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H ORT1 CU LTURE 



October 11 



1 1 ; h outclassed by the big displays 



from tie more generally recogn 

 apple ■ l! "" 



ing, was made bj Mansfield Bros, oi 

 Endicott. it consisted of a half-dozen 



of appli A card annoui 

 that the truit was grown in a district 

 where there has not been rain enough 

 lasl spring to wet the ground 

 for an Inch below the surface. _ _ 



There w< re numerous other exhibits, 

 among them a display of grapes and 

 byproducts by Robert Schleicher of 

 Lewiston, Idaho, which won the first 

 prize in that class. Other prizes were 

 -non by the Yakima County Horticul- 

 tural Qnion, the Hazel-wood farms, 

 Wright Brothers, Chelan, Wash.; Che- 

 ney Horticultural Society. Benton 

 County, Wash.; S. Gatten, Mead, 

 Wash.': Commercial Club. Sandpoint, 

 Idaho, and Vineland. Wash. 



WASHINGTON CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SHOWS. 

 The two chrysanthemum shows 

 which are on the tapis this week are 

 (barring the election) the principal 

 topics of conversation. The one at the 

 Propagating Gardens comprises entire- 

 ly the single-stemmed varieties. 

 There are twelve hundred plants and 

 more than four hundred varieties and 

 very few are under ten feet in height. 

 Considering the extremely hot weather 

 lor this season of the year the blooms 

 are in a wonderfully fine, condition. 

 This exhibit closes on the 30th. 



The exhibit at. the Agricultural De- 

 partment is of a more varied nature, 

 comprising both Pompons and the 

 Japanese variety. The former were in 

 magnificent profusion, among them 

 being a good many seedlings, some of 

 190S. The one plant which seemed to 

 attract especial attention by its origin- 

 ality was an English importation, 

 -What. Ho," of the thread variety and 

 of a bright canary yellow. 



COMING EVENTS. 



St. Louis. Mo.— Si. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society . No\ . 3, 6. 



Hartford. Conn.- Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Societj chrysanthemum show, 

 Nov. 3, I. 5, Unity Hall. 



Shreveport. La.- State Fair. Novem- 

 ber 3, 4, 5. 



Worcester. Mass. Worcestei Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society, annual meet- 

 in-, Nov. 4; chrysanthemum show, 

 Nov. 12. 



Red Bank, N. J.— Monmouth Horti- 

 cultural Society and Elberon Horticul- 

 tural Society, joint chrysanthemum 

 show, Nov. 4, 5. 



Tarrytown, N. Y.— Horticultural So- 

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



Glen Cove, N. Y. — Nassau County 

 Horticultural Society, show, Nov. 5, 6. 

 Elmira, N. Y— Civic Improvement 

 League and Horticultural Society, 

 chrysanthemum show, Nov. 5, 6, 7, 

 Women's Federation Building. 





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ZINNIA RED RIDING HOOD. 

 This is the most refined and perfect 

 little gem we have yet seen in zinnias. 

 The flowers are about an inch in dia- 

 meter, deep crimson, perfectly double, 

 showing no stamens in centre. Excel- 

 lent substance and fine form. Grows 

 about 12 inches In height and makes 

 a Rrst-class edging or line subject, also 

 is excellent for cutting. Zinnias as a 

 rule lack grace and finish, but Red 

 Riding Hood is a notable exception. 

 As seen growing in the Dreer trial 

 grounds it is one of the noteworthy 

 attractions and calls forth encomiums 

 from every visitor. G. C. W. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM INDIANA. 

 The creamy white seedling chrysan- 

 themum which received honorable 

 mention at the recent meeting of the 

 Gordeners" and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton has been given the name of In- 

 diana by the joint introducers, The 

 Knopf Floral Co., of Richmond, 

 Ind.. and S. J. Reuter & Son, Westerly, 

 R. I. It will be again exhibited at 

 the National Flower Show in Chicago. 



Denison, Texas— Denison Civic Im- 

 provement League, show, November 

 11, 12, 13. 



New Orleans, La.— N. O. Horticul- 

 tural Society, chrysanthemum and 

 flower show, Nov. 12, 13, 11. 15. 



