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HORTICULTURE 



March 14, 1»0S 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



Special Prizes. 



The large list of Specials betokens a 

 most creditable interest ia the coming 

 Rose Show. August F. Poehlmann, 

 Morton Grove, 111., is manager, George 

 Asmus, 879 West Madison St., Chicago, 

 111., is assistant manager, and will be 

 in charge of exhibits in Art Institute, 

 Michigan Ave. and Adams Street, 

 Chicago, 111., March 25, 26, 27. 



Send an application for entry to T. 

 E. Waters, secretary of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, 21 E. Randolph 

 street, or file with Benjamin 

 Hammond, secretary of the American 

 Rose Society. A supplementary list is 

 ready for all interested persons. It is 

 urgently desired that all intending ex- 

 hibitors will let the committee know 

 early what they will send. Last year 

 at Washington exhibitors delayed 

 doing this until the very last day in 

 the afternoon, and the result was that 

 the beautiful show which ensued, was 

 really not known until it was on the 

 ground, and this rush made it hard 

 work to handle. 



Division F. — Special Prizes for Cut 

 Blooms, Etc. 



F. 145. Fifty Blooms Americau Beauty 

 Rose. American Kose Society's prizes, $50, 

 ?25. 



F. 14«. Display of cut Roses, all varie- 

 ties. Challenge prize, valued at $250, of- 

 fered by Ben.lamin Dorrauce; the winner to 

 hold the" prize a year and on relinquishing 

 It to the society for another competition at 

 the end of that period to receive a silver 

 shield suitably engraved as a permanent 

 record of his having held the prize. The 

 names of the winners will be engraved 

 consecutively on the prize. 



F. 147. Outdoor Roses in bloom— in pots 

 or tubs. $200 cash for fli-st prize, by Philip 

 Breitmeyer of Detroit; $100 cash for sec- 

 ond prize, by .\rthur T. Boddington, of 

 New York City- Exhibits to consist of 150 

 plants, not more than ttve plants of one 

 variety; each to be correctly labeled. All 

 t.vpes and classes suitable for out-of-door 

 planting may be included. 



F 14S. Vase of one hundred Richmonds. 

 $50 in gold, offered by E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond. Ind. 



F. 149. Fifty Blooms of any Rose of 

 American origin now in commerce. Silver 

 cup, value $25, offered by Alexander Mont- 

 gomery, Naticli. Mass. 



F. I.IO. For the largest and mo*t varied 

 collection of Cut Roses of all classes, one 

 or more blooms in a vase, the variety to 

 count 05 points. Silver cup or $25 in gold, 

 offered bv W. A. Manda, South Orange, 

 N. J. . 



K. lot. Twenty-flve Blooms of La De- 

 troit. Prize of $25 offered by John Breit- 

 mever's Sons, Detroit, Mich. 



F. 1.12. The Vase of Roses showing the 

 most artistic ai-rangemeut in the exhibition. 

 $25 offered by Welch Bros., Boston. 



F. 153. For the most beautiful exhibit 

 in the hall, a prize of $20 in gold is offered 

 by Miss M. I. Hammond. Fishldllon-Hud- 

 60n. X. Y. Each lady visiting the exhibi- 

 tion tlie first day to cast a vote on leaving 

 the hall and the exhibit receiving the larg- 

 est number of votes to receive the prize. 



F. 1.>1. One hundred Blooms of Killar- 

 nev. $50 offered by Robert Simpson, Clif- 

 ton. X. J. 



F. 155. Fittv Blooms of Liberty. $2o 

 offered bv Ado'lph Farenwald, Hillside, Pa. 



F. 156. Fifty Blooms of Killarney. $25 

 offered by Dingee & Conard Co., West 

 Gro^e, Pa. 



F. 157. Fiftv Blooms of Bridesmaid. 

 $25 offered bv" Traendly & Scheuck, New 

 York. 



F. ir.8. Fifty Blooms of Bride. $2.3 of- 

 fered bv Emil Buettner, Park liidge. 111. 



F. liii). Fifty Blooms of Liberty. $25 

 offered bv John Davis Co., Chicago. 



F. ICO. Fiftv Blooms of Kaiserin Augus- 

 ta Victoria. $23 offered by The Glode Coal 

 Co., Chicago. 



F. Ill, Fiftv Blooms of Golden Gate. 

 $25 offered by J. .\. Budbuig, Chicago. 



