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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



.\,i\ i.Mii.i: :;o, I'.tou. 



SHOW NOTES. 

 Echoes from Kansas City. 



ri:M,L |;i;-l I.. -.-irili'iiiT ;il llic cllv 



•j|.-i'lil -I- 111 ;i;i' |i;ilk :il l>c'li\i|. si-iil ;i 



|„,\ ., I , lil\ v;| 111 liillMIIII-; III lli> 1 ilW ll-lmll 



^\|llp \\i\f ;ii li.c \;iii^;i^ liiv ^hnw. Ini- 

 (•\liiliil i(iii HiK. Tlii'v :ini\i'il liilc. lull 

 \\\i\ -l;i^i-n Ihriii. illhl siiiiji' (if tlh' 

 lil.iiiiii- wi'ii -11 iTnlil.-ililc IIS 111 ntlrai-l 

 iiiiii-r IIi;mi )i;i>^iiiu mil ire rrniii i^mwrrs. 

 .Inlili \. ,\l;n , iiiM III' till' ,iilil^«'s :il ill'' 

 K;(iis;i^ ( ii\ -liiiw. s;ii(| to :i ri'imrtcr : 

 •■1 |i;i\c' .-It ti'inlt'il iiiiivi i>\' llif iin|Kirt:im 

 lidu.'i -Imw- in lliis iiMiiilry 1'nr iiKiiiv 

 ycar^ :iiii| liilii'Vc iIk' \i'|plinilt>|iis I'in- 

 soiii cli-^.-i III issi iii;i wliirli won lii'st ]iri/,(' 

 MiHHlay iiiL:lit i-;iiiniit lio iliiplifiiicd :iii\ 

 V\lirii- ill llii- iiiiiiitr\. 'I'liry :iri' tlir 



lilli'Sl S|i('rillHII< I v\t'V s;iw. Ill ntlli'V 

 cities llir llmi-l- •-"■I'Mi til liiiM- stri\('ii 

 iiiilv III iiiiilti|ily il|i' slm-k. wliili' licrc ;ii- 

 li'iilidii li;i^ ! 1 ill ;^i\iii In iiniiliirc llic 

 liiu'sl ;^i;iilr |M .-.siMr. ir I were .-iskcil 

 t(i |iicl< Hill liir liiii'si I'xliihii ill tho <Mi- 

 lirc sliciw I -limilil lint licsitatc In select 

 these t'ellis. ' '1 lies were rxli i 1 lil ei 1 iiv 

 \V. L. K'nek. 



.1. A. \';ileiiliiie. nf the I'nik I'lnnil 

 < II.. heiivcr. writes: •' ll seciiis In me thill 

 nn ,i(le(|ii;ite iiioiitioii h:is lieeii iiiiide of 

 I he nxliiiiit nf Be^oiiia nioire de l.ni- 

 r;iiiie iiiiide liy Siiiiiuel Murray Mt th<' 

 Kiiiisiis <'itv show, alth()u<>li tlio <irouii 

 wa.s I lilt i; red in last ueek 's Ekvieav. Ho 

 liad t\ventydi\e |dants in (i-iiich pots that 

 were simply matiiiilifeid. lietter tliaii 

 ;iii\li;iiiy I iia\e ever seen, and tietter 

 lliaii I tiiniiiiid those plants cniild lie 

 dniir. We liriivcT men ratlier took it 



till- tiianted that these Averc the pick 

 trn'ii :i iainv immiier yrown, ami that 

 Mr. Murray eniild prnliahly not anywhere 

 luar dn|dieate the exhiiiit. 1?nt on i^oing 

 tn liis ureeiiliniises we fnniid that he had 

 sexcial hundred tliere, e(iually as good, 

 and when I toll ymi tiiat I sold Mr. 

 Murray this stoek nut ni' I'-ineh ]>ots in 

 .May last, and that lie niily had a total of 

 .'iDO. ynu will better appreciate how much 

 tn 1h(^ grower's credit thiu-o is in the 

 exliihit ho ])Ut up. His h(ius(> of Lor- 

 laiiies was certainly a wniidort'ul sight." 

 The tntal ]iaid aduiissiniis at Kansas 

 ( ily iliis year were ^l.'^iT. «asli receipts 

 ,it the uate .$7,s,SJ:.lir). The receipts at 

 tlio hist "show, ill J!>012. were .$9,427.-^)0, or 

 ,*l.r):U.L'.') more than for the show just 

 lield. TIk' ])ieiniuiiis at that lime amount- 

 ed to +.'.(L'C). while this year $4,400 will 

 (•n\er the |pri/.c list ex|iense. 



BEST EXHIBITION VARIETIES. 



