THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society was held 

 at Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, L. I., Sep- 

 tember 10 with a large attendance. The 

 most important business transacted was 

 the necessary arrangements for the dahlia 

 and fall shows. The dahlia show, which 

 comes on October S, will be on a much 

 larger scale than ever before held by this 

 society. Several good special prizes are of- 

 fered for vegetables and all out-door flow- 

 ers. For the fall show the society is mak- 

 ing a special ofl'er of a $50 silver cup for 18 

 chrysanthemums, 6 varieties, 3 of each. We 

 hope to see some good competitions for 

 this and other good prizes which are on the 

 list. 



H. Powell, Glen Cove, was elected to 

 active membership, and two applications 

 were received. 



Several members exhibited some fine mel- 

 ons and other fruits. The awards were as 

 follows: first prize to G. Ashworth for mel- 

 ons; first to H. Britisher for apples; first 

 to F. Pettroccio for corn; honorable men- 

 tion to H. Jones for melons, and thanks of 

 society to J. Robinson for apples. 



Next meeting will be held at Glen Cove 

 October 8 at 7 p. m. 



JA^IES jMACDONALD, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



BERNARDSVILLE (N. J.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Bernards ville Horticultural Society 

 held its third annual summer show on Au- 

 gust 27 and 28, which was very successful. 

 Some of the principal prize, winners were: 

 Wm. Duckham, silver cup for the best gen- 

 eral collection of cut flow^ers; J. F. Ander- 

 son, silver cup for the best collection of 24 

 varieties of vegetables; David Francis, sil- 

 ver cup, for collection 16 varieties vege- 

 tables. The medal winners were L. J. Bark- 

 man, J. Alonzo and K. Nagy. Good weather 

 and good support made this, our third 

 show, very successful indeed. 



J. F. ANDERSON. 



TUXEDO (N. Y.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular meeting of this society was 

 held at the Paris House, Tuxedo Park, N. 

 Y., on Wednesday evening, September 2, 

 President James MacMachan presiding. 

 Two new members were elected — David 

 Wilson and James Davidson. 



The Julius Roehrs Co. was awarded a 

 silver medal by the society for its exhibit 

 of orchids at the June show. Several spe- 

 cial prizes were received from different 

 firms for the coming show, which takes 

 place in October. It is expected that some 

 very fine chrysanthemums will be on ex- 

 hibition then, as these blooms are looking 

 very promising around Tuxedo Park. Final 

 schedules for the show will soon be printed 

 and will be forwarded to any one upon re- 

 quest bv the secretary. 



"JOSEPH A. BECVAR. Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the New 

 Jersey Floricultural Society was held on 

 Friday evening, September 12. 1913. Tho 

 meeting was well attended. A visit was 

 made during the month to the experimental 

 station at New Brunswick, N. J., where the 

 difi'erent results obtained, with various soils 

 and fertilizers, were noticed with great in- 



terest. The society is awaiting the end of 

 the year, when a bulletin will be published 

 by the same showing the various develop- 

 ments on different flowers, especially roses 

 and carnations. 



John Dervan, secretary of the society, 

 tendered his resignation, as he leaves for 

 quite a distance, and we sincerely hope for 

 his future welfare, as every one feels sorry 

 in the loss of so capable a secretary. He 

 was a faithful worker for the society, and 

 he takes with him the best wishes of every 

 member. 



The society donated a cup, value $10, to 

 be given as a prize for the best collection of 

 single dahlias at the coming show, Septem- 

 ber 27 and 28, 1913, and if the exhibit be 

 meritorious enough a second prize will be 

 awarded, but will be left entirely to the 

 discretion of the judges. 



This cup is to take the place of the cup 

 so kindly donated for the best display of 

 gladiolas by John L. Childs, of Floweriield, 

 N. v., as there was no prize in the sched- 

 ule for same. This cup will be set aside 

 and awarded for the best display of gladi- 

 olas at a gladiola night to be decided upon 

 later. 



Awards for the evening were as follows: 



Cyprepedium Harrisianum, Mr. Barr, 

 Llewellyn Park, 90 points. 



Vase of Celoisa, Mr. Chas. Hathaway, 

 Prospect street, 90 points. 



Lord & Burnham Prize, Phoenix Roeb- 

 lenna, Sydney and Austin Colgate, Centre 

 street, 90 points. 



Not for competition: 



Seedling Dahlias, Mr. H. Graves, Centre 

 street, certificate of merit. 



Cypredium Barrii, Mr. Barr, Llewellyn 

 Park, certificate of merit. 



Seedling Rose, Essex County Country 

 Club, vote of thanks. 



