Novemlier 10, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



635 



in the first prize set being Mrs. Tom 

 Harvey, Mrs. C. W. Ward, White Per- 

 fection, Enchantress, Rose Pinlc En- 

 chantress and Beacon. Leading stand- 

 ard varieties in the other collections 

 were Victory, Winsor, Melody, Fair 

 Maid, Rose Pink Enchantress, Firefly, 

 Harry Fcnn and White Enchantress. 

 Among the novelties were Jahn's 

 Crimson and Lloyd, a white seedling 

 from H. A. Jahn; Bay State and seed- 

 lings No. 21 soft pink and No. 1000 

 bright pink, all three stunners from 

 A. Roper; Britannia, Priscilla striped 

 seedling and a white sport from Fair 

 Maid — the latter a most beautiful 

 flower — from S. J. Goddard; Afterglow 

 and a pink seedling from Wm. Nichol- 

 son and Apple Blossom, a fine white, 

 from Wa-No-Ka Greenhouses. The 

 last named and Goddard's Priscilla 

 were given honorable mention as were 

 also seedlings No. 50-24 and 133 from 

 M. A. Patten. Robert Rust, James 

 Salter, Chas. S. Strout, M. A. Patten 

 and D. J. Kerrigan were also repre- 

 sented by exhibits of high quality 

 not entered for competition. 



The Roses. 



There were two notable novelties on 

 exhibition in this department. White 

 Killarney from Waban Rose Conser- 

 vatories and Mrs. Jardine from Robert 

 Scott & Son, Philadelphia. Both of 

 these gems have been illustrated and 

 described in previous numbers of 

 HORTICULTURE. There seems no 

 doubt that each will shortly take a 

 position in the lead in commercial 

 rose growing of this country. Mr. 

 Scott was the proud recipient of a 

 silver medal for Mrs. Jardine. The 

 flowers maintained their freshness and 

 marvellous symmetry throughout the 

 show and their perfume attracted 

 crowds of admirers. Two large vases 

 of special American Beauties from 

 Waban Rose Conservatories and Carl 

 Jurgens were a centre of attraction. 

 W. W. Elliott staged a vase of 

 Kaiserins exceptionally fine and R. T. 

 McGorum showed good Brides and 

 Bridesmaids. Thomas Pegler and H. 

 F. Calder were the only exhibitors of 

 violets. 



The Vegetables. 



The vegetable display occupied the 

 basement hall and had its full share 

 of admirers. We have already re- 

 ferred to the Foster exhibit. B. L. 

 Lewis got a silver medal for celery 

 and won first prize with an invincible 

 collection of remarkable extent ar- 

 ranged for effect, followed by Edw. 

 Parker and Walter Warburton. Joseph 

 Thorpe won a brone medal for celery. 

 All the regular classes in the vegetable 

 department were fully contested by a 

 large number of exhibitors. Honor- 

 able mention was awarded to A. H. 

 Wingett for onion Ailsa Craig and 

 C. A. Stone for potatoes Breck's Pride 

 and Delaware. 



Zonal Geraniums. 



A handsome display of zonal geran- 

 ium trusses of more than usual merit 

 was made by some unrecorded exhibi- 

 tor. The name could not be obtained 

 hence no award could be made by the 

 committee. Among the most striking 

 varieties were Mons. Poirler, deep 

 pink; Mrs. Randall Barnes, white with 

 pink centre; Miss Dorothy Borroughs, 

 daybreak pink; Mons. Hamelin, salmon 

 pink with light edge. 



THE CHICAGO SHOW. 



Chicago is always spectacular — or 

 aims to be — in flower shows as in all 

 things else. "Twenty carloads of flow- 

 ers", we are informed, went into the 

 great show which opened a week ago 

 at the Coliseum. "Carloads" are a 

 favorite standard of measurement in 



AN INCIDENT OF THE CHICAGO SHOW. 



"No snch "fciul of the flowers' ever was 

 known .qs will be waged tomorrow, wlien 

 the beautiful Jlrs. Marshall Field rose will 

 vie with tbe Mis. Potter Palmer rose for 

 the supremacy of the floral world. 



"Already $50,000 has been offered and re- 

 fused for the Mrs. Marshall Field rose. 



" 'Bah!' says the owner of the Mrs. Pot- 

 ter Palmer rose: 'it is a great price for a 

 rose, but not nearl.y so tuuch as m.v rose, 

 the grandest in the world, is worth.' " — 

 Chicago American. 



Chicago, while Boston's ambition is 

 appeased with crates or arms-full! 

