhibits not for competition included 

 Imi)roved Ward, by C. S. Strout, show- 

 ing a great improvement on Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward. Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, shown 

 by the W. W. Thompson Co., West Hart- 

 ford, Conn., was an interesting exhibit, 

 showing the improvement in carnations. 

 PJvelyn and Dawn, shown by R. E. 

 Wadsworth, Northboro, Mass., are two 

 seedlings of promise. Redhead is de- 

 scriptively named by Gude Bros. Co. 

 Mixed seedlings, and especially 135-1 (5, 

 shown by S. J. Goddard, were thought 

 to be of much [ironiise. Some speci- 

 mens of Mariiielli carnations came from 

 Andrew McNaughton, Haverford, Pa. 

 A vase of John Ilartje'.s ])ink s^'cdliu^, 

 a cross between a, pink seedling and 

 Mrs. Ward, drew a great deal of notice. 

 Some extremely fine cyclamen blooms 

 of named sorts came from J. .A. Peter- 

 son & Sons, Cincinnati. The J. M. 

 Gasser Co., Cleveland, exhibited a 

 basket of Buddleia asiatica, wliich was 



awarded a vote of thanks. The new 

 sweet j)('a, Jeanne Mainitsch, grown by 

 Herman Mamitscli iuid staged by 

 Roman J. Irwin, was awarded a vote of 

 thanks and \'oteil an exceedingly fine 

 variety. 



Late Arrivals. 



Exj)ri'ss delay deprived the exhibition 

 of three growers' entries of exceedingly 

 fine stock, sonie of which might quite 

 probably have affected the awards had 

 they come in time. These arrived 

 Thursday, in time to be put on the 

 tables that afternoon. 



Baur & Steinkamp showed a splendid 

 vase of their white variety, Harvester, 

 which had been on the way since Mon- 

 day morning. Their red, Edna, also 

 looked well. A pink sport of Enchant- 

 ress Supreme and a red sport of Rosa- 

 lia won considerable attention from 

 \iewers. 



From F. Dorner & Sons Co. came some 

 fine Happy Dav and good blooms of two 

 seedlings, 42-1(3 and 135-16. 



A large .shipment came too late from 

 the Richmond Greenhouse Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., much to the disappointment 

 of W. ,1. Keiiiiel. \as<>s of Topsy, 

 Henora and Laddie were put on display. 



Thursday inoriiiiif; w.as ]iiit on display 

 a vase of a new wliite rose, a sport of 

 Sunhiirst. It is distinct from Kaiserin, 

 though much like it. The rose growers 



Goddard's Gold Medal Laddie Arranged for Decorative Effect. 



