§2. 



General and Miscellaneous 

 Interests. 



I. FLORICULTURAL INTERESTS. 



The most striking circumstance of the year in floricultural 

 directions was the chrysanthemum show at Chicago, following 

 the World's Fair, November 4 to 12. Arrangements for this 

 exhibition were not completed until very late in the season, but 

 the results were nevertheless satisfactory. " While there was, 

 of course, room for criticism," says American Florist, "the show 

 was undoubtedly a grand success from every point of view, for 

 this is the verdict of every trade visitor familiar with exhibi- 

 tions ; and that it was national in character is shown by the 

 many States represented by exhibits. Indeed, one award was 

 made to a firm in England. ... In view of this entry 

 and those from Canada, the show may be said to have been 

 international." The best part of the exhibition was that 

 devoted to cut flowers, and the huge vases of fifty blooms were 

 centers of attraction. The paid admissions, at fifty cents 

 each, were 17,531. 



The awards to all plants are given below. The list is not 

 official, but it is probably complete. 



Class 1— J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, first prize for vase of fifty blooms, 

 white ; J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, third prize. 



Class 2— Vase of fifty blooms, yellow, first prize, J. C. Vaughan; 

 second prize, Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich.; H. W. Buckbee, 

 Rockford, 111., third prize. 



Class 3— Fifty blooms, pink, E. G. Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind., first 

 prize; John Curwen, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., second prize; W. N. Rudd, 

 Mount Greenwood, 111., third prize. 



Class 4— Vase of fifty blooms, crimson, Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., first prize; Geo. Miller, Chicago, second prize; Ernst 

 Asmus, West Hoboken, N. J., third prize. 



Class 5— Vase of fifty blooms, bronze, Ernst Asmus, West Hoboken, 

 N. J., third prize. 



Class 6— Vase of fifty blooms, any other color, E. G. Hill & Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., first prize ; Ernst Asmus, second prize. 



Class 7— Best forty-eight varieties, one bloom each, first prize, fifty 

 dollars, E. G. Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind. ; second prize, forty dollars, 

 W. N. Rudd, Mount Greenwood, 111.; third prize, Wm. Scott, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 



Class 8— Best twenty-five varieties, one flower each, first prize, E. * 

 G. Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind.; second prize, O. J. Friedman; third 

 prize, Corbrey & McKellar, Chicago. 



Class 9— Best twelve varieties, one flower each, first prize, E. G. 

 Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind.; second prize, Nathan Smith & Son; third 

 prize, G. W. Curry & Co., Nashville, Tenn. 



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