 Under these circumstances what could 

 our friend. Alderman Peter Reinberg, 

 do but to refuse the paltry $50,000 

 offered for his Mrs. Marshall Field 

 rose, and if Mr. Poehlmann said "Bah " 

 it was simply the exuberance of the 

 same expansive spirit. We do not 

 blame Mr. Reinberg, for money is no 

 object when one's children are con- 

 cerned, and we hope he will make 

 twice that amount on his pet rose 

 and that HORTICULTURE will get a 

 goodly share of the advertising when 

 the time comes, although unwittingly 

 left out in the cold in the matter of 

 advertising the show. 



This was the 16th annual exhibition 

 of the Horticultural Society of Chi- 

 cago and it was a worthy successor of 

 a line of notable events characterized 

 by enthusiasm, industry and novelty. 

 The chrysanthemums — plants and 

 flowers — were of the highest quality 

 and the arrangement with sod and 

 lawn effect was highly pleasing to the 

 eye. The retail booths, which made 

 such a feature of the last two exhibi- 

 tions, were not so much in evidence 

 this year, much to be regretted, as 

 they were splendid attractions. There 

 was a varied display of nursery stock 

 in the department assigned to this 

 material and the trade exhibits were 

 enterprising as usual, among the best 

 being the Foley and Moninger en- 

 tries of sample greenhouses made 

 from their building material. During 

 the week covered by the show, special 

 features such as roses, carnations, 

 floral decorations, etc.. were assigned 

 to each day. In the present abun- 

 dance of flowers among the commer- 

 cial growers conditions were favor- 



able to liberality, and the display of 

 roses was particularly showy. Full 

 report and comment on the exhibition 

 as a whole should have reached us 

 by this time, but our readers will find 

 it no less interesting reading in next 

 week's issue. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



Choice flowers, fruit and vegetables 

 from many of the principal country 

 places of the North Shore, filled Pem- 

 broke Hall, Glen Cove, N. Y., with 

 their fragrance and beauty this week, 

 when the third annual exhibition of 

 the Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held. John F. Johnson, gar- 

 dener for Paul Dana, carried off the 

 honors in the chrysanthemum classes. 

 He took first in group of 50 square 

 feet, 18 blooms, 6 varieties; 12 blooms, 

 distinct varieties; Weber & Don spe- 

 cial, 6 distinct varieties; Mrs. Paul 

 Dana special 9 distinct varieties, and 

 the F. L. Humbert special for largest 

 bloom in the show. Other prize win- 

 ners in the chrysanthemum classes 

 were E. Bennett, gardener for R. L. 

 Beeckman; H. F. Meyer, gardener for 

 G. R. Sheldon: Valentine Cleres, gar- 

 dener for P. S. Smithers; S. J. Trepess, 

 gardener for J. Roger Maxwell and 

 William Eccles gardener for Mortimer 

 Schiff. 



Mr. Meyer, Mr. Cleres and Alexander 

 Lothian divided honors in the rose 

 classes. Mr. Meyer won Mrs. John 

 Alvin Yoimg's special for American 

 Beauty roses, and Mrs. E. R. Ladew's 

 cup for roses. The carnation prizes 

 were well distributed. William Eccles 

 led, winning among other prizes the 

 Scott Bros.' cup for 50 carnations ar- 

 ranged for effect, the Boddington prize 

 for orchids, the Pierson cup for 25 

 Winsor carnations, and the Schiff cup, 

 valued at $50, for 25 carnations, one 

 variety. H. F. Meyer was one of the 

 leading exhibitors and has eleven 

 prizes to his credit, including the 

 Ladew and Youngs special for 

 roses. His exhibit of Ameri- 

 can Beauties was very fine. 

 In the classes for commercial growers, 

 C. F. Bertanzel made fine exhibits, tak- 

 ing firsts for 100 carnations, 25 white, 

 25 pink and 25 red, as well as silver 

 medal for best collection. 



Henry Matz, gardener for L. J. Bus- 

 by, was awarded 1st for 25 chrysan- 

 themums arranged for effect, showing 

 a group that was exceedingly attrac- 

 tive. He also won the Mackenzie 

 special for vase of cosmos: first for 

 bridal bouquet, for foliage plant, for 

 three ferns, for Asparagus Sprengeri 

 and the Trepess special for single 

 chrysanthemums. Frank Petrocia, 

 gardener for John Alvin Young, took 

 many prizes in violets and the Peter 

 Henderson & Co. prizes for vegetables. 

 James Holloway, gardener for the 

 Pratt estate, led all exhibitors in the 

 display of fruit, and outdoor chrys- 

 anthemums. Mr. Holloway wa^3 

 awarded the Titus & Bowne special for 

 best collection of fruit, the Troy cup 

 for collection of outdoor roses, second 

 on Burnett Bros, special for 100 sin- 

 gle violets and numerous firsts on ap- 

 ples, pears and grapes. 



Mr. .Johnston had as good success in 

 vegetables as in chrysanthemums. He 

 won the first for best twelve varieties, 

 vegetables; first in Rickards Bros. 



