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HORTICULTURE 



June 27, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual nise anil strawberry 

 show, en June 2i) and 21, was one of 

 the finest exhibitions ol the ye-iir. 

 Mljs Fay's roses. Farquhar's hardy 

 herbaceous Power.i. some ne^v var.eties 

 of strawberries, Whitman's sweelwil- 

 liams, eaniponula and delphiniums, 

 and a fine vegetable display, were the 

 features. The rose display made by 

 Miss Sarah B. Fa}' of \\'oods Hole was 

 superl), covering lour tables with live 

 hundred or more specimens of the iln- 

 est blooms ever teen in the hall, at- 

 testing the superior cultivation of M. 

 H. WaJsh, under who?e supervision 

 they were grown. There v.-ere some 

 other fine exhibits made by W. A. 

 Riggs. who had a collection covering 

 two tables; W. J. Clemsjn (J. O. 

 Christenson, gardener), who had a ta- 

 ble of blooms of especially fine qual- 

 ity; Mrs. E. M. Gill. W. A. L. Bazeley 

 and ethers. 



Pe-side the entrance, running aroumi 

 both sides of the hall below the loggia, 

 and over the loggia steps, R. & J. Far- 

 quhar displayed a sijlendid lot of hardy 

 herbaceous plants, and their table of 

 Spanish iris was most attractive botii 

 in coloring and arrangement. The 

 Blue Hill Nurseries had a table with 

 Camp.anula humosa, double floweis, ot 

 a fine la\cnder blue color. The Belle- 

 vue Greenhouses and F'redericlc J. 

 Rea had also good exhibits in 

 this class. The centre of the hall was 

 occupied by two tanks, in which the 

 Harvard Botanic Garden showed a fine 

 lot of aq\iatics, including flags, papy- 

 rus, nymphaeas in variety, pitcher 

 plants and others. 



Other of the more notable exhibits 

 in special classes were the sweetwil- 

 liams shown by William W'hitman 

 (Martin Sullivan, gardener), while 

 the campanulas and delphiniums 

 from the same Brookline estate were 

 of the highest possible quality. On 

 one of the centre tables EMward J. 

 Mitton (J. Lawson, gardener), had a 

 handsome lot of cattleyas, George 

 Hollis and T. C. Thurlow fine peonies, 

 and Mrs. John L. Gardner (William 

 Thatcher, gardener), campanulas and 

 delphiniums. Mrs. Frederick Ayer 

 (George Page, gardener) had a fine 

 display of fuchsias and allamandas. 

 There were some novelties in straw- 

 berries, the older varieties having 

 been pushed to the rear by the impor- 

 tance of the later seedlings. The 

 sensation in this line was the new 

 Barrymore. which is ot surpassing 

 size, fragrance, solidity and flavor. It 

 was shown two years ago in a single 

 specimen, last year in a couple of 

 quarts, and is now grown in quantity. 

 It is light red, not seedy, and said to 

 be a large cropper. This is exhibited 

 by H. L. Crane of Westwood. An- 

 other new variety is the Franklin, 

 originated by Marshall F. Ewell of 

 Marshfield Hills, which is also a fine 

 berry. A. W. Clark of Ashton, R. I., 

 showed two new seedlings, including 

 the King Edward, not yet introduced, 

 and the Victor, a very large flat 

 berry. 



Wilfrid Wheeler was the largest 

 single exhibitor of strawberries, hav- 

 ing not less than fifty baskets, includ- 



ing fifteen different varieties. Isaac E. 

 Coburn had thirty-three baskets and 

 exhibits were also made by John 

 Ward of Newton Centre. Charles B. 

 Travis, Edward B. Wilder and others. 

 There was a special class for straw- 

 berries arranged with a foliage as a 

 table centerpiece, in which Emily A. 

 Wheeler easily carried off first honors, 

 the others being John Ward and Isaac 

 E. Coburn. 



The vegetable display was notably 

 of high quality. Collections were 

 shown by W. S. & J. T. Spauldiug ot 

 Greenwood Farm, Beverly Farms (F. 



E. Cole, superintendent), W. J. Clem- 

 son of Taunton (J. O. Christensen, 

 superintendent). Colonel Frederick 

 Mason of Taunton (E. L. Lewis, su- 

 perintendent), and others. Farqu- 

 hav's new tomato, which has not been 

 named, was shown by W. Downs of 

 Chestnut Hill. 



