NOTEMBEB 12, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review; 



33 



Specimen Plants at the Boston Show» MacMtilkm's Group in Back£roond« 



for commercial collection and W. J. 

 Clemson, J. O. Christensen gardener, for 

 p-ivate gardeners. There was a big at- 

 tendance all four days of the exhibition, 

 fine weather prevailing throughout, ex- 

 cept for showers on Sunday afternoon. 



W. N, Craig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



A report of the opening day of the St. 

 Louis show, November 3, appeared in 

 last week's Eeview. The second day 

 the show was fairly well attended, the 

 weather being fine. The awards on cut 

 stock were as follows: 



Carnation blooms: Five vases of five varl- 

 etles, fifty blooms In each vase, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. first on Enchantress, Beacon, White 

 Perfection, Splendor, Bose-plnk Enchantress; 

 E, G. Hill Co. second on Enchantress, Victory, 

 Winona, White Perfection and Afterglow; 

 Welland & Ollnger third on Enchantress, Vic- 

 tory. White Perfection, Beacon, White En- 

 chantress. 



Fifty blooms white, Chicago Carnation Co. 

 first and E. G. Hill Co. second with White 

 Perfection; J. F. Ammann third with White 

 Enchantress. 



Fifty blooms light pink, Chicago Carnation 

 Co. first with Rose-pink Enchantress; J. F. 

 Ammann second with Enchantress; Welland & 

 Ollnger third with Enchantress. 



Fifty blooms dark pink, Chicago Carnation 

 Co. first with Aristocrat; W. J. & M. .S. Vesev 

 second with Mrs. Lawson; J. F. Ammann third 

 with Mrs. Lawson. 



Fifty blooms red, Chicago Carnation Co. first 

 with Beacon; W. J. & M. S. Vesey second 

 with Victory; E. G. Hill Co. third with Vic- 

 to^. 



w. N. Rudd showed a vase of the new white 

 carnation, Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, which scored 

 83 points. 



The exhibition of cut roses was not very 

 large. For the best fifty American Beauties 

 there was only one entry, being that of Wel- 

 land & Olinger, which was given first prize. 



Six vases of six varieties, twenty-five blooms 

 in each vase, J. F. Ammann first on Ivory, Kll- 

 larney. Potter Palmer. Alice Roosevelt, Chate- 

 nay and Rhea Reid: W. J. & M. S. Vesey sec- 

 ond on Bride, Rhea Reid, Richmond, Brides- 

 maid, Kate Moulton and Killarney. 



Chrysanthemum blooms: Twenty-five blooms 

 ??,"*'^°°** variety, E. G. Hill Co. first with 

 Alice Byron; W. J. & M. S. Vesey second with 

 Robinson. 



'Twenty-five blooms yellow, one variety, B. G. 

 HiU Co. first with Major BonnafTon; Hlmmer 

 Bros., St. Louis, second with Major Bonnaffon; 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey third with Major Bon- 

 nalfon. 



_T^enty-flve blooms of any other color, B. G'. 

 HUl Co. first with Mary Mann; W. J. & M. S. 

 vesey second with Vfvland-Morel. 



Floral display: Display of 1,000 violets,, 

 Fred C. Weber first with fine display of double 

 violets. 



Display of baskets made up of carnations, 

 Fred C. Weber first, Eoenig Floral Co. second, 

 Fred H. Weber third. AH three made a splen- 

 did show and were a good attraction. 



One hundred roses arranged for effect, any 

 variety, W. J. & M. S. Vesey first with a fine 

 show of Brides, Fred C. Weber second with 

 Richmond. 



Bridal bouquet, Fred C. Weber first, made 

 up of lily of the valley, Bride roses and white 

 orchids; Fred H. Weber second, made up of all 

 lily of the valley and white ribbon. Both en- 

 tries were handsomely arranged. 



Basket of roses, Fred C. Weber first, made 

 of Chatenay roses; Fred H. Weber second, also 

 made of Chatenay roses; Koenig Floral Co. 

 third, made of Killarney roses. All three had 

 ribbons to match roses. 



