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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



XOVKMBKI! 17, 1U04. 



bee first, with W. K. Church; Mrs. Val- 

 entine second, with Mrs. T. Carriugton. 



Best six of above, H. W. Buckbb* 

 first, with W. E. Church. 



Twelve Jjlooms, twelve varieties, H. 

 W. Buckbee first. Smith & Son second. 



Collection forty ( varieties, Smith & 

 Son first, H. W. Buckbee second. 



Vase of 100 blooms, one or more va- 

 rieties, H. W. Buckbee first, with Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones; Weiland & Kisch sec- 

 ond, with Eaton. 



Vase of 100 blooms, not to exceed 

 four inches in diameter, John Breit- 

 meyer's Sons, Detroit, first; W. J. & M. 

 S. Vesey second with mixed varieties. 



Twenty-five sprays pompons, Breit- 

 meyer's Sons first, Smith & Son sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty-five sprays anemone pompon 

 varieties, Breitmeyer's Sons first. 



Twenty-five sprays anemone varieties, 

 Breitmeyer 's Sons first. 



Chrysanthemum Plants. 



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For one specimen plant H. W. Buck- 

 bee was first for pink, with a fine 

 plant of W. Duckham, second for white, 

 yellow and best in the show, Vaughan's 

 greenhouses being first on all these, also 

 on "any other color," single and anem- 

 one flowered varieties. Vaughan was 

 second on pink and Martin A. Ryerson, 

 John Keardon, gardener, second on 

 "any other color." 



For three and five standards Vaughan 

 was first and Buckbee second, but the 

 additional premium for the best plant 

 entered in the two classes was given one 

 of Buckbee 's. Vaughan was first for 

 five specimens, with Buckbee second, for 

 five specimens single varieties and for 

 ten specimen plants. Buckbee was first 

 for twenty-five single stems and M. A. 

 Byeraon second. Vaughan was first for 



f;roups of chrysanthemums arranged 

 or effect, M. A. Ryerson second. 

 Vaughan was first for grafted plant. 



Orchids. 



E. G. Uihlein, H. Skoldager, garden- 

 er, was first for collection of cut blooms 

 of orchids. 



H. G. Selfridge, C. H. Gebhardt, gar- 

 dener, was first for collection of orchids 

 in flower. 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



For fifteen geraniums M. A. Ryerson 

 was first, Anton Then second. 



For collection of ferns the Geo. Witt- 

 bold Co. was first, J. F. Kidwell & 

 Bro, second. 



For ten palms the Geo, Wittbold Co. 

 was first, E. G. Uihlein second. 



For five foliage plants in five varie- 

 ties H. G. Selfridge was first, E. G. 

 Uihlein second. 



For the best palm the Geo. Wittbold Co. 

 was first, Albert Fuchs second. 



Araucaria, A. Mc Adams, first, Vaughan 

 second. 



Croton, J. J. Mitchell, Geo. Wood- 

 ward, gardener, first. 



Dracaena, E. G. Uihlein first. 



Best decorative plant, J. J. Mitchell 

 first, E. G. Uihlein second. 



Boston fern, Anton Then first. 



Fern other than above, E. G. Uihlein 

 first, J. J. Mitchell second. 



Six araucarias, Vaughan first, George 

 Wittbold Co. second. 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, Vaughan 

 first, George Wittbold Co. second. 



Best flowering plant other than mum, 

 Vaughan second, no first. 



Wednesday's Awards. 



On Wednesday the exhibits were shift- 

 ed and some of them removed to make 

 room for the roses and table decorations 

 of chrysanthemums. The latter were for 

 display only, no premiums being award- 

 ed, and the result of this plan was the 

 best showing of this very attractive fea- 

 ture seen in some years. The exhibitors 

 were, Joseph Curran, W. J. Smyth, O. J. 

 Friedman, John Mangel, S. Muir and C. 

 A. Samuelson. 



The awards for roses were as follows: 



Twenty-five Beauty, Poehlmann Bros, 

 first, Peter Reinberg second. 



Forty Libferty, Peter Reinberg first, 

 Wietor Bros, second. 



Forty Golden Gate, Poehlmann Bros, 

 first.- 



Forty Kaiserin, Peter Reinberg first, 

 John Breitmeyer's Sons second. 



Forty Bride, Poehlmann Bros, first, 

 Chicago Carnation Co. second. 



Forty Maid, Poehlmann Bros, first, 

 Bassett & Washburn second. 



Forty Meteor, J. Cook first, Wietor 

 Bros, secornd. 



Forty Perle, Poehlmann Bros, first, 

 Peter Reinberg second. 



Twenty-five "any other," Poehlmann 

 Bios, first, with Chatenay; Peter Rein- 

 berg second, with Pere von Godesberg. 



^fty Beauty, Poehlmann Bros, first, 



Bassett & Washburn second, Peter Rein- 

 berg third. 



Seventy-five Liberty, Peter Reinberg 

 first, Benthey-Coatsworth Co. second. 



One hundred Gate, Poehlmann Bros, 

 first, Peter Reinberg second. 



One hundred Bride, Poehlmann Bros, 

 first, Wietor Bros, second. 



One hundred Maid, Poehlmann Bros, 

 first, Benthey-Coatsworth Co. second. 



One hundred "any other," Poehlnmnn 

 Bros, first, lYith Chatenay, Peter Rein- 

 berg second, with Sunrise. 



Twelve blooms of a rose never before 

 exhibited, Peter Reinberg silver cup on 

 No. 51, deep pink. 



A silver medal was awarded to the 

 E. G. Hill Co. for Rose Richmond, for- 

 merly known as Etna. 



A certificate of merit was given the 

 E. G. Hill Co. for Rose Rosalind On- 

 English. 



The attendance on Wednesday taxed 

 the capacity of the halls. ^- Early in the 

 afternoon one of the elevators fell sev- 

 eral floors but none of tne passengers 

 was injured. 



THE BUFFALO SHOW. 



The H. A. Meldrum Co. 's show was 

 all that we expected it to be, perhaps not 

 larger 'in quantity of blooms than last 

 year, but in novelty and quality of flow- 

 ers it was far ahead. We were gratified 

 to see an increase in exhibitors from a 

 distance. Among them were Nathan 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., and "VS. J. 

 & M. S. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Ind. R. 

 Vincent, jr., & Son, White Marsh, Md., 

 sent a large lot of pompons. We think 

 they were field-grown and were not as 

 bright and clean as those of Smith & Son, 

 which, of course, were grown under glass. 

 We were also very glad to see these 

 plucky firms sending so far capture the 

 majority of the premiums in the classes 

 they entered. If it were not for these 

 expert growers sending their superb 

 flowers we should be inclined to think we 

 were the only people on earth and our 

 local florists should be grateful to the 

 enterprise that affords them a sight of 

 the latest varieties and to what perfec- 

 tion they can be grown. 



Everything went off smoothly. Charles 

 H. Keitsch, who has worked for months 

 to make the show a success, did not let 

 up until the last moment on Saturday 

 and Mr. Siler, the advertising agent of 

 the H. A. Meldrum Co., and to whom the 



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The Cut Blooms of Chrysanthemums at the Chicago Show, November 15-19. 



