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NOVBUBEB 9, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



11 



Hodenpyl, of Locust Valley, received 

 the largest number of awards, each win- 

 ning fourteen. Mr. Hodenpyl 's exhibits 

 were entirely vegetables and fruit. Mrs. 

 Pratt's exhibit of hardy outdoor chrys- 

 anthemums won the silver cup pre- 

 sented by Mrs. Francis 8. Smithers, and 

 a similar trophy was awarded for her 

 group of chrysanthemums of not more 

 than fifty square feet. 



William D. Quthrie won a silver cup 

 for six varieties of chrysanthemums, 

 three of each, 12-inch stems. The Totty 

 gold and silver medals for the best six 

 sprays of Jack Everett chrysanthemums 

 were won by Walter Gibb and John T. 

 Pratt, respectively. Mr. Pratt received 

 the special prize offered for the largest 

 chrysanthemum bloom in the show. The 

 other principal exhibitors included Mrs. 

 B. Stem, J. T. Ingram, J. H. F. Matz, 

 Mrs. F. S. Smithers, Percy Chubb, J. H. 

 Ottley, J. E. De Lamar, E. M. Town- 

 send, James Halloway, Colgate Hoyt, 

 Emmett Queen, Paul Dana, H. W. J. 

 Bucknall, Alfred Walker, P. D. Handy 

 and W. L. Harkness. 



CHICAGO. 



The regular autumn show at Chicago 

 being omitted this year, the Chicago 

 Florists' Club designated November 2 

 as "Novelty night" and had an exhi- 

 bition that occupied a table that 

 stretched the entire length of the main 

 dining-room of the Union restaurant. 

 The exhibits were of splendid quality 

 throughout and included a number of 

 things the trade has heard, or will hear, 

 a great deal about. 



Perhaps of first interest were the 

 roses. W. E. Pierson, of A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., Cromwell, Conn., was present with 

 a magnificent vase of Killarney Queen, 

 which may be described as a glorified 

 Killarney. The flowers shown were on 

 stems and had a size that brought 

 them into the American Beauty class. 

 Mr. Pierson also brought a vase of 

 Double White Killarney, not so long 

 in stem as the other, but showing ex- 

 tremely large, double flowers. One of 

 the Indiana florists present pleased Mr. 

 Pierson by the aptness of his remark 

 that "Queen is splendid, but the white 

 is what we all need." 



E. G. Hill, of Richmond, came with 

 a splendid lot of Sunburst, the new 

 yellow that is to be sent out this sea- 

 son by C. H. Totty and the E. G. Hill 

 Co. It had longer stems than most of 

 those present ever had seen on a yellow 

 rose, and long, pointed buds of full 

 petalage and exquisite color. It is a 

 variety of French origin. Most of the 

 big growers for the Chicago market 

 have bought it. 



H. Eoth, Lafayette, Ind., brought a 

 display of his red seedling rose, the 

 color and form of Ehea Reid, but with 

 man^ more petals and opening into a 

 hemisphere, instead of flat, as most 

 roses do. 



W. J. Keimel, D. Eobertson and Al- 

 bert Erickson judged the roses, scoring 

 Double White Killarney 87 points, Kil- 

 larney Queen 88 points and Sunburst 

 90 points, which gave the club's certifi- 

 cate to these varieties. Eoth's seed- 

 ling was awarded special mention. 



Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 sent a splendid lot of chrysanthemums. 

 There was a vase of fifteen one and 

 two-year seedlings under number that 

 included some exceptionally promising 

 sorts. Named varieties were: Gem, 

 pink; Chrysolora, a splendid yellow, 

 the blooms cut October 18; Christy 



Hartje & Elder's Bench of the Pink Pompon Certificated at Chicago. 



Mathewson, a big white, like Eaton; 

 Esthetic, a large incurved yellow; 

 Smith's Sensation, enormous light pink, 

 well named; Nontero, large incurved 

 white; White Perfection, a fine large 

 white. 



