The evening times., 1900-02-27

BALTIMORE. Feb. 27.-The carnation
show. given under the auspices Of the Gar
deners' Club at the Royal Arcanum. was
a sight rot easily forgotten. Roses, vio-
lets. and other fragrant blossoms were in
cIuded in the show. although the carnation
was the fiove- OF fiIst Importance. Among
the exhibits OF othcr flowers was that Of
the gardener for Mrs. Robert Garrett. Mr.
T. Holden. who exhibited an unusually tine
collection Of booming cineTarias- There
were scarcely two plants in this collection
OF over fifty plants that were alike. Some
bore the characteristic white and purple
blossoms Others blossoms of JUST the sim
gle color. Mr.. Holden also exhibited a col
lection Of cyclamcu in FUN bloom ami
fine specimen OF towering iessamine the
variety distir suished by the formidable
name "Rhyncospermum jasminoldes." Mr.
Edwin A. Seidewitz. another exhibitor Of
blooming plants had a number OF hne
azaleas in his collection.
The exhib.ts-the carnations, roses. and
violots-and the blooming plants were at
tractiYcly arranged on long tables. case be-
! ing taken in the arrangement 10 group the
/ carnations OF the same color as near TO-
I gether as possible. Banked at one end OF
/ the hall were tail palms, kentias. arecas.
latanias, and several handsome specimens
| Of Boston fern from the greenhouses Of
Halliday Brothers.
Certificates Of merit were awarded by
the club Tor the best collections containing
- white, scarlet, crimson, lignt pink. dar!,
pink. yellow, and varicEatcd carnations.
I AtssTS. Alexander Scott. the manager Of
/ the Florists Exchange, Fred Mitchell and
( +. 4. Seidewitz the Judges. followed Ia
! general the rules Of the National CarHa-
tiCn Society in making their awards,
I though they did not limit themselves
| strictly TO them. The rules provide q
| standard Of so points, p being given TO
color. 20 10 size. 3 TO calyy. 20 10 stem. l.
20 form, and 20 fragrance-
/ To Halliday Brothers were awarded the
! certificates for white Cloud, a large
white blossom. America" a scarlet blos-
som. General Gomez" a deep crimson,
| William Scott" dark pink; Golden Mug
get" yellow. The other certificates We're
awarded 10 F. Bauer for "UJybreak." a
light pink blossom; 90 Isaac H. Moss, for
his collection Of the variegated blossoms
known as Mrs. Bradt." 10 Henry Weber
& Sons. Of Oakland. Nd. for their fine
specimens OF their new seedlings. Gene
We've Lord, q" deep pink blossom. and
/ "No. no." a white blossom.
MIR. John Cook was given q certificate for
his exhibit OF his new cream-coIored rose.
! The Baltimore" and special mention FOR
his new white seeding CarnatiOn. William
f. Holden was given certificates for his
E cinsrarias ana his cyclamen. Honorable
mention was given TO Peter Campbell Ere
. man for his collection OF Bridesmaid and
Bride roses; TO l. n. Moses f0~ his coilec-
I tion Cf Golden Gate" nd "I-a France
roses; to Harry +. Mitchell Of Phiiadel-
phia. for his collection Of Light pink caraa-
I tions. the Mrs. Bertram LippincOt, va
riety: TO Edwin A. SeidevitZ. for his col
lection Of azaIeas; TO Il. Bauer. for yioieJs.
to Halliday Brothers, for seedlings started
by Charles Wagner. +. Mitchell was given
{ a certificate Of merit for a flower stand
and Fred. C. Burger. one for a basket Of
. American Beauty roses, maidcnhair fern
and fresia-
Several collection were received af;el
the awards were made Among them were
4 collection Of carnations and vOlets eN-
. hibitel by Lehr Bros, pink seeding carra-
[ tions by Richard NinCCU- & n and Z
large collection Of seeding carnations CN-
hibitcd by WOOdfall Bros. Of q En- Bur-
ME Nd. Mr.. Isaac II. No-s was chairman
Of the committee in charge OF the eXa ibi
Yesterday. The other members OF the com
mittee were Messrs. +. Bauer. Henri
! Fisher, William LehT, and Mack ri n
mCEd.
At Che meeting Of the club at nigat pre-
| liminary arrangements for the annJa
meeting aEd banquet were maze. Mr. vii
liam b. Sauts treasurer. resigned his or
fee and membership. as did also NJ s IS
James Pcutiaud and william B. nds
jr. Mr. Robert Halliday. "hO was recent
ly elected president OF the American Car
nation Society OF BuGaIO- and NJ Hem!
EickbhCItz. OF Pennsylvania, were present
Mr. EickhhOItz gave Eis~ ideas Of the du
ties OF the Gardeners Cub in connection
with the meeting OF the American Carna
tiOn Society to be held here nCSt year
Mr. William Weber. CT Oak and. who rep
resented the club at the recent caTnatiOi
show at Buffalo. y. Y, CAV ssme prac
tical ideas Of the manner Of enter ain ng
etc He caid that the celebrated Lawson
coo carnation was some hat outdOn
| by the new one known as '666' A ney
| carnation. a beautiful white. striped wiL
! pink-a seeding by c. II. Wagner. sho 81
by Halliday Brcs-was named Mrs. Cha le
L. Seybold. Seven members Joined tn
/ American CarnatiOn Society.