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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOVBMBEB 19, 1908. 



• Juliufi Roeb^a Co., silvier gilt mgdal for 

 three heliconfite. . -; , 



Julius Boqfcrs Co.', silver medail, Jfo J 

 -A^aragaa DiieJ&Snfee.»^ ' ' -f •■'.. '■•^. '; 

 ■■.'J'i»lraa'> Roehts Go.,.' $5 ■tot'.'T&ddif 

 Cbantereirie.' . t - 



J. A. Peterson/Cincinnaiti/broiue 11^4- 

 al f or Begonia Agatha sport. '■* '';. 



Howard Goul3; $5 _ for single-stemmed 

 mums. ' ' V, 1 ^ 



Julius Roehts Co.; $25 for collection 

 of crotons. . - ,■ •v,7'^!I ' 



Henry Eichholz, brdriziB medal for "C^- 

 nation Alvina in pots. •* "'.'.:- .* /' 



W. A. Manda, Sduth Ofari^, N. J., 

 silver medal for display Of water colors. 



Frank Oechslin, Chicago/ $l0 for col- 

 lection of plants. '.. 



Otto G. Kp«nig, St. Louis, $5 fer pep- 

 per plants. . , 



Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, silver 

 medal and $25 for ' ' backyard* ''/display. 



Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich., silver- 

 medal and $50 for d^apiay of 438 va- 

 rieties of mums. ' 



W. A. Manda, bronze tnedal for golden 

 privet. 



Adam Wolniewicz, Chicago, special 

 mention for group of plants. 



Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, $10 for 

 display of cabbage hats. 



W. A. Manda, silver gilt medal for 

 Dracaena Mandaiana. 



F. R. Piirson Qp., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 certificate of met^ ,for Nephrolepis su- 

 perbissima. yA,: 



Henry A. I)t»r, Philadelphia, certifi- 

 cate of merit ibt^Nepiirolepis Scholzeli. 



W. A. Manda, certificlite of merit for 

 Dracaena Mandaiaria. 



A. P. Frey, Crown Point, Ind., certifi- 

 cate of merit for collection of anemone 

 and single mUms. 



iPobert Craig Co., Philadelphia, cer- 

 tificate of merit- |or Chrysanthemum Ba- 

 by Margaret.; ! '^ 



W. A. Manda, certificate of merit for 

 Anthurium Cuttirigiana. 



W. A. Manda, certificate of merit for 

 Yucca Menandii. 



Julius Roehrs Co., certificate of merit 

 for Croton F. Sander. 



W. A. Manda, bronze medal for col- 

 lection of economic and curious plants. 



Julius Rodirs Co., silver medal for 

 Phoenix Roebelenii. ! ' 



Frank OGchs|fo, silver medal for group 

 of decorative. plants. 



CL C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, silver 

 medal for j?rotrp of decorative plants. 



Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass., bronze 

 medal an4 $1^ for cyclamens. 



South parte, certificate of merit for 

 groups. ^ vy 



Lincoln J^rk, certificate of merit for 

 groups. ''■' 





Minor Mention. 'J'- 



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A nin^vdays' show is pretty long. 



A. J. Strohlein, of H. A. Dreer's Riv- 

 erton establishment, who is a frequent 

 visitor to European exhibitions, spent a 

 couple of days at the national show, and 

 said it marked a decided advance in 

 American exhibitions. 



November 12, 215 visiting florists took 

 the 9:30 a. m. train for Morton Grove, 

 and made a thorough inspection of the ■ 

 plant of Poehlmann Bros. Co. Luncheon 

 was served in the big packing room and 

 the employees were on hand, as well as all 

 the members of the firm and their wives, 

 to extend the hospitalities to the vis- 

 itors. The guides explained in detail the 

 many special features of the establish- 

 ment, which was in the finest of order 

 throughout. The stock never looked bet- 

 ter. Mayor Breitmever, of Detroit, and 



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J6hn N. May, of Summit, N. J., each 

 spoke in appreciation of the company's 

 hospitality and of the modern and pro- 

 gressive character of the establishment. 

 R. Vincent, Jr., White '' Mawh, Mdjj 

 has attended two great exhibitions ' this 

 year-:^tlv^; eeetenary exhibition at. Ghent, 

 Belgium, ajUj^ the uational show at 'Ghi- 

 •cago;- -^ " '' -'! 



• During the^ast two days of the show 

 •Bassefct & W^hburn maintained a table 

 of their O; .- Pi^.. Bassett near the main 

 entrance. The -showing of flowers made 

 on the 6xhibi^p table sent most of the 

 growers, to Hinsdal§, to see it in the 

 greenhouses. 



V William Toole,,, of Baraboo, Wis., made 



an entry for pansies, which he Staged 



r in shallow pans covered by wire netting, 



"the: stems of th6 pansies going through 



into the water in the pans. ' 



.Gieqrge Field, of Washingjton, showed 

 Cattl^a gigas, which were remarkable 

 for s6 lEite in the season. His cut blooms 

 of orchids ^wel"e all ■* from stock grown 

 for comlpe^cial purposes. 



