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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVBMBER 18, 1900. 



opening night in an adjoining church 

 parlor. A ticket to the supper admitted 

 also to the flower show and the ladies 

 sold tickets throughout the town for days 

 in advance. In addition to the cut 

 blooms and plants of the florists, there 

 was a large display of amateurs' plants 

 and Ed Williams, of Grand Island, was 

 called in to judge. The Kearney Floral 

 Co. thinks this exhibition did more in an 

 advertising way for the flower bftsiness 

 than anything which has happened in 

 that community for years, and it is an 

 aflFair which can be duplicated by any 

 enterprising florist. 



VASHINGTON. 



Sunday night, November 14, the an- 

 nual flower show given by the Washing- 

 ton Florists' Club came to a close, this 

 exhibition proving to be the most satis- 

 factory in the history of the club. On 

 Sunday afternoon and evening PislHorea's 

 band rendered sacred selections, which 

 were greatly appreciated by the large 

 attendance. All day long on Saturday 

 iand Sunday the hall was crowded, the 

 attendance being a great deal larger the 

 latter part of the week than at the 

 opening. 



The table decorations in the small 

 room were quite a drawing card, there 

 being table and mantel work by a num- 

 ber of retail florists. 



Tuesday, November 9, members of the 

 Baltimore Florists' Club paid a visit to 

 the show. Those in the party were John 

 Perry, Charles Seybold, Frederick Bauer, 

 George Clutch, Frederick Boone, Isaac 

 Moss, Matthew Richmond, James Glass, 

 Philip Welsh, James Hamilton, Charles 

 Wagner, Edward Seidewitz, Conrad Hess, 

 John Nutz and Charles Cooke. The party 

 returned much pleased with the trip. 



Geo. C. Shafl'er's displays were among 

 the most attractive. Besides decorating 

 the pagoda in the center of the hall, Mr. 

 Shaffer had a table and mantel decora- 

 tion. On the opening days the table was 

 decorated with yellow pompons, then 

 changing to valley and orchids, produc- 

 ing an effect which was extra good, some- 

 thing unique and out of the ordinary in 

 the arrangement. The mantel was deco- 

 rated with adiantum and Baby mums. 



Directly across the room was tW ar-| 

 rangement of W. Marche, this being a 

 large group of palms on each side of a 

 stand on which Mr. Marche had various 

 arrangements of fancy baskets and vases, 

 changing them completely each day. Mr. 

 Marche also had a table decoration, some- 

 thing different from almost anything 

 else in the hall, a tall vase of odd single 

 white mums in the center, with small 

 arrangements of red bouvardia at each 

 plate, the effect being excellent. A 

 shower bouquet caused quite a bit of 

 comment. 



Mayberry & Hoover, besides showing a 

 fine group of palms in the large hall, 

 cdme in with a handsome table piece of 

 . Killarney roses. 



Geo. Cooke 's table of yellow pompons 



, in a number of different arrangements 



was most attractive, one especially so, 



an immense shower, with adiantum and 



pompons on the cloth. Mr. Cooke's 



•mantel to correspond with the table was 



, good, made of yellow pompons and 



i , ; i^iantum, with yqllow ribbon used lav- 



; ishly. In the main hall some large mums 



i,.W«re. displayed by Mr. Cooke. 



■ '!' The Washington Florist Co. had quite 

 a showing of plants, in which some fine 



stock was seen, Especially palms. A lot 

 of Araucaria excelsa and dracsenas 

 formed a fine group. In the foreground 

 two large Italian marble vases filled with 

 Golden Wedding mums were conspicuous. 

 This firm's new rose, Mrs. Taft, has 

 proved to be quite a favorite. 



In the display of Gude Bros. Co. the 

 main attraction was a large mill with 

 chrysanthemums and Beauties . in the 

 ;_. foreground. 



♦ Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, repre- 

 sented by J. J. Goudy, was on hand as 

 usual with a flne lot of stock, showing 

 plants of the commercial varieties, among 

 them the ne"w crested Scottii, Nephro- 

 lepis Scholzeli. 



Edward Schmidt had quite a lot of 

 miscellaneous stock, including bulbs, air 

 plant, goldfish and white mice. 



W. S. Clark showed some fine single 

 chrysanthemums. 



Fred H. Kramer's display consisted 

 mostly of his new rose. Queen Beatrice, 

 and was well taken to by the publif. 

 Mr. Kramer also showed flne mums. 



W. W. Kimmell had in his exhibit a 

 large number of Baby mums. 



