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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



MARCH 14, 1912. 



are both handsomely decorated with 

 stock not entered for competition and 

 without cards, although the effect along 

 the south gallery is one of the best in 

 the show. The second day the cards 

 made their appearance; the stock was 

 from the south parks. 



The bulbous stock occupied the room 

 at the head of the east stairway. 

 There are two exhibitors who so over- 

 shadow the others as to practically be 

 the whole show of bulbous flowers. 

 These are Frank Oechslin and August 

 Jurgens. The valley in pans is in 

 the same room and here it is H. N. 

 Bruns who competes with Mr. Jurgens. 

 Poehlmann's pots of lilies are here 

 also. 



In the east room the commanding 

 group is the 100-foot arrangement of 

 rose plants in fine flower from 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. This is flanked 

 by smaller groups and specimen rose 

 plants from the same exhibitor, who is 

 the only one showing roses in pots. 

 In this room Fritz Bahr has some fine 

 ericas and here, too, are the primulas 

 from Peter Schilt, J. J. Wolniewicz, 

 Oechslin, Vaughan and Bahr. 



One of the quality exhibits, although 

 not a large one, is the table of cattle- 

 yas from Charles J. Bond, of Naper- 

 ville. The dozen vases mostly contain 

 Trianae, the flowers being of splendid 



size and substance in spite of the late- 

 ness of the season. Some equally good 

 Schroederffi are shown and a few 

 blooms of hybrids. 



E. Wienhoeber Co. had one of the 

 rooms all to itself for a table simply 

 but attractively arranged with the use 

 of the porcelain water ways, etc. In 

 the center were flowering almonds and 

 around these spring flowers and Mrs. 

 Ward roses. ' 



The Landscape Display. 



H. J. Stockmans has a room to him- 

 self for an exhibit that attracts as 

 much attention from the public as any- 

 thing in the show. He illustrates how 

 various pieces of ground are treated by 

 the landscape man. The larger of the 

 three exhibits shows a property of five 

 acres at Lake Forest, for which Mr. 

 Stockmans has prepared the plans for 

 improvement. He has built a big, low 

 table on which has been placed a pan 

 specially constructed, the scale being 

 one inch to four feet. The pan is 

 only two inches deep and is filled with 

 soil, so that the receptacle is out of 

 sight and the surroundings are safe 

 from damage by moisture. On an ele- 

 vation stands the mansion, with a for- 

 mal rose garden, hedges, pergola and 

 balustrades at one side. Off to the left 

 are the vegetable gardens and further 



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The South Parks' Display ia the Gallery at the Chicago Spring Show. 



yet the orchard, all so completely il- 

 lustrated that the little trees are full 

 of fruit (cranberries) with more on the 

 ground. The sod is green sheet moss. 

 At the right is a water garden with 

 real water, and a perennial garden. 

 The crocuses are in bloom. The avenue- 

 beside the estate is lined with trees 

 and the shrubbery and trees about the 

 grounds are shown as they will be 

 planted, down to the most minute de- 

 tail. Two similar displays show differ- 

 ent treatments for city lots 100x150. 



Bose Day. 



Wednesday, the second of the show,, 

 was rose day, and the size of the ex- 

 hibition was materially increased, for 

 the big vases of 100 long-stemmed 

 blooms, many of them arranged in the 

 Institute's unique big vases, took up a 

 great deal of room. The roses were 

 given the east room, displacing the 

 bulbous stock, cyclamens and primulas,, 

 which gay colored exhibits were re- 

 moved to adjoining rooms not used on- 

 the opening day. The show thus ap- 

 peared much larger than as at first 

 staged. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. made a clean 

 sweep in the rose classes, but was 

 without competition in Dark Pink Kil- 

 larney, Double Pink Killarney, Ward, 

 Bulgarie and Melody. Each class called 

 for 100 flowers. While all were good, 

 the Mrs. Ward were exceptionally fine. 

 Wietor Bros, staged excellent entries 

 in the Beauty, Killarney and White 

 Killarney classes and Peter Reinberg 

 had a fine vase of Richmonds. The 

 Beauties made a brave show in the 

 great porcelain jars in which they were 

 staged, but soon went down, proving^ 

 that these fancy receptacles are not 

 nearly so good for the purpose as are 

 the ordinary straight pots. 



Bassett & Washburn put up a group 

 of roses not for competition. Eleven 

 vases were used, the varieties being: 

 White Killarney, Bhea Reid, Killarney,. 

 Ward, Double White Killarney, Beauty 

 and Richmond. 



John Mangel staged two splendid 

 large, tall baskets of roses, one of Bul- 

 garie, and the other of Ward, excel- 

 lently arranged. 



The Bohannon Floral Co. had an ex- 

 ceptionally fine tall vase of White Kil- 

 larney, splendidly arranged. 



Harry Papworth, of the Metairie 

 Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, 

 brought roses to fill a half dozen vases, 

 long-stemmed stock that showed that 

 though New Orleans gets most of its 

 roses from Chicago, good flowers never- 

 theless can be grown in that climate. 



The awards on roses were: 



One hundred American Beauty — Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. first, Wietor Bros, second. 



One hundred Killarney — Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 first. Wietor Bros, second. 



One hundred White Killarney — Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. first, Wietor Bros, second. 



One hundred Dark Pink Killarney — Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. first. 



One hundred Double Pink Killarney — Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. first. 



One hundred Mrs. Aaron Ward — Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. first. 



One hundred Prince de Bulgarie — Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. first. 



One hundred Melody — Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 first. 



One hundred Richmond — Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 first, Peter Reinberg second. 



Best new rose not yet disseminated — certifi- 

 cates to E. G. Hill Co., for Sunburst, and to 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., for Double White Killarney. 



The Carnations. 

 The carnations come on the stage 

 Thursday and it promises to be in this, 

 department of the show that the strong- 

 est competition is seen. Up to Tuesday 

 night there were twelve entries in the- 



