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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOTBUBBB 15, 1906. 



Among the best for pots are Baroness 

 Rothschild, Magna Charta, La Beine, 

 Mme. Gabriel Luizet, Ulrich Brunner 

 and Captain Hayward. There are oth- 

 ers, but don't go in for too many varie- 

 ties — a few sorts and well grown is what 

 pays. William Scott. 



OX-EYED DAISIES. 



I send you several flowers, of which 

 I would like to know the correct name. 

 It is a perennial, blooming mostly in 

 May and June, and lasting well after 

 cutting. C. D. 



This plant is the well-known ox-eyed 

 daisy. It is also called horse daisy, dog 



daisy, moon daisy, and whiteweed. Bo- 

 tanically, it is known as Leucanthemum 

 vulgare, and Chrysanthemum Leucanthe- 

 mum. It used to be separated from the 

 chrysanthemums by some authors, be- 

 cause of its broad, flat involucre. Its 

 range extends over the United States and 

 Arctic America, so it is amply hardy. 

 In parts of New England the ox-eyed 

 daisy is a great annoyance to farmers, 

 by taking possession of fields and pas- 

 tures. In Kansas it has also proved a 

 land-grabber. In Illinois it has not es- 

 tablished itself extensively, but in the 

 milder climate of Texas, if allowed to 

 get away, it might become a bad field 

 weed. " John Higgins. 



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THE AUTUMN 



EXHIBITIONS 



CHICAGO. 



The most successful innovation in con- 

 nection with last week 's flower show 

 •was keeping it open Sunday at a re- 

 duced admission, for Sunday afternoon 

 broke the week's record for attendance. 

 Sunday evening the crowd was large and 

 would doubtless have been much greater 

 had the weather been less inclement, so 

 that it may be taken for granted that 

 all future shows in Chicago will preach 

 "a sermon in flowers." a good attend- 

 ance on Sunday was just what was need- 

 ed to revive the spirits of the tired 

 management, for, great as was the artis- 

 tic achievement, it is the dismal fact that 

 last year's financial success was not re- 

 peated. Every day the gate receipts fell 

 short, with favoring weather conditions 

 until Saturday, when a cold drizzle cut a 

 great hole in the receipts. With a splendid 

 show, good press work, and all things 

 favorable save the conflict with election 

 day and a forty-eight hours ' charity 

 bazaar, it is impossible to explain the 

 decreased attendance, although conjec- 

 tures are many ; but the fact remains that 

 the Horticultural Society, financially, 

 now is about where it has been in most 

 o^f the years preceding the last. 



On Sunday the great value of the re- 

 tailers' displays again was demonstrated. 

 No premiums were offered for Sunday, 

 and so no fresh stock was shown save 

 by the retailers, whose bright, fresh, re- 

 arranged booths looked all the better by 

 contrast with the stock which had stood 

 unreplenished during the entire week. 

 The retailers changed their displays 

 daily, so that there was always some- 

 thing new about them, and they were, 

 as last year, the great artistic success 

 of the show, and splendid advertisements 

 for these enterprising stores: Ganger & 

 Gonnley, C, Frauenfelder, J. F. Kidwell 

 & Brc, August Lange, A. Mc Adams, 

 Eaton's Flower Shop, Schiller, A, Sim- 

 mons, W. J. Smyth, E. Hobbs Co., Ernst 

 Weinhoeber Co., the George Wittbold Co., 

 Central Floral Co., Chas. A. Samuelson. 



The Carnations. 



The showing of carnations was some- 

 thing remarkable in view of the lateness 

 of the crops this fall. Quality never 

 was better, and the flowers lasted well. 

 The principal exhibitors were Poehlmann 



Bros. Co., and they not only showed more 

 varieties, but won more premiums than 

 any other exhibitor. Still it was dis- 

 tinctly a red letter event for the Chicago 

 Carnation Co. Not only was Aristocrat 

 the center of interest, but they succeed- 

 ed in capturing fifteen first premiums. 

 They had four grand varieties in Aris- 

 tocrat, White Perfection, No. 49, red, 

 and Rose-pink Enchantress. Sol Garland 

 came to the front with a couple of win- 

 ners. 



S. S. Skidelsky, Philadelphia, staged a 

 fine vase of B. Schroeter's Rose-pink En- 

 chantress which, next to Aristocrat, at- 

 tracted more attention than any other 

 variety in the show. 



August Von Boesselager, Mt. Clem- 

 ens, Mich., sent a light pink sport of 

 Lawson. 



¥. R. Ir.erson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 staged a couple of splendid vases of 

 Winsor, light pink, which were well 

 thought of. 



