The Weekly Florists^ Revie^. 



XOVtiMBEK 24, 1904. 



In the classes for 100 blooms the awards were 

 as follows : 



White, Chicago Carnation Co. first, with Lady 

 Bountltul; John Breltmeyer'a Sons, Detroit, sec- 

 ond, with White Lawson. 



Pink of Daybreak class, Thompson Carnation 

 Ck). first, Poehlmann Bros. Co. second, each with 

 Enchantress. ,, „ „ ^ 



Pink of Scott class, Chicago Carnation Co. first, 

 with Fiancee; M. Wlnandy second, with Guar- 

 dian Angel. „ . . „ ^ 



Knk of Lawson class, Poehlmann Bros. C« 

 first, Chicago Carnation Co. second, each with 

 I^awson. ^ ^ ,^, 



Crimson. Chicago Carnation Co. first, with 

 Hnrlowarden; Thompson Carnation Co. second, 

 with President. .^w « k 



Red, Thompson Carnation Co. first, with Kod- 

 crt Craig; E. G. HIU Co. second, with Cardl- 



' Variegated. W. J. & M. S. Vesey first, with 

 <;iendHle; Thompson Carnation Co. second, with 

 Mrs. Patten. , ^ ^ 



Sweepstakes for best 100 blooms of aboTe, 

 first to Chicago Carnation Co. for Fiancee; 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. second, for Lawson. 



The seedlings were shown on Friday. The 

 awards were: , ^,^,, . . u 



Best white. My Maryland, exhibited by H. 

 Weber & Sons, Oakland. 



Best red. Robert Craig, exhibited by Thomp- 

 son Carnation Co. „ . ^ 



Best pink. No. 93, exhibited by Mt. Greenwood 

 Cemetery Association. ^,^,^ ^ v. 



Best "other color," Glendale. exhibited by 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 



Sweepstakes, best of above. No. 93. 



Some of seedlings were scored ns follows: 

 Mv Maryland, 85; No. 93, 87; Glendale, 8!i. 



In the classes for seedling mums, the pre- 

 mium for white and the sweepstakes were 

 awarded to the E. G. HIU Co. for h very fine 

 variety of Eaton type but later. Mile. Jeannle 

 Nonln. H. W. Buckbee was given first for a 



" Ell Cross made the only exhibit of violets and 

 was awarded first premium. 



On Saturday floral arrangements were shown. 

 H G Selfrldge was first for basket of orchids, 

 W J Smyth second. H. C. Bowe was given 

 a special prize. All three were superb. 



Mulr was first for bride's bouquet, H. E. 

 Klunder second. „ ^ „ 



Mulr was first for basket of roses, H. C. Kowe 



E. Wlenhoeber was first for basket of carna- 

 tions, H. C. Rowe second. 



H. E. Klunder was first for corsage bouquet, 

 H. C. Rowe second. ^ ^ ^„ ^ ^ 



Henry Wlttbold was first for fern filled Jar- 

 diniere. 



The Judges made the following special awards: 



To Guttniati & Weber, a certificate of merit 

 for Carnation Victory. 



To K. Doriief & Sons Co., honorable mention 

 for seedling carnatlODB. 



To W. J. Palmer & Son, Buffalo, for Carna- 

 tion Red Lawson. 



To Muir, C. A. Samuelson, W. J. Smyth, Jo- 

 sepli Curran and Mangel, honorable mention for 

 the table decorations which were a feature of 

 the show. 



To F. R. Plerson Co., certificate of merit 

 for Pteraonl elegantlsslma. 



To John Scott, certificate of merit for Nephro- 

 lepls Scottll and also for display of decorative 

 plants. 



To Mrs. Pullman, certificate of merit for 

 group of decorative plants. v 



To the West Parks, certificate or-merit for 

 group of decorative plants. 



To Lincoln Park, certificate of merit for Bos- 

 ton fern and for Polypodlum subaurlculatum; 

 lioiiorable mention for cyclamen. 



NEW YORK SHOW NOTES. 



