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HORTICULTURE 



June 29, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



peony Exhibition. 

 Peonies had their innings at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on June 22 and 

 23, but the date was Just a day or two 

 too early for a show of any great mag- 

 nitude and the general displays of 

 other hardy herbaceous material quite 

 overshadowed the peonies. Fine peony 

 collections of greater or less extent 

 were contributed by Mrs. Jack Gard- 

 ner, Blue Hill Nurseries, William 

 Whitman, E. L. Lewis, R. and J. Far- 

 quhar & Co., J. L. Blanchard, Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill, George Hollis and E. J. Shay- 

 lor. George Hollis was strong on sin- 

 gles and Mr. Shaylor's display com- 

 prised a very interesting collection of 

 named sorts. The tables of hardy per- 

 ennial flowers were resplendent with 

 irises, oriental poppies, dianthuses, 

 pyrethrums and such early summer 

 border bloomers contributed by Blue 

 Hill Nurseries, P. J. Rea, R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., John R. Clarke & Co., 

 and others. As usual the display by 

 Blue Hill Nurseries had double value 

 from its elaborate labeling, the botan- 

 ical name, common name, native home, 

 height, etc., being given on a neat card 

 ■with every variety shown. The pyreth- 

 rums from William Whitman were 

 elegant. J. R. Clarke made the first 

 display of sweet Williams for the sea- 

 son, and W. Heustis made an excellent 

 showing of Scotch roses. Peirce Bros, 

 staged a seedling tomato of good prom- 

 ise. 



Wm. Nicholson showed two vases of 

 Lady Leonora Bramwell. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual June show of this 

 society was held on June 18. Roses 

 and strawberries which are generally 

 the principal feature at this time were 

 very scarce. Cut flowers, ferns, shrubs 

 and perennials were numerous and of 

 excellent quality, while the vegetable 

 exhibits surpassed those of any pre- 

 "Vious June exhibition. The F. R. 

 JPierson Co. had a fine display of plani^s 

 and cut flowers, notable among the 

 latter being a collection of peonies. 

 This was awarded a certificate o£ 

 merit. Scott Bros, showed an assort- 

 ment of hybrid rhododendrons in pots. 

 -Prizes were awarded to George Wit- 

 linger, gardener to Miss Potter, for 

 sweet peas; W. H. Waite, gardener to 

 Samuel TJntermeyer, for shrubs; 

 Wm. Grierson, for perennials; George 

 Middleton, for strawberries; Howard 

 Nichols, gardener to Mrs. J. B. Trevor, 

 and John Elliott tor vegetables. 

 .Special prizes were awarded for peren- 

 nials to J. W. Smith, W. H. Waite, 

 F. Gibson; for roses to John Wood- 

 cock; for greenhouse fruits to George 

 Middleton, George Wittlinger, D. Mc- 

 Farlane; for grapes and table of decor- 

 ative plants to Robert Angus. 



On account of the late season for 

 roses the judges did not award the 

 J. H. Ti'oy cup for out-door roses. 

 Notwithstanding the fact that the 

 door receipts were donated to the new 

 hospital fund the attendance w;is very 

 slim. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The executive committee for the 

 annual exhibition of the C. S. A. to be 

 held in the American Institute, New 

 York City-, on November 6, 7 and 8, 

 consisting of A. Herrington, C. H. 

 Totty and W. Duckham, met at the 

 Institute on Wednesday, June 12, with 

 A. Herrington as chairman, and 

 final arrangements were completed. 



Dr. Hexamer informed the com- 

 mittee that all efforts to secure larger 

 accommodations had proved unsuc- 

 cessful, consequently it was decided to 

 make it exclusively a chrysanthemum 

 show, thereby securing room for the 

 exhibits in the hall of the Institute, 

 The president, A. J. Loveless, pre- 

 sented a premium list which includes 

 four silver cups, gold, silver and 

 bronze medals and many good cash 

 prizes, and many valuable prizes are 

 offered by the Institute, which should 

 biing spirited competition and insure 

 a good show. It was found necessaiy 

 to make some slight changes in the 

 schedule as previously published in 

 order to avoid a duplication of classes 

 and also to make it possible for every 

 grower of chrysanthemums to par- 

 ticipate in the competition. The ex- 

 hibition promises to be the largest m 

 the history of the society, and every- 

 thing points to a successful meeting. 



The schedule is now in the hands of 

 the printer and will be mailed to 

 members in due course. All interested 

 exhibitors can obtain them by apply- 

 ing to the secretary. 



SPECIAL FREMILiM LIST. 



Class A — C. S. A. silver cup, 10 blooms 

 any varietv, long stems. 



Class B— The F. R. Pieraon Co. sliver 

 cup, 10 blooms each white, yellow, pink, 

 loug stems. 



Clas.s C — Special silver cup, 12 blooms 

 Miss Clay Frick, long stems. 



