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HORTICULTU RE 



November 21, 190$ 



NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The New York Horticultural Society 

 aided and abetted by the New York 

 florists' Club, made good their prom 

 ise and presented the New York |»i 1 1 > l i • 

 with an exhibition this week more in 

 keeping with the possibilities of this 

 great floricullural i-ommiinityil.au Nov 

 York has seen tor a long time. It was 

 at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, which is a public building, 

 and hence the question of financial re- 

 turns was eliminated, the funds for 

 the prizes being donated without re- 

 s'erve. The attendance was satisfac- 

 torj and the promoters feel greatlj 

 encouraged as regards the future, this 

 affair being looked upon in the light 

 of an experiment, somewhat. Great 

 things are already predicted for next 

 year. 



The class for specimen plants drew 

 cut exhibits which for cultural perfec- 

 tion have rarely been equalled in 

 America. Peter Duff, gardener for J. 

 Crosby Brown, was the winner in 

 every class except one. — that for three 

 specimens — in which W. H. Waite, 

 gardener for S. Untermeyer, led. In 

 cut blooms, Mr. Reynolds, grower for 

 Samuel Thorne. and Harry Turner, 

 gardener for Howard Gould, held pre- 

 cedence. Miss A. Jennings. S. Unter- 

 meyer and F. R. Pierson Company 

 leading in the pompon and single- 

 llcwer classes. 



There was a liberal showing of car- 

 nations. F. R. Pierson Company being 

 largely represented and winning in all 

 the one-hundred classes; C. L. 

 Eamhere. F. Untermeyer, F. Potter 

 and M. B. Metcalf were the other win 

 ners. In roses the entries were dis- 

 appointingly small. \V. Rockefeller, S. 

 Untermeyer, F. \V. Howes and .1. .1 

 Itiker having the classes to themselves. 



In the decorative plant section, 

 Julius Roehrs Co., first, and Howard 

 Gculd. second, on table of stove and 

 greenhouse plants; Julius Roehrs Co. 

 with 100 ft. group of palms, etc., and 

 R. II. Weatherbee with a table of 

 ferns, Bloomingdale's with ferneries 

 and window boxes, were the main con- 

 tributors and they all did splendidly. 

 It was in the orchid displays, how- 

 ever, that the greatest interest cen- 

 tered. Here Julius Roehr- Co., Lager 

 & Hurrell, Mrs. B. B. Tuttle. gardener 

 M. J. Pope, Clement Moore and S. Un- 

 termeyer cam. to the front and the 

 combined result of their efforts was 

 a suporb triumph of rich and rare 

 tropical brillancy. Jos. Manda's 

 LaelioCattleya [re the prize. 



for best novelty nut before exhibited. 



In the decorations end floral pit i 



\Y \V Burnham. decorator for Bloom 



dale's came to the rescue and 



some excellent specimen? of 



bridal work and other floral effe t= 



which will undoubtedly redound to his 



it and the il< e>f his 



llCltlSc W hich Ills lilrM 



op ttitors in tin retail floi i-t trad 

 are likely to feel i m,i u ateh 

 out. John P.. Nu tnali 

 brilliant debut in this department 

 V ith a floral muff of lil valley 

 and white orchids ily of th • 

 valh ! ' eff( i t This was a du- 

 plicate ct om Ir. Nugent 



for the Rose wedding mi Wedmie ii 

 afternoon. It was commented upon a 

 a novelty of more than usual merit 



Special awards were as follows: Cer- 

 tificates of merit to C. H. 'Potty for 

 tu w Pink Canadian seedling chrysan- 

 themum; .1. H .Cockcroft. for carnation 

 1 eorgia; Wanoka Greenhouses for car- 

 nation Wa-no-ka. .Mrs. Ii. I!. Tuttle, 

 \ atula Sandi nana; 11. A. Dreer, 

 for Nephrolepis Seholzeli. Silver 

 medal to K. R. Pierson Co. for a mag- 

 nificent exhibit of White Killarney 

 rose, Waban variety. Diplomas to 

 Lager £ Hurrell for group of orchids; 

 F. R. Pierson Co. for carnation Gov. 

 Hughes Cultural certificate to Harry 

 Turner for Celosia Pride of Castle 

 Gould. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual show held at Providence 

 on Nov. 11-12 surpassed any previous 

 effort. While the number of entries 

 in the chrysanthemum classes is not 

 so large as on some similar occasions, 

 the showing was by far one of the 

 finest in point of character seen in 

 many years. Few inferior plants or 

 blooms were to be found. Dahlias, 

 roses and orchids were displayed, the 

 latter from Seth A. Borden of Fall 

 River. Wm. Appleton, Wm. Hill and 

 C. H. Hunt had large exhibits of fetns 

 and foliage plants. A.mong the dahlias 

 shown by G. H. Walker was his new 

 Gigantea.. S. J. Goddard showed ear- 

 nation Georgia; S. Kinder, a new seed- 

 ling, carnation, a deep crimson, a 

 beautiful flower. Melrose ('.aniens 

 showed Rhea Reid and White Killar- 

 ney roses; John Gerrard violets. 



