January 9, 1909 



NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SO- 

 CIETY. 

 Winter Show. 



On the 2d and 3d of December the 

 above society held an interesting ex- 

 hibition of late flowering chrysanthe- 

 mums and other flowers in the Crys- 

 tal Palace. The competitive classes 

 were well filled and the keenness of 

 those who entered for the various 

 prizes was a noteworthy feature. 

 Some displays of vases, baskets, etc., 

 filled with chrysanthemum blooms and 

 bea<itiful autumn foliage helped to 

 raise the general artistic effect. A large 

 number of entries also in the dinner 

 table decorations helped to enliven 

 the show and in the cut bloom classes 

 many of which were for three blooms 

 of each variety in a vase there were 

 grand examples of noble, massive Jap- 

 anese blooms that would have done 

 honor to a show early in November. 

 It may interest American readers to 

 know that the old painted green show 

 board is not yet abolished and still 

 finds favor with some exhibitions of 

 cut blooms. We cannot go into de- 

 tails over this part of the show which 

 is very extensive and where amateurs 

 and gardeners meet in friendly rivalry 

 for the valuable money prizes and 

 others offered by the society. There 

 were also some fine exhibits in the 

 group of pot plant classes. 



In the big trade exhibits a 

 gold medal was awarded to H. J. 

 Jones for a fine collection 42 feet 

 in length. As a piece of floral 

 decoration it was of the high- 

 est order of merit. Ferns, palms, 

 dracaenas and other ornamental 

 greenery interspersed with big vases 

 containing large specimen and decor- 

 ative blooms made a striking appeal 

 to the visitors' attention. Snowdrift, 

 a new white incurved, Mme. G. Rivol, 

 J. G. Day. H. J. Jones 190S, Mrs. 

 Leigh, White- Victoria, Mrs. Wake- 

 field and others were in fine form. 

 Another gold medal was awarded to 

 Norman Davis. He, too, had a fine lot 

 entirely composed of singles, set up 

 in vases and baskets with maidenhair 

 ferns and autumn foliage. Among his 

 novelties in singles were PolUi:i, Juno, 

 Aurore Boreale, Vesta, Pegasus, Per- 

 seus, Ursa Major, etc. 



W. Wells &. Co. had a large silver 

 medal. He staged a big collection of 

 singles well arranged and with great 

 taste. Henry Cannell & Son also re- 

 ceived a large silver ijiedal. This was 

 a double barrelled lot composed on 

 one side of decorative chrysanthe- 

 mums and on the other of zonal pel- 

 argoniums for which the firm is justly 

 famous. Some grand novelties among 

 the latter were staged and as we have 

 personal acquaintance with many of 

 the varieties we have no hesitation in 

 recommending to the lover of the 

 zonal, Carmania,.Lucania, Mauretania, 

 Caronia, Cymric, Arabic, Saxonia and 

 a few of the older ones such as Ment- 

 more. King Vic or. Prince of Orange, 

 Lady Warwick — gi-and flowers for the 

 greenhouse of any lover of the zonal. 



A grand exhibit of fruit came from 

 the government of Nova Scotia. Ap- 

 ples in cases and on plates were highly 

 colored and of the finest quality. A few 

 pears were also shown. The best of 

 the apples were: Bismarck, Emperor, 

 Prince Albert, Smith's Red, Blenheim 

 Blue Pearmain, Maiden's Blush. 



HORTICULTURE 



The government ot British Columbia 

 also sent fruit — a fine lot and most 

 attractively displayed, which, like the 

 preceding, received a large silver med- 

 al. The apples of premier merit were: 

 Wagner, Cox's Orange Pippin, Newtown 

 Pippin, Wealthy, Salome, Spitzenberg, 

 Baldwin, Jonathan, Hubbardston's 

 Nonsuch, and a few others. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



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• CHICAGO CARNATION SHOW. 



The annual Chicago c.ornation dis- 

 play will be held by the Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago in cooperation with 

 the Chicago Florists' Club at the Art 

 Institute, Chicago, Jan. 14, 1909, from 

 1.30 p. m. to ,5 p. m. 



There will be no competitive judg- 

 ing and no prizes will be awarded. 

 Certificates of merit of the Horticul- 

 tural Society will be given to all new 

 varieties scoring 3.5 points or over and 

 the grand silver and bronze medals 

 will be available for award either to 

 new varieties of unusual merit or the 

 displays of older varieties which in 

 quantity, variety and quality shall be 

 considered worthy. 



All varieties will be staged with the 

 display card of the grower or exhibitor 

 and every effoi-t will be made to secure 

 the best possible advertising returns 

 to the exhibitor. Express charges on 

 all exhibits will be paid by the 

 society, C. W. Johnson of Rockford, 

 111., will act as judge and M. P. Miller 

 ot Wilmette will superinterud the ex- 

 hibition. 



