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HORTICULTURE, 



November 9, 1907 



THE EXHIBITION SEASON 



RECENT SHOWS. 



The New York Exhibition. 



The combined exhibitions of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 and the American Institute, which 

 opened at the Berlieley Lyceum, New 

 Yorlv City, on Wednesday. November 

 6, was remarl<able for the superb qual- 

 ity of the chrysanthemum blooms 

 staged. It can safely be said that the 

 annual meeting of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society has never brought out so fine a 

 display, and much regret was expressed 

 at the entirely inadequate size of the 

 hall, everything being of necessity 

 crowded together so that much of the 

 beauty was lost to the visitor. 



Beyond all other exhibits and sur- 

 passingly beautiful was the vase of 

 Montigue, incurved yellow, which won 

 the C. S. A. silver cup offered for the 

 best ten blooms, any variety. The ex- 

 hibitor was Thomas Proctor, gardener 

 to R. W. Paterson. Lenox, Mass. The 

 Lord & Burnham gold medal for best 

 six blooms of any new introduction 

 went to C. H. Totty, who staged the 

 new English variety, W. Moir, white. 

 Other winners of special premiums 

 were Wm. Kleinheinz, gardener to P. 

 A. B. Widener, Phila.. vase of ten yel- 

 low, with Mrs. Wm. Duckham; three 

 blooms of M. F. Plant (the Stumpp & 

 Walter prize) ; six blooms of any new 

 American variety with Lynwood Hall, 

 incurved white (the Nathan Smith & 

 Son prize) ; twelve blooms of Miss 

 Clay Frick (silver cup). Harry Turner, 

 gardener to Howard Gould, ten each 

 Beatrice May. Wm. Duckham and Col. 

 Appleton (the F. R. Pierson cup) ; 

 twenty-four blooms in six varieties 

 (the Dreer prize). Wm. Turner, gar- 

 dener to M. C. D, Borden, twelve 

 blooms in four varieties (the Thor- 

 burn prize). John Downing, ten 

 blooms Beatrice May (the Boddington 

 prize). Six blooms Miss Miriam Hank- 

 ey (the Wells medals), gold medal to 

 C. H. Totty, silver medal to W. H. 

 Waite, bronze medal to Thos. W. Head. 

 Twelve introductions of 1907 (C. H. 

 Totty prize), won by Nathan Smith & 

 Son, with the following varieties; 

 Miss L. H. Corkett. Dakoma, Villa de 

 Paris, Winifred, Miss Clay Frick, Du- 

 buisson ?'roubert, Henry Hughes, M. 

 liOuiseau Rousseau, Mrs. O. H. Pier- 

 son, Ongawa, Mrs. Walter .Jenks, Pres. 

 Loubet. These were the main features 

 of the C. S. A. section, and the judges 

 were W. N. Craig, North Easton, Mass., 

 and Robt. Cameron, Cambridge, Mass. 



In the Institute section the exhibits 

 were also superb. Among the most re- 

 markable were ,Iohn McNicolls' ten va- 

 rieties, one bloom of each; Wm. Tur- 

 ner's twenty ditto, and C. H. Totty's 

 thirty ditto; Thos. I'roctor's ten 

 blooms in variety; the groups of ten 

 in specified colors in which first prizes 

 went to John McNicoU for Mrs. Par- 

 tridge, Wm. Turner for Col. Appleton, 

 Wm. Duckham and Nellie Pockett; the 

 classes of six each, specified colors, 

 first prizes going to Thos. W. Head 

 for M. F. Plant, C. H. Totty for Mirza, 

 W. Turner for Ethel Fitzroy, W. R. 

 Church, Cheltcni and Wm. Duckham, 



G. H. Hale for Merza, Wm. Duckham, 

 White Carnot, Mrs. E. Thirke!! and 

 Mrs, H. Partridge, and Thos. W. Head 

 for John Frazer. 



