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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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NOTBMBEB 19, 1908. 



for this occasion, church rostrums have 

 been loaded with pumpkins, sheaves of 

 wheat, corn and fruits, the more kinds 

 the merral^. Any of these ali8"good, if 

 used ll^ilp some d|ipcrimination. One 

 kind, witn^ flowers, is sufficient for a 

 single occasion. Use more flov^ers and 

 foliage than fruit or vegetables. ' For in- 

 stance, use wheat with pink mums, and 

 abundance of green. Have the sheaves 

 full and. loose and the mums boukd^in 

 with the wheat. With grapes usql Ires- 

 toons of green, with a fancy basket of 

 grapes suspended from each and a strik- 

 ingly tall vase or basket of yellow mums 

 flanking each end of the platform. ;Jf 

 a lower front decoration is desired, out- 

 line the platform with Boston ferns, with 

 mums interspersed. 



Com stalks stacked up in the style of a 

 wigwam, with dark red and old gold 

 mums emerging from the top, will dis- 

 play historical interest and novelty of 

 arrangement. Geeteude Blaib. 



RAPID DELIVERY. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the special delivery operated by E. A. 

 Latham, Minneapolis, who finds the mo- 



torcycle the most convenient and econom- 

 ical form of quick delivery he ever has 

 tried. The carrier is large enough so 

 thatij^ pumbey j^ \)oi^M^An. be carried 

 f Or ' i lldinM«ij||lttiverji^P^dses, 3 or so 

 that a large Yresign can be carried if de- 

 sired. 



Every retailer finds, himself frequently 

 confronted with the necessity for making 

 deliveries on short notice, and with a 

 machine of this kind he can gain time 

 in the store for making up work, or 

 can make deliveries on shortest notice. 



SPRAY OF ROSES. 



The spray, the favorite form of fu- 

 neral design with Charles Henry Fox, 

 the Sign of the Bose, Philadelphia, 

 is happily illustrated by a bunch of 

 white roses tied with a loose bow of 

 broad white satin ribbon. Cibotium 

 Schiedei may be used effectively as a 

 background for this spray. Another 

 method of carrying out the same idea 

 would be to use selected blooms of Kil- 

 larney roses, chosen from the paler 

 shade, and tied with a large bow of soft 

 pink ribbon. Phil. 



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I THE NATIONAL 



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A GREAT SUCCESS. 



The national flower show was favored 

 with splendid weather f9r all its nine 

 days and the attendance was good 

 throughout. The gate receipts were 

 greater than for any previous flower show 

 ever held in America. The expenses were 

 heavy, especially as it was the initial un- 

 dertaking of the S. A. F. along this line, 

 and about an even break is expected. The 

 guarantors are sure to get their money 

 back and there may be a small dividend. 



The management was successful in 

 keeping up interest toward the close of 

 the show, by new features added each 

 day. 



Carnations. 



Eunning the show for nine- days made 

 it necessary to replace most of the stock 

 and there was a second showing of car- 

 nations staged November 12, which 

 eclipsed the grand display staged Novem- 

 ber 9. Never in the history of flower 

 shows in this country have so liberal pre- 

 miums been awarded as for the carna- 

 tions staged at th^ time. There was, for 

 instance, a premium of $10.0 for the best 

 100 carnations, and $25 for the best 100 

 blooms staged by a grower operating not 

 over 25,000 feet of glass. These pre- 

 miums naturally brought out the best 

 stock that could be produced, and better 

 quality never was shown at this date. 

 There were eight entries for the $100 

 prize. Premiums of $50, $40 and $30 

 were offered for the best display of ear- 

 nations, but this brought out only two 

 entries. There were ten entries for the 

 best fifty blooms of White Enchantress 

 and nine of Victory. 



The showing of novelties, while it did 

 not include so many varieties as on the 

 first day the carnations were staged, 



brought out some good vases. The O. P. 

 Bassett stood up well and the Mrs. J. C. 

 Vaughafl made a favorable impression. 

 President Taft was in good shape and at- 

 tracts by its form as well as its color. 

 F. Domer & Sons showed a fine vase of 

 Delight, their new light pink. It is not 

 a large flower, but of bright color, and a 



good many growers think its commercial 

 possibilities are great. W. A. Harkett, 

 Dubuque, la., showed a good vase of a 

 pink sport of Eose-pink Encha!htl*esiiiJ - • 



The dwdlffe we^^s follows:' ;" '{i""< 



Display' of carnations, quality, variety 

 and quantity to be considered, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. first with fourteen vases, about 

 fifty flowers of each variety; Chicago 

 Carnation Co. second with sixteen varie- 

 ties; two entries. 



Vajse assorted carnations, Chicago Car- 

 naj^ion Co. first, Poehlmann Bros. Co. sec- 

 ond ; five eptries. 



Not less than twenty-five blooms, any 

 variety in commerce, grown in houses 

 warmed by hot water, Nick Zweifel first 

 with Enchantress; nine entries. 



Fifty Sarah Hill, £!. C. PoUworth Co. 

 first, Chicago Carnation Co. second; four 

 entries. 



Fifty Lawson-Enichantress, Chicago 

 Carnation Co. first, C. C. PoUworth Co. 

 second; three entries. 



Fifty Victory, C. C. PoUworth Co. first, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co, second, E. G. HiU 

 Co. third; nine entries. 



Fifty White Enchantress, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. first, E. G. Hill Co. .second, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. third; ten entries. 



Fifty Winsor, Bassett & Washburn 

 first, Nick Zweifel second, C. C. Poll- 

 worth Co. third ; seven entries. 



Fifty Defiance, Chicago Carnation Co. 

 first; one entry. 



Fifty Afterglow, E. G. Hill Co. first, 

 Chicago Carnation Co. second, F. E. Pier- 

 son Co. third; four entries. 



Fifty Winona, E. G. Hill Co. first, F. 

 E. Pierson Co. second; two entries. 



Best vase of iOO blooms, variety 

 either not yet in commerce or not intro- 

 duced to commerce prior to 1906, Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. first on White Per- 

 fection, Bassett & Washburn second on 

 O. P. Bassett; eight entries. 



One hundred blooms any variety in 

 commerce, competition limited to those 

 operating not over 25,000 square feet 

 of glass, Mueller & Schroeder Co., Mil- 

 waukee, first on Enchantress. 



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