. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgoo. The American Florist. 566 and a painting by Mrs. Kitchen for the best exhibit. D. Kindsgrab showed a group of foliage and decorati\'e plants, Geo. Von Qualen fine carnations and Peter Duflf roses in variety. Popken & Collins made a fine general display and showed how closely the commercial men are now followinij the expert private gardeners in the matter of quality. Their chrysanthemums and car- nations were first-class, and their exhib- its artistically grouped. Other trade exhibitors were, j. N. May, w
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgoo. The American Florist. 566 and a painting by Mrs. Kitchen for the best exhibit. D. Kindsgrab showed a group of foliage and decorati\'e plants, Geo. Von Qualen fine carnations and Peter Duflf roses in variety. Popken & Collins made a fine general display and showed how closely the commercial men are now followinij the expert private gardeners in the matter of quality. Their chrysanthemums and car- nations were first-class, and their exhib- its artistically grouped. Other trade exhibitors were, j. N. May, with several new varieties of chrysanthemums, for which he received three certificates of merit; W. A. Manda, with decorative foliage and flowering plants that brought him II certificate; J. C. Williams, who received a certificate for pompon chrysan- themums; A. David Rose, with fine chrysanthemum blooms and ericas; and Paul Wilcox, whose four cycads also were similarly honored. Waco, Tex. The fifth annual flower show at Waco, Texas, November 12 to 17, under the management of the Texas State Floral Society was given with the aid of the most auspicious weather possible and while no better than on former years the outcome may be classed as a fair success. The premium list was a very large one, ofiering good inducements in a variety of classes in floriculture and decorative art, but the response in entries was limited and not large enough to make competi- tion interesting. The only florists enter- ing from out of Texas were Baur & Smith, of Indianapolis, who won prizes in chrysanthemums and carnations as they chose. .\mong the Waco florists who won are J. Wolf and Miss Anna West, the latter having splendid success on competition in hanging baskets, design work and collection ot palms. Mrs. S. W. Cohen, a prominent amateur grower, won on window garden, palms and collections of plants. The auditorium which held the exhibi- tion was a large and commodious build- ing arranged chief
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