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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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I'^loral Co., liist; ( '. Vnunt; >!v. Sons, soc- 



Ollll. 



I'.iiskcf dt' viisos, Mel rcipiilitaii I'hnal 



('()., lii'st ; ( '. ^■(lllM;;■ \- Sons, sitcuhI. 



Kloral lia'^kcl. M ct Mi|Milit an I'loral 



< 1)., lirsl ; ( '. N'diin;; \- Scitis. siMond. 



I''l(iral display, nol Ics^ 1 haii I'onr 

 pieces. ( '. ^'()lllli;■ \- Sdiis, lirst. 



Ill all the classrs tur Mural displays 

 <'. ^'miii^ iV; Si. IIS and 1 he Met rnpel it a ii 

 I'ddial ( II. were the only coiiiln't it m s 

 tl u r i 11 <i' 1 h e s 1 1 1 ) w . 



On llie last d;iy llie l]. (. . Hill C,.. 

 shewed a line \;ise el' its iit'w salniun 

 riihiied id^e. .M Is. .Xaren Ward. 



Visitors. 



In addilieii |u the \i si Id is nienliuned 

 III la-'t wcek'.^ Ii'e\ie\\ were the t(jlld\v 

 in-: M. I'. Widniei. Ili-ldaiid. 111.; 

 K'irhard Sah.an, Chicatiii; If. S. I'Ntill, 

 Mdl„.|ly. Md.: .1. I-.. .Memh.ardt, Weldi 



< il\\ Aid.: (Ills (lrds,sai), li(dle\ille; 

 i:. W. CUN. Belleville: A, S. l|,-|Ule:i,|. 

 liellev lie:' \. iMdir. lielleville; W. ()ole, 

 liellexille; .1. |". .\tniiiann. I'Mwards 



\ llie; II. r.'ixen, Md w a rds\ i I |e ; l-idwiii 

 Heiikei', St. <liaile<. Me.; 1'. X'eiine 

 iiiann. Kiikwddd; Willi.ani AN'intei. 

 Kirkwodd; \V. J. rihher. Kiikwoeil; I'. 

 \V. I'de. di'.. Kirkwddd; II|l^d (ii-dss, 

 i\i ik wddd : didin M. t'dniidn, Webster 

 < '< 1 ii\ ('~-. .) . .\ . I !. 



CHICAGO. 



('JiieaLid has ayain held the liiyj^i'st 

 shdw of till' xc.ar piidialilN a lari^cr 

 shdw than e\'er was held (dsi'where in 

 .\inerirn. J'.iit in seine \\'a\' the \i1al 

 spark was laekiii;^; it was a liiy show 

 and a f;(jdil show, Init. td lioirow an 

 expression (d' the theatrical 1 latt'fiiity, 

 it lacked the |niiiidi t'or w lii(di I'act 

 there ai'e a \ariety ot' explanations, 

 each diie depeiidin:^ en the jidiiit of 

 \ie\\. I"dl' i|iialit\' dt' stdck exhiliited, 

 jdant-. cut niiiiii'-. loses and carnations, 

 the shciw ne\er was excellecj. and the 

 (puaiitity was >iitli(deiit. It is Jiist pes 

 siMe that t li(^ --lidU' has liecenie an old 

 vtdiy licit li td the tr;ide;;nid td the piili 

 lie. that its didv ical ^hdit com in^i' was 

 the lack el' nnvcdty. The press :i:^eiit 

 had little lia^i-^ tur :'ew >tdiies. t'cii there 

 was iiMihine iiiiii|iie tur the pidiiic td 

 see; iidthiiiL;. ill I'act, they liaci nel -ecu 

 liet'di'i-. The liade hrnks nierel\- witli 



tdleratidii n|idii the so called rivalries 

 dt' untested llowcrs named for society 

 lailies. Imt smdi thin^^s are as of tlio 

 lireath el' lit'e td the ]iri'ss aj>ont and 

 the ci1\ editiir id' the d.aily pa])er e.\- 

 peided In print his stidV. It takes a 

 L;eniiis to iii.ake a newspaiier story out 

 lit just lldwers t heaisidv es. Klectiiui was 

 cm the d]ieniii;^ day, with <iraiid 0|iera 

 and S;ir;ih I ieriih.'i nil cuinpidinj;' for so- 

 ciety's palroiiaiie thrnnj^h the week. 



