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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



November 4, 1009, 



Jottings. 



George Eeinberg staged a group of 



eight varieties of roses, a vase of cat- 



tleyas and some asparagus, not for com- 

 petition. 



The attendance on the first two days 

 ■was excellent, better than usual. "While 

 Secretary Burdett has had little material 

 for his press work, he has received the 

 usual liberal support accorded by the city 

 papers and the public is responding most 

 satisfactorily. 



As the week progresses many additional 

 features will be brought in and an artistic 

 and financial success seems assured. The 

 show lasts till Sunday night. 



One of the features is a Japanese tea 

 room at the north end of the hall, where 

 appetizing refr^hments are served. The 

 tea room is a distinct addition to the 

 show and one which it is hoped to make 

 permanent. 



The management, through long prac- 

 tice, has become marvelously efficient. 

 From top to bottom, each individual in 

 the management has become so familiar 

 with the needs of each situation that a 

 ten-thousand-dollar show is handled with 

 the precision of professional showmen. 

 Ed Hauswirth is handling the admissions, 

 as usual. 



After the judging of the mums had 

 been completed the entry of E. G. Hill 

 Co., which had been given first for twelve 

 blooms bronze, was disqualified for fail- 

 ure to make proper entry. There were 

 several protested awards because of time 

 of entry. 



John T. Temple is to serve as a judge 

 at St. Louis next week. 



A. C. Brown, Springfield, 111., put up 

 a fine vase of his new carnation Sangamo 

 on Wednesday. 



The members of Suckling Pig Club 

 have new and exceedingly appropriate 

 badges, which are large enough so the 

 supporters of this famous organization 

 may be readily identified. The club will 

 have a meeting later in the week. 



Viiitors. 



The Chicago Florists' Club will enter- 

 tain the visitors at a stag party on the 

 second floor of the Coliseum annex Thurs- 

 day evening, November 4, where there 

 will be plenty of refreshments and a pro- 

 fessional vaudeville program guaranteed 

 to amuse. On the same evening the visit- 

 ing ladies will be entertained at a thea- 



ter party at the Auditorium, with a 

 luncheon afterwards. 



The visitors registered up to Wednes- 

 day afternoon were: 



Amerpohl, Edw., JanesTlUe, Wis. 

 Baur, A. F. J., Indiaiiapulis. 

 Blrubaum, R. J., SpringUeld, 111. 

 Brown, A. C, Springfield, 111. 

 Buckbee, H. W., Kockford, 111. 

 Burmeister, Chas., Milwaukee. 

 Coles, W. W., and wife, Kokomo, Ind. 

 Crabb, George F., Grand Rapids. 

 Dyslnger, Geo., Ionia, Mlcb. 

 Ellsworth, E. D. and wife, Kansas City. 

 Emerlcb, Alfred, Paris, France. 

 Evans, J. A. and wife, Richmond, Ind. 

 Field, George, Washington, D. C. 

 Griffith, Wm. H., Lake Forest, 111. 

 Hartung, Louis, Two Rivers, Wis. 

 Herman, P. H., Council Bluffs. 

 Hess, J. J., Omaha. 

 .Johnson, A., Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 Jurgeus, Wm., and wife, Newport, R. I. 

 Karlns, J. J., Philadelphia. 

 Knecht, Frank, Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Knopf, Charles, Richmond, Ind. 

 Loveridge, C, and wife, Peoria, 111. 

 Longland, W. P., Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 McLane, John I., Lake Forest, 111. 

 Mann, Earl, Richmond, Ind. 

 Manos, T., Milwaukee. 

 Meyer, Aug., Janesville, Wis. 

 Mellstrom, Thomas, Bruges, Belgium. 

 Nobel, Peter, Milwaukee. 

 Olinger, P. J., and wife, Cincinnati. 

 Olsam, F., Ames, la. 

 Olsam, Miss Lydia, Ames, la. 

 Perkins, C. H., Newark, N. Y. 

 Phllpot, H. E., Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

 Plerson, Wallace R., Cromwell, Conn. 

 Pollworth, C. C. and wife, Milwaukee. 

