November 23, 1907 



HORTI CU LTURE 



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taine, W. G. Pascoe gardener to Mr. 

 R. Eflord, J. C. Eddy gardener to Mr 

 A. Haig Sims, Hall & Robinson, Ou- 

 ttrmuut, J. Pldduck, Mt. Royal Parii. 

 F. C Smith gardener to Sir Vvm. Van 

 Hor:i6. Wilshire Bros, and C. A. Svaith 

 gaidener to T. O. Dawes, were the win- 

 ners in the various plant competition^. 

 On cut blooms of chrysanthemums, 

 M(-fsrs. W. G. Pascoe, W. G. Pewtrors, 

 gardener to M. Hugh A. Allen, J 0. 

 Edd} Hall & Robinson, E. J. Haywi.-d 

 gardener to Mr. J. Bresky, C. A. Siui'.h 

 and J. Bennett were the leaders. Hall 

 & Robinson won three firsts on ros35, 

 and all the carnation prizes. Wil 

 shire Bros, cleaned up about every- 

 thing in the floral design department 

 and fern pans. There were some go- ■! 

 fruit and vegetables from T. Petty gar- 

 dener at Royal Victoria Hospital ?r.d 

 C A. Smith, Lorraine begonias !'■ im 

 F. C. Smith and trade exhibits from 

 P. McKenna & Son. 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



"j"he Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society's annual chrysanthemum show 

 was held on November 14 at Worces- 

 ter, Mass. It was an e.Kcellent dis- 

 play and well attended. 



A large collection of palms in the 

 center of the hall was exhibited by 

 H. F. A. Lange, who also showed a 

 corner table of dtcorative plants, a 

 collection of choice roses, a table of 

 Glorie de Lorraine begonias, ferns, 

 etc. Charles D. Mackie had a very 

 good display of chrysanthemums, 

 ferns and palms for exhil)ition only. 



Fred B. Madaus covered the plat- 

 form with palms, and a fine display of 

 carnations was made by H. A. Cook 

 of Shrewsbury. Mrs. J. C. Whitin, 

 George W. Knowlton and Lt-onard 

 Midgley each showed chrysanthe- 

 mums. One corner table contained a 

 collection of decorative plants by E. 

 W. Breed, another of roses and carna- 

 tions by Leonard C. Midgl^y. 



Of th? single varieties good dis- 

 plavs were made by H. F. A. Lange, 

 M. J. Whittall, E. W. Breed and L. C. 

 Midgley. 



COLUMBUS (O.) FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Florists' Club held their annual 

 chrysanthemum show on Nov. 12tii. 

 The exhibits were very Sue, in fact the 

 best that were ever seen in Columbus 

 and competition was very keen. 



Winners in the classes for cut 

 blooms were as follows: C. P. Tor- 

 rey 1st., Munk Floral Co., 2d, and 

 Fifth Ave. Floral Co., 3d on 6 blooms, 

 6 varieties, C. P. Torrey 1st, J. H. 

 Williams 2d on 3 blooms, 3 varieties. 

 Sherman Stephens 1st, Williams 2d on 

 6 blooms 6 varieties, commercial. Muniv 

 Floral Co. won 1st on 3 blooms, 3 va- 

 rieties, 9 blooms, 3 varieties, Torrey 

 special for 6 blooms and Fifth Ave. 

 Floi-al special for 12 blooms. Other 

 winners were E. Metzmaier and Fifth 

 Ave. Floral Co. Franklin Park ex- 

 hibited two fine vases of cut blooms, 

 not entered for competition. 



The show this year was far ahead 

 of expectations and shows what can 

 be done. No doubt, next year the 

 time will be ripe here for a big show 

 and there is no reason why we can 

 not have It. 



The .iudges were Fred Windmiller, 

 A. Hills and Fred Hohenstine. 



THE CHICAGO SHOW. 

 Notes by Uncle John. 



Of new plant.5, there were but few; 

 there must be some worth showing. 

 Ficus pandurata is so large and so 

 good that it fiddles for itself — and it's 

 welcome. Dracaena Mandaiana is the 

 best red dracaena 1 have yet seen (and 

 from I'errea to stricta and terminalis 

 to Youngii I know something). Phoe- 

 nix Roebelini has passed beyond the 

 new plant stage, but it is a plant of 

 so much merit that more attention 

 should be called to it. 



Tlie many available species of ferns 

 not generally known would make a 

 good and profitable display at any ex- 

 hibition. They necessarily need not 

 be commercial kinds. Gentlemen and 

 their gardeners are looking for collec- 

 tions of ferns and other groups. Plant 

 dealers O. K. this and take notice. 



Of the newest and best things the 

 roses were in the lead for the first 

 time. This needs qualification — it's 

 difficult to place them. Many said 

 Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Potter 

 Palmer and Mrs. Jardine were the 

 best three; then the glorious Cardinal 

 and Rhea Reid, and the Princess and 

 Hills No. 83 — a lovely pure carmine 

 rose — the upper and lower surfaces of 

 the petals being of the same .s^hade 

 which is unusual even in yellow and 

 white shades. I predict this will be 

 seen in the first rank. The Hill Co. 

 have never yet shown the capabilities 

 of their seedlings before letting them 

 out. Princess is a fine addition; Rhea 

 Reid improves; the Cardinal is beauti- 

 ful and will stay. Mrs. Jardine is en- 

 tirely distinct; it neither fades nor 

 changes; it is an everlasting keeper 

 and its perfume is like the old damask. 