l-]iiiil llueltiier, w hese dpiniiin many 

 peiiple \;ilne. sa\s the cine laidv id' this 

 year's shciw was the cuiipei'at inn ot' the 

 retailers. He says the shiius lia\e t'or 

 \ears lieen t nd much trade e.xliiliits, that 

 the ]Mildic' has lust interest in the ruses 

 and lit her stuck cruwded toyetlu'r and 

 .iainmed iiitc) pets withiint any (dViirt 

 wha1e\er :it :i rr;i ii;^ement . as satisfies 

 the needs ii|' the trade. Mr. linetliier 

 thinks that tn rekindle enthusiasm it 

 will I e iiecessarx tii make a ilis|ilay of 

 artistic ;i rra iinenient -to show tin,' uses 

 lit' lliiwers ami In liiiny- dut their liean- 

 lies ;is iinly the retailers can. The ('hi- 

 cajid shdw iie\er had a prettier <ieneial 

 arranyemeiit than this year tlie pic- 

 ture was pert'ect as viewed t'liim the 

 smith lialciiiiN', Imt the i-etail disjilays 

 were meayei. 'I'he retaileis vespimded 

 hardly at all tn the in\itatidii tn le- 

 arranyi' the exhildts with their iiw n 

 accessuries and attach 'liidr cards. ()nly 

 three .accepted the idVer of $1(1(1 cash 

 td those wild wimld ileciirate a talde 

 fill' fdiir days. 'I'his was a surj)rise. A 

 much lin-<;('r |iaitici|i;it ion h;id heen ex 

 pected, hut perhaps the surprise will bo 

 yieater when it is recorded that Louis 

 Wittlxdd says his linn paid .+(!() for the 

 Idan df the cloth, sihcr and j^lass us(mI 

 on its talde. to say ludhiu}; of (dhor 

 cost s. 



Theie is no critic ism of the show, and 

 iiotliine- I, lit commendat ion for the iiiaii 

 aeriiient ; Imt the exhiliition has lieen 

 ■-d successful in all the years since yo- 

 in^ to the (dliseuni tli.at the iirst siyii 

 dt' w.aiiin;; interest creates much discus 

 sion. which jiiolialdy will k-ad to ;i turn- 

 i iil; of 1 he 1 ide next \r;i v. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



A. .\ . rieisiiii. ('romwell, ( onn.. 

 ■^t.a^ed a talde nt' ruses wliiidi were a 

 -diii'ee of inilidi interest In the LlI'dWei-. 



as two of the varieties never before had 

 been shown in the west. One was Dark 

 I'ink Killarney, identical with Killar- 

 ney except that the color is :i yreat deal 

 d.arker, beinji- deeper than any jdnk rose 

 now forced in quantity, 'idiis is the 

 sport which oriyiuiited' with the Mon- 

 trose (i reel) houses, Montrose, ]\Iass., and 

 of wdiiidi the IMerson corporation Itou^ht 

 the entire stock last April. The v:i- 

 riidy is shortly to be disseminated only 

 tlirdii<;h the sale of "grafted jilants; no 

 own riiot stock will be sold. The sec- 

 imd new variety on the Pierson table 

 was .\iitoine ]{e\'oire, of French origin, 

 -hell pink, with oranyc 'center. At 

 ( iiimwidl this litis been found ;i siilendid 

 Slimmer rose, good for greenhouse work 

 leu months in the .year, but not depend- 

 able for .a crop in January and Febru- 

 ary. It also is ad;i|itable to garden use. 

 Ii'adiiince. shown by i'ierson, is the va- 

 ii(d,\', cerise pink in color, sent out by 

 • liilin (,'ook', of JJaltiniore, . Last year. 

 There has been some question as to the 

 shijiping qualities of this vtiriety, ami 

 in this connection it iri worth while not- 

 ing in the illustration in this issue that 

 the roses were cut in Cromwell, ("onn., 

 Xoxt'inber 7, st.aged at Chicago Xo\eni- 

 ber Kt and ]>hdtogr;ti)hed by The Re- 

 view on the evening of Xovendier 11. A 

 tew plants dt" Adiantiim h'iii leyense com- 

 pleted the I'ierson display. 



I'. I turner & Sons Co., Ltifayette, Tnd., 

 showed White Wonder, a White I'er- 

 lei-lidii seedling, and (iloriosa, its new- 

 pink. It is siiid they alreiuly liave 

 biioked dialers aggregating Ifjd.dOO cut- 

 tings of these two vtirieties for delivery 

 this setison. The same exhibitor also 

 had a line vase of i'ink Delight, wliiidi 

 all the growers say is a liard thing to 

 beat in its cohu'. Dolly Diniph', a large 

 vidlow (dirvsant hemum, .also was sliown 

 by Doiiier. 



Henry .\. Dreer. I'hiladelphia. sent on 

 a vase of Midody, a new rose which is 

 Id be sent out this^ season. 



The F. (I. Hill Co., in addition-^ IJose 

 (^neeii an.d Sunburst, its new roses, 

 showed a vtise of Mrs. Atirmi Ward, 

 which is tlnmght highly cif by eastiMii 

 L;rdwers, 



>rrs. Frank lieu staged a vase of the 

 liiim/e |tompiiii chrys.ant heimmi n.ained 

 I'lir her. 



Rose Radiance, 



Rose Antoin*- licvoirc. 



of A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., at the Chicago Flower Show. 



Hose Dark Pink Killarney. 



