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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMBKB 17, 1910. 



Buckbee, Kockford, 111., won the sweep- 

 stakes with the orange-bronze seedling 

 which also won the bronze medal in the 

 class for any other color. The color is 

 unique. 



For best white, E. G. Hill Co. won 

 the bronze me^al, with Debutante, de- 

 feating Poughkeepsie, shown by E. D. 

 Smith & Co., and a Buckbee seedling. 



The medal for dark yellow was won 

 by E. D. Smith & Co., with Eoman Gold, 

 defeating Golden Gem, shown by the 

 E. G. Hill Co., and a Buckbee seedling. 



The medal for light pink went to E. 

 D. Smith & Co., on No. 512-7-08, the 

 same exhibitor having two other 

 seedlings in competition and H. W. 

 Buckbee one entry. 



The medal for dark pink was won by 

 H. W. Buckbee on seedling F, the same 

 exhibitor having two other entries in 

 the class. 



Private Gardeners' Cut Mums. 



Twelve yellow, Peter Schilt, first; E. 

 M. Barton, second. 



Twelve pink, E. M. Barton, first. 



Twelve any other color, E. M. Bar- 

 ton, first; E. M. Barton, second. 



Miscellaneous Awards. 



Eight hundred single violets, G. Swen- 

 son, Elmhurst, 111., first. 



One hundred Harrisii lilies, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., first. 



Five hundred lily of the valley, 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., first. 



The judges concluded their work with 

 the following addition to the record: 

 "The judges cannot close their report 

 of the exhibits without some reference 

 to the non-competitive displays, which 

 added much to the educational features 

 of the show. Worthy of honorable 

 mention are the displays of Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, the George Wittbold Co., 

 the Frank Kadlec Nursery Co., Klehm's 

 Nurseries, W. W. Barnard Co., F. D. 

 Clavey and Winterson 's Seed Store in 

 nursery stock and landscape effects, and 

 the verj* interesting displays of" photo- 

 graphs and drawings and models of the 

 University of Illinois. We would recom- 

 mend honorable mention to the fine 

 display of cocos from Henry A. Dreer, 

 Philadelphia, palms from the University 

 of Chicago, the cut blooms of the pom- 

 pons from the University of Illinois, 

 and the decorative groups from Lincoln 



park and the South parks. The Schil- 

 ler' booth has been maintained in a 

 most attractive condition during the 

 show and'is worthy of the highest com- 

 mendation. The tables decorated by 

 the Albert T. Hey Floral Co., the George 

 Wittbold Co. and Schiller have been re- 

 newed daily and effectively. ' ' 



The Banquet. 



Since the Chicago Florists' Club last 

 banqueted the flower show trade visit- 

 ors, a new lobster palace has been 

 opened, and the scene of the festivities 

 November 10 was the red room on the 

 nineteenth floor of the Hotel La Salle. 

 At the round table's, each seating eight, 

 were many congenial parties, number- 

 ing all told 200, about evenly divided 

 between guests and members of the 

 club. To most of those present the 

 change from the older hotels afforded 

 a pleasing novelty, and the repast, ser- 

 vice and all concomitants were of a 

 character which gave the committee 

 every reason to be satisfied with its 

 choice. The menu was as follows: 



Blnepolnts 



Celery Olives Almonds 



Cream of Tomfltoes 



Filet of Whlteflsh, au Vln Blanc 



Potatoes Fondante 



Larded Tenderloin of Beef 



B'rench Peas Stuffed Tomatoes 



Roast Squabs, Au Oresson 



Salad 



Besqnlt Imperlale 



Petite Fours 



Roquefort Port du Salut 



Assorted Crackers 



Cafe ApolUnarls. 



