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HORTICULTURE 



November 7, 190S 



cms colors were brought out in relief 

 by ihe rare foliage plants used in the 

 group. 

 Arthur Herrington decorated the 



musicians' stage in line taste with 

 palms, sii anthemums, 



Farleyena i i lnysanthe- 



iiiuiii part, and of course thai is the 

 main part, was as good II not better 

 than ever. Win. Duckham carried off 

 the honors u the 6.6's class with 

 Donnellen, Presidenl Viger, C. 

 H. Totty, Montigny, Mrs. X. Davis and 

 Ben Wells. Mr. Duckham showed the 

 possibilities of these varieties. 



There may he wonderful novelties 

 in other parts of the country, but it 

 is certain that Totty has .a half a 

 dozen dandies. C. H Totty which 

 Duckham showed, is a giant crimson 

 and they say floes not scorch. Mrs. O. 

 H. Kali 11 is another whopper in a beau- 

 tiful lir. iii/i'. Ycllnu A. .1, .Miller is 

 better than its progenitors. Pockett's 

 Crimson is fine and so is Lilian War- 

 They ought to make a record 

 in Chicago. Hut all this does not mean 

 that the old ones have passed. Apple- 

 ton is with us yet and Merza, Wm. 

 Duckham, Miss Clay Friek, and the 

 "Biggest Flower in the show," prize 

 lor which our genial past-president, 

 John Heeremans sent a $3.00 check all 

 tin way from "Palmetto Bluffs," S. 

 ('.. where he is now employed laying 

 out ill.- estate for R. T. Wilson Jr., 

 was awarded to a monster bloom of 

 Lady Hopeton. grown by our president, 

 Percy Herbert, of Florham Farms. So 

 once in a while the back numbers are 

 found in front. 



A vase of carnation Georgia, from 

 James D. Cockcroft was very fine, be- 

 ing a novelty of decided merit as 

 shown here. It got a certificate of merit. 

 The carnation classes were well filled 

 and the competition was very keen. 

 Wm. Duckham took the R. D. Foote 

 prize for 100 blooms in four varieties 

 with Enchantress, Pink Enchantress, 

 Robt. Craig and White Perfection, all 

 good varieties. Our rose classes were 

 well filled for this time of year which 

 was an agreeable surprise to many of 

 us. L. A. Noe carried off the honors 

 in American Beauties and in many of 

 the other classes too. Peter Duff had 

 four fine specimen chrysanthemums, 

 and Arthur Herrington had one (Mrs 

 Trantor) with S00 open flowers. 



The vegetable part of the show was 

 perhaps the best we ever had. James 

 Fraser of Cedar Court, won the A. T. 

 Boddington and Peter Henderson 

 prizes. The arrangement was exceed- 

 ingly artistic, this being a requirement 

 in the Boddington prize. H. B. Vyse 

 was a keen second in the vegetable 

 classes and the quality of his stuff 

 was as good as ever shown in Madison. 

 In the groups, John Downing gardener 

 to Dr. McAlpin won the Pierson U-Bar 

 prize with H. B. Vyse a very close 

 second; both groups were 50 sq. ft. 



A fine table decoration of orchids. 

 Farleyense and other choice things was 

 set up by John Jones of Convent. 

 White Klllarneys from F. R. Pierson 

 Co., and Robt. Scow and Sons were 

 grand and certainly did these exhib- 

 itors credit. Certificates of merit 

 were awarded. Nephrolepis superbis- 

 sima from F. R. Pierson Co., and 

 Neph. Scho'.zelei from H. A. Dreer 

 also got certifii merit. H. B. 



Vyse. gardener to A. R. Whitney, had 

 a superb lot of hot house grapes that 

 made people stop and so 



In the roll of honor for winners of 

 first prizes an- Wm. Duckham, James 

 Fraser, John Downing, John J. 

 van, Harold li. Vyse, Peter Duff. Max 

 Sneider. M. It. Mcteall, Philip Cox, C. 

 H. Totty, Wm. Inglis, Arthur Herring- 

 ton, Wm. G. Badgley, J. W. Wagner, 

 L. A. Noe, Ernest E. Wild, Thos. W. 

 Head. H. L. Hand, and Andrew R. 

 Kennedy. And every one of them 

 earned what they got for competition 

 was never so keen nor the standard so 

 uniformly high. 



A few more things should receive 

 especial mention; a display of about 

 fifty plants of Lorraine begonia, pink 

 and white, exteedingly well grown 

 were shown by H. B. Vyse, that cer- 

 tainly did him great credit, and the 

 orchid show of Lager & Hurrell, put 

 a finishing touch to our show. Wm. 

 Muhlmichel's monster Boston fern, too, 

 was admired very much and Wm. F. 

 Lyons' specimen Neph. Whitmanii. 

