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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Apbil 20, 1905. 



Mr. Burke reports that should he find an 

 opportunity to go into business while 

 there he will remain on the coast. 



George £. Kessler, director of park 

 restoration, reports that summer will 

 find Forest park in better shape than 

 ever. 



J. G. Hayden, of Hummel & Downing 

 Co., Milwaukee, was in town the past 

 week. 



Bowline. 



Team No. 1 1st 2d 3d T'l 



Beneke 142 171 200 613 



MlUer 144 160 172 476 



F. Melnhardt 148 113 131 392 



Gerlach 101 103 166 360 



Totals 836 637 669 1741 



Team No. 2 Ist 2d 8d T'l 



Kuehn 177 160 147 484 



Weber 107 146 167 409 



R. Melnhardt 169 176 160 485 



li:iltBOD 125 157 163 446 



Totals 568 636 617 1823 



J. <J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



▼eather and Trade. 



Cold winds, snow flurries and the mer- 

 cury hovering round the freezing point 

 describe present conditioiis and "no 

 warm weather in sight" is the sad news 

 of the atmosphere man. Everything is 

 ready for a record-breaking Easter busi- 

 ness and some genial weather is all we 

 need. It has naturally bean rather quiet 

 of late. We notice violets getting poorer 

 and scarcer. Boses promise to be plenti- 

 ful, but carnations with the local grow- 

 ers are decidedly off crop and are likely 

 to command a good price. 



The Spring Sfiow. 



The Sweeney Co. department store ex- 

 hibition was an unqualified success and 

 $1,000 in cash prizes were distributed, 

 only a few classes not filling. Veteran 

 florists and gardeners proclaimed it a 

 beautiful sight and, having seen some 

 shows in much larger cities, the writer 

 cannot remember one that equaled it for 

 general effect. We have the same old 

 grievance to make, viz., that several local 

 firms who could have exhibited chose to 

 ignore it entirely, yet if they had come 

 in there is a question where all the 

 stuff could have been put. As it was 

 the 15,000 square feet of floor space was 

 well filled and on Thursday a good many 

 of the exhibits had to be crowded to ad- 

 mit space for the cut flowers. We have 

 seen tables too high and tables too low. 

 It appealed to me that on this occasion 

 the height was ideal for everything, just 

 eighteen inches. The tables v.erc 5x10 

 feet. 



Charles Sandiford, gardener to J. J. 

 Albright, was the largest and, I might 

 add, the best exhibitor. His exhibits 

 in every class were superb. His 100 

 square feet of Easter plants, flower and 

 foliage, arranged for effect was greatly 

 admired. Louis H. Neubeck, our presi- 

 dent, was a liberal exhibitor and was 

 particularly strong in grand flats of 

 tulips and Von Sions, as well as among 

 the plant classes. The William Scott Co. 

 exhibited in nearly all the classes. T. 

 Venneman, gardener to George Urban, 

 Jr., exhibited a fine collection of begon- 

 ias and in many other classes. The Lake 

 View Bose Gardens, Jamestown, sent a 

 grand collection of flowering plants. 

 Among the exhibits of Charles Guenther, 

 of Hamburg, was a group of well grown 

 Sehizanthus Wisetonensis. This pretty 

 annual is most attractive and should be 



New Crop 



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 Ferns 



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CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO.. Evitgrm, Ala. 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



grown by us all as an inexpensive Easter 

 plant. The competition among the bulb- 

 ous stuff was keen and finer tulips and 

 hyacinths we have never seen or ever ex- 

 pect to see. 



The cut flower exhibit was wisely de- 

 ferred until the third day, Thursday. The 

 vases of 100 American Beauties dwarfed 

 into humility all else, for the vases put 

 up by W. F. Kasting, Charles H. Keitsch 

 and Louis H. Neubeck were perfection 

 and the prizes went that way, although 

 there was little to choose. The Brides- 

 maid and Brides of Charles Guenthsr 

 were superb, as all his rose products are, 

 and as good a grower and judge as Bob- 

 ert Bard, of Syracuse, is acknowledged 

 to be, we think he was slightly off when 

 he gave first prize to Mr. Kasting 's 

 Kaiserin over Mr. Guenther 's 100 magni- 

 ficent Brides. 



There was a fine display of carnations. 

 The principal exhibitors were William 

 Ehmann, of Corfu; The Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., Lake View Bose Gardens, Wil- 

 liam Scott Co., and A. Schoenfeldt, of 

 Westfield, N. Y. Perhaps the finest vase 

 in the hall was Cardinal, as perfect as we 

 have ever seen this splendid scarlet. Mr. 

 Hartshorne will be surprised to know 

 that his fine vase of Lady Bountiful was 

 second to Alba, grown by Mr. Ehmann. 

 This does not say anything about habit 

 or quantity of flowers that these varieties 

 produce, but flower against flower as 

 they were staged, we agreed with Mr. 

 Bard. 



The plants were judged by Boderick 

 Cameron, of Niagara "Falls, Ont., the 

 first day. The plants arranged for ef- 

 fect and baskets, were judged by Mr. 

 Nelson, of Bochester, on the second day 

 and the cut flowers by Bobert Bard, of 

 Syracuse, on the third day. They all 

 gave the most entire satisfaction. Any 

 little criticism of "Bobby's" judgment 

 is my own. Not a murmur was heard 

 from an exhibitor and the result has 

 further confirmed us that one judge for 

 one department is far better than two, 

 three, or half a dozen. 



We saw the same interested faces on 

 all four days and heard the same expres- 



SMASH 



Goes the Price 

 After April 24* 



Plain Chiffon Bands 



4-inch, 3}ic jpct yd. 

 6-inch, 5% c per yd. 



Lion & Wertheimer 



Ribbons and Chiffons 

 463-467 Broadway, 



NEW YORK. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



sion time and again : ' ' Beautiful ! ' ' 

 ' * Wonderful ! " I wished every soul in 

 the city could have seen it. Our flower 

 shows are now inseparable from Charlie 

 H. Keitsch and once again he showed 

 his tact and ability. After the few 

 early hours of the first day all ran 

 smoothly and when all the cut flowers 

 were in place Thursday morning he felt 

 that all his hard work was rewarded. He 

 traveled around with a mellow, compla- 

 cent smile, for the show was a success 

 and beautiful to look upon. An all-star 

 orchestra sent its sweet strains over the 

 flowers and pretty bonnets and still pret- 

 tier faces and when you have space to 

 spare I will ask you to publish in "con- 

 densed form ' ' the prize winners of this 

 pleasant affair. W. S. 