Dr. Hexamer, of the American Insti- 

 tute, was the happiest man at the close 

 of the big show, November 17. He had 

 orders in his pocket for over half of the 

 entire space for exhibits at the New 

 York flower show of 1905, which he de- 

 clares will be "double that of the present 

 year" and this was "the finest ever held 

 in this country." This was the verdict 

 of F. R. Pierson, Arthur Herrington and 

 several others who attended the World's 

 Fair show and returned in time to make 

 just comparisons. 



W. E. Maynard is the «ecretarj^ of the 

 new society, which is to be known as the 

 National Association of Gardeners. He 

 announces forty charter members and 

 prophesies a membership before spring 

 of over four hundred. The members will 

 include superintendents of conservatories 

 and cemeteries, gardeners, trade florists 

 and amateurs and great enthusiasm is 

 felt concerning the organization and its 

 future. 



Next vear's flower show will exceed 



anything ever attempted in America. It 

 will be held earlier, larger prizes will 

 be given, immense exhibits of roses and 

 carnations are assured and no expense 

 or effort will be spared to make it the 

 greatest in the country's history. 



The fine display of carnations made 

 at the New York Florists' Club'a meet- 

 ing Monday evening was transferred to 

 the American Institute exhibition on 

 Tuesday and added greatly to the inter- 

 est of the last two days of the flower 

 show. 



The judges awarded a diploma to C. W. 



. Ward's Carnation Robert Craig and a 



\ certificate to Lieut. Peary. A diploma 



was also awarded to Fiancee, from the 



Chicago Carnation Co., which arrived 



late. 



Arthur Herrington blew in from St. 

 Louis and Chicago just in time to 

 "speed the parting guest" and to an- 

 nounce that even those giant exhibitions 

 of the weet could not approach tne New 

 York flower show of 1904. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Chrysanthemum EasigolcL 



TORONTO. 



The great fruit, flower and honey 

 show of which much has been written, 

 more has been said and for the success 

 of which the various committees of man- 

 agement have exerted every effort, has 

 come to a , close and as far as the floral 

 department of the work is concerned 

 their efforts were not in vain. In many 

 respects, from the florists' standpoint, 

 this has been the most successful exhi- 

 bition held in Toronto for a number of 

 years, and from the first day until the 

 close sensations grew fast and furious 

 upon one another. The judges for chrys- 

 anthemums were Jos. Bennett and J. 

 Robinson, of Montreal. Many of the 

 classes had a large number of entries 

 and the stock was of very uniform high 

 quality, necessitating very close judging. 

 Many awards were given on half points. 

 This caused i?ome of the exhibitors, who 

 did not receive prizes, to feel that their 

 stock was not fairly judged. Especially 

 was this the case in the competition for 

 the challenge cup offered by the Supreme 

 Chief of the Foresters, Dr. Oronhyatekha, 

 for a vase of thirty blooms of the va- 

 riety named for him, or, as it is 

 better known, the Yellow Eaton. The 

 competition was between W. J. Lawrence, 

 of I^linton, and Miller & Son, of Brac- 

 ondale, and the award being given to W. 

 J. Lawrence, Mr. Miller vigorously pro- 

 tested against the judging and took so 

 much lexception that Wednesday morning 

 he took a force of men to the hall and 

 removed his whole exhibit. 



The manager of the floral department 

 of the T. Eaton Co., imported from the 

 United States a quantity of mums and 

 ro8^ and exhibited them in competition 

 witn\ home-grown stock. It has always 

 been a rule that stock must be exhib- 

 ited by the grower only, except in two or 

 three open classes, but this rule was, 

 through some oversight, left out of the 

 premium list this year. So vigorous 

 have been the kicks against it that it 

 will not likely occur again. 



In the carnations the number of first 

 prizes won by Chas. Turp, a new exhibi- 

 tor, caused some surprise but the stock 

 exhibited was worth all it got, and 

 it is freely conceded that the carna- 

 tions were the finest exhibit ever put 

 up in Toronto at this time of the 

 year. In the roses the Dale Es- 

 tate showed some exceptionally fine 



