September 14, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



351 



THE EXHIBITION SEASON 



RECENT FLOWER SHOWS. 



Floral Society of Avon. 

 The iirst annual exhibition of the 

 Floral Society of Avon, N. Y., was 

 held on August 2S. The judges were 

 Chas. I>arrowe of Cohocton and E. A. 

 Higgins of Avoca. It was a very suc- 

 cessful affair and was largely attended. 



Fairport Floral Society. 



The Fairport Floral Society opened 

 a splendid exhibition at Fairport, N. 

 Y., on August ?.'J. In nearly all of the 

 48 classes in the prize schedule there 

 were many entries. George Arnold and 

 Frederick Fisher were the judges. 



Floral Society of Pittsford Grange. 

 The floral exhibition at Pittsford, N. 

 Y., under the auspices of the Floral 

 Society of Pittsford Grange which 

 opened on August 30 was a big success 

 and largely attended by town anl out- 

 side people. There were 125 entries 

 for prizes. It is very gratifying to 

 note that the Patrons of Husbandry 

 are giving attention to the beautiful 

 as well as the useful products of the 

 soil. 



Grand Trunk Horticultural Society. 

 The fourth annual exhibition of the 

 Grand Tninl< Horticultural Society 

 was held at Port Huron, Mich., on 

 August 29 and 30. The display was 

 staged in the literary and scientific 

 institute, the interior of the building 

 being a mass of flowers. M. UUen- 

 bruck and Wm. Asman of Port Huron 

 and A. McLean of Sarnia judged the 

 floral exhibits. The vegetables were 

 judged by A. Millett, T. Shumaker and 

 George French. There were over 600 

 entries by 110 exhibitors and only em- 

 ployees of the Grand Trunk Railway 

 Co. were allowed to comi>ete for 

 prizes. 



Melrose Horticultural and Improve- 

 ment Society. 

 The Melrose (Mass) Horticultural 

 and Improvement Society held their 

 annual fall exhibition on September 

 7. Garden flowers such as phlox, 

 gladioli, dahlias, begonias, etc., were 

 shown in gorgeous array. Fruits and 

 vegetables were also well displayed. 

 Not the least among the attractions 

 were the exhibits by the school 

 children, among whom keen competi- 

 tion has been aroused in the raising 

 for flowers and vegetables. The first 

 prize for vegetables was won by a 

 13-year-old boy. The judges were S. 

 Parker, D. F. Roy and N. S. Casey. 



Southampton Horticultural Society. 



The Iirst annual flower show of the 

 Southampton Horticultural Society 

 was held in .\gawam Hall. Southamp- 

 ton, N. "V., on September 5. It was 

 a very creditable display many con- 

 tributions being sent from the spaci- 

 ous gardens and greenhouses in the 

 neighborhood. 



Uncle Tommy Warren, the oldest in- 

 habitant, whose age is over ninety, but 

 who is still able to work in his garden, 

 contributed by special invitation a 

 sunflower plant with twenty-eight 



blossoms on it. This was given a 

 place of honor and received a special 

 first prize. 



The display of table decorations was 

 very attractive. 



The judges of the exhibition were 

 William Gray, Owen Owens and James 

 Gilfoyle, all of whom are gardeners. 

 A special committee of ladies, con- 

 sisting of Mrs. James L. Breese and 

 Mrs. Charles Steele, were judges of the 

 table decorations. 



IVIassachusetts Horticultural Society: 

 The Children's Exhibition. 

 That the summer vacation was not 

 spent in play by some of the school 

 children of eastern Massachusetts was 

 evidenced in the remarkable showins, 

 made at Horticultural Hall. Boston, 

 by the ciiildren at then- annual ex- 

 hibition of flowers and vegetables last 

 Satiirday Al)ont fifty of the i)ubUc 

 schools were represented by displays 

 and thr, individual entries besides were 

 numerous. The products from these 

 school and home gardens showed that 

 the little gardeners had spared 

 neither time nor love in their efforts 

 TO produce something creditable and 

 many of the exliibits would have done 

 credit to older hands. The exhibitor.s 

 were all under 16 years of a.ge — some 

 very young, the winner of second 

 ))rize for second collection of vege- 

 tables from a home garden being a 

 little fellow only 5 1-2 vears old. in 

 the main classes ten prizes each were 

 provided and in the others five prizes 

 each, and all were worthily awarded, 

 besides some special premiums. Any- 

 one wishing to know how the girls 

 and boys take to the school garden 

 idea cannot do belter than to visit one 

 of these Boston children's shows. In 

 interest they vie with ihe regular ex- 

 hibitions of the Society and the 

 products fully equal those of the 

 adults. The children themselves 

 swarm about the tables taking a keen 

 interest and evincing a rivalry thai 

 shows how earnest they are in their 

 efforts to excel. 



Exhibition at Montreal. 



On September 4lh and 5th and 6th, 

 the Montreal Horticultural Society and 

 the Fruit Growers' .Association of the 

 Province of Quebec, held their annual 

 show in the Victoria Rink, Montreal. 

