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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Jam AKV 11. IIMI^. 



iu^' flic Inisiiicss liaiiiins of siiiiic twcii 

 ty-li\(' iiiiiis. 'I'lic ll(Mir, iisccl U>v d.-iiir- 

 iii;;', ^\■as (•(iNcicd -wit}! caiiN.-is. 



The Formal Opening. 



TJic joint i-oii\('iit idii was Idrinally 

 c»poii('il as ])or sclicduh", at S )). in., 

 A\'('(liii'silay t'Ncnin;;'. .laniiary Id, in liu' 

 solarium of t lio W'ayiio hotel, \\itli a 

 flow of oiatory ooiiiiiit'iisurati' witli the 

 iiiiportaiicc and uiipit'ccdciitcd chaiac- 

 tor of tho occasion. (Icoruo !•]. Hiowiio, 

 l)rc'sid('iit of the Detroit Florists' Club, 

 Avas master of ceremonies ainl had on 

 the platform with liim Mayor Win. I',. 

 Thompson, J'\ II. Coiiaut, rejiresentiiii,' 

 tho lioard of (.'ommerce; i;x .Mayor 

 ]>reitnieyer, .1. A. \'aleiitiii(>, pr(>si(lent 

 of the Carnal ion Society; lluj^^o Schroe- 

 ter, secretary of lii(> Detroit club, and 

 Bonj. Hammond, secretary of the J\ose 

 tSocioty, IVesidont Farenwald modestly 

 choosiiif^ a seat in tho front row of the 

 audience. Ther(> were address(>s of wel- 

 I'onie by I'resiih'iit lirowne, Mayor 

 Thomjisoii, Mr. ('onant and I'rof. (irif- 

 lith, of the Art Museum, with ajipropri- 

 ate I'esponses by Mr. liicit iiieyer, s])eak- 

 injf as \ice-jiresideiit of both tli(> ]^os(! 

 and <'aiiiation Societies; I'r<'sident J'\ir- 

 enwald. of the K'ose Scicicty; I'resident 

 A'alentine, ol' the Carnation Society, 

 and JienJ. Hammond, who was iiitidiluc- 

 ed as s|ie;ikiiij;' lor himself. In addition, 

 Mrs. Mc(ira\v spol\e for the Detroit 

 branch of the .N;itional I'lant, Mower 

 and Fruit (iuibl, to whi(di the exhibits 

 are to be turiieci o\ci- at the (dose of 

 the exhibition for free distribution 

 am(»iiji' tlie sit Iv and tli(> iMior of Detroit. 

 Thei-e was a lar^c attendance ami the 

 speecdimakiiii: Avas j^riMtly enjoyed, ]iei- 

 liaj)s all the more so because not one of 

 tlie speakers made an\tIiiii,L; more than 

 extemjioraneous ami brief remarks. 



THE CARNATION SHOW. 



AVhile the quality of the carnations 

 certainly was uj) to top not(di, the num- 

 ber of llowers exhibited w;is less than 

 at I'ittsburiih two years ai^o, and pos- 

 sibly less than at several other ]ire\i()us 

 meetin^^s ot' the soidety. J'cir the fail- 

 ing' (df the carnation men blaiiie(l the 

 weatliei' and the date, liut mostly the 

 date. 'J'hey jioiiitt^l out the date was 

 not of thtdr choosing', but mertdy ac- 

 cepted liy them as the less(>r of two 

 evils; they maint.'iined tliat tlie falling 

 ofY in oxhil>its was further e\id(Mice 

 that the third week in .lamiary is the 

 one and only date for a national car- 

 nation show. 



It was noted th.at there wer(> more 

 entries of (iloriosa than of any other 

 one variety, exceediiii,' the number of 

 any wliite and far excoedinj,' the num- 

 ber of entries (tf I'-ncdiantress. AVhite 

 Perflation led the wiiites in numlM^r 

 of entries, but White Wonder was a 

 close second. 



