The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-04-13

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fachsias, &c. For the best collection Of cOlias
Mrs. Pearce was awarded the first premium
| so cents.
A beautiful variety of geraniums were exhib
tied by Miss E. ]. Stevenson also jusiicias ant
specimen of crab-claw cactus.
Miss s. F.. Beard was awarded the premium
80 cents for the best fnchsia and premium Of the
same amount for the best collection Of pansies
This collection was very tastily arranged In 9
basket and received merited attention. The pan.
sizes were grown from Florida raised seed.
Mss Maria Waits, for the second best fastia
was awarded the second premium, 80 cents.
| Miss Sue Archer had on exhibition . SALIVA
which occupied prominent position near the
front entrance to the building. The hong spikes
of beautiful scarlet flowers, attracted no incon-
siderable attention. It was the only specimen oi
the kind exhibited and she was very properly
awarded for it the first premium, 80 cents All
of her other displays were Of marked merit A
hanging basket Of pnks, ivy, ferns, &C., waa
very pretty indeed. A collection Of cut howers
was among the best displayed. Two hanging
baskets Of cut flowers were very pleasing. A
very tasteful and artistic design in flowers was
the motto, Land of Flowers" on white back
ground, the letters wrought in pansies and
cedar, and the white back ground relieved
by bordering of cedar, moss, lilies,
verbenas and geraniums. She was awarded for
the second best display Of pinks the second pre-
MUM, 25 cents; and for the best hanging basket,
the first premium, $3.50.
Miss Fannie Perkins, for the best hanging bas-
ket of living plants, Ia very pretty arrangement
of geraniums and wandering jew ~ was award
ed the second premium, $100. A Tyre very ar.
tistically wrought in star jasmine, geraniums
and cedar, was displayed by this lady and
was among the prettiest designs in flowers
in the hail. For this she was awarded the second
premium on designs, $3.50. She was also award
ed the premium of rs cents for the best display
of roses, and for the best boquet, $3.50. Taken
altogether, her display was among the best and
most interesting made.
Mrs. j. B. Hall had on exhibition 80 plants
growing in potts. which were very tastefully dis
played and made quite noticeable feature Of
the flower show. She was awarded for the best
and second best scented geraniums 80 and IS
cents; second best white lily, second premium,
25 cents; for the second best cactus, the second
premium rs cents. Mrs Hall had a full display
of geraniums of all kinds golden floss, "a foliage
plant Gala lilies and cacti, besides a collection
of magnolia blooms
magnificent rose cactus IN full bloom, occu-
pying position near the front entrance, was en-
tered by Miss Mamie Bond and awarded the
first premium, so cents. 1t attracted as much or
more attention than any plant on exhibition. A
beautiful Japan lily, of some rarity, was also in.
cluded in her display. Among the cut flowers
supported on light stand draped in moss, was
quite a delightful pang in star jasmine and
pomegranate flowers. The effect obtained by
contrasting the snow white of the jasmine with
the deep scarlet blush of the pomegranate was
both striking and pleasing.
The white and colored lilies. cut, displayed by
Miss Annie Flagg, were decidedly beautiful and
were very justly awarded the first premium for the
best display of lilies, so cents
Miss Emma Wilson entered collection for the
best display of cut flowers from one garden,
composed of many different varieties of rare and
beautiful roses and other flowers, which in our
opinion was well worthy premium.
Mrs. Fannie Gwynn also entered q like collec-
ton for tue prize for the best display from one
garden, containing large variety of rare roses
Upon rustic stand tastily trimmed with moss
and ribbon grass was very variegated and artis-
tically arranged display of pinks, by Miss Lila
Lewis. In another place was wreath of star
jasmine on ground of red lilies also the fairy.
creation of this young lady. She was awarded
! the first premium-50 cents-f0r the best display
on the former, and the second premiam-$1-
for the second best wreath on the latter.
Mrs. Richard G. Longs display was one of more
than ordinary merit. and included all varieties of
the geranium, heliolrope, Gala lilies and colias
growing. She was awarded the following pre-
miums: For the best heliotrope, first premium.
so cents best and second best ornamental gera-
NUNS, first and second premiums, so and 25
cents second best collection of colias, second
premium, 25 cents; best double fish gcranium
first premium, so cents best and second best
single fish geraniums, first and second premiums
50 and 25 cents
Mrs. w. G. Poole had an excellent collection
OF Gala and nun lilies, double begonias and ge-
raniums on exhibition. She was awarded the first
premium-50 cents-for the best white lily, the
second premium-25 cents for the best colored,
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ond best fish geranium.
Mrs. Governor D. s. Walkers collection of
growing plants took up the whole of one side Of
the front room of the Exhibition Hall, and was
second TO none in beauty, interest and variety
1t comprised no less than sixty different pots.
and included all the rarest flowers known here
geraniums, double and single, from snow white
TO deepest scarlet; Gala lilies, heio,rope, bego-
MAS and foliage plants. On the whole, there was no
finer contribution!mad to the general display than
this one. Her display of cut flowers from one gar
den was of equal beauty and variety, and was
awarded the first premium-$2.50. For the Sec
ond best display of growing plants she was
awarded the second premium-$a5O
Mrs. Charles A. Choate exhibited some very
fine geraniums and splendid specimen of the
wax plant
Mrs. Lizzie Douglass exhibited the largest COL
lection of growing plants-sixty-one pots-for
which she was awarded the first premium of i've
dollars. The collection comprehended about all
the varieties previously mentioned -geraniums,
begonias, colias, rosalas and very pretty foliage
plant, differing from any other exhibited In the
cut flower department she exhibited magnifi-
cent pyramid of cut flowers composed OF all
kinds interviewer with evergreena The base Of
the pyramid rested on moes-draped pedestal,
and the apex stood six feet from the base of that
Mrs Douglass was alaO awarded nremiuma fny