Two specimen plants from Peter 

 Duff, Orange, N. J., were good evi- 

 dences that this renowned grower had 

 lost none of his skill. There were 

 some splendid displays of pompon va- 

 rieties from R. Vincent. Jr. & Son, of 

 White Marsh, Md., and anemones from 

 J. J. McNicoll, C. H. Totty and others. 

 A. H. Wingett showed Cosmos Lady 

 Lenox, and John Cook of Baltimore 

 had on exhibition a seedling rose of 

 rich pink color which was greatly ad- 

 mired. 



The Tarrytown Exhibition. 



Agreeably to its fine record in past 

 years the Tarrytown Horticultural So- 

 ciety ii-jt up an exhibition at Music 

 Hall, Tarrytown N. Y., on Wednesday, 

 MovemJ)er 6, of which any society might 

 be proud. It was not a chrysanthe- 

 mum show although, of course, chry- 

 sancliemums were a prominent factor 

 The hall was elegantly decorated by 

 L. A. -Martin and the exhibition was 

 so large as to rather over-crowd the 

 hall. The front of the stage was 

 bani;ed with pompons, palms, etc., by 

 F. R. Pierson Co., who also added, not; 

 for competition, a taljle of carnations 

 comprising their specialties, WhitAi 

 Enchantress, Beacon, Melody and Win- 

 sor. 



There were in all ;!75 entries in the 

 various classes, as against 200 last 

 year. The schedule was remarkable 

 lor the large number of special prizes. 



There were two superb groups of 

 foliage and flowering plants by Mr. 

 P.erolzeimer, gardener D. McParlane, 

 and S. Lnteiineyer, gardener W. H. 

 Waitt, Mr. McFarlane oeing awarded 

 first and Mr. V.aite second. The 

 special class V. (Pierson U-Bar prize) 

 for most effectively arranged table of 

 decorative plants, also biought out no- 

 table groups of crotons, dracaenas and 

 droopiivg grasses from these two ex- 

 Ijerts. The Untermeyer special prize, 

 for LoiTaine begonias brought out six 

 elegant entries. 



A feature of the chrysanthemum 

 bloom section was D. McFarlane's set 

 of twelve varieties in competition for 

 the Archbold ju'lze, the varieties in- 

 cluded being Mrs. D. West, F. 3. Valis. 

 Ben Wells. Mrs. j. p. ijunne, Mrs. P. 

 F. Thompson, Mrs. E. Thirkell, Mrs. 

 Partridge, Morton F. Plant. May Sed- 

 don, J. R. Upton, Lady Hopetoun and 

 Glenview. 



F. R. Pierson showed a superb 

 specimen of his Nephrolepis superbis- 

 sima. 



Scott Bros, showed a handsome red 

 seedling rose, a cross between Killar- 

 ney and Gen. MacArthiu-. Col. Wm 

 Jay, gardener \. L. Marshall, showed 

 a striped sport, from Carnation Lady 

 Bountiful. 



The above is only a fragmentary re- 

 port of one of the best exhibitions of 

 the year. The judges for the first day 

 were Wm. Eckels of Islip, W. C. Mc- 

 Cullum, Islip: Jas. McCuUum, Pater- 

 son, N J.; and John Grant of Stam- 

 ford. Conn. 

 Many of the regular and siiecial 



classes v.ere reserved for the second 

 day. 



A partial list of the awards follows: 

 SPECIAL PRIZES. 



Society's silver medal for new decorative 

 plant not in commerce. The F. E. Pierson 

 Co. witli Nepbrolepis superblssima. F. R. 

 Pierson prize for 2o Ijlooms eacli of Win- 

 sor, Helen M. Gould and Bucliantress. 

 First, silver eup, S. Untermeyer, gard. W. 

 H. Waite; second, Frederick Potter, gard. 

 W. C. Roberts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Arclihold prize for 12 blooms, distinct va- 

 rieties, height 1.5 inches. First, Emil Ber- 

 olzeimer, gard. D. McFarlane; second, 

 Wm. Rockefeller, gard. Geo. Middleton. 



