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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NiiVC.MUKK 14, I'Jfl". 



hous>c.s lii>t. II. W. Jiiickbcc si'coiid. A. 8. 

 Trade thii'il. 



Speeinitni jilaiit siuylc. \;nii;li;in 's 

 ( ireeiihousts lirst. A. S. Tnidc sccoikI. 



S|i('ciiiiciL |d;tiit ancTiKiiic, X'aiij^liaii 's 

 ( i iiTnliiiiiv V lirsi, A. S. Tiiidi' srcinid. 

 M. A. h'vri-..n third. 



Stiiiidavd plant. \:m;^liaii's (ivcni 

 iiiitiscs lirsi. A. S. 'J'r.iidi' sr<-(iiid. M. A. 

 Ii'viM'Sdii tliiicl. 



Fi\t' staiidard> in li\i' varieties. 

 V'aiiyliaii "s ( M'eeidiMii^i's lirst, A. S. Tniile 

 second. 



Five siiceiincu plants in variety. 

 \'aiif;lian's Grecnlumses first, II. W. 

 I'.iieklieo second, .1. .1. :Mit(du'll third. 



I'ixe single \arieties. N'aiiiihan's CJieeu- 

 liouses first. A. S. Trade seeoiid. 



Five ]iiini|Hui varieties. \'au>ihan's 

 ( i rocnhoiises first. A. S. Tnide secunil. 



T\v(dve phmts yolltiw to sinyle stem, 

 Xauf^han's (ireeidieusrs first. JI. \V. 

 i'.iiekliee second. 



Twelve plants white to sin<ile stem, 

 \;nighau 's Greenlioii>es first, II. \V. liiiek- 

 Imi- seconcl. 



<ii-(iiiji ui' elirvsanlhemiim plants. 



S|K'einieu cdirysant lieiniim ]dant, M. A. 

 L'yersiin first. A. S?. 'J'riide second. 



Standai'ij (•hry>an1 hi'inum plant. .M. A. 

 IJyerson first. A. S. Trade secoml. 



Half standar<i chrysanthennini plant, 

 A. !S. Tnide first. .1. .1. Mitchell second. 



Window diox. M. .\. Kyerson fiist. the 



)■;. I'\ W'i MtelSdII siher cllli. 



T\\e|\e (■iirysii nt heiill II ldo(jilis whte. 



II. W. limdvhee Crsl. 



TweKc (dirysant lieniiiiii Idooms yellow. 

 1\. T. (raiio, A. Johnson yarih'in'i', lirst ; 

 II. W. Biickbce second. 



Twelve chrysantheiniun Idooms pink, 

 II. W. lincklH'e first. H. T. Crane second. 



The jiresence of Mr. l}ii(d\liee anion*; 

 the private gardeners is exjdained by an 

 iiror ill the s(diednle, which slated (dasses 

 llt> to li'.'i inclusive were limited to pri- 

 vate yarden(>rs, when 110 to lllti was in- 

 tended. .Mr. Hiickbee entered every (dass 

 he had stock for. 



( ollection of vegetables. M. M. jtarton 

 lirst. \i. T. Crane second. 



• 'ollection vi' vegetables ^rowii from 

 Naiiyiian 's seeds, E. M. Barton first. 



exiiibits, from Alelini's Xnrsery, Doug- 

 las' JSons, I'eterson Xur.sery, SSwaia Nel- 

 son (^- Sons, and Vaiighan 's Green- 

 houses. 



Notes. 



The benefit Mower booth did a big 

 business under the management of \V. P. 

 Kyle, who Ii.ad the as,sistance of II. E. 

 i'liilj)ott as child' salesman. 



\V. 1'. Craig and W. .\. Hndd were dis- 

 appointed at the way the judges scored 

 their pets. If the Cubs had been no more 

 successful tlian were tliis set of judges 

 at rolling up good scores, we never would 

 have won the world's (diampionshij). 



In addition to the trade displays noted 

 in last week's report, W. A. Mauda 

 brought a group of his new dracanias 

 from South Orange, N. J. 



Among the succes.sfiil features was 

 the voting contest on the school to re- 

 ceive the collection of house plants. The 

 efforts of the jmpils to get their friends 

 to attend and vote no dotdjt helped the 

 attendance materially. Alois Fry's twen- 

 ty-five mums whi(di were namwl bv lot 



Beacon. Second f)rl.inil P. Bassett, First. 



