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can Beauty roses— W. D. Guthrie, first; Mrs. 

 F. S. Smithers, Glen Cove, second. 



The Weeber & Don special for 6 chrys- 

 anthemums grown in 6-in. pots — Percy 

 Cliubb, first; John Pratt, second. 



The Mrs. D. Burns special for 4 varieties 

 chrysanthemums, 3 of each— W. D. Guthrie, 

 first; Mrs. B. Stern, second. 



The Vaughan Seed Store special for 12 

 varieties single chrysanthemums — John 

 Pratt, Glen Cove (J. W. Kverett, gardener), 

 first; Percy Chubb, second. 



The Julius Eoehrs Co. special for 4 pots 

 orchids in bloom— J. E. Delamar, first. 



The A. G. Hodenpyle special for 8 kinds 

 of vegetables— Howard C. Smith, Oystei 

 Bay (R. Walker, gardener), first; John 

 Pratt, second. 



The Butler's Grocery & Provision Co. spe- 

 cial for collection of fruit — James Holloway, 

 first. 



The E. M. Underbill special for 6 chrys- 

 anthemums, 6 varieties, short stems — Percy 

 Chubb, first; J. H. Ottley, second. 



The Mrs. J.H. Ottley silver cup for 18 

 Killarney roses— Mrs. B. Stern, Koslyn, L. I. 

 (W. D. Robertson, gardener), first; Colgate 

 Hoyt, Oyster Bay (J. Robinson, gardener), 

 second. 



The Mrs. J. R. Maxwell special for collec- 

 tion of outdoor flowers not to exceed 25 

 varieties— Mrs. B. Stern, first; W. E. Kim- 

 ball, Glen Cove (J. MacCarthy, gardener), 

 second. 



The Mrs. J. R. Maxwell special for 6 kinds 

 of vegetables — A. G. Hodenpyle, first; W. V. 

 Hester (H. Boettcher, gardener), second. 



The Chas. H. Totty special for group of 

 chrysanthemums arranged for effect — Percy 

 Chubb, first; H. L. Pratt, second. 



The Hitchings & Co. special for group or- 

 namental and flowering plants arranged for 

 effect— J. R. Delamar, Glen Cove (R. Mar- 

 shall, gardener), first; Percy Chubb, second. 

 The Howard E. Smith special for 8 

 blooms chrysanthemums, 1 variety — J. H. 

 Ottley, Glen Cove (J. MacDonald, gardener), 

 first ;"W. D. Guthrie, Locust Valley (H. Qiff, 

 gardener), second. 



The A. T. Boddington special for collec- 

 tion of salads — Mrs. F. Smithers. Glen Cove 

 (V. Cleres, gardener), first; A. G. Hoden- 

 pyle, second. 



The A. T. Boddington special for 3 heads 

 of cauliflower— Mrs. F. S. Smithers, first; 

 A. G. Hodenpyle, second. 



The Cottage Gardens Co. special for 

 12 carnations not disseminated — Mrs. F. 

 Smithers, first, with Red Sjning. 



The Cottage Gardens Co. special for 25 

 carnations, any one color — E. M. Townsend, 

 Oyster Bay (J. Duthea, gardener), first; H. 

 Gould, Port Washington {W. Vert, gar- 

 dener), second. 



The Cottage Gardens Co. special for 50 

 carnations, mixed — H. Gould, first; E. M. 

 Townsend, second. 



The Burnetii Bros.' special for 12 kinds 

 of vegetables — A. G. Hodenpyle, first; Mrs. 

 H. L. Pratt, second. 



The Wm. E. Marshall & Co. special for 

 18 varieties hardy chrysanthemums — John 

 Pratt, first; B. Stern, second. 



The Rev. J. W. Gammocks special for 

 plants begonia Gloria de Lorraine — Percy 

 Chubb, first. 



The Kohler Bros.' special for best speci- 

 men palm — Mrs. F. S. Smithers, first. 



The H. T. Shotwell special for 12 tea 

 roses — Mrs. B. Stern, first; Colgate Hoyt, 

 second. 



