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1891 Grand Exhibition Chrysanthemums, Horticultural Hall Philadelphia
1891 Grand Exhibition Chrysanthemums, Horticultural Hall Philadelphia
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Chrysanthemums, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Chrysanthemum Show (1891), Exhibition catalogs
Cover of the catalog of Grand exhibition of Chrysanthemums, Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, November 9 - 14, 1891.
1896 Scene at the Chrysanthemum Show in the Horticultural Hall
1896 Scene at the Chrysanthemum Show in the Horticultural Hall
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Day, Frank Miles, 1861-1918, Chrysanthemums, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Chrysanthemum Show (1895), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Newspaper clippings
The 1896 Chrysanthemum Show and Exhibition of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables was a five-day event and the first major show held in PHS's new Horticultural Hall on Broad Street. The exhibition included chrysanthemums, orchids, foliage plants, palms, ferns, Japanese evergreens, ornamental grasses and bamboos, berry-bearing plants, crotons, dracaenas, carnations, caladiums, and roses. Awarded premiums totaled $1,491. This illustration, showing the interior of the new hall, appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on November 11, 1896.
1905 Philadelphia Flower Show. Schedule of Prizes
1905 Philadelphia Flower Show. Schedule of Prizes
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Spring Exhibition (1905), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Schedule of Prizes offered by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society at its Spring Exhibition to be Held in Horticultural Hall Broad Str., Below Locust, Philadelphia March 28th, 29th and 30th, 1905.
1892 Grand Orchid Show and Exhibition of Spring Flowers
1892 Grand Orchid Show and Exhibition of Spring Flowers
Philadelphia Flower Show (1892 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pitcher & Manda, Siebrecht & Wadley, Orchids
Beginning in 1890, the Florists Club of Philadelphia handled the decorations for PHS's spring and fall shows, turning Horticultural Hall into "a veritable bower of grace and beauty," according to a review in The American Florist. Orchid displays from Pitcher & Manda of Short Hills, New Jersey, and Siebrecht & Wadley of New Rochelle, New York, were much admired.
1908 Schedule of Prizes Offered by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
1908 Schedule of Prizes Offered by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Flower Show (1908 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wealthy estate owners, called "private growers," and commercial growers such as florists and seed and nursery businesses offered prize money, called a "premium," to winners. Private growers competed with other private growers; commercial growers did likewise. Premiums would be for a specific class, such as "cut flowers, chrysanthemums, or, group of foliage and flowering plants, arranged for effect." At the 1908 exhibition, prize money amounted to $1,152, roughly $30,000 today.