It is believed that In the matter of 

 publicity to tlie trade and in the num- 

 ber of florists visiting this show it will 

 be only second to the convention of 

 the National Society. Originators of 

 new varieties cannot afford to miss 

 having their productions on exhibition 

 here. It is strongly urged that ex- 

 hiljitors will advise J. H. Burdett, 

 Assistant Secretary, 1411 First Nation.al 

 Bank Building, Chicago, as early as 

 possible as to the number of varie- 

 ties they will show and the quantity 

 of each so that proper arrangements 

 for vases and staging room may be 

 made. The exhibits should be ad- 

 dressed to M. P. .Vliller, Art Institute, 

 Chicago, and shipped so as to arrive 

 not earlier than January 13th and 

 preferably on the morning of the 

 11th. 



Do not forget to inclose in the box 

 full directions, labels a!;d display 

 cards. Also advise the Assistant 

 Secretary in advance of the shipment, 

 if possible, by mail. 



W. N. RUDD, 

 Committee, LEONARD KILL, 

 L. COATSWORTH. 



J. H. EtmDETT, Assista.nt Secretar.v. 



WORTH MORE THAN ITS PRICE. 



Enclosed find $1 for 1909 for HOR- 

 TICULTURE, w^hich is worth a deal 

 more than the subscription price to all 

 interested in gardening of all kinds, 

 to all lovers of flowers, trees, shrubs, 

 etc., and all new ideas that tend to 

 imorovements in the vegetable world 

 generally. WM. SWAN. 



Plymouth, Mass. 



PERSONAL. 



Visiting Boston this week, Mr. and 

 Mrs. John H. Taylor, Bayside, N. Y. 



E. B. Washburn, Chicago, has re- 

 turned from a holiday trip to Bay City, 

 Michigan. 



Mr. Dilloff. representing Schloss 

 Bros., New York, is reported a visitor 

 at \lbany. 



John J. O'Reilly has taken a position 

 as manager of the C. P. Grimmer 

 Flower Co.'s store on West St., Boston. 



Charles Sanders, head gardener for 

 H. G. Eyres, Albany, N. Y., who has 

 been ill with pneumonia, is able to be 

 out again. 



Jiavid Grillbortzer, of Alevandria, 

 Va., has been seriously sick at his 

 home from an attack of grippe, but he 

 is now on the convalescent list. 



Frank C. Emerson of Keene, N. H., 

 salesman for the Chase Nursery Co., 

 has accepted a position as manager of 

 a fruit farm near Orlando, Fla. 



Among the very welcome visitors 

 to Boston this week are Mr. and Mrs. 

 Harry Bayersdorter of Philadelphia. 

 It is, as Mr. Bayersdorter assures us, 

 just a recreation trip, but Mr. B. can 

 no more stay away from the business 

 centres and his friends who congre- 

 gate there than a fish can live out of 

 water. So we have enjoyed the privi- 

 lege of a look at him. 



A COMMENDABLE PROJECT. 



It is proposed to establish a free 

 bed for the >ise of florists, gardeners, 

 seedsmen and others of the horticul- 

 tural frarernity who may require medi- 

 cal attendance, at Grace Hospital, Bos- 

 ton. The plan is to collect the amount 

 necessary by subscription, and Mr. W. 

 R. Weston has undertaken the work. 

 Anyone who would like to contribute 

 to this most M'orthy object or desiring 

 to know more concerning it can ad- 

 dress Mr. W. R. Weston at the Hos- 

 pital, 144 Kingston street. Boston, "ft'e 

 hope the response from the craft in 

 and around Boston will be prompt and 

 generous. 



1909. 



Why spe.>iU of tlie scytlie and the hour- 

 glass. 

 As tlie b.ircJs so long have sung? 

 Why should we notice hQw Time may pass. 



So long as the soul is young? 

 r.L't wi-lnUles come and the head grow 

 gray — 

 it's never a cause for tears, 

 Vvr Methuselah hoped and laughed, no 

 doubt. 

 When he had nine hundred years. 



They fail to loarn their lesson right 



Aud take the dross for gold. 

 Who think gray hair, n wrinkle or two, 



Are marks "f ^jinwiim idd. 

 Joy's songs inay hr a^ :;l:nlly snug. 



And e'en in liriici luin'. 

 If the heart lin]..; linn- witli tlie proper 

 lieat— 



In December than in .Iniic. 



t!o, when it hnps in tin- run of days 



That we turn ili'- N'W Year page, 

 Whv point t.i lih!.-. ;v Mil liis dented scytlie, 



O'r other si:;iis .n n-.' 

 What is it, in n mh. 'h n Im* I'een brought 



Hv the seas.,.!- in llnii- ^^llirl. 

 Where a bov. a li.ln « m-.n. in-..inislng lad, 



Gives a g.,ci,l-l'\<- Iviss h. n ^irf.' 



No talk of tombstones on Life's road; 



N'o milestones of the past, 

 Itut dreams of Hope and songs of Joy, 



l-:.i('h merrier than the last. 

 And whether we're eighty, or twenty, or 

 tea. 



Let this New Year's praise lie sung: 

 Not Nineteen Hundred and Nine years old, 



But that many years still young. 



— P. H. DoTle. in Kostcju Tost. 