 Schmitt, Chas. A., Cleveland. 

 Sellenthln, G. A., Sr., La Crosse, Wis. 

 Sellenthin, G. A., Jr., La. Crosse, Wis. 

 Sked, J. F., Denver. 

 Skidelsky, S. S., Philadelphia. 

 Stunffen, J. F., Detroit. 

 Temple, J. T., Davenport, la. 

 Tlplady, John, Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 TIplady, Walter, Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 Tolman, Henry, Walworth, Wis. 

 Warneke, Chas., Detroit. 

 Whitnall, C. B., Milwaukee. 

 Wicgand, George B., Indianapolis. 

 Valentine, J. A., Denver. 

 Zaellen, Paul, La Crosse, Wis. 



ROCHESTER. 



The first flower show of the Commer- 

 cial Florists' Association opened at Con- 

 vention hall Tuesday afternoon, Novem- 

 ber 2, with a display of floral wealth 

 and beauty seldom seen at such exhibi- 

 tions. Convention hall was one immense, 

 undivided garden of beauty, and the vis- 

 itor was guided along paths and walks 

 amid tropical gardens, dense with palms 

 and ferns, and beds of violets and roses; 

 and masses of chrysanthemums, bouvar- 

 dias and primulas which smiled at one 

 as he passed from one glorious view to 

 another still more beautiful. 



At the rear of the hall, and reaching 

 twenty feet toward the ceiling, a rock 



garden was constructed, from the top of 

 which a cascade tossed and tumbled to 

 the little lake below. The walls of the 

 building were covered with scenic paint- 

 ings, and from the center of the rojf 

 thousands of yards of southern smiliix 

 were gracefully festooned to the su ,- 

 porting columns. 



To mention each exhibit separate iv 

 would take a volume of many pages, h\'i 

 among the attractive and educational fea- 

 tures were specimens from the herbarium 

 of Conrad VoUertsen, consisting of about 

 200 plants grown in Monroe county, mo.sl 

 of them native anu all growing with cul 

 tivation. These specimens were so beai. 

 tifully pressed and mounted, and covered 

 with glass and framed, that they made ; 

 particularly attractive exhibit. A par!, 

 of the famous Kimball orchid collection 

 was shown by Mrs. W. S. Kimball. These 

 were undoubtedly the most interestinjf 

 and rarest of the many beautiful ex- 

 hibits. One of the treasures of the col- 

 lection was the Cypripedium Kimballi- 

 anum, named in honor of William S. 

 Kimball, and highly prized by the world 's 

 orehidists. The remarkable thing about 

 this plant is that it is the flrst orchid 

 discovered to be a natural hybrid, a dis- 

 covery made with the microscope, by Pro 

 fessor Reichenbach, the greatest author- 

 ity on orchids ever known. The plant 

 was found in New Guiaea and bought 

 from the finders by Mr. Kimball. While 

 the delicate orchids to the number of 

 about fifty, among them the exceedingly 

 rare, pure pink variety, Cattleya Bow- 

 ringeana, and Cypripedium Harrisianum, 

 a rare green variety, formed a consider- 

 able part of Mrs. Kimball's exhibit, the 

 major part was a display of chrysanthe- 

 mums. In the center was a section of 

 American chrysanthemums, a number of 

 the most beautiful varieties being grouped 

 around the large, white President Taft, 

 and the whole surmounted by the Amer- 

 ican flag. Surrounding the American 

 section were groups of English, Austra- 

 lian and French chrysanthemums, with 

 their respective flags above them. Among 

 the choicest English blooms were the 

 Glitter, a yellow with a sheen that does 

 not belie the name; O. H. Broomhead, 

 maroon; Benjamin Wells, yellow and 

 burnt orange ; Mrs. M. Thome, yellow, 

 and the Eose Pockett, aptly named. In 

 the French section were, President Gar- 

 net, a large, straw yellow variety; the 

 yellow Chrysanthemiste Montigny; the 



Poeblmann'B Col. Appleton. £. O. Hill's Maj. BonnaiTon. 



Two o{ the Finest Exhibits of Cut Chrysanthemums at the Big Chic&go Show This ^eek. 