V. liC Fiftv Blooms of ivory. $25 of- 

 fered bv J. F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

 F. 103. The best one hundred Blooms of 

 Pink Roses hi the show. $50 offered by 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago. 



F. 104. Fifty Blooms of Red Roses, 

 Richmond and American Beauties excluded. 

 $25 offered by Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chi- 

 cago. 



F. 105. One Hundred Blooms of Rich- 

 mond. $50 offered by Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 Chicago. 



F. 166. One Hundred Blooms of Kate 

 Moulton. First prize. $2.5. offered by Wle- 

 tor Bros.. Chicago. Second prize, $20, of- 

 fered bv Geo. Reinberg, Chicago. 



F. 167. One Hundred Blooms of Uncle 

 John. $23 offered by Wietor Bros., Chi- 

 cago. 



F. 168. One Hundred Blooms of Mad. A. 

 Chatenav. Silver Cup, value $25, offered 

 bv Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago. 

 " F. 169. Fifty Blooms of American 

 Beauty. $50 offered by The Mogg Coal Co., 

 Chicago. 



F. 170. One Hundred Blooms of Bride. 

 $25 offered by The Pulverized Manure Co., 

 Chicago. 



F. 171. One Hundred Blooms of Sunrise. 

 $25 offered by The Florists' Review, Chi- 

 cago. 



F. 172. Tnenty-fivo Blooms of Brides- 

 maid exhibited b.v growers having less than 

 50.000 square feet of glass. $25 offered by 

 Basset & Washburn. Chicago. 



F. 173. Twenty-flve Blooms of Bride ex- 

 hibited bv growers h.Tving less than 50.000 

 square fei-t of glass. $23 offered by Basset 

 A: Wa.5hburn, Chicago. 



F. 174. One Hundred Blooms of Mrs. 

 Potter Palmer. $50 offered by S. Freeman 

 & Sons, Chicago. 



F. 17.5. The best new Rose not in com 

 merce and never exhibited before the .\iuer- 

 ican Rose Society, vase to contain not les.s 

 than twelve and not more than twenty-five 

 Blooms. Silver Cup. value $25. offered by 

 F. R. Pierson. Tarrytown. X. Y. 



F. 176, Fifty Blnoms of American 

 Beauty, Cyclopedia of Americau Horticul- 

 ture liv Prof, I^, H, Bailey, value $30. of- 

 fered by The American Florist Co.. Chi- 

 cago, 



F, 177. Best Twenty-flve Blooms of Pink 

 Roses not disseminated prior to 1908. Sil- 

 ver Cup, value $15, offered by J, B. 

 Deamud Co., Cbicago. 



F 17S. Twentv-flve Bbx>ms of Brides- 

 maid. $10 offered by W. W. Barnard Co., 

 Chicago. , ^. , 



F. 179. Twenty-flve Blooms of Rich- 

 mond. $10 offered by Geo. Keller & Son, 

 Chicago. 



F. ISO. Twenty-five Blooms of Sunrise. 

 SIO offered bv Leonard Kill. Chicago. 



F. 181. Twentv-flve Blooms of Uncle 

 John. $10 offered by F. R. Newbold, New 

 York. 



F. 1«2. Twenty-flve Blooms of Killarney. 

 $10 offered by Kroeschell Bros, Co,. Chi- 

 cago. 



F, 183, Twenty -five Blooms of Bride, 

 $10 offered bv A, Dietsch Co,, Chicago, 



F. 184. Fiftv Blooms of Mad, A, Chat- 

 enay, $10 offered by Weiland & Oliuger, 

 New Castle, Ind, 



F. 185. Fiftv Blooms of American 

 Beauty, Tavo tons of Florist Bone offered 

 bv Darling .!(: Co,. Cbicago, 



F. 186. Twelve named Varieties of Hy- 

 brid Perpetuals in pots, $10 offered by 

 Kroeschell Bros, Co,. Chicago, 



F. 187, Twenty-five Blooms of Killar- 

 ney, $10 ottered by Holten & Hunkel. Mil- 

 waulcee. Wis, 



F, 18.8, Exhibit of cut Roses, four vane- 

 ties. Twelve Blooms of each variety, open 

 to I'rivate Gardeners only, $25 offered by 

 Harry O. May. Summit. N, J. 



