. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 852 The American Florist. Nov. 16, close indeed must have been the race for first for 100 Killarney, between the highly colored lot put up by this firm and the magnificent large blooms from Bassett & Washburn's Hinsdale plant, and it would certainly have been inter- esting to know how the points on these two splendid exhibits compared. In the silver cup class the E. G. Hill Co.'s new rose, Rhea Reid, won some- what easily. This variety has already been described in these pages and it is only necessary to say t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 852 The American Florist. Nov. 16, close indeed must have been the race for first for 100 Killarney, between the highly colored lot put up by this firm and the magnificent large blooms from Bassett & Washburn's Hinsdale plant, and it would certainly have been inter- esting to know how the points on these two splendid exhibits compared. In the silver cup class the E. G. Hill Co.'s new rose, Rhea Reid, won some- what easily. This variety has already been described in these pages and it is only necessary to say that as shown here it seems not to have a bad point. The color is clear, bright red, the petals long and of fine contour, the substance good and also the stem and foliage. Princess from the same firm is also a lovely rose, the color like the old Sou- venir de la Malmaison, but the shape and habit excellent in every way. Pos- sibly the new Irish rose, Mrs. Jardine, was not in its best form; indeed it could hardly have been, for after its long journey it came before the judges not showing its true beauty. We shall look forward to seeing it at the spring rose show in better shape. Cardi- nal, as grown and shown by Poehlmann Bros. Co., is certainly a beauty of fine form and color and excellent habit, and this should be heard more of. But leav- ing out the novelties the show of the well-known commercial varieties was a truly magnificent one. Probably never in the history of Chicago shows was there such an evenness and general good quality of roses shown. The large bunches of 100 American Beauty were a sight to be long remembered and the lovely pinks, such as Killarney, Mme. Chatenay and Mrs. Marshall Field, were excellent in every particular. Those for- tunate enough to be present on the sec- ond day, when all these lovely blooms were at their best, had a rich treat, one to be long remembered. The fifty bloom chrysanthemum class was well filled, and besides those men- tioned, Wietor
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