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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 11, 1912. 



ing the business banners of some twen- 

 ty-five firms. The floor, used for danc- 

 ing, was covered with canvas. 



The Formal Opening. 



The joint convention was formally 

 opened as per schedule, at 8 p. m., 

 Wednesday evening, January 10, in the 

 solarium of the Wayne hotel, with a 

 flow of oratory commensurate with the 

 importance and unprecedented charac- 

 ter of the occasion. George E. Browne, 

 president of the Detroit Florists' Club, 

 was master of ceremonies and had on 

 the platform with him Mayor Wm. B. 

 Thompson, F. H. Conant, representing 

 the Board of Commerce; Ex-Mayor 

 Breitmeyer, J. A. Valentine, president 

 of the Carnation Society; Hugo Schroe- 

 ter, secretary of the Detroit club, and 

 Benj. Hammond, secretary of the Rose 

 Society, President Farenwald modestly 

 choosing a seat in the front row of the 

 audience. There were addresses of wel- 

 come by President Browne, Mayor 

 Thompson, Mr. Conant and Prof. Grif- 

 fith, of the Art Museum, with appropri- 

 ate responses by Mr. Breitmeyer, speak- 

 ing as vice-president of both the Eose 

 and Carnation Societies; President Far- 

 enwald, of the Rose Society; President 

 Valentine, of the Carnation Society, 

 and Benj. Hammond, who was introduc- 

 ed as speaking for himself. In addition, 

 Mrs. McGraw spoke for the Detroit 

 branch of the I^ational Plant, Flower 

 and Fruit Guild, to which the exhibits 

 are to be turned over at the close of 

 the exhibition for free distribution 

 among the sick and the poor of Detroit. 

 There was a large attendance and the 

 speechmaking was greatly enjoyed, per- 

 haps all the more so because not one of 

 the speakers made anything more than 

 extemporaneous and brief remarks.. 



THE CABNATION SHOW. 



While the quality of the carnations 

 certainly was up to top notch, the num- 

 ber of flowers exhibited was less than 

 at Pittsburgh two years ago, and pos- 

 sibly less than at several other previous 

 meetings of the society. For the fall- 

 ing off the carnation men blamed the 

 weather and the date, but mostly the 

 date. They pointed out the date was 

 not of their choosing, but merely ac- 

 cepted by them as the lesser of two 

 evils; they maintained that the falling 

 off in exhibits was further evidence 

 that the third week in January is the 

 one and only date for a national car- 

 nation show. 



It was noted that there were more 

 entries of Gloriosa than of any other 

 one variety, exceeding the number of 

 any white and far exceeding the num- 

 ber of entries of Enchantress. White 

 Perfection led the whites in number 

 of entries, but White Wonder was a 

 olose second. 



Rather more than the usual number 

 of new varieties were shown. Included 

 were: Salmon Queen, salmon, from 

 Traendly & Schenck; Benora, varie- 

 gated, and Gorgeous, dark pink, from 

 Peter Fisher; Brooklyn, dark pink, from 

 Chas. Weber, and associates; Wode- 

 nethe, large white, from C. H. Totty; 

 Wm. Eccles, scarlet, from Scott Bros.; 

 The Herald, scarlet, from Chicago Car- 

 nation Co.; Sultana, crimson, and Rain- 

 bow, mottled, from the Wanoka Green- 

 houses; Delhi, scarlet, from Murphy & 

 Skidelsky; Rosette, dark pink, from F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co.; J. A. Valentine, 

 flesh pink, from R. Witterstaetter; 



Northport, dark pink, from James Cock- 

 croft, and a white and a mottled or 

 overlaid one from W. N. Rudd. St. 

 Nicholas, scarlet, from Baur & Stein- 

 kamp, arrived frozen and was not on 

 view until a second shipment arrived. 



The judges on carnations were: W. 

 R. Nicholson, C. W. Johnson, R. Witter- 

 staetter, E. A, Stroud, N. A. Benson 

 and Eugene Dailledouze. Their awards 

 were as follows: 



One hundred white — C. H. Totty, first, on 

 WodcnPthe; Chicago Carnation Co., second, on 

 White Enchantress. 



One hundred flesh pink — Nlc Zwelfel, first, on 

 Enchantress; F. Dorner & Sons Co., second, on 

 Gloriosa. 



One hundred light pink — Mount Greenwood 

 Cemetery Association, first, on Mrst Ward; C. 

 C. Pollworth Co., second, on Mrs. Ward. 



One hundred dark pink — F. Dorner & Sons Co., 

 first, on Rosette; Chicago Carnation Co., sec- 

 ond, on Washington. 



One hundred red — Elmsford Nurseries, first, on 

 William Eccles; C. C. Pollworth Co., second, 

 on Beacon. 



One hundred crlmson-^Wanoka Greenhouses, 

 flnit, on Sultana. 



One hundred mottled — Wanoka Greenhouses, 

 first, on Rainbow. 



