November 9, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



607 



ham. Golden Gate and Golden Age, all 

 good yellows, are used to advantage. 

 Some o£ the best pinks are M. Lolseau 

 Rousseau, Mme. Armand Detroyat, 

 which IS a fine light pink, Leila Fil- 

 kins, Reiue Wilhelmine, Kiukora, Bea- 

 trice May, Orizaba. Mayor Weaver, 

 which is a great favorite here and the 

 popular Irio, Balfour, Eni;uehard and 

 Duckham. May Seddon Is a very large 

 white. Large masses of Nellie Pockett 

 were noticed and some well developed 

 Mrs. H. C. Frick. A majority of the 

 flowers are of a good size and quality, 

 some particularly large; the largest of 

 all is a mammoth flower of Mary 

 Ann Pockett, bronze. In other com- 

 partments are many things worthy of 

 mention, chief amongst these are the 

 nepenthes which are really a fine 

 sight ; the Cattleya labiata, Lilium Har- 

 risii, crotons and Nephrolepis Whit- 

 mani. The stove plants are looking 

 particularly well, and in the reserve or 

 growing houses are many good things, 

 notably some healthy plants of Phalae- 

 nopsis. The management of these con- 

 servatories deserves great praise for 

 the efficient manner in which these gi- 

 gantic structures are run. The people 

 of Pittsburg are particularly fortunate 

 in having an opportunity to study 

 plants and flowers in such variety and 

 on such an elaborate scale. 



At the Peacock greenhouses. North 

 Highland avenue. Superintendent T. 

 P. Jenkinson has an exhibit of chrys- 

 anthemums, begonia and orchids of a 

 high grade of quality, the chi-ysanthe- 

 mums being splendid examples of cul- 

 tural skill and the arrangement a 

 triumph of executive ability. Over 

 3.000 plants are grown; the flowers of 

 the majority are above the average in 

 size and finish. Amongst the finest are 

 Lady Cranston, Lady Lennard. Miriam 

 Hankey, President Viger and Beatrice 

 May. all pink, Mrs. Geo. Hunt and 

 Rose Lawrence, yellow, and Reginald 

 Vallis a fine cerise. The usual stand- 

 ard varieties, including Col Appleton, 

 Cheltoni, Balfour and Duckham, are 

 well grown. The orchid house is of 

 special interest to visitors and con- 

 tains some well flowered plants of 

 Odontoglossum graude, Cattleya labiata 

 and Percivaliana. The Begonias Glore 

 de Lorraine are fine plants, just coming 

 into flower; a little late for the present 

 exhibition but will make a splendid 

 show later. J. HUTCHINSON. 



Morris County Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club. 

 The Madison Flower Show, viewed 

 from whatever point, was a big suc- 

 cess. Wm. Duckham and Arthur Her- 

 rington, usually the largest exhibitors, 

 were unable to show on account of 

 deaths in the immediate families of 

 their employers, but their identity was 

 not lost. Mr. Herrington decorated the 

 stage in his usual masterly manner and 

 Mr. Duckham put up the central group, 

 a centre piece of a fine palm with sin- 

 gle chrysanthemums in many colors 

 and hues. The quality of the exhibits 

 was better thin ever in all classes. 

 The big fluffy chrysanthemum blooms 

 pleased the public most. Thp biggest 

 thing in them was in Class 7, 24 

 blooms in 24 varieties, 12 inch stem. 

 The first piize was $50.r'0 cash. A 

 large number of entries came Chas. 

 H. Totty was 1st; Wm. Turner, 

 Oceanic, 2nd; Wm. F. Lyons of Mor- 



ristown, 3rd. It was the hardest class 

 to decide. The margin wa.s close and 

 Turner gave Totty the race o£ his life. 

 The O II. Kahn silver cup for twi) 

 vases of pink and white chrysanthe- 

 mums was won by John Downing, 

 "Brooklawn," Morris Plains. That, 

 too, was a well-earned prize, as the 

 judgment was very close. 



Other classes wei'e weli filled and 

 when the judges were ready for lunch 

 it was three o'clock P. M. They earned 

 Ihei'' meal. Amongst the first prize 

 winners in chrysanthemums were: 

 John Downing. James Frazer, C. H. 

 Totty, H. B. Vyse, Peter Duff, A. R. 

 Kennedy, and Wm. F. Lyons. In 

 roses, L. A. Noe, L. B. Coddington, 

 Frank L. Moore, Wm. G. Badgeley, 

 Edw. Reagan and Wm. Inglis. The 

 carnation exhibits were better in 

 quality and more numerous than ever 

 before, there being 5S entries. Edw. 

 Reagan was first in the Farquhar 

 Special, with Robt. Craig, Rose Pink 

 (Enchantress and White Perfection. 

 A. R. Kennedy was first in Vaughan's 

 Special with Victory John Downin;^ 

 won the F. R. Pierson prize for Win- 

 sor. Wm. Inglis won Class 33 and C 

 H. Totty Class 34 One of the finest 

 things in the show was a vase of new 

 carnations, Afterglow, from Daille- 

 douse Bros., which got certificates of 

 merit. This vase of 50 Afterglow sold 

 at auction at the close of the show for 

 $7.00. In the winning classes of car- 

 nations were invariably White and 

 Rose Pink Enchantress, Robt. Craig. 

