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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBEU 11, 1909. 



Part of the Roses and Carnations at the Chicago Exhibition, November 2 to 7, 1909. 



Beauty juizo in tlic rose d.-isscs tlic day 

 het'oro, was llic ]jriii(i|ial cxciit of the 

 slio\v from a tiadi' stauil|i(iiiit. Nic 

 /wcifc], C. <■. I'ullwnitli Co. aiKl .Manko 

 Bros, all sluiwcd sidctidid st(»ek. White 

 Perfection was easily the header in its 

 eolor, and the linisli on Zwoifel's lUO 

 blooms of tiiis was exceiit ioiiai. an<l 

 I'ollworth's Perfection in the elass for 

 fifty Idooms also ;ia\e ('iiica;;o ^rowers 

 a new eunce|ptioii of Milwaukee jiTowcss. 

 Mr. Zwcifel's Winsor also were notahle 

 for the season, and local growers admired 

 this ^ase as mucii as anythiuji in tlie 

 show. Amoiiji the new sorts Zweifel's 

 lOii Idoonis of Priylit Spot showed that 

 the variety lias hecn well named. Good 

 ;rrowcrs picdict a future for this. It 

 • iefeated in the e];i^s for 100 blooms, 

 dark pink, two splendid enti-ies of After- 

 o]ow aixl P.awsoM. 



Anion;: the other new \arieti(>s Dorothy 

 Gordon, sent from I'hiladelphia by the 

 Joseph lleacink ( o.. attracted mucji at 

 tcntion. The ;;row(>rs all seem to liki^ its 

 looks. It was Hot entered for com[ieti 

 tion. Neither <lid Shasta eomjiete, but a 

 vase ot' it was exhibited by Baur i.\; 

 Smith. 1 mlianajiolis. The ('liica^o Carna- 

 tion <',,. wuii the premium for 100 any 

 otjiei ciilor, with its i[o\\ \ariety Con 

 quest, and Sanyamo, which A. C. Brown 

 and tiie Chicago Carn.'ition Co. are jointly 

 disseminating;, carried off the premium 

 for 10(1 liejit pink. Mary Tolman was 

 exhibited by .\. ]■]. Hunt «.^- < o.. Kvans- 

 ton, 111.. an(| the • hicaeo Carnaiiim Co. 

 Charles Knojif i'loral Co.. IJichiTiond. 

 Ind., iiad its new jdnk. ,\dmiration, and 

 a si'dllin^ of promise, No. l.\. The 

 Miami Floral Co., Dayton, O., showed 

 .Miami (^ueen. a pink which is to be dis 

 semimited this season, and No. 140, a 

 pink, the residt of crossim^ Pm-hantress 

 and Nelson Pislier. but this latter had 

 1ra\ele(l badly. I'.as^ett iV Washluirn 

 showed a new pink. No. .'K!. 



The aw;n-i|> en cai-n;it ions w<'re .as fo] 

 Iciw ■; ; 



fifty White l.awson. Poeldmann Bros, 

 t '<).. first. 



Fifty White Kndiantress, C. C. Poll- 

 worth Co., fiist ; Chie.ago Ciirnation Co., 

 secfmil. 



Fifty Wliite I'erfeitiun. < . C. P,,]!- 

 wiirth Co.. tirst ; (hicaj^o ('arnatioii Co., 

 seccmd. 



Fifty Victory, Nic Zweifel, first; C. C. 

 Pollworth Co., second. 



Fifty t) P. Bassett, ii.assett & Wash- 

 burn, first. 



Fifty ]ieacon, C. C. Pollworth Co.. 

 first ; Manke Bros., second. 



Fifty Winsor, Nic Zweifel, first; C. C. 

 Pollworth Co., second. 



J''ifty ]'-]ichantress, Nic Zweifel, first ; 

 C. <'. I'ollworth Co., secoiul. 



J-'ifty Mrs. Law son, Manke Bros., first. 



Fifty Eose-pink Em-hantress, Chicago 

 Carnation Co., first ; Des Plaines Floral 

 Co., second. 



Fifty Afterglow, Chicago Carnation 

 Co., first. 



Fifty any other flesli ])ink, Pochlnianii 

 Bros. Co., first on May Day. 



Fifty any other light })ink, Poehlniann 

 Bros. Co., first ; Des Plaines Floral Co., 

 second, both on Winona. 



Fifty any other dark pink, Des Plaines 

 Floral Co., first on Aristocrat. 



