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"The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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XOVEMUEU 21, 1!)07. 



held November 13 and lA,— Among the 

 tispecially commendable features were 

 the begonias shown by F. C. Smith. 

 Hall & Robinson showed some splendid 

 carnations and their basket of Eich- 

 mond roses and valley was excellent. 

 They also showed some line orchids. 

 The chrysanthemum cut blooms were 

 iiot as good as in former years, but 

 the single chrysanthemums attracted 

 much favorable attention. 



The principal exhibitors and prize- 

 winners for plants were: A. Piuoteau, 

 of the citv parks; "NV. G. Pascoe, gar- 

 dener ^or E. Eeford; J. S. Eddy, gar- 

 wiener for A. H. Sims; J. Pidduck, gar- 

 dener at Mount Eoyal park ; F. C. Smith, 

 jjardener for Sir William Van Horn; 

 C. A. Smith, gardener for T. A. Dawes, 

 and Hall & Kobinsou and Wilshire 

 Bros. 



The cut chrysanthemums were large- 

 ly from the same exhibitors, with the 

 addition of Thomas Fewtress, gardener 

 to H. A. Allenger, and E. J. Haywood, 

 gardener to John Berkey. Hall & Eob- 

 inson were the principal exhibitors of 

 carnations and roses and divided the 

 premiums on made-up floral work with 

 Wilshire Bros. P. McKenna & Son had 

 a trade exhibit of begonias. 



The judges of cut flowers were Mr. 

 Smith and J. Bennett, and Mr. Pew- 

 tress and Mr. Hayward for the plants. 



DRACAENA MANDAIANA. 



Dracaena Mandaiana, which had its 

 first introduction to the trade at large 

 at the Philadelphia convention of the 

 Society of American Florists, was 

 awarded the Shaw gold medal at St. 

 Louis last week for the best new plant 

 of American origin. It is a cross of 



Draca-'ua terminalis and D. Youngii 

 and W. A. Manda, with Avhom it orig- 

 inated, at South Orange, N. J., says 

 that he considers it the finest of all the 

 red hybrid dracronas. The 4ftcompany- 

 ing illustration gives a good idea of the 

 plant, tlie larger picture being from a 

 photograph of the house of this variety 

 now to bo seen at South Orange. The 

 piants grow from two to four feet high 

 and kijep Avell their broad claret red 

 foliage, which is of extra good sub- 

 stance, showing the veins plainly. The 

 characteristic color is shown on plants 

 all the way from the cutting stage to 

 mature specimens, and the color is 

 heightened in the third to the fifth mid- 

 dle leaves. The plant is of easy growth 

 and even snails, the terror of dracajnas, 

 do not molest it. The flowers and rich 

 scarlet fruits are also showy. Mr. Manda 

 considers it an ideal Christmas plant 

 and one that is sure to be grown in 

 largo quantities. 



ST. LOUIS. 



First Fall Flower Show. 



The first fall flower show given by 

 the St. Louis Horticultural Society was 

 held November 12 to 14 in the new hall 

 of the United Railways at Grand and 

 Park avenues. The hall is 100x100 and 

 proved a magnificent place in which to 

 hold such a show. There was a grand 

 display of plants, cut roses, carnations 

 and chrysanthemums. In the special de- 

 signs Fred H. Weber's automobile was 

 a great attraction; also the grotto, made 

 up of plants, birds and gold fish, with 

 colored electric effects, by the St. Louis 

 Seed Co., came in for admiration. Fred 

 C. Weber 's display in this class was a 



Dracaena Mandaiana. 



tastefully arranged one, with Golden 

 Wedding chrysanthemums, violets and 

 asparagus. 



The attendance for the first day was 

 not as good as expected, though select, 

 but it increased during the remainder 

 of the week, through liberal notices in 

 the daily papers. 



The judges were Philip J. Hauswirth, 

 W. W. Coles and Andrew Meyer, Sr. 



The awards were as follows: 



Forty -eight chrysanthemum blooms, 

 eight varieties, six blooms in each vase. 

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

 with T. Eaton, A. J. Balfour, Col. Ap- 

 pleton, Angele Laurent, Mary Mann, 

 Yellow Eaton, Guy Hamilton and Pre- 

 fect Tillier; second, H. W. Buckbee, 

 Eockford, 111., with Miss May Seddon, 

 A. J. Balfour, Mrs. Jerome Jones, Dr. 

 Enguehard, Brutus, Yellow Eaton, T. 

 Carrington and Meratham Eed; third, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111., 

 with Chadwick, T. Eaton, Col. Appleton, 

 White Bonnaffon, Dr. Enguehard, Golden 

 Wedding, Maud Dean and Yellow 

 Eaton. 



Fifty chrysanthemum blooms ar- 

 ranged for effect. First, H. W. Buckbee, 

 with Guy Hamilton; second, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., with Yellow Eaton; third. 

 Himmer Bros., St. Louis, with Major 

 Bonnaffon. 



Twenty-five chrysanthemum blooms, 

 white. E, G. Hill Co., first, with Eaton; 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., second, with 

 Eaton; H. W. Buckbee, third, with 

 Jerome Jones. 



Twenty-five chrysanthemum blooms, 

 yellow. E, G. Hill Co., first, with Yel- 

 low Eaton; Nathan Smith & Son, sec- 

 ond, with Appleton; H. W. Buckbee, 

 third, with Appleton. 



Twenty-five chrysanthenmm blooms, 

 pink. H. W. Buckbee, first, with Dr. 

 Enguehard; E. G. Hill Co., second, with 

 A. J. Balfour; Nathan Smith & Son, 

 third, with Dr. Enguehard. 



Twenty-five chrysanthemum blooms, 

 any other color. E. G. Hill Co., first, 

 with Amateur Conseil; Nathan Smith & 

 Son, second, with T. Carrington; H. W. 

 Buckbee, third, with Wm. E. Church. 



Fifty chrysanthemum blooms, not less 

 than twenty varieties on mossed banks. 

 E. G. Hill Co^ first; H. W. Buckbee, 

 second; Nathan Smith & Sons, third. 



Displays of pompon chrysanthemums. 



E. G. Hill Co., first; Koenig Floral Co., 

 second. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. had on dis- 

 play a fine vase of its new yellow chrys- 

 anthemum, Golden Eagle, which attract- 

 ed a great deal of attention. 



Six vases of ' roses, six varieties, 

 twenty-five blooms in each vase, Ameri- 

 can Beauties excluded. First, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., with Perle, Cardinal, 

 Killarney, Bridesmaid, Bride and Chate- 

 nay; second, Peter Eeinberg, Chicago, 

 with Killarney, Ivory, Marshall Field, 

 Eichmond, Chatenay and Uncle John. 



Fifty American Beauties. Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first; Peter Eeinberg, second; 



F. H. Weber, third. 



Fifty Richmond. Peter Eeinberg, 

 first. 



Fifty Bride. Weiland & Olinger, first ; 

 Peter Eeinberg, second. 



Fifty Bridesmaid. Weiland & Olinger, 

 first; Peter Eeinberg, second. 



Fifty roses, any variety, American 

 Beauty excluded. Peter Eeinberg, first, 

 with Marshall Field ; Weiland & Olinger, 

 second, with Chatenay. 



Heller Bros., of New Castle, Ind., 

 exhibited a fine lot of roses. The varie- 

 ties were their new rose, W. E. Smith, 



