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The Weekly Florists'" Review* 



March 14, 1907. 



Twenty-five, any other color, Peter 

 Eeinberg first, on Uncle John. 



Basket of flowers, Theo. Miller first; 

 F. C. Weber second ; E. J, Windier third. 



Vase of flowers, F. C. Weber first; 

 Theo. Miller second. 



There were many visitors in town. 

 Among them were Leonard Kill, Chi- 

 cago; Peter Olsen, A. F. Longren and 

 J. D. Thompson, Joliet, 111.; A. C. 

 Brown, Mrs. A. C. Canfield, Springfield, 

 111.; C. L. Washburn, Chicago; Geo. 

 Kuhl, Pekin, 111. ; A. E. Knowles, Bloom- 

 ington, III.; M. Barker, Chicago; J. S. 

 Wilson, Western Springs, 111. 



On Wednesday afternoon the society 

 gave a dinner to all the members and 

 visitors, at the Colonial Cafe. 



In the evening the society held its an- 

 nual meeting and elected officers as fol- 

 lows: President, Edward Mallenckrodt ; 

 vice-president, Leonard Mathews; secre- 

 tary, 0. G. Koenig; treasurer, Fred C. 

 Weber. The society, it is said, will at 

 once make preparations for a fall show. 



J. J. B. 



Special prizes were awarded to the 

 following exhibitors for booths erected 

 in the show: St. Louis Plant and Seed 

 Co., Koenig Floral Co., C. Young & Sons 

 Co. and Fred C. Weber. All the first 



display a large collection of Whitmani 

 ferns, dracajnas, blooming azaleas and 

 Philadelphia Eamblers. 



HOW ST. LOUIS LOOKED TO ME. 



The spring flower show at St. Louis 

 last week was a decided success in my 

 opinion. There were a number of novel 

 features which were very attractive. The 

 best feature was the beautiful appear- 

 ance of the hall on entering. The first 

 view the visitor got made the hall seem 

 like an enchanted island, filled with flow- 

 ers artistically arranged to blend their 

 colors in a most delightful manner. 

 This pleasing effect started the visitor 

 o^ a tour of admiration around the hall 

 and it accomplished a vast amount of 

 favorable advertising for the flower 

 trade in St. Louis. 



The exhibit of spring flowers was the 

 largest and most complete I ever saw. 

 The arrangement of tulips, daffs, hya- 

 cinths and valley in baskets, pots, etc., 

 decorated with ribbons and coverings, 

 showed excellent taste, Mr. Weber's 

 booth had a mantel decoration, a very 

 handsome basket of roses and several 

 vases all well done, which, with the ar- 

 rangement of plants, made a fine adver- 

 tisement for his business; Theo. Miller 



immense flower, four inches in diameter, 

 well built and a peculiar dark wine 

 shade in color. It is certainly a fine 

 novelty. The Chicago Carnation Co. 

 had a choice exhibit and Aristocrat 

 showed up well. They had a vase of 

 Witterstatter 's J. A. Valentine, a fine 

 carnation of a color between Enchantress 

 and Win^or that looks like a good thing. 

 Tlie J. D. Thompson Co. had a good lot 

 of flowers. A vase of Eobert Craig was 

 exceptionally good. There were a num- 

 ber of other good carnation exhibits. 

 (Bassett & Washburn's i\o. 20 at- 

 tracted its share of attention. — Ed.) In 

 the roses, Peter Eeinberg had two vases, 

 one of Chatenay and one of Eichmond,. 

 with stems four to five feet long. We 

 don't wonder the alderman has to keep 

 raising the roofs of his greenhouses if 

 he grows that kind of stock. The E. G. 

 Hill Co. had a vase of its new rose,. 

 Ehea Eeid, similar in color to the Amer- 

 ican Beauty. The flower is very solid, 

 though not as large as a Beauty. The 

 stems and foliage were fine. The color 

 appears a little dull at first, but we 

 think if the plants were grown m our 

 rich Illinois corn soil that the color 

 might be brightened up a little. 



The welcome extended the visitors 

 made one feel right at home and the 



A Bench of Enchantress. A House of Beauties Just Setting Bud. 



Scenes at George M. Kellogg's, Pleasant Hill^ Mo. 



and second awards carried a cash prize 

 in addition to ribbons. 



Special mention was made of the fol- 

 lowing: 



George A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111., exhibitor 

 of four varieties of ferns, the most nota- 

 ble of which were the Whitmani and 

 Piersoni. 



The E. G. Hill Co., Eichmond, Ind., 

 showed a vase of Ehea Eeid rose, a good, 

 large flower on stiff stem. 



Bassett & Washburn, Hinsdale, 111., 

 exhibited a vase of seedling No, 20, a 

 bright red carnation, large size and good 

 stem, 



A, C. Brown, Springfield, 111., showed 

 a lairge vase of mixed carnations, con- 

 taining a number of well-giown varie- 

 ties. 



Heller Bros., Newcastle, Ind., showed 

 three vases of carnations for exhibition 

 only. 



Theodore Miller, St, Louis, a table 

 decoration of yellow jonquils and violets, 



F, H, Meinhardt, fifty-seven varieties 

 of cut flowers, 



Alex, Waldbart & Sons, a group of 

 beautiful specimen palms. 



Vaughan 's Seed Store, Chicago, had on 



had a number of artistic baskets, vases, 

 etc, and must have made a decided hit 

 with the visitors. Another firm had a 

 small "greenhouse" made of smilax and 

 filled with plants and flowers, forming a 

 novel and handsome exhibit. 



There were several choice exhibits of 

 plants arranged for effect that were fine. 



J. S. Wilson, of Vaughan 's Green- 

 houses, brought down two beautiful 

 specimen azaleas and several other 

 plants. Geo. A. Kuhl, of Pekin, had a 

 fine show of bulbous plants and there 

 were several exhibits of Japanese and 

 Bermuda Easter lilies which were splen- 

 did considering how late all lilies are. 



In the cut flowers the show of carna- 

 tions was very good. A. C. Brown, of 

 Springfield, had a fine vase of his new 

 carnation. Gov. Deneen. Brother Brown 

 is a sly dog and though a little deaf has. 

 extremely good eyesight. He had deco- 

 rated his fellow townswoman, Mrs. Ar- 

 thur Canfield, with an immense specimen 

 of the Governor and, as Mrs. Canfield 

 was the "belle of the ball," it took the 

 wind all out of the sails of the rest of 

 us. However, the Gov. Deneen is an 



many courtesies which were extended us 

 will cause us to always remember with 

 pleasure the first exhibition of the St. 

 Louis Horticultural Society. St. Louia 

 is a good flower town, a city of well to 

 do, appreciative people, and the exhi- 

 bition cannot but have done much to add 

 to the love of flowers. Thus it helps all 

 in the trade and is worthy of all sup- 

 port. C. L. Washburn. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



There is considerable improvement in 

 conditions as compared with a week ago. 

 A good supply of flowers of all kinds 

 is arriving, but stock cleans out much 

 better. Wintry conditions still prevail 

 and we have plenty of snow, altkough 

 clearer skies have been vouchsafed to us. 

 Eoses are in tolerably good supply ex- 

 cept Brides, which are quite scarce. 

 Beauties are in fair supply, but not in 

 much demand, other roses and spring 

 flowering stock having the preference. 

 Eichmond, Killarney, ^ Wellesley and 



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