Rather more than the usual number 

 of new vari(>ties were shown. Included 

 were: Salmon (^u(>en, salmon, from 

 'J'raendly it Sclienck; I'enora, varie- 

 jxated, and Oorj^^eous, dark juiik, from 

 Peter Fisher; Prooklyn, dark pink, from 

 Chas. Weber, and associates; Wode- 

 nethe, lar.^c white, from C. II. Totty; 

 Wm. Eccles, scarlet, from Scott I'.ros. ; 

 The Herald, scarlet, from Ciiicay;o Car- 

 nation C;o. ; Sultana, crimson, and Rain- 

 l)Ow, mottled, from the Wanoka f!reen- 

 houses; Delhi, scarlet, from ]Miirj)hy & 

 Skidelsky; Rosette, dark jiink, from F. 

 Isomer & Sons Co.; .T. .\. Valentine, 

 llcsh pink, from R. Witterstaetter; 



-Xoithiioit, dark jiiiik, from .lames Cock- 

 cioft, and a white and a mottled or 

 overlaid one from W. N. Rudd. St. 

 Nicholas, scarlet, from Banr & Stein- 

 kamp. arrived frozen and was not on 

 A iew until a second shipment arri\'ed. 



The jud,m>s on carnations were: W. 

 R. >;icholson, C. W. .lohnsou, R. Witter- 

 staetter, F. A. Stroud, N. A. Benson 

 :ind lOujiene Dailledouze. 'J'heir awards 

 were as follows: 



One liuiiilicd white ('. If. Tott.v, lirst. on 

 Wi)(li'iii'tli('; (liicMu'i) Ciii'iialiiiii I'u., sccchkI, (iii 

 Wliilc i:iicli.inlii'ss. 



due 1iiiii(1i(m1 tlcsli (link — Nic Zwcifol. liist. mi 

 ))iifli:iiitics.s; F. Hoi'iicr & Sons Co., .si'coml. mi 

 (iliiiii)s;i. 



One liiiiiilrcil li;;lit pink — Mount Groonwooil 

 ('(•iiicti'iy .X.ssdciMtioii. !i!-st. on MiM Ward; ('. 

 ('. I'olhvortli Co., si'i-oiiil, on Mis. Wind. 



One Imndii'd chirk iiiiik--!". Horner iV Sons Co.. 

 first, on Rosette; Cliicii^ro C;un:ition Co., sec- 

 ond, on \\iisliin'.;ton. 



One hundred red I'.lni.sford Nurseries, lirst. on 

 Willi;iiii i;celes; C. C. I'ollwortli Co., serond, 

 on r.eaeon. 



One Imndred crinistMi^WiinoUu tlrei'nliouses. 

 Unit, on Sultana. 



One liniiilred mottled — Wanoka (Jreenlioiises, 

 first, on Ilainliow. 



Swec'pstaUes to'- liest vase of Kill in aliove 

 el.is-- s lo C. II. Jiitt.v, on Wodenethe. 



I'ifl.v White Perfection —C. C. I'ollworth Co.. 

 seeiiiid; no lirst. 



I'ift.v White lOneli.-intress - !■:. (I. Hill Co., 

 lirst: \V. .1. \: M. S. Vesey, seeoml. 



fifty any olhir white ('. C. I'olhvmili Co.. 

 first; 1". Horner A: Sons Co., m'cond, liolli on 

 White Wonder. 



I'ifly i:nehaulr<>ss — A. C. I'.iowii, lirst; Chi- 

 ea!.'o Carnati<iii Co.. second. 



lifly rink Hell-lit -S. .1. Coddard. lirst; 1". 

 I'oiiier \- Sons Co., second. 



I'ifty any other llesh pink — 1". Horner iV Sons 

 Co.. first, on (iloriosa. 



fifty Winsor -.\. .1. Stalielin. second: no lirst. 



fifty ,in.\- olher li;;ht pink -.\. .1. Slalielin, 

 first, on Winona. 



fift\ Mrs. Ward -C. C. I'ollworth Co.. first; 

 A. ('. Urowii, Mecond. 



fifty any other dark pink — Cliicai:c> Carnation 

 Co.. lirst. on W'ashiimlen. 