 Celosia "Cedar Court Perfection" from 

 James Fraser and the orchid display of 

 Ordonez Bros, were worthy of notice. 

 Many more things could be mentioned 

 but neither time nor space will allow. 



E. R. 



PITTSBURG. 



Mention of all the chrysanthemum 

 establishments in the Pittsburg dis- 

 trict would be monotonous to Horti- 

 culture's readers. Yet it would be un- 

 fair to allow the season to pass with- 

 out mentioning the magnificant flow- 

 ers at G. M. Laughlin's. H. Price 

 and his able grower J. Kemp have 

 this year a display second to none in 

 the neighborhood. The newer varie- 

 ties are seen here to their advantage. 

 O. H. Broomhead, purple; Mrs. Girard 

 Foster, white; Mrs. Norman Davis, 

 white; J. C. Neil, pale yellow; Mary 

 Donnellan, yellow; Mrs. Joseph Sin- 

 nott, rosy purple, are all good. W'm. 

 Jennings Bryan has been grown here 

 for years. Mrs. Kemp remarked that 

 he is very long winded but has a poor 

 head. The Schenley Park exhibition 

 which opened Sunday, Oct. 25, is quite 

 up to the standard of previous years. 

 This monster exhibit is as popular 

 as ever, vast crowds passing through 

 the greenhouses daily. Three of the 

 largest compartments are given over 

 entirely to chrysanthemums and in an- 

 other house large groups of solid 

 colors are grouped against the dark 

 green of the permanent temperate 

 plants. In one compartment the colors 

 are mixed; in the remainder massing 

 in solid blocks or grading from white 

 through the varied shades of pink to 

 deep crimson is the plan of arrange- 

 ment. Some of the finest flowers are 

 Mrs. Joseph Sinnott, Mrs. J. C. Neil, 

 Mrs. Davis, W. M. Moir, Mme. Armand 

 Detroyat, Mrs. Jno. E. Dunn, Mrs. Mil- 

 ler, Cheltoni, Beatrice May, Morton F. 

 Plant, Brighthurst, and Mrs. Carring- 

 ton. It is something of a relief after 

 seeing so many chrysanthemums to 

 pass into the other compartments 

 where cyclamens, cosmos, liliums of 

 various species, begonias and other 

 things are tastefully arranged. A 

 number of well-flowered plants of Cat- 

 tleya labiata attracted considerable at- 

 tention. Listening to the comments 

 of the people who visited the green- 

 houses, nearly all of whom seem to 

 take a personal pride in everything 

 connected with these beautiful conser- 

 vatories is not the least enjoyable 

 feature of a Sundav afternoon visit. 



J. H. 



LOCAL FLOWER SHOWS. 



Salem, Mass. — SupL McCue, of 

 nlawn Cemetery, has invited the 

 public to inspect his fine array of 

 chrysanthemums. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — The first flower 

 exhibit at the Lyndale Farmstead 

 opened on Nov. 1. Chrysanthemums 

 are the attraction. 



Winchendon, Mass. — W. W. Rhuland 

 is making an attractive public exhibi- 

 tion of carnation and roses at his 

 Riverside greenhouses. 



Easton, Md. — A chrysanthemum 

 show was held in the rooms of the 

 Mercantile Library during the last 

 week in October, to which many grow- 

 ers made large contributions. 



Clinton, Mass. — F. P. Sawyer, florist 

 of Clinton, Mass., has arranged an at- 

 tractive exhibit at his branch in Shir- 

 ley, for Nov, 6 and 7. C. K. White is 

 his representative. Floral souvenirs 

 will be distributed. 



Schenectady, N. Y. — Chrysanthe- 

 mums were the leading feature at the 

 greenhouses of W. T. Hanson on Oct. 

 31, when the Woman's Auxiliary of the 

 Ellis Hospital held sway, but orchids, 

 carnations and roses were also in evi- 

 dence. 



Burlington, Vt. — The greenhouses at 

 the Experiment Farm were opened to 

 the public last week when the large 

 stock of chrysanthemums was at their 

 best. Prof. Stuart, H. B. de Thestrup 

 and others were in attendance to show 

 the visitors about. 



New Orleans. La. — The annual ex- 

 hibition, prior to All Saints' Day, 

 given by the Metairie Ridge Nursery 

 Co., took place on Oct. 25. The New 

 Orleans Horticultural Society were in- 

 vited to be the guests of the company 

 and a special car was chartered to 

 carry them. 



Lewiston, Me. — The greenhouses of 

 Gen. S. H. Manning have elicited 

 much admiration for the past two 

 weeks, a huge crop of Black Hamburg. 

 Golden Hamburg and Sweetwater 

 grapes being the attraction. Some 

 eight bushels of this luscious fruit 

 have been disposed of already. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Chicago, III. — 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. 10, 11, 12. 



Worcester, Mass. — Worcester Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society, chrysanthe- 

 mum show, Nov. 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 





