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lection of orchids was especially 

 noteworthy. 



Washington, la. — The Fortnightly 

 Club held a chrysanthemum show on 

 Nov. 10 at the Keck greenhouse. The 

 proceeds go to the adornment of the 

 public parks. 



Danville, 111.— H. D. Caldwell, chief 

 gardener at the Soldiers' Home, esti- 

 mated that 1500 passed through the 

 greenhouses on the opening day of the 

 flower show, Nov. S. 



Victoria, B. C. — Carnegie Library 

 was the scene of the flower show on 

 Nov. 5, 6, and among the commercial 

 exhibitors were A. J. Woodward and 

 Fairvlew Greenhouses. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Supt. Howells 

 has an especially beautiful collection 

 of chrysanthemums for the enjoyment 

 of the visitors to the city greenhouse 

 on College Hill this month. 



Washington, D. C. — "Triumphs of 

 floriculture'', the chrysanthemums 

 shown by G. C. Shaffer were pro- 

 nounced, and his store was thronged 

 the first of November with the inter- 

 ested public. 



Denison, Texas. — The flower show 

 on Nov. 11 attracted both vistors and 

 exhibitors from a distance, J. W. Ves- 

 tal & Son of Little Rock and E. D. 

 Smith & Co. of Adrian, Mich, being 

 represented with novelties. 



Alameda. Calif. — Mrs. J. C. Seig- 

 fried opened her conservatories and 

 grounds for the benefit of the Adel- 

 phian Club on Nov. 11 and 12. The 

 Seigfried collection is a notable one 

 and attracted a vast throng. 



Chicago, III. — In addition to the un- 

 usually fine display of chrysanthe- 

 mums and orchids at Lincoln Park, 

 Supt. Frey has this year added the 

 charm of music on Sunday afternoon, 

 Tuesday and Thursday evenings. 



Detroit, Mich.— The horticultural 

 building at Belle Isle was transformed 

 into a bower of beauty by Supt. Unger 

 and his assistants on Nov. 8, the first 

 day of the public chrysanthemum 

 show. 25,000 blooms were in evi- 

 den< :e. 



In our account of the Lenox, Mass., 

 exhibition, in a recent number, we in- 

 advertently oniited mention of the 

 award of a diploma to H. A. In, 

 for Nephrolepis Scholzeli. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Baltimore, Md. — Horticultural So- 

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



Indianapolis, Ind. — State Horticul- 

 tural Society, Dec. 2, 3. 



Columbus, O. — Columbus Horticul- 

 tural Society, flower show, first week 

 in December. 



Springfield. Mo. — Missouri Horticul- 

 tural Society, Dec. 8, 9. 



Spokane, Wash. — National Apple 

 Show Association, Dec. 7-12. 



Lynchburg, Va. — Virginia Horticul- 

 tural Society, Jan. 6-8, 1909.. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — American Carna- 

 tion Society, Jan. 27, 28, 1909. 



In the haste due to handling the 

 mass of exhibition reports received 

 last week several errors slipped 

 through our issue of November 14, un- 

 detected until too late to correct them. 

 The specimen plant illustrated on page 

 039 as winner of first prize in Boston 

 was Garza, not Mexza. A part of the 

 prize awards at the Hartford show got 

 shunted over to the column of prizes 

 at the Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society. The prize awarded to Poehl- 

 mann Bros, for 100 blooms of best new 

 rose at Chicago was for My Maryland. 



NOTES ON PROMISING CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUM NOVELTIES. 

 As many of HORTICULTURES 

 readers will be buying the novelties 

 among the chrysanthemums which will 

 be distributed next spring, and few 

 have had the opportunity of seeing 

 them, I have grown a number and 

 were 'I asked to name the three best 

 of these I should place Leslie Morri- 

 son first, followed close by Frank 

 Payne and the new single Anna; in 

 fact, it is hard to relegate the latter to 

 even third place, as it is a charming 

 pearly white in color, with twisted 

 petals, and is such an ideal grower 

 that it will easily outrank all other 

 singles. The large exhibition kinds de- 

 scribed individually, are as follows: 



Leslie Morrison. — A perfect model 

 in foliage, stem and constitution, 

 bloom of the largest and the face of 

 petals a rich crimson with buff reverse. 

 Merstham Blush- A lovely color, and 

 without a fault in habit. Mrs. Phil- 

 lips—The shape of this flower is 

 . rather flat, but it is of good breath 

 and as good a pink as there is in ex- 

 istence. G. W. Pook— Very dwarf, 

 grand stem and foliage and a pleasing 

 t. i ra cotta color. Miss Violet Pearson 

 — A large buff flower, sound as a bell 

 v. hen at its best, and a general good 

 doer. Rose Pockett— Color, old gold, 

 with fine twisted drooping petals and 

 the foliage well up to the flower. 

 Frank Payne— Deep blush, good form, 

 very large and foliage of the best. 

 I'uckett's Surprise— A large bronze 

 flower with rich crimson petals if re- 

 flexed, a good grower. Mrs. Charles 

 Totty— Dwarf in habit, a fine light 

 pink in color and a good keeper. Mrs. 

 Rider Haggard— A very deep flower of 

 a good white color but somewhat poor 

 in growth this year. President Taft— 

 A splendid white, hardly large enough 

 for exhibition. It is the white of Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones and its foliage and stem 

 are perfect. Hamilton — A splendid 

 i arly pink, good for commercial or 

 sxhibition. Eessie Evans--A very tall 

 grower, but a good late pinkish white. 

 Lenox, Mass. EDWIN JENKINS. 



President Taft 



Elmer I). Smith's New Pore White 

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