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The Florists' Review 



April 3, 1913. 



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CHICAGO'S SECOND ^ 

 SPRING EXHIBITION 



EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. 



Show an Artistic Success. 



The Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 is this week distributing its surplus 

 in giving to the Chicago public what 

 is practically a free exhibition of great- 

 er magnitude than any other spring 

 show ever held in the west, and prob- 

 ably the largest spring show ever held 

 in the United States, with the single 

 exception of the National Flower Show 

 held at Boston two years ago. It is 

 Chicago's second attempt at a spring 

 exhibition. The quantity of stock shows 

 a considerable increase over that of a 

 year ago, although the number of ex- 

 hibitors is not materially increased. 

 Finer stock it would be difficult to 

 imagine. The two big rose groups are^ 

 magnificent, and Frank Oechslin staged 

 a group of hard-wooded flowering plants 

 the like of which has never been seen 

 in the west. Some twenty varieties are 

 included. Fritz Bahr sJso put up a 

 group of hard-wooded blooming plants 

 of the commercial sizes, but including 

 many varieties which, to quote Mr. 

 Bahr, "are not" seen as frequently as 

 they should be." In addition to these, 

 Mount Greenwood Cemetery has a 

 group of geraniums, antirrhinums and 

 sweet peas grown in tubs and trained 

 on balloon-shaped trellises that is nota- 

 ble. The private gardeners are partici- 

 pating in the show to a greater extent 

 than ever before and for the benefit 

 of the society reporters for the daily 

 papers the names of the employers only 

 are used, so that one may read in the 

 morning papers how A. B. Dick, E. G. 

 Uihlein, Kenneth Barnhart, N. W. Har- 

 ris, Louis F. Swift and other million- 

 aires are capturing the blue ribbons. 



The magnanimity of the society in 

 giving a practically free exhibition was 

 not wholly intentional; rather, it was 

 spontaneous. The Art Institute is a 

 splendid place for a flower show, but ^ 

 five days ' show never can be held there 

 except with two days on which no ad- 

 mission can be charged. This time it 

 was discovered on the eve of the show 

 that a week had been selected in which 

 the institute had three free days out 

 of the five. On the opening day the 

 attendance exceeded 5,000 and on the 

 second day it was even greater. 



The blooming plants and the roses 

 were staged April 1. April 3 the car- 

 nations are to be staged, as well as a 

 general display of cut roses, the sweet 

 pea classes and the classes for miscel- 

 laneous cut flowers. At the hour of 

 going to press the indications are for a 

 first-class showing of carnations, as en- 

 tries have been received from Mount 

 Greenwood Cemetery Association, Wie- 

 tor Bros., Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago 

 Carnation Co., C. C. Pollworth Co. and 

 the E. 6. Hill Co. 



Betailers' Displays. 



While all the visitors want to see 

 the exhibit with the blue ribbon on it, 

 there really is nothing which attracts 

 the public so much as the retailers' dis- 

 plays. This year the showing of cut 

 flower work is better than usual. The 

 Art Institute is admirably adapted to 

 this purpose. There are numerous 

 rooms, so that each exhibitor can have 

 a room all to himself and treat it as 

 he will. C. A. Samuelson, Schiller the 

 Florist, and E. Wienhoeber Co. each 

 were assigned a special room. 



Mr. Samuelson 's exhibit was the most 

 elaborate of the lot. It consisted of 

 numerous baskets of blooming plants 

 and tables of smaller baskets and vases 

 of cut flowers, while in the corners of 

 the room were excellent groups of 

 blooming plants, one of rambler roses 

 and one of genistas. The showing in- 

 variably provoked an exclamation of 

 pleasure from those who stepped within 

 the portals. 



In the Schiller room a dozen or more 

 baskets of blooming plants were shown, 

 the arrangement of each being a credit 

 to the well-known skill of Miss Schiller 

 and her assistants. 



The E. Wienhoeber Co., besides show- 

 ing several baskets and vases of cut 

 flowers, decorated one corner of its 

 room as for a wedding, with bank of 

 palms, kneeling stool, newel posts and 

 tall vases of Easter lilies. 



At the head of the main stairway 

 John Mangel showed two handsome 

 sweet pea arrangements, one a large 



handle basket and the other a big bou- 

 quet in one of the lace bouquet holders. 

 T. E. Waters, of Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., also showed some baskets of roses, 

 arranged for effect, believing in help- 

 ing the retailers along. 



Cut Roses. 



The display of cut roses was one of 

 the best which has been seen at Chi- 

 cago. Not one vase was staged that 

 was not worthy of a premium; better 

 general average quality would be hard 

 to obtain. The competition was so 

 close that the premiums were pretty 

 evenly distributed among the four prin- 

 cipal exhibitors. It was an interesting 

 feature that a new exhibitor of cut 

 roses should carry off first premium for 

 both Killarney and White Killarney. 

 The Geo. Wittbold Co. always has ex- 

 hibited in plant and retail classes, but 

 never before in cut roses. Robert Hand 

 assumed charge of the Wittbold Kil- 

 larney houses last season and his success 

 was shown by his capturing two first 

 premiums in competition with three of 

 the largest and best growers for the 

 local market. 



The only rose novelty on exhibition 

 was Milady, from A. N. Pierson, Crom- 

 well, Conn., which had traveled well. 



The awards in the rose classes were 

 as follows: 



Seventy -five American Beauties — Poehlmann 

 BroB. Co., first; Wletor Bros., second. 



Seventy-five KUlarney — Geo. Wlttlwld Co., 

 first: Poehlmann Bros. Co., second; Wendland & 

 Keimel, third. 



Seventy-flve White Killarney— Geo. Wittbold 



The C. A. Samuelson Room at the Chicago Spring Show. 



