. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 474 The American Florist. Nov. lo. formly good with all exhibitors, there being a very full competition in all these classes. The cut flowers were, if anything, larger and more uniform in finish than ever before. Other than this no material difference in comparison with latter years was apparent and there was noth- ing of striking prominence or especially sensational in any class. The winning sets in the more important classes were marvelously even and uniformly large, it seeming impossible to impro-ve upon them i
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 474 The American Florist. Nov. lo. formly good with all exhibitors, there being a very full competition in all these classes. The cut flowers were, if anything, larger and more uniform in finish than ever before. Other than this no material difference in comparison with latter years was apparent and there was noth- ing of striking prominence or especially sensational in any class. The winning sets in the more important classes were marvelously even and uniformly large, it seeming impossible to impro-ve upon them in either of these respects. Among the new things were Winona, Orizaba Souci, Luciola, Nesota and Lavender Queen in Mr. Dumaresq's exhibit and several seedlings from J. N. May, ol which Bruce, a copper red with gold reverse, and Yanariva, an Inter Ocean type of pink, and several pretty pompons were the best. P. A. B Widener sent seedling D. Josephine, a light yellow. Mrs. A. W. Spencer's winning setinthegreat Bradlee class of six vases of six varieties of ten blooms each included Eureka, Mrs. Geo. West, John Shrimpton, Inter Ocean, Pennsylvania ant;* Viviand-Morel. The big china vases with their contents tow- ering eight or ten feet above the floor were as effective as ever, there being seven competitors in this class. It is worthy of record that in the classes calling for vases of ten blooms of one color each the competing varieties were in most cases identical. In pink the competition was confined to Viviand-Morel, in red they were all John Shrimpton and in the open class Kate Broomhead was entered by both competitors. In white Eureka beat White Carnot and in yellow Modesto came in first, all the other entries being of Peter Kay. The carnation growers were in with some interesting exhibits. Dailledouze Bros, were on hand with Prosperity and M. A. Patten showed a group of splendid blooms comprising most of the recent introductions. A. Roper staged a lot of seedlings that attrac
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