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The Florists^ Review 



NOVEMBKB 12, 1914. 



Roses Shown at Indianapolis by the E. G. Hill Co. 



(Hooeler Beauty, the Kew Crimson, In the Center ) 



mignonette, snapdragon and two vases 

 of excellent valley, the latter bearing 

 a card stating that it was grown by 

 H. N, Bruns. 



Stuart & Hough, of Anderson, Ind., 

 put up a large table of stock of com- 

 mercial character. It included mums and 

 pompons, carnations, ferns, Begonia lu- 

 minosa, Begonia Prima Donna . and 

 coleus grown to large, bush plants in 

 pots. 



The City Market florists, of Indian- 

 apolis, contributed a large group of pot 

 plants, principally mums and ferns, of 

 commercial character. 



The Awards. 



The judges were K. Witterstaetter, of 

 Cincinnati; Frank A. Friedley, of Cleve- 

 land, and J. F. Ammann, of Edwards- 

 ville. They had an unusually diflicult 

 task because of the congestion in the 

 hall. 



The awards on chrysanthemum plants 

 were: 



One bush — Pahud Floral Co., Indianapolis, first; 

 Bertermann Bros. Co., Indianapolis, second; Clay- 

 pool Floral Co., Indianapolis, tlilrd. 



Six bush — Claypool Floral Co., first; Paliud 

 Floral Co., second; Bertermann Bros. Co., third. 



Twenty-five white grown to single stem— Baur 

 &. Steinkamp, Indianapolis, first. 



Twenty-five yellow grown to single stem — Baur 

 & Steinkamp, first. 



Twenty five any other color grown to single 

 stem — Baur & Steinkamp, second. 



Group arrange<l for effect — Bertermann Bros. 

 Co., flist; I'aliud Floral Co., second; Ilartje & 

 Elder, Indianapolis, third. 



Cut Blooms. 



The awards on cut blooms of chry^s- 

 anthemums were: 



Fifty blooms, assorted colors, arranged for 

 effect— E. G. Hill Co.. Richmond, Ind., first; 

 Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, Morgan Park, III., 

 second: F. H. Lemon, Richmond, Ind., third. 



Twenty-five blooms white — E. G. Hill Co., fii-st; 

 Baur & Steinkamp, second; Bertermann Bros. 

 Co., third. All showing Wm. Turner. 



Twenty-five blooms pink— E. G. Hill Co., first, 

 on Chieftain; A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn., second, on Elberon; Mt. Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery, third, on .Mt. Greenwood. 



Twenty-five blooms .vellow— Wm. Vert, Port 

 Washington, N. Y., first, on Mary IJonnellan; 

 Bertermann Bros. Co., second, on Col. Appleton; 

 B. K. Hensley, Knightstown, Ind., third, on Col. 

 Appleton. 



Twenty-five blooms bronze — Wm. Vert, first, 

 on H. E. Converse: Elmer I). Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich., second, on Mo<lello; E. G. Hill 

 Co., third, on Glenview. 



Twenty-five blooms red — Mt. Greenwood Ceme- 

 terv, first, on Harvard; E. U. Smith & Co.. sec- 

 ond, on No. 03 10-11; E. G. Hill Co., third, on 

 F. T. Qulttenton. 



Six blooms white— E. G. HUl Co., first; Mt. 

 Greenwood Cemetery, second. Both showed Wm. 

 Turner. 



Six blooms pink— E. G. Hill Co., first, on Illron- 

 delle; A. N. Pierson, second, on Elberon. 



Six blooms yellow — A. N. Pierson, first, on Na- 

 kota: K. D. Smith & Co., second, on No. 56 43-12. 



Six blooms bronze — Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, 

 first, on Glenview. 



Six blooms red— Mt. Gre«nwoo<l Cemetery, first, 

 on F. T. Qulttenton; E. IT. Smith & Co., second, 

 on Flamingo. 



Ijirgest one bloom — E. G. Hill Co.. first, on 

 Turner; B. F. Hensley, second, on Turner; A. N. 

 Pierson, third, on Nakota. 



Eighteen blooms In six varieties — E. G. Hill 

 Co., first; B. F. Hensley, second. 



Twenty-four blooms in twenty-four varieties, 

 on short stems— E. G. Hill Co., first; E. D. 

 Smith & Co., second; Wm. Vert, third. 



Pompons, 100 sprays, arranged for effect — Baur 

 & Steinkamp, first; Mt. Greenwood Cemetery 

 Association, second; F. H. Lemon, third. 



Singles, 100 sprays, arranged for effect — B. G. 

 Hill Co., first; Hartje & Elder, second; F. H. 

 Lemon, third. 



