November 11, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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terns of the Phila. Lawn Mowers were 

 among the interesting things in the 

 lower hall besides the vegetables. 

 Among the latter Burpee's Pumpkin 

 show was a star attraction. 



The Meehan silver cup for the best 

 collection of hardy chrysanthemums 

 was won by William Kleinheinz with 

 a well-finished lot, showing splendid 

 culture and distinct colors. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The second annual flower show of 

 this society opened in Armory Hall, 

 St. Louis, Mo., on November 3 and 

 continued for four days. The city park 

 department helped out greatly by 

 sending several wagon loads of decora- 

 tive plants and the Michell Plant & 

 Bulb Co., contributed much to the gen- 

 eral effect, with a grotto of rocks and 

 plants. The attendance was fairly 

 good. The Henry Shaw premiums 

 were not so well competed for as in 

 former years. $475 in cash prizes was 

 offered and a gold medal valued at 

 $25. Only about one half of the $475 

 was taken up. 



The Shaw Gold Medal for best plant 

 introduced during present year was 

 awarded to Nephrolepis Scholzeli, ex- 

 hibited by H. A. Dreer. 



The S. A. P. bronze medal and a 

 certificate of merit were also awarded 

 to the same plant. A competitor in 

 this class was W. A. Manda's Nephro- 

 lepis exaltata Alberti. 



The $85 prize for reception room 

 decorated with chrysanthemums was 

 won by Fred C. Weber; second $75, by 

 Sanders Nurseries, and third, $65, by 

 -J. W. Dunford. All were handsomely 

 done and showed good workmanship. 

 Mrs. W. Ellison judged all the floral 

 decorative work and Messrs Dunford, 

 Tesson and Irish served in the other 

 classes. Peter Reinberg sent 100 

 blooms of Mrs. Marshall Field rose, 

 and Bassett & Washburn a vase of 

 O. P. Bassett carnation. W. N. Rudd 

 sent his seedling carnation Mrs. J. C. 

 Vaughan, which scored 83 points. 

 Hummell & Downing Co., Milwaukee, 

 made a display of florists' boxes. 



On Wednesday night the society 

 gave a banquet to the visiting florists 

 which was a very enjoyable affair. F. 

 W. Brockman officiated as toastmaster. 

 Most of the visitors proceeded to Chi- 

 cago to attend the National Flower 

 Show. 



Among the visitors were J. J. Karins 

 of Dreer's and B. Eschner of M. Rice 

 & Co., Phila.; Mrs. M. S. Vesey, Fort 

 Wayne, Ind.; Peter Olsen and A. T. 

 Pyfer, Joliet, HI.; E. G. Bradley, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis.; A. C. Brown, Spring- 

 field, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Widmer. 

 Highland, 111. 



SHAW PREMIUMS. 



Prizes, first, second and third in order 

 named iu each ease. 



Display of decorative plants — Wni. Schray 

 & Sons; Sanders 1 Nurseries. Begonias — F. 

 H. Meinhardt. Berried plants — Koenig 

 Floral Co.; C. Young & Sons; Sanders' 

 Nrrseries. Display of blooming plants, 

 chrysanthemums excluded — Schray; San- 

 ders. Geraniums — Koenig Floral Co. 

 Specimen palm — Wm. Schray & Sons. 

 Specimen fern — Koenig Floral Co. Bloom- 

 ing plant — Koenig Floral Co. Group of 

 vnriegated floliage plants — Schray; Sanders. 

 Group of chrysanthemums with decorative 

 plants as accessories — Koenig; Sanders. 

 Pompons — Koenig Floral Co. Specimen 

 plants, white, yellow and any other color — 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. P.iir of bays — 



Young; Schray. Orchids — C. Young & 

 Sons. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM BLOOMS. 



48 blooms, 8 varieties, 6 blooms of 



each— K. G. Hill Co., with Nellie Pockett, 



L'Africaine, O. H. Iiroomhead, Glitter, 



Mary Ann Poclictt, Mrs. Mar; Mann, Mrs 



I.. Thorn and G. W. Pock; II. W. Buckl 



second; W. J. & M. s. Vesey, third, .".n 

 blooms on moss — E. G. Hill Co. ; II w. 

 Buckbee; Elmer D. Smith. I'ompons— E. 

