The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NovoMSEB 4, 1909. 



nice exhibit of pompons. On the opening 

 day Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, 

 Mich., staged only one exhibit, in the 

 class for twenty-five varieties, one bloom 

 of each. 



The Retail Booths. 



As always has been the case, the retail 

 booths are the specially attractive feature 

 to the public. It is strange how reluctant 

 the retailers in other cities, and even in 

 Chicago, are to take advantage of this 

 opportunity to reach the public, when 

 they see the crowds thronged about these 

 exhibits. It seems the great advertising 

 opportunity of the season, and the wonder 

 is that the retailers do not elbow each 

 other in their anxiety to secure space. 



A little different plan has been adopted 

 this year from that followed in previous 

 seasons. There are this year four classes 

 for booths, and most of the retailers who 

 have entered, have done so in two classes, 

 but none has entered in more. One class 

 is for booths arranged with mantel deco- 

 rations, another is for booths arranged 

 with table decorations, a third is for 

 booths arranged with wedding decora- 

 tions, and the fourth is for booths in 

 which the main feature is anything other 

 than the foregoing. The booths may be 

 rearranged each day and are judged each 

 day, the highest average at the end of the 

 six days to determine the disposition of 

 the prizes, which are $100 and $65 in 

 each of the four classes. 



The E. "Wienhoeber Co. made two en- 

 tries, for table decorations and in the 

 "any other" class. C. A. Samuelson 

 entered two booths, for the table decora- 

 tion and the any other class. SchiUer, 

 where Manager Asmus presides, entered 

 the wedding decoration and mantel 

 classes. A. Lange entered the wedding 

 decoration and the any other, this last 

 on the opening day being a Japanese 

 tea room according excellently with the 

 scheme of decoration for the show. J. F. 

 Kidwell & Bro. entered for mantel deco- 

 ration and in the class for any other, on 

 the opening day staging a porch scene 

 for the latter. The George Wittbold Co. 

 entered in the any other class and car- 

 ried off the award on the opening day 

 with a vase of specimen mums and a bank 

 of palms and ferns. Vaughan's Seed 

 Store secured one of the booths for a 

 display of vegetables, etc., and another 



was given over to the gentleman who 

 instructs the public in potting plants. 



The Nursery Exhibits. 



The nurserymen came to the front 

 much stronger than heretofore ami, while 

 their displays lack something from the 

 spectacular standpoint, thoy are of great 

 interest to the public. All the plants 

 being labeled, the visitors are seen exam- 

 ining the tags and in many cases making 

 notes, which indicates future orders for 

 someone. The displays of the nursery- 

 men occupy the entire annex and run 

 over into the main hall. Those repre- 

 sented are the George Wittbold Co., 

 Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Leesley Bros., 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, Winterson's Seed 

 Store and the Maywood Nursery Co. Axel 

 Setterberg, the Eogers Park landscape 

 architect, also has a booth in this depart- 

 ment, showing shrubbery as well as land- 

 scape plans and photographs. The annex 

 is laid out as a winter garden, and all 

 the nursery exhibits are attractively 

 staged in "snow." Evergreens and 

 deciduous shrubs in practically every 

 variety grown in this neighborhood are 

 shown and in addition Wittbold and Win- 

 ter son have winter window -boxes, and 

 Winterson has a bulb bed, with the bulbs 

 planted not so deeply that their identity 

 is obscured. 



In this section City Forester J. H. 

 Prost delivers a nightly stereopticon lec- 

 ture on trees and shrubs. 



Roses. 



On the opening day the class for 100 

 American Beauties was put on, the rest 

 of the roses following on Wednesday. 

 The Beauty class brought out the best 

 competition of the show and as good a 

 competition as ever has been seen on 

 Beauties in this great Beauty center. 

 There were seven entries, including mag- 

 nificent lots from William Dittman, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., George Eeinberg, Bas- 

 sett & Washburn and three from Peter 

 Eeinberg. The judges finally affixed the 

 blue ribbon on the Bassett & Washburn 

 entry, giving both second and third to 

 Peter Eeinberg. 



The general rose display was put up 

 Wednesday and left nothing to be de- 

 sired. Wbile the number of exhibitors 

 was not unusually large, several made 

 more than one entry in a class, so that 



there was as large a rose display as ever 

 has been seen at a Chicago show, and the 

 quality was superlatively fine. It Ih 

 doubtful if better Killarney and Eicli 

 mond ever have been exhibil^ed anywhere 

 in the west, and certainly no such M\ 

 Mkryland and White Killarney havV 

 ever before been staged in Chicago. Tb* 

 quality of the other varieties of the show 

 was of exceptional character and th<' 

 roses which were staged on an elevated 

 platform at the south end of the hall 

 drew a crush all day long. 



The Awards. 



The judges are John T. Temple, Dav 

 enport, la.; Geoirge B. Wiegand, Indi- 

 anapolis, and C. W. Johnson, Morgan 

 Park. Society ladies judged the retail 

 displays. The awards to date are: 



Roses. 



One hundred Beauties, Bassett & 

 Washburn, first; Peter Eeinberg, second 

 and third; seven entries. 



One hundred Eichmond, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first; Peter Eeinberg, second; 

 Peter Eeinberg, third. 



One hundred Killarney, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first; Bassett & Washburn, 

 second. 



One hundred White Killarney, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., first and second. 



One hundred Bride, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., first; Weiland & dinger, second. 



One hundred Bridesmaid, Weiland & 

 dinger, first. 



One hundred My Maryland, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., first. Poehlmann Bros, 

 also staged a second splendid vase of 

 My Maryland which would have received 

 recognition had it not been found to con- 

 tain one Killarney with ninety-nine My 

 Maryland. 



One hundred any other variety than 

 the foregoing, Poehlmann Bros. Co., first 

 on Kaiserin; Peter Eeinberg, second on 

 Mrs. Field; Poehlmann Bros. Co., third 

 on Perle. 



Twenty-five Beauties, Holton & Hun- 

 kel Co., Milwaukee, first; Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., second; W. W. Coles, Koko- 

 mo, Ind., third. 



Forty Eichmond, Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, first; Peter Eeinberg, second; 

 Peter Eeinberg, third. 



Forty My Maryland, Poehlman Bros. 

 Co., first. 



Forty Bride, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 



Peter ReinbeTg, second. Peter Relnberg, third. Bassett & WailiburD, first 



The Three Entries that Captured the Premiums in the Class for One Hundred Beauties at Chicago. 