J. W. Dudley & Son, of Parkersburg, 

 W. Va., were here with a fine lot of 

 Silver Wedding mums, the only ones in 

 the show. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White 

 Marsh, Md., had the. largest and most 

 complete display of pompons. W. F. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The annual exhibition of chrysanthe- 

 mums, carnations, orchids and roses by 

 the Bhode Island Horticultural Society 

 was held November 12 and 13 at the 

 ("hurchill House. While not so large as 

 previous shows, the quality of the blooms 

 was somewhat better than usual. The 

 largest single exhibitor was John Mac- 

 rae, who took most of the awards. Fred 

 S. Peck had a fine display from his 

 private residence, a vase of Appleton 

 being without exception the finest mums 

 ever shown in this city. Albert Hol- 

 scher also had some fine Appleton. Other 

 exhibitors were John Gerrard, of Bris- 

 tol; Mrs. E. A. Pierce, F. Macrae Sons, 

 Mrs. S. F. Paine, Miss Bessie Paine, 

 William A. Steele, B. A. Ilolbrook. 



One of the features of the exhibition 

 was a display of Japanese evergreen 

 planting and miniature fancy bedding by 

 William Appleton. This is the first dis- 

 play of the kind ever attempted in this 

 city. The landscape garden occupied 

 one corner of the main hall and Mr. Ap- 

 pleton received many compliments. The 

 show was benched under Mr. Appleton 's 

 directions. W. H. M. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



The annual chrysanthemum show of 

 the Worcester County Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in the society's hall No- 

 vember 11, and brought out a goodly 

 number of entries. Admission being free 

 an(J th6 weather fine, a large and appre- 

 ciative crowd attended. It would be in- 

 teresting to see the result if a charge 

 was made. 



The prizes offered by the society are 

 worth competing for, but outside of H. 

 F. A. Lange and the Worcester Con- 

 servatories, who took first and second 

 premiums for decorative groups in the 

 order given, there was not much competi- 

 tion. H. F. Littlefield and C. t). Mackie 

 staged well, but the stipulation of grow- 

 ing the stock exhibited barred them 

 from competing. 



H. F. A. Lange had some grand mums, 



showing a • large assortment of singles, 

 also the yellow pompon. Savannah, which 

 is a good seller all through the east. 

 Mr. Lange says the sale of the single 

 varieties does not warrant growing many. 

 He will cut down the Ust. 



The Worcester Conservatories had 

 roses and carnations that surprised 

 many, they were so fine. George Mc- 

 Williams, of Whitinsville, was a large 

 private exhibitor and had a lot of choice 

 stock. He also acted as judge. 



The display of fruit was good — not 

 so extensive as usual, but of excellent 

 quality. M. 



TORONTO. 



The sixth annual exhibition of the On- 

 tario Horticultural Society was held here 

 November 9 to 12 and in both fruits and 

 cut flowers brought out a larger show- 

 ing than ever before. The trade was 

 well represented in the classes for mis- 

 cellaneous plants . and cut blooms of 

 chrysanthemums, roses and carnations, 

 also for retail displays. Tlie principal 

 exhibitors were the Dale estate, D. F. 

 Collins, W. Jay, Thomas Manton, T. 

 Pewtress, E. Jennings, W. Lawrence, J, 

 H. Dunlop and the Steele, Briggs Seed 

 Co. 



AUGUSTA, GA. 



The Georgia-Carolina fair featured 

 floriculture this year more than ever be- 

 fore, a liberal premium list being pro- 

 vided to bring out a larger number of 

 exhibits than usual. The principal ex- 

 hibitors were the Boatwright Floral Co.^ 

 which had sixteen premium-winning en- 

 tries, and the P. J. Berckmans Co., 

 which 'vas awarded ten premiums. Other 

 trade exhibitors were Balk's Nursery 

 and W. K. Nelson. The quality of the 

 plants was better this year than ever 

 before, the chrysanthemums, both plants 

 and cut blooms, being especially good. 



NEV YORK. 



The American Institute show, which 

 opened November 10, in conjunction 

 with the C. S. A., was, from the stand- 

 point of quality of blooms, the finest 

 ever held in New York city, which sim- 

 ply goes to prove that the C. S. A., 

 wherever it holds its meetings, carries 

 with it the endorsement of the best 

 growers in the country. 



The blooms of Merza, as staged by 

 Proctor and Turner, for size and splen- 

 did finish -have perhaps never been 

 equaled, the former winning first for 

 twenty-five white, and the latter captur- 

 ing the coveted C. S. A. cup, for ten 

 flowers of this popular variety. 



William Turner was successful in cap- 

 turing twelve or thirteen first prizes, 

 which included the thirty varieties, short 

 stems, and more of the vase class. His 

 ten yellow, which were Mary Donnellan, 

 took everyone's eye, and Appleton no 

 longer has a chance in an exhibition 

 with flowers of Donnellan, such as Mr. 

 Turner staged. 



Thomas W. Head, of Groton, Conn., 

 staged Pockett's Crimson in the best 

 shape that I have seen it anywhere this 

 year, foliage and floM-er being alike mag- 

 nifieeat. He deservedly won the Wells 

 gold medal with six wonderful flowers of 

 this variety. Harry Turner, of Port 

 Washington, L. I., won the Wells silver 

 medal. 



The date of the show was too late for 

 many of the varieties that were shown 



