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 The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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THE AUTUMN 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The flower show, under the manage- 

 ment of the State Florists' Associa- 

 tion of Indiana, was held at Tomlin- 

 son hall, November 8 to 12. The 

 weather conditions were ideal and the 

 show, from the point of exhibits, was 

 one of the best ever held in Indiana. 

 The decorations, designed by George 

 Wiegand and executed by A. Wiegand 

 & Sons, were elaborate, and many 

 favorable comments were passed on 

 them. The stage setting represented 

 a conservatory, with bay trees and 

 palms placed about to carry out the 

 effect. Thousands of yards of laurel 

 and many cases of smilax were used 

 in the decorations. 



The entries in the pot mum classes 

 were not up to standard, but the other 

 classes more than made up for this. 

 A number of the retailers had elabo- 

 rately decorated booths, among these 

 being E. A. Nelson, Pahud Floral Co. 

 and A. "Wiegand & Sons. The latter 

 firm went to considerable expense in 

 arranging the booth, which consisted 



of two table decorations, in one of 

 which eight dozen orchids and 150 val- 

 ley were . used. The other was with 

 yellow pompons. Another feature of 

 this booth was a bridal altar, showing 

 the gates, altar, kneeling stool, bower 

 of palms studded with chrysanthe- 

 mums and candles. Vaji&e^ other 

 forms of decorative effects were used 

 and this booth was one of the features 

 of the show. 



The large groups of palms used at 

 the show weM, through the courtesy 

 of Houston^ Tall, superintendent of 

 Garfield park. J. A. Peterson, of Cin- 

 cinnati, showed a number of fine speci- 

 mens of his new Begonia Glory of 

 Cincinnati. John Eieman was a busy 

 man, being superintendent of the show 

 and at the same time crowded with 

 tuneral work at his store. One day he 

 shipped four blankets and twenty fu- 

 neral designs out of town. 



E. T. B'arnes, the dahlia specialist of 

 Spencer, showed a number of photos 

 of his dahlia farm, which were quite 

 interesting. 



John Eisner showtu a number of 

 pots of his new pink seedling mum. 



John Grande had a number of fine 

 pot mums for the show, but in some 

 manner his. entry was overlooked and 

 his plants were not judged. 



A fine vase was the yellow seed- 

 lings of the E. G. Hill Co., which won 

 the sweepstakes. 



Eoepke & Rieman Co. showed a vase 

 of their pink seedling mum, which was 

 good. 



The E. G. Hill Co. had a vase of 

 their yellow rose Sunburst, which at- 

 tracted considerable attention. Their- 

 pink. Rose Queen, won the S. A. F. 

 bronze medal. 



In the carnation classes a crimson 

 seedling of F. Dorner & Sons Co. and a 

 crimson of Baur & Smith looked, favor- 

 able. 



A pink seedling pompon from Hartje 

 & Elder and a number of vases of 

 seedlings from the Elmer D. Smith & Co. 

 showed up well. 



The Awards. 



The judges were R. Witterstaetter,. 

 Cincinnati; F. H. Lemon, Richmond; 

 C. Sonnenschmidt, Cumberland. 



The first day 's ' awards were pub- 

 lished in The Review last week and 

 the awards for the succeeding days 

 were as follows: 



Chrysanthemum Plants. 



Specimen white, Roepke & Rieman 

 Co., Indianapolis, first; A. Wiegand & 

 Sons, Indianapolis, second. 



Specimen yellow, A. Wiegand & 



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General View of the Indianapolis Flower ShoW, November 8 to 12, 1910. -^'^ 



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