NOVEMBKB 17, lri04. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION 



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Perhaps it was because Chicago had 

 no show last year and everybody missed 

 it that the response of the exhibitors 

 was so liberal this year. At any rate 

 the thirteenth exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Chicago was shown 

 to be unlucky in one respect hours be- 

 fore the doors were opened to the pub- 

 lic. Manager George Asmus began to 

 realize it long before the work of stag- 

 ing the exhibition had begun. He had 

 one of the handsomest halls in the 

 United States in which to display the 

 wealth of exhibits which were placed 

 in his hands, but it was a hall very in- 

 adequate to the needs of the occasion. 

 It is in reality four halls, one of them 

 in the Fine Arts building and the other 

 three in the Auditorium Hotel. Had 

 the splendid banquet hall been twice or 

 three times its actual size it would have 

 been none too large for the best display 

 of the very large amount of material. 

 As it is, and with the best arrangement 

 which it would be possible to suggest, 

 the space left for visitors is far short 

 of what it should be and the exhibits 

 are already so crowded that much of the 

 effect is lost. What it will be later in 

 the week when carnations and floral ar- 

 rangements are added to the display 

 which was already on the tables Wednes- 

 day evening, one can only surmise. The 

 indications are that the display of car- 

 nations will be the largest ever seen at 

 any exhibition other than the annual 

 meeting of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety. 



Tlie private establishments re- 

 sponded more liberally this year than 

 heretofore, Mrs. iPuJlman, Martin A. 

 Byerson, Arthur Orr, E. G. TJihlein, H. 

 G. Selfridge, John J. Mitchell and 

 others sending large quantities of dec- 

 orative plants, chrysanthemums, etc. 

 Mr. Selfridge 's group of orchids is a 

 marvel, easily the finest ever seen in 



the west. H. W. Buckbee, of Eockford, 

 and Vaughan staged some very fine 

 large chrysanthemum plants. John 

 Scott, of Brooklyn, brought a splendid 

 exhibit of Nephrolepis Scottii and a 

 splendid group of pandanus, etc. The 

 class for fifteen geraniums in not over 

 10-inch pots brought out three very fine 

 exhibits. Lorraine begonias were never 

 before so well shown in Chicago. J. A. 

 Peterson also set up some fine plants of 

 Begonia Turnford Hall, a white sport 

 of Lorraine, and there was a handsome 

 group of Nephrolepis Piersoni elegantis- 

 sima. Lincoln park also staged a large 

 decorative group and there are many 

 other smaller exhibits. All of these lose 

 in effect by lack of room for their 

 proper display. And it is a fact that 

 the manager declined with thanks fully 

 half the decorative stock which was 

 offered him. 



The cut blooms of chrysanthemums 

 were mostly staged in a room by them- 

 selves at the south end of the main ex- 

 hibition hall, but this, too, was inade- 

 quate to the needs of these classes and 

 some of the handsome large vases were' 

 scattered through the other rooms. The 

 quality of these exhibits was as a rule very 

 good, but they lose in effect by crowd- 

 ing and the visitors are bruising them 

 by brushing against them in -the narrow 

 passage ways. The class for 100 blooms 

 brought out several very fine entries, 

 including Timothy Eaton of immense 

 size and Mrs. Jerome Jones of superb 

 finish. 



The attendance started in very satis- 

 factorily. The show is on the tenth 

 floor of the buildings, but the elevator 

 service is entirely equal to all require- 

 ments and the fact that the exhibition 

 is far above the street level does not 

 seem to have any deterrent effect. 

 Should there be, however, anything like 

 the large attendance at the World 's 



Fair Flower Show in the later days of 

 the week the space will be inadequate 

 for the accommodation of the crowds 

 and there is already regret heard that 

 the Coliseum was not used for this ex- 

 hibition. 



The judges are William Duckham, 

 Madison, N. J.; Paul Dailledouze, Flat- 

 bush, N. Y., and W. A, Kennedy, Mil- 

 waukee. The awards up to the time 

 of going to press were as follows: 



Cut Chtysanthemums. 



Twenty-five white, Nathan Smith & 

 Son, Adrian, Mich., first, on W. H. 

 Chadwick; Weiland & Risch, second, on 

 Eaton. 



Twenty-five yellow, Bassett & Wash- 

 burn first, Poehlmann Bros. Co. second, 

 each with Golden Wedding. 



Twenty-five pink, Nathan Smith & 

 Son first, Gunnar Teilmann, Marion, 

 Ind., second, each with Dr. Enguehard. 



Twenty-five red, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first, with Intensity. 



Twenty-five blooms "any other col- 

 or," H. W. Buckbee, Eockford, 111., 

 second, with W. E. Church; no first. 



Best twenty-five of above, Bassett & 

 Washburn first, Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 second, each with Golden Wedding. 



Six white, B. K. & B. Floral Co., 

 Eichmond, Ind., first, with W. H. Chad- 

 wick; Weiland & Risch, second, with 

 Eaton. 



Six light yellow, Smith & Son first, 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey second, each with 

 Yellow Eaton. 



Six deep yellow, Arthur Orr, Jacob 

 Kramer gardener, first; W. J. & M. S.' 

 Vesey second, each with Appleton. 



Six light pink, Poehlmann Bros Co. 

 fiist, H. W. Buckbee second, each Dr. 

 Enguehard. 



Six deep pink, H. W. Buckbee first, 

 with Mrs. Barclay; Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. second, with Quito. 



Six red, Poehlmann Bros. Co. first, 

 with Intensity; Smith & Son second, 

 with Henry Barnes. 



Six bronze, Mrs. P. A. Valentine, 

 Oconomowoc, Wis., Otto Spiedel, gar- 

 dener, first, Arthur Orr second, each 

 with Edgar Sanders. 



Six "any other color," H. W. Buck- 



A Glimpse of the Chicago Exhibition, November 15-19. 

 (Mammoth Ttmotby Eaton Exhibited by Weiland & Ulsch Id the Forerround ) 



