November 7, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



607 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The First Annual Fall Flower Snow 

 was held in the big garage building, 

 No. 161 W. Colorado St., Pasadena, 

 Cal., Oct. 22, 23 and .24. From the be- 

 ginning to the end the show was well 

 patronized and proved a success in 

 every way. 



Although chrysanthemums are late 

 for Southern California there were 

 some very fine blooms, measuring from 

 10 to 12 inches in diameter, which were 

 the main attraction of the show. A. 

 Urquhart, gardener to D. R. Cameron, 

 took first piize in all classes. F. S. 

 Allen took first for Maman Cochet 

 roses. Roses at this time of the year 

 are rather scarce, but on the whole. 

 made a very fine exhibit. Special 

 award of merit was given to R. Mac- 

 Kenzie for adiantums and another for 

 a magnificent display of orchids. 



Certificates of merit were awarded 

 to Mrs. W. S. Lourie for gladioli, Rob- 

 ert Pegg for collection of decorative 

 plants and hanging basket of ferns; 

 Park Nursery for hanging basket of 

 ferns; Edward Rust of the Palm Nur- 

 sery for Pandanus Veitchii; Howard 

 & Smith, nurserymen of Los Angeles, 

 one for dwarf Jap. trees and another 

 for dahlias. There was also a good 

 collection of fruit and vegetables. I. 

 Lowe was awarded special prize for 

 black squash: Mrs. M. B. Walsh, two 

 awards for quinces and walnuts; Mrs. 

 Dobbins special for strelitzia and 

 other cut flowers; Rev. W. F. Cornett, 

 collection of celosias; J. J. Broonall, 

 special for sweet-scented dahlias; 

 Louis Fried, special for chrysanthe- 

 mums in pots. 



A very fine display of water lilies, 

 including Victoria Regia from the H. 

 E. Huntington place, grown in the 

 open, though not for competition, was 

 the center of attraction. D. W. Cool- 

 idge was awarded certificate of merit 

 for a most complete collection of eco- 

 nomic plants in California, of which 

 were over fifteen varieties of tropic and 

 semi-tropic fruits grown in Pasadena. 



Ross Seed Store was represented by 

 a fine display of fancy gourds, seeds 

 native plants and fruits. 



H. E. GEORGE. 



EXHIBIT AT NORWICH, CONN. 



A benefit chrysanthemum show un- 

 der the auspicies of the Parish Aid 

 Association was held at the residence 

 of Mrs. Wm. Camp Lanman on Octo- 

 ber 28. The prizes other than the sil- 

 ver ware mentioned in the list were 

 blue, red, yellow and white ribbons. 

 The show was a success. Piazzas •vere 

 closed in and piazzas and rooms de- 

 corated with plants and Japanese lan- 

 terns. The entertainment closed with 

 a dance in the barn on the second 

 evening. The sum of $300.00 was 

 realized. Alfred Flowers, gardener to 

 Mrs. Geo. S. Palmer, Thos. H. Mead, 

 traveler for Schlegel & Fottler and 

 Oswald Laing from the Plant Estate 

 served as judges. 



LIST OF AWARDS. 



In the vase classes for chrysanthemums 

 Mrs. W. C Lanman. gardener Chas. T. 

 Beasley won nine first prizes. Mrs. Frank 

 Roath two firsts, one second and one third, 

 A. S. Gilbert one first and four seconds, 

 Schlegel & Fottler one second, Chas. H. 

 Totty one third. Prizes for best vase ar- 

 ranged for effect, vase of pompons and 

 vase of singles were won by Schlegel & 

 Fottler. (silver tray), Alfred Mitchell, gar- 



dener Bus Newman and Mrs. Lanman re- 

 spectively. The silver cup for best dis- 

 play of named varieties was captured by 

 Thos. W. Head, Mrs. Lanman second. In 

 t lie plant section first prizes were won by 

 Joseph Smith, A. S. Gilbert and Mrs. Lan- 

 nian. A special was awarded to Chas. 11. 

 Totty for collection of singles. The silver 

 tray for .'Ollcctiou of hardy varieties went 

 to Geo. S. Palmer, gardener Alfred Flow- 

 ers. Alfred Mitchell being second. 



Other prize winners were as follows: 

 Basket — Mrs. Lanman. Single violets — 

 Mrs. F. L. Osgood, gardener M. Shea. 

 Double violets — ditto. Cosmos — Geo. Pal- 

 mer, Schlegel & Fottler and Mrs. Lanman. 

