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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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THE AUTUMN ^ 



FLOWER SHOWS 



MILWAUKEE. 



A Splendid Show. 



The third annual exhibition of the 

 Milwaukee Florists' Club, which 

 opened Wednesday, November 15, and 

 ran through Sunday, November 19, was 

 as fine a flower show as one would wish 

 to se^. It probably ranks as the largest 

 and most successful show of the year. 

 There were ninety-two classes and 

 practically every one of them l^rought 

 out competition. The arrangement 

 scarcely could have been improved 

 upon, and the average quality of the 

 stock was right up to the top notch. 

 Of course Milwaukee, like all western 

 cities, is without the big, many-flow- 

 ered chrysanthemum plants, for these 

 are not to be seen except at the east- 

 ern exhibitions where the millionaires' 

 gardeners compete, but when it comes 

 to well finished cut blooms the Famous 

 City takes no back seat; nor does it 

 for its roses or carnations. 



The new Auditorium is ideal for 

 flower show purposes. Large enough, 

 yet not too large; modern in arrange- 

 ment and equipment, it affords every 

 facility for the expeditious handling 

 of exhibits and crowds — only the latter 

 were not so large as would have been 

 liked. The management was in the 

 hands of an executive committee 

 headed by H. V. Hunkel, president of 

 the club, and composed of C. C. Poll- 

 worth, J. G. Heitman, W. Zimmermann, 



Arthur Leidiger, C. Dallwig, A. F. Kell- 

 ner and Nic Zweifel. The setting for 

 the show was planned by Mr. Kellner 

 and the sodding on the concrete floor 

 was put down under his direction. 

 Overhead was a canopy of lycopodium 

 roping. The grouping, with the ele- 

 vated band stand and the flower booth 

 in the center, made a delightful pic- 

 ture. 



The Betailers' Exhibits. 



The retail florists did splendidly. 

 The management set aside $250 to be 

 divided among them, not as compensa- 

 tion, for it would be inadequate for 

 that, but as an evidence of apprecia- 

 tion — and eight exhibitors responded. 

 Each one maintained a table during 

 the five days of the show, most of them 

 making daily changes and employing 

 all the accessories that go to make 

 these displays about the most attract- 

 ive feature of the shows so far as the 

 flower buyers are concerned. With 

 eight tables and daily changes, all the 

 fine flowers of the season came into 

 use. The work was good, in every in- 

 stance; in most instances it was excel- 

 lent. The retailers exhibiting were: 

 Walter M. Maas & Co., E. Welke Co., 

 Currie Bros. Co., J. M. Fox & Son, M, 

 A. McKenney Co., Wm. C. Zimmermann, 

 Charles Dettman & Sons and Edlefsen- 

 Leidiger Co. 



The Soses. 



From the point of view of the trade, 

 probably the chief interest centered in 



the roses, which were staged Friday, 

 November 17. The novelties came in 

 for their share of attention. They in- 

 cluded Sunburst, from E, G. Hill Co., 

 and Double White Killarney and Killar- 

 ney Queen, from A. N. Pierson. The con- 

 test, however, was for the Beauty pre- 

 miums. There were four splendid vases 

 of 100 blooms each, so closely matched 

 that, though many tried, few of those 

 who know roses were able to guess, 

 the order in which the judges would 

 place the ribbons. In the end, Helton 

 & Hunkel Co. won out, followed by 

 Bassett & Washburn, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. and A. F. Amling Co., in the order 

 named. The Amling Beauties were a 

 little too open, the Poehlmann flowers 

 a little too tight. The Holton & Hun- 

 kel roses all were in exactly the right 

 condition and the exhibitors from out 

 of town found they had real competi- 

 tion on their hands in every class where 

 the Milwaukee flowers were entered. 

 The judges were Emil Buettner, of 

 Park Kidge, 111.; J. E. Matthewson, of 

 Sheboygan, Wis., and Otto Speidel, of 

 Oconomowoc. The awards on roses 

 were as follows: 



Ftfty * Beauties— Holton & Hunkel Co., Mil- 

 waukee, first; Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, 

 second; Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, third; 

 A. F. Amling Co., Maywood, 111., fourth. 



One hundred White Killarney — Holton & Hnn- 

 kel Co., first ; Poehlmann Bros. Co., second. 



One hundred Killarney — Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first; Holton & Hunkel Co., second. 



Fifty Richmond— Holton & Hunkel Co., fint; 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., second. 



Fifty Killarney — Poehlmann Bros. Co., first; 



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A General View of the Milwaukee Flower Show November 15 to 19, 1911. 



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