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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Wedding Decoration Exhibit of A. Lange at the Chicago Flower Show^ This Week. 



Solpil d'Octobre, and tliroc new white 

 < alvat varieties, Mine. I'rudhoniine, Mnie. 

 K. Truelle and Mme. Fcltoii. Ainonij the 

 Australian varieties were the red fawn, 

 Mrs. .7. A. Miller; :\Irs. Partridge, a 

 liriglit dark red and yellow ; Mrs. William 

 Duckhani, bright yellow; Cheltoni, pale 

 yellow, and Is'ance O'Xeil. 



Among other notable jirivate eollee- 

 lions were those of (ieorge Kastman, in 

 "harge of William I'irie; Jliram \V. 8ib- 

 l(>y, J'^tienno Berry gardener; ^Irs. C>il- 

 iiian N. I'erkins, John (,'ondie superin- 

 tendent. 



^Irs. F. F. Thoinpson, of Canandaigua, 

 V. Y., j)resented an interesting (-(dleetion 

 <if chrysanthemums through li. Hallan- 

 lyne, gardener. 



The method of exhibiting was entirely 

 distinct from that of any tlower show 

 li(dd in the jiast, the plan lieing to inakcj 

 the hall a great garden, rather than a 

 series of small booths or tables contain- 

 ing individual exhibits, and the success 

 of this idea is in a great measure due to 

 < 'harlcs II. Vick, chairman of the general 

 ■ommittee, assisted bv (jeorge U. Hart, 

 W. L. Keller, J. M. Keller, F. I.. Keller, 

 n. G. Salter, E. P. Wilse. A. T. Salter, 

 <'. J. Brown, F. W. Tick. William Pitkin, 

 <'. B. Ogston, F. li. Sddegel. II. B. 

 "^tring(>r and F. A. Osborne. 



The private exhibitors incduded <>eorgo 

 Kastman, ]\Irs. William S. Kindiall. ^Mrs. 

 'i. X. Perkins, Hiram W. Sibley, A. M. 

 Lindsay, Warhani Whitney, ('. 1). Bon- 

 bright and Mrs. F. F. Thomson, of Ca- 

 nandaigua. Mrs. Thomson was the only 

 <iiitoftown jirivate exhibitor. 



A complete list of exhibitors follows: 

 A. W. Darling. Charles F. Frev, John 

 House, Vick & Hill Co., F. R. Fry, Frank 

 Bennett, Hiram W. Siblev, Etienne Berrv, 

 if. H. Pringle, H. F. W'ilson, Thoman "& 



Teute, George Crooke & Co., G. T. 

 Boucher, ^Mrs. G. N. Perkins, John Con- 

 die, Clifford & Son, George Bennett, 

 (Jeorge Fastman, William Pirie, Salter 

 Bros., Warham Whitney, T. S. Trezesky, 



A. y\. Lindsay, John Mclveown, C. i). 

 lionbright. Otto Grasinze, F. Kronsbein, 

 Kd Brockman, F. Schlegel's Sons, Charles 

 Suhr, Brown Brothers Nursery Co., A. 

 Rayton, Fred Teute, City Parks Depart- 

 ment, John Dunbar superintendiMit ; 

 Charlton Nursery Co., Mrs. F. F. Thoniji- 

 son, Robert Ballantvne gardener; Walter 

 Tickner, Mrs. William S. Kind)all, C. B. 

 Ogston gardener; George J. Keller, Ell- 

 wanger & Barry, Chase Brothers Co., E. 



B. Campbell, Thomas Cogger, George B. 

 Hart. 



The otBccrs of the Flower City Flo- 

 rists' Association are: President, F. W. 

 Vick; vice-president, E. P. Wilson; secre- 

 tary, II. B. Stringer; treasurer. W. Ij. 

 Keller. 



The general plan for the decorati(Uis 

 and landscape eifects was prepared by 

 Ailing S. Deforest, landseaj)c architect 

 of this city, and it reflects great credit 

 on his skill and artistic ability. There 

 were no premiums, the ]nirpose being to 

 stimulate the public interest in flowers 

 by means of an attractive decorative ef 

 feet rather than liy competition between 

 growers of cut flowers. 



SouTiiBRiDGE, ^Mass. — -A. H. Faxou has 

 an unusually choice stock of chry.santhe- 

 mums. 



W' HEELING, W. Va. — ;Miss Clara Forbes, 

 of the firm of I'orbcs & Donahey, re- 

 cently lost iier handbag on a Barton car. 

 The bag contained .$(300 in money and 

 valuables and was found by the con- 

 ductor and returned to Miss Forbes. 



LENOX, MASS. 



The ninth annual show of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society, wiiicli opened Oc- 

 tober l'(), was decitleiUy the best in its 

 history. Never was ct)mpetition keener 

 or exhibits of a higher quality. The only 

 drawback was the smallness of the hall, 

 whiidi [ireveiited the exhibits being seen 

 to good advantag(\ Some arrangement 

 should if possible be made another year 

 to secure additional floor space. 



The keenest interest was taken in the 

 competition for the Dreer cup for the 

 best group of plants arranged for efTect. 

 This has to be won twice to become the 

 property of the exhibitor. F. Ileeremans 

 and Edwin Jenkins had already secured a 

 first each, and this year was expected to 

 settle the supremacy of the contestants. 

 There were four entries and after long 

 consideration the judges awarded the cup 

 to F. Ileeremans, gardener to \\'. T>. 

 Sloane. for a beautiful group most ar- 

 tistically arranged. Palms, crotons, lilies, 

 gypsophila. begt)nias, gardenias, valley 

 and ferns were mostly used. S. P. Shot- 

 ter. Allan .lenkins gardeiu>r, was second 

 and Edwin Jenkins, gardener to Girand 

 Foster, third. The latter had an arch- 

 way resting on a base surrounding a 

 miniature lake and was both original 

 and charming. Many visitors admired 

 this group the most. Fourth went to 

 Miss John Sloane, A. J. I^oveless gar- 

 dener, who used orchids freely. 



There was a bewildering dis]>lay of 

 chrysanthemums of a quality rarely seen, 

 even at the best eastern shows. The best 

 specimen plants from Mrs. John F. Par- 

 sons were marvels of cultural skill, car- 

 rying 350 to 400 blooms each. W. D. 

 Sloane also had some splendid specimens. 

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