 G. Hill; Elmer D. Smith. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 5<1 carnations — J. F. Ammann. 50 roses 

 Richmond— W. J. ,V: M. s. Vesey. 50 Kil- 

 larney — Anrmann; Vesey. 50 any other 

 pink rose— Ammann with Chatenay; Vesey 

 with Bridesmaid. 50 white — Ammann with 

 Ivory; Vesey with Bride. Hamper of 

 chrysanthemums — Fred C. Weber. 



SECOND DAY ENTRIES. 

 Carnations, live vases of 50— Chicago 

 Carnation Co., first with Enchantress, Rose 

 Pink Enchantress. Beacon, Splendor, White 

 Perfection: io. c;. 1 1 in Co., second; Weiland 

 A: i Dinger, third. 50 American Beauty— Wei- 

 land & Oltnger. Hoses, six vases 'of 25 — 

 J. F. Ammann, first with Killarnev, Ivory 

 Alice Roosevelt, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mme 

 Chatenay and Khea Reid; Vesey, second 

 Bridal boquet— F. C. Weber: F. H. Weber 

 Basket of roses — F. C. Weber; F. H. 

 Weber; Koenig Floral Co. 50 chrysanthe- 

 mums arranged for effect— F. C Weber: 

 E. G. Hill Co. ' 



THIRD DAY ENTRIES. 

 Classes for 25 blooms of one variety 

 were all won, first by E. G. Hill Co": 

 Vesey, two seconds; Hemmer Bros., on.. 

 third Classes for 50 carnations were all 

 won, first by Chicago Carnation Co.; Vesey 

 two seconds; Hill and Ammann, each on" 

 second. Violets— Fred C. Weber. Basket 

 of Carnations— F. C. Weber; Koenig Floral 

 -•x - J? - Webjer - 100 ros.s arranged for 

 effect— W. J. & M. S. Vesey, first with 

 Brides; F. C. Weber, second witli Rich- 

 mond. 



ELMIRA, N. Y. 



The Flmira Civic Improvement 

 League and Horticultural Society held 

 a Chrysanthemum Show in the beauti- 

 ful new hall of the Woman s Federated 

 Charities building, Nov. 5, 6 and 7, and 

 the proceeds of the show were donated 

 to that institution. The exhibits filled 

 the hall nicely and with the groups of 

 palms and flowers arranged by the 

 local florists, Durand, Leaviti and 

 Backer and by Wm. Pursey, gardener 

 for Hon. J. S. Fassett, made a beauti- 

 ful display. Music was provided after- 

 noons and evenings. The admission 

 charged was 25 cents and while the 

 attendance was light still a comfort- 

 able sum was realized for the Federa- 

 tion over and above the expenses. 



One of the most interesting parts of 

 the show was the exhibit from the N. 

 Y. State College of Agriculture at Cor- 

 nell, of illustrations and specimens 

 representing their work on insects, 

 plant disease and the various horticul- 

 tural operations of planting, grafting, 

 etc. There were three gentlemanly at- 

 tendants in charge who took pains to 

 explain to all interested. 



Among the most popular exhibits 

 were the beautiful assortment of or- 

 chids from Lager & Hurrell, Summit, 

 N. J., the vases of splendid Chatenay 

 and Quer-n Beatrice roses from the U. 

 S. Cut Flower Co., the large vase of 

 Pennsylvania chrysanthemums and 

 sample of Rudd's Defiance Carnation 

 as grown by H. N. Hoffman, the table 

 full of single seedling chrysanthemums 

 and vases of immense large ones from 

 C. H. Tolty and from Elmer D. Smith 

 Co. The Smith Co. exhibit arrived too 

 late for competition. The varieties of 

 carnations exhibited were Pink, White 

 and Rose-Pink Eneflantress, After- 

 glow, Winsor, Lawson, White Lawson, 

 White Perfection, Mrs. J. C. Vaughan. 



(from W. N. Rudd) Defiance. Beacon 

 and Sarah Hill. 



The awards were as follows: 



Chamber of Commerce cup. for Lest un- 

 limited variety, to U. S. Cut Flower 

 Co., for a white seedling No. 41, grown 

 by the late G. P. Rawson. 



23 bl ns, one variety, II. X. Hoffman, 



1st, with Pennsylvania; IT. S. Cut Flower 

 ' o., 2d. with Dr. Enguehard. 



