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HORTICULTURE 



November 23, 190T 



novelty was awarded to J. Dietrich 

 for Alocasia Staudnereifolia; second 

 prize to D. W. Coolidge for Ficus pan- 

 durata. A special award of merit in 

 the novelty class was made to Miss 

 Sara Reese for a collection of Bur- 

 bauk's Lemou ball marigold. The 

 aquatic exhibitions of E. D. Sturte- 

 vant and W. Hertrich, though not for 

 competition, were noteworthy. P. D. 

 Barnhard had a very interesting bo- 

 tanical exhibit which caused much 

 comment and was one of the prime 

 attractions. 



LAKE GENEVA GARDENERS' AND 

 FOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The Lake Geneva Gardeners' and 

 Foremen's Association held their third 

 annual exhibition Friday and Satur- 

 day, Nov. 15th and 16th. This show 

 far surpassed either of the previous 

 exhibitions in point of beauty and 

 management, as well as quality of 

 blooms and plants shown. Another 

 feature of this year's show was the 

 large exhibitions of vegetables. A. .1. 

 Smith and H. W. Illenberger were 

 managers of the show. Emil Buett- 

 ner was judge. 



Among the winners of awards were. 

 J J. Mitchell, gardener A. J. Smith; 

 George Sturges, gardener Wm. Wahl- 

 stedt, R. T. Crane, gardener Axel 

 Johnson; Kellog Fairbanks, gardener 

 Ed. Sandgren; C. L. Hutchinson, gar- 

 dener Wm. G. Longland; N. W. Har- 

 ris, Nathan Dickenson in the chrysan- 

 themum, carnation and violet classes: 

 Mrs. R. N. Isham, gardener Robert 

 Sampson, E. L. Jones, M. A. Ryerson, 

 gardener Miles Barratt, Mrs. McCrea, 

 C C. Bayles were prominent in the 

 vegetable classes. Poehlmann Bros, 

 showed some grand roses including 

 their new Mrs. Potter Palmer and Ju- 

 lius Roehrs Co., were represented by 

 a fine display of orchids. 



After the close of the show Saturday 

 e\ening, the members of the associa- 

 tion entertained the visitors at a ban- 

 quet of the old-fashioned fraternal 

 type. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The annual fall exhibition of this 

 society was held in the Churchill 

 House. Providence, on Nov. 14 and 15. 

 The show was under the management 

 of William Appleton and was said to 

 be the best fall display ever made 

 by the society. Seth A, Borden of 

 Fall River was an extensive exhibitor 

 of chrysanthemums, orchids, carna- 

 tions and violets; John Macrae of 

 chrysanthemums and carnations; Wil- 

 liam Hill, decorative plants; J. H. 

 Gushing. Quidnick, a large line of car- 

 nations, T. T. Dodge. Howard, violets; 

 F. Macrae & Son, roses; E. E. King, 

 Attleboro, carnations in variety; 

 Charles Faust. Cranston, chrysanthe- 

 mums; Albert Holscher. Johnston, 

 Princess violets; John Gerrard, Bris- 

 tol, violets and carnations; L. A. 

 Bloomer, Pawtuxet. chrysanthe- 

 mums; William Appleton, large col- 

 lection of palms and ferns, extending 

 the length of the south side of the 

 hall; N. D. Pierce. Norwood, a variety 

 of plants; F. A. Luther, an extensive 

 group of ferns; L. R. Peck of West 

 Barrington, orchid blooms, and there 

 were many line fruit exhibits. A. A. 

 Hixon of Worcester, Mass.. was Judge. 



NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SO- 

 CIETY OF ENGLAND. 

 Grand Autumn Exhibition. 



Favored by a fine day for the open- 

 ing and also with a large number of 

 visitors, the grand autumn show of 

 this old established society opened on 

 the 6th of November under the most 

 auspicious circumstances. In every 

 way the organizing committee must 

 have felt great encouragement, for the 

 variety, quality and number of the ex- 

 hibits were decidedly far in advance of 

 the past year or two. As we wandered 

 around the show many and frequent 

 were the expressions of high apprecia- 

 tion that we heard fall from the lips 

 of visitors, and indeed they were well 

 justified. 



The huge massive trade and other 

 miscellaneous exhibits must claim our 

 first attention, and in this section of a 

 peculiarly high order of merit was the 

 vast floral artistic composition set up 

 with great skill and remarkable aes- 

 thetic effect by H. J. Jones, who de- 

 servedly received a large gold medal 

 for his wonderful display. It consisted 

 of an immense circular group 95 feet 

 in circumference, arranged on a green 

 cloth floor covering with a dark green 

 silk edging crumpled in wavy, irregu- 

 lar folds. The flowers, many of them 

 gigantic cut blooms of the finest Jap- 

 anese varieties, were set up in tall 

 bamboo stands, in large Japanese por- 

 celain vases, while those in front were 

 arranged in small vases a few inches 

 to a foot in height. Autumn foliage, 

 palms, and many varieties of decora- 

 tive chrysanthemums were interspersed 

 throughout the group at intervals, and 

 the whole arrangement formed an ob- 

 ject lesson in the art of floral decora- 

 tion worthy of imitation. 



