NOTIUBBB 17, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



45 



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MUM SOCIETY MEETS 



BIG SHOW AT AUDITORIUM. 



Big Hall Is Crowded. 



The last-minute entries made the ex- 

 hibition of the Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America and the Chicago Florists' 

 Club, held at the Auditorium hotel, Chi- 

 cago, this week, a bigger aggregation of 

 flowers than those who planned had an- 

 ticipated. To overcome possible apathy, 

 Fred Lautenschlager and C. W. Johnson 

 put forth extra effort. The result of 

 their hard work was a splendid exhibi- 

 tion that filled not only the Gold room, 

 but two smaller rooms, at either end of 

 the hall, in addition. Early on the open- 

 ing day, November 16, as the public 

 began filtering in, exclamations were 

 frequent and praise general and wide- 

 spread. 



The end of the Gold room at the en- 

 trance was occupied by a big group of 

 foliage plants from Frank Oechslin. 

 The ferns, dracaenas, crotons, pandanus, 

 polypodiums, cibotiums and araucarias 

 were of the faultless sort this grower 

 produces. A separate group against the 

 left wall contained cyclamens; still an- 

 other, cherries and peppers, and another, 

 excellent pot mums, including Dr. Engue- 

 hard. Old Gold, Shrimpton, Barbara 

 Davis, Golden Gem, May Foster, Helen 

 and Brutus. Some of Mr. Oechslin 's 

 plants occupied No-Drip baskets, shown 

 by the H. & W. Mfg. & Sales Co., Chi- 

 cago. 



For EzMhition Only. 



At the other end the platform where 

 the musicians played held eight large 

 baskets of pompons staged by Wietor 

 Bros. The varieties were Baby, Hilda 

 Canning, Mrs. Beu, Chicago Pearl, 

 Louise Uhlein, Izoa and White Gem. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 sent thirteen vases of bronze seedling 

 pompons. 



The department of floriculture of the 

 University of Illinois staged a group of 

 seedling pompons and singles, some of 

 the varieties sent out in the set of 

 twenty-four several years ago and some 

 new ones. 



Vaughan 's Seed Store had a group of 

 pot mums, bordered with a few cycla- 

 mens, peppers, ferns and other plants. \ 



Much notice was given a table oi, 

 mums, a shipment all the way from Lon- 

 don, England, sent by George Munro, 

 Jr., and grown by Lowe & Shawyer. 



The Retailers. 



The sides of the Gold room were oc- 

 cupied by the exhibits of several Chi- 

 cago retailers. A. Lange showed some 

 splendid baskets of chrysanthemums 

 and corsages. A few silver cups and 

 medals showed the firm's prize-winning 

 -ecord at previous shows. 



The window which drew such large 

 crowds before George Wienhoeber's 

 fl°'® ??s set up in his booth, namely, 

 tne gold frame containing the replica of 

 the wreath sent to Washington and 

 press notices about it. Some splendid 

 roses, mums and cyclamens were on dis- 

 play. 



The cut blooms of several growers 

 were enhanced by the artistic arrange- 



ment given them by treorge Wienhoeber. 

 These included a vase of Columbia 

 from Richard Salm, Union Grove, Wis., 

 and several vases of fine chrysanthe- 

 mums from Hans Jepsen, Maywood. 

 Among the varieties shown by Mr. 

 Jepsen were Richmond, Chadwick, 

 Enguehard and Source d'Or. 



A large bunch of large white mums 

 was arranged by the Bohannon Floral 

 Co. 



H. N. Bruns had a basket of his lilies 

 of the valley. 



One of the most exquisite arrange- 

 ments was a basket of roses and chrys- 

 anthemums from the E. Wienhoeber Co. 



Large space was occupied by Schiller 

 the Florist. Pillars were surmounted by 

 baskets of mums and boxes of foliag» 

 plants. SmiLox draped the whole and 

 baskets of mums and roses were coa- 

 spicuous. 



A table bore a handsome basket ar- 

 ranged by Mangel the Florist. 



Growers' Room. 



One room at the end of the hall was 

 devoted to exhibits from growers, prin- 

 cipally local. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. displayed large 

 and fine vases of Columbia, ' Russell, 

 Milady, Butterfly and Phantom roses 

 and some lilies of the valley. 



Rose America, from the E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., occupied center place. 

 Vases of Whittier and Thanksgiving 

 Pink mums were shown. 



Also from Richmond came Angelas, 

 the new white rose, and Amelia Gude, 

 from the Fred H. Lemon Co. 



The C. C. PoUworth Co., Milwaukee, 

 showed fine, large-flowering mums, of 

 the varieties Elberon, Odessa and Iip- 

 proved Pink Chieftain. Carnations 

 Edna, White Delight and Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward were good. 



Four large vases of roses came from 

 the Albert F. Amling Co., Maywood. 



A table of splendid cyclamens and 



S. S. Pennock. 



(President of the Chiysanthenium Society ol America.) 



