November 28, 1908 



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Albany. Ore.. Nov. 11, Marion County 

 won the first silver cup. Polk County 

 the second. In individual exhibits 

 Benton County won five silver cups, 

 Linn County three. Lane and Marion 

 Counties each two and Polk County 

 one. 



The Pasadena (Calif.) Nurserymen's 

 Delation has been organized, and 

 constitution and by-laws will be drawn 

 up and presented at the next meeting. 

 Ten members were enrolled and offi- 

 cers chosen as follows: President, 

 Thomas Chisholru: secretary. P. E. 

 Gould; treasure;. J. E. Wagner. 



The Columbus (O.) Florists' Club 

 met on Nov. 10 and elected R. A. Cur- 

 rier, president; C. P. Torrey, vice-pres- 

 ident; J. Reichert, treasurer; Jas. Me- 

 Kellar, secretary: J. H. Williams, 

 sergt-at-arms; Sherman Stephens. G. 

 Bauman. I. D. Seibert. Wm. M"tzmaier 

 and C. D. Ratelle, trustees. 



At the meeting of the Toledo Flor- 

 ists' Club ou Nov. 19. there was a 

 goodly collection of blooms and prizes 

 were awarded to Krueger Bros. Co. 

 and F. A. Kuhnke for carnations, 

 Messrs. Halbish and Kuhnke for chry- 

 santhemums and Krueger Bros. Co. 

 and the State Hospital for roses. 



It was decided to hold a flower show 

 for the benefit of the Toledo hospital 

 the last of February or first week in 

 March. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Baltimore, Md. — Horticultural So- 

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



Indianapolis, Ind. — State Horticul- 

 tural Society, Dec. 2, 3. 



So. Haven, Mich. — State Horticul- 

 tural Society in conjunction with the 

 So. Haven and Casco Pomological 

 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. 



Council Bluffs, la. — Southwestern 

 Iowa Horticultural Society, annual 

 meeting, Dec. 15-17; National Horti- 

 cultural Congress. Dec. 14-19. 



Lynchburg, Va. — -Virginia Horticul- 

 tural Society, Jan. 6-8, 1909. 



Indianapolis. Ind. — American Carna- 

 tion Society. Jan. 27, 28. 1909. 



FRENCH NATIONAL CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUM SOCIETY. 

 The above-named society held its 

 13th annual congress at Tours on 

 3rd to 5th November, in conjunction 

 with the Tours Horticultural Society. 

 An excellent exhibition of fruit, flow- 

 ers and vegetables was arranged for 

 the schedule, comprising about one 

 hundred classes. The jury was com- 

 posed of about forty gentlemen inter- 

 ested in horticulture both locally and 

 elsewhere. Mi'. Harman Payne was 

 nominated honorary president of the 

 jury, with Mr. George Uruant. the 

 eminent nurseryman of Poitiers, us 

 vice-president. Among others present 

 either officially or otherwise, were 

 Philippe de Vilmorin, Ernest Calvat, 

 Philippe Rivoire, Pinguet-Guindon 

 Charmet, Chaubrier, Barbier Choulet, 

 Dubrueil, Durand, and other well- 

 known admirers of the chrysanthe- 

 mum. 



The grand prize of honor was 

 awarded to M. Pinguet-Guindon for a 

 remarkable and interesting collection 

 of conifers, trained fruit trees, fruit. 

 etc., mostly staged in the large open 

 square called the Place de la Gare. 

 There was also a collection of orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs from the same 

 exhibitor. M. Jouanneau showed 

 trained fruit trees in variety. 



The major portion of the show was 

 held in an immense tent about 220 tt. 

 long by 125 ft. in width. The exhibits 

 were all arranged in turf-bordered 

 beds on the ground level, and com- 

 prised besides chrysanthemums some 

 grand examples of heaths, cyclamens, 

 begonias, etc., which are a specialty of 

 the nurserymen in and around Tours. 

 Ernest Calvat had a fine lot of new 

 seedlings, an enumeration of which 

 must form the subject of a special 

 note later on. Alfred Chaubrier 

 showed new seedlings, as did the Mar- 

 quis de Pins. M. Dolbois. M. Heraud 

 and others. 



The leading exhibitors of cut blooms 

 and plants were Messrs. Reugny, Pel- 

 lissier. Bachet. Robert de Rochecor- 

 bois. Page Laplane. Parrot, Buret-Re- 

 verdy, Le Clerc, Dupont. Fierdpied, 

 Allery Aubert. 'Dalliere Queneau Poi- 

 rier. Travouilloii, Moretester Monti- 

 gny, Barillet and others. M. Pinon 

 had a remarkable group of trained 

 specimens of all kinds and was 

 awarded one of the leading prizes. The 

 plants were trained as fans, pyramids, 

 immense standards and other designs, 

 and occupied the whole width of the 

 show. Vilmorin Andrieux & Co. had 

 two fine groups of pot plants well flow- 



i i ' <1 and charmingly arranged. There 

 a couple of large groups of pot 

 chrysanthemums also staged by Ber- 

 oier-Meunier. 



Rapidly reviewing the Tours Show — 

 for we can do no more, being on our 

 way to the great show in the capital 

 — we may mention the exhibit by Au- 

 bert Maille of Begonias Turn ford Hall, 

 Glorie de Lorraine, and white Anthe- 

 'mis Perfection. Gladioli were staged 

 by M. Loiseau, a capital lot. M. Guil- 

 lerins showed a fine lot of Begonia 

 Viady •', ft. high. Dalliere & Son had 

 Begonia A.lleryi in gigantic plants. M. 

 Jubant staged some fine specimens of 

 nia gigantea. M. Lionville had 

 some hairy varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums which are now seldom seen at 

 either English or French shows. 



Vegetables made a fine display. 

 Specially grand and varied in extent 

 were the collection sent by Vilmorin 

 Andrieux & Co.. M. Berger. M. Sussier 

 and others. Other exhibitors were 

 Messrs. Bouchaud. Robert. Dupont, 

 Fierdpied. Boucard, and many more, 

 all of whose exhibits would ne- 

 cessitate a catalogue, sc numerous 

 were the sorts exhibited. We had al- 

 most forgotten to mention a meritori- 

 ous vegetable exhibit by the Syndicate 

 Horticole de Touraine. 



The proceedings were highly inter- 

 esting all through and the members of 

 the Congress were warmly welcomed 

 by the Tours Horticultural Society. 

 Oti the first day after the operations 

 of the jury there was a lunch presided 

 oer by M. Pinguet Guindon, the Presi- 

 denL There was also a meeting of the 

 Congress in the Town Hall, a nand- 

 some building placed at the disposal 

 of the Society by the municipality, and 

 in the evening an official banquet, at 

 which the representative of the Minis- 

 ter of Agriculture distributed several 

 decorations. 



On the morning of the second day 

 another meeting of the Congress was 

 held, and in the afternoon an enjoy- 

 able excursion in motor cars to see 

 some of the famous chateaux in the 

 neighborhood, the vineyard at Vouvray 

 and the famous wine-making establish- 

 ment and cave of M. Vavasseur. The 

 members of the Congress were also 

 invited to a performance at the Muni- 

 cipal Theatre. On the third day the 

 sights of the town were visited, and 

 then the party broke up, most of them 

 making their way to Paris for the 

 great autumn show of the National 

 Horticultural Society of France. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



