NOTBMBEB 24, 1904. 



ThcWeekly Rorists' Review. 



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The attendance at the Chicago exhi- 

 bition increased steadUy toward the end 

 of the week and Saturday night brought 

 a crowd which packed the halls to their 

 fullest capacity. The attendance has 

 been, on the whole, fully up to the ex- 

 pectations of the- management and, 

 coupled with expenses below those of re- 

 cent years, has made the show a financial 

 success. Artistically the exhibition was 

 very good indeed in point of arrange- 

 ment, Manager George Asmus being en- 

 titled to the highest commendation for 

 the very excellent disposition made of so 

 great a quantity of material that it was 

 all the more to his credit that the several 

 halls appeared so well. Much of the 

 stock failed of the display necessary to 

 bring out its good points, but this was 

 wholly due to lack of space. This is 

 resulting in an agitation which it is 

 to be hoped will take form in Chicago 

 having a real flower show next year. 

 Chicago had a real show this year ex- 

 cept for space. The same material, and 

 the same good work, with the Coliseum 

 next year will result in the greatest 

 flower show ever held in this country, 

 and with a popular price and favorable 

 weather like that of last week the s^t- 

 tendance should run far into the tens 

 of thousands. 



The table decorations proved to be 

 one of the most attractive features of 

 the show, but here, too, the effect was 

 somewhat impaired by lack of space, 

 necessitating smaller tables than the ex- 

 hibitors had expected to use. These dec- 

 orations were all of the very highest qual- 

 ity, including chrysanthemums, roses, 

 carnations, orchids, sweet peas, etc., and 

 probably do as much if not more than 

 any other feature of the show to stimu- 

 late the people who attend to buy flow- 

 ers. 



The carnation display staged on Thurs- 

 day was one of unusual extent and qual- 

 ity. At the close of the week the pro- 

 fessional interest centered in the seed- 

 lings exhibited. In chrysanthemums the 

 growers took an instant liking to Mile. 



Jeannie Nonin, exhibited by the E. G. 

 Hill Co. It was easily ahead of every- 

 thing else in the seedling classes. It is 

 a very large round white bloom on a 

 strong stem, stiff necked and with f oUage 

 right up to the bloom. The center is per- 

 fectly full. The flower is of the Timothy 

 Eaton character, but the exhibitor stated 

 that Eaton is well past before this va- 

 riety is ready to cut. 



Of the seedling carnations. No. 93, 

 exhibited by the Mt. Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery Association, attracted the most at- 

 tention. It is in the Scott shade of pink, 

 just a shade darker than Fiancee, well 

 formed and very promising. My Mary- 

 land, white, exhibited by H. Weber & 

 Sons, attracted much favorable comment. 

 Another sort which impressed the gfrow- 

 ers very favorably was Victory, exhibited 

 by Guttman & Weber. The flowers 

 came all the way from Long Island 

 to be staged on Thursday and were as 

 fresh as anything in the hall when the 

 show closed Saturday night. Fred 

 Burki, the new white exhibited by John 

 Murchie and S; S. Skidelsky, was also 

 well thought of by the growers. It 

 maintains its reputation earned last sea- 

 son. Eclipse, shown by Dorner & Sons 

 Co., was also well liked and promises to 

 be largely planted next year, with that 

 firm's last season's introductions, The 

 Belle and Lady Bountiful, which have 

 come to be the leading wMtes. Dorner 

 & Sons also brought a number of seed- 

 lings, among which were several which 

 will be given a thorough trying out. One 

 of them is a scarlet and another a light 

 pink of the Enchantress order. W. C. 

 Hill, of Streator, brought a vase of his 

 light pink sport of Lawson which a 

 great many liked. J. E. Haines, of 

 Bethlehem, Pa., sent fine blooms of the 

 scarlet named for himself and of Im- 

 perial, a very long-stemmed variegated 

 sort. The Chicago Carnation Co. showed 

 Illinois, a scarlet raised by W. N. Budd, 

 which has stems of exceptional length. 

