. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 580 The American Florist. April 8, being judged by points. The Forrest Flower Shop, Philadelphia, Pa., had a table decoration that won out with a score of 90 points. In this arrange- ment a tall, slender, willow vase on a round plateau base was filled with Gloriosa and Ward carnations, acacia sprays being used for green. Corsages and boutonnieres of carnations were used to complete the decoration. The center of the table of the London Flower Shop, Philadelphia, Pa., was a large block rose float filled with pink Wa
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 580 The American Florist. April 8, being judged by points. The Forrest Flower Shop, Philadelphia, Pa., had a table decoration that won out with a score of 90 points. In this arrange- ment a tall, slender, willow vase on a round plateau base was filled with Gloriosa and Ward carnations, acacia sprays being used for green. Corsages and boutonnieres of carnations were used to complete the decoration. The center of the table of the London Flower Shop, Philadelphia, Pa., was a large block rose float filled with pink Ward carnations, pink snapdragons and farleyense. The corsages were of pink carnations and Sweetheart roses tied with silver cord. Gude Bros. Co., Wash- ington, D. C, had a large center piece of pink carnations, relieved with white daisies and farleyense. The plateau basket was beautifully arranged. The corsages were of pink carnations. Both of these two tables scored 8G points. AU three of the table entries men- tioned were tastefully set with cut glass, china, etc. Voller's House of Flowers had a tall center of Gloriosa, pink Ward and white carnations ar- ranged with farleyense for a base. This scored 70 points. The Cottage Gardens Co., Queens. N. won in the vase contest with a splendid, large arrangement of Cot- tage Maid and White Wonder. In the class for private gardeners, Wm. Klem- heinz was first and H. Barclay sec- ond. Both exhibited handsome vases. The London Flower Shop won first prize with its high-handled gypsy basket filled with pink Ward, pink snapdragons and ferns, Voller's House of Flowers being second with a splen- didly arranged basket of pink carna- tions with two-toned ribbon and tmsel butterflies. The Sweet Pea Display. Exquisitely beautiful in their dainty colorings, with magnificent flowers borne, many of them on 15-inch to 18-inch stems, were the hundreds of vases of these lovely and justly popu- lar flowers. The exhibit for the most part was arranged
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