The Two Best Vases of Carnations in the Class for 100 Red at Chicago, November 8. 



\ auiiliaii's ( iveeiihoiis.'S first. Frank 

 Oorirslin second. -M. A. iJyerson thir.l. 



Private Gardeners' Exhibits. 



Tlie e.\liibits of the private -ardeuers 

 wore of uniformly e.xcelleiit (luality, as 

 tliev alway.- are." and liie special prc- 

 luiiiins served lo bring out a larger com- 

 petition than usual. The awards follow: 



Ten geraniums, .M. A. Kyerson, John 

 Reardon gardener, first ; A. S. Trude, 

 Robert Mueller gardener, second. 



Palm, M. A. Kyerson first, E. G. Uih- 

 lein, II. L. Skjoldagcr gardener, second. 



Croton, .1. J. Mitchell, Geo. Woodward 

 -ardener, first; A. S. Trutie second. 



Dracaena, M. A. i.'yeison first, E. G. 

 Cildein second. 



Pandanus, M. A. Kyerson first, E. G. 

 I'ihlein second. 



Other decorative plant, .1. J. Mitchell 

 first, M. A. Kyerson secon<l. 



Boston fern or sport, J. J. Mitchell 

 both first and second. 



Flowering plant, M. A. Kyerson first, 

 A. S. Trude sec-ond. 



Five foliage plants, J. J. Mitchell 

 first, E. G. IJihlein ;>-con.I. 



Grafted plant, F. G. Viiilein first, A. S. 

 Trade second. 



Special Awards. 



Tlu! ju<lges recommended a cerlilii-.ate 

 of merit for Draca'iia .Mandai.aiia. speci.-il 



lecoeiiition of a ro^e of yellow l-l.atoii 



I'.xhibited by I'oehliiiaini I'.ins. < n., and 

 ^a\e lii^h commendation to the land- 

 .■-eape and s(M'r| display of \aii;^han's 

 ^(>ed Stole. 



Special mention in the judges' rcjioit 

 was ni.'ide of the following: Cycdanieii, 

 exhibited by the Park Flor.al Co.; ('hrys- 

 anthcniuni Mispah, from < . L. Hutchin- 

 son ; philodendron, from 1\ K. Weisser- 

 ter; carnations, from the H. K. & B. Co. ; 

 orchids, from Lager & Ilurrell; Chrysan- 

 thenuim Virginia Poehlniann. from I'oeld 

 mann Bros. Co.; cyclamens, from Krnest 

 Oechslin; Mrs. .lardine rose, from Kob- 

 ert Scott & Son; Lady Lenox cosmos, 

 from A. T. Boddington; thuya, from .1. 

 Kosenwald; Mme. Laisle rose, from \V. 

 Laisle; Alice Koosevelt rose, from Emil 

 Glauber; Ehea Rcid rose, from E.G.Hill 

 Co.; orchids, from Lincoln park; deco- 

 rative group, from Lincoln park and 

 South park; carnations, from Anton 

 Then ; Red Fisher carnation, from A. 

 C. Canfield; Afterglow, from K. Witter- 

 staetter; plants, from Robert Craig Co.; 

 plants, from J. A. Peterson; nursery 



drawn from a box in which the ladies 

 deposited their cards, was another good 

 advertising fe;iture. One of the mums 

 was named for May Irwin, the actress, 

 and another for Ida Kroeschell. daugh- 

 ter of one i»f the Kroeschell brothers. 



The Banquet. 



Nearly L'OO jiersons, a large majority 

 of them trade visitors, attended the an- 

 nual banquet of the Florists' Club at 

 the Auditorium hotel Saturday evening. 

 \t the right hand of President Bruns sat 

 F. 11. Traendly, of New York, president- 

 elect of the S. A. F., and W. F. Kast- 

 ing, of Buffalo, chairman of the commit- 

 tee on national flower show. These gen- 

 tlemen were unfortunately compelled to 

 take an early train, but those present 

 were given an opportunity to hear them 

 between courses of the banquet. Both 

 Mr. Traendly and Mr. Kasting spoke for 

 united support of the S. A. F. and ita 

 big show next year. Mr, Traendly in- 

 vited co-operation also for the August 

 ■ onvention at Niagara Falls. Mr. Kast- 

 ing outlined the national show arrange- 

 ments as so far completed. 



When the cigars had been reached 

 President Bruns introduced W. N. Rudd 



