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HOKTICUL T ^;RE. 



Sent ember 21. 1907 



dener, of cut peutKtenioiis, all of tbe 

 large gloxinia-tonued kinds -whicli, 

 even at the close of the show, showed 

 no sign of flagging, but how this was 

 compassed was a puzzle till I inquired 

 and found that each spike, as cut, was 

 placed in a vessel with ample water, 

 so that it had not time to wilt. Some 

 of the sorts were named, but provided 

 you secure a good strain of seed, it is 

 not necesssary to propagate by cut- 

 tings Then Guilim had cut double 

 begonias in boxes of all shades of 

 color, the yellows and scarlets being 

 perlect, and the whole occupied one 

 side of a 50 ft. table, while at the back 

 Gunn & Sons had a bank of phlox, em- 

 bracing a number of fine novelties. 

 Then MV. H. .1. Jones of chrysanthe- 

 mum fame put up a bank of hybrid 

 fuchsias— fulgent, corymbosa, serrati- 

 folia Uorainiana— all of which must 

 prove useful to the decorative 

 ■florists, as the color of flower and 

 habit of growth, combined with free- 

 dom of flowering, must ensure their 

 popularity. One named Coralle (Le- 

 moine) gained an award of merit from 

 the floral committee. Gartenmeister 

 and Fraudchen Bonstedt are two excel- 

 lent kiuds. Perle is a dwarf pale va- 

 riety, and Eros a fine crimson. 



Novelties were scarce, but Veitch & 

 Son deservedly took a first-class certi- 

 ficate for Cattleya Uris) His Majesty, 

 in every way worthy the honor and 

 the name, and another noble orchid 

 was shown bv Charlesworth— Cattleya 

 Gaskelliana alba. An A. M. was also 

 taken for a yellow semi-double Gail- 

 lardia grandiflora, very promising, 

 from Harrison & Son, named Lady 

 RoUeston. Mr. Shoosmith took an A. 

 M. for cactus dahlia Ella Elrich, of 

 most lovely form and color, and also 

 put up Snowdrift (white). Buttercup 

 (yellow), and a fine dark maroon A. H. 

 Gale. Fruit was mostly shown on 

 trees in pots, the Cranston Xui-sery 

 Co.. Cheals, and Veitch & Son having 

 some well-fruited pyramids in pots of 

 leading kinds, while the first named 

 had grape vines carrying a good crop 

 of the leading varieties, and Veitch a 

 fine collection of figs, as bushes and 

 cordons, all carrying good crops. 



A'eitch's novelties were Artimesia 

 cactiflora, with foliage like an astilbe, 

 and icose panifies of whitish flowers, 

 the North China monkshood, Aconitum 

 Wilsoni, and plants of Senecio clivo- 

 mum show a financial success. Al- 

 how much this plant varies in foliage, 

 size and form of llowers, when so 

 raised. THOMAS BUNYARD. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



can be had from "Walter Koella. Sec'y, 

 58 Bishop street. New Haven, Conn. 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society. 

 The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold its annual November 

 exhibition at Providence, R. I., on Nov. 

 15 and IG. Chrysanthemums, carna- 

 tions, etc., are liberally provided for. 

 The secretary's address is C. W. 

 Smith, 27 and 29 Exchange St., Provi- 

 dence, R. I. William Appleton is su- 

 perintendent of the hall. 



Worcester County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



The Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society will give the following ex- 

 hibitions at Horticultural Hall. 

 Worcester. Mass.: Thursday, Septem- 

 ber 26, cut flowers, fruit and vege- 

 tables: Thursday, October 10, fruit and 

 vegetables, annual dinner of the so- 

 ciety at 12.30 p. m. : Thursday, Novem- 

 ber 14, chrysanthemums. Adin A. 

 Hixon is secretary; address Horticul- 

 tural Hall. 



Horticultural Society of Buffalo. 



The first annual Flower Show under 

 the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of Buffalo will be held at Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., on November 11 to 17, 

 1907. inclusive. The preliminary list of 

 premiums has been issued and show.-* 

 some very liberal prizes for chi'ysan- 

 themum plants and flowers, decorative 

 plants, orchids, carnations, roses and 

 floral arrangements. It is stated that 

 Buffalo's Flower Show will be the best 

 exhibition seen east of Chicago in 

 many years. Copies of rules and entry 

 blanks mav be obtained from John H. 

 Tranter, Sec'y, P. 0. Box 904, Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



Florists' Club of Washington. 

 The Florists' Club of Washington 

 has issued the Preliminary List of 

 .\wards offered for their annual exhi- 

 bition which is to be held in the Na- 

 tional Rifles' Armory, Washington. 