 Geo. Von* Qualen, of East Orange, N. J., 

 also sent a vase of seedlings and there 



were a number of diher exhibits, in- 

 cluding several seedlings raised by Baa- 

 sett & Washburn. 



One exhibit which was a winner with- 

 out being entered for competition was 

 the mirror pond bordered with pansies 

 put up by A. A. Sawyer, of Oak Park. 

 Another was K Wienho'eber Co. 's vaso 

 of Fiancee staged to show the color un- 

 der artificial light. F. R. Pierson Co.'s 

 exhibit of the Tarrytown fern also at- 

 tracted much comment from the ladles. 

 Mr. Fotheringham, who was present, was 

 kept busy answering questions about it. 



In the oarnation classes for fifty blooms tbe 

 awards were as follows: 



White Clond, Emll Buettner first, Poehlmann 

 Bros Co. second. 



Liorna, Poehlmann Bros. Co. second; no first. 



Norway, Bassett & Washburn first. 



Wolcott, E. Buettner first, J. D. Thompson 

 Carnation Co. second. 



"Any other white," F. Dorner & Sons Co. first, 

 Thompson Carnation Co. second, each with lAdy 

 Bountiful. 



■ Adonis, Wletor Bros, first, Thompson Carna- 

 tion Co. second. 



Estelle, Wletor Bros, first, Thompson Carna- 

 tion Co. second. 



"Any other red." Chicago Carnation Co. first, 

 with Cardinal; Thompson Carnation Co. second, 

 with Flamingo. 



Harlowarden, Chicago Carnation Co. first, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. second. 



Harry Fenn, B. T. Grave first, Thompson Car- 

 nation Co. second. 



Enchantress, B. T. Grave first, Chicago Cama- 1 

 tlon Co. second. \ 



Lawson, Chicago Carnation Co. first, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. second. 



Fair Maid, Chicago Carnation Co. first. 



Mrs. B. A. Nelson, Thompson Carnation Co. 

 first, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, second. 



Morning Glory, E. Buettner first, Bassett ft 

 Washburn second. 



'^Any other" pink of Daybreak class, M. Wln- 

 andy second, on Hlglnbotham; no first. 



"Any other" pink of Scott class, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. first, with Fiancee; E. T. Grave sec- 

 ond, with Dorothy. 



"Any other" pink of Lawson class, Thomp- 

 son Carnation Co. first, with Nelson Fisher; W. 

 J. & M. S. Vesey, second, also with Fisher. 



Mrs. Brcdt, Poehlmann Bros. Co. first. 



Prosperity, Poehlmann Bros. Co. first, W. J. 

 & M. S. Vesey second. 



"Any other" striped, Thompson Carnation Oo. 

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

 Mrs< M. A. Patten. 



Dorothy Whitney, Chicago Carnation Co. first. 



"Any other" yellow, Cnicago Carnation Co. 

 second, with No. 0; no first. 



The following are the awards for twenty-five 

 blooms of introductions of 1904: 



White. Thompson Carnation Co. first, on Tbe 

 Belle; B. Buettner second, on liSdy Bountiful. 



Pink of Scott class, E. Buettner second, on In- 

 dianapolis; no first. 



Pink of Lawson class. Thompson Carnation Oo. 

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

 Nelson Fisher. 



Red, Anton Then first, with Ornsader; Henry 

 Wehrmann second, with Flamingo. 



"Any other color," Thompson Carnation Co. 

 first, with Mrs. Patten. 



A first was also awarded to the Thompson 

 Carnation Co. !n class 104 for Enchantress, tbe 

 list not stating "introduction of 1904," bat 

 this was palpably an error, the jrroup belnc 

 headed "new varieties." 



A Part of the Carnation Classes at the World's Fair Flower Show. 



