Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-06
sMALL's CHRYsANTHEMUM SHOW.
An Exhibit That II Beautiful and At
tractive in Every Respect.

An Exhibit That In Beautiful and At
tractive in Every Respect.
All day long crowds have been going in
and out Of the establishment Of John H.
Smalis& Sons at the corner Of 18th and G.
streets northwest. the attraction being the
tenth annual chrysanthemum exhibit Of
this firm. The display this year is more
elaborate and brilliant than ever before.
The walls and ceiling of the spacious sales
room are covered with white bobinet and
cheese CLOTH which make an effective back
ground for the trailing of ferns and vines,
and also serve to show off the flowers to
good advantage. Here and there long mir
rors are placed. bordered by smilax. and
these reflect back the gorgeous blossoms
and the myriads of electric lights with
which some beautiful effects are produced.
In the 14th street window are parterres of
the rarest varieties Of chrysanthemuns and
small pool in the center Of which foun-
tain IS constantly playing At the back Is
a windmill, wonderfully natural, the revov-
ing arms being studded with electric lights.
which change In color with each revolution.
In the G street window is similar arrange
ment of the flowers, the central mound be-
ing formed of the massive Golden Wedding
chrysanthemum the prize winner, whose
blossoms are from ten to twelve inches
across. At the rear of the room. upon a
raised platform, are banked beautiful vari-
cites of all kinds of flowers, and behind
them is a peacock with wide spread tail, all
illuminated with electric lights. This pea
cock and the windmill, and in fact all the
electrical display is from the General Elec-
trio Company, with whom the Messrs. Small
worked in the decorations for the last in
saugural ball. The Washington Construction
Company did the work.
3: In6the exhibit can be traced and contrast
ed the growth of the highest development
of the cultivated variety of the chrysanthe-
mum and the common garden species: OF
the former, the Golden Wedding Is the high
est type in yellow. the Miss Minnie Wana-
maker in white, the Vivien Moreli in pink,
the Andrew Carnegie in red and the Harry
May in bronze. Besides these there are two
handsome specimens of the Ruth Cleveland,
which is a pinkish white in color. the Judge
Hoyt pink Of the anemone variety, the little
white Diana, the Sue T. Price, the Black
Beauty and numerous others. Besides the
chrysanthemums Of which there as
many varieties as were ever placed on ex-
hbition, there are roses of the best kinds,
including the Nine. Testont, the Augusta
Keuzerina, Bridesmaid, Meteor and Ameri-
can Beauty, Of which the Messrs Small
make a speciality Then there are the rarest
specimens of orchids, including Catieyas,
Areidans, Lalias and Ondontiglossons. the
pure white used so much in wedding decor
atoms. These are arranged in baskets and
on long tables, are banked against the walls
interspersed with palms, maiden hair and
Farleyence ferns, and on the walls and
ceilings are masses of the southern smilax,
which make such pretty decorative effects
In fact, all the arrangement is lesson in
the art of floral decoration which this firm
has carried to it's highest perfection. This
was proved in the fact that 1t was the only
firm that received a medal for an exhibit In
Its line at the worlds fair, the display be-
Ing the massive floral reproduction of the
Capitol, which attracted so much notice al
the Madison Square Garden display. The
exhibit will remain open during the entire
week,