The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-13
The FLORAL NOVELTIES
MANY STRANGE PLANTS % THE
NOVEMBER FLOWER SHOW
s,eciaI Exhibits Coming from Various
sactiops of the Country-Orchids,
Plants and Chrysanthemums.

The management of the Indiana Floral
Festival are sending to nearly all secllohs
of the country for special exhibits Tor the
November flower show, and Secretary VIII
liam c.. Bertermann says Tomlinson Han
will contain a large variety Of plants with
which Indiana people now have little ac-
ouaintance. Besides the efforts of Indiana
florists at orchid growing, special EXHIBITS
of these flowers are coming from New YORK
and New Jersey, where their culture Is
made a speciality. Pitcher plants, or
nepenthes. will be shown. One of the most
curious plants in the special exhibits viii
be anthuriums, whose flowers are red and
shoot upward, assuming a lily shape me
cyclamen Persicum will also be SHOWN
Mr.. BertermanD has sent to CalifoT-
MIA for branches of the peppe tree
with red berries. From the South ne
has ordered wild smilax, Florida moss ana
a variety of palm leaves. The nurseries OF
Indiana will be drawn on for evergreen
trees. Shining laurel wreathing is TO be
sent TO the festival from the Allegheny
mountains.
1t is the intention. Mr.. Bertermann says.
70 gather in Tomlinson Hall the mot eN-
tensive exhibit of flowers and plants that
has ever been seen at a Western fower
show. The great trouble with flower
shows held over the country in recent
years is, they have been too monotonOus, .
Mr.. Bertermann said. People want TO see
chrysanthemums, carnations, roses. orchids
and Similar flowers at these shows, but
they also want to see something else. Dur
ing the week Of the festival the manage
ment will give a variety of entertainments
in the effort 10 keep visitors interested Tor
three or four hours. Where a visitor saun-
tiers around a flower show once and then
goes away, il is a sign that the eXhlbltS
lack i'm interest. We are going 10 make
have TO go around Tomlinson Halt half A
dozen times and spend hours. instead OF
minutes, doing it, or ne Will not see all
the display"
THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
Florists are advancing their chrysanthe-
mum plants in the hot houses so that they
may open the season for these fall flowers
early and give them prominence at the fes-
tival. but the chrysanthemum will not
~overshadow other flowers at the November
display as they did in other years. There
are a number of new chrysanthemums that
are TO be shown here for the first time dur
ing the festival, and a large number of the
standard chrysanthemums with which In
diana people are already acquainted will
be shown, but they will be developed TO A
point nearer perfection than they have been
In FORMER years. Inc uOrlStS OF THIS state
claim they are as well advanced in chrys-
anthemum culture as the florists Of other
States, and that America is leading Japan,
the home of the chrysanthemum, in the
development of these blooms. Thousands
of the plants are nearing the blooming
point in the greenhouses of Indianapolis.
and many more are growing In the green
houses out in the State. Through former
lower shows held here Indiana people have
developed a liking for these flowers, which
has resulted in many beds of them being
planted about doorways at home, and the
inexperienced have found the chrysanthe-
mum is not a difficult flower TO cultivate.
A good many of the amateurs have caught
the knack Of the expert in growing chrys-
anthemum blooms Of large size. They
have learned that the fewer blooms on the
plant the larger they become. BY pinching
off all the buds but one, a single flower OF
largest size Will result. The air and sun
of Indiana seem particularly adapted 20
chrysanthemums, and these two elements
nave helped the amateurs over many
doubtful periods OF a plants life. With the
chrysanthemum season opening at the No
vember festival, the blossom will have a
longer season this year than common. The
season for them will continue until Christ
mas, when they will give way 10 csrna-
tions, roses and other midwinter flowers.