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The Rorists^ Review 



NOTDMBEK 3, 1921 



Can.— For six fiiinlilpr liaskpts, filled ns uaimllv 

 iimingert by florists; lirst iirize, $30: second 

 prize, $-M. 



Michell's Seed Honsp. I'liiliidplpliin, Pn. — Best 

 six pans, not over pIkIiI inches, of tulips, one 

 piin of each of the following' varieties: Hrilliant 

 Star, Herman SphleRel, Keizerskioon, Pmsperitv, 

 Pink Heant.v, Uose Luisante: tlrst prize, $1,'); sec- 

 ond prize, $10; open to commercial and jirivate 

 growers. 



Max Seliling, Inc.. New York— The Max 

 Spilling Bold medal for the most artistic and 

 effective retail exhibit; three Max SchlinK fold 

 bronze medals for the best bridal bmiquet. tlie 

 bpst table decoration and for the best (lower 

 basket; the three last named medals to t)e 

 awarded to the first prize winners in their 

 classes, at the discretion of the committee: Max 

 SchlinK silver medal for the best private ex- 

 hibit. The gold medal for the retail exhibit 

 and the silver medal for tlip bpst privatp ex- 

 hibit should be awarded as sweepstakes on the 

 first or second da.v of the show. 



M. liice Co., Philadelphia — Handsome large 



store display piece, value $50, to be offered 

 at discretion of committee. 



Mr. and Mrs. S. Prentiss, Baldwin, Cleve- 

 land — Cash $100, to be offered at discretion ot 

 committee. 



The Plain Dealer, Cleveland— Cash, $25, to be 

 offered at discretion oi committee. 



The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.— For the 

 three recent introdui^tions of the E. O. Hill Co.: 

 twenty-five blooma^o' eflcli, Columbia, Premier 

 and Hiitterfly; prize to be incorporated under 

 one class, making seventy-five roses of the three 

 varieties, and the i)rize offered, cash $75. 



The Howler & Hurdick Co., Jewelers, Cleve- 

 land, O. — A $S5 cup to be awarded as committee 

 desires. 



E. C. Amling Co., Cliicago, 111, — Cash $,")0, to 

 be offered for the best vase of 100 red roses or any 

 similar class that will promote the flower busi- 

 ness. 



,Tohn H. Dunlop & Son, JAd., Richmond Hill, 

 Ont. — For the Iwst vase of F. W. Dunlop roses, 

 cash $50. -i^S. 



Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.— 

 Cash $25, to be offered at discretion of com- 

 mittee. 



The national flower show committee 

 is to meet in Cleveland November 17 

 and 18. At the meeting also will be 

 present Eobert Pyle, president of the 

 American Eose Society; Wallace E. 

 Pierson, chairman of the same society's 

 committee on commercial growers' in- 

 terests, and A. F. J. Baur, secretary of 

 the American Carnation Society, who 

 will discuss with the committee their 

 ])lans for cooperation in the show. 

 Thursday, November 17, the committee 

 will be guest at a luncheon of the 

 Eotary Club. John Young, Sec'y. 



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WESTERN SHOW MAKES HIT. 



Sixty Thousand Saw It. 



The splendid attendance noted in last 

 week's issue of The Bevicw on the open- 

 ing date of the big sliow was well main- 

 tained right through and at a meeting of 

 the executive committee October 24 it 

 was decided to continue the show for 

 four more days, making eleven days in 

 all of a continuous flower show, in which 

 the exhibitors renew their exhibits daily 

 and as often as is needed, while the con- 

 stant stream of visitors, the music, the 

 gorgeous display and the beautifully 

 lighted fountain in the garden give the 

 affair the air and apjiearance of a fiesta. 

 On the first Sunday there was a little 

 rain and while this might have marred 

 the attendance somewhat, still there was 

 a great crowd, while the moisture fresh- 

 ened up evcrytliing. On this day the at- 

 tendance to date topped tlie (50,(100 mark. 



A good ileal of speculation existed as 



to what would win the sweepstakes for 

 the best exhibit in the show and it was 

 no light matter to decide. Finally, the 

 honor, with a magnificent cup, was 

 awarded to Howard & Smith for their 

 landscape exhibit, "The wee hoose 

 amang the heather." Certainly this at- 

 tracted plenty of attention and, in a 

 manner, it is pleasing to note that after 

 the immense amount of work put in by 

 O. W. Howard, this important prize 

 went to his firm. 



Fruits Magnificent. 



Some of the fruit exhibits, especially 

 those from Fresno, were truly wonderful 

 displays, the choicest grapes, peaches, 

 citrus fruits, apples, pears and others 

 being shown literally by the carload. The 

 rose exhibit of W. Armacost & Co., tak- 

 ing up the entire front of the orchestra, 

 was a truly magnificent display and the 

 cost of keeping this fresh by the addi- 

 tion of new flowers daily shows the in- 

 terest taken bv Mr. Armacost. 



Box Office of the Los Angeles Flower Show. 



(v. S. and N- H— It (fot the money, i 



The table decorations formed a most 

 attractive class and here Frank Lichten- 

 berg was successful in winning first 

 honors. The table, which was arranged 

 by Harry Hanson, the firm's decorator, 

 was completely laid and the centerpiece 

 consisted of fruit and flowers. This is a 

 bold way of putting it, but no descrip- 

 tion can give any idea of the beautiful 

 color scheme, so simple and yet so effec- 

 tive, brought out by this clever florist. 

 The colors of the flowers seemed to blend 

 and harmonize with the bright tints of 

 the fruit, each setting off the beauty Of 

 the other. It was a masterpiece. 



Purdie & Co. had an attracti\-i» table 

 of red roses and red candles and the 

 tables by Wright's Flower Shop, Paul 

 Howard and other retailers were excel- 

 lent and well kept up during the show. 



Roses and Dalillas. 



C. Gutting, of the Superior Dahlia 

 Gardens, must have swelled his bank 

 account considerably with prizes in the 

 dahlia classes and his stand in the show 

 tent showed many fine cups, as well as 

 the winning ribbons. He had magnifi- 

 cent flowers for so late in the season 

 find succeeded, among other classes, in 

 imlling down tlie prizes for the most 

 meritorious exhibit in the show, the gen- 

 eral display and the large bed of 250 

 growing plants of seedling dahlias. In 

 his favorite class of pompons he was 

 beaten by the Turner Co., which had ex- 

 <|>iisite flowers in full beauty. This firm 

 also won in the basket of dahlias, fifty 

 blooms. 



At one end of the large tent HoM^ard 

 i Smith put up a splendid gi-hibit of 

 Inindreds of varieties of cut garden 

 roses. Besides the well known com- 

 mercial varieties, a large number of the 

 choice and high-priced novelties im- 

 ported from Europe by Fred Howard 

 were shown and the interest in this was 

 Bhown by the large crowds that sur- 

 rounded it daily. While the present is 

 by no means the best time for roses, the 

 display Avas most effective and the 

 deeper one looked into the individual 

 varieties the better the displav looked. 

 Tins exhibit was flanked by a" fine col- 

 lection of crotous. 



As instances of cultural skill, possiblv 

 nothing in the show could overshadow 

 the cyclamens of W. Armacost & Co 

 While the majority of the plants were in 



