September 21, 1907 



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THE EXHIBITION SEASON 



EL PASO COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The exhibition of this society which 

 was held at Colorado Springo, Colo., 

 on .A.ugust 21 to 23, was the best they 

 ever had, financially and also in 

 (luality. With a schedule of more than 

 300 classes and over 1200 entries it is 

 hardly necsssary to say that the offi- 

 cials had plenty to attend to. The 

 photogriaph liere introduced shows one 

 section of the tents, the central dis- 

 play being from Glen Eyrie Gardens, 

 the estate of Gen. W. J. Palmer, in 

 charge of C. V. Fohn, head gardener, 

 this exhibition being not tor competi- 

 tion. It comprised tuberous begonias, 

 gloxinias and decorati\e foliage plants. 

 In the iirofe.ssional classes, the Pike's 

 Peak P'loral Co., Frank Hayden and 

 \Vm. Clark, local growers, share the 

 l)rincipal honors in cut flowers, plants, 

 and decorations, with Frank Hayden of 

 the Colorado Spiings Floral Co., in the 

 lead. W. \'> . Wilmoie of Denver easily 

 took first ])laoe amongst the large out- 

 side grow-ers in the cut flower profes- 

 sional growers' classes, and his ex- 

 hibit ot dahlias was the equal of any- 

 thing heretofore shown in this coun- 

 try; he also showed some new and 

 beautiful strains in gladioli classes. 



In perennials John Berry made a 

 wonderful exhibit ti'om the Monument 

 Valley Park. Mr. Beiry has been in 

 charge of the vast and wonderful 

 transformation which has taken place 

 in this heretofore wilderness of a creelv 

 bottom which contains ui) wards oi 

 1500 acieis and cost nearly one million 

 dollars, the whole of which has been 

 paid by General W'm. J. Palmer. 



In file Corporations and Public In- 

 stitutions groups, W. li. Ounman of 

 the Union Printers' Home carried oft 

 many honors and prizes, while Edwin 

 W. Pierce of the State school for tin' 

 Deal and Rlind (while at some disad- 

 vantage owing to the new additions 

 to the buildings) came a good second. 

 The exhibits t; om the pupils of the 

 public schools and in tne sweet pea 

 classes were not up to the usual stan- 

 dard. This was due entirely to the 

 unfavorable condition of the early 

 spring 



The iJiizes utfeied by the society 

 amounted to about .$1500 in cash, be- 

 sides many valuable cups and other 

 good things. These shows are always 

 held in the centre of the city, in what 

 is known as the N. Park, and this, the 

 ninth, was more liberally patronized 

 than any previous one, so that after 

 paying all del)ts the society starts the 

 new year'.? work for civic iinprovement 

 with a surplus on hand. 



NATIONAL DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



On September 5th and Gth the above 

 named society held its annual exhibi- 

 tion at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. 

 ■\ libera! prize schedule was provided 

 and altogether there were 47 classes iu 

 which money prizes, medals and sev- 

 eral silver challenge cuiis were offered 

 for competition. In the competitive 

 classes provision was made for all 

 kinds of growers of the various types 

 of dahlias. 3, 6, 12, IS, 24 and 48 cut 

 blooms being the rule. Exhibits in 



vases and other floral displays vcere iu 

 excellent form, while the non-corapeti- 

 tlv? miscellaneous displays from the 

 trade were in some cashes ot great in- 

 terest and importance. 



Most of the well-known dahlia 

 specialists were represented. Messrs. 

 T. ?. Ware & Co.'s flowers were artis- 

 tically ananged in tall bamboo sup- 

 ports, with a front edging of Isolepis 

 gracilis. Hobbies Limited also had a 

 fine display, among them the new 

 lieony-ltowered varieties K. A. Vic- 

 toria pale lemon yellow. Dr. Van Jan- 

 sen reddish deep crimson, Rosen Van 

 Groeneken yellow buff, all of them big 

 massive blooms of this modern type. 



Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons are well 

 known growers of the dahlia and they 

 staged an iniiiosing and efiectiveiy ar- 

 '■anged lot, in which the peony-flow- 

 ered were also well in evidence, 

 Glorie de Baarn, Reine Wilhelmina, 



lie Jiali, .\mos Perry, Beauty of Seven- 

 oaks, Phyllis, etc. Show dahlias: 

 Crimson King, Dr. Keynes, Canary 

 Bird, Mrs Gladstone. Henrietta, Mrs. 

 Glasscock, Dante, Warrior, Norma, 

 Mrs. Morgan. Pompons; Bacchus, 

 Ph(;ebe, Jessica, Distinction, Gany- 

 mede, Snowdake, lattle Bugler, Ne- 

 rissa, etc. Cactus varieties were by 

 far in the majority. First-class certi- 

 ficates v/eie awarded to the folowiug 

 cactus varieties, viz.: C. E. Wilkins, 

 beautilul shade of salmon rose tinted 

 buff in the centre; Ivernia, very large 

 bloom, bronzy buff tinted deep rose; 

 Rev. A. Piidge, yellow centre, edges of 

 florets tinted deep rose; Mauve Queen. 

 ver.v soft shade of rosy mauve, white 

 centre. Decorative cactus: The Bride, 

 pure white. Singles; Peggy, a pretty 

 riov.'er, rich reddish terra cotta, the 

 outside edged deep rose, yellow cen- 

 tre; Crimson Piince, a beautiful 



View in EximiiTiox of Ei. Paso County Horticli.tlrai. Socikty 



Herzog Heinrich and others being all 

 in good form. 



Other good decorative stands were 

 set up by Moss.-s. Scale. West, Morti- 

 mer, John Walker, Burrill & Co., 

 Stredwick, Oieal .?. Sons, Keyn.?s, Wil- 

 liams & Co.. and others. 



In the big cut bloom class (•'V )S 

 distinct, J. Walker came in first for a 

 fine collection of the old florists' show 

 dahlia. Some of the most attractive 

 in hi= stand were Perfection, Victor. 

 Colonist, Harbinger, Hero, Harrison 

 Weir, Blush Gem, Diadem, Criterion, 

 Lord Salisbury, Shirley Hibberd, John 

 Rawlings. and Miss Cannell. 



The first prize in the class for 24 cut 

 blooms old show dahlia was awarded 

 to Ke\nes, \\ illiJims & Co. 



Ot the many other minor classes we 

 can say hut little, considerations of 

 space having to be taken into account. 

 But, going round the exhibition, we 

 noted among the various lots staged 

 good examples of the following: Sin- 

 gles: Robin Adair, Kuroki, Flame. 

 Dorothy, Juno, Victoria, Fabian, Les- 



flower, rich velvety crimson with yel- 

 low centre. One or two others received 

 similar distinction. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 

 London. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SO- 



CIETY. 



The weekly show on Tuesday, Sept. 

 ">ix\ was small and select, and charac- 

 terized by masses of one thing in quan- 

 tity; for instance, Kelway & Son had 

 a table displaying on it sevent,v large 

 exhibitors' vases, each holding three 

 spikes of one variety of gladiolus. 

 .Aphrodite is a lovely pure white, and 

 Purity another, the last securing an 

 A. M. Primrose is a perfect yellow, 

 with large, individual flowers, long and 

 well poised spike, Rocksaud is a rich, 

 crimson scarlet, Alexander Edward a 

 lovely soft cinnibar red and Bond a 

 tine yellow. Lady MacDonald is a deep 

 pui'iile, and Mrs. ¥;. West an exquisite 

 soft lilac. At the back of these was a 

 record exhibit by the Leonardslee gar- 



