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JANCABY 27, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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A. F. J. Baur. 



(Ke-elected Secretary American Society.) 



Fifty "Winona, Finleyville Floral Co. 

 first;. E. G. Hill Co. second; three entries. 



Fifty Lawson, A. T. Lorch first. 



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

 A. C. Brown second; three entries. 



Fifty Victory, F. R. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., first. 



Fifty any other dark pink, Chicago 

 •Jariiation Co. first, on Aristocrat. 



Fifty Beacon, Chicago Carnation Co. 

 first; F. E. Pierson Co. second; four 

 entries. 



Fifty any other scarlet, Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. second, on A. Carnegie. 



Fifty any other crimson, J. D. Cock- 

 • roft first, on Harvard. 



Fifty Pink Delight, Chicago Carnation 

 Co. first; E. G. Hill Co. second. 



Fifty Mrs. Charles Knopf, Chicago 

 Carnation Co. first. 



Fifty May Day, E. G. Hill Co. first; 

 \V. Frank & Sons, Portland, Ind., second; 

 three entries. 



Fifty O. P. Bassett, Chicago Carnation 

 Co. first. 



Fifty Apple Blossom, W. A. Rowlands, 

 IHica, N. Y., first. 



Fifty Wanoka, W. A. Rowlands first. 



l^ifty Georgia, Walter Thomas, Stony 

 '■••ook, L. I., first. 



iifty Gov. Deneen, Chicago . Carnation 

 *-o. first. 



. i'^ifty Alvina, Chicago Carnation Co. 



iirst. 



i'or certificate of merit the varieties 

 ntered were scored as follows: 



rainbow, variegated, by Wanoka 

 ■reenhouses, Barneveld, N. Y., 85 points. 

 -Annie Mae, pink, by E. G. Hill Co., 

 l^'chn,ond,-Ind.: 85 points. 

 ^^0 40, light pink, by F. R. Pierson 

 \ larrytown, N. Y., 79 points. 

 ,. ^"■s- W. W. Coles, crimson, by W. W. 

 "'PS, Kokomo, Ind., 86 points, 

 ^^o. 1400-E, light pink, bv R. Witter- 



staetter, Cincinnati, 86 points. The 

 variety was thereupon named President 

 Valentine. 



No. 1407-0, pink, by B. Witterstaetter, 

 85 points. The name Afterglow, Jr., ia 

 proposed for this variety. 



Miami Queen, by the Miami Floral Co., 

 scored 78 points. 



Sultana, crimson, by Wanoka Green- 

 houses, 87 points. 



For preUminary certificate; No. 168, 

 pink, by the Finleyville Floral Co., Fin- 

 lejrville, scored 80 points, and No. 653, 

 crimson, of Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, 

 scored 79 points. 



The judges recommended a certificate 

 of merit to the Pittsburg Rose & Carna- 

 tion Co. for a handsome exhibit of ten 

 vases of well grown standard varieties 

 not for competition. 



Honorable mention was awarded to J. 

 A. Peterson for a table of excellent 

 plants of his new begonia, Gloire de Cin- 

 cinnati. 



Honorable mention was awarded the 

 Lamborn Floral Co., Alliance, 0., for a 

 display of carnations not for competi- 

 tion, which included a good white seed- 

 ling, No. 107, and several other seedlings 

 in their first year. 



Special mention was made of two 

 handsome vases of Shasta and one of 

 Rose-pink May, a sport, exhibited not for 

 competition, by Baur & Smith, 



Local Hospitalitiei. 



Every moment not occupied by the af- 

 fairs of the society was taken up by the 

 hospitalities arranged by the Pittsburg 

 Florists' Club, so that there was some- 

 thing doing every minute. The hospitali- 

 ties never were more abundant. 



Wednesday afternoon, while the judg- 

 ing was in progress, a large party was 

 escorted to and through the widely adver- 



tised works of the H. J. Heinz pickle 

 factory. The processes were explained, 

 pictures of farms and branches shown 

 and luncheon was served. It was an ex- 

 ceedingly enjoyable trip. 



Wednesday evening, while the society 

 was dispatching its routine business, the 

 ladies to the number of about forty, in- 

 cluding the Pittsburg ladies, were taken 

 in taxicabs to the theater, followed by 

 supper. 



After the adjournment of the business 

 session Wednesday evening, all the visit- 

 ing men were invited to a smoker in the 

 main dining-room of the Fort Pitt hotel. 

 There was a big crowd, over 250, and a 

 jolly good time — plenty of amusement to 

 keep things lively to a late hour, with 

 luncheon and other refreshment. 



On Thursday evening a formal banquet 

 was given the visitors in the Fort Pitt. 

 There was an elaborate menu, after which 

 many of the well-known visitors were 

 called on to talk. 



Friday all the visitors who remained 

 were guests on a trip to the Bakerstown 

 greenhouses of the Pittsburg Rose & Car- 

 nation Co., where luncheon was served. 

 Many had visited the plant individually 

 in the- days preceding. 



First Business Session. 



Vice-president Fred Burki called the 

 society to order for its opening formali- 

 ties Wednesday evening, introducing John 

 A. Brashear to deliver an address of wel- 

 come. Mr. Brashear bears quite a re- 

 semblance to J. D. Carmody, both in ap- 

 pearance and in flow of language. He 

 talked of the chemistry of light and 

 color in flowers, bringing out some ideas 

 quite new to those who know flowers best, 

 and was warmly applauded at frequent 

 intervals during his ten minutes' talk. 



Mr. Burki said Robert Craig needed 



Fred E. Domer, Jr. 



(Re-elected Treasurer American Carnation Society.) 



