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TheWcckly Florists' Review, 



NovBUBEB 26, 1908. 



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L. C. C. 



DETROIT. 



The Qttfo Exhibition. 



Some years ago an enterprising enter- 

 tainment committee decided to stir up 

 things a little by holding an exhibition 

 of home-grown stock in the Ei^rists' 

 Club's rooms. The idea has gfown and 

 now several such displays are held each 

 year. On the evening of November 18 

 an exhibition of fall stock was held in 

 connection with the regular meeting. The 

 Michigan Cut Flower Exchange kindly 

 gave the members the use of its large, 

 well equipped basement for the purpose. 

 When you consider that no premiums 

 were offered and that the date of the 

 show was announced only a week before, 

 the exhibitors surely deserve much thanks. 



Three firms from out of the city re- 

 sponded with exhibits, the largest and 

 most commendable of which was that of 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. 

 This firm showed nine seedlings and 

 many of their this season's introductions. 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, sent fifty 

 of their new carnation, O. P. Bassett, 

 which made a decided hit with the carna- 

 tion growers. 



Eobert Craig Co., Philadelphia, sent a 

 few sprays of Baby Margaret, a white 

 sport of the yellow pompon chrysanthe- 

 mum, Baby. 



Fred Pautke, of Grosse Pointe, brought 

 down quite a collection of stock. Vases 

 of fifty Yellow Jones, White Jones, Yel- 

 low and White Chadwick, Maud Dean, a 

 fine vase of Enguehard, President 

 Schmidt, Mrs. Chamberlain and others 

 spoke highly of the grower's abilities. 

 Three vases of pompons were also in the 

 collection, two of these being his own 

 seedlings. Mr. Pautke also showed fine 

 Harlowarden carnations, several vases of 

 a shell pink seedling carnation, some 

 sweet peas and some very fine daisies. 



J. B. Dinser had a number of well done 

 ferns of different varieties, and begonias. 



August Von Boeselager, of Mt. Clem- 

 ens, sent fifty of his new seedling carna- 

 tion, Clara. The color is similar, to Har- 

 lowarden. Some yellow cosmos around 

 the vase of carnations set them off. 



John Breitmeyer's Sons displayed sev- 

 eral fine cattleyas and dendrobiums, also 

 a well grown box of valley. 



Thomas Browne's Eaton towered above 

 everything in the hall, while his Dr. 

 Enguehard were also prize winners. Be- 

 sides these was a fine vase of Golden 

 Wedding. 



The only private gardener who re- 

 sponded to the invitation of the com- 

 mittee was J. J. De Carteret, of Grosse 

 Pointe. His Yellow Jones, Dr. Enguehard 

 and Vinkjey Smith were attractive. 



Michael Bloy showed some well done 

 cyclamens and Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine; also good mums. 



The best carnations were shown by 

 Leopold Mallest, of Mount Clemens. A 

 vase of twenty-five of Lawson as we used 

 to see them loomed up among some fine 

 Enchantress and Beacon. 



Gus. Taepke had some good primroses 

 and several varieties of ferns. 

 . J. E. Smith, of Wyandotte, showed sev- 

 eral ever-blooming geraniums. Some 

 Wyandotte mums were also there. 



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Fred Miesel showed some cyclamen 

 plants that were the talk of the evening. 



C. Distelrath was the only one who 

 showed chrysanthemum plants. He had 

 about a dozen plants. 



Beard Bros, were on hand with a collec- 

 tion of stock for ferneries and small 

 plants of Whitmani and Boston. 



Ferdinand Kolbe showed some fine 

 chrysanthemums, among them Enguehard, 

 Nagoya and Adalia, 



James Carry was represented by Jack, 

 Jr., with some exceptionally fine Rich- 

 mond and Killarney roses, and some good 

 White Enchantress. 



Chas. Plumb showed about the first 

 Roman hyacinths of the season, also some 

 good plants of Whitmani and Piersoni 

 fern. His Brides and Maids were of fine 

 quality. 



At the business meeting the name of 

 James Carry, Jr., was received for mem- 

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tied "The Trend of the Times," by S. S. 

 Skidelsky, earned for him a vote ef 

 thanks and a hearty round of applause. 



Elmer D. Smith was called upon for a 

 few remarks about mums and he readily 

 responded. 



Some of the members who had been at 

 Chicago were called upon for their idea 

 of the national show. Albert Pochelom 

 was well pleased with the show in gen- 

 eral. He said that some of the visitors 

 expected too much. He spoke of the 

 decorations as being fine, saying that 



