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horticulture: 



September 26, 1908 



NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The flower show of this soi lety held 

 on September 19, at Norwich, Comi., 

 was a success both in exhibits — the 

 twenty-nine classes scheduled being 

 all well filled — and in attendance. 

 Otis B. Chapman staged over 600 

 varieties of dahlias, among which the 

 new Charles Lanier was pre-eminent; 

 Alex. McClellan bad a large display of 

 single seedlings; J. J. Kennedy, C. A. 

 Norcross and A. W. Pierson also had 

 large dahlia exhibits; B. H. Tracy and 

 John Lewis Childs showed magnificent 

 gladioli; YV. J. Sehoonman fine asters. 

 Other exhibitors were, Mrs. W. C. Lan- 

 man, gardener C. T. Beasley; Mrs. F. 

 L. Osgood, gardener F. Shea; S. A. 

 Gilbert; W. W. Ives; Alfred Mitchell, 

 gardener August Neuman; George S. 

 Palmer. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Vermont Horticultural Society 

 is planning to hold its annual meeting 

 at Montpelier in November. 



The New Hampshire State Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold a three days' 

 meeting at Milford, opening October 20. 



The Kentucky State Horticultural 

 Society held its annual meeting at 

 Louisville Sept. 16, on the State Fair 

 ground. 



At the Michigan State Fair held the 

 week of Sept. 7 the Pontiac Floral Co. 

 secured first prizes on roses, carna- 

 tions and floral designs. 



The Minnesota State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation of St. Paul has incorporate!, 

 with Theodore YVirth, S. D. Dysinger, 

 R. v. Latham. A. S. Swan and E. Na- 

 gel as incorporators. 



The California State Floral Society 

 met on Sent. 11 in San Francisco. Win. 

 Kettlewell exhibited some 200 varieties 

 of dahlias and spoke enthusiastically 

 on their cultivation. 



The last Detroit Florist Club meet- 

 ing was mainly devoted to a discus- 

 sion of the constitution. The latter is 

 being rearranged by a committee of 

 three — Messrs. Maynard, Dilger and 

 Brown. 



The San Diego Floral Association 

 (Calif.) met on Sept. S. A. D. Robin- 

 son spoke instructively on his method 

 of raising asters, of which he showed 

 a fine array, and Miss Kate Sessions 

 followed with interesting remarks. 



At a meet ins of the State Floral 

 Society, Little Rock, Ark., on Sept. 17, 

 C. W. Dickinson of E. H. Hunt. Chica- 

 go, and C. H. Hune, of Memphis, were 

 elected judges for the November flower 

 show. Upwards of $3,000 is offered 

 in prizes. 



The Tri-City Florists met with 

 Harry Bills, Davenport, la., on Sep- 

 tember in and listened to talks on the 

 by John T. Tem- 

 Theo. Rwoldt, and Emil Boehm. 

 Bulb culture, the regulai , for the 

 was must interestingly 

 bandied. 



The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety's exhibit at Providence on Sep- 

 tember IS and 19 presented a fine ar- 

 ray of dahlias and asters, with attrac- 

 tive settings of decorative plants. Mrs. 

 II. \ fahn, Geo. H. Walker, W. Tar- 



box, N. D. Pierce, John Lewis Childs 

 are the familiar names among the ex- 

 hibitors of flowers. Fruits and vege- 

 tables also were temptingly displayed. 



The annual meeting and election of 

 officers of the New England nanlu. 

 Sodety was held in Boston on Septem- 

 ber 17. Officers were chosen as fol- 

 lows: President, William F. Turner, 

 New Bedford; vice-president, Henry 

 Kendall. Newton; secretary, Maurice 

 Kuld, Boston; treasurer, N. Allen Lind- 

 say. Marblehead; executive committee, 

 E5. W. Ela. Woburn; George H. Walk- 

 er, North Dighton; Theodore H. Tyn- 

 dall, Boston; J. P. Bodge. Fall River; 

 W, D. Moon, Lynn. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, exhibition of fruits 

 and vegetables, Oct. 10, 11; Chrysan- 

 themum show, Nov. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Menlo Park, Cailf., Menlo Park Hor- 

 ticultural Society, exhibition, Oct. 15. 



San Rafael, Calif. — Marin County 

 Horticultural Society, flower show, 

 Oct. 17. 



Pasadena, Calif., Pasadena Gardeners' 

 Association, exhibition, Oct- 22, 23, 24. 



Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society, 

 chrysanthemum show, Oct. 28, 29. 



Madison, N. J., Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society, exhibi- 

 tion, Oct. 29, 30. 



St. Louis, Mo., St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society, November 3-6. 



Hartford, Conn., Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Society, chrysanthemum show, 

 Nov. 3. 4, 5, Unity Hall. 



Shreveport, La., State Fair, Novem- 

 ber 3, 4, 5. 