Ten pompons, six sprays of each — A. N. Pier- 

 son, first, on Fairy Queen, L. Doty, Golden West. 

 Doris, Golden Harvest. Golden Climax. Julia Im- 

 gravere, Lyndhurst, Western Beauty and Diana; 

 Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, second; C. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J., third. 



Ten singles, six sprays each — A. N. Pierson, 

 first; Hartje & Elder, second; C. H. Totty, third. 



C. S. A. silver cup for best ten blooms — 

 Thomas Page, Great Barrlngton, Mass., showing 

 Mrs. J. C. NeiU. 



E. D. Smith prize for best fifteen blooms In 

 three varieties considered from a commercial 

 standpoint — E. G. Hill Cx)., first, showing Bon- 

 naffon. Chieftain and White Chieftain; E. I). 

 Smith & Co., second, showing seedlings still 

 under number. 



.\. N. Pierson prize for vase of pompon Golden 

 Climax — Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, first. 



P. J. Foley prize for ten blooms any variety 

 not yet disseminated — E. D. Smith & Co., first, 

 showing a white under number. 



C. H. Totty prize for six blooms Meudon — 

 Wm. Vert, second. 



Vaughan silver cup for display of pompons 

 and singles — A. N. I'lerson, first. 



Wells prizes for two blooms James Fraser— 



Wm. Vert, gold medal; E. G. Hill Co., silver 

 medal. 



Henry A. Dreer prize for ten blooms any Tarln 

 ety Introdnoed In 1913 or 1914— K. G. Hill Co.,' 

 first, on Chieftain. 



Lord & Burnham prize for eighteen blooms Iq 

 three varieties — Wm. Vert, gold medal. 



Kloiuheinz silver cup for ten blooms white — ' 



E. G. Hill Co., first, on Wm. Turner. 

 Converse silver cup for ten blooms H. B. Con-* 



verse — Wm. Vert, first. 



H. F. Mlchell prize for twelve blooms, twelve 

 varieties, short stems— Wm. Vert, first; B. D. 

 Smith & Co., second. 



E. D. Smith prize for twelve blooms Chrysolora 

 — E. D. Smith & Co., first; Hartje & Elder; 

 second. 



Dorner prize for twelve blooms Bonnaffon— • 

 Hartje & Elder, first; Baur & Steinkamp, second,' 



E. 6. Hill prize for twelve blooms Chieftain—' 



F. H. Lemon, first. 



Ionia Pottery silver cup for twenty-five blooms, 

 assorted colors, arranged for effect — E. G. HIU 

 Co., first. : 



State Florists' Association's silver trophy foit 

 best undlsseminated variety receiving a C. S. Aj 

 certificate — Awarded to H. W. Rleman for a 

 white pompon scoring 02 points. Mr. Riemafi 

 later sold the variety to A. N. Pierson, Inc.; 

 for dissemination in 1915 under the name Peaces 

 In this class Modello and White Chieftain each 

 scolded 89 points. 



Ilitclilngs silver cup for the most meritorious 

 exhtbit In the show — Awarded to Baur & Stein- 

 kamjf) for the vase of ICO long sprays of pom- 

 pons in variety arranged for effect. 



Spepial Awards. 



The judges made specially commenda- 

 tory mention of the retail displays of 

 Bertermann Bros. Co., A, Wiegand's 

 Sons Co., Hill Floral Co., Pahud Floral 

 Co. and the Claypool Floral Co. 



Certificates of merit were awarded as 

 follows: E. G. Hill Co., for Kose 

 Hoosier Beauty; Bassett & Washburn, 

 for Carnation Belle Washburn; J. D. 

 Thompson Carnation Co., for Superb, 

 Vera and Hero carnations. A cultural 

 certificate was given Holton & Hunkel 

 Co. for Mrs. Russell rose. 



Honorable mention was made of each 

 \ of the other exhibitors whose stock was 

 not entered for competition. 



The Management. 



The management of the show was in 

 the hands of a committee, as follows: 

 A. F. J. Baur, chairman, Indianapolis; 

 John Hartje, superintendent of exhibi- 

 tion, Indianapolis; O. E. Steinkamp, sec- 

 retary, Indianapolis; W. J. Vesey, Jr., 

 Ft. Wayne; Theodore Dorner, La Fay- 

 ette; E. G. Hill, Richmond; Harry 

 White, North Manchester; W. W. Coles, 

 Kokomo; Irwin Bertermann, Indianap- 

 olis; H. L. Wiegand, Indianapolis. 



Among Those Present. 



Of course all the Indianapolis members 



Artistic Retail Display of the Hill Floral Co., Indianapolis. 