 Mrs. Potter Palmer is a valuable ad- 

 dition to that class of roses which are 

 so necessary where quantity is re- 

 quired. It will be seen much better 

 later on — and will become popular. 

 Mrs. Marshall Field has improved 

 greatly and is one of the most spark- 

 ling and beautiful new roses — its dis- 

 tinctness is unique. 



Of new carnations, in quantity very 

 short, in quality never better. Raisers 

 of seedlings are getting wise. "It's 

 not how many, but how few." Let 

 this prevail because the few have the 

 best chance. 



Two glorious scarlets — Orland P. 

 Bassett and Rudd's Defiance — are be- 

 yond question of the greatest merit. 

 The "pros and cons" for these two 

 would fill a page of HORTICULTURE. 

 Afterglow will hew out a place equal 

 to Aristocrat, and it's a keeper. Sa- 

 rah Hill is a splendid white and I 

 trust it will be worthy of the name it 

 bears. Sincerity is sure to be a popu- 

 lar white and may displace some of 

 the very foremost ones. 



The "Cabalistic Class"— those under 

 nil, nber- -contained some that surely 

 will be named. Among carnations, 

 Rudd's 2.M0-3A, is a magnificent, large 

 flower, perfectly formed; the color is 

 that of a salmon steak lined with hair- 

 like currant-red lines; a glow per- 

 vades this like a November sunset. 

 Donrer had two good ones not yet 

 named — one a splendid crimson — and 

 Rudd had another without name, 

 which won the sweepstakes and it's 

 time it had a good name. 



Of chrysanthemums, never so few — 

 nearly all good. E. G. Hill Co. and 

 Dorner. Nathan Smith .^ Sons and 



Poehlmann were exhibitors. There 

 were several good ones— better than 

 ordinary; the following are the best, 

 however: Hill's John Lemon, a magnifi- 

 cent deeply built flower of crimson 

 and gold, the crimson orightest and 

 the gold the purest, won the sweep- 

 stakes for the best. Hill's "best six 

 white," Leon Traelle. were Al, as 

 were also Dorner's "best six yellow," 

 24-03. and Smith's "best six darker 

 than Ponnaffon," 95-3-06. These cabal- 

 istic signs are mysterious. If any 

 flower is good enorgh to win a prize 

 it's good enough to have a name or 

 we shall have to study Arabic. Some 

 others were fair but they never looked 

 behind 'em. 



.lOHN THORPE. 



SOUTHEF<N CALIFORNIA HORTI- 

 CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



The fifth serai-annual exhibit of the 

 Southern California Horticultural So- 

 ciety opened in Blanchard Hall, Los 

 Angeles, Thursday evening, November 

 7, at 7.30 o'clock and continued until 

 10.30 P. M., Saturday. This was con- 

 sidered the best and most successful 

 autumn show ever held in southern 

 California. The placing of the prizes 

 was a diflicult task as many of the ex- 

 hibitors refused to accept any awards, 

 claiming they had r.ot entered in com- 

 petition but simply wished to assist 

 in making the show a success. 



The first prizes in chrysanthemums 

 were divided betv/een B. Whitehead 

 of Pasadena and Dr. W. Jarvis Barlow 

 of Los \ngeles. The first prize for 

 twelve blooms, yellow, was awarded to 

 Mr. Wihethead for a remarkable col- 

 lection. All others in the class, red. 

 white, pink, bronze and assorted colors 

 went to Dr. Barlow. The first prize 

 for chrysanthemum novelties 1906-7 

 was awarded to Dr. Barlow. .A.11 Dr. 

 Barlow's entries were gro^^]i by V,'. 

 W. Felgate, head gardener. 



.\wards of merit for specimen plants 

 and singU^ blooms from specimen 

 plants, were awarded to Howard & 

 Smith. Though not grown for exhibi- 

 tion purposes these were exceptionally 

 good. 



The Whittlesay Floral Co. carried 

 off first prizes for carnations in sev- 

 eial classes, as did also The Ocean- 

 side Floral Co. The first prize for 

 carnation rovelties was awarded to 

 Louis G. Horner. An unnamed white 

 variety was the star of the collection 

 and was one of the most notable 

 blooms in the entire show. 



.Miss Sara C. Ktese was awarded 

 first prize for a collection of roses. 

 The California Rose Co. won first 

 awards in thirteen classes of roses. 

 Honorable mention for novelty roses 

 was awarded Howard & Smith. , 



First prize for best display ot 

 dahlias was awarded to Miss Reese. 

 First prize was awarded to C. B. 

 Boothe for collection of chrysanthe- 

 mums and honorable mention for orna- 

 mental palms to Howard & Smith. 

 First for collection of ornamental 

 plants in s?me class was awarded to 

 B. H. Rust. Howard & Smith received 

 the award for best colleclion of flow- 

 ering piants. 



Wr. Coolidge's collection of tropi- 

 cal plants created much interest 

 among local fruit growers as some 

 plants were new and proved to be of 

 great commercial value. 



The first prize for thf best plant 



