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H O R T I C U L. T U R li 



September 28, 1907 



THE EXHIBITION SEASON 



RECENT SHOWS. 



Newport Horticultural Society. 



On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day, September 17, IS and 19, the best 

 exhibition of plants liowers, fruit and 

 vegetable.s ever s cii in Newport was 

 given by the Newport Horticultural 

 Society. The entries were unusually 

 numerous and the exhibits of uniform 

 good quality. 



Dahlias were excei^tioually fine and 

 of varied character. There were many 

 large exhibits by out of town growers, 

 including W. W. Rawscn, W. D. 

 Hathaway, Mrs. H. A. .lahn, Arthur B. 

 Wordell, Wm. F. Turner. The Star 

 Dahlia Gardens, Wni. H. Richardson 

 and H. F. Burt, all of whom met with 

 more or less success. Sisson & Thurs- 

 ton of Newport took first in the class 

 for commercial growers. Jame.s Rob- 

 ertson, Newport, was the most success- 

 ful exhibitor of dahlias in all other 

 classes. \Vm. H. Richardson of New 

 Bedford war, awarded the society's sil- 

 ver medal tor seedling cactus dahlia, 

 which was generally conceded to be 

 the best thing of recent introduction; 

 the bronze medal went to Mrs. T. C. 

 Richardson. A. H. Wingett of Lenox 

 was awarded a first-class certificate 

 of merit for his splendid new decora- 

 tive dahlia Charles Laniei-. James 7. 

 Sullivan and Paul Volquardson, certifi- 

 cate of merit for seedlings. 



E. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass., 

 won the society's silver medal for a su- 

 perb collection of gladioli. First-class 

 certificates of merit were awarded to 

 Heniy A. Dreer for aquatics and 

 ferns Nephrolepis Amerpohli and N. 

 Todeaoides: R. & .1. Farquhar & Co., 

 Boston, for I.,iliimi auratum and L. 

 superbum; John Lewis Childs, for 

 gladioli: James Garthly, for collection 

 of plants; F. E. Conine Nursery Co., 

 for display of roses; Miss Alice Ketel- 

 tas for a splendid specimen orange tree 

 loaded with fruit; Mrs. Andrews, for 

 miniature rock garden. W. A. Manda 

 received a certificate for Dracaena 

 Mandanii and a gratuity for collection 

 of plants. 



Fruit and vegetables, especially the 

 latter, were of unusual excellence. The 

 silver cup offered by Henry A. Dreer 

 for the best collection of vegetables, to 

 be won twice, was awarded to Wm. B. 

 Greene. 



In the class for best centerpieces 

 made exclusively of dahlias Gibson 

 Bros., won the first prize. Oscar 

 Schultz was first in the best fancy 

 basket made of dahlias. For the best 

 fancy basket other than dahlias the 

 first prize went to Mrs. William A. 

 Astor with basket of American Beau- 

 ties. 



Other awards were as follows: 

 Plants. 



Group of palms, ferns and flowering 

 plants, tastefully arranged within a 

 space of 100 square feet — 1st, Mrs. Rob- 

 ert Gcelet, Colin Robertson gardener: 

 2d, Mrs. William Astor, James Boyd 

 gardener; 3d, Oscar Schultz. 



Group of palms, ferns and foliage 

 plants, tastefully arranged within a 

 space of 100 square feet — 1st, Oscar 

 Schultz: 2d, Mrs. Robert Croelet. 



Group of ferns, palms and foliage 



plants, tastefully arranged within a 

 space of 50 square feet — 1st, Mrs. Wil- 

 liam Astor. 



Table of decorative foliage plants, 

 each plant to !)e serviceable for a table, 

 staged on table 3 by 6 feet— 1st, Mrs. 

 C. M. Bell, David Mcintosh gardener: 

 2d, Perry l^elmont. John Marshall 

 gardener; 3d, .Mrs. Robert Goelet. 



Gioiip of ferns, tastefully arranged 

 within a space of 50 square feet — 1st, 

 Oscar Schultz; 2d, E. J. Berwind, Bruce 

 Butterton gardener. 



Specimen areca, In pot or tub not ex- 

 ceeding 16 inches in diameter — 1st, 

 Mrs. Robeit Goelet. 



Specimen keutia, in pot or tub not 

 exceeding 16 inches — 1st, Mrs. William 

 Astor; 2d, Mrs. Robert Goelet; 3d, Mrs. 

 T. O. Richardson. James Robertson 

 gardener. 



Specimen any other species palm, in 

 pot or tub not exceeding 16 inches — 

 Ist, Mrs. i^obert Goelet. 



Specimen palm, any species, with- 

 out restrictions on size of pot or tub — 

 1st, Mrs. Robert Goelet; 2d, E. J. Ber- 

 wind; 3d, Oscar Schultz. 



Specimen cycas — 1st, Mrs. T. O. 

 Richardson. 



Specimen fern — 1st, H. D. Auchin- 

 closs, .fohn Mahan gardener; 2d, Mrs. 

 William Astor; 3d, Mrs. Robert Goelet. 



Six dracaenas, not less than three 

 varieties in pots not exceeding 8 inches 

 — 1st, Mrs. William Astor. 



Six crotons, not less than three var- 

 ieties, in pots not exceeding 8 inches — 

 1st, Mrs. Robert Goelet; 2d, Mrs. C. M. 

