^•WPWJI^ITOitWW: I " lllllJIJJIflll. 



.jpVJm^ll. ^BMWMJW i.T^iUiff, III '»■Vtf7.■w■J'TJlMJ^»w7j.v.l■^BlB^»-.^»7^'^;^^^^^.^ "»V';'",»;ii''*TV'^>V*M';^'^ 



NOVBMBBS 16, 1905. 



Bic Wecfcir Rorists' Review; 



1489 



made up of La Detroit roses and double 

 ifiolets. Fred H. Weber used orchids and 

 fancy ferns. A orotest at the* award 

 was made by jMrss Elliso^i, but did not 

 stand, as the ^pxecutive committee ruled 

 that what the judges said stood. 



For handle basket of roaes, Theo. 

 Miller was first, with Perles; A. Brix 

 second, with Maids; F. C. Weber third, 

 with Chatenay. 



The fourth day the competition was 

 light and attendance good. 



On fifty Bridesmaids, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first, J. F. Ammann second. 



Fifty Brides, Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 first, J. F. Ammann second. 



Fifty Chatenay, Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 first, J. F. Ammann second. 



Fifty any other variety, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. might have made a clean sweep, 

 but was disqualified for having one less 

 in the vase of extra fine Kichmond. E. 

 G. Hill Co. took first, with Bosalind Orr 

 English, and J. F. Ammann second, with 

 Richmond. 



Best handle basket of violets, F. C. 

 Weber first. 



Floral arrangement, Grimm & Gorley 

 first, Theo. MSler second. 



Bridal bouquet, F. C. Weber first, 

 Theo. Miller second, A. Brix third. 



J. J. B. 



CHICAGO. 



The success of the Chicago show left 

 very little to be desired. The weather 

 cleared and the last four days were ideal. 

 The attendance was more than three 

 Umes what it was last year and the entire 

 affair was ,on a scale which will be a 

 great help in setting a new high mark 

 next fall. Commercialism was relegated 

 to the background, every feature was high 

 class and it appears easily possible to 

 ^ake succeeding shows as popular socially 

 and as largely attended as the horse 

 show! The paid admissions this year 

 were over $12,000 and the passes, outside 

 of members' tickets, were only five per 

 ceni^ of the paid admissions. 



In the later days of the week the 

 withered exhibits were removed and the 

 cut blooms replaced by chryrtnthemums 

 bought in the market. Some of the grow- 

 ers were invited to put in tab.V^ for dis- 

 play and both Peter Beinberg and Bas- 

 ?ett & Washburn took advantage of the 

 opportunity. The latter had s very fine 

 table including Beauty, Bride, Maid, 

 Chatenay, Gate, Kaiserin, Perle, La De- 

 'xoit and Carnot. Reinberg is entitled 

 \o special mention for exhibiting so 

 'argely as he did in the circumstance. 



As the days passed the retailers 

 awakened to an appreciation of the hit 

 they were making with -the public. As 

 they saw the interest the crowds were 

 taking in their displays they refreshed 

 and improved their exhibits until on Sat- 

 urday they were much more elaborate, 

 and also much more attractive than they 

 were at the opening of the show. It can- 

 not be denied that to the retail florists is 

 due a large part of the success of the ex- 

 hibition, but they never before secured so 

 good advertising. Some of them com- 

 plained that no effort was made to award 

 premiums for these displays, but it is 

 better so, and it is safe to gay that if 

 any of the retailers who participated in 

 this year's show do not care to repeat 

 the performance next year, there will be 

 many others who will be only too glad 

 to take their places. 



Carnation Day. 



The carnations were staged November 



Domers' Seedling Chrysanthemum, No. 11, Yellow. 



(Winner of the Silver Cup at the Chfc»BO Show last week.) 



9. The showing was not small, consid- 

 ering the condition of carnation crops 

 ■\n the vicinity of Chicago. There were 

 four or five entries in several of the 

 tlasses for 100 blooms but not nearly so 

 \arge a show as we have sometimes had. 

 Quality was nothing to brag about. Near- 

 ly all the flowers were asleep on Friday 

 »nd were thrown out on Saturday. Not 

 many of the novelties were in competi- 

 tion. Dorner had a vase of 100 of his 

 new white. White Perfection, but it ar- 

 rived in poor shape. Guttman & Weber 

 'lad Victory, 1,000 miles from home and 

 easily the best red exhibited. J. D. 

 Thompson says that his young man was 

 struck by a team while crossing the 

 street in Chicago, dropped the box and 

 the 100 blooms of Robert Craig were run 

 iver by a heavy truck. J. C. R«nnison, 

 of Sioux City, had a red sport from Law- 

 son. 



J. E. Haines was seen and S. S. Skidel- 

 sky had a vase of Schroeter's rose pink 

 sport of Enchantress, which was well 

 lUsed. Melody was a winner. 



The rule with regard to no exhibitor 

 taking more than one premium in a class 

 had an effect on the awards. On 100 

 white the judges gave first to Gov. Wol- 

 «ott and second to The Belle and when 

 they opened the envelopes found that 

 both entries were from Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. Second was then given to Lady 

 Bountiful. The rule also simplified the 

 awarding of the sweepstakes. In class 8, 

 for six blooms one variety of chrysan- 

 themum, yellow, darker in color than Bon- 

 uaffon, the judges on Tuesday gave both 



•iwards to Nathan Smith & Son, first on 

 Montigny and second on Appleton, but 

 later reconsidered their action and gave 

 second to the E. G. Hill Co. on Appleton. 



Awards on Carnations. 



Fifty blooms White Lawson, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., first; Anton Then, sec- 

 ond. 



Fifty The Belle, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first. 



Fifty White Qoud, Emil Buettner, 

 first; Hubert Hansen, second. 



Fifty Lady Bountiful, Emil Buettner, 

 first; Poehlmann Bros. Co., secor i 



Fifty Wolcott, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first. 



Fifty any other white, W. C. Hill 

 Floral Co., Streator, 111., first, on The 

 Queen; Anton Then, second, on The 

 Bride. 



Fifty Cardinal, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first; Anton Then, second. 



Fifty any other red, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., first, on Red Lawson; Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., second, on Crusader. 



Fifty Harlowarden, Anton Then, first. 



Fifty Enchantress, Anton Then, first; 

 Chicago Carnation Co., second. 



Fifty Mrs. Lawson, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., first; Emil Buettner, second- 

 Fifty Fiancee, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first. 



Fifty Mrs. Nelson, Anton Then, first. 



Fifty Morning Glory, Emil Buettner, 

 first. 



. Fifty any other light pink, Chicago 

 Carnation Co., first, on Fair Maid; W. 

 C. Hill Floral Co., second, on Melody. 



t 