I'ifty I'.eacon -C. C. I'ollworth Co.. lirst; I",. 

 (',. Hill Co., second. 



filtv Vii-torv — Chiea'JTo Cnrii.itiou Co., lirst; 

 W. .!.'& .M. S.' Vesey. secf.nd. 



I'ifl.v yellow — .\. C. liiown. S' i-oiid. on Itihy; 

 no lirst. 



fifty Itonlirc — Chicatro Carnation Co., lirst. 



fifty (iloriosa— S. .1. (iodilard, lirst; Chie.iL'o 

 CniKition Co.. second. 



filtv W'l.iti' \\'ondi>r S. .1. Coddaid. lirst; 

 W. .1. .V .M. S. Vesey. seeond. 



i'ifty I'rinress Ch.-irininu' Cliii'.a;,'o C.iniation 

 Co., lirsl. 



I ill.\ l'.ii!.:ht S|i(d -.\. C. I'.rown. lir^-t. 



.\Uieriean Cainatioli Society L'old niedal to 

 I'rl'i- fishei. on C:ir,i;emis. 



.\iiieriean Cai nation Society silviT nu d.il to 

 K. Witteistaetler. on .T. .\. Valentine. 



.\iiierie.iii C.irn.ition Soeic'ty lironze niedal to 

 C. i;. 'lolly, on Woileiiethe. 



S. V. f. silver iiicd.il to f. Horner A; Sons 

 Co.. on Kosette. 



S. .\. f. Iironze niedal to V.. ('.. Hill Co., on 

 No. :ill. 



Ceitilieale of merit to 'fraendly &■ Sehenek 

 for Salmon (Jiii'en. .in f.iwhaiitress sjuirt. 



Ceitiliial.' <d' nieiit lo '1'. f.. I'.roun for Seed- 

 liiiL' .No. '2'.\. 



I'reliiiiinai-y i-m lilie.'ite to Cliie.-i.no Carnation 

 (II, li.r Seed'lini.' .No. :'-'•. 



THE ROSE 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 accej^ted 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 jilace, the show was notable for 

 the iiredominance 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 wliite 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. 

 I'ierson'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 Finil Buett- 

 ner. Park Ridge, 111.; Leo Niessen, 

 Philadelphia, and Fber llolines, Mon- 

 trose. M;iss. 1'heir awards were as fol- 

 lows: 



Display of eiil roses enverin;; not less than lie i 

 si|iiare feel - .\. N. I'iersoii. Inc., Crninuell. 

 CniiM.. lirsl; .\. f.ireiiuald. Uoslyii, I'a.. second; 

 I'.reitineyer floral Co.. Ml. Cleiiiens. Midi., third, 

 'file I'lmsiin exiiihil iiieliided ten varieties and 

 nearly I. loo iil.imns. 



fitly I'.raiilies— I'.assell \- Washlnirii, Cliiea;;o. 

 fust; riehlniann J'.rns. Co., ('hiea;.'o. seemid; 

 .M,\ers \- Sanilinan. Chislnul Hill, I'a., third. 



fiflv Killarnev- .Tesipli lleaeoek Co.. Wyni'oto, 

 I'a.. iirst; W. II. fllioll, liri^'hlon, Mas.s., 

 seemid. 



fiflv Hark I'iuk Killarnoy-Monlroso (!roen- 

 houses', Mmitiiise, .Mass., lirst; A. N. riersoii, 

 second. 



Fifty Hoiildo I'iiik Killarney Myers- & Saiiil- 

 nian. lirsl; I'oehlniann Bros. Co., second. 



fifty While Kilh-iriiey -I'oehlniann I'.ros. Co., 

 lirsl; A. .N. I'ieison, .second. 



A. Faren'vtrald's Group of Roses at the Detroit Show, January 10. 