Lewis cup for 24 blooms, distinct varie- 

 ties, height 15 inches. F'irst. D. McFar- 

 lane; second. Geo. Middleton. 



C. B. Johnson prize for pompons grown 

 outdoors. O. B. Jennings, gard. Oscar Carl- 

 son; second, C. H. Wetherbee, gard. Fran- 

 pis Milne. 



Nichols prize, for six pot plants, six va- 

 rieties. First, Henry Siegel, gard. Thos. 

 Atkinson; second, Geraud Foster, gard. E. 

 Jenkins. 



Special, for 12 blooms Miss Clay Frick, 

 24-in. stems. First, E. Jenkins; second, D. 

 McFarlane. 



Vaughan prize for six blooms, distinct 

 varieties First, W. C. Roberts; second, 

 W. H. Waite. 



Vandorbilt prize for largest bloom and 

 Osboru prize for 36 blooms, six varieties, 

 D. McFarlane. 



A. Johnson prize for vase of 25 blooms. 

 First, W. J. Burkley; second, Thos. Atkin- 

 son. 



Pierson U-Bar prize for table of decora- 

 tive plants. First. D. McFarlane; second, 

 Joseph Eastman, gard. Robert Angus. 



Julius Roehrs Co. prize for table of or- 

 chids and ferns in pots, W. H. Waite. 



Dreer prize for collection of stove plants. 

 First. W. H. Waite; second. R. Angus. 



Boddington prize for 12 varieties of veg- 

 etables grown outdoors. R. & H. ScovlUe, 

 gard. W. Angus; second, E. Jenkins. 



Siegel prize for table of flowering plants 

 and ferns, W. H. Waite. 



Untermeyer prize for six plants Begonia 

 Gloire de Lorraine. First, Mrs. Stuyvesant 

 Fish, gard. W. J. Buckley; second, Thos. 

 Atkinson. 



Chrvsanthemums in pots, D. McFarlane, 

 W. C. Roberts, Thos. Atkinson, W. H. 

 Waite. Other plants in pots. Francis 

 Milne, D. McFarlane, W. H. Waite, W. J. 

 Buckley. J. S. Waiquist. H. Nichols. T. 

 Atkinson. On cut blooms of chrysanthe- 

 mums. W. C. Roberts, five prizes; Howard 

 Wlllets, gard A. Weisenberger. H. Bow- 

 man and R. Langle were the winners In 

 the violet classes. In fruit, prizes went to 

 J. P. Sorenson, W. H. Waite, Geo. Middle- 

 ton and H. Nichols, and in vegetables to 

 Walter Angus, E. Jenkins, Geo. Middleton, 

 D. McFarlane, O. Fallon. 



Pittsburg Exhibitions. 



The fall exhibition in the Schenley 

 Park Conservatories opened November 

 2, and in spite of the inclemency of 

 the weather was very well patronized. 

 This show is a popular one and in a 

 great measure helps to popularize the 

 chrysanthemum in Pittsburg. Situated 

 as the greenhouses are, in close prox- 

 imity to the smoky sections of the 

 city, the culture of the chrysanthemum 

 is rendered more than doubly arduous. 

 J. Jones and his staff had on exhibition 

 over S.OOO plants and about 2.000 later 

 varieties in reserve. About 1,500 of 

 those on exhibition are planted, the 

 remainder are in pots. The manner 

 of arrangement is particularly effec- 

 tive; the colors are massed and usual- 

 ly with a background of tall evergreen 

 temperate plants. Large masses of 

 ■^'^ivian Morel are particularly pleas- 

 ing. This variety does well here, be- 

 ing extra well colored. Large masses 

 of Charles Davis make a good show 

 Cheltoni, F. S. Vallis, Mrs. W. Duck- 