Fifty chrysanthemum blooms, arranged for 

 effect, Fred C. Weber first with Major Bon- 

 naffon, E. G. Hill Co. second with Crocus. 



The following premiums were offered by the 

 trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 under the provision of the will of the late 

 Henry Shaw: 



Display of decorative plants, not less than 

 twelve and not more than eighteen plants, 

 William Schray & Sons first, Sanders Nurseries 

 second. 



Twelve begonias, one or more varieties, Fred 

 11. Melnliardt first. 



Eighteen l)erried plants, one or more vari- 

 eties, Koenig Floral Co. first. 



Twenty-five blooming plants, Schray & Sons 

 first, Sanders Nurseries second. 



Twelve geraniums in bloom, Koenig Floral 

 Co. first. 



Specimen palm, Schray & Sons first. 



Specimen fern, Koenig Floral Co. first. 



Blooming plant, other than chrysanthemums, 

 "Koenig Floral Co. first. 



Group of variegated foliage plants, Schray 

 & Sons first, Sanders Nurseries second. 



Group of chrysanthemum plants, to occupy 

 seventy-five square feet, other plants to be 

 used as accessories, Koenig Floral Co. first, 

 Sanders Nurseries second. 



Collection of pompons In twelve plants, 

 Koenig Floral Co. first. 



White chrysanthemum plants, Vaughan's 

 Seed Store first. 



Yellow chrysanthemum, Vaughan's Seed Store 

 first. 



Chrysanthemum plant, any other color, 

 Vaughan's Seed Store first. 



Pair of bay trees, standard, C. Toung & Sons 

 Co. first, Schray & Sons second. 



Display of orchid plants in bloom, C. Young 

 & Sons Co. first. 



The judges were Messrs. Tesson, Irish 

 and Dunford. In the floral display Mrs. 

 William Ellison was judge. 



The weather throughout the week was 

 fine, clear and cool. The paid attend- 

 ance during the f ouj . days was fairly 

 good and the management is satisfied. 



The following visitors attended, in 

 addition to those named last week: Mr. 

 and Mrs. M. F. Widmer, Highland, 111.; 

 E. G. Bradley, representing Hummel & 

 Downing Co., Milwaukee, making a dis- 

 play of cut flower boxes; A. T. Pyfer 

 and Peter Olsem, of the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., Joliet, 111.; A. C. Brown, 

 Springfield, 111.; Martin Reukauf, Phila- 

 delphia; J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, 

 111.; A. S. Halstead and Kester Hal- 

 stead, Belleville. The members of the 

 society gave a banquet in nonor of the 

 visiting florists Wednesday night, No- 

 vember 4, J. J. B. 



ELMIRA,N.Y. 



The Elmira Civic Improvement League 

 and Horticultural Society held a chrys- 

 anthemum show in the Woman's Feder- 

 ated Charities building, November 5 to 7, 

 and the proceeds of the show were do- 

 nated to that institution. The exhibits 

 filled the hall nicely and with the groups 

 of palms and flowers arranged by the 

 local florists, Durand, Leavitt and Back- 

 er, and by William Pursey, gardener for 

 Hon. J. S. Fassett, made a beautiful dis- 

 play. Music was provided afternoons 

 and evenings. The admission charged 

 was 25 cents and, while the attendance 

 was light, still a comfortable sum was 

 realized for the federation over and above 

 the expenses. 



One of the most interesting parts of 

 the show was the exhibit from the New 

 York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell, of illustrations and specimens 

 representing their work on insects, plant 

 diseases, and the various horticultural 

 operations of planting, grafting, etc. 

 There were three gentlemanly attendants 

 in charge, who took pains to explain to 

 all interested. 



Among the most popular exhibits were 

 the orchids from Lager & Hurrell, Sum- 

 mit, N. J., the vases of splendid Chatenay 

 and Queen Beatrice roses from the U. S. 

 Cut Flower Co., the large vase of Penn- 



