October 12, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



477 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The dahlia exhibition of the New 

 Jevsey Kloricultiiral Society, held in 

 Elks' Hall, Orange, N. J., on Friday 

 evenins-, October -!th, consisted of an 

 elaborate display of exhibition, single 

 and cactus dahlias, miscellaneous ilow- 

 ers and fruits. The largest contribu- 

 tion, made by J. C. W'lliams of Mont- 

 clair. cnnipiised twelve vases of named 

 varieticF, chiefly the newer strains. 

 Walter Gray of Maplewood had ten 

 vases, rieorge von Qualen arranged a 

 vase 01 twenty-four vaiieties of dah- 

 lias. Prizes were awarded as follows: 



Twelve blooms in three varieties: 1 

 A. B. .Fenklns, gardener George von 

 Qualen. Twenty-five blooms in varie- 

 ty: i, S. fr A. Colgate, gardener Wil- 

 liam Reed: 2, Walter Gray. Twenty-five 

 blooms of Single in variety: 1, C. L. 

 Bausher, gardener Philip Cox. Twen- 

 ty-four blooms of Cactus in six varie- 

 ties: 1, Walter Gray. Six blooms of 

 white; 1 Walter Gray: 2. W. V. Gray. 

 Six blooms of iiink: 1, Walter Gray: 

 •Z. S and A. Colgate, gaidenpr Wm. 

 Reid. Six blooms of yellow: 1, A. C. 

 Van GaasbeeU, gardener .lohn Dervin ; 

 i', Walter Gray. :?ix blooms of red: 

 1, Walter Gray; 2, W. V Gray. 



' Not for Competition — John Crosby 

 Brown, gard. Peter Duff; vase of 

 dahlias, first class certificate. A. B. 

 Jenkins, gard. George von Qualen; 

 vase of 24 varieties, highly com- 

 mended. A. C. Van Gaasbeek, gard. 

 John Dervin; vase of Lucy Faucet. 

 certificate of merit. J. B. Dodd, 3 

 vases, certificate of merit. Dominick 

 Russi, 2 vases, vote of thanks. Walter 

 Gray. 3 vases, highly commended. 



Trade Exhibit — Julius Roehrs Com- 

 panp, Rutherford; Cattleya labiaLa 

 Cooksoniae var., a blush with crimson 

 throat of rare albino strain and Odont- 

 oglossum grande. Lager & Hurrell, 

 Summit; Cypripedium Fairieanum and 

 Cattleya chrysotoxa. Joseph A. Man- 

 da, West Orange; Laelio Cattleya 

 seedling. Thomas Jones, Short Hills; 

 vase of dahlias. J. C. Williams, Mont- 

 clair; 14 vases of named dahlias, and 

 peaches and grapes 



In the monthly competition were: 

 Charles Hathaway, gard. Max Schney- 

 der; Stuart Hartshorne, gard. A. T. 

 Caparn; Stewart Dickson, gard. Al- 

 beit Larson, and John Crosby Brown, 

 gard. Peter Duff. 



George von Qualen secured his first 

 with Grand Duke Alexis, Mrs. Roose- 

 velt, Cuban Giant, and Kaiser Wil- 

 liam, all exhibition varieties. J. C. 

 Williams received a first class certifi- 

 cate for Cuban Giant, Mme. Van der 

 Halle, Jlrs. Agnew, Danish Croso, 

 show varieties. Mrs. H. J. Jones, 

 Countess Lonsdale, cactus dahlias and 

 Pink Century and Gorgeous, single va- 

 rieties. .L B. D. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall on October 15 at eight 

 o'clock The lecturer of the evening 

 will be Wilfrid Wheeler, subject, 

 "Fruit Growing." Mr. Wheeler is an 

 able sneaker and being an excellent 

 grower will be able to give some use- 

 ful practical hints to all who attend. 

 Announcements in regard to the com- 

 ing landscape classes will be made; 



they will be started at a very early 

 date. There will be interesting ex- 

 hibits and other attractions and no 

 one can well afford to miss this 

 meeting. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretarv. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The annual i>remium list of this so- 

 ciety will soon be issued and any one 

 having special premiums to offer is 

 requested to send full particulars of 

 the same to the secretarv. 



Carnations Registered. 



By H. A. Jahn, New Bedford, Mass., 

 Lloyd. — White carnation; flowers 

 three and one-half to four inches; 

 free and continuous bloomer; habit is 

 the very best. Seedling of 1902; par- 

 ents two pedigree seedlings dating 

 back to Scott and Hinze's white. 

 ALBERT M. HERR, Secretary. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



MONTREAL FLORISTS' CLUB. 



This club held a very interesting 

 meeting last Monday. It was definitely 

 decided that the chrysanthr^mum show 

 will take place in the Victoria Rifies' 

 .^I'liory Hell on November 13th and 

 Hth. The V. R. Band will render a 

 selection of elassioal music from 9 to 

 10 o clock each evening. Another very 

 important quesction brought before the 

 meeting was in regard to the wages. 

 The cost of living, the rent, taxes, etc., 

 etc., are beconiing prohibitive to the 

 wage-earners of the trade in this city, 

 and when tliis question was brought 

 before the club, the remarks which F 

 heard among the members proved 

 without the slightest doubt that the 

 agitation is a very popular one, but 

 one m'^mber making objection threw 

 cold water on the matter, and the sub- 

 ject was temporarily postponed. 



New Sweet Pea— Burpee's White Spencer 