 D. C, on November 12. 13 and 14. 

 Copies of same may be had by address- 

 ing Charles McCauley. 18th and Kear- 

 ney streets, N. W. Washington. The 

 list comprises 140 classes, which cov- 

 er a wide diversity of plants and 

 flowers under commercial and private 

 divisions. The proceeds will be de- 

 voted to charitable institutions. Peter 

 Bisset is president of the club. 



A Montreal Flower Show. 



Westmount flower show was a suc- 

 cess. It was held under the auspices 

 of the Westmount Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation in the Victoria Hall, last Sat- 

 urday. 14th inst. Among the prizes 

 offered were those for the plants given 

 out to the school children last spring. 

 Prizes awarded in the garden compe- 

 tition were also presented. 



The craft in Montreal are trying all 

 means to make our next chrysanthe- 

 mums show a financial success. Al- 

 ready some friends of the club are 

 approaching the members of the legis- 

 lature for a grant. Others are offer- 

 ing to the club the services of a pop- 

 ular military band of this city. 



Horticultural Society of Chicago. 



The annual exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Chicago will take 

 place on October 31, continuing until 

 November 6. The preliminar>- sched- 

 ule, which has been received from E. 

 A. Kanst, assistant secretary. 5700 

 Cottage Grove Avenue. Chicago, is 

 quite lengthy and generous, there 

 being lotl regular classes in flowers 

 in plants, with prizes ranging from 

 $3.00 up to $100.00 each. 



Monmouth County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



The tenth annual exhibition of the 

 Monmouth County Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held in Frick Lyceum. 

 Red Bank. N. J., on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, October 30 and 31. Copies 

 of the premium list may be obtained 

 from H. A. Kettel. secretary. This is 

 essentially a gardeners' exhibition, and 

 some of the best chrysanthemum 

 growers in the country will compete. 



Denison Civic Improvement League. 



The Denison Flower Show to be 

 given under the auspices of the Deni- 

 son Civic Improvement League, at 

 Denison, Texas, on November G. 7 and 

 8. promises to be quite an extensive 

 affair, judging from the 474 classes 

 provided for in the prize schedule. A 

 number of the classes are quite unique 

 and evidence a determination to in- 

 terest all classes and ages of possible 

 exhibitors or visitors. Copies of the 

 very interesting and handsome sched- 

 ule may be had from the secretary, T. 

 W. Larkin. 



N'-w Haven County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 

 The New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold its usual chrys- 

 anthemum show early in November. 

 Prize schedules will soon be ready and 



Illinois State Fair. 

 The great Illinois State Fair will 

 open at Springfield on September 27 

 and close October 5, under the man- 

 agement of the Illinois State Board of 

 .\griculture. The horticultural depart- 

 ment as classified in the schedule con- 

 cerns only fruit, which, to be eligible 

 for competition, must have been grown 

 in Illinois by the exhibitor. All vege- 

 tables are included under the classifi- 

 cation of farm products, in which 

 cereals are especially prominent, some 

 idea of the scale of this department 

 being possible for the reader when we 

 quote the first prize $50.00 tor bushel 

 of seed corn, Illinois grown, the sama 

 duplicated in the "open to the world" 

 class, and similar premiums for 

 white seed corn, the corn premiums 

 alone amounting to about $3,000.00, 



The premiums under the classifica- 

 tion of floriculture exceed $2,300.00, 

 and are very liberal in the cut. flower 

 classes. For instance, fifty American 

 Beauty roses have a, first premium of 

 $50.00, and fifty other roses $12.00 

 each, and the lesser classes are on the 

 same scale: $25.00 for 100 carnations 

 and $6.00 each for the exhibits of 50 

 carnations in the various colors may 

 also be quoted. The plant list is some- 

 what disproportionate in certain 

 classes. Entries close Wednesday, 

 Sept. 25. Roses and carnations must 

 be staged by noon. October 1, and oth- 

 er cut flower exhibits, designs, etc.. by 

 noon, October 2. Robert O'Dwyer. Mon- 

 roe and Desplaines street, Chicago, is 

 superintendent and J. F. Ammann, 

 Edwardsville. is assistant superintend- 

 ent, and prize lists can be supplied by 

 either of these gentlemen upon re- 

 quest. 



The following were mentioned at 

 length in last week's issue of HORTI- 

 CrLTURE: 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Glen Cove. N. Y. Special dahlia 

 show in connection with October meet- 

 ing. 



State Floral Society of Arkansas, 

 Little Rock. November 14 to 16. 



