November 16, 1&07 



HORTICULTURE 



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Sierman, Alex. Gumming, Jr., and 

 John Gerard and their clirysanthemum 

 awards were as follows: — Large flow- 

 ering, cut blooms: J. F. Huss, 31 va- 

 rieties, diploma; Peter Zuger, 25 va- 

 rieties, diploma; J. A. Weber, 20 va- 

 rieties, certificate of merit; E. F. Mc- 

 Dermott, honorable mention. Peter 

 Zuger, pompons, 35 varieties, diploma. 

 J. A. Weber, two large standards, di- 

 ploma and certificate of merit; J. F. 

 Huss, ditto. J. F. Huss, bush plants, 

 two diplomas. J. A. Weber, bush 

 plant, diploma. J. F. Huss, collection 

 pompons in 6-inch pots, diploma. Carl 

 Peterson, collection, diploma. Gustav 

 Minge collection, honorable mention. 

 ALEX. GUMMING. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The thirteenth annual flower show 

 of the New Jersey Floricultural So- 

 ciety was held in the new hall of the 

 Woman's Club in East Orange on the 

 7th and 8th insts. and called forth the 

 usual best efforts of the well-known 

 growers of its section. The effective 

 lighting of the hall both by day and 

 night added much in setting off its 

 Intrinsic merit and the wealth of 

 greenhouse products brought to it by 

 its talented representatives of the gar- 

 dener's profession. 



Three large pyramidal groups occu- 

 pied the centre of the floor space, con- 

 sisting of palms, ferns and chrysan- 

 themums rendered particularly effec- 

 tive by the skillful introduction of 

 many finely colored crotons and edged 

 with selaginella, peperomias and other 

 plants. A bank of orchids backed by 

 palms and edged with Adiantum Far- 

 leyense occupied the proscenium and 

 screened the musicians. Tables around 

 the hall served to hold cut flowers, 

 fruit and vegetable contributions. At 

 one side was an elaborate mantel de- 

 sign by Geo. Smith consisting of au- 

 tumn leaves, palms and ferns with a 

 centre of orchids occupying the shelf 

 and side groups of chrysanthemums 

 upon the floor. The attendance at 

 times was crowded and consisted large- 

 ly of the lady patronesses of the show 

 and their friends representing the 

 various social sets of the Oranges. 



Besides the competitive portion of 

 the show were displays made by Lager 

 & Hurrell of orchids without acces- 

 sories other than themselves, eluci- 

 dating the principles of John E. Lager 

 so often expressed, that the orchid re- 

 quires no ornament to set it off and 

 during the evening he demonstrated to 

 an admiring crowd how the centre of 

 cattleya was strengthened ir. effect by 

 the immediate proximity of the cypri- 

 pediums upon its border and the onci- 

 diums and laelia background, while 

 the- paler Eldorado acted as a foil to 

 its more florid labiata and Percivaliana 

 neighbors. 



Joseph A. Manda staged a group of 

 his own hybrid specialties with some 

 well-flowered epidendrums and oni-i- 

 diums. His group of Phoenix Roebel- 

 lini with a centre Firus pandurata was 

 much admired. W. A. Manda contri- 

 buted a collection of conifers and box 

 in pots and his variegated privet, also 

 a specimen Nephrolepis "South 

 Orange." Henry Hornecker staged 

 some cut flowers among which were 

 carnation Enchantress. 



The awards in the competitive 



Exhibition of N. J. Fi-Oricii-tural Socikty. 



classes for chrysanthemum plants and 

 flowers in specimens and groups, or- 

 chids, foliage plants, were numerous— 

 among the winners of first prizes be- 

 ing JPeter Duff, D. Kindsgi-ab, A. T. 

 Caparn, Max Schneider and George 

 Von Qualen, Peter Duff having the ma- 

 jority of them, and among the winners 

 of second premiums being Wm. Reld, 

 Albert F. Larseu, Geo. Von Qualen and 

 P. J. Dervan, all gardeners on the var- 

 ious private estates in the vicinity. The 

 special prizes were awarded as fol- 

 lows: Peter Henderson & Co.'s for 

 twelve roses to Peter J. Dervan, and 

 for display of vegetables to A. T. 

