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HORTICULTURE 



October 5, 1918 



THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF 

 THE CITY OF NEW YORK 



The American Institute of tlie City 

 o£ New Yorlc will have a chrysanthe- 

 mum exhibition at the Engineering 

 Building, West 39th street, on Novem- 

 ber 6th, Tth and 8th, 1918. 



The schedule of prizes includes 79 

 classes and amounting to about $800 

 cash, in addition to medals. 



Send all entries and correspondence 

 to W. A. Eagleson, secretary, Board of 

 Managers, 324 West 23rd street, New 

 York. 



Special prizes offered by the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America in con- 

 junction with the American Institute 

 Show includes the following: 



List of Special Prizes. 



Class A — C. S. A. silver cup for the 

 best seedling chrysanthemum not dis-' 

 seminated, six blooms one variety on 

 long stems. 



Class B — C. S. A. silver cup for the 

 best six vases pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums, six varieties, twelve sprays not 

 less than 18 inches long to a vase. 



Class C — President's cup for the 

 best ten blooms chrysanthemums, one 

 variety, any color on long stems. 

 Silver cup, offered by President Wm. 

 W. Vert, Greenwich, Conn. 



Class D — Charles H. Totty Company 

 prizes for six blooms chrysanthemums, 

 variety Mrs. H. S. Firestone. First, 

 $15.00; second, $10.00, offered by 

 Charles H. Totty Company, Madison, 

 N. J. 



Class E — Charles H. Totty Company 

 prizes for vase of twelve assorted 

 blooms Japanese anemone chrysan- 

 themums. First, gold; second, silver; 

 third, bronze medal. 



Class F — E. G. Hill Company prizes 

 for twenty-five blooms of chrysanthe- 

 mums, variety Richmond. First, $15.00; 

 second, $10.00, offered by The E. G. 

 Hill Company, Richmond, Ind. 



Class G — Elmer D. Smith & Co. prizes 

 for four vases disbudded pompon 

 chrysanthemums, four varieties, twelve 

 blooms each. Open to all. First, 

 $10.00; second, $5.00, offered by Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. 



Class H — A. N. Pierson, Inc., prizes 

 for ten blooms chrysanthemums, Bar- 

 bara Davis. First, $10.00; second, 

 $5.00, offered by A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn. 



Class I — A. X. Pierson prizes for 

 the best vase of twelve sprays sipgle 



chrysanthemums, Elizabeth Fiiisuni". 

 First, $5.00; second, $3.00, offered by 

 ■A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 



Class J — Henry A. Dreer prize for 

 the best ten blooms, one variety of 

 chrysanthemums certificated by the C. 

 S. A. season of 1917. $10.00, offered 

 by Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa- 



Class K— Hitchings Company cup 

 for the best six vases of single chrys- 

 anthemums, six varieties, twelve 

 sprays not less than eighteen inches 

 long to a vase. Silver cup offered by 

 Hitchings & Company, Elizabeth, N. J. 



Class L — Philip J. Foley prize for 

 the best ten blooms chrysanthemums, 

 Josephine Foley, on long stems. 

 $10.00, offered by The Foley Manufac- 

 turing Co., Chicago, 111. 



Class M— Stumpp & Walter Co. prize, 

 silver cup, for the best twelve blooms, 

 twelve varieties of chrysanthemmus 

 on short stems, offered by Stumpp & 

 Walter Co., New York, N. Y. 



Class N— H. E. Converse prize, 

 silver cup for the best ten blooms 

 clirysanthemums, Harry E. Converse, 

 offered by H. E. Converse, Marion, 

 Mass. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON 



The club will hold a grand exhibi- 

 tion of vegetables, fruits and flowers 

 in Horticultural Hall on October 15 

 and 16. There are 133 classes in the 

 schedule which will be mailed 

 promptly to all applicants. Fruits 

 and flowers are included to give va- 

 riety and interest to the show. There 

 will be competent judges and ex- 

 hibits should be staged by 1 o'clock 

 on October 15. Admission will be 

 free to the public each day until 10 

 p. m. Unless the law prohibiting 

 public meetings is still in force the 

 regular club meeting will be held on 

 the evening of October 16. A stere- 

 opticon lecture on vegetables will be 

 a feature to which the public is cor- 

 dially invited. The aim of this exhi- 

 bition is to stimulate still greater in- 

 terest in food i)roduction and ex- 

 hibits will be welcomed from anyone. 

 W. N. Cbaig, Secy. 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The officers recently eleeted are as 

 follows: J. F. Sullivan, president; 

 M. Bloy, vice-president; H. Foster, 

 secretary; J. Stack, treasurer. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA 



Examining Committees. 



President Wm. W. Vert announces 

 the committees to examine new chrys- 

 anthemums for the ensuing year as 

 follows: 



Boston — Wm. Nicholson (chairman), 

 James Wheeler, Alex. Montgomery. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, care of W. J, 

 Thurston, Manager, Boston Flower Ex- 

 change, 1 Winthrop square and Otis 

 street, Boston, Mass. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze 

 (chairman ) , Wm. H. Duckham, A. 

 Herrington. Ship flowers to New 

 York Cut Flower Co., 55 Twenty- 

 second street. New York, care of 

 chairman. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge (chair- 

 man), John Westcott, S. S. Pennock. 

 Ship flowers to A. B. Cartledge, 1514 

 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter (chair- 

 man). James Allen, J. C. Murphy. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, Jabez 

 Elliott Flower Market, care of janitor. 



Chicago — N. J. Wietor (chairman), 

 E. A. Kanst, Thomas W. Head. Ship 

 flowers to chairman, 162 North Wabash 

 avenue. Chicago, 111. 



Shipments should be made to ar- 

 rive by 2 p. m. on examination days 

 to receive attention from the commit- 

 tee. Must be prepaid to destination 

 and an entry fee of $2.00 should be 

 forwarded to the secretary not later 

 than Tuesday of the week they are to 

 be examined, or it may accompany the 

 blooms. 



Seedlings and sports are both eligi- 

 ble to be shown before these commit- 

 tees, provided the raiser has given 

 them two years' trial to determine 

 their true character — not less than six 

 blooms of each variety to be shown. 

 Special attention is called to the rule 

 that sports to receive a certificate must 



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