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The pxhibitors claim that this new va- 

 riety is tlie superior of Bridesmaid and 

 Killarney in every way, and especially 

 so in mid-winter when these two stan- 

 dards lack color. Mrs. Jardine is a 

 hybrid tea raised by the Dicksons of 

 Newtouards. 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



WASHINGTON FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 W. F. C. was held Oct. 1st at 1007 G 

 street N. W., with a fairly good attend- 

 ance. One of the most attractive fea- 

 tures of the evening was a fine dahlia 

 exhibit. W. R. Gray of Oakton, Va., 

 had an extensive display, as did R. 

 Vincent and Sons and Henry A. Dreer. 

 Dr. Warrenton Evans, a celebrated 

 dentist of Washington, had a most 

 beautiful array of choice cactus 

 dahlias. 



All were glad to welcome back our 

 Vice-President Blackistone, who has 

 been summering near Boyds, Md. P. 

 H. Dorsett of Alexandria was present 

 as guest of the club. Several matters 

 of vital importance were brought up 

 and discussed. A report of the matter 

 allowing Bay and other ornamental 

 trees on the sidewalks was made, to 

 the effect that they could not be placed 

 more than 4 ft. from building. The 

 next regular meeting will be held Nov. 

 5th at Gude's Hall. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The reg:iilar monthly meeting of the 

 T. H. S. was held in Good Temple Hall 

 Friday evening, September 27, Presi- 

 dent Howard Nichols, presiding. Wm. 

 Will, Katonah, N. Y., and Alex. Mait- 

 land, Irvington, N. Y., were elected 

 to active membership. Some vei-j' 

 good exhibits of vegetables were on 

 the tables, which created a very lively 

 discussion as to methods of judging. 



The tickets are out for the November 

 ^ow, and our secretary urged the 

 members to push the sale of same. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The charter of incorporation has 

 been received by the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of St. Louis. November 12-15 are 

 the dates set far the fall show. 



The Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Association held their flrst meeting of 

 the season on Sept. 17, President Ed- 

 ward Dale in the chair. A special ex- 

 hibit at the fruit and flower show in 

 November will be made by them. 



The Birmingham Florists' and Hor- 

 ticultural Society has just been organ- 

 ized in Birmingham, Ala., with officers 

 as follows: President, Hugh Scales; 

 vice-pres., G. B. McVay; sec, AleK 

 Sawyer; treaf;.. Andrew Hague. Meet- 

 ings will be held on the first Tuesday 

 of each month. 



The ^'ahlia show of the American In- 

 stitute at the Berkeley Lyceuiri, New 

 York, last week brought out a superb 

 display of this popular flower in all its 

 classes, as well as four collections of 

 gladioli, orchids, decorative green- 

 house plants, etc. The Charles Lanier 

 dahlia sent fTom Lenox created a sen- 

 sation equal to that produced in Bos- 

 ton on its appearance there recently. 



RECENT SHOWS. 



Huntington (N. Y.) Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society. 



The fifth annual exhibition of the 

 Huntington Horticultural and Agricul- 

 tural Society held on September 26th, 

 was a great success. The entries, 

 while not quite so numerous as in 

 some years, were of uniformly excel- 

 lent quality. A heavy rain storm on 

 Monday had damaged fruit and flowers 

 badly. 



Arthur Cowee, the gladiolus spe- 

 cialist of Berlin, N. Y., had a fine dis- 

 play of named and mixed gladioli, 

 many new and interesting shades of 

 color being shown. The stage decora- 

 tion of palms and ferns by August 

 Ileckscher was worthy of note. 



Some of the prize winners were: 

 August Heckscher, Adolph Alius, gar- 

 dener, 1st for ferns, palm, begonia, 

 roses, carnations, basket and bou- 

 quet, collection six varieties vege- 

 tables; twelve first prizes on vege- 

 tables and three on fruit. Walter Jen- 

 nings, Richard Cartwright, gardener, 

 1st for floral centerpiece, collection of 

 12 varieties vegetables; six first prizes 

 on vegetables and four on fruit. W. 

 .J. Matheson, James Kirby, gardener, 

 1st for dahlias, 12 double, cactus, and 

 collection of dahlias; collection of 

 perennials; four 1st prizes on vegeta- 

 bles and two on fruit. Rosemary 

 Farm, J. H. Smith, superintendent, two 

 first prizes on vegetables and two on 

 fruit. George Taylor, Edward Gilder- 

 sleeve, gardener, three firsts on veg- 

 etables and two on fruit. Joseph Mer- 

 cier, six firsts on vegetables. H. T. 