Collection of Hardy Roses. Wm. Tucker, 

 Arlin<;ton, N. .T., certificate of merit. 



Vase of Aster St. Egiom, Wm. Tucker, 

 Arlirgton, N. J., highly commended. 



Judges: Chas. W. Ashmead, Thos. J. Hop- 

 kins, \\'m. Reid. 



GEO. W. STRANGE, 



Secretary. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society was held in the 

 Town Hall, Lenox, on Saturday evening, 

 September 6, with President McConnaehie 

 in the chair. There was a good attendance 

 of members. The chief business was con- 

 cerning the coming fall exhibition, which 

 comes off on October 23 and 24. The 

 names of several prominent gardeners were 

 mentioned as likely to act as judges. Mr. 

 Walter Jack was elected as chairman of the 

 Committee of Arrangements. The report 

 in connection with the previous show held 

 in August was favorable, and a hearty vote 

 of thanks was extended to the Committee 

 of Arrangements for the able manner in 

 which they carried it through. Mr. Fred 

 Duncan was elected a member of the so- 

 ciety. Mr. Ed. Jenkins gave a very inter- 

 esting talk on his recent trip to Niagara 

 Falls and Toronto Exhibition. 



JOHN MATR, 

 Assistant Secretary. 



THE WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Tho regular niontlily meeting of the 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in Doran's Hall. Greenwich. 

 Conn., on September 12. President Robert 

 Williamson in the chair. 



The chief business of the evening con- 

 cerned the fall show, which will be held in 



the Armory, Stamford, Conn., November 

 7-S. The final schedule is now in the print- 

 er's hands, and will be on the table at the 

 ne-Kt meeting. 



A very interesting and instructive ad- 

 dress on the hickory bark beetle was given 

 by Jlr. De Dwer, of Bronxville, N. Y., in- 

 slructing the members how to combat this 

 new pest which is doing such havoc in the 

 New Flngland States. 



The prize offered by A. R. Kennedy for 

 the best collection of hardy flowers was 

 won by A. WTiitelaw; 2nd, P. W. Popp. 



Other exhibits were as follows: 



P. W. Popp, certificate of merit for col- 

 lection of named gladiolas comprising 65 

 varieties. 



Thos. Ryan, honorable mention for col- 

 lection of hardy grapes. 



0. A. Hunwick, honorable mention for 

 fair egg plant fruits. 



0. P. Chapman, of Westerly, R. I., staged 

 a superb collection of dahlias, although 

 somewhat damaged in transit. They 

 proved the grower to be an expert in dahlia 

 culture. 



Four new members were elected and sev- 

 eral adoptions made. 



A special prize is offered at the next 

 meeting for best collection of dahlias. 

 0\VEN A. HUNWICIC, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



President Wallace R. Pierson called the 

 Executive Committee of the American 

 Rose Society together at a meeting in New 

 York City, going particularly into the pro- 

 posed work to be done regarding the estab- 

 lishing of a rose test garden in the city 

 of Washington. The committee in charge 

 of this work was appointed at the annual 

 meeting, and was as follows: Messrs. Rob- 

 ert Pyle, Patrick O'Mara and Wm. F. 

 Gude. Mr. Gude, being located in the city 

 of Washington, had followed up the mat- 

 ter, being in touch with the men in charge 

 of this particular work of the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



The plan as outlined is: A garden of 

 some two acres located at Arlington 

 Heights, Va. Mr. Mulford, of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, is the man in charge. 

 The permanent Rose Garden Committee 

 appointed at the August meeting of the 

 Rose Society in Minneapolis is composed 

 of Messrs. Alex. Cummings, Jr., Hartford^ 

 Conn.; Theodore Wirth, of Minneapolis, 

 Miiui. ; Robert Pyle, West Grove, Pa. 



This committee has been requested to 

 prepare plans for a rose garden based upon 

 the broadest lines and to inquire into the 

 conditions of the famous rose gardens of 

 Europe, as well as those already established 

 in this country, and to report back to the 

 Executive Committee for approval. 



Prof. Liberty H. Bailey, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, took up with the American Rose 

 Society the desirability of having at Ithaca 

 a test garden, which could particularly try 

 out the varieties most fitted for the lati- 

 tude of the Eastern and Northern section 

 of the country. 



Special efforts will be made to increase 

 tlie membership of the Rose Society. The 

 committee appointed at Minneapolis has 

 mostly reported a willingness to push this 

 work broadcast. 



The secretary has been gathering from 

 American rosarians a list of roses origi- 

 nated in America, the variety, name and 

 date. The meeting directed that thia work 

 be continued and the result as i.ii ns ob- 

 tained be published in the Annual Bulletin 

 as an official list. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, 

 Secretary. 



