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NOVEMItKR 4, 1900. 



ThcW«ckly Florists' Review. 



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General View of the Chicago Flower Show, Coliseum, November 2 to 7, 1909. 



first ; Weilantl & Olinger, New Castle, 



Ind., second. 

 Forty Bridesmaid, Weiland & Olinger, 



first. 

 Forty Killarney, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 



first J Bassett & Washburn, second; 



Peter Beinberg, third. 

 Forty White Killarney, Poehlmann 



Bros. Co., first; Bassstt & Washburn. 



second. 

 Forty any other than the foregoing, 



Peter Eeinberg, first on Mrs. Field; 



Bassett & Washburn, second on Ehea 



IJeid; Bassett & Washburn, third on 



Kaiserin. 

 Charles Knopf Floral Co., Eichmond, 



Ind,, exhibited a seedling rose, pink, No. 



1 ,00OB, for the silver cup offered for 



I ew rose never before exhibited in this 



! luntry, and for the cash premium of- 

 'Ted for any variety not yet in com- 

 erce. The schedule provided that the 

 tme variety should not compete in both 

 iasses, so the judges disqualified them 

 >r the cup and gave them second in the 

 her class, scoring the seedling seventy- 

 ve points. 



Retailers' Booths. 

 These were rearranged and judged 

 ich day, the highest average for the 

 X days to determine the disposition of 

 le premiums. Tuesday's awards were: 

 Mantel decoration, J. F. Kidwell & 

 ro., first; Schiller estate, second. 

 Table decoration, E. Wienhoeber Co., 

 rst; C. A. Samuelson, second. 

 Wedding decoration, A. Lange, first; 

 ■chiller estate, second. 



Any other booth decoration, George 

 -Vittbold Co., first; J. F. Kidwell & 



•'ro., second. 



The awards Wednesday were as fol- 

 lows: 

 Mantel decoration, J. F. Kidwell & 



'iro., first; Schiller estate, second. 



Table decoration, E. Wienhoeber Co., 

 first; C. A. Samuelson, second. 



Wedding decoration, A. Lange, first; 

 Schiller estate, second. 



Booth in which the main feature was 

 other than the foregoing, George Witt- 

 bold Co., first; C. A. Samuelson, second. 



Chrysanthemum Cut Blooms. 



Fifty white, Mt. Greenwood Cemetery 

 Association, first, on Virginia Poehlmann ; 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. second, also on Vir- 

 ginia Poehlmann. 



Fifty pink, Mt. Greenwood Cemetery 

 Association first, on Pink Ivory; E. G. 

 Hill Co. second, on Mary Mann. 



Fifty yellow, Poehlmann Bros. Co. first, 

 on Appleton; E. G. Hill Co. second, on 

 Bonnaffon. 



Fifty any other color, E. G. Hill Co. 

 first. 



Twelve white, E. G. Hill Co. first, on 

 Beatrice May; Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 second. 



Twelve yellow, darker than Bonnaffon, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. first, on Appleton ; 

 E. G. Hill Co. second. 



Twelve blooms light pink, E. G. Hill 

 Co. first. 



Twelve red, Bassett & Washburn first, 

 E. G. Hill Co. second. 



Twelve bronze, E. G. Hill Co. first. 



Twelve any other color, E, G. Hill Co. 

 first, on Louiseau Eosseau. 



Collection of twenty-five varieties, one 

 bloom each, E. G. Hill Co. first, E. D. 

 Smith Co. second. 



Collection of twenty-five varieties, one 

 bloom each, shown on mossed boards, 

 E. G. HiJl Co. first. 



Display of pompons, E. G. Hill Co. 

 first. 



Chrysanthumum Plants. 



Vaughan's Greenhouses were first in 



each of the sixteen classes, except the 

 one for five specimen plants in not less 

 than 8-inch pots. Here E. T. Mueller, 

 gardener to A. S. Trude, was first. Mr. 

 Mueller was second in eight of the 

 classes and third in one, Vaughan's 

 Greenhouses being second as well as first 

 for one specimen plant, white. They also 

 were second as well as first on twelve 

 plants grown to single stem. 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



Most interesting grafted plant, Vaugh- 

 an's Greenhouses both first and second. 



Ten palms, George Wittbold Co. first, 

 Schiller Estate second. 



Specimen palm, Vaughan's Green- 

 houses first. 



Boston fern, George Wittbold Co. first, 

 Vaughan's Greenhouses second, C. C. 

 Pollworth Co. third. 



Flowering plant other than mums, 

 Vaughan's Greenhouses first. 



Six Boston ferns, J. F. Kidwell & 

 Bro., first; George Wittbold Co., second; 

 Schiller estate, third. 



Group of palms and decorative plants 

 to occupy 100 square feet, George Witt- 

 bold Co., first; Frank Oechslin, second; 

 John Cook, third. 



Collection of ferns, number of varie- 

 ties to be considered, C. C. Pollworth 

 Co., first. 



Fern dish, Peter Schilt, first; C. C. 

 Polhvorth Co., second; George Wittbold 

 Co., third. 



Basket or hamper of plants, George 

 Wittbold Co., first; Schiller estate, sec- 

 ond. 



Twelve Pandanus Veitchii, Schiller 

 estate, first. 



Six Ficus pandurata, Schiller estate, 

 first. 



Six palms in six varieties, George Witt- 

 bold Co., first.. 