 & A. H. Funnell, 1st for begonia, spe- 

 cimen flowering plant; special for 

 peppers, first for apples. L. I. Rail- 

 road experimental stations at Wading 

 River and Medford, second and third 

 on collection of 12 varieties of vege- 

 taoles. H. Paulding, first for water- 

 melon, and two firsts on fruit. C. A. 

 ^^'icks, one first on vegetables, two on 

 fruit. Mrs. S. A. Smith, two firsts on 

 celery. David E. Cisco, first on sweet 

 corn, three firsts on apples. 



The Peter Henderson & Co. prem- 

 ium was captured by Walter Jennings, 

 Stumpp & Walter Co. prize by Mrs. 

 S. A. Smith, Vaughan's prizes by Au- 

 gust Heckscher and H. T. & A. H. 

 Funnell, Rickards Bros', prizes by J. 

 H. Smith and August Heckscher. 



A. H. FUXXELL. Sec. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society. 



This society held its dahlia show in 

 Unity Hall, Hartford, on Wednesday, 

 Sept. 25. Owing to the excessively 

 heavy rains of the previous Monday 

 fears were entertained that really 

 good exhibits would be the exception 

 rather than the rule. Happily, how- 

 ever, these fears proved groundl(!SS, 

 and the exhibition, as a whole, was 

 excellent. Splendid exhibits were 

 staged by the Black Hall greenhouses, 

 E. H. Steele, manager; J. F. Huss, 

 superintendent of the Goodwin estate; 

 W. W. Hunt cS: Co.. Blue Hill Nurser- 

 ies; the City Parks, Peter Zuger, head 



gardener; James P. Ralph, New Bri- 

 tain, Conn. 



The judges were C. H. Sierman, J. F. 

 Coombs and F. W. Davis, and their 

 awards gave general satisfaction. 



Miscellaneous exhibits, other than 

 dahlias, added much to the interest of 

 the show. Under this head, special 

 prizes were awarded to J. F. Huss tor 

 a fine collection of the newer Japanese 

 anemones and for collection of vege- 

 tables; W. L. Goodwin, J. A. Weber, 

 gardener, collection of grapes; Whit- 

 ney greenhouses. Carl Peterson, super- 

 intendent, exhibit of Kaiserin roses; 

 John Coombs, group of decorative 

 plants; City Parks, group of cannas; 

 VV. W. Hunt, collection of hardy ever- 

 greens. ALEX. GUMMING. 



Aster Show at Spokane. 



The eleventh aster show under the 

 direction of the Spokane Floral Asso- 

 ciation at the Interstate fair grounds 

 on the opening day of the industrial 

 exhibition, Sept. 23 to Oct. 5, was the 

 feature attraction at the end of the 

 Pike. The thousands of blooms were 

 shown under a big white tent, which 

 was filled to capacity when Mayor 

 Moore formally opened the show and 

 presented two handsome silver cups 

 for the best displays, the condition be- 

 ing they must be won twice to become 

 the property of exhibitors. Mr. Moore 

 explained that the purpose of these ex- 

 hibitions is to encourage the cultiva- 

 tion of flowers and make Spokane 

 more attractive, adding that when the 

 city shall have completed its park sys- 

 tern and civic centers it will have 580 

 acres of land filled with beautiful 

 trees, shrubs and blooms. Mesdames 

 F. Wallace King, Z. A. Pfile and W. H. 

 Ludden, judges, made these awaifls: 



Display of asters, silver cup, offered 

 by Interstate Fair Association. Herman 

 Thoeni; second. Miss Carolyn Rich- 

 ards. 



Group of asters, silver cup, offered 

 bv the City Beautiful committee, Her- 

 man Thoeni; second, blue ribbon. Dr. 

 W. A. Watson. 



Displav of cut flowers. Hoyt Bros.; 

 second, Spokane Florist Company. 



Potted plants, first, Spokane Floral 

 Company; second, Hoyt Bros. 



Fifty tall growing asters, Mrs. O. M. 

 Sparke; second, E. L. Bloom. 



Design, Hoyt Bros.; second, Mrs. A. 



Gill- , T * 



Design, E. L. Bloom; second, L. A. 



Valentine. 



Basket, Miss Carolyn Richards; sec- 

 ond, Mrs. John Bantham. 



Hanging basket. Lou Riley. 



Display of dahlias. Alec Keegan; 

 second. Miss Carolyn Richards. 



Mrs. Josephine Brinkerhoff, through 

 whose perserverance and work the 

 culture of asters in Spokane has 

 gained such widespread interest, was 

 highly complimented upon the success 

 attained, and it is hoped she will con- 

 tinue her excellent work. The asso- 

 ciation was formed ten years ago. 



Houghton Horticultural Society. 

 The three days' show of the Hough- 

 ton Horticultural Society. Lynn Mass., 

 closed on September 2fi with a banquet. 

 Among the commercial growers, E. P. 



