The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-12
Great Auditorium Even More Beautf-
full Than on Opening Night OF
the Floral Show.
MRS. ENGLISH OFFERS PRIZE
NEW ROSE TO BE NAMED AFTER
HER LITTLE DAUGHTER.
Members Of the Association Will BE
Entertained TO-Night-The List
of Prize Winners.

Carnations, the choicest and prettiest to
be found in this country, were the flower
of the evening at the Floral Festival and
Chysanthemum Show. in Tomlinson Hall.
last night The stately and dignifed chrys-
anthemums were there. too. but they had
their share of exclusive attention and ad-
miration Monday night, and last night the
dainty carnation bloomed forth 5000 strong
and took the evening for its own. American
Beauty roses were exhibited last night also,
but they were shown more to display to
best advantage the carnation than for their
own sake, for to-day the rose will hold
sway all by itself.
Tomlinson Hall, even more beautiful than
on the opening night, thousands Of carna-
tions, red and white, yellow and pink,
nodding from scores Of vases arranged in
long, beautiful rows along the west bal
cony,. hundreds of men and women strolling
here and there, to and fro, on the balcony
and i'm the garden of potted plants. and the
beauty of the flowers supplemented with
the strains of orchestral music-there you
have the second night of the Floral Festi-
val and Chysanthemum Show.
CARNATION DISPLAY.
chrysanthemum exhibit, is much larger and
finer than ever before at the Indianapolis
flower show. Never before in Indiana has
there been gathered together such COL
lection of choice carnations The Governor
Roosevelt, the President Roosevelt, the
President Mckinley, the Enchantress, the
Adonis, the Estelle, the Dorothy Whitney
the Beatrice ard the Mrs. Thomas w. Law
son are all there, together with numerous
other varieties named and unnamed. Among
the new carnations shown this year the
Indianapolis, a deep pink bloom of gen.
erous size, is prominent. The bloom is one
originated by Baur & Smith, of Indianap-
oils.
The largest display of carnations from
greenhouses outside of indianapolis is that
of Mrs. W. j. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, who
received the first prize for the largest COL
lection of blooms. In this class Mrs. Vesey
exhibited forty-six vases of beautiful bios
SONS. The leading exhibitor of the rresi-
dent Mckinley carnation is Z. 7. Graves
of Richmond, who originated the variety
last year and exhibited il at the Kansas
City flower show last fall for the first time
The President Mckinley carnation is a
large, pure pink bloom of rare beauty
This bloom Is also seen in various other
exhibits Several of the leading exhibitors
have the Mrs. Thomas w. Lawson carna-
tion in their displays. The Lawson bloom
is a pure pink, a shade lighter than the
President Mckinley. and is one of the most
beautiful carnations grown. About five
years ago the right to cultivate the Mrs
Thomas W. Lawson carnation was sold In
Boston for a small fortune.
Fred Dorner q Sons, of Lafayette. and
Baur & Smith are the most prominent ex-
h.bitors OF the new varieties of the car
nations. In the Dorner exhibit are the Al.
bertina, pink bloom. the Fred Dorner, jr.
a red bloom, Harlow Auden, a deep RED
bloom; klondike, deep red bloom, and