Washington, D. C— American Asso- 

 ciation of Farmers' Institute Workers, 

 Nov. 16, 17. 



Pittsburg, Pa.— The National Muni- 

 cipal League and the American Civic 

 Association, annual meeting, Novem- 

 ber 17-20. 



Baltimore, Md — Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Dec. 1, 2, 3, Fifth Regt. Armory. 



Spokane. Wash. — National Apple 

 Show Association, Dec. 7-12. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — American Carna- 

 tion Society. .Ian. 27, 28, 1909. 



Baton Rouge, La. — Director Dodson 

 and Horticulturist Burnette, of the 

 State University Experiment Station, 

 are preparing plans for the embellish- 

 on ci "i the Capitol grounds in a i oi 



a e with a reo pasi e<l by the 



House. 



.pLOWERSHOW 

 foliseurr, M'dy.6 -14 



Chicago. 111.— National Flower Show, 

 Society of American Florists, Nov 6-14. 

 Boston, Mass.— Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Chrysanthemum 

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



New Haven, Conn.- New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society, show. 

 Nov. it), 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. 



Lake Geneva, Wis.— Gardeners' and 

 Foremen's Association, chrysanthe- 

 mum exhibition, Nov. 11, 12. 



Providence, R. I.— R. I. Horticultural 

 Society. Nov. 11. 12. fall exhibition. 



New York. N. Y.— American Insti- 

 tute of New York, chrysanthemum 

 show. Nov. 11-13. Berkeley Lyceum 

 Building. Horticultural Society of 

 New York, annual exhibition, Nov. 17, 

 18. 19. 



A PITTSBURGH SHOW PLACE. 



The beautiful conservatories of A. 

 R. Peacock were opened to the public 

 Oct. 21st. The exhibit here this year 

 is considered by the many visitors to 

 be the best yet. The chrysanthemums, 

 although late struck stock, are quite 

 up to, if not above, the standard of 

 pre\ ions years. 



Supt. T. P. Jenkinson is more than 

 pleased and in future intends to de- 

 pend almost entirely upon late struck 

 stock, which, he claims, is not only 

 much easier to grow, but is also very 

 much easier to arrange, the lowering 

 of the stages not being necessary. 

 Some very fine flowers of Harrison 

 Dick, Pres. Viger, Gleneven, Mr. J. 

 Dunn, Ethel Fitzroy, Valerie-Green- 

 ham, Mrs. Brooks, and Beatrice May 

 are amongst the best. While the 

 chrysanthemums form the greater por- 

 tion of the exhibit, in some compart- 

 ments the side benches are devoted to 

 fine specimen plants of cyclamens. Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine and Primula 

 obconica intermixed with schizanthus, 

 celosia, Lilittm Harrisii and other sea- 

 sonable subjects. 



The stove house is particularly at- 

 trai live with foliage plants. A charm- 

 ing effect is produced in one compart- 

 ment by a fine arrangement of Cattleya 

 labiata, Odontoglossum grande, Oncl- 

 dium varicosum, lily of the valley, 

 Lilium Harrisii and adiantums. 



Mr. Jenkinson is always striving 

 after novelties in the subjects for his 

 exhibits and in the form of arrange- 

 ment, and usually evolves some scheme 

 by which his display, instead of being 

 a repetition of former exhibits or of 

 those seen elsewhere, is always an ex- 

 position of the best that cultural skill 

 can produce combined with artistic 

 taste in arrangement. 



ilr. Jenkinson gave us a courteous 

 guidance over the rose, carnation and 

 propagating sections. The roses are 

 nice clean, healthy plants, for Pitts- 

 burg, and the carnations are as fine a 

 batch of Enchantress, Lawson, Winsor 

 and Nelson Fisher as could be seen 

 anywhere. J. HUTCHINSON. 



The New England Nurseries, Bed- 



Bftass., have made plans and spe- 



imis for the improving of the 



,,! of the Crosby Estate at Ed- 



.. nown. and a pait of the work ha 



ready been carried out. The housi 



on this estate is over 200 years oh! and 



the treatment of the grounds will bs 



in keeping with the place. 