Worcester, Mass., Worcester County 

 Horticultural Society, annual meeting, 

 Nov. 4; chrysanthemum show, Nov. 12. 



Red Bank, N. J., Monmouth County 

 Horticultural Society, show, Nov. 4, 5. 



Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural So- 

 ciety, show, Nov. 4, 5, 6. 



Glen Cove, N. Y., Nassau County 

 Horticultural Society, Oct. 14, Dahlia 

 show; show, Nov. 5, 6. 



Chicago, 111., National Flower Show, 

 Society of American Florists, Nov. 6-14. 



New Haven, Conn., New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society, show, 

 Nov. 10, 11, 12. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society, annual exhibition, 

 Nov. 10, 11, 12, 13, Horticultural Hall. 



Toronto, Ont., Ontario Horticultural 

 Society, exhibition, Nov. 10-14. 



Little Rock, Ark., State Floral So- 

 ciety, show, Nov. 10-25. 



New York, N. Y., American Institute 

 of New York, chryanthemum show, 

 Nov. 11-13, Berkeley Lyceum Building. 



Denison, Texas, Denison Civic Im- 

 provement League, show, Nov. 11, 12, 

 13. 



Washington, D. C. — American Asso- 

 ciation of Farmers' Institute Workers, 

 Nov. 16, 17. 



New York, N. Y., Horticultural 

 Society of New York, annual exhibi- 

 tion, Nov. 17. IS, 19. 



CORRECTION. 



In notes on British Horticulture, 

 issue of September 19, for "Tritoma" 

 read Tritonia i Montbretia i 



SCHOOL EXHIBITIONS. 



I'aiiview School, Yonkers, N. Y., au- 

 ti ii. 1 1 show, Sept. 12. 



N. Brookfield, Mass., Town Improve- 

 ment Association, awarded prizes to 

 school children on Sept. 13. 



Colorado Springs. Colo., Columbia 

 ■ I ool, flower show, Sept. 11. 



West Medway, Mass., products ot 

 school gardens under tbe auspices ot 

 the Improvement Society, Sept. 16. 



The Outdoor Art and Improvement 

 Association, Milwaukee, Wis., award- 

 ed gold and silver medals for exhibits 

 at the annual show on Sept. 17-18. 



The garden work of the school chil- 

 dren of Providence, R. I., closed with 

 an exhibit in Roger Williams Park on 

 the 19th inst. 



The children's garden work was a 

 feature of the exhibit of the Houghton 

 Horticultural Society, Lynn. Mass., 

 Sept. 16-17. many new schools partici- 

 pating this year. 



At Walt ham. Mass., 7S6 children 

 competed for prizes, and 14,654 packets 

 of seed had been sold. The exhibition 

 was held on Sept. 17; $75 was distrib- 

 uted in premiums. 



The exhibit of the Highlands school, 

 Holyoke, Mass.. on the 19th, was the 

 best and largest they ever made. 



FAIRS AND NEIGHBORHOOD 

 SHOWS. 



The Woman's Club of Reading, 

 Mass., held its annual flower show on 

 the 16th and awarded prizes in the 

 children's garden contest. 



"The Herald" of Salt Lake City, 

 has conducted a "Yard Beautiful" con- 

 test this season with most gratifying 

 results. The conclusion reached is 

 that the offer of cash prizes acted as a 

 decided stimulus. 



At the Clinton, Mass., 20th annual 

 fair. Sept. 15, exhibits of orchids by 

 Messrs. Thayer, decorative plants by 



E. W. Breed, chrysanthemums by H. 



F. A. Lange, gladioli by B. H. Tracy 

 and dahlias by J. L. Moore were at- 

 tractions. 



"The Dispatch" of St. Paul, Minn., 

 held its second annual aster show re- 

 cently. Evidently it was not confined 

 to asters, as an exhibit of dahlias re- 

 ceived most favorable comment. Holm 

 & Olson, L. L. May & Co. and other 

 florists lent their aid in decorating the 

 hall, and Messrs. Olson and May were 

 judges. 



AN INTERESTING CARNATION 

 OUTLOOK. 

 A. Roper, the raiser and introducer 

 of that most useful carnation Fair 

 Maid and the superb Bay State, which 

 is to be disseminated this season, has 

 an unusual number of sensational va- 

 rieties among the seedlings of 190S. 

 One of these, a scarlet progeny from a 

 scarlet seedling crossed with Victors ■ 

 is of a most dazzling color. Mr. 

 Roper regards as noteworthy the fact 

 that every plant from rhis cross came 

 true to color. His seedling which was 

 one of the parents came from an un- 

 broken line of reds for several gen- 

 erations back. Victory's ancestry has 

 not, so far as we know, ever been 

 given. Although he had fewer seeds 

 than for a number of years back. Mr. 

 Roper regards the results as the best 

 he has ever had. 