Fifty Variegated Lawson, Poehlniann 

 Bros. Vo., first. 



Fifty flesh pink, introduction of 1909, 

 Poehlniann Bros. Co., first on May Day. 



Fifty dark junk, introduction of 1909, 

 ' hicago Carnation Co.. first. 



Fifty red, introduction of 1909, Bas- 

 sett iSc Washburn, first (m O. P. Bassett. 



100 white, Nic Zweifel, first; Poehl- 

 niann Bros. Co., second; Chicago Carna- 

 tion C'o., third, each with White Perfec- 

 tion. 



100 fiesli pink, Ciiicago Carnation Co., 

 first, with Fmdiantress : F. Dornei iV- S(jns 

 ( o.. second, with Pink Delight. 



piO light pink, ('hicago <',aniation Co., 

 first, with Sanganio; J'oeiilmann Bros. 

 Co., second, with Winona. 



10(1 dark pink, Nic Zweifel, first, with 

 Bright Spot; Poehhnann I'.ros. Co.. sec 

 ond. with .Afterulow; Poehlniann liros. 

 ( 'o.. tiiiiil, with Lawson. 



10(1 red, (hicago Carnation Co., first, 

 with P>eacon : i'.;issett i Washburn, sec- 

 ond, witii (). P. liassett. 



1(M) any other cidor, ('hicago ('.aination 

 ( o.. first, with CoiKjiicst. 



Saturday the seedling carnations were 

 on view, but their number was few. In 

 the class for twenty blooms white, F. Dor- 

 ner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind., was the 

 only exhibitor, with No. G8-05, which 

 scored SG points and later took the sweep- 

 stakes cup for best seeilling cntereil in 



any of the seven classes. Dorner & Sons 

 Co. also had the only red, Hoosier Lad, 

 which scored S.3 points. In the class for 

 flesh pink the Chicago Carnation Co. en- 

 tered ]\Iary Tolman, which scored 79 

 points. In the class for light pink the 

 (.'hicago Carn.'ition Co. put up Sanganio, 

 which scored 85 points. For dark pink 

 N. Zweifel showed Bright Spot, which 

 scored 85 points. All scoring 85 or more 

 were given the society's certificate of 

 merit. 



New Chrysanthemums. 



There was light competition in the class 

 for chrysanthemum cut blooms of seed- 

 lings, sports and undisseminated impor- 

 tations. In the class for six white, E. G. 

 Hill Co. was first for a variety exhibited 

 as No. 97, but later named Eloise Pap- 

 worth, which scored 88 points on the com- 

 mercial scale and 87 on the exhibition 

 scale. In the class for six pink lighter 

 than Morel, F. Dorner & Sons Co. was 

 first with a variety No. 1-08, which scored 

 83 points on the commercial scale and 77 

 on the exhibition scale. P\)r six any other 

 color, E. G. Hill Co. was first with a lav- 

 ender sort designated as No. 109, which 

 scored 85 jjoints on tiie exhibition scale. 

 The sweepstakes cup awarded to the best 

 exhibit in the above classes went to the 

 Hill C.>. for Eloise Papworth. E. D. 

 Smith & Co. exhibited a red seedling des- 

 ignated as 410-908 and a white seedling 

 known as 42-4 OS. 



Private Gardeners' Exhibits. 



The private gardeners had their day 

 November 5. The awards were: 



Ten gcr.Tniiniis in liloom. KolxTt T. .Mueller, 

 gardener to .\. S. 'rrmlc. first. 



Sppcinieii p:ilin. It. T. Mueller, first. 



Protiin. .Idliii Cook, Iniversit.v of (liicagi), 

 tirst: 1{. T. .Mueller, second. 



Driicii.'nii, K. T. .Mueller, first. 



I'andanns, H. T. Mueller, first; JoUii Cook, 

 second. 



Best deeor.Ttive plant other than the above, 

 Jolin Cook, first; H. T. .Mueller, second. 



Boston fern, .John Co<jk, first; I'cter Schilt, 

 second. 



Flowering plant, R. T. Mueller, first ; .lohn 

 Dahl. second. 



Novel plant, John Cook, first. 



Specimen chr.vsanthemum plant. I{. T. Mucl 

 ler. tirst; Joseph Koskrzcwski, second. 



Standard cbr.vsanthemum plant, II. T. Mueller, 

 first; Joseph Koskraewski, second. 



Half standard clir.vsantheniuni plant. R. T. 

 .Mueller, first; Joseph KoskrzeusUi. second. 