Norman Davis also had a large gold 

 medal for a fine group which, if small- 

 er in area, was at least equally inter- 

 esting as an artistic composition. In 

 large bamboo stands, each holding a 

 great number of monster Japanese in 

 vases and baskets similarly furnished, 

 we noted some grand flowers, mostly 

 novelties of recent introduction, which 

 we may probably describe at a later 

 date. 



A gold medal was awarded to J. 

 Peed and Sons for a very prettily ar- 

 ranged circular group edged with Iso- 

 lepis gracilis. Ornamental foliage 

 plants, feins and smilax were well 

 mingled with the chrysanthemums, 

 which were of a high order of merit. 

 Decoratives and singles were used for 

 the purpose of lightening the effect of 

 the bolder and more massive Japs. 



William Wells & Co. staged a collec- 

 tion on a long table, and here, too, 

 singles and ornamental foliage plants 

 were freely and judiciously used. A 

 silver gilt medal was awarded for this 

 group. Phillip Ladds had a fine deco- 

 rative mixed group edged with small 

 ferns in pots and a border of small 

 pelargoniums, palms, heaths, aspidis- 

 tras and other subjects making a most 

 effective display, for which he also re- 

 ceived a gold medal. J. W. Cole 

 showed another decorative group, 

 mostly of Calvafs novelties for 1907, 

 some of which are evidently suitable 

 to our less favored climate. 



Hobbies Limited had a show of their 

 own in three main divisions, and a 

 gold medal was deservedly awarded for 

 it. One side portion was formed en- 



tirely of roses most daintily arranged 

 and greatly admired by numerous lady 

 visitors. 'The chrysanthemums which 

 formed the middle section of the group 

 were mostly singles. On the extreme 

 left were dahlias in grand form and 

 mostly of the giant decorative sorts. 

 A lovely exhibit came from T. S. 

 Ware & Co., consisting of decorative 

 dahlias in the rear with fine bunches 

 of carnations in front. Henry Cannell 

 & Son had also a good miscellaneous 

 group. Zonal pelargoniums were in 

 the highest possible form and among 

 the chrysanthemums we noted the 

 grand new Incurved Romance, several 

 of Calvat's new seedlings, etc., the 

 whole group, which was ornamented 

 with autumn foliage, etc., receiving a 

 large gold medal. Some fine singles, 

 were also noted in this exhibit. W. J. 

 Godfrey had a very large table exhibit 

 of chrysanthemums, and a gold medal 

 was awarded to his lot. Big blooms 

 and new singles were the leading fea- 

 tures here. Another trade exhibit of 

 carnations was staged by J. Peed & 

 Sons. 



In the great competitive classes, 

 there were some noble exhibits both, 

 in vases and on the old show boards. 

 Competition was keen in most cases, 

 and the 4S Japanese and the 36 In- 

 curved were well filled. So, too, were 

 the various vase classes. Quality in 

 each division was a leading feature, 

 and we noticed in the Japanese classes 

 generally and the Incurved section 

 some grand flowers. 



The anemone flowered varieties al- 

 though not shown in any great num- 

 bers were well represented, and in 

 these days of great size it is interest- 

 ing to see them when nicely developed 

 and the centers well filled. There 'S 

 in this section nothing very new or 

 novel, most of the leading show sorts, 

 being of old introduction. Market va- 

 rieties were also provided for. There 

 was an interesting class for 18 Japan- 

 ese novelties. Two well-known Eng- 

 lish raisers, viz., Norman Davis and 

 George Mileham, competed with neat- 

 ly set up stands. 



William Dane showed a nice little 

 lot of conifers and hardy shrubs. Joha 

 Laing & Sons staged a fine group of 

 foliage plants on a table. W. Sand- 

 ford & Co. had another table of single 

 chrvsanthemums In vases. 



The Floral Committee held a meet- 

 ing. The varieties, George Mileham 

 and Romance both received first 

 class ce:-tificateE. The same award 

 was made to Freda Bedford, a decora- 

 tive market variety, and to the fol- 

 lowing singles: E. Nottell, Crowik 

 Jewel Improved, Elsie Matthews, C. 

 Robfant; also to Felton's Favorite, a 

 market decorative. 



Ve,getables were also shown, and 

 there were many dinner table decora- 

 tions, vases, bouquets, and other floral 

 compositions where artistic talent Is 

 required. Most of these were much 

 admired by the visitors. Some very- 

 choice tables of fruit were staged by 

 several exhibitors. The British Col- 

 umbia Government also staged fruit 

 packed in boxes and baskets. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



Porter Bros., vegetable forcers, of 

 Danversport. Mass., have lost a large 

 crop of cucumbers through having 

 painted the heating pipes in two of 

 their greenhouses. 