 The limited attendance, the scanty 

 .gathering of the public of Montreal 

 is certainly to be regretted, because 

 (he number of attractions .^s well as 

 the display of our exhibitors deserved 

 much more interest than was shown. 

 Mr. R. Wilson Smith, the zealous presi- 

 dent, introduced the Hon. \V. A. Weir, 

 Minister of Public Works. In his 

 brief speech, he said that the few 

 acres of snow of Voltaire served to 

 emphasize the prosperity of the 

 Province of today and the present 

 show was a credit not only to the 

 growers, but also to the country. He 

 then declared the exhibition formally 

 open. 



The competition in all the section 

 was the closest of many years. Where 

 four and five entries had been hereto- 

 fore considered a keen contest, we 

 had this year seven and eight. The 



competitors arrived from all points of 

 the Province — from Lennoxville, St. 

 Bruno, Pointe Claire, etc. 



The prize list is altogether too wide 

 to give it in extenso. Here follow the 

 principal sections: 



Collection of decorative and flower- 

 ing plants, 50 ft. square.— F. C. Smith, 

 gardener to Sir W. Van Home, 3 

 Adiantnms,— J W. J. Wilshire, gar- 

 dener to Mr. R. B. Angus; 2 F. C. 

 Smith. Adiantum Farleyense, — W. J. 

 Wilshiie. 3 Anthuriums, 1 W. J. Wil- 

 shire; 2 F. C. Smith. 6 Rex Begonias, 

 -I. G. Vieugde, gardener to C. M, 

 Hays; 2 F. C. Smith. Tuberous 

 ilegonias. — 1 John Pidrtick, Mount 

 Royal I'ark: 2 J. C. Eddy, gardener to 

 Mr. A. H. Sims. Begonias Gloire de 

 Lorraine,— 1 W. J. Wilshire; 2 J. Dun- 

 bar, gardener to Sir Montagu Allan. 

 i! Caladiums,— 1 W. J. Wilshire; 2 F. 

 C. Smith. 3 Crotons,— 1 W. J. Wil- 

 shire: 2 F. C. Smith. 3 Dracaenas,— 



1 F. C. Smith; 2 W. J. Wilshire. 

 I'Jracaena Specimen,— 1 W. J. Wilshire; 



2 F. C. Smith. 3 Ferns, — 1 W. J. Wil- 

 shire; 2 F. C. Smith. Tree Fern,— I 

 W. J. ''Vilshire; 2 P. C. Smith; 3 G. 

 Vreugde, .Maranta.— I. F C. Smith; 2 

 W. J. Wilshire 3 Orchids, — 1 W. J. 

 Wilshire; 2 F. 0. Smith. Orchid 

 Specimens,— 1 F. C. Smith; 2 W. J. 

 Wilshire. Palms,— ! F. C. Smith; 2 

 W. J. Wilshire. 6 Plants for table 

 decoration,— 1 \a . J. Wilshire; 2 F. G. 

 Smith; 3 G. Vreugde. Stove-flowering 

 plant in bloom,— 1 W. J. Wilshire; 2 

 (!. Vreugde. Coleus Specimen. — 1 G. 

 Vrengde; 2 C. A. Smith. Asparagus 

 Sprengeri specimen.— 1 G. Vreugde; 2 

 W. J. V/ilshire. Pan of ferns for foli- 

 age,— 1 W. J Wilshire; 2 F. C. Smith. 

 ;'i0 Ferns, three in pots, — 1 W. J. Wil- 

 shire: 2 F. C. Smith; 3 O Vreugde. 



In the cut bloom section the honors 

 were divided between Messrs. C. 

 'I'homas Pewtress. C. A. Smith, G. 

 Vreugde. G. Tiussel, A. Cole, E. J. 

 ITayward. J. C. Eddy, John Piddick, 

 ( tc , etc. Outdoor grapes and under- 

 glass grapes had a large exhibit. 

 Vegetables and fruit were all closely 

 contested by the above named gentle- 

 men. 



The principal attraction for the 

 "rowers of plants was certainly the 

 new sport of Lorraine, which received 

 a certificate of merit. We'll hear about 

 it later. 



Awards at the Boston Exhibition. 



At the Dahlia Show of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, of 

 which an account was given in our 

 issue of last week, the following 

 awards for flowers were made. 



Flow/ers. 

 Dahlias.— Show, twenty-four blooms, 

 named varieties: 1st, Mrs. H. A. 

 Jahn; 2d, .Tohnson Hall; 3d, Edgar W. 

 Ela ' Show, twelve blooms: 1st, W. 

 H. Synionds; 2d, J. H. Flint; 3d. J. H. 

 Flint. Fancv. twelve blooms: 1st, 

 Edgar W. Ela: 2d. J. H. Flint; 3d, 

 W D Hathaway. Cactus, twenty-four 

 blooms: 1st, W. W^ Rawson; 2d, Ed- 

 gar W. Ela; 3d, N. A. Lindsey. Cactus, 

 twelve blooms: 1st, Johnson Hall; 

 :;d, Mrs. T. O. Richardson; 3d, W. H. 



