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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVKMUKIt Uo, l»Or>. 



jiioJ'usc ^\itll its ctiral-iiiiik. )>i'iiil;iiit 

 llu\v('i-.s. A well <'i()\\ii jilaiit (»f tliis be- 

 iiiiiiiu will initscll tlie woikUtI'iiI Lur- 

 jaiiir. 



Camellias. 



1 iiiiiio- in some iici^^lilior 's j^i'ccii- 

 liiiii^o, also at liiiiiif, a tew tlo/.rii jiri'ttv 

 Jittlc iiiipnitnl I'amrilias. A little caiiicl- 

 ]ia tree \\(Hil(l ]»■ a iidvelty ^\itll many 

 ■,\\\>\ \erv attrailive. 'Tliey are mostly 

 well biul'l'''!. Now don't try to I'oive 



them into llowci' liy firo heat; you ean't 

 ■ lo it. \ou will (inly i'orco the buds to 

 dro]i (itr. The ou\\ time that a camellia 

 will bear any foreing is soon after it 

 has ll(,i\veied. ^\■hen the yoiin*j; tjrow th 

 starts you ean t'oiee that yoiui^ growth 

 to maturity and it will set its buds 

 earlv in the sprinji ami consoiiueiitly 

 tlowei' early the follow iiifi' Avinter, but 

 yon can't force out the buds. Camellias 

 at all times like lots of uater. 



William Scott. 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The lit'iii'uth rhrysant heinuin exhiliition 

 1 ook placf in Tomlinson hall Ndvendier 14 

 to IS, and in every wny it was the most 

 --ui-OL>ssfnt tlii\\i'i- show e\i'r hi'ld in this 

 .■itv. Tlu' wi'ather was ideal all week, 

 which aided materially in luinuine in 

 lariio crowijs. who were well repaid J'or 

 their tim" and inonev. The daily papers 

 also toolc :i ui'eat interest in the show 

 and this, ^\ith a lot of |)osters and other 

 ad\ertisin<: aroused ei,.;it interest anuui^' 

 the peopli'. ^\hi(■h resulted in a splendiil 

 atteudam-e. \iie- President Fairbanks 

 o|)enod the sliow with ;i >hort speeidi in 

 which he enloiii/.e(l the Ihuist jirofession. 

 The hall >\as deror.ated mcue elabor.ately 

 than e\"i'r bet'oi-e. the work ot' l-.dw.ard 

 ]->ertennanii. whose eijual in this liiu,.' 

 wouhl lie hard to lind. The <4fneral man- 

 agement ot' the whole enter|uise was ex- 

 (ollout. and reflects i^reat credit on John 

 I ierteniKinn. ^\ ho was <;eneral iminager. 

 aiul liis s(Ui Irwin, wlui is secretai'v. 



The exliibition itself was simply yraiid. 

 Tlie quality ot' the stoi-k was umisually 

 liiyh. ]n tact ^I'owers who atti'uded 

 other slious inxariably remarked that this 

 show contained more extia line stock and 

 less stock that ^\as lielow par than any 

 show they had seen. Some few feared 

 th.'it on account of other larj^c shows be- 

 ino held at the s;inn' time there mi;^ht 

 be a scarcity of entries, but not only was 

 the lari:e hall well filled, Imt in some 

 cat^os e\eii a litth; crowdine had to be 

 done to tind romn for all. (irowers .all 

 tlirouf;h this section know that at In- 

 diaiia]>oli^ there is alw.ays a eood show. 



<iood judiiinfi, fair treatment and plenty 

 of friendly conijiotition. 



One of the most interesting features 

 was the competition between K. (J. Hill 

 and i-]lnicr Smith in classes calling for 

 siiiyle blooms on .short stems — on mtissod 

 tables. Otlier rivals have tlieir battles 

 at their local exhibitions, but these two 

 ylailiators in chrysanthemum culture take 

 the whole country for their battle grouiui 

 and Indianapolis always sees one of their 

 tiercest louts. This time it was alxiut 

 evenly divided. Smith took first on thir- 

 ty-six varieties, with Hill second, while 

 Hill took first on twcidy-four and on 

 twelve varieties, with Snntli second, l)ut 

 neither could be certain of the prize until 

 the Judge w:is tiirough. so (dose was the 

 com|)etition. C.uiinar Teilmann was here 

 to take a hand, too. ]\lrs. Vesey. of Ft. 

 Wayne, and V. Dorner tic Sons Co. sent 

 a line lot of stock and took down tlndr 

 share of prizes. Hesides these there were 

 miinerous vases of local blooms, all very 

 liiM' and well wortliy of premiums. 



In carnati(Mis, the i|uality was very 

 lugh and the competition strong. No 

 one grower succeeded in .sweeping the 

 boards, l)ut every large exhibitor suc- 

 ceeded in taking oin^ or more ]iremiums. 

