. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 11K WAR (U'lirived St. Lduis of till' national llower sliow jirojeetod lor tiiat city, l>ut the florists (if tlie motroiiolis, feeling tlic need of an exhibition to stir imblii; interest in flowers, have put on at the Coliseum there this week a show which for size and finish is indeed of national caliber. What the St. Louis trade has done willi little more than chrysanthe- mums to exliibit stimulates tiie ima};- illation as to what might be accom- plished iu their city in tlic spring of the year, with a larger variety of flow- ers and plants ava
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 11K WAR (U'lirived St. Lduis of till' national llower sliow jirojeetod lor tiiat city, l>ut the florists (if tlie motroiiolis, feeling tlic need of an exhibition to stir imblii; interest in flowers, have put on at the Coliseum there this week a show which for size and finish is indeed of national caliber. What the St. Louis trade has done willi little more than chrysanthe- mums to exliibit stimulates tiie ima};- illation as to what might be accom- plished iu their city in tlic spring of the year, with a larger variety of flow- ers and plants available. Of course, the Chrysanthemum Society of America—or some of its members—is responsible for a large part of the show iu bulk, and such men as Charles H. Totty, Charles W. Johnson, Karl H. Mann, E. D. Smith, W. A. Rowe and others deserve due recognition for the quantity of excel- lent blooms they have put ou the ex- hibition floor at great expense to them- selves and their firms. It is doubtful if so many blooms of the queen of au- tumn have been assembled in an ex- hibition hall before. The weather has been unseasonably warm, and those who liavo put the best stock on the floor say it would have been better had cooler weather given its help. Not that any but the most expert would criticise the quality of the stuck, fur it is most of it line and none j)oor-—some of the big blooms just lack that last bit of finish in development, that is all. The Coliseum at St. Louis is a bi;; building. Little space is gi\eu tu ap pies this week, though the Missouii State Horticultural Society is holding its apple show in one end of the hall. Hetailers' booths line both side walls; never has the showing of this branch of the trade been finer or in better numbers. The park depart meat and that able institution, Shaw's Garden, have been l)ehind the exhibi- tion—a sturdy support. They provided the oak trees that mask the pillars on the sides of the hall and the ever- greens that line t
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