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NOTEMBEK 21, 1»07. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



House of Drararna Mandatana at "W. A. Maoda's, Rutherford, N. J. 



Anierican Beauty, Killarney and Bride. 

 These were not for competition. 



One hundred carnation blooms, one 

 variety. First, E, G. Hill Co., witii 

 Afterglow; second, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 with White Perfection; third, Chicago 

 Carnation Co., with Aristocrat. 



Ten vases carnations, ten varieties, 

 twenty-five blooms in each vase. First, 

 Chicago Carnation Co., with White Per- 

 fection, Enchantress, Aristocrat, Rose- 

 pink Enchantress, Beacon, Daybreak 

 LawBon, Bed Chief, Winsor, Welcome 

 and White Enchantress; second, H. W. 

 Buckbee, with Melody, Rose-pink En- 

 chantress, Beacon, Winsor, Lady 

 Bountiful, Enchantress, Red Lawson, 

 White Lawson, White Enchantress 

 and T. W. Lawson; third, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., with Winsor, Beacon, Victory, 

 White Lawson, T. W. Lawson, Enchant- 

 ress, White Perfection, Rose-pink En- 

 chantress, Aristocrat and Robert Craig. 



Fifty white carnations. Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first, with White Perfection; 

 E. G. Hill Co., second, with White En- 

 chantress; Weiland & dinger. New , 

 Castle, Ind., tliird, with White Perfec- 

 tion. 



Fifty light j)ink carnations. H. W. 

 Buckbee, first, with Enchantress; E. G. 

 Hill Co., second, and Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., third, both with Rose-pink Enchant- 

 ress. 



Fifty dark pink carnations. E. G. 

 Hill Co., first, with Afterglow; Chicago 

 Carnation Co., second, with Aristocrat; 

 H. W. Buckbee, third, with Lawson. 



Eifty red carnations. Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first, with Beacon; H. W. 

 Buckbee, second, with Red I^awson; Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co., third, with Beacon. 



Fifty variegated carnations. Weiland 

 & Olinger, first, with Mrs. Patton. 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, showed 

 their new red carnation, Orlaiid P. Bas- 

 sett. This was an attraction for the 

 carnation growers. 



The B., K. & B. Floral Co.. Rich- 

 mond, Ind,, exhibited its new white car- 

 nations, Sarah Hill and Lawson-En- 

 chantress. 



R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati, O., 

 staged for exhibition his fine pink. Aft- 

 erglow, and a new white, Snowdrift. 



Shaw Premiums. 



Two of each, araucaria, pandanus, 

 areca, kentia, latania, rhapis, nephrole- 

 |)is and phcpnix. Wni. Schray & Sons, 

 first; Sanders iVurseries, second; C. 

 Young & Sons Co., third. 



Eighteen begonias. J. A. Peterson, 

 Cincinnati, first; Bentzen Floral Co., 

 second. 



Fifteen berried plants. Koenig Floral 

 Co., first; Vaughan's Greenhouses, sec- 

 ond; Wm. Schray & Sons, third. 



Group of cacti, A. G. Greiner, first. 



Twenty-five blooming plants, eight or 

 more varieties, chrysanthemums exclud- 

 ed. Wm. Schray & gons, first; Bentzen 

 Floral Co., second. 



Twelve geraniums. W. Bruecker, 

 first; Koenig Floral Co., second; Bent- 

 zen floral Co., third. 



Best palm, fern or decorative plant. 

 Sanders Nurseries, first ; Koenig Floral 

 Co., second; C. Young & Sons Co., third. 



Blooming plant, chrysanthemum ex- 

 cluded, J. A. Peterson, first, with 

 Agatha begonia; Koenig Floral Co., sec- 

 ond with red salvia. 



Group of variegated foliage plants. 



Wm. Schray & Sons, first ; Sanders 

 Nurseries, second. 



Group of chrysanthenuim plants, to 

 occupy fifty square feet. Koenig Floral 

 (Jo., first ; W. Bruecker, second ; San- 

 ders Nurseries, third, 



T>venty-five chrysanthemum plants 

 jirown to a single stem. Vaughan's 

 (ireenliouses, first; C. Young & Sons Co., 

 second. 



Collection of odd chrysantheuunns. 

 Koenig Floral Co., first; Sanders 

 Nurseries, second. 



Chrysanthemum grown in standard 

 form. Vaughan's Greenliouses, first; 

 Samlcrs Nurseries, second; H. W. Buck- 

 bee, third. 



(Chrysanthemum plant, white. Vaugh- 

 an's (Jreenhouses, first; H. W. Buckbee, 

 second ; Koenig Floral Co., third. 



("hrysanthemum plant, yellow. Vaugh- 

 jin 's (ireenhouses^ first ; Koenig Floral 

 Co., second; H. W. Buckbee, third. 



Chrysanthenuim plant, any other color. 

 Vaughan's (Jreenhouses, fi^st : H. W. 

 Buckbee, second; Koenig Fforal Co., 

 third. 



Odilest chrysantl^mum. Vaughan 's 

 (ireenhouses, first; T<oenig Floral Co., 

 second. 



Largest chrysanthemum plant. Vaugh- 

 an's Greenhou.«es, first; Koenig Floral 

 Co., second. 



The Henry Shaw medal for best plant 

 of decided merit for cultivation, not pre- 

 viously an article of North American 

 commerce, and introduced to such com- 

 merce by exhibitor during the year in 

 which said award is made, won by W.^ A. 

 Manda, South Orange, N. J., with Dra- 

 caena Mandaiana. 



The S. A. F. medal for the best plant 



