Evening journal., 1889-11-14
FLORAL BEAUTY SHOW.
OPENING OF WiLMlNGToN's FIRST
cHRYSANTREMUM EXHIBITION.

Five Hundred Plants Ia the Odd Fellows'
Hail, Covered with Flowers Of Every
Tint and Hue-some OF the Varieties.
The Belle of the show.
The first chrysanthemum exhibition
ever held in Wilmington was opened in
the Odd Fellows Hail, AT Third and King
streets, this morning. The exhibition is
given under the auspices of the Whining
ton florists j. l., brown Il Co., l.. e
Baylis, J. N. Lewis & Brother and
George, w. Brinton & Son. 1t is the
desire of these firms TO clear expenses at
this, the first exhibition.
The exhibition win be open for three
days and evenings, closing on Saturday
night. At night the hall will be lighted
with an arc electric light.
The hall is decorated with bunting and
the proscenium arch of the stage is filed
with plants of blooming chrysanthemums,
making curtain Of beautiful parti-
colored blooms. In front of the stage is a
long table on which are q number Of small
plants, trained to one stem, topped by a
single immense flower. Arranged on the
table are about 100 glasses OF cut blooms
including every class, size, tint and color
III is beautltul display.
On the floor Of the room the plants
were massed. Over 800 Of them, inciud-
| ing 500 varieties. They are from two to
four feet high, many Of them three feet
in diameter and all covered with flowers
perfect in form and beautiful in color.
The best plants are massed In two
/ large blocks in the middle Of the room,
and others are arranged along the walls.
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| The plants present a beautiful sight.
The many tints and shades OF yellow,
red. maroon, brown, crimson, pink and
other colors with dazzling white, all
blend in perfect harmony over foliage OF
| deep green.
| Types of every class are shown: Chi
nese Japanese, pomponed, incurved, re
| fexed, singles, airemone lowered and
semi double. There are twenty-five un-
named seedlings, grown by the florists
who are exhibiting, aud many show
qualities of coloring, size and form oi
great merit. The name Of each variety
| exhibited is to be placed on the plants
in legible letters. This work will be fin
ished by this evening
The exhibit of Pitcher & Manda
United States Nurseries, Short Hills, N
H., is in place at the right Of the en-
trance. 1t consists of cut blooms of ovel
thirty varieties, including Mrs. Al
pheus Hardy. The others are al
named seedlings, never exhibited before
this fall. They include all classes anC
are large and beautiful. The exhibits Of
Philadelphia, and of F. H. Spaulding Of
Orange, N. j., all cut blooms arrived
later in the day.
1 Ont h1oou.c mill ba IN cole durfuor tho
exhibition and any of the plants win be
! sold, but they cannot be moved unit
Monday next.
Among the varieties Of special meri
shown are the following. Mrs Alpheu
Hardy, " first shown last year by Pitche
& Manda, in q glass case, at Philadel
phia. Pure white, six inches across
petals incurved and covered wit
short, hairy spines, beautiful variety
Peter Henderson & Co., of New York
have a pink variety on exhibition q
Philadelphia this week. Garfield,
rich maroon, crimson, FIVE
six inches in diameter, "Golde
J Dragon" beautiful golden yellow, per
feet flowers, nine inches across; 81
Canning, pure white, six inches across
Princess of Teck, white tinte
! pink, uncurved petals and globV
lar flowers; "Cullinfordi," darR
est narrow. rehexed petals
MRS. Cleveland" pink, cream centr,
quilted petals; Temple of Solomon,
/. large beautiful yellow, ineurved ''Edwi
! Il. Filter, yellow. beautiful; ''Mr. Free
| man, color of La France rose; "Mr
, C. H. Wheeler" incurved petal
. | yellow outside and maroon insiC
: 'Jessica. white, a Japanese vsriet,
! Gillian G. Bird, quilted pink; "Chris
mas Eve, centre, ass.mass of white lam
I, mated petals, white rays extending fro
4 it.; Mrs. Frank Thompson, whit
tipped and tinged with pink, larg
Duchess. brownish red, each pet
tipped with yellow.
Other noted varieties shown a
moonlight, "Gloriosa, ''Tokio, ""Mr
J. X. Bayliss," james Y. Murkland
1 oMrs William Howell and 1Ceres