Sweepstakes for best vase of 100 In above 

 cla8S"S to C. H. Totty, on Wodenethe. 



Fifty White Perfection— C. C. Pollworth Co., 

 second; no first. 



Fifty White Enchantress— E. G. Hill Co., 

 first; W. J. & M. S. Vesey, second. 



Fifty any other white- C. C. Pollworth Co., 

 first; F. Dorner & Sons Co., oecond, both on 

 White Wonder. 



Fifty Enchantress— A. C. Brown, first; Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co., second. 



Fifty Pink Delight— S. J. Goddard, first; F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co., second. 



B'ifty any other flesh pink — F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co., first, on Gloriosa. 



Fifty Wlnsor — A. J. Stahelin, second; no first. 



Fifty any other light pink— A. J. Stahelin. 

 first, on Winona. 



Fifty Mrs. Ward— C. C. Pollworth Co., first; 

 A. C. Brown, oecond. 



Fifty any other dark plmk — Chicago Carnation 

 Co., first, on Washington. 



Fifty Beacon— C. C. Pollworth Co., first; E. 

 G. Hill Co.. second. 



Fifty victory — Chicago Carnation Co., first; 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey, second. 



Fifty yellow — A. C. Brown, second, on Riley; 

 no first. 



Fifty Bonfire — Chicago Carnation Co., first. 



Fifty Gloriosa — S. J. Goddard, first; Chicago 

 Carnation Co., second. 



Fifty White Wonder— S. J. Goddard, first; 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey, second. 



Flftv Princess Charming — Chicago Carnation 

 Co.. first. 



Fifty Bright Spot— A. C. Brown, flrrt. 



American Carnation Society gold medal to 

 Peter Fisher, on Gorgeous. 



American Carnation Society silver medal to 

 R. Witterstaetter, on J. A. Valentine. 



American Carnation Society bronze medal to 

 C. H. Totty, on Wodenethe. 



S. A. F. silver medal to F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co., on Rosette. 



S. A. F. bronze medal to E. G. Hill Co.. on 

 No. 311. 



Certificate of merit to Traendly & Schenck 

 for Salmon Queen, an Enchantress sport. 



Certificate of merit to T. F^ Brown for Seed- 

 ling No. 23. 



Preliminary certificate to Chicago Carnation 

 Co. for Seedling No. 225. 



THE BOSE SHOW. 



The exhibition of the American Rose 

 Society was notable, perhaps, first of 

 all for the quantity of stock staged 

 on a January date. The rose men had 

 expressed a fear that they could not 

 make a first-class show at this time of 

 year and had accepted the date only 

 because other interests were immov- 

 able. In quantity this rose show was 

 much the largest yet held in this coun- 

 try. In the second place, the show was 

 notable for the uniform high quality 

 of the stock. There were so many en- 

 tries in most of the classes that there 

 were not half enough prizes to go 

 around, but the awards were well dis- 

 tributed — well distributed as between 

 the various exhibitors and also well 

 distributed as between the east and the 

 west. It was no disgrace that several 

 excellent growers had the misfortune 

 not to take any prizes at all. In the 

 third place, the show was notable for 

 the predominance of the Killarney fam- 

 ily. Only one vase of Bridesmaid was 

 shown, and not one of Bride. But 

 there were Killarneys galore — all col- 

 ors. Pink, dark pink, double pink, red, 

 white, double white and no one knows 

 how many others! The show demon- 

 strated how thoroughly Killarney now 

 dominates the market. 



At 5 p. m. the last of the delayed 

 trains was in, except one bringing A. N. 

 Pierson's Double White Killarney and 

 Killarney Queen, and it was agreed 

 that the judging of the regular classes 

 should proceed, the novelty class being 

 left open until the next day. 



The judges on roses were Emil Buett- 

 ner. Park Ridge, 111.; Leo Niessen, 

 Philadelphia, and Eber Holmes, Mon- 

 trose, Mass. Their awards were as fol- 

 lows: 



Display of cut roses covering not less than 200 

 square feet — A. N. I'lerson, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn., first; A. Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa., second; 

 Breitmeyer Floral Co.. Mt. Clemens, Mich., third. 

 The Plerson exhibit Included ten varieties and 

 nearly 1,400 blooms. 



Fifty Beauties — Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, 

 first; Poeblmann Bros. Co., Chicago, second; 

 Myers & Samtman. Chestnut Hill, Pa., third. 



Fifty Killarney — Joseph Heacock Co.. Wyncote. 

 Pa., first; W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass.. 

 second. 



Fifty Dark Pink Killarney — Montrose Green- 

 houses, Montrose, Mass.. first; A. N. Plerson. 

 second. 



Fifty Double Pink Killarney— Myers & Samt- 

 man. first; Poeblmann Bros. Co., second. 



Fifty White Killarney — Poeblmann Bros. Co.. 

 first; A. N. Plerson. second. 



A. Farenwald^s Group of Roses at the Detroit Show, January 10. 



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