 Caparn; F. R. Pierson's for Winsor 

 carnations to Wm. Reid; J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co.'s for display of vegetables 

 grown from Thorburn's seeds to Peter 

 Duff; George Smith's for exhibitor 

 winning most first prizes to Peter Duff. 

 The judges were J. N. May, C. H. At- 

 kins and A. J. Manda. 



MARIN COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The first annual exhibition of the 

 Marin County Horticultural Society 

 fulfilled the most sanguine expecta- 

 tions and was without a doubt the best 

 floral exhibit ever held in the state. 

 The only drawback was that the hall 

 —the largest in town— was not large 

 enough, and the exhibits were neces- 

 sarily crowded. Society turned out in 

 full force, and there was a splendid 

 attendance from all around the bay. 

 The exhibitors were not confined to 

 Marin County; San Mateo County was 

 largely represented, as well as San 

 Francisco and Alameda Counties. En- 

 tries were made in all classes, except 

 for carnations grown outside of Cali- 

 fornia, and competition was very keen 

 especially in chrysanthemums, and 

 dahlias in Class A. 



In the open class in chrysanthemums 

 H. L. Goertzhain of Redwood City car- 

 ried off the honors in white and yel- 

 low with Domoto Brothers of Fruit- 

 vale a close second: while in pink, any 

 other color, and 12 distinct varieties 

 the first all went to Geo. Draycott of 

 San Rafael. Domoto Brothers got 

 first for best and largest single bloom 

 and A. W. Foster (Richard Lohrman, 



gardener) and Mrs. J. F. Boyd second 

 in the last four-mentioned numbers. 

 In the Marin County section white, 

 yellow, pink and any other color, the 

 firsts went to A. W. Foster, Geo. Dray- 

 cott, F. B. Anderson (W. Buehl, gar- 

 dener) and Geo. Draycott respectively. 

 Mrs. W. H. Crocker (H. McLean, gar- 

 dener) won the society's silver cup 

 for the best display. In the dahlia sec- 

 tion G. A. Pope of Burlingame (Wm. 

 Kittlewell, gardener) took firsts on 

 Cactus, Show and Pompon and the 

 silver cup for best and largeset collec- 

 tion. The first in Decorative went to 

 F. B. Anderson while S. E. Slade of 

 Menlo (Chas. Ehrlick, gardener) got 

 first on single. The prize for the best 

 seedling went to J. A. Donahue of 

 Menlo (W. W. Garter gardener). 



J. A. Garbone of Berkeley took all 

 the firsts in the carnation section, T. 

 W. Breen of Glenwood Nursery second 

 on white, red and variegated, Domoto 

 Bros, second on pink. T. P. Redmayne 

 of Hotel Rafael gardens took first on 

 collection of roses, outdoor grown 

 roses, exhibit of cut fiowers and six 

 flowering plants. Geo. Draycott car- 

 ried the firsts respectively on chrysan- 

 themums in 6-in. pot, collection of 

 potted chrysanthemums and on collec- 

 tion of ferns won the silver cup. Mrs. 

 Gerstle of San Rafael (F. Miller, gar- 

 dener) took first on decorative plant 

 and specimen fern. Jno. A. Martin of 

 Ross secured the gold cup for display 

 or orchids, and the Schluter cup for 

 best display of the show. 



In class C the honors went to the 

 Forrest Floral Co. of San Francisco 

 for the most artistic floral design. 

 Very fine non-competitive decorative 

 exhibits were made by Jno. A. Martin 

 of Ross and H. Schluter of Laurel 

 Grove Nursery. San Rafael. 



T. P. REDMAYNE, Sec 



The chrysanthemum exhibit at the 

 Lyman House, Smith Colege, North- 

 ampton, Mass., Nov. S-15, was larger 

 and better than any previous show. 



The greenhouses of H. H. Rogers, 

 Fairhaven, Mass., were opened to the 

 public from Nov. 7 to 11. Chrysanthe- 

 mums filled two houses and were a 

 magnificent tribute to the skill of 

 James Garthley, the gardener. 



