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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



XOVKMBKU 21, 1907. 



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or flower novelty of Ame^ici^^ origin 

 was won by E. G. Hill Co., with its new 

 rose, Rhea Reid. 



Retail Disp.'ay*. 



Hamper of chrysanthemums. F. C. 

 Weber, first; C. Young & Sons Co., sec- 

 ond; F. H. Weber, third. 



Handle basket of carnations. C. 

 Young & Sons Co., first, with a high- 

 handle basiket, richly made up with Rose- 

 pink Enchantress with ribbon to match ; 

 Theodore Miller, second, with a hand- 

 some basket made-up witli White Per- 

 fection and ribbon to match; E. H. 

 Weber, third, with Enchantress and rib- 

 bon. 



Mantel decoration of chrysanthemums. 

 C. Young & Sons Co., first, with white 

 mums and ferns; F. H. Weber, second, 

 with white mums and asparagus; E. C. 

 Weber, tiiird, with pink mums and ferns. 



T. L. Metcalfe, of Hopkinsville, Ky., 



K)ii'JiKs, .1. J., Itivertuii, N. J. 



Kill, I.oouarU, and wife, CblciiKO. 



IjOiigren, A. h\, DespluliieH, 111. 



Mauda, W. A., Soutli Orange. >■. J. 



Mann, R. H., Richmond, Ind. 



Olsem, Peter, JoUet, 111. 



Peterson, J. A., and wife. Cincinnati. 



I'oolilmann, .\ti^ust, Chicago. 



I'jfer. A. T., .lollot. 111. 



Skldelsky. S. S., Philadelphia. 



Vesey, Mrs. M. S., Fort Wayne. 



Wilson, J. S., and wife. Western Springs, 111. 



The society entertained the visiting 

 florists at a banquet in the hall in the 

 evening, and the local ladies entertained 

 the visiting ladies at a theater party in 

 the evening at the Century theater, 

 where Eddie Foy is playing in ' ' The 

 Orchid, " 



WASHINGTON. 



Annual Flower Show. 



Ijast week 's show was a surprise to 

 the visiting florists. Every firm, with 

 one or two exceptions, had some sort 

 of an exhibit on the first floor. Z. D. 



A Corner o! the Washington' Flower Show. 



lilackistone had a table done in pompon 

 mums and a mantel with Farleyense and 

 Richmond roses; a bridal bouquet of 

 valley and bouvardia and shower of 

 valley. G. C. Shaffer had a table of 

 Killarney and valley, the mantel of or- 

 chids and valley. He exhibited a bride's 

 bouquet of valley and orchids, with 

 valley shower, and a bridesmaid's bou- 

 quet of Killarney roses. George Cooke 

 exhibited a- table with an umbrella, and 

 base of Farleyense fern and yellow pom- 

 pon mums. The umbrella was also made 

 of pompon mums. He also had a mantel 

 of yellow pompons, Farleyense and Bon- 

 naffon mums. On this floor, S. S. Pen- 

 nock, of Philadelphia, showed a vase of 

 fifty Beauties and a vase of pompon 

 mums. J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, 

 exhibited some Farleyense ferns and 

 Lorraine begonias. The Botanical Gar- 

 dens exhibited a group and table on 

 the second floor. 



In the main Jiall Gude Bros. Co. had 

 a Chinese pagoda twenty-one feet high. 

 This was painted green and yellow and 

 was decorated with smilax. The first 

 and second floors were filled with the 

 leading varieties of mums, grown at 

 their Anacostia plant. It was truly Chi- 

 nese, made from a picture of the pagoda 

 in Pekin, not omitting the dragons, and 

 it was illuminated by 250 electric lights 

 in colors. It was the center of attrac- 

 tion. 



The stage was decorated by Peter 

 Bisset, gardener to Mrs. Gardiner Hub- 

 bard at Twin Oaks." Fine groups of 

 decorative plants in the four corners of 

 the hall were by George Cooke, J. R. 

 Freeman, Z. D. Blackistone and George 

 C. Shaffer. The best table of deco- 

 rative plants was shown by Mrs. L. Z. 

 Leiter, Samuel Simmons, gardener. J. 

 H. Small & Son.s exhibited two fine 

 groups of fancy ferns. Tables by lo- 

 cal firms, of roses, mums, violets and car- 

 nations, not for competition, were shown 

 by J, R. Freeman, George Cooke, Gude 

 Bros. Co. and F. H. Kramer. In a 

 small room F. H. Kramer made a spe- 

 cial display of his Queen Beatrice rose 

 and a yellow rose he calls No. 16, which 

 was nnicli admired. The .show was a 



exhibited a liiit- vjihc of his new elirjs- 

 anthemum, named Sadie May Streraler, 

 a white with a yellowish center, not very 

 large, but good stem. 



One hundred Richmond arranged for 

 effect. F. C. Weber, first; Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., second; F. H. Weber, third. 



Handle basket of roFes. F. C. Weber, 

 first, with Chatenay; C. Young & Sons 

 Co., second, with Killarney; Theo. Mil- 

 ler, third, Mith Brides. 



Best table decoration of chrysanthe- 

 mums. F. C. \\eber, first; h\ H. Weber, 

 second; Sanders Nurseries, third. 



Fifty American Beauties arranged for 

 effect. F. <;. Weber, first; Fred H. 

 Meinhardt, second. 



Displays of violets. C. Young & Sons 

 Co.. first; F. C. Weber, second. 



Bridal bouquetg.^i^. C. Weber, first; 

 C. Young & Sons Co., second. 



Visitors. 



Visitors from out of town included: 



Arumann, J. K., Kdwardsvllle, 111. 

 Asmus, George. Chicago. 

 Buckbee. H. W., Rockford. 111. 

 Coles, W. W.. Kokoino, Ind. 

 Halstead. A. S.. Bellevillo, 111. 

 ^lauswlrtb, P. J.. Chicago, 

 ileller, Herbert, New Castle, Ind. 

 .Tohann, Charles. ColUnsvllle, 111. 

 Johann. Henry, ColUnsvllle, 111. 



A Glimpse of the Washington Flower Show. 



