Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw23amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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tgoT. The American Florist. 547
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GENERAL VIEW OF THE INDIANAPOLIS EXHIBITION, NOVEMBER 6 TO 9. together with some novelties. John Cook exhibited his new rose, Baltimore, which received a certificate of merit. E. M. Wood's Waban Conservatories staged a vase of Helen Gould, the synonym rose. They were very fine flowers and it looked quite like another kind altogether from the variety exhibited before the club at its last meeting. Myers & Saratman received honorable mention for their vase of Sunrise. For Perles J. L. Dillon, of Bloomsburg, won first, also first for Kaiserin and Liberty and second for Bride. Joseph Heacock was first for six Beauties and for twenty- five Beauties, also first for Bride and Meteor and second for Bridesmaid, the first for the latter going to J. H. Bar- tram. C. & G. L. Pennock won first for Golden Gates and second for six and twenty-five Beauties. The American Kose Company won first for new variety with a new sulphur yellow tea, a very pretty color. The carnation display was somewhat meager, although there were some fine blooms shown. Dailledouze Bros., of Flatbush, won the Craig cup for best seedling with a fine red flower which looks like a winner. It was labeled G. D. 1. Another fine pink called Floriana is worthy of close watching. Albert Roper, of Tewksbury, Mass., won first for best seedling, never disseminated, with Fair Maid, a very large flower, near Daybreak in color. Robert Lockerbie won first for 100 blooms and first for vase of fifty. First for fifty dark pink and for crimson was won by Wm. Kleinheinz. There was a nice display of double and single violets. R. M. Eisenhart was first for 100 blooms California and second for Lady Campbell and Princess of Wales. Chas. Zimmer was first for Princess of Wales and W. Pray first for Marie Louise and Lady Campbell. The American Rose Company made a striking exhibit of their new rose. Ivory. A large and massive square arch of red galax leaves was erected in the lower foyer and in front of this were a number of vases filled with choice flowers of this variety. This exhibit attracted much attention and was greatly admired. The attendance is very good and at this writing promises to exceled that of the past few years. K. Chicago. The eleventh annual exhibition of the Horticultural Society of Chicago has gone into history as the most successful in the annals of the organization. While not so extensive as some previous exhibi- tions, and deficient in certain classes which have been a feature in the past, the show was more satisfactory to the public than was any previous exhibition, the attendance increased day by day and it was with reluctance that the crowd departed when the closing hour came on Saturday evening. For the success of this exhibition the society is indebted to the commercial growers. Were it not for the large pro- ducers of chrysanthemums, roses and carnations for the local cut flower whole- sale market there would have been a very meager show, and it is safe to say that the comment would have been dis- tinctly the reverse of favorable. The cut flowers were, perhaps, not the whole show, but they were its principal feature and the center of attraction in the hall. It goes to show that the people would rather see cut flowers than plants and the society should take the lesson to heart and in the future make every effort to retain the aid and support of the growers, which it secured in such unstinted measure this year. To this end it might be worth while if the society would be more liberal in its premiums for roses and carnations. Saturday was seedling day, but there were no great showings of new chrysan- themums and no silver medals were awarded. In the class for seedling carna- tions the Chicago Carnation Company was awarded a silver medal on twenty blooms of Mrs. Potter Palmer, a fine red, a silver medal on twenty blooms of Mrs. Higinbotham, a good light pink, and on twenty blooms of Chicot. Also the S. A. F. silver medal on Harlowarden, a crim- son seedling which received many praises. Nathan Smith & Son, of Adrian, were awarded the S. A. F. bronze medal on a pompon chrysanthemum. There were several exhibits of seedling carnations not for competition, only one

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