 Bell. 



Six ferns, not less than three var- 

 ieties — 1st, E. J. Berwind. 



Six Rex begonias, not less than three 

 varieties, in pots not exceeding 8 inch- 

 es — 1st, Mrs. A\ illiam A?-tor. 



Specimen panr.anus, pot not ex- 

 ceeding 8 inches — 1st, Mrs. William 

 Astor. 



Basket, pan or dish of ferns, recep- 

 tacle not over 15 inches in diameter — 

 1st, Perry Belmont; 2d, Mrs. Wil- 

 liam Astor. 



Basket, pan or dish of foliage plants, 

 receptacle not over 15 inches in di- 

 ameter — 1st, T>erry Belmont; 2d, Mrs. 

 William Astor. 



Miniature flowe'- garden, exhibited 

 by Newport private gardener within 

 a space of 32 square feet — 1st, Hugh 

 Williamson; 2d, James Williamson. 



Cut Flowers. 



Twenty-five gardenia blooms — 1st, 

 Mrs. William Astor. 



Fifty carnation blooms — 1st. Mrs. 

 Robert Goelet: 2d, Mrs. William Astor. 



Twelve American Beauty roses — 1st. 

 Perry Belmont; 2d, Mrs. William As- 

 tor. 



Vase of 25 tea or hybrid roses — 1st, 

 ??eriy Belmont; 2fi, H. [). Auchincloss. 



Collectitm of herbaceous perennial 

 blooms, named varieties — 1st, H. D. 

 Auchincloss; second, Joseph Gibson: 

 3d, Oakland Farm, A. G. Vanderbilt, 

 .■\lex .Adam, .gardener. 



Collection of annuals, named varie- 

 ties — 1st Joseph Gibson; 2d, Oakland 

 Farm: 3d, A. D. Auchincloss. 

 Fruits. 



Two bunches white grapes — 1st, 

 H. D. Auchincloss. 



Two bunches black grapes — 1st, 

 H. D. Auchincloss. 



One bunch white grapes — 1st, E. J. 

 Berwind; 2d, H. D. Auchincloss. 



One bunch black grapes — 1st, H. D. 

 .\uohincloss: 2d, E. J. Berwind. 



Six nectarines — 1st, H. D. Auchin- 

 closs; Sd, E. J. Berwind; 3d, Mrs. Wil- 

 liam Astor. 



Six peaches — 1st, Mrs. William Astor. 



Six peaches, grown outdoors— 1st, E. 

 J. "Berwind; 2d, Mrs. John E. Harring- 

 ton. 



One melon — 1st, H. D. Auchincloss; 

 2d, Samuel Chambers; 3d, Miss Alice 

 f-Ceteltas, W. J. Matson gardener. 



Three dishes of apples — 1st, Miss 

 Susie K. Gibson. 



Six dishes of pears — Ist, Mr. William 

 B. Greene, Samuel Speers gardener. 



Three dishes of pears — Jst, Mrs. John 

 E. Harrington; 2d, WillLam B. Greene. 



Dish of blackberries — 1st, William B. 

 Greene; 2d, Mrs. J. E. Harrington. 



Vegetables. 



Peck of potatoes — 1st, James Elliott; 

 2d, Mrs. T. 0. Richardson; 3d, H. D. 

 Auchincloss. 



Twelve tomatoes — 1st, Oakland 

 Farm; 2d, Mis. William Astor; Jd, 

 Mrs. T. O Richardson. 



Six heads of celery — 1st, H. D. Auch- 

 incloss; 2d, Mr.s. T. O. Richardson. 



Twelve onions — Jst, Mrs. T. O. Rich- 

 ardson; 2d, Oakland Farm; 3d. H. D. 

 Auchincloss. 



Three heads of cabbage — 1st, H. D. 

 Auchincloss. 



Three heads of cauliflower — 1st, Oak- 

 land Farm. 



Collection of peppers — 1st, Joseph 

 tribson. 



Best collection of vegetables — 1st, 

 Oakland Farm; 2d, H. D. Auchincloss; 

 3d, Mrs. Robert Goelet. 



The judges were Alex MacLellan, 

 John T. Allan and D. J. Coughlin. 



Greater interest was taken in this 

 show than had been anticipated with 

 the gratifying result that the receipts 

 from admission fees are largely in ex- 

 cess of any previous year. 



London Dahlia Union. 



This society founded only six years 

 ago held its annual exhibition in the 

 glass corridor and conservatory of the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens. Regents' park, 

 on the 12th September last. The 

 most favorable circumstances at- 

 tended the show for there was keen 

 competition in most of the classes. 

 The Quality was of a high order of 

 merit in almost everything staged. 



The schedule comprised 27 classes in 

 all. three and four prizes being allotted 

 in most of the classes. 



A detailed report would be of little 

 interest to American readers and the 

 most we can do is briefly to deal with 

 essentials. T. S. Ware and Son had 

 a gold medal for a fine display ar- 

 ranged in a very artistic manner. Cut 

 blooms of every section were arranged 

 in high bamboo supports at the back 

 while vases contained those in front. 

 Isolepis gracilis, bamboos and other 

 greenery enlivened the di.splay by the 

 graceful way in which they were inter- 

 spersed among the cut blooms. Cac- 

 tus dahlias of special note were 