12 varieties, one each, C. H. Totty 1st, 

 with Mrs. II. Partridge, Mrs. Wm. Duck- 

 ham, Gleuvi ,\, >'. II loity. .Mary .Mason, 

 J. C. .Will, Morton F. Plant, Mary Don- 

 uellan, Mine. G. Rivol, and S. A. Naeeur- 

 Bey; U. S. Cut Flower Co., 2d. 



6 Yellow, U. S. Cut Flower Co. with 

 Golden Chadwick; H. N. Hoffman, 2d, with 

 Golden Dome. White. H. N. Hoffman, 

 1st, J. II. Knapp, 2d. both Timothy Eaton. 

 G Pink, U. S. Cut Flower Co.. 1st; II. N. 

 Hoffman, 2d, both Enguehard. fi Red, U. 

 S. Cut Flower Co., 1st, Geo. W. Childs; 

 Single bloom, do., with I.ynnwood Hall. 

 Carnations. U. S. Cut Flower Co., 1st; 

 Hoffman, 2d; Kuapp, ad. Tea Roses and 

 American Beauties, U. S. Cut Flower Co., 

 1st in both. Group of plants, Hon. J. S. 

 Fassett, gardener Wm. Pursey. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its fourth annual exhibition 

 in Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, N. Y., 

 on 5th and 6th of November. The hall 

 was tastefully decorated and the ex- 

 hibits effectively placed, giving a good 

 view from all sides. It was one of the 

 best exhibitions given by the Society, 

 both financially and otharwise. A spe- 

 cial feature of the exhibition was two 

 pieces nf fretwork by Mr. Ingram, Oys- 

 ter Bay. which received honorable 

 mention. J. H. F. Matz had an elab- 

 orate Rower piece in the shape of a 

 harp, standing 4 ft. high, which re- 

 ceived a certificate of merit. James D. 

 Cockcroft of Northport sent twenty-five 

 blooms of his new white carnation 

 Georgia, which received a certificate of 

 merit and attracted a good deal of at- 

 tention. Music was supplied each even- 

 ing by Miller's Orchestra. The judges 

 wore Geo. D. Hale. Seabright, N. J., 

 and Robert Angus, Tarrytown. Rep- 

 resentatives from several of the New 

 York seed houses were present. 

 Awards were as follows: 



Group of chrysanthemums — First to A. 

 Mackenzie, gardener to Percy Chubb. 

 Three specimens, one specimen, also speci- 

 men foliage plant other than palm and 

 group of ornamental and flowering plants 

 were all won bv the same exhibitor. 



Specimen palm— S. J. Trepess, gardener 

 to J. Roger Maxwell; three ferns— first. A. 

 Mackenzie; second. S. J. Trepess. Specimen 

 fern— S. J. Trepess. Asparagus Sprengeri 

 — V. Cleres, gardener to T. S. Smithers. 



Chrysanthemum blooms — first and second 

 respectively— White, V. Cleres, George Wil- 

 son, gardener to Benj. Stern; yellow, Geo. 

 Wilson. A. Mackenzie; pink, Mackenzie, 

 Wilson; crimson, Cleres, Wilson; bronze, 

 Wilson, Trepess: 25 arranged for effect, 

 Mackenzie, Cleres; collection of outdoor va- 

 rieties, Paul Reu\ gardener to Walter 

 Gibb. 



Miscellaneous— American Beauty roses, 

 Cleres. Mackenzie; white, pink and any 

 other color, Mackenzie; 12 carnations, 

 Cleres; 25 do., J. F. H. Matz, J. Ingram; 

 violets. Ingram: table center piece, Henry 

 Gaut, gardener to H. L. Pratt, J. Ingram, 

 in' fruit and vegetables there was a fine 

 display, G. Wilson, F. Petroccia. Panl 

 lo iii. S. J. Trepess and A. Mackenzie par- 

 ticipating in the winnings. 



Special premiums — Collection of outdoor 

 roses, silver cup (to be won three times), 

 to I.. G. Forbes; table of ornamental plauts, 

 Mackenzie, Trepess: 20 chrysanthemums, 

 Mackenzie, Trepess: 18 do.. A. Alius, 

 Cleres; 12 do.. Mackenzie, Wilson. Trepess; 

 fi do., Mackenzie, Alius; 23 carnations, 

 Mackenzie, Trepess; single violets, Fetroo- 

 eia, Trepess: commercial do., J. H. ^ F. 

 Matz; largest chrysanthemum bloom, Alius; 

 collection of singles. Trepess. 



.1. F. Huss was first on collection of nov- 