Geo. McWilliam. A. A. Hixon and 

 W. H. Hill were judges and the prizes 

 on chrysanthemums went to John A. 

 Macrae, F. Macrae & Son, and Seth A 

 Borden. John A. Macrae captured all 

 the firsts on carnations; Seth A. Bor- 

 den led in display of orchids. 



SUPPLEMENTARY AWARDS PHIL- 

 ADELPHIA FALL SHOW. 



William Kleinheinz took nrst honors 

 in both American Beauty roses and 

 carnations. Jno. Hedland and Samuel 

 Batchelor were also creditable prize 

 winners in this section. A special men- 

 tion went to the commercial lots of 

 carnations exhibited by the Millbrook 

 Lea Greenhouses and Edward A. 

 Stroud. Joseph Heacock exhibited his 

 new carnation Dorothy Garden, for 

 which he was awarded honorable men- 

 tion, as was also Rdward Towill Hot 

 roses My Maryland and Mrs. Jardine. 

 Robert Scott & Son received special 

 mention for roses White Killarney, 

 Duchess of Wellington, and Mrs. Jar- 

 dine. 



Among the prize winners in the 



i 1 le department were Mi - 



I enfold first. Countess Santa Bulalia, 



John iiaynor, second, for 



collection; William Bell Wright fot 



i it'ower: George T. Bodine, gar- 



■■; Morrow; Miss Mint, gar- 



: I !> BrOWIl ; Wis John I. 



th, gardenei ■!. Little; Mrs. Wm. H. 

 Potts, gardener Wm. J. Henderson; C. 

 p. v, wbold, farmer Wm. He] 

 .i p | epper, gardener Wm. Robertson 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society held a very successful chrysan- 

 themum exhibition on Thursday after- 

 noon and evening, Nov. 12, in their 

 hall in Worcester, Mass. The quality 

 of the exhibits and the arrangement of 

 the hall received many favorable corn- 

 men's. Those who have visited other 

 -hows this season were of the opin- 

 ion that the Worcester one had not 

 been excelled,. 



In the exhibit of cut blooms the 

 greenhouses of Mrs. J. C. Whitin, Geo. 

 W. Knowlton, M. J. Whittall. H. F. A. 

 Lange and L. C. Midgley were well 

 represented by choice specimens of the 

 standard varieties. The feature of the 

 show was considered to be the six 

 semi-circular groups of plants and 

 floweis arranged at the sides of the 

 hall, each group occupying a space 

 i \ 12 ft. The prizes were for the hest 

 arranged group. Edward W. Bleed of 

 Clinton led with a display of palms, 

 bay trees, arauearias and ferns, inter- 

 spersed with cut blooms of Chadwick, 

 Mrs. Jones and Golden Dome chrysan- 

 themums. The border consisted of the 

 anemone flowered Garza and Jerusalem 

 cherries. H. F. Littlefield of Worces- 

 ter received second wdth lilies, Ameri- 

 can Beauties, Bride roses and lily of 

 the valley tastefully arranged with 

 palms, ferns and cherries. H. F. A. 

 Lange had a beautiful display of 

 chrysanthemums, lilies, roses and car- 

 nations. The roses in this exhibit 

 were well grown and greatly admired. 

 Among the new ones were Mrs. Jar- 

 dine. My Maryland and Queen Bea- 

 trice. Lorraine begonias, Saintpaulia 

 and Farleyense ferns were used to 

 moat advantage. C. D. Mackie dis- 

 played fine blooms of Golden Wedding, 

 Eaton and Bonnaffon, Killarney roses, 

 lily of the valley, with the new s'milax, 

 The Fairy. From the M. J. Whittall 

 greenhouses there were well grown 

 chrysanthemums in variety grown to 

 a single stem, ferns and asparagus. L. 

 C. Midgley of the Worcester Conser- 

 vatories in his group had a large va- 

 riety of roses and single chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



In the library the display of apples 

 was of great merit. The prizes given 

 them were from the Eames fund 



THE MT. KISCO SHOW. 



The sixth annual flower show of the 

 Northern Westchester County Horti- 

 cultural Society was held in Mt. Kisco, 

 N. Y.. Nov. 6, 7. S. It was a nice, clear- 

 cut and well-arranged affair, and re- 

 flects credit on all concerned. I wish 

 some of the local men had reported it. 

 as they could do justice to the exhibi- 

 tion. I can merely mention it briefly 

 as I took no notes, being a stranger 

 there. The chrysanthemum patt was 

 very good, the most notable class be- 

 ing 3?. for the $lno silver cup given 

 by Howard F. Bailey, a broad-minded 

 and whole-souled merchant of Mt. 

 co. It was won by Wm Duckham 

 of Madison, N. J. Ed. Jenkins of Len- 

 ox, and another, were in competition 

 The groups and other classes were 

 very creditable. Carnations were very 



I but the rose classes might have 



fuller. The vegetable classes 



ie very fine. In class 27 for "in va- 



ies lor table use." there were nine 



lies, and nu man need be asha ed 