F. Dorner &i,Sons Co., Laiayette, Ind., 

 staged Red Chief, Bonnie Maid, Winona, 

 Rose-pink Enchantress, and No. 30. The 

 first two are to be sent out this season. 



Charles Knopf, Richmond, Ind., at- 

 tracted considerable attention with his 

 new white, Sarah Hill. 



Bassett & Washburn had a vase of 

 their red seedling. 



Special Exhibits. 



The Eden Nurseries, Eden, Pa., staged 

 a fine group of decorative plants and 

 horticultural novelties. 



D. Hill, the Dundee Nurseries, Dun- 

 dee, 111., • made a large showing of its 

 specialties, evergreens. 



Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, was 

 given space for a large group of sam- 

 ples. 



Peter Reinberg was awarded the Ham- 

 mond premium on a table of roses fresh- 

 ened up each day. There were about 

 twenty varieties on the table, a vase of 

 each variety Mr. Reinberg grows. 



Vaughan's Seed Store attracted much 

 attention with an exhibit showing how 

 seeds are tested for germination. 



J. F. Kidwell put up a nice group of 

 kentias, not for competition. 



The Selfridge collection of orchids was 

 represented for a day by a group which 

 was probably the most valuable ever 

 shown at a local exhibition. A large 



number of varieties were represented, all 

 splendid plants in fine flower, and for 

 the time the group was allowed to re- 

 main away from Lincoln park it was the 

 most attractive feature of the show. 



The Awards. 



The awards up to Wednesday evening 

 were published last week. Those of the 

 closing days were as follows : 



Carnations. 



Fifty White Lawson, Anton Then first, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. second. 



Fifty White Cloud, Bassett & Wash- 

 burn first. 



Fifty Boston Market, Peter Reinberg 

 first. 



Fifty Lady Bountiful, Anton Then 

 first, Poehlmann Bros. Co. second. 



Fifty Lieut. Peary, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first. 



Fifty any other white, Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. first, on White Perfection; 

 Gunnar Teilmann, Marion, Ind., second, 

 on Moonlight. 



Fifty Cardinal, Anton Then first, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. second. 



Fifty Red Lawson, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first, H. W. Buckbee second. 



Fifty any other red, Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. first, on No. 49; Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. second, on Victory. 



Fifty Harlowarden, Bassett & Wash- 

 burn first, Anton Then second. 



Fifty Enchantress, Chicago Carnation 

 Co. first, Poehlmann Bros. Co. second. 



Fifty Mrs. Lawson, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first, Bassett & Washburn second. 



Fifty Fiancee, Chicago Carnation Co. 

 first, Anton Then second. 



Fifty Nelson Fisher, A. C. Brown, 

 Springfield, 111., first. 



Fifty any other pink of Daybreak 

 class, W. C. Hill Floral Co., Streator, 

 111., first, on Melody; Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. second, on Phyllis. 



Fifty any other pink Scott class, Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. first, on Fiancee; E. 

 H. Blameuser, Niles Center, 111., second, 

 on sport of Enchantress. 



Fifty any other pink Lawson class, 

 Chicago Carnation Co. first, on Aristo- 

 crat; J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. 

 second, on Rachel Thompson. 



Fifty Mrs. Patten, Sol Garland, Des 

 Plaines, 111., first; Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 second. 



Fifty Prosperity, Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 first, H. W. Buckbee second. 



Fifty white introduced 1906, Chicago 

 Carnation Co. first, with White Perfec- 

 tion; Bassett & Washburn second, abo 

 with White Perfection. 



Fifty Scott pink introduced 1906, Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. first, on Rose-pink 

 Enchantress; J. C. Ahrensfeld second, 

 also on Rose-pink Enchantress. 



Fifty Lawson pink introduced 1906, 

 Gunnar Teilmann first, on Candace. 



Fifty red introduced 1906, Sol Gar- 

 land first, on Robt. Craig ; J.. D. Thomp- 

 son Carnation Co. second, also on Craig. 



Fifty any other color introduced 1906, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. first, on Glendale. 



One hundred white, Chicago Carnation 

 Co. first, on White Perfection; Podil- 

 mann Bros. Co. second, on Gov. Wolcott. 

 1 One hundred Daybreak pink, Chicago 

 Carnation Co. first, on Enchantress; 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. second, also on 

 Enchantress. 



One hundred Scott pink, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. first, on Rose-pink Enchan- 

 tress. 



One hundred Lawson pink, Chicago 

 Carnation Co. first, on Aristocrat; Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. second, on Lawson. 



One hundred red, Chicago Carnation 



