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HORTICULTURE. 



November 2, 1907 



chrysanthemums. S. E. Slade, gar- 

 dener Charles Ehrich. for collection 

 of ferns and for specimen fern. Mrs. 

 A. Taylor, gardener Francis G. Hutch- 

 inson, for collection of coleuses and 

 tuberous begonias. J. Donohue, gar- 

 dener .1. A. Carter, for collection of 

 rex begonias and 12 seedling dahlias. 

 Geo. A. Pope, gardener Wm. Kettle- 

 well, for dahlias. A. J. Marcus, H. 

 Dicks gardener, for chrysanthemums. 

 Mrs. W. M. Crocker, H. Maclean, gai'- 

 dener. took one chrysanthemum prize 

 and three dahlia prizes. All the 

 prizes awarded were for money, which 

 was turned over by the Hopkinses, 

 Floods. Donahues, Crockers, Taylors, 

 Popes and other exhibitors to their 

 gardeners. 



Amongst the commercial growers, 

 H. Goertzhain received several first 

 and second prizes for chrysanthe- 

 mums. M. Lynch was first for vase 

 of pink chrysanthemums. S. Clack 

 received first prize for a fine vase of 

 Liberty roses. Kenneth Murray re- 

 ceived four first prizes for carnations. 

 P. Mills also received several first 

 and second prizes for carnations. 



S. Clack was manager of the show 

 and Chas. Abraham of San Francisco, 

 Geo. Walter of Ross Valley, and 

 Thomas Wood of San Mateo, acted 

 as .iud.ges. 



BUMPER CROP MELONS. 



Exhibition at Washington. 

 Th? annual Chrysanthemum Show 

 by the Department of Agriculture us- 

 gan the iJ'ith and will continue each 

 day from 10 A. M. till 3 P. M. (except 

 Sunday) until November 7fh. This 

 will give llie public a breathing space 

 before the sho'.\ , which i? to be given 

 by the ^^'ashington Florists' Club on 

 the 12th, loth and 14th of November. 

 The Howers of the present show are 

 the finest ever displayed in Washing- 

 ton, comprising in all two hundred dif- 

 ferent varieties. A collsction of single 

 flowering varieties is one of the most 

 attractive features of the show, one, 

 the "Dai.'^y." so closely resembling its 

 namesake as to be almost indistin- 

 guishable. The "Mrs. Roosevelt" is a 

 great favorite, being of an unusually 

 fine foi-m and rich color. 



COMING SHOWS. 



The following have been mentioned 

 at length in preceding issues of HOR- 

 TICULTIRE: 



New Haven County Horticultural 

 Society, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 6-8. 

 Walter Koella, 5S THshop street, New 

 Haven, secretary. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America. 

 American Institute, 19-21 West 44th 

 St., New Yt.rk City, Nov. 6-8. David 

 Eraser, Homewood and Penn Ave., 

 Pittsburg, Pa., secretary. 



Nassau County Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, Glen Cove, N. Y., Nov. 6-S. J. F. 

 Johnston, secretary. 



Horticultural Society of Chicago, 

 Coliseum, Chicago, Ncjv. 6-12. E. A. 

 Kanst, 5700 Cottage Grove .\ve., secre- 

 tary. 



TaiTyt<.wn Horticultural Society, 

 Tariytown, N. "V.. Nov. 0-S. E. W. 

 Neubranc, secretary. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston. Chrysan- 

 themum show, Nov. 8-10. W. P. Rich, 

 secretary. 



Florists Club of Washington (D. C.I, 

 Nov. 12-14. Chas. McCauley, 18th and 



The fields of musk melons, or canta- 

 loupes, cover in a combined area many 

 acres in the town of Irondequoit, N. Y. 

 The yipAd from some of these fields 

 during a favorable season is a source 

 of considerable income to the garden- 

 ers, while other fields are almost a to- 

 tal failure, in so far as quality, at 

 least, is concerned, the yield also being 

 somewhat less. 



This has been a fairly good year. A 

 "bumper" crop has been raised, the 

 stock has been of unusual size and 

 flavor, and the price good. The blight 

 has not been so noticeable this year. 

 It has been so destructive in some past 

 years that the prospects of a good crop 

 are changed within a few days. 



The blight on musk melons takes 

 different forms of attack, and there are 

 several names given to the diseas?. 

 The most important are leaf-spot, 

 downy mildew, leaf-mold and damping 

 off. The fungus which causes the dis- 



eases, produces angular black spots on 

 the leaves, and elongated black spots 

 with light colored centers on the peti- 

 oles of the leaves and vines. When 

 the petioles are attacked, the part af- 

 fected gradually' shrivels and that por- 

 tion of the leaf and vine above wilts 

 and dies. The small fruits are killed. 

 Black spots appear on them, the small 

 melons in some instances turning 

 black and dropping oft. When the fun- 

 gus does not kill the small melons 

 they do not develop on the side at- 

 tacked by the fungus. 



On the larger and more mature mel- 

 ons cavities of various sizes are formed, 

 occasionally as much as two inches in 

 diameter and nearly an inch deep. Th'j 

 cavities usually have a black border 

 and are covered with gummy masses 

 of pink spores that ooze through the 

 rind. Beneath the cavities the rind is 

 thickened and separated Irom the pulp. 

 H. R. PEACHEY. 



Kearney Sts., AVashington, D. C, sec- 

 retary. 



Horticultural Society of Buffalo. 

 Buffalo, N. Y.. Nov. 11-17. J. H. Tran- 

 ter, P. O. Box 994, secretary. 



St. Louis Horticultural Society, 

 Grand and Park Aves., St. Louis, Mo., 

 November 12-15. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 

 Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. Nov. 

 12-1.5. David Rust, secretary. 



Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club, Chrysanthemum show, Nov. 13- 

 14, Victoria Rifies Hall. Montreal, Que. 

 W. H. Horobin, 283 Marquette St., sec- 

 retary. 



State Floral Society of .Arkansas, 

 Little Rock, Nov. 14-ie. Chas. Vestal, 

 secretary 



Annua! flower show, Waco, Texas, 

 Nov. 13-ie. Capt J. D. Shaw, Presi- 

 dent. 



Worcester County Horricultural So- 

 ciety, Ciirysanthemuni show, Worces- 

 ter, Ma-s., Nov. 14. A. A Hixon, sec- 

 retary. 



Ontario Horticultural F;xhibition, 

 Massey Music Hall, Toronto, Ont., 



Nov. 12-16. H. B. Cowan. Parliament 

 Building, Toronto, secretary. 



Deiiison Civic Improvement League, 

 Uenison, Tex., Nov. 20-22. T. W. Lar- 

 kin, secretary 



.Maryland State Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, Fifth Reg. Armory, Baltimore, Dec. 

 3-4. T. B. Symonds, College Park, 

 ?ld., secreinry. 



There will be no chrysanthemum 

 show, from the present indications at 

 t'lp Poianif>al Gardens at South Park, 

 Huffalo, N. Y., this year. There will 

 be a sort of exhibition with the public 

 invited, the same this year as ever, 

 though the usual gorgeous exhibitioii 

 is off for the very good reason that 

 (here are not enough of the Powers to 

 make a s-how. The smoke and gases 

 which have been making life more 

 and more miserable each year for the 

 Holf.nical Gardens have don= their fell 

 work quite thoroughly this year and 

 the chiysanthemums have been partic- 

 ularly unforl jnate. In fact, according 

 to Sup't. "^owell, tlie Gardens w ill have 

 to be removed or their attractiveness 

 will soon be a thing of the past. 



