The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-12

Displays Greenhouses of Professional Florists A1e E
of I0day-O Are Reneaed Great
Shoe WiH Close IN a Bzase Of Glory.

Hardy garden flowers We'd with
delicate greenhouse blossoms in MAX
ing this, the last day of r h j our
nails midsummer flower show at
the Eighth street armory, the most
beautiful and successful. The show
will close tonight literally in blaze
of glory.
Prizes offered today for varieties Of
garden flowers, together with the pre-
miums held out to florists for green
house displays, brought in wealth
of flowers more extensive and brilliant
than has yet been offered to the pub
lie gaze.
The attendance has also increased,
and indications are that this evening
the show will conclude with more
people present to enjoy it's beauty
than on either of the previous nights.
Because of the unbounded success
of the flower show, the enthusiasm OF
it's hundreds Of exhibitors, and the
public Endorsement shown by the pat
ronage, the management contem-
plated continuing the exhibit Satur-
day, but because Of the intervening
Sunday before many Of the plants
could be removed, and the fact that
arrangements had only been made to
secure the armory for three days,
the scheme was abandoned. So this
evening will offer the final opportunity
and at a time when it is in the height
Of its beauty.
Tables Done i'm Pink.
AS usual, the table decorations were
today a center Of attraction. All We're
retrimmed this morning, the prevail
ing color being pink.
''It is a pretty hard proposition"
said one of the judges last evening,
''to award prizes for the best table
! decorations. They are all so beauti-
full that the making of a selection
means the drawing of some very fine
| lines"
On account of the unexpectedly
large amount of flowers added to the
show today, it was necessary to make
room by removing some Of the wealth
of fragrance already in place, but
which had been passed upon by the
judges. These flowers, scores OF doz-
ems Of blossoms, were distributed
among the hospitals Of the city-a
slight forerunner Of the distributor
which will take place Saturday, for,
according to the rules of the show,
all the flowers, at it's close, become
! the property of the management for
| distribution in this way. The full dis
play of today, however, Is even more
copious and dazzling than that OF
| either of the preceding days of the
| snow.
. Special Honors Awarded.
The judges found SO many flowers
yesterday afternoon and evening thai
were so beyond the average in size
and richness, that number of spe-.
cial prizes were decided upon AND
awarded as follows:
Special premium on red pinks, Mrs. Mary Do
ble Is North street. st. Anthony Park.
Special mention on collection of dianthus owned
by Miss Rosa Giesaman. .&
| Special award on display Of Hllium auratun
and nasturtiums, to Mrs D. F. Simpson, Wild
hurst.
Special premium choice gladiolas, exhibited
| mot for competition( by Mrs. e. L. Carpenter.
Special premiums on fine sweet pea displays o
I J. F. Bates, Hllsboro, N. D., and G: Il. Hyse
Of Breckenridge.
| Special prize to Miss Rosa Grisman on exhib
! it of China pinks.
/ Pennant to Mrs. w. o. Winston of Minnetonk
i for the best collection Of perennia1s (not
| conpetition).
| Pennant to John R. Cummins. Eden Prairie
for best general exhibit from farm home gar
den.
In basket table decorations, Mrs
Frank J. Wilcox, 526 Sixth street Sc
won special honors, the display being