E. G. Hill Co. showed the following 

 large mums; Petite Yvonne, incurved 

 white; Hirondelle, incurved pink; Au- 

 gust Dassy, big ball of golden yellow, 

 especially good. 



Vaughan 's Seed Store staged Pioneer, 

 Eoman Gold, W. T. Brock, Mrs. Duck- 

 ham and Mrs. Syme among the big 

 mums, also a vase of seedlings. 



There was quite a display of pompon 

 and single mums, of which the conspic- 

 uous feature was a pink seedling. No. 

 59, shown by Hartje & Elder, Indian- 

 apolis. A memorandum of it went into 

 practically every notebook. E. G. Hill 

 Co. also showed some fine things among 

 something like a dozen varieties of sin- 

 gles and pompons. E. D. Smith & Co. sent 

 Clea, a fine single pink, and several 

 numbered pompons and singles. Vaugh- 

 an 's Seed Store staged seven singles. 



The judges on mums were George 

 Asmus, T. E. Waters and E. A. Wood. 

 They scored the varieties as follows: 

 Christy Mathewson, 90 exhibition scale; 

 Smith's Sensation, 87 exhibition scale; 

 White Perfection, 88 commercial scale; 

 August Dassy, 87 exhibition scale, 92 

 commercial scale; Hirondelle, 86 exhi- 

 bition scale, 91 commercial scale. This 

 was for the C. S. A. certificate. The 

 club's certificate was awarded to 

 Chrysolora, Gem and Nontero. The 

 committee made special mention of the 

 seedlings from Smith and Vaughan, of 

 which too few flowers were shown for 

 judging by points. 



The Hartje & Elder pink pompon. 

 No. 59, was scored 93 points and Clea, 

 single, by Elmer D. Smith & Co., was 

 scored 85, each gaining the club's cer- 

 tificate. 



Among carnations there were fine 

 vases of Pink Delight and White Won- 



der from E. G. Hill Co. and three seed- 

 lings from the Chicago Carnation Co. 

 The judges on these were John Then,' 

 John Zech and H. Yepsen. They scored 

 as follows: No. 150, pink, 88 points; 

 No. 186, red, 86 points; No. 49, red, 87 

 points, gaining the club's certificate. 

 C. J. Bond, Naperville, showed a splen- 

 did plant of Cattleya Olivia, Trianse x 

 intermedia, bearing ' a 6-flowered spike 

 and said to have bloomed three times 

 in eighteen months. The committee 

 recommended a certificate of merit. 



Thompson Carnation Co., Joliet, sent 

 three blooms of an unknown variety 

 for identification. 



C. W. Johnson, secretary of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America, 

 was in charge of the show. The at- 

 tendance was large. 



CHESTNUT TTTT.T.^ PA. 



The Chestnut Hill Horticultural So- 

 ciety carried into successful operation 

 the most ambitious program in its his- 

 tory. The Casino of the White City 

 was secured for the exhibition and all 

 the leading ladies of the Hill were en- 

 gaged as patronesses. The combination 

 was unusual, for you know Chestnut 

 Hill hates Chestnut Hill park, which is 

 the plain, unvarnished name for the 

 White City, with a deadly hatred. But 

 now the park is closed and the hatred 

 forgotten, or supposed to be forgotten, 

 by the horticultural committee in search 

 of the best hall on the Hill. 



From a horticultural standpoint — 

 perhaps in fairness it should be added, 

 and from an agricultural standpoint — it 

 was a brilliant success. The exhibits 

 were numerous, well arranged and of 

 high quality; they came chiefly from 

 the private gardeners of that beautiful 

 suburb and from the surrounding coun- 

 try. 



The commercial exhibits included a 

 beautiful display of evergreens from 

 the De Kalb Nurseries of Adolph Mul- 

 ler, Norristown, Pa., with Mr. MuUer in 



