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NOTIUBSK 10, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1239 



WORLD'S FAIR FLOWER SHOW 



The World's Fair Flower Show was 

 opened by an address by President D. R. 

 Francis, in the Palace of Horticulture 

 nt the St. Louis exposition on Monday, 

 November 7, and is proving a success 

 equal to the most sanguine expectations 

 of its most enthusiastic promoter. It 

 may be said without fear of stretching 

 the truth that this is the greatest flower 

 show ever held in the United States. The 

 wealth of exhibits is such as to tax the 

 capacity of the very large conservatory 

 at the disposal of the management. As 

 an example of the way the stock came 

 out for the very liberal premiums of- 

 fered it may be cited that in the classes 

 for 100 blooms of cut chrysanthemums 

 there were seven entries of white, fix of 

 yellow and six of pink, every one of 

 them grand. The display was equally 

 strong in nearly every class, the third 

 prize being almost invariably awarded. 



The only feature in which the ahow is 

 in any way below the standard of the 

 best ever seen in this country is in speci- 

 men chrysanthemum plants. In this par- 

 ticular department Boston holds the first 

 place, the west showing no such enor- 

 mous or well trained plants as aro fre- 

 quently seen in the halls of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultral Society. The plants 

 exhibited are, however, of very good 

 character, judged by western standard?. 



Manager Hauswirth was confronted by 

 a very heavy task in the caring for and 

 arrangement of the very great number 

 of exhibits, an immense quantity of 

 stock being rushed into his hands within 

 a few brief hours. That he has been 

 so successful in the arrangement of the 

 stock is an evidence of the wisdom of 

 the choice which placed him at the head 

 of affairs. It is difficult to see how the 

 material could have been disposed to 

 better advantage. The show is certainly 



as attractive as it would be possible to 

 make in a building of such unattractive 

 architectural design. The bare walls and 

 posts naturally add to the diffiiculties of the 

 manager, but the general effect as one 

 enters the hall is very fine indeed. Good 

 use of wild smilax and autumn foliage 

 has been made. The St. Louis florisfs 

 rendered invaluable aid in staging, the 

 show. 



The very liberal manner in which 

 Chief Taylor, and the World's Fair offi- 

 cials have co-operated has aided materi- 

 ally in the success of the show. The ad- 

 vertising has been most effective and 

 the attendance from the opening has 

 been most gratifying. The attendance 

 on Monday was very large, on Tuesday 

 hirger and Wednesday saw a still fur- 

 ther increase. Jt is thought that the 

 show will be a complete financial success 

 if the weather for the balance of the 

 week is such as to favor large attend- 

 ance. Certainly nothing like such crowds 

 have been seen in the vicinity of the 

 Horticulture building since the expo- 

 sition opened, and therein the show has 

 served its purpose with the exposition 

 management and with the trade. 



There are a large number of trade vis- 

 itors present and much direct business 

 benefit will be derived from the oppor- 

 tunity afforded for the examination of 

 the many meritorius novelties. On 

 Thursday afternoon there is to be a 

 meeting of the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 !ind a conference of horticulturists under 

 the auspices of the exposition. The show 

 T\ill remain open until 10 g. m. on Sat- 

 urday evening. 



Following are the awards announced 

 up to Wednesday evening, November 9: 



The following were the awards for 

 twenty-five cut blooms chrysanthe- 

 mums: 



White, E. G. Hill Co., Bichmond, first 

 on Eaton; H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 

 second on ComventioB Hall; jNatban 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, third on Mrs. 

 Smith. 



Jjght yellow, E. G. Hill Co., first, on 

 Cheltoni; Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, 

 second, on Yellow Eaton; H. W. Buck- 

 bee third, on Percy Plumcridge. 



l>ep yellow, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, 

 Fort Wayne, first on Appleton; H. W. 

 Buckbee second, on Mrs. Thirkell; Bas- 

 sett & Washburn third, on Appleton. 



Light pink, E. G. Hill Co. first, on 

 Enguehard; the B. K. & B. Floral Co., 

 Richmond, second, on W. Duckham; H. 

 W. Buckbee third, on Duckham. 



Deep pink, John Breitmeyer's Sons, 

 Detroit, first, on J. A. Balfour; If. W. 

 Buckbee second, on Balfour; Smith & 

 Son third, on Morel. 



Red, H. W. Buckbee first, on Thos. 

 Humphrey; G. Teilmann, Marion, Ind., 

 third, on Intensity. 



Bronze, H. W. Buckbee second, on 

 Doil'ald McLeod; no first. 



"Any other color," H. W. Buckbee 

 first, on Mrs. T. Carrington. 



On thirty-six blooms, three colors, W. 

 J. & M. S. Vesey first, on Enguehard, 

 Eaton and Golden Wedding; E. G. Hill 

 Co. second, on Gen. Hutton, Lord Hope- 

 toun and Montford; H. W. Buckbee 

 third. 



On six blooms one variety the awards 

 were as follows: 



White, Gunnar Teilmann first, on 

 Merza; Smith & Son second, on Mrs. 

 Smith; H. W. Buckbee third, on Alice 

 Byron. 



Light yellow, G. Teilmann first, on Yel- 

 low Eaton; H. W. Buckbee second, on 

 (... J. Salter; Smith & Son third, on Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Deep yellow, H. W. Buckbee first. 

 Smith & Son second, W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey third, all on Appleton. 



Light pink, H. W. Buckbee first, on 

 Duckham; G. Teilmann second, on En- 

 guehard; B. K. & B. Floral Co. third, on 

 Duckham. 



Deep pink, H. W. Buckbee first, on 

 Baden Powell; W. J. & M. S. Vesey sec- 







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A Section of the World's Fair Flower Show, St. Louis, November 7-12. 



