August 17, 191S 



HOETICULTU-RE 



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AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, NEW YORK 



51 BARCLAY STREET 

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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 List ot the awards made at the 

 Gladiolus and Phlox Exhibition, Au- 

 gust 10 and 11. 



.\WARL>.S FOR FLOWERS. 



Gladioli. — Six va.ses, six varieties, white: 

 1st, T. M. Proctor; 2ncl, S. E. Spencer. 

 Piuk: 1st, S. E. Spencer; 2na, H. K. Mea- 

 lier, Red: 1st, S. E. Spencer; 2iicl, H. E. 

 Jleailer, Yellow: 1st. Jelle Roos. Laven- 

 der or mauve: 1st, H. E. Meador. Any 

 other color: tst, H. E. Meader. Six spikes 

 any Lemoine Hybrid: l.st, C. \V. Brown, 

 Cracker .lack; 2nd, H. E. Meader, Baron 

 Hulot, Six spikes, any Primuliuus livlirid; 

 1st, S, E. Spencer, Amy Bell; 2nd, H. E, 

 Meader, Golden Girl. Seedling gladiolus, 

 one spike: 1st, H. E, Meader; 2nd, Miss 

 I<'auuy Foster, Collection of fifty varieties, 

 named, one spike of each : 1st, II. E. 

 Meader; 2nd, Jelle Roos, Twelve varieties, 

 one spike of each: 1st, H. E. Meailer ; 2ud, 

 C. \V. Brown. Si.x spikes, crimson, one va- 

 riety: 1st. H. E. Meader. Purple Glory; 

 2nd. .Telle Roos. Gidiath. Six pink: 1st, 

 H. E. Meader, Panama; 2nd, S. E. Spencer, 

 I'anama. Six Red : 1st, H, E, Meader, Red 

 Amaryllis; 2nd, Thomas M. Proctor, Ida 

 Van, Six yellow : 1st, T. M, Proctor, 

 Sehwalien 2nd, H, E. Meader, Niagara, Six. 

 any other color: 1st, Thomas Cogger, Miss 

 Helen Franklin ; 2nd, H. E. Meader. Prince 

 of Wales. 



Silver Medal.— S. E. Spencer, display of 

 gladioli ; Boston Cut Flower Co., display of 

 gladioli in baskets and vases; Thomas 

 Cogger, seedling Gladiolus Miss Helen 

 Franklin. 



Bronze Medal.— C. W. Brown, display ot 

 gladioli ; Jelle Koos, display of gladioli. 



Honorable Mention. — George N. Smith, 

 collection of herbaceous plilox ; Hillcrcst 

 Farm, Japanese wineberry. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florist Club held its 

 .regular meeting on Aug. 8th in 

 Karthauser's Grove, where the club 

 has been meeting during the summer. 

 Very little business was transacted, 

 the taking in of six new members be- 

 ing the most important item. They 

 are as follows: L., Finnerman, 162 N, 

 Wabash avenue; A. Bendig, Fort 

 Scott, Kansas; D, D, Robertson, 4433 

 Ogden avenue: Sam French, 729 S, 

 Wabash, avenue; A, A, Craig, 120 S. 

 Wabash avenue: Eric Johnson, Lake 

 street and Wabash avenue. 



The club adjourned to hear the pa- 

 pers prepared by the wholesalers and 

 members took part in the discussion 

 that followed. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



A meeting was held Thursday, Au- 

 gust 8th, at Jefferson Memorial Build- 

 ing in Florist Park, with fifty mem- 

 bers present. The following were 

 elected members: Otto Bluening, 

 Theodore Brown, C. Kuehn Jr., John 

 Barnard, Hiram Nichols and ('. N. 

 Wors. 



The following officers were elected: 

 August H. Hummert, president; 

 Julius Beneke, vice-president; J. J. 



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Rho<lo(lemlr<]ns. 



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Bay Treev. standard and pyramids. 



WILLIAM BRYAN, Eiberon, N. J. 



^r«o^A^ Qu^^rft ^Skrkn^ 



Awarded Certificate of Merit at S. A. 



F. & O. H. New York Convention. And 



100 other notable kliule. Always ask for 



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Bedding Plants and Roses 



Windier, secretary; W. C. Smitli, 

 treasurer, and Alex Luri tliree years 

 trustee. John Young, secretary S. A. 

 P., gave a very interesting tallf on liis 

 trip from coast to coast in tlie inter- 

 ests of the National Publicity Fund 

 and John Morris, manager of the 

 Forest Park Greenliouses. showed the 

 metnbers over the grounds. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



An e.xhibition of plants and flowers 

 will be held on Saturday and Sun- 

 day, August 24th and 25th, in the 

 Museum Building, New York Botani- 

 cal Garden, Bronx Park, The pre- 

 mium list is arranged mainly for 

 gladioli. Schedules are now ready for 

 distribution, and will be sent on appli- 

 cation to the secretary, George V. 

 Nash, New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. N.\.sh, Secy. 



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