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The Florists^ Review 



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MUM SOCIETY MEETS 



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BIG SHOW AT AUDITORIUM. 



Big Hall Is Crowded. 



The la.st-iiiinutp entries made the ex- 

 hibition of the Chrysantheniuni Society 

 of Anierie.-i and the Chieatjo Florists' 

 Club, held at the Auditorium hotel, Clii- 

 cago, this week, a biKtjer ajifrreHatioii of 

 flowers than those who jjlanned had an 

 ticipated. To overcome possible apathy, 

 Fred Lautenschlaj^er 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 

 frecpient and praise general and wide- 

 spread. 



The end of the Gold room at the en- 

 trance was occupied by a big group of 

 foliage i)lants from Frank Oechslin. 

 The ferns, dracsenas, 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. Kngue- 

 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. V 

 For Exhibition 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 riilein, Izoa and White Gem. 



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

 sent thirteen vases of bronze seedling 

 pompons. 



The deiiartment of floriculture of the 

 University of Illinois staged a group of 

 seedling j)om])ons 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, jieppers, ferns and other plants. 



Much notice was given a table of 

 mums, a shipment all the wav from Lon- 

 don, England, sent by GeoVge Munro. 

 Jr., and grown by Lowe & Shawyer. 



The Retailers. 



The sides of the Gold room were oc- 

 cuj.ied by the exhibits of several Chi- 

 cago retailers. A. Lange showed some 

 splendid baskets of chrvsanthemums 

 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 (u'orge Wienhoebcr's 

 store was set up in his booth, namelv, 

 the 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- 



OFFICERS ELECTED. 



President: 



Earl H. Mann Richmond, Ind. 



Vice-President: 



W. A. Rowe. Kirkwood, Mo. 



Secretary: 

 Charles W. Johnson Rockford, III. 



Treasurer: 

 Charles H. Totty Madison, N. J. 



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Meeting Place in 1922 

 ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Large space was occujiied by .Schiller 

 the l-'lorist. Pillars were surmounted by 

 itaskets of iriums and boxes of foliago 

 jilaiits. Sniilax drapi-d the 

 l)askets of mums and roses 



whole and 

 were coa- 



S|llCUOUS. 



A table 

 I'.iiiged by 



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Growers' Room, 



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nient given them by George Wienhoeber. 

 These included a vase of Columbia 

 from Kiciiard Salm, Union Grove, Wis., 

 and several vases of fine chrysanthe- 

 mums from Hans Jepsen, Maywood. 

 Among the varieties shown by Mr. 

 .lepsen were Richmond, Chadwick, 

 ivigueliard and Source d'Or. 



.\ large bunch of large white mums 

 w;is arranged by the Bohannon Floral 

 Co. 



11. 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. 



One room at th<> end of the hall was 

 devoted to exhibits from growers, prin- 

 (■il)aliy local. 



Poehlmaiin Pros. Co. displayed large 

 and fine vases of Columbia, Ru.ssell, 

 Milady, Butterfly and Phantom roses 

 and some lilies of the valley. 



Kose America, from the L. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., occujiicd center place. 

 \'ase"s of Whittier and Thanksgiving 

 I'ink mums w<'re shown. 



Also from Richmond came Aiigelus, 

 the new white rose, and Amelia Gude, 

 from the Fred H. Lemon Co. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, 

 showed fine, large-flowering mums, of 

 the varieties Elberon, Odessa and Im- 

 I)roved 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 sjdendid cyclamens and 



S. S. Pennock. 



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