A- ha- lii'ii' iM\ i-ii-tiiiii fur tin- pa-t 

 (i\ r .11- six v.-ar-. I apjieiid .a list nf 

 thiiiy \aiintins ilial mi llieir mcnnl this 

 vca I air lilt il ii'd 1 1 . ra iik as I lie tup 



nnlrlnr.-. Ii.l ixliiliitinii ;^|nwcrs. This 



list i^ made ii|i atii-r a i;n.id deal id 

 thnii^hl. -tiiijy .'iiid i-niiipa ri-nii ;is tn llm 



W;i\ dilfi'lelll valii'ties ha\n Imi'll ^nl Up 

 al dilVrliMl rxhiliit inns. The \:irirlies 



a ri- SI I ijnw n i ii t hr ni di-i nt their merit . 

 White. 



White: I'.ealii.e .M.ay, Ml-, I I. y. 



West. \|el/a. Vjls. I'. !■•. 'I'l ip-nll. W. 



Wells .-III. I ■fimnihs l-'.;itnii. 



It W ill lie nl -el \ed t liat |-,:ilnl|. W hicll 



a \ ea r ni twn imn ranked lir-t. i- imw 

 l.asl nil till- li>l. ."->i/e il-ed In i;iir\ it 

 t hrnii'^f . !.nt it ill! \ a riet ie> iinw lia\ e 

 the -i/e :md lini-ii al-n. | ). \'. West, r.,1- 

 instaiii-i. I.:!] Ill i^iiiwii li:ill a- laiL;i 

 an;iiii ami -till iia\i :iii exipii-i'e hni-ii. 

 Be:it I iee \|a \ a I-. 1 is a \ ei\ hnelv ;iii- 

 ished Ihiwii, ■lavii'U ule-il -i/e aiid vers 

 dvsail hiiliil. \|i iv;i -till Imld- mil .-11111. 

 haiiih:: ii- '.iiII'l. nl \ultiiie dinvn. i- 

 slill h:iid le l'e;il. v'l-. I'. I'. Tlimiip 

 soil i- a h M Ilk 111 i\\ ll I |iia 111 it y t n ma II \ 



JlOnple |l!-t 'iiiM 1 III Will lie I lel 1 !•! kllnW 11 



next se:ii. :•.- \i ill .-li-i, W . Well-. Til. 

 I;il"er wa- \'-f\ -i-aii-e ihis \i':ii Iml it i- 

 a III;.;. In i-e. -li.'UU'i ^alieI\ and raimnt 



f.-ci ti. le! ■_,■ all, :mI. 



Yellow. 



^.lim : \p,|ei,ni. Mr-, W . I hnddi .1 in . 

 I jieli nni. \1 iiie. ( ,. Iii\ 111. < iiiy-;i nl he 

 'ni-Ie \|..|i; I'jiiv .and I ". S. \;iHis. 



A pijetell -'ill Lnjil- I lie - W .a y W l|e|l W el] 

 dmie. ei ,m 1 li ni !! ■_; a- it due-. -i/e. .-nlMl. 



t 1 1 1 i ; m 1 ■ ; 1 m I -''in. 



\| 1 .. >.\ . I iiiekliam ha- m;i |e :i line 



shiiw 111'^ a in: |ii||il!eil I \ el \ pleclirl inn I 

 m.arje t n| l' . Tli' inlllpet it inn tnr -i X 



llnWel- ..t till- \ariet\ fur tile Wejj- 



mcihil- :ii 1 'liil.adejphia was a line -iuht- 

 ( hcltniii lel any exllihit inn lie fme \n 

 Vi'lnliel I i- \e|\ line. .\flel llnit d.ale 



d i- p.ast its liesl. .\ \.ase nf twenty 

 li\e llnwers nf the \aiiety at New ^■nrk 

 was il'idared fv -ellie experts In lie the 

 liiiesi thinn in the hall. .Mine. (i. ii'ixnl 

 is a s|H,it ,,[ i'anla K'.adaelli and cniii- 

 liiiies -i/e and xi^nr with a splmidid 

 enlnr. ( 1p y-ani heiniste .Mniilieny i- mie 

 ,:{' the \ery lai'Liest ill si/c. yet rel.aiiis a 



ln\el\ lildsll. Tlliise wlln Used tn nrnw 



I he idd riiiladelphia can |iictiire this, as 

 it i- a duplicate in e\my way. niily 

 twier :i- lai-M,.. I". S. N'.allis is well 

 kiinwii ;ini| hardlv needs tmichiiie mi. 1 

 lirne drnpped Thirkell l.ecaiise it make- 

 such w retidii d Inliane a II summer and 



Veijiiw l-'.atnli i- lint liecdi'd ally lllnre. 



Mr-. W. !\mx. a- a shnit \asc \ariety. 

 is .a \ei\- prmnisiiie nnwcniner. .as is 



.a 1-11 \! 1-. ( .en. 1 leech, ill t he yellnW s. 