The H. Schultz special for 12 tea roses, 

 mixed — Mrs. B. Stern, first; H. MacDonald, 

 second. 



The Universal Engineering Co. special for 

 6 varieties outdoor grapes — Jas. Holloway, 

 first. 



The Pino Typtol special for fi varieties 



of apples— W. V. Hester, first; J. R. Dela- 

 mar, second. 



The F. B. Edmonds special for specimen 

 plant begonia Gloria de LoiTaine — P. Chubb, 

 first; J. R. Delamar, second. 



The Glen Cove Echo special for specimen 

 fern— Colgate Hoyt, first. 



The James Holloway special for 3 apples, 

 3 pears, 3 bunches outdoor grapes — W. V. 

 Hester, first. 



The Miss M. Peck special for largest 

 bloom in show — Percy Chubb, first. 



JAMES MACDONALD, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY 

 HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The 10th aunuiil llower sliow of the 

 Northern Westchester County Horticultural 

 and Agricultural Society of Mt. Kisco, 

 ^. Y., was held in St. Francis Hall on 

 Thursdav, Friday and Saturday. October 

 31^ November 1 'and 2, 1912, with all the 

 classes on the schedule of this society of 

 any note well filled and competition was 

 extremeh' keen. The hall was filled to its 

 utmost capacity, though nearly double the 

 size of the hall of former years; but one 

 remarkable feature of this year's show was 

 the general excellence of the quality of the 

 exliibits. Amongst those entries to be 

 noted was the superb collections of orchids 

 from Miss Bliss, New Canaan, Conn., and 

 also those of Hobart Park, Esq., Port- 

 ehester, N. Y. Mr. Burns and Mr. Alex. 

 Marshall, past masters in the craft, were 

 up against one another, Mr. Burns winning 

 the Blue through very fine discrimination 

 of the judges in this classic event. Mr. 

 Alex. Marshall was, notwithstanding this 

 event, the greatest winner of the Blue in 

 the whole show. Mr. Al. Thomson, gar- 

 dener to Moses Taylor, Esq., coming next 

 in line, a most ardent and painstaking 

 young gardener and with a future before 

 him, came next to tlie old war horse, Alex. 

 Marshall (who, by the way, was the or- 

 ganizer of this society in 1897), in carry- 

 ing off a good share of the Blues and de- 

 servedly to his credit, especially in his sev- 

 eral collections of greenhouse plants, which 

 were finely grown. 



Mr. Wm. Scott (Scott Bros.) put up a 

 vase of "Wm. Eccles" carnations, which 

 gained first prize over Mr. James D. Cock- 

 croft's "Northport" for seedlings, not dis- 

 seminated. Scott Bros, winning first, but 

 both getting a certificate of merit from this 

 association. 



Adolph Lewisohn, Ardsley, N. Y., showed 

 a superb specimen plant of Annie Laurie 

 which was much admired, John Caning, 

 gardener. The big wins were well repre- 

 sented in all the classes. The Bailey prize 

 of $50, in .$25, $15 and $10, brought out 

 very fine specimens. 



Special Bailey Prize, 24 chrysanthemums 

 in not less than 12 varieties— Mrs. Neu- 

 stadt (David Gordon, gardener), first; Miss 

 Bliss (John Bun, gardener), second; Moses 

 Taylor (Alex. Thomson), third. 



In the estimation of all who attended 

 this show it was given as the opinion that 

 no other show of recent years could come 

 near it for excellence of bloom, location of 

 hall, general appearance of the exhibit 

 when staged. 



The judges of this show were: Mr. Wild, 

 of Greenwich, Conn.; Mr. Wm. Jamison, 

 Tarrytown, and Mr. Tom Aitcheson, of 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y., who kindly consented 

 to act in the place of Mr. Ewan Mackenzie, 

 New Roehelle, N. Y., who was not feeling 

 well, whose judgments in the several events 

 seemed to give entire satisfaction to all the 

 coiMpetitors in this show. 



Following are the summaries of events: 



Class 1 — Best 12 cut blooms chrysanthe- 

 mums not less than 6 varieties — Mrs. Moses 

 Taylor (Alex. Thomson, gardener), first; 

 ilrs. Neustadt (David Gordon, gardener), 

 second; Adolph Lewisohn (John Caning, 

 gardener), third. 



