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.' ■ NOVIEMBEU 17, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



Booth of the George Wittbold G>. at the Chicago Flower Show. 



their advance-on-the-times cannas, oc- 

 cupying a position of honor on the 

 grand stairway. The varieties were 

 Mrs. Alfred F. Conard, La France pink; 

 William Saunders, red, and Kosa Gigan- 

 tea, pink. 



Kobert Craig Co., a group of modern 

 crotons, highly colored and beautifully 

 marked; Phcenix Koebelenii, Ficus pan- 

 durata and Dracaena Massangeana, all 

 in fine form. 



Scientific Sprayer Co., suggestions of 

 arboricultural cleanliness, lest we for- 

 get the ' * ounce of prevention. ' ' 



Bobert Scott & Son, Eose Melody, 

 with size and substance of this fine yel- 

 low variety improved by colder weather 

 as promised, and Double Killarney of 

 unmistakable Killarney blood. 



Stockton & Howe, the new rose 

 Princeton, seen for the first time at an 

 exhibition, an exhibit that aroused 

 much interest. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 is to be congratulated on the success 

 of its exhibition, the opening of which 

 was described in last week's Review 

 and which closed November 12. Shows 

 of this magnitude are a new thing in 

 St. Louis and each year marks an ad- 

 vance. 



The awards made subsequent to the 

 list announced last week were: 



Chrysanthemums. 



Twenty-five white, E. G. Hill Co., 

 Kichraond, Tnd., first on Lynnwood 



Hall; Henry Johann & Son, Collinsville, 

 111., second on Alice Byron. 



Twentv-five yellow, E. G. Hill Co., 

 first on Yellow Eaton; W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind., second on 

 Col. Appleton; F. J. Meinhardt, third. 



Twenty-five any other col"or, Koenig 

 Floral Co., St. Louis, Mo., first on Mayor 

 Weaver; E. G. Hill Co., second on W. R. 

 Brock. 



Fifty blooms, twenty varieties, Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., first; E. 

 G. Hill Co., second. 



One hundred any other color, E. G. 

 Hill, first on Timothy Eaton. 



Fifty blooms arranged for effect, any 

 variety, Metropolitan Floral Co., St. 

 Louis, first; West End Floral Co., Belle- 

 ville, 111., second. 



Display of pompons, E. G. Hill Co., 

 first; Koenig Floral Co., second. 



Carnations. 



The second large event of the show 

 was the best display of carnations for 

 a prize of $500. The only exhibitor in 

 this class was the E. G. Hill Co., and 

 the judges awarded this firm the prize. 



Fifty white, E. G. Hill Co., first on 

 White Enchantress; J. E. Meinhardt, 

 Webb City, Mo., second on White En- 

 chantress; Oakland Floral Co., Kirk- 

 wood, Mo., third on White Perfection. 



Fifty light pink, E. G. Hill Co., 

 first; Oakland Floral Co., second; J. E. 

 Meinhardt, third, all with Enchantress. 



Fifty dark pink, Oakland Floral Co., 

 first on Winona; J. E. Meinhardt, sec- 

 ond on Eose-pink Enchantress. 



Fifty red, J. E. Meinhardt, first on 



O. P. Bassett; E. G. Hill Co., second on 

 Beacon. 



Roses. 



The third big event of the show was a 

 prize of $500 for the best display of 

 cut roses, one or more varieties, at- ^ 

 tractively displayed. Poehlmann Bros., 

 Chicago, were the only exhibitors in 

 this class and were awarded the big 

 prize. The stock displayed was of extra 

 fine quality and could hardly have been 

 beaten by any competitors. 



Fifteen pink, introduction of 1909 or 

 1910, E. G. Hill Co., first on Rose Queen. 



Fifteen blooms any other color, in- 

 troduction of 1909 or 1910, E. G. Hill 

 Co., first on Sunburst. 



Fifty American Beauty, Koenig Flo- 

 ral Co., first. 



One hundred roses, any variety, ar- 

 ranged for effect, Koenig Floral Co., 

 first on American Beauties. 



Fifty Eichmond, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., first. 



Fifty Killarney, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first. 



Fifty White Killarney, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first. 



In the last three classes Poehliriann 

 B'ros. Co. was the only exhibitor. 



Floral Displays. 



'^ 

 One thousand violets, C. Young & 



Sons, first; Metropolitan Floral Co., 



second. 



Bridal bouquet, C. Young & Sons, 



first; Metropolitan Floral Co., second. 

 BasTcet of carnations, Metropolitan 



