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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBEB 23, 19t5. 



profuse with its coral-pink, pendant 

 flowers. A well grown plant of this be- 

 gonia will outsell the wonderful Lor- 

 raine. 



Camellias. 



I notice in some neighbor 's green- 

 houses, also at home, a few dozen pretty 

 little imported camellias. A little camel- 

 lia tree would be a novelty with many 

 and very attractive. They are mostly 

 well budded. Now don't try to force 



them into flower by fire heat; you can't 

 do it. You will only force the buds to' 

 drop off. The only time that a camellia 

 will bear any forcing is soon after it 

 has flowered. "When the young growth 

 starts you can force that young growth 

 to maturity and it will set its buds 

 early in the spring and consequently 

 flower early the following winter, but 

 you can't force out the buds. Camellias 

 at all times like lots of water. 



William Scott. 



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THE EXHIBITIONS 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The fifteenth chrysanthemum exhibition 

 took place in Tomlinson hall November 14 

 to 18, and in every way it was the most 

 successful flower show ever held in this 

 city. The weather was ideal all week, 

 which aided materially in bringing in 

 large crowds, who were well repaid for 

 their time and money. The daily papers 

 also took a great interest in the show 

 and this, with a lot of posters and other 

 advertising aroused great interest among 

 the people, which resulted in a splendid 

 attendance. Vice-President Fairbanks 

 opened the show with a short speech in 

 which he eulogized the florist profession. 

 The hall was decorated more elaborately 

 than ever before, the work of Edward 

 Bertermann, whose equal in this line 

 would be hard to find. The general man- 

 agement of the whole enterprise was ex- 

 cellent, and reflects great credit on John 

 Bertermann, who was general manager, 

 and his son Irwin, who is secretary. 



The exhibition itself was simply grand. 

 The quality of the stock was unusually 

 high. In fact growers who attended 

 other shows invariably remarked that this 

 show contained more extra fine stock and 

 less stock that was below par than any 

 show they had seen. Some few feared 

 that on account of other large shows be- 

 ing held at the same time there might 

 be a scarcity of entries, but not only was 

 the large hall well filled, but in some 

 cases even a little crowding had to be 

 done to find room for all. Growers all 

 through this section know that at In- 

 dianapolis there is always a good show. 



good judging, fair treatment and plenty 

 of friendly competition. 



One of the most interesting features 

 was the competition between E. G. Hill 

 and Elmer Smith in classes calling for 

 single blooms on short stems — on mossed 

 tables. Other rivals have their battles 

 at their local exhibitions, but these two 

 gladiators in chrysanthemum culture take 

 the whole country for their battle ground 

 and Indianapolis always sees one of their 

 fiercest bouts. This time it was about 

 evenly divided. Smith took first on thir- 

 ty-six varieties, with Hill second, while 

 Hill took first on twenty-four and on 

 twelve varieties, with Smith second, but 

 neither could be certain of the prize until 

 the judge was through, so close was the 

 competition. Gunnar Teilmann was here 

 to take a hand, too. Mrs. Vesey, of Ft. 

 Wayne, and F. Dorner & Sons Co. sent 

 a fine lot of stock and took down their 

 share of prizes. Besides these there were 

 numerous vases of local blooms, all very 

 fine and well worthy of premiums. 



In carnations, the quality was very 

 high and the competition strong. No 

 one grower succeeded in sweeping the 

 boards, but every large exhibitor suc- 

 ceeded in taking one or more premiums. 

 Many vases that were set up with confi- 

 dence had to take back seats when other 

 vases of greater excellence were brought 

 out by other growers. In new varieties, 

 F. Dorner & Sons Co. and B. Witters- 

 taetter took the prizes. Dorner 's White 

 Perfection is a grand thing and Witter- 

 taetter's Aristocrat showed up fine. Wil- 

 liam Weber staged My Maryland, Jessica 

 and a light pink seedling in good shape, 

 but too late for competition. Victory 



was here in fine condition and won many 

 friends. S. S. Skidelsky showed a vase 

 of Schroeter's rose pink Enchantress and 

 booked many orders for it. 



The roses were very fine, especially the 

 Beauties, in which class William Ditt- 

 man, of New Castle, took first. Rich- 

 mond was shown in fine shape and at- 

 tracted much attention, as did also the 

 varieties Joe Hill and Killarney. The 

 two rose tables were well arranged with 

 fine stock. 



The single-stemmed chrysa^hemum 

 plants were very fine and all premiums 

 were won by a very close margin. Theo. 

 Bock made an excellent judge and very 

 little criticism was heard. 



On Thursday night the Indiana State 

 Florists' Society and the Floral Festival 

 Association jointly banqueted the visit- 

 ing florists and this, too, was a great suc- 

 cess. About eighty sat down to the feast. 

 J. D. Carmody was toast-master. Speeches 

 were made by many of our prominent 

 men. We were glad to have our friend 

 Alexander Guttman, from New York, 

 with us, though he declined to make us 

 a speech. 



On Saturday, too late for the show, 

 there arrived a box of fine blooms of the 

 new rose. Miss Kate Moulton, from Min- 

 neapolis. Those who saw it commented 

 very highly on its appearance. 



The awards were as follows, the awards 

 in each class being in the order named: 



Specimen plant, white: Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 H. W. Rleman, John Heidenreich. 



Specimen plant, yellow: Valighan, H. W. Rle- 

 man, A. Kemper. 



Specimen planf, pink: Vaughan, H. W. Rle- 

 man, John Hartje. 



Specimen plant, any otiier color: Bertermann 

 Bros. Co., H. W. Rleman, Gunnar Teilmann. 



Six plants, three varieties: H. W. Rleman, 

 John Heidenreich, Gunnar Teilmann. 



Six plants, white: J. Heidenreich, H. W. Rle- 

 man, A. Rleman. 



Six plants, yellow: Martin Nelson, H. W. Rle- 

 man, J. Hartje. 



Six pink: J. Heidenreich, J. Hartje, H. W. 

 Rleman. 



Six plants, six varieties: II. W. Rleman, John 

 Hartje. 



Twenty-five plants, white: J. Heidenreich, E. 

 Hukrlede, Jr., Stuart & Haugh. 



Twenty-five yellow: J. Heidenreich, Stuart & 

 Haugh, B. G. Hill Co. 



Twenty-five pink: E. G. Hill Co., J. Heiden- 

 reich, H. W. Rieman. 



Twenty-five plants, assorted colors: Vaughan, 

 E. G. Hill Co., Stuart & Haugh. 



One hundred cut blooms, white: II. W. Rle- 

 man, on Majestic; W. J. & M. S. Vesey, on 

 Eaton. 



One hundred yellow: E. O. Hill Co., on Yel- 

 low Eaton; W. J. & M. S. Vesey, on same. 



One hundred pink: Gunnar Teilmann, W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey, E. A. Nelson, all on Dr. Engue- 

 hard. 



Fifty pink: Baur & Smith, on Enguehard; A. 

 Rleman, on Enguehard; Dorner & Sons Co., on 

 Pink Beauty. 



Fifty yellow: Dorner & Sons Co., on Golden 

 Eagle; E. G. Hill Co., on Golden Wedding; O. 

 Teilmann, on Mounler. 



Sam Murray's Table of I orraine Bes^oqias Shown at Kansas City. 