 Carnations — Mrs. F. L. Osgood first, Schle- 

 gel & Fottler second and third, in all the 

 classes. Roses — Mrs. F. L. Osgood, silver 

 cup. Begonias — Mrs. Lanman first in two 

 classes, Geduldig Estate in one. Specimen 

 ferns— Geduldig Estate. A special silver 

 cup was presented to Chas. Thos. Beasley, 

 gardener to Mrs. W. C Lanman as the 

 largest exhibitor. 



MARIN COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Marin County Horticultural So- 

 ciety's second annual exhibition held 

 in San Rafael, Cal., Oct. 17, though in 

 many respects not equaling the one 

 held last year was a very creditable 

 affair. As 'mums are chiefly grown 

 out-doors here and the season being 

 somewhat behind the later varieties 

 were shown only in limited numbers. 

 But what was a drawback to the 

 'mums favored the dahlias and the 

 latter were largely shown, some good 

 seedlings being among the number. 

 Many of the newer varieties of roses 

 (grown out-doors) were among the ex- 

 hibits and although among them there 

 were some fine blooms yet it was the 

 wrong time of year for roses to be ai, 

 their best. There was not much com- 

 petition in the carnation class but 

 some of the newer varieties appeared 

 ip good form. One bench contained 

 about two hundred varieties of tuber- 

 ous begonias some of them out-classing 

 anything heretofore shown in this sec- 

 tion. The awards- were as follows: 



Chrysanthemums — A. Taylor, four firsts, 

 including silver cup for best 100 blooms, 

 2 seconds. F. B. Anderson, gardener YV 

 Buehl. 2 firsts. 2 seconds, 3 thirds. Hotel 

 Raphael, gardener T. P. Redmayue, 2 

 firsts, 1 second, 1 third. Mrs. Geo. Coffin, 

 2 firsts. H. E. Bothin, 1 first. A. W. Fos- 

 ter, gardener R. Lohrman, 1 first, 2 sec- 

 onds. I.. E. Douglas, gardener Garensen 



1 first, 1 third. M. H. De Young, gardener 

 P. Uhlmanu, 1 first, 1 second. Geo. A. 

 1'epe, l second. 



Dahlias—A. W. Foster, 2 firsts, 1 second, 

 3 thirds. Geo. Pope, 2 firsts, including 

 silver cup for best collection of 100, 3 sec- 

 onds. F. B. Anderson, 1 first, 1 second, 1 

 third. M. Madsen, 1 first. W. H. Crocker 

 1 first, 1 second. M. H. De Young, 2 

 thirds. S. E. Slade, 1 second. 



Carnations— J. A. Carbone, first on 25 

 white. 2", pink, 25 red, best seedling and 

 best collection; H. E. Bothin, second best 

 pink. 



Roses Twenty-five roses grown outside, 

 J. A. Carbone, first; S. E. Slade, second. 



Gladiolus — A. W. Foster. 



Garden flowers— G. A. Pope, first; Mrs. 

 Jones, San Rafael, T. Pomus, gardener, 

 see, mil. 



Chrysanthemum Plants — Three blooms in 

 8 iu. pot, H. E. Bothin, first; F. B. Ander- 

 son, second. Six single flowers in 6 in. 

 pit. F. B. Anderson, first. 



Six flowering plants — H. E. Bothin, first. 



Boston Fern in 12 in. pot — A. w. Foster. 



Decorative. pla at — Mrs. Gerstle, first; H. 

 1-.. Bothin, second. 



Specimen fern — Mrs. Gerstle. 



Group decorative plants and ferns — H. 

 Si hluter, Laurel Grove Nursery, a very 

 hands, mic collection, first; Hotel Rafael, 

 second. 



Bridal bouquet— Forest Floral Co. 



SPECIAL AWARDS. 

 Collection of Tuberous Begonias — H. E. 

 Bothin. 

 Hydrangeas — M. Madsen. 



THOMAS P. REDMAYNE, 

 Secretary. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The thirteenth annual Flower Show 

 of the Morris Co. Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Society fully sustained its repu- 

 tation for putting up a high class 

 show. In arrangement the exhibition 

 was strikingly artistic, and the classes 

 were so placed that when the judges 

 came to pass on them they could go 

 from one class to another in schedule 

 order, thus facilitating ineir work. 

 Practically the same committee of ar- 

 rangements has gratuitously done this 

 win k since the organization of the 

 club, and they improve in this work 

 every year. 



Perhaps the most striking object in 

 the show was Wm. Duckham's central 

 group of single chrysanthemums in 

 many shades and colors, 10 feet high, 

 18 feet diameter. It was surmounted 

 by a fine specimen palm and the vari- 



Chrysanthkmum Show at 1'. S. Department of Agriicclttire 