Pink. 



I'iid^: Mnitmi 1'. I'lanl. W. hiickhani. 

 Waleiie Creinlnam, N'inl.a. 'i', li'ichardsmi. 

 l,a.'\ I |i I'lli iin I'm c ai l\ . I.eila I'ilkins 

 hiler. 



■jiln-e wlln w e le pri\ile^e<| tn -ee .Mni- 

 tmi I-', riaiil aLiiee that it is the kine 

 pin ill |.iiik- and next vear will ciil hiick- 

 haiii nut a- • ■ the ■ ■ pink. imiuenso in 

 si/e. with Applelmi -lelii .■iml fnliane. it 

 will -ilciice the i.-irpii;;^ critic wlm is ;il 

 \\a\s xeliine I'm fnliae,' up In I he llnwer. 



i)mkliail' h.-l- lieeii set lip lllnle tliail 



;iii\ nther pink this year and. generally 

 -pe:ikine. Ill tine sli.ape. Iml sn m;iiiv 

 cninplain i<\' it tlmt i'lanl will he \er\ 

 U,.|cnl!ie. \':ihaie (lieeiiham ha- prnVe.i 

 \,V\ -al i-f,-|i tnl\ .-Hid -nine Splendid 

 llnWel- have heel! shnWII at .Madl-nll. New 

 \'mk lllld iilher places. X'inia i- alsn 

 \ cr\ lai-ee and a \ery •j,niii\ cnlnr. .\ 11 

 nther \ear wiil -ee this hii'eely e|-nwn. 

 T. li'ii-liardsnii Willi :i ceililicate for itself 

 .•111,1 ill lioht pinks i- ;in inimeiise .and 

 \er\ lieantiful \.-iriety. The cnlnr is the 

 same -li:iile as i-aich;iiil less cariiatinii. 

 l,ad\ ||n|ietmin A\as slinwii in wniidei'ful 



shape ;lt several places, tlinUgll it Cau 



hardly he kejit in L;nnd shape after No- 



Minlier 1, which is the reasnii I coui)le 

 it with I.eila f'llKins. wlii(-!i gises almost 

 the same shade some two w('(>ks later. 

 I mil\ saw one vase of Morel this year, 

 and th.at. aloiinside of j-'ilkiiis, w:\s a 

 sniry sinht. 



Crimson. 



1 riinsmi: .Merstham <rimsnii. .Mrs. IT. 

 !',-ii ll idee. S. r. Wright. W. K". t huridi, 

 I nieiisity and II. .1. .loiies. 



The first iianied is the most lieantiful 

 thiiiu ill its color I ha\e soon and throe 

 Ihivvers in the Wells o.xhiliit that had been 

 shipped frniM i-".iinlaiid were -et uj) in 

 |,ei fed cniiditinii aiid kojd Sn diiriug a 

 fiiiir d;ivs' exhiliitioii in I Miilatlelpia. 

 With me llie \ery early Imd had too uuich 

 neck Init latir Imds developed lovely 

 llowcrs, Mrs. Partridge is very good, 

 and. i;esl of all, does not liiiiii ill the 

 sun. ,-is almost all nf niir fine reds do. 

 It has e, 1(1(1, flee nrnwtli aiid line foli- 

 aL;e and stmi. S. T. Wright last year 

 did lint sliiiw Up very well but this year. 

 -ii'ick later .-ind Lirnwii in a Oiiich pot, 

 ha- -hnwn it- merits. se\-eral growers 

 -citiiiu it lip in perfect cniiditinii. Cliuroli 

 1- wcTl kimwn. Its niily faults are a 



1 1- habit .-Mid hard In get started and 



-n in:iiiv tlnwei-s, ill place of rolloxing. 

 tiiin III and shnw a steely brnii/e reverse. 



llllell-il\ -linW- \ely filH' cnlnr aild tllC 



nid 11. .1. .Iiiiie- still sets up ill line shape. 

 Other Colors. 



•|'li, auV nther cnlnr r-1,-1.— cunK-lillS 



„,iiie -pleiidi.l Illinois th.-it hardly lit in 

 with the -tandard cnlnrs Init imisl not 

 li\ aiiv means be hdt out. Mrs. G. 

 !lc;iiime is a saliiimi biilT and has bi'Cn 

 >,|inkeii nt' several liiiies in these imtes. 

 .Mis. .Inhii v.. hiiiiiie is one (d' the most 

 distinct thing- nf the yotir. i'"iiie in 

 si, an and fidiane. the color is perhaps, 

 best described as old rose. A v(M-y showy 

 \;iriety, l-;. J. I '.rooks, a rosy purple, is 

 far su])orior to ( ariington, which has 

 been for yi'urs a leader in that class, 

 r'.rnnks wiil be largely i:rnw n when bet- 



