November 17, 191U. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



Bassett & Washburn's First Prize 100 Beauties, Photographed 48 Hours After Staging. 



Th(? crimson seedling carnation exbib- 

 iteil by ;Mt. CJrecnwood Cemetery Asso- 

 ciation as 2S(i7A and wliii-li won tlie 

 medal and sweepstakes, has been named 

 Mrs. A. E. McCrca. 



Tlie exliibitors did iiut ca|it,iirc quite 

 so large a percentage of tlie preminms 

 tiiis year as usual. Of the .$4.9r)}» car- 

 ried iJy the sciiediile, $.'l,<L'it was award 

 ed, plus the retailers' gratuities and the 

 medals, but the sum was nearly a third 

 more than was awarded last year, many 

 of the jii'cmiums having been increased. 



The prizes, aggregating $Iui>. donated 

 by the Chicago Florists' Club, for col 

 lections <<f cut orchid bl(iniii<. weie imt 

 <iimpete(l for. 



Carnations. 



The sliowing of carnation> November 

 10 Avas exceptionally large ami the stock 

 was of high quality throughout. IIow 

 uniform the quality was is sliown by 

 the premium list, in which nn less than 

 nine exhibitors are shown as sharing in 

 the awards, which were as follows: 



Fifty White Tiawson, Poehlmann 

 Bros., first. 



Fifty Wliite Enchantress, Ndrtiiwest- 

 <Mii Floral Co., first; C. C. I'olhvorth Co., 

 second. 



Fifty White Ferfertion. Northwestern 

 Floral' Co.. fir«t; I'oehlinnin P.ros. Co.. 

 second. 



Fifty any other white. .Mt. (ireen 

 wood Cf-netery Associatinn. first, with 

 Mrs. .7. C. Yaughan. 



Fifty A'ictorv. North west cm Floral 

 Co.. first; C. C. IN.llworth Co.. second. 



Fifty O. P. Fassett. T!a>sett & Wash- 

 burn, iirst; J. A. F.udloiig, second. 



Fiftv Feacon, C. C. Pollworth Co.. 

 first: i^es Plaines Floral Co.. second. 



Fiftv any other red. Poehlm.-iiin Pros. 

 I 'o.. M'coiiii. on Sc.'iilct ( :lo\\ ; no first. 



Fifty Wiusor, liassett &• Washburn, 

 tirst; < 'hicago Carnation ('o., second. 



Fifty Enchantress. Well worth Farms 

 Greenhouses, first; Xorthwestern Floral 

 Co., second. 



Fifty Lawson, Poehlmanu Pros. Co., 

 first; J. .\. Budlong. second. 



Fifty .\fterglow. Mt. Creenwood 

 Cemetery, first; Chicago Carnation Co., 

 second. 



Fifty flesh pink. Chicago Carnation 

 Co., tirst. with Pink Delight; Dcs 

 Plaines Floral Co.. second, with Mav 

 Day. 



Fifty light pink, I'oehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first, on Dorothy Gordon; Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., second, on Dorothy Gordon. 



Fifty dark pink. Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first, on Mrs. C. W. Ward; (Jhicago Car- 

 nation Co., second, on Ahina. 



Fifty flesh pink introduction of 19Pi. 

 Poehlmann Bros. < o., first, on Dorothy 

 Gordon; Poehlmann Bros. Co., second, 

 on Admiration. This class was pro- 

 tested liy H. C. Blewitt. of the Des 

 Plaines Floral Co., on the ground that 

 Dorothy Gordon is not fiesh ])ink, and 

 the executive committee upheld the 

 protest, ordering the class to be re 

 .iudged. First was then awarded to 

 PochlMiann Bros. ( o.. on .\dmir;it ion. 

 ;ind sccoiMJ to tiie Pes i'lnine- Ploral 

 ' I'., on Mary Tolmaii. 



Fifty light pink introduction of IHIO. 

 Chicago Carnation Co., first, on San 

 gamo; Des Plaines Floral Co., second, on 

 Sangamo. 



IMfty dark i)ink introduction of 1910, 

 Poelilmann Bros. Co., first. 



Fifty red introduction of 1910, Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co., first, on Scarlet 

 Glow; Poehlmann Bros. Co., second, on 

 Scarlet Glow. 



I'ifty ajiy other color introduction of 

 I9PI, <'hic;i^n ( .-iiiL-tt iiiii ' o.. fir-^l. (in 

 Cnnquest. 



One hundred white, Xorthwestern 

 Floral Co., first; Poehlmann Bros. Co.. 

 second; C. <'. Pollworth Co.. third, all 

 on White Perfection. 



One hundi'ed tiesh jiink. Northwest 

 ern Floral Co.. first, on llnchantress; 

 ('hicago Carnation ( d., second, on Imi 

 chant I'css; .1. .\. Budlong. ihiiil.'dn 

 K'ose-pink Enchantress. 



One hundred light pink, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co.. first, on L'ose-pink Enchant 

 ress; Poehlm.ann P>ros. Co. second, on 

 Winsor; J. A. T^.udlong. third, on Win 

 sor. 



One hundretl <l;irk pink. Chicago Car- 

 natiim Co.. first, on Washington; .7. A. 

 Budlong. second, on .\ristocrat; Poelil 

 in.'ui Bi'os. (n.. tliircl, on Lawson. 



One Inindrcil red. P.assctt \- Wash 

 burn. Iii>t. on ( ). P. Bassett ; NUrt h 

 western I'lcniil < n.. second, on Victorx ; 

 Wellworlli l-'arni^ Cre.'nlnnises. tliird. 

 on \'ictoiy. 



Seedling Carnations. 



The showing ot' seedliriL;- carnations 

 was meagei'. <liarles Knopt' |-'loi-;il ( (p.. 

 K'ichmond, Ind.. received the bronze 

 medal for best white, with Cynthia. In 

 the same class l-'.. (;. Bill Co. showed 

 White ]May Day. The mi^ilal for best 

 n^l went to the F. G. Hill ( 'o. fdp ^Mrs. 

 Beckwith. 'i'he medal for tiesh ])ink 



Went to .Ml. ( 1 leenwoiicl ( Cnieterx- tor 



(ireen wood. The medal for crimson went 

 to Mt. Greenwood Cemetery for Xo. 

 ■J^()7.\, crimson, which also was awarded 

 the sweepstakes as the best variety e\ 

 hibited in the seedling classes. 



New Chrysanthemums. 



The classes for seedlings, sports uid 

 uudisseminated importations a/noiio 

 mums brought out a better sliowincr 

 than usual, so f.-ir as numbers <^n. Imt 

 nutliinu of t ransr.Mident (jiialitv. II. \\ - 



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