F, "ISO. Two Hundred l-ily "f the Val- 

 lev. First prize $10. offered by H, N, 

 Bnins. Chicago, Sei oiid prize $8. offered 

 bv Poehlmann Bros, Co,. Chicago, 



F. ino. Vase of One Hundred American 

 Beauties, Silver Cup. valued at $10, of- 

 fered bv Crane & Co.. Chicago, 111, 



F, 191. Best Fifty Blooms of new Rose 

 never before exhiliitcd for competition. 

 Silver Lo'ing Cup. valued at $20, offered 

 by Heller Bros, New Castle, III. 



A. L. Randall Co.. 21 E, Randolph 

 street, will receive nnd take care of any 

 flowers sent for exhibition. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, 

 Secretary. 

 Fishkill-on-Hudson, N, Y, 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 .\t the last lecture of the season on 

 March 5, Philip W. Ayres gave an 

 illustrated talk on Forestry which was 

 thoroughly enjoyed by a large audi- 

 ence. The exhibition of flowers and 

 plants was large and of excellent 

 quality, H. F. A, Lange, E. W. Breed 

 and M, J. Whittall had some hand- 

 some azaleas, Roses and carnations 

 were shown by Messrs. Lange and 

 Midgley. George McWilliam had some 

 fine orchids. There were cinerarias, 

 primulas, cyclamens, hyacinths, etc., 

 mainly from the above named growers. 

 The "Heart of the Commonwealth" 

 throbbed with rural happiness on the 

 occasion of the annual banquet and re- 

 union of the Worcester County Society 

 on the evening of March 11. It was 

 held in the banquet hall of Horticul- 

 tural Hall and there must have been 

 nearly four hundred ladies and gentle- 

 men in attendance. The banquet hall 

 was not large enough to accommodate 

 all the guests, and tables were set in 

 adjoining rooms and one in the main 

 hall. 



From 6 to 6.30 the guests were re- 

 ceived informally by President George 

 Calvin Rice, Secretary Adin A. Hixon, 

 Treasurer Charles S. Bacon, A. H. 

 I.«inge. George McWilliam, Leonard 

 C. Midgley, Henry B. Watts, Charles 

 • jreenwood. Arthur E. Hartshorn, Wil- 

 liam .J. Wheeler. Simon E. Fisher, 

 H. R. Kinney, H. A. Cooke, E. \V. 

 Breed, Charles \\. Wood. ,1. Lewis Ells- 

 worth, Arthur J. Marble, A. N. Powell, 

 W. K. Stanley, E. A. Bartlett, A. A. 

 Bellows, F. H. Hammond, H. E.' Kin- 

 ney, M. F. Converse, George B. Rich, 

 Allyne W. Hixon and George W. His- 

 cox. 



The tables were decorated with 

 plants and cut flowers furnished by Ed- 

 ward W: Breed, A. H, Lange, Leonard 

 C -Midgley and Adin A, Hixon. 



There was a new toastmaster this 

 year, John B. Bowker. The after-din- 

 ner piogram, an-anged by him and 

 Secretary Hixon, was one of the most 

 enjoyable in the history of the society. 

 For the first time musical numbers 

 were mixed in with the speeches. Each 

 speaker was introduced with appro- 

 priate and witty i-emarks, Mr, Bowker 

 spared nobody, and, consequently, none 

 of the speakers spared him, 



Presid«'nt Rice said, in part: "The 

 committee on winter meetings, lectures 

 and discussion closes its duties with 

 tonight's entertainment, and I wish to 

 thank it lor the conduct of those meet- 

 ings, that some one or more have been 

 present at each meeting to welcome all, 

 also those who took part in the sub- 

 ject of the day. Your committee intro- 

 duced a new feature — that of music at 

 several meetings — which gave univer- 

 sal satisfaction, and I wish to thank 

 those who took part most heartily. 



"The program for tonight includes 

 speaking and vocal music, introduced 

 by the toastmaster, and at 9,15 o'clock 

 we adioorn to the lower hall, where 

 all are invited and expected to join the 

 fiance — A, J, Marble, floor director," 



The speeches that followed were wit- 

 ty and full of entertainment 



.\mon,g those who spoke of their 

 work, and told entertaining storias 

 were; C, S, Gold, president of the C5on- 

 necticut Pomologiral Society; I, L. 