There was a go^^ delegation at Joliet 

 November '11 as thfr^guests of the Chicago 

 Carnation Gq. ^'j i 



V^allace R; Piersoh,^ of the A. N.' Pier- 

 son Co., Cromwell, Conn., was one of the 

 best satisfied men at the show. He said 

 thej^ have 5,000 plants of My Maryland 

 rose aod that they expect to sell close 

 to 200,000 plants next spring. The way 

 orders are coming in accounts for his 

 cheerful expression. 



F.^R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y., was 



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called home November 12 by a telegram 

 announcing the death of his mother, who 

 was an octogenarian and had been in 

 feebl^clkealth for some time. Sh« leaves 

 three '^ughters, as well as thre« I sons, 

 all tfie latter' in tha- trade: Frailk R. 

 Pierson, Paul M. Pierson and Lincoln 

 Pietson, the latter the head of the Pier- 

 son U-Ba"r Co. 



Frank Beu exhibited a vase of his 

 pompon chrysanthemum named for Mrs. 

 Beu, which for several years has been 

 a good seller in the Chicago market. 



Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, made an 

 original display of cabbages, some of 

 which had been expanded and decorated 

 with fruits and flowers in imitation of 

 ladies' hats; but, if truth must be told, 

 while the ladies never failed to admire 

 the arrangements, a great many thought 

 they were table decorations. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. had a table of 

 White Perfection November 14 that was 

 fine. It will take a good carnation to 

 displace this as an exhibition white. 



There were three President Tafts at 

 the show; one of them was the new red 

 carnation of Scheiden & Schoos, another 

 the pink begonia of J. A. Peterson, and 

 the third the white chrysanthemum of El- 

 mer D. Smith & Co. 



The Schiller estate staged an attractive 

 group of palms. 



The plant growers * ' chipped in " a col- 

 lection of plants for the children to vote 

 to the most popular school. It was a 

 good special feature. 



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THE AUTUMN 



EXHIBITIONS 



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WASHINGTON. 



November 12 the most successful flow- 

 er show ever held in the nation's capital 

 opened in the old Masonic Temple. Every 

 exhibit in the main hall was in place, 

 the walls and balcony done, in southern 

 smilax. The arrangement was, without 

 doubt, the finest ever seen in the capital. 

 Corinthian columns, banked on top with 

 large Boston ferns and with southern 

 smilax trailing half-way down the base, 

 banked with ferns and cut blooms, were 

 used in the general decoration. • 



In the center was the AJperi^an Beau- 

 ty fountain of Gude BroS..^-Co.; This 

 was ^fteen fe^ high, with tvfO' ledges 

 and an urn on lop, with 16-foot base or 

 basin effect. The vase on top held fifty 

 4-foot Beauties. The ledges were banked 

 with Brynii ferns, which hid the vases 

 in which Beauties were arranged to repre- 

 sent streams of water tumbling from one 

 ledge to another. The basin had a coping 

 of Piersoni fern. Four tall, slender 

 glass vases held long Beauties spraying, 

 as it were, on the fountain proper. This 

 firm also showed a large wreath on 'an 

 easel, made of the new green known as 

 Mexican ivy, and a table banked with 

 ferns and vases of cut flowers. 



F. H. Kramer had a large table and 

 showed the Queen Beatrice rose at its 

 best; also his new yellow, Kramer's Pet. 

 He also had a fine lot of mums and 

 ferns at one end of the table. The 



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public was invited to vote for the most 

 popular lady, whose name should be 

 chosen for his pink seedling. 



George Cooke banked the base of one 

 of the columns with a. fine lot of yellow 

 mums. Friendship, and ferns. He also 

 had a table and mantel decoration. The 

 first two days it was done in Beau- 

 ties, the mantel banked with Farleyense. 

 The last two days, by request, he put 

 on the yellow umbrellas he used last 

 year, as recently illustrated in the Re- 

 view. 



Mr. Marche, former decorator to the 

 king and queen of England, had a Japa- 

 nese table done in white mums and red 

 bouvardia, with Japanese slippers on 

 each corner, filled with bouvardia. He 

 also showed a unique swinging crib, with 

 two dolls covered with a blanket made 

 of small white mums, valley and pink 

 ribbon. He also showed a shower bou- 

 quet he calls the Queen Alexandra bou- 

 quet. 



George Shaffer showed a fine vase of 

 Beauties and a pretty table decoration 

 done in cattleyas, valley and Farley- 

 ense. The mantel was banked with Far- 

 leyense, white mums, orchids and valley. 

 He also showed a neat hotne wedding 

 decoration and bride's shower bouquet 

 of valley and orchids, with bridesmaid's 

 shower of Enchantress carnations. 



Mayberry & Hoover had a table ar- 

 ranged with Perrin mums, furnished com- 

 plete with napery, candy and cake. On 



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