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The Rorists' Review 



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CLOSING DAYS AT INDIANAPOLIS. 



Bain Doesn't Dampen Enthuslasin. 



Jlain, rain, rain! It rained the entire 

 week. Not just a «hower, but a heavy 

 downpour. The latter i)art of the week 

 was e(dd and raw. liut in s])it(' of the 

 imlenient weather, a constant stream of 

 jieople i)oured into the Manufacturers' 

 huildinjj at Indianapolis to see the 

 national flower show. 



(Jheckiii}^ of the attendance statistics 

 Saturday nij^ht, April 1, revealed th;it 

 more than 104,000 persons thronged the 

 aisles of the Manufacturers' huildinjr to 

 view the exhibition. Georyje Asmus, 

 cliairman of the national flower show 

 committee, announced that uj) to Friday 

 ni^lit 01,000 persons had bouj^ht tickets 

 for the show. In addition to these paid 

 adtnissions, he said that more than 10,000 

 j>asses were in use, each of which was 

 jiresented on an avera^^c of at least three 

 times. Bright, sunny weather I'riday 

 attracted a crowd, estimated by door 

 men at 2r),000 persons, that shot the total 

 figures over tlie 100,000 mark. 



Carnation Exhibits. 



Special disjilays of carnations were 

 the feature Thursday, March 150. For the 

 display of carnation blooms covering 

 eiglity sfjiiare feet of sjiace, the award 

 was won by Baur & Steiiikamp, Indian 

 apolis. A lovely urn of Laddie as a cen 

 tral groujt was surrounded by Red Kosa 

 lia, Kuth Raur and Kdiia. 



A large and unusual flower is the 

 Merveille Franc^aise carnation, which 

 was sent from the ~\\. B. Marincdli 

 JMoral Co., of .\»\v York. The blooms 



were set uj) in glass tul)('s to sliow them 

 oH' to an advantage. These are so double 

 that some of them resemble peonies. 

 There wore white, pink, lavender, blue 

 and \ariegated varieties. 



The jirivate gardens of Jose[>h E. 

 Weidener, of Elkins Park, Pa., exhil)ite<l 

 a 1()\ t'ly group of carnations in the class 

 of L'OO blo(nns or more, which received 

 the blue ribbon. These were wonder- 

 fully well grown and included the fol- 

 lowing varieties: White Wonder, Ward, 

 <'rystal White, Ethel Fisher and Laddie. 

 Tliis exhibit also received the Ilitchings 

 siher cup. 



The sujieriority of Laddie was evid<'nt 

 in the basket display. The three first 

 jirizes were bask(!ts of Laddie tastefully 

 arranged. Also in the com{)etitivo class 

 for twcdve carnation blooms Laddie 

 ]irove(l that it was in a class by itself. 



The novel arrangement of carnations 

 other than a basket had but two entries. 

 The Pahud Floral Co. had a striking 

 piece featuring governor's day, with the 

 picture of the governor inserted. This 

 received the blue ribbon iin<l was l;iter 

 Jiresented to Governor McCray. The 

 Pahud Floral Co. also won the blue rib- 

 bon with its table decorations. The 

 table w;is lovely, with a vase of Laddie 

 in the center and small corsages at ea(di 

 jdate featuring other flowers. 



.fudges of the carnation dis]ilays were 

 .bdm II. Dunlop, of Toronto; \V. 1). How 

 ard, of Milford, IMass., and Carl llagen 

 burger, of ^lentor, O. 



The awards Thursday W(>re as follows: 

 Uisplii.v iif cjiriiatic.ns inviTiiiK ciKlity s(|ii:iro 



fcrt liaiir & Stciiikainp. lirst, wiiiiiiuK prize of 



.$:<i>0 .'iikI ;;iiI(I iiit'iliil. 



Haskot cniitiiiniiit; from 100 to 200 <-,iin;itionH 



■ W. A. Kmht, Kiikw I, Mu., liisl. Iv K. Ti'iii- 



pcrlcy, Kcconil: I'aliiid Klor.il Co.. iIjIkI 



Novel iiiraiit.'1'iiii'Ml of carnal ions - riiliiid Klo- 

 ral Co., first; Haiir «Vc Sti'iiikaiiiii, siMonil. 



Talile (IccoratioiiH of rarualiuiis I'aliiid Floral 

 Co., Urat; A. Wii'(;aiid'H Sons Co , Kccoiid. 



Special Classes. 



As a siii)])lement to the regular list of 

 preniiums, six si)eci:d (Masses were ar- 

 ranged by the chairman of the sj)ecial 

 Iiremiums ct)mmittee. The following 

 florists subscribed to the iiremiiim list: 

 W. (;. Ilamant, K. A. Nel.son, II. W. Kie 

 man's Sons, Smith & Yoinig Co., John 

 lleidenreich, Pahud l'"loral Co., Koejiko 

 l''l(»ral Co., Berteriiiairn ISros. Co., C. II. 

 (ireeiie, Temperley's, Ilartje &. Klder, 1>. 

 Hash, Jose|)h Mock, J. A. (irande, B. C. 

 Ilitz, August Kieman, all of Indian- 

 aiioiis; Eilvvin Morner, Shelbyvillc, Ind.; 

 L. A. Coles, Kokomo, Iiul.; L. E. Ilitz, 

 .M.'idison, Ind., and Harry White, North 

 M:inchester, Ind. 



The awards in these (dasses were as 

 follows: 



C.vclaini'ii, tuclvf plants — C. A. Scliwomi'yfrr. 

 lirst. 



Cineraria stcllata. twelve ]d.ints — .\. Wle- 

 s-'and's .Sons Co.. lirst; liirterinauii liros. Co.. 

 second. 



Cinernria liylirids. twelve i)lants — K. II lUe 

 man. lirst, 'I'enipi'rley's, second. 



Display of lifty scpiare feet of miscellaneoiia 

 iHillioos pl.'inls- \ Wi4-i;and's .Son.s Co., tlrst; 

 I'ei'teriDann liros. Co., second. 



Display of llowerinK lieii.mia plants, covering 

 lifly s.piare feet — C. .V. Scliwonieyir, lirst; Teni- 

 perle\'"s, second. 



Display of Kaster lily jilants, ooverini; sixty 

 xpure feel -Kca'pke Floral Co., first. 



Noteworthy Displays. 



The displ.'iys of cut roses covering 300 

 s(|iiare feet of sjiace jiixl containing not 

 less I hail ."iMn or more than l,(lii(l bjnonis 

 were cert.aiiily fe;i.sfs for the eyes. They 

 includt>d ruses with stems measuring 



Fred H. Lemon's Cut Rose Display, Staged amid F. R. Pierson's Ferns. 