Class D — J. C. Vaughan silver cup, speei- 

 meu bush plant, any variety. Open to pri- 

 vate gardeners only. 



Class E— W. Wells & Co. gold, silver and 

 bronze medals, 6 blooms Miss Miriam Hank- 

 ey, long stems. 



Class F— E. G. Hill, 1st, $10; 2nd, $5, 

 12 blooms Pres. Loubet; $10 for 10 blooms 

 Mme. Armand Detroyat. 



Class G— Henry A. Dreer, 1st, $10; 2nd, 

 $5; 24 blooms, 6 varieties, 4 blooms in a 

 vase, 24 inch stems. 



Class H— Stumpp & Walter Co. $10; three 

 blooms Morton F. Plant, 24 inch stems. 



Class I— J. M. Thorburu & Co. $10; 12 

 blooms, 4 varieties, three blooms in a vase, 

 24 inch stems. Open to private gardeners 

 only. 



Class K— A. T. Boddingtou. 1st, $10; 2nd. 

 .$.5: 10 blooms Beatrice May, long stems. 



Class L— Chas. H. Totty, 1st, $15; 2nd, 

 $10; 12 blooms. 12 vari'.'ties. 12 inch stems, 

 introductions of 1907. 



Class M— Xathan Smith & Son, 1st, $15; 

 2nd, $10, 6 blooms seedlings or sport of 

 American origin, commercial scale. 



Class X — Special premium, $5 each, for 

 largest bloom white, yellow, pink, or any 

 other coloi". 



Peter Hender.son & Co. $25, to the pri- 

 vate gardener winning the greatest number 

 of points, to be determined as follows: Any 

 first prize to count 10; any second prize 

 lo count 5; any third prize to cnubt 3. 

 DAVID ERASER. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Peony Exhibition. 



A two-day exhibition of peonies and 

 roses was held on the 20th and 21st 

 inst. There was also a notable exhi- 

 bition of hardy perennials, the feature 

 of same being the collection shown by 

 Clement Newbold, Mr. Logan, superin- 

 tendent, which for variety and novelty 

 was a revelation. Among the features 

 of this display were Chrysanthemums 

 James Kelway, a deep maroon single 

 flower, and Evening Star, a bright yel- 

 low, both shown here for the first time. 

 James W. Paul and Jno. W. Pepper 

 also had good collections of hardy per- 

 ennials on exhibition. In peonies 

 Henry A. Dreer took the lead with a 

 well-grown and correctly named collec- 

 tion of some fifty varieties. Frank 

 Gould from Morris's showed only in a 

 limited way this year, owing to a mis- 

 understanding of the schedule. 



No Names and Wrong Names. 

 The Andorra Nurseries showed some 

 good flowers but this exhibit was 

 marred by being unnamed, and as such 

 had but little horticultural value. The 

 Griscom and Weightman collections of 

 peonies had the names affixed, but we 

 regret to say same were inexcusably 

 incorrect in many instances. Absolu- 

 tion may be pleaded on account of the 

 confusion in peony nomenclature but 

 when a pink variety is labelled Pestiva 

 maxima or a fluffy white shown as 

 Golden Harvest it is time to put the 

 onus where it belongs. We have named 

 names before on this same subject and 

 are glad to say those we named in for- 

 mer years show a marked improve- 

 ment. Jno. Hedland, gardener to Mrs. 

 W. I/. Elkins took first on peonies in 

 class 8, with a well-grown assortment. 

 The rose show was not of much ac- 

 count either in quality or variety. Sam- 

 uel_ Hammond, gardener for Rudolph 

 Ellis, showed some good sweet peas 

 and a nice lot of lettuce. A. B. Cart- 

 ledge. W. Graham and C. Eisele acted 

 as judges. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the last meeting exhibits were 

 made by Eric Wetterlow of cut blooms 

 of gloxinias ai-ranged with maiden- 

 hair fern: Jas. McGregor, German and 

 Spanish iris; William Till, perennial 

 lupins; James Scott, rhododendrons, 

 Xauthorhiza sorbifolia and St. Brigid 

 Anemones. At the meeting on July 5 

 President McGregor will speak on 

 roses and rose culture. 



At the meeting of the New Haven 

 Horticultural Society on June 18 Presi- 

 dent Ferrier presented Robert Pryde 

 with a set of resolutions commending 

 the excellent services which he ren- 

 dered the society while president. A 

 smoker followed. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



June 27 and 28 are the dates set for 

 the rose and peony show of the 

 Amateur Horticultural Society of 

 Springfield, Mass. 



The American Civic Association will 

 hold their annual meeting in con- 

 junction with the National Municipal 

 League at Providence, R. I., in the 

 week beginning November 17. 



At the last meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club it was voted to accept 

 the invitation of August Poehlmaun 

 to hold the picnic at Morton Grove. 

 A committee was appointed to take 

 charge of the matter. 