 Many vases that were set up with confi- 

 dence had to take liack seats when other 

 vases of greater excellence were brought 

 cnit by othei' growers. In new varieties, 

 I'. Dorner A. Sons ( o. ami IJ. Witters- 

 taetter took the |>rizes. Horner's White 

 l'erfe(dion is a grand tiung ami Witter- 

 taetter's Aristocrat showed n]i fine. Wil- 

 liatn Widier staged j\Iy INIarylaml.' .Jessica 

 and .1 light junk siedling in good shajie. 

 but too late for competition. \'ictorv 



was here in fine condition and won many 

 friends. S. S. Skidelsky showed a vase 

 of Schroeter's rose pink iMichantress and 

 booked many orders for it. 



The ro^es were very fine, especially the 

 l-{eanti('s, in which class William Hitt- 

 nian, of New Castle, took first. Kich- 

 iiHuul was shown in fine shape and at- 

 tracted much attention, as did also the 

 varieties Joe Hill and Killarney. Tin- 

 two rose tables were well arranged with 

 fine stock. 



The single-stemmed chrysanthemum 

 jilants were very fine and all premiums 

 were won by a very close margin. Theo. 

 l^ock made an excellent judge and very 

 little criticism was heard. 



On Thursday night the Indiana State 

 Florists' Society and the Floral Festival 

 Association jointly baiujueted the visit- 

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

 cess. About eighty sat down to the feast. 

 ,1. U. Carmody was toast-nmster. Speeches 

 were made by many of our prominent 

 nu'ii. We were glad to have our friend 

 Alexander (luttinan, from New York, 

 with us, though he declined to make us 

 a speech. 



On Saturday, too late for the show, 

 tin re arrived a box id' iine blo(uns of the 

 iH'w rose, .Miss Kate .Moultou, from Min- 

 neajiolis. Those who saw it commented 

 \ery highly on its appearance. 



The awards were as follows, the awards 

 in each class being in the order named: 



Sin'ciiiicii iil;mt, while: ViHiKliiiii's Seed Store. 

 II. W. Uiciiiiui, .leliii I Icidcnrcicli. 



.Specimen plant, yclkin ; \'aiit,'liaii, II. W'. Kic- 

 luari, A. Kcni|)Oi'. 



SpccJiiuMi |ilaiu. iiinl<: A'aiigliaii, Jl. W. Itic- 

 niaii. .Idlin Harljc. 



.spccinii'ii planl, any oilier c<il<ir: Itcrtcrniauii 

 I'.ios. Co., II. \V. Kicinan. (Junii.ir 'J'eilinann. 



Six plants, three v.iriel ics : II, W. Kiciiiaii. 

 Jelui Ih'Idcnreicii. Ciiiiiiai- 'reilinaiin . 



Six planis, wliite: .1. Heiileiiificli, II. W. Kic- 

 nian, .\. Kicinan. 



.Six planis, .vellnw: Martin .Vclsnn. II. W. Kic- 

 inan. .1, Jlarl.jc. 



.Six pink: J. Ilciih.'iircicli. .1. Ilaiijc, II. \V. 

 Kiciii.'iii. 



Six plants, six varieties: II. W. Kiciii.'in, ,7"lni 

 Ilartje, 



'I'wciit.vlivp plants, while: .1. I leiilenreirh, K. 

 lliitciicile, .(r,, Stiiail ,V l!anL:li. 



T\viil\ live \ell()\v: .1. I leiilcniri.ji. Stuart A: 

 IlaiiKh, i:. C. Hill Co 



'iwenty-five pink: i:. C. Hill Co., ,r. Ileiileil- 

 rcich, II. \V. Kieinan. 



'rwenly-livo pl.inls. assorted ((dois: V.inirliaii. 

 i;. C. Hill ( 11.. Small \ llaiifih. 



One luindrcd <iil Idontiis. while: II. W, Kic- 

 tiian, on Majestic; W. .1 .V M. S, Vesey. uii 

 i;;i|on. 



(iiic Imndred yellow: i:. (;, Hill Co., on Yel- 

 low i:.iton; W. .1. \- .M. S. Aesey, on saint". 



due Imndrcd jiiiik: (omnar 'ieilniann. W. .1, i^ 

 M. S. Vesex , K. .\. Nelson, all on Jir, i;nu;iH'- 

 hard. 



I'il'ty ]iiiik: I'.aur \- .Sniitli. fin Knsrnoliard ; .\. 

 Kieinan, on i;nf;iieliaid ; Honier & Sons Co,, mi 

 rink Iteanl.v, 



I'ifly .M'llow: Iioiner t*c Sons Co,, on CJoldeii 

 i:aL'le: i:. (;. lllll Co., on (JoIJeu Wodding; O. 

 'I'ci Inj.inn. on Monnier, 



I ~: k^^'^^u .ar.'»- 



Sam Murray's Table of L orraine Begonias Shown at Kansas City. 