W. N. Rudd was toastmaster, but the 

 committee did not afford him the usual 

 free play, for a vaudeville entertain- 

 ment had been aranged for, which oc- 

 cupied a good share of the time. George 

 Asmus was introduced as the Pooh-Bah 

 of the craft — the man who holds all 

 the offices — manager of the flower show, 

 president of the Florists' Club, and 

 president-elect of the S. A. F. In con- 

 cluding his talk Mr. Asmus urged co- 

 operation for the national flower show 

 at Boston and gave it as his opinion 

 that if a spring convention is tried by 

 the S. A. F. it will please so well that 

 the time of meeting will be regularly 

 changed. Other speakers were W. F. 

 Kasting, treasurer of the S. A. F.; J. F. 

 Cowell, of Buffalo; Adam Graham^ of 

 Cleveland; Prof. J. C. Blair, of Urbana; 

 P. J. Foley, of Chicago; H. W. Buckbee, 

 of Rockford, 111.; C. L. Washburn, presi- 



dent of the Illinois Florists' Associa- 

 tion, and H. B. Burner, secretary of the 

 S. A. ■ F. Alternating witfife the talks 

 were ^e acts of the vaudelvilliana. 

 Toastmaster Rudd called for Chairman 

 A. C. Kohlbrand, of the banquet com- 

 mittee^ and that versatile gentleman re- 

 sponded ' with a German dialect story 

 that beat the work of the professional 

 performers. The other members of the 

 banquet committee were Fred Lauten- 

 schlager, D. A. Robertson, Alex. Hender- 

 son and W. N. Rudd. 



The bowlers of the Chicago Florists* 

 Club gave a dance at the Cfflis^m an- 

 nex, for the trade visitors, on the even- 

 ing of November 11. About fifty; couples 

 were present aid the affair was thor- 

 oughly enjoyable. It was largely in the 

 hands of T. C. Yarnall, chairman, and 

 Allie Zech, secretary of the bowlers' or- 

 ganization, with many able assistants. 

 A feature of interest was that the 

 music was furnished by B. Zima, who, 

 in addition to being a florist on West 

 Twenty-sixth street, is the leader of a 

 first-class orchestra. 



The Visitors. 



As with the general attendance, the 

 number of trade visitors was possibly 

 not quite up to the record of recent 

 years. The names of the florists pres- 

 ent the first two days appeared in 

 The Review for November 10. Those 

 who appeared on the scene the later 

 days of the show included the following: 



Allenbach, Jacob, Peoria, 111. 



Anderson, V. H., and wife, Belvldere, 111. 



Balsley, Harry, Detroit, Mich. 



Bergstrom, Anda B., Gibson City, 111. 



Bertermann, John, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Beyer, W^m., South Bend, Ind. 



Bills, H. M., and wife, Davenport, la. 



Blair, J. C, Urbana, 111. 



Bock, Harry 0., Burlington, la. 



Boebm, C. O. E., Davenport, la. 



Brauer, Mrs., Grand Haplds, Mich. 



Brown, A. C, Springfield, 111. 



Buckbee, H. W., Rockford, 111. 



Button, Frank, Lake Geneva, Wis. 



Cowfen, Adair, Mt. Vernon, la. 



Cowan, A. T., Mt. Vernon, la. 



Cross, Ell, and wife, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Doles, H. E., St. Joseph, Mich. 



Dorner, Miss Emily, Lafayette, Ind. 



Dunham, E. O., Richmond, Ind. 



Evans, J. A., Richmond, Ind. 



Fiedler. Frank, Elgin, ill. 



Giger, Louis A., St. Louis, Mo. 



Glaser, A. L., Dubuque, la. 



Hagemann, C. A., Peoria, 111. 



Harkett, W. A., Dubuque, la. 



Helnl, Geo. A., Toledo, O. 



Heltbrlnk, J., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Hlnchllffe, Mrs. J. T., Racine, Wis. 



Holmes, Thos., Elgin, 111. 



Johnson, Harry, Bloomington, 111. 



Johnson, J. L., and wife, De Kalb, 111. 



K Harney. White Klllamey. Richmond. My Maryland. 



Some of tbe ^oses of Poehlmann Bros. 0>. at the Chicago Flower Show. 



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