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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



November 17, 1910. 



Floral Co., first; C. Young & Sons, sec- 

 ond. 



Basket of roses, Metropolitan Floral 

 Co., first; C. Young & Sons, second. 



Floral basket, Metropolitan Floral 

 Co., first; C. Young & Sons, second. 



Floral display, not less than four 

 pieces, C. Young & Sons, first. 



In all the classes for floral displays 

 C. Young & Sons and the Metropolitan 

 Floral Co. were the only competitors 

 during the show. 



On the last day the E. (i. Hill Co. 

 showed a fine vase of its new salmon 

 colored rose, Mrs. Aaron Ward. 



Visitors. 



In addition to the visitors mentioned 

 in last week's Review were the follow- 

 ing: M. F. Widmer, Highland, 111.; 

 Richard Sahan, Chicago; R. S. Estill, 

 Moberly, Mo.; J. E, Meinhardt, Webb 

 City, Mo.; G-us GrToasart, Belleville; 

 E. W. Guy, Belleville; A. S. Halstead, 

 Belleville; A. Fehr, Belleville; W. Ogle, 

 Belleville; J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 ville; H. Blixen, Edwardsville; Edwin 

 Denker, St. Charles, Mo.; F. Venne- 

 raann, Kirkwood; William Winter, 

 Kirkwood; W. J. Pilcher, Kirkwood; F. 

 W. Ude, Jr., Kirkwood; Hugo Gross, 

 Kirkwood; John M. Connon, Webster 

 Groves. J. J. B, 



CHICAQO. 



Chicago has again held the biggest 

 show of the year — probably a larger 

 show than ever was held elsewhere in 

 America. But in some way the vital 

 spark was lacking; it was a big show 

 and a good show, but, to borrow an 

 expression of the theatrical fraternity, 

 it lacked the punch — for which fact 

 there are a variety of explanations, 

 each one depending on the point of 

 view. For quality of stock exhibited, 

 plants, cut mums, roses and carnations, 

 the show never was excelled, and the 

 quantity was suflicient. It is just pos- 

 sible that the show has become an old 

 story both to the trade and to the pub- 

 lic, that its only real shortcoming was 

 the lack of novelty. The press agent 

 had little basis for new stories, for there 

 was nothing unique for the public to 

 see; nothing, in faot, they had not seen 

 before. The trade looks merely with 



toleration upon , the so-called rivalries 

 of untested flowers named for society 

 ladies, but such things are as of the 

 breath of life to the press agent and 

 the city editor of the daily paper ex- 

 pected to print his stuff. It takes a 

 genius to make a newspaper story out 

 of just flowers themselves. Election was 

 on the opening day, with grand opera 

 and Sarah Bernhardt competing for so- 

 ciety's patronage through the week. 



Emil Buettner, whose opinion many 

 people value, says the one lack of this 

 year's show was the cooperation of the 

 retailers. He says the shows have for 

 years been too much trade exhibits, that 

 the public has lost interest in the roses 

 and other stock crowded together and 

 jammed into pots without any effort 

 whatever at arrangement, as satisfies 

 the needs of the trade. Mr. Buettner 

 thinks that to rekindle enthusiasm it 

 will be necessary to make a display of 

 artistic arrangement — to show the uses 

 of flowers and to bring out their beau- 

 ties as only the retailers can. The Chi- 

 cago show never had a prettier general 

 arrangement than this year — the pic- 

 ture was perfect as viewed from the 

 south balcony, but the retail display^ 

 were meager. The retailers responded 

 hardly at all to the invitation to re- 

 arrange the exhibits with their own 

 accessories and attach their cards. Only 

 three accepted the offer of $100 cash 

 to those who would decorate a table 

 for four days. This was a surprise. A 

 much larger participation had been ex- 

 pected, but perhaps the surprise will be 

 greater when it is recorded that Louis 

 Wittbold says his firm paid $60 for the 

 loan of the cloth, silver and glass used 

 on its table, to say nothing of other 

 costs. . 



There is no criticism of the show, and 

 nothing but commendation for the man- 

 agement; but the exhibition has been 

 so successful in all the years since go- 

 ing to the Coliseum that the first sign 

 of waning interest creates much discus- 

 sion, which probably will lead to a turn- 

 ing of the tide next year. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., 

 staged a table of roses which were a 

 source of much interest to the growers, 



as two of the varieties never before had 

 been shown in the west. One was Dark 

 Pink Killarney, identical with Killar- 

 ney except that the color is a great deal 

 darker, being deeper than any pink rose 

 now forced in quantity. This is the 

 sport which originated with the Mon- 

 trose Greenhouses, Montrose, Mass., and 

 of which the Pierson corporation bought 

 the entire stock last April. The va- 

 riety is shortly to be disseminated only 

 through the sale of grafted plants; no 

 own-root stock will be sold. The sec- 

 ond new variety on the Pierson table 

 was Antoine Revoire, of French origin, 

 shell pink, with orange center. At 

 Cromwell this has been found a splendid 

 summer rose, good for greenhouse work 

 ten months in the year, but not depend- 

 able for a crop in January and Febru- 

 ary. It also is adaptable to garden u^e. 

 Radiance, shown by Pierson, is the va- 

 riety, cerise pink in color, sent out by 

 John Cook, of Baltimore, last yeq,r. 

 There has been some question as to the 

 shipping qualities of this variety, and 

 in this connectlion it is worth while not- 

 ing in the illustration in this issue that 

 the roses were cut in Cromwell, Conn., 

 November 7, staged at Chicago Novem- , 

 ber 10 and photographed' by The Re- 

 view on the evening of November 11. A 

 few plants of Adiantum Farleyense com- 

 pleted the Pierson display. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind., 

 showed White Wonder, a White Per- 

 fection seedling, and Gloriosa, its new 

 pink. It is said they already have 

 booked orders aggregating 150,000 cut- 

 tings of these two varieties for delivery 

 this season. The same exhibitor also 

 had a fine vase of Pink Delight, which 

 all the growers say is a hard thing to 

 beat in its color. Dolly Dimple, a large 

 yellow chrysanthemum, also was shown 

 by Dorner. 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, sent on 

 a vase of Melody, a new rose which is 

 to be sent out this season. 



The E. G. Hill Co., in addition to Rose 

 Queen and Sunburst, its new roses, 

 showed a vase of Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 which is thought highly of by eastern 

 growers. 



Mrs. Frank Beu staged a vase of the 

 bronze pompon chrysanthemum named 

 for her. 



Rose Radiance. Rose AntolDe Revoire. 



iixhtbit of A. N. PienoQ* G-omwell, Conn«, at the Chicago Flower Show. 



Rose Dark Fink Killamej. 



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