Class 2 — Best 6 white chrysanthemums — 

 Mrs. Neustadt, first; Miss Bliss, second. 



Class 3— Mrs. Neustadt, first; Miss Bliss, 

 second. 



Class 4— Mrs. Neustadt, first; Miss Bliss, 

 second. 



Class 5— Mrs. Neustadt, first; Mrs. J. H. 

 Hammond (John Conolly, gardener), second. 

 Class 6— Hobart Park, first; Mrs. Neu- 

 stadt. second. 



Class 7 — Collection of Pompons — Hobart 

 Park, first. 



Class 8— Collection of Suyles chrysanthe- 

 mums—Miss Bliss, first; Hobart Park, 

 second. 



Class 9 — 20 chrysanthemums in pots not 

 exceeding 7 inches — Clarence Whitman 

 (William Will, gardener), first. ■- 



Class 11 — Single chrysanthemums in pots 

 —Mrs. Taylor, first; James Sutton (D. 

 Fraser, gardener), second. 



Class 13— Best 6 bush plants chrysanthe- 

 mums—Mrs. Neustadt, first; C. Whitman, 

 second. 



Class 14— Specimen bush— Adolph Lew- 

 isohn, Esq. (John Caning, gardener), first; 

 James Sutton, Mt. Kisco, second. 



Class 15 — Best collection of roses — Hobart 

 Park, first; J. J. Riker, Esq. (A. E. Lovar- 

 sud, gardener), second. 



Class 16 — Best seedling carnation, not dis- 

 seminated—Scott Bros., Elmsford Nurseries, 

 with "Wm. Eccles," first; Jas. D. Cockcroft, 

 with ''Northport," both fine specimens of 

 their colors, second. 



Class 17— Best 6 blooms red carnation— 

 Hobart Park, first, J. J. Riker, second. 



Class 17A— Best 6 blooms white carna- 

 tion— Hobart Park, first; J. J. Riker, second. 

 Glass 18— Best 12 pink carnations— Ho- 

 bart Park, first; Mrs. S. Neustadt, second. 

 Class 19— Best bunch of single violets — 

 Mrs. Neustadt, first; Hon. Seth Low (Hugh 

 Birch, gardener), second. 



Class 20—20 double violets— ^^^litman 

 Katmah, first. 



Class 21 — Collection of decorative plants, 

 8 ft. space— Mrs. Taylor, first. 



Class 22— Best specimen plant in show — 

 Mrs. Taylor, first; Mrs. Sloane (E. CuUam, 

 gardener), second. 



Class 23— Best 6 plants table decoration 

 —Mrs. Taylor, first; Hobart Park, second. 

 Class 24 — Best pair adiantums — IMrs. 

 Moses Taylor, first. 



Class 25— Best specimen fern— Hobart 

 Park, first; Mrs. Taylor, second. 



Class 27— Best 3 Lorraine begonias— J. J. 

 Riker, Esq., first; Mrs. Taylor, second. 



Class 28—6 best table plants— Mrs. Moses 

 Taylor, first. 



Class 29— Best 6 geraniums— C. Whitman, 

 Esq., first. 



Class 30— Best collection of orchids— Miss 

 Bliss, New Canaan. Conn., first; Hobart 

 Park, Portchester, N. Y., second. 



Qass 32— Best collection of pears— A. W. 

 Butler (John Hall, gardener), first; J. 

 Borden Harriman (M. J. O'Brien, gardener), 

 second. 



Class 33— Best 6 head celery— Mrs. J. H. 

 Hammond, first; A. W. Butler, second. 



Class 34—12 distinct varieties vegetables, 

 exhibition— Mrs. Taylor, first; C. Whitman, 

 second; Mrs. J. H. Hammond, third. 



Class 34A— 12 vegetables, table use— 

 Hon. Seth Low (Hugh Birch, gardener), 

 first; Eugene Meyer, Esq. (Chas. Ruthven, 

 gardener), second; A. W. Butler, third. 



