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NOVSMBEB 16, 1005. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1487 



A Portion of the Carnation Exhibits at Boston. 



other similar places. It is in such local 

 shows that we must seek much of the 

 future extension of the chrysanthemum's 

 popularity, for every one of them is a 

 radiating center of influence upon its 

 immediate neighborhood. There is nobody 

 so obscure as not to know the rose; we 

 must make it our goal to give the chrys- 

 anthemum just such a prominence as the 

 far older flower now enjoys. 



But, gentlemen, I think we may take 

 even greater encouragement still than 

 this. We may look about us with pride 

 and amazement when we think of the 

 rapid progress in the development of new 

 exhibition varieties and in their suc- 

 cessful cultivation since this society first 

 began to exert its influence. We dare 

 not claim indeed that we have had so large 

 a share in this progress as we ought. We 

 are still drawing upon Europe and espe- 

 cially Australia for new varieties, but we 

 have a share in the progress, and shall do 

 well to encourage ourselves by thinking 

 how great and how rapid it has been. 



what varieties were grown prior to 

 1902? It is perhaps not the easiest 

 thing in the world to name representative 

 ones, but it will be safe to say that lora, 

 Viviand-Morel, Chenon de Leche and 

 Minerva were among the best of them. 

 We used to think they were great flowers. 

 But when we set over against them 

 General Hutton, F. S. Vallis, W. B. 

 Church, Mary Inglis, Ben Wells and Wm. 

 Duckham (as grown in the east), how 

 wonderful has the progress been in these 

 few years 1 But the end is not yet. This 

 present year is no exception to the rule, 

 for it also has provided its novelties from 



which much may justly be expected. I 

 shall not venture to name many of them, 

 but there is not much risk in saying that 

 Mrs. J. Dunne, T. Richardson, Mme. G. 

 Rivol, Viola and Beatrice May will carry 

 on the flag of progress. 



But I have said enough. I congratu- 

 late you who have labored in the interest 

 of this exhibition, who are now enjoying 

 the fruit of your labors. I am sorry not 

 to be with you, but I hope to visit the 

 chrysanthemum show at Edinburgh and 

 on my return may perhaps have some 

 message of hope or instruction to com- 

 municate to you. Meanwhile I thank you 

 for your kind support during the past 

 year, and wish you a continued and an 

 increasing success. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The St. Louis flower show, which was 

 held under the auspices of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club, opened under very favor- 

 able conditions on Wednesday morning, 

 November 8. The exhibition was held in 

 Westminster hall, which is located in the 

 west end. The furnishings of the hail 

 and the rooms, which are quite elaborate, 

 added considerably to the beauty of the 

 show and it needed no further decora- 

 tions of any kind. Taken altogether, the 

 exhibition was very complete in every 

 detail and Fred H. Afeinhardt, the super- 

 intendent, and the committee of ar- 

 rangements, deserve a great deal of 

 credit for the management of the show. 

 All the displays during the week were a 

 credit to the exhibitors and the visitors 



were greatly pleased with everything 

 they saw during the week. 



Visitors from out of town were: Wm. 

 F. Kasting, of Buffalo, president-elect of 

 the S. A. F.; David Scott, Buffalo; J. D 

 Thompson, Joliet, 111.; Alex. J, Guttman 

 New York; Mrs. M. S. Vesey and Mrs 

 Allan Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind. ; L, A 

 Goodman, Kansas City, Mo.; Alex. H 

 Wilson, Chicago; Joe Hill, Richmond 

 Ind.; Carl Rauth and D. Wirth, Spring 

 field, 111.; W. J. Keimel and Adolph 

 Poehlmann, Chicago; Swan Peterson 

 Gibson City, 111. ; Geo. M. Kellogg, Pleas 

 ant Hill, Mo.; Miss Belle Miller, Spring 

 field. 111.; Mrs. HoUard and her son 

 Highland, 111., and many from near-by 

 towns. President-elect Kasting on ar 

 riving in the hall was heard to say 

 "Boys, you have a very pretty exhibition 

 and I am glad to be with you and in the 

 city that gave me my start in life. ' ' 



The judges on Shaw premiums wore J. 

 F. Ammann, Prof. H. C. Irish and .James 

 W. Dunford. The awards for the first 

 day were as follows: 



Group of palms, Wm. Schray & Sons 

 first, Chas. Beyer second. 



Group ferns, Wm. Schray & Sons first, 

 Cha^. Beyer second. 



Group begonias, A. Jablonsky first, 

 Chas. Beyer second. 



Group berried plants, A. Jablonsky 

 first, Koenig Floral Co. second. 



Twelve cyclamen, Bentzen Floral Co. 

 second, first being ruled out for having 

 eleven in his group. This was taken by 

 Mr. Rotterman. 



Cacti, A. G. Greiner first. 



Twenty-five blooming plants, not more 



One Corner of the American Institute Show at New York, November'I. 



