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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBEB 17, 1904. 



highest grade. EUwanger & Ban;y, of 

 Bochester, were much in evidence. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Among the awards were: A silver 

 medal to John Scott for Nephn^lepis 

 Scottii. A silver medal to F. R. Pierson 

 •Co. for improved Piersoni. 



Diplomas to R. Vincent, Jr., & Son 

 for collection hardy chrysanthemums and 

 to DeVoy & Son for new geranium, Tele- 

 giaph. 



Certificates to Guttman & Weber for 

 'Carnation Victory, to Thos. Meehan & 

 Sons for hardy mums, to J. N. May for 

 'Carnation Phyllis, to Geo. Van Qualen 

 for seedling carnations, to J. E. Haines 

 for carnation of that name and for Im- 

 perial, to Vaughan's Seed Store for 

 Baby Rambler, to Robert Craig & Son 

 for Chrysanthemum Baby, to J. Breit- 

 ;meyer's Sons for Chrysanthemums Ade- 

 lia and Majestic, to A. T. Boddington for 

 i bulbs. 



WORLiyS FAIR FLOWER SHOW.]; 



Inclement weather for three days 

 • caused the World's Fair Flower Show 

 to fail of the great financial success, 

 hopes of which the very large attend- 

 ance on the first two days had raised 

 in the management. The opening day 

 saw almost 6,000 paid admissions, the 

 second day over 7,000 paid admissions, 

 but on Wednesday there came a down- 

 pour of rain which reduced the attend- 

 ance to only 2,000, and the weather 

 ■ changing to very cold and raw, the rec- 

 ord for the succeeding days was below 

 that of the opening day, until Saturday, 

 when there was the largest attendance 

 of the week. The total comes very 

 close to, if it does not wholly equal, 

 the total of premium moneys and ex- 

 penses, so that no one identified with 



the association feels other than satisfied 

 with the result. 



Chief Taylor expressed the pleasure 

 of the exposition management at the 

 drawing powers of the flower show, which 

 he said wei"e fully up to their most san- 

 guine expectations and he felt had done 

 much to bring the Department of Hor- 

 ticulture into the light in which it should 

 stand before the public. He felt that 

 the success of the show had done much 

 to secure for horticulture the considera- 

 tion which it should receive at the hands 

 of any other body of men planning a 

 great industrial exposition. 



The visiting judges at the show, 

 Messrs. Herrington and Duckham, ex- 

 pressed both surprise and gratification at 

 the extent of the exhibition. Mr. Her- 

 rington said: "The extent of this show 

 is something surprising. It is the great- 

 est which it has been my pleasure to at- 

 tend. We in the east stage specimen 

 chrysanthemum blooms of higher perfec- 

 fection, but seldom in greater quantities 

 and the display of roses is something 

 which was never approached by a No- 

 vember exhibition in the east. It eclipses 

 all eastern records, not only the num- 

 ber of entries but in the general quality 

 of the exhibits. And the same thing 

 might be said of carnations." 



Mr. Duckham, the newly elected pres- 

 ident of the Chrysanthemum Society, 

 said : * * The extent of this exhibition is 

 beyond the very great expectations raised 

 in me by the reputation for energetic 

 action which has been earned by the 

 gentlemen who conceived the idea of this 

 show. The number of exhibits and the 

 size of the exhibition hall are in per- 

 fect accord and the arrangement is one 

 which reflects the greatest credit upon 

 the manager. This is the most effective 

 display of cut flowers which I have ever 



Chrysanthemum Majestic at the World's Fair Flower Show. 



visited and I have nothing but praise 

 for the roses and carnations." 



Manager Hauswirth had his own 

 troubles in providing for the arrange- 

 ment of the great quantities of material. 

 One of the pleasures of the exhibition, 

 however, was the keeping qualities which 

 all exhibits showed. Nearly everything 

 was in a surprising state of freshness 

 when the exhibition closed on Saturday 

 night. Particularly noticeable was this 

 in the class for 100 blooms of Ameri- 

 can Beauties. There were seven entries 

 in the class where quality alone counted 

 and four entries in the class where ar- 

 rangement was considered. This made 

 1,100 Beauties staged at one time, prob- 

 ably the greatest number that was ever 

 seen at any other exhibition, and all 

 were fine. Some of the flowers came 

 froin as far away as Tarrytown and 

 all but one vase remained in perfect 

 condition throughout the week. 



One of Mr. Hauswirth 's difficulties 

 was in securing vases for the staging 

 of such a large amount of stock. It was 

 necessary to purchase papier-mache pots 

 for the smaller material and for the big 

 vases 12-inch vitrified sewer tiles were 

 used, with one end sealed with cement. 

 It was a happy idea and solved a most 

 perplexing problem in the most satisfac- 

 tory manner. Nothing better could have 

 been asked. 



On Thursday the interest centered in 

 the many good seedlings exhibited and 

 the growers gained many good points. 

 On Friday floral arrangements were 

 shown and some first-class work staged. 

 The awards announced subsequent to 

 the publication of the Review last week 

 were as follows: 



Final Awards. 



Thursday was seedling day. There 

 were three contestants for the silver 

 cup for the best new rose, the award go- 

 ing to Etna, exhibited by the E. G. Hill 

 Co. This is the new red, a rival of 

 Liberty. The same firm also exhibited 

 Rosalind Orr English and the Minne- 

 apolis Floral Co.'s light pink was also 

 shown. The above varieties were also 

 judged for certificates, with Joseph Hill 

 and Mildred Grant and Shellem's Seed- 

 ling. Etna was the only variety scored 

 to the requisite point. 



There was a large showing of seed- 

 ling chrysanthemums, including both 

 American and imported varieties. The 

 silver cup for the best variety not yet 

 in commerce was awarded to Nathan 

 Smith & Son for No. 42-2-02, a beauti- 

 ful white flower, but it had not stood 

 very long when it showed signs of a weak 

 neck. The K G. Hill Co. was given 

 a certificate for a white seedling and 

 for Souv. de Calvat Pere, exhibited in 

 the class for "any other color." 



The E. G. Hill Co. was also given cer- 

 tificates for P*refet Boncourt,^ white; 

 Mile. Anna Debono, cream white, and 

 Mme. Emile Lemoine, pinkish white. 



Fred Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, 

 was given a certificate for No. 12, an 

 incurved yellow which looks good. 



There was a good showing of novel- 

 ties for the silver cyp for the best fifty 

 blooms of a carnation not yet in com- 

 merce. The award went to Fiancee, as 

 did a certificate in the class for light 

 pink seedlings. In red Victory was cer- 

 tificated, scoring 86 points after hav- 

 ing come from Long Island, N. Y. Bas- 

 sett & Washburn exhibited a scarlet 

 seedling. No. 10, which many thought 

 highly of, but it scored only 83 points 