 Victory and White Perfection. In 

 the groups i)f chrysanthemum plants 

 and foliage plants 50 sq. ft., John 

 Downing came out first, winning the 

 Pierson U. Bar Co. prize. These 

 groups are always well contested and 

 are the best features in the show. 

 Taste in arrangement shows up strongly 

 in the winning. Violets were scarce, 

 and only a few exhibits were on hand, 

 Peter Dufl: and Wm. S. Herzog were 

 winners. Peter Imff brought fine 

 specimen plants. He won first prize 

 with John Downing a close second. 

 Vegetables were better than last year. 

 James Frazer got the Poddington and 

 the Burnett prizes and H. B. Vyse the 

 Henderson prize. Lager & Hurrell's 

 collection of orchids wa.s an especial 

 feature the general public could not 

 fully appreciate, as it contained many 

 rare specimens. A. B. Kennedy hatl 

 a dozen well flowered C. labiata. 



The single varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums were very striking, gi-own na- 

 turally, no disbudding. They were in 

 pleasing contrast to the great Goliaths 

 that were so numerous througho\it the 

 show. In the opinion of good judges 

 the best chrysanthemums of 1908 in- 

 troduction shown were W. W. Moir, 

 pure white; Mary Donnellaii, deep yel- 

 low; Mary Mason, cerise and bronze; 

 Mrs. N. Davis, white; 0. H. Broom - 

 bead, rose; and Mrs. W Wells, a 

 bronzy red. There are some more good 

 ones, but these seem to be the cream. 



pert had the finest displays of this 

 flower. Mrs. C. A. Schierer won the 

 s-.ilver cup for best si\ varieties of 

 vegetables, and showed the best vege- 

 tables grown from Thorburn's seeds. 

 Other competitors were H. G. Timmer- 

 man, W. B. Cutting, W. Dick, F. H. 

 Kalbfleisch, J. Kempster, J. H. Dick, 

 R. P. Strong, Mrs. J. Gibb. The judges 

 were Peter Duff, Orange, N. J.; Wm. 

 Turner and N Puttei-bach, Oceanic; 

 Robt. .-'iugus, Tan-ytcwu. 



United Bay Shore Horticultural So- 

 cieties. 

 The sixth annua! show was held on 

 Nov. 1 and 2, with a fine display of 

 flowers, fruit and vegetables. While 

 the number of chrysanthemums was 

 possibly not quite as large as last year, 

 the blooms surpassed anything yet 

 shown. S. T. Peters and Louis Bos- 



Monmouth County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



The annual exhibition of this so- 

 ciety was held on October 30 and 31, at 

 Red Bank, N. J., with the usual array 

 of fine plants and blooms that are al- 

 ways produced here, together with 

 many novelties, among which were 

 cosmos by William Turner, and seed- 

 ling chrysanthemums by W^. W. Ken- 

 nedy, the latter taking the special 

 Hartshorne prize. H. A. Kettle won 

 the Hartshoi-ne prize for 25 carnations. 

 A. Bauer, gardener at the O'Day estate, 

 was first in chrysanthemum group. 

 Other successful exhibitors were Wm. 

 Turner N. Butterbach, G. Hale, M. 

 Tierney, Geo. R. Kuhn, Wm. Dowlen. 

 The judges were C. H. Totty, of Madi- 

 son, Peter Duff, of Orange and Jas. 

 Baliantyne, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



New Haven County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



The exhibit of the New Haven Coun- 

 tv Horticultural Society in Music Hall, 

 New Haven, Conn., which is in prog- 

 ress as we go to press, presents a fine 

 display from a general viewpoint. In 

 the group of plants and cut flowers and 

 display of seeds, bulbs, tools and gar- 

 den fixtures, F. S. Piatt Co. took the 

 prizes. David Kydd was first in group 

 of foliage plants as in several other 

 classes. Robert Patton, O. Carlson, 

 Henry Cliff, J. H. Murray, J. P. Soren- 

 son are other prize winners. E. Jen- 

 kins, Lenox, Mass., again won the 

 Scoville challenge cup, which now be- 

 comes his property. A fuller report 

 will be made next week. 



San Diego Floral Association. 

 The San Diego Floral Association 

 opened their three days' flower show 

 in German ia Hall, San Diego, Cal., on 

 October 25 with an address by Mayor 

 Forward. The exhibits were attrac- 

 tively arranged, and among the com- 

 mercial growers were G. F. Otto, Coro- 

 nado Nursery, K. Sessions, E. Benard 

 and Oceanside Floral Co., all of whom 

 are among the prize winners. The at- 

 tendance was unusually large and the 

 exhibition was a decided success finan- 

 cially. 



COMING SHOWS. 



St. Louis Horticultural Society. 

 The progi-am and premium list for 

 the flower show to be held at St. Louis, 

 Mo., on November 12th to 15th has 

 been received. On the first day the 

 Shaw premiums aggregating $500 for 

 decorative foliage and flowering plants, 

 chrysanthemums in pots. etc.. will be 

 awarded; also the S. A. F. medals and 

 the premiums tor cut chrysanthemums, 

 roses and carnations and floral dis- 

 plays amounting to nearly $500. The 

 second, third and fourth days provide 