Among the aw-ards outside of the 

 regular prize list were the following: 



Silver medal to II. L. Crane, for seed- 

 liii^' ^iniwberi'y IJ.irrymci-e. lironze medal 

 to rt. & .T. t''ariiuli.ir A: Co., for display ol 

 .•^paiiisli irises. First class ccrtlBeates of 

 meril to Blue Hill Nurseries for Campa- 

 nula liumosa and to Wra. Downs for Far- 

 cpihars new tomato. Honorable mention 

 to '1. r Thnrlow v>i Co. for peonie.s. George 

 Hollis loi j)(;ouies. R. & .1. Faruuhar i\: 

 Co. for displaj* of herbaeeous flowers, and 



F. .1. Uea lor rose Kuby King. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular meeting of the above 

 society was held June 18, at 8 P. M., 

 Chas. Eble presiding. As Secretary 

 Panter was absent. Paul Abele was 

 ai'pcinted secretary pro. tern. Otto and 

 Paul Abele showed plants of the doui)l° 

 lobelia and a bunch of beautiful cut 

 asteis. the first of the season. This 

 was followed by a general discussion 

 on the care and development of such 

 material. J. A. Newsham was called 

 uiion to tell of his researches in Cen- 

 tral .America. He was very entertain- 

 ing, and related how he had collected 

 many varieties of orchids. A vote of 

 thanks was tendered him. It was de- 

 cided to have an outing to Mandeville 

 "n July 8. The following committee 

 was appointed to make arrangements: 

 Messrs. P. A. Chopin. Otto Abele and 

 Harry Papworth. 



CH.AS. R. PANTER, Secretary. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the above society was 

 held in their hall in the Courier Build- 

 ing on Tuesday night; about fifty mem- 

 bers were present. H was Rose Night. 

 The largest collection — aljout seventy- 

 five varieties — was exhibited b,v the 

 superintendent of city parks. Ernest 

 Carroi, gardener to N. W. Kendal, 

 made a splendid display with almost 

 perfect bl-i'.ms. The Yale Botanical 

 Gardens put up a very fine table. The 

 other chi'^f exhibitors were John Nor- 

 ton, Wm. Symons, Frank Duffy, David 

 Ferguson, James Bruce and David 

 Kydil. Robert Baton and A. J. Thomp- 

 son were appointed judges. James 

 Kydd road a paper on Rose Culture. 

 The preliminary schedules are already 

 out for the fall show on the 10th, 11th 

 and l^th of November. They can be 

 obtained from Secretary Walter Koella. 

 58 Bishop street. New Haven. Conn. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society held its regular meet- 

 ing June 10. It was devoted to "Ferns" 

 particularly. Frank Eskesen, the Madi- 

 son siiecialist, read a highly com- 

 mendable paper on the subject. He 

 we'it into the details of their culture 

 and invited questions during any part 

 of his lecture, which was largely taken 

 advantage of. His group of ferns in 

 commercial and decorative sizes was 

 very attractive, well arranged and 

 contained many rare kinds. His fern- 

 pans exhibited to show what he could 

 do, or rather what we ought to do, 

 were fine pieces of artistic work. There 

 was also an exhibit of flowering shrubs 

 .•nd herbaceous flowers from C. J. W. 

 Otiolander of the F. & F. Nurseries, of 

 Sp'-ingfleld, N. J., that reflected credit 

 to him. Frau Karl Druschki. the 

 fa.mous w-hite rose, was in perfect con- 

 dition, from Wm. Duckham, A. Herring- 

 ton a.nd C. J. W. Ottolander; in fact 

 all the roses were fine. John C. Elliott, 

 gardener to J. I. Waterbury, had a 

 carmine rose of the Rambler type; 

 verv fine. It is ten days earlier thaii 

 Crimson Rambler. 



The next meeting will be September 

 9 and tiien we shall begin to talk 

 flower show. It is too early to. do any 

 predicting: we can only hope. All 

 that is readv now is the schedule. 



E. R. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 This society held its annual rose 

 show in the parlois of the Y. M. C. A. 

 Btiilding on Thuisday, June IS. Ad- 

 mission was free and the show was 

 well patronized. .\n excellent showing 

 of roses was made, the principal ex- 

 hibitors being Miss S. B. Fay. Fal- 

 mouth; H. A. Jahn, New Bedford, and 

 James Garthly, Fairhaven. Miss Fay's 

 exhibit consisted of a superb collection 

 of roses in named varieties. Mr. Jahn 

 show-ed several sweet peas and Lloyd 

 carnations. Mr. Garthly, in addition 

 to a table filled with a splendid exhibit 

 of roses in variety, showed a large 

 vase of Frau Karl Druschki and a 

 small table of single blooms of the 

 same rose. The exhibit of this rose 

 formed the principal attraction. It 

 was noticeable towards the close of the 

 day. that Madame Victor Verdier, X\<e\ 

 Cavriere. Duchess of Bedford. Lady H. 

 Stewart and Thomas Willis did not ex- 

 hibit the staying powers of most of 

 the other varieties: although they re- 

 ceived the same treatment they 

 drooped decidedly while the other va- 

 rieties held up their heads. 



THOMAS WHITE. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



An exhibition ot sweet peas and 

 other outdoor flow-ers was held under 

 the auspices of this society at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Philadelphia, on the 2:3rd 

 inst. The hot weather proved detri- 

 mental to .sw eet peas, but a very credit- 

 able display was staged notwithstand- 

 ing. Samuel Hammond swept all the 

 first prizes in the seven classes sche- 

 duled. Mr. Hammond is gardener for 

 Rudolph Ellis. Bryn Mawr, the latter 



