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HORTICULTURE 



August 28, 1909 



BAR HARBOR HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The second annual flower show has 

 passed into history with a remarkable 

 success attending it. In the two days 

 there was an attendance of about two 

 thousand people. The grounds in the 

 front and rear of the Arts Building 

 were utilized for the exhibits in addi- 

 tion to the extensive hall room. Rival- 

 ry was keen. Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, 

 gardener W. E. Ekstrom, took the 

 prize for the best individual exhibit 

 with AUamanda Hendersonii, nine feet 

 across, and AUamanda Williamsii, ten 

 feet high. For best group of stove or 

 decorative plants, John I. Kane, gar- 

 dener K. McLean, and J. S. Kennedy, 

 gardener W. T. Burton, were first and 

 second respectively. William Miller of 

 Mt. Desert Nurseries, showed some 

 magnificent fuchsias. Among the other 

 large prize winners were Mrs. E. C. 

 Cushman, gardener John Remick; A. 

 C. Gurney, gardener C. L. Shand; 

 Louis B. McCagg, gardener Harrison 

 Stiles; D. C. Blair, gardener Eugene 

 Mitchell; George S. Robbins, gardener 

 J. F. Bunker; J. W. Auchincloss, gar- 

 dener W. Seaver; W. J. Sohieffelin, 

 gardener T F. Anthony; A. M. Coates, 

 gardener John Brown; Mrs. Edward 

 Coles, gardener Edw. McGranaghall; 

 Geo. S. Bowdoin. gardener Bernard 

 Morris: Mrs. J. T. Bowen, gardener A. 

 E, Chilman; Edgar Scott, gardener A. 

 Mitchell; Misses Morrill, gardener C. 

 W. Heath: H. L. Eno, gardener W. T. 

 Chandler; Mrs. John Harrison, gar- 

 dener Washington Grant; Miss N. H. 

 Dehone, gardener N. V. Wilson. 



Among the exhibits not for competi- 

 tion were a fine collection of orchids 

 and foliage plants from Julius Roehrs 

 & Co.; gloxinias, fuchsias, N. Whit- 

 mani and a new N. Milleri from Mt. 

 Desert Nurseries; gladioli trom B. H. 

 Tracv; dahlias from W. W. Rawson & 

 Co., and a new double scarlet dahlia 

 from C. L. Shand, to each of which a 

 certificate of merit was awarded. 



Robert Cameron was in charge of 

 the arrangement of exhibits. D. Fin- 

 lavson, T. D. Hatfield, E. O. Orpet, J. 

 T." Clarke, W. N. Craig and A. P. 

 Meredith were the judges. 



The Mt. Desert Nurseries, George R. 

 Dorr proprietor, gave a banquet to 

 the visitors on Saturday evening, 

 which about 100 attended. William 

 Miller acted as toastmaster. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual flower show was held at 

 Southampton, Mass., on August 13, 

 with many fine exhibits by amateurs. 



The flower carnival held at Addison, 

 N. Y., on August 17, brought out a 

 greater variety than ever before from 

 the numerous gardens. The largest 

 exhibits were of gladioli by Chas. 

 Larrowe of Cohocton. and of sweet 

 peas by E. A. Higgins of Avoca. 



At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the Connecticut Horticul- 

 tural Society on August 17, President 

 Huss announced the offer of a prize 

 of $25 from A. T. Boddington for best 

 collection of vegetables, and a silver 

 medal from Stumpp & Walter Co., for 

 best collection of dahlias at the com- 

 ing dahlia show. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The club will hold its next field day 

 at the Bay State Nurseries, North 

 Abington, Mass., on September 11. 

 Regular club meetings will resume on 

 September 21. J. W. Duncan will be 

 the speaker of the evening, his subject 

 being, "Some Facts About the West." 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar will deliver a 

 lecture on bulbs at the October meet- 

 ing, with stereopticon views. 



W. N. CRAIG, Sec. 



"THE FIRST NEWS OF THE BIG 



MEETING." 

 Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir: — For the man who does 

 something worth doing, better than the 

 rest, I have a sincere admiration; 

 whether it be ploughing a furrow, 

 growing a tree, or making a paper for 

 "live ones." And I want to send you 

 a stranger's congratulations on getting 

 to me and in the same way to others, 

 the first news of the big meeting at 

 Cincinnati. There are bigger ones, 

 "but Oh, you Horticulture." 



My personal congratulations and a 

 hand-shake. That's all. 

 Yours truly, 



JOHN WATSON, 



Newark, N. Y. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. George H. Linsdale. 

 Mrs. Linsdale, widow of George H. 

 Linsdale. who, until his death in June. 

 1908, was a familiar figure in the re- 

 tail flower district of New York. dieJ 

 recently. She left two daughters. 



Valentine Fox. 

 Valentine Fox. a native of Germany, 

 who has resided in this country since 

 1855 and followed the occupation of 

 gardener near Fort Wayne. Ind., died 

 on Aug. 9 at the age of 69. 



Mrs. Robert George. 



Mrs. Robert George, wife of Robert 

 George, of the Storrs & Harrison Co., 

 died on Aug. 13 at her home at Paines- 

 ville, O. Mrs. George has been an 

 invalid for some time, but through her 

 lovable character and sympathetic 

 personality had endeared every one 

 to her and her funeral was largely at- 

 tended. E. G. Hill of Richmond, who 

 was a schoolmate of Mr. George, 

 Adam Graham and Charles Hart of 

 Cleveland were present at the last sad 



rites. 



Mrs. Mary J. Shurtleff. 



Mrs. Mary J., wife of Josiah B 

 Shurtleff, florist, of Revere. Mass., died 

 on August 21, at her home on Cushman 

 avenue, following an illness that lasted 

 four months. Besides her husband she 

 is survived by two sons. Josiah, Jr., 

 and William H. Shurtleff of Reveri, 

 and one daughter. 



Do You 

 Know 



APHINE 



"COLLIER'S WEEKLY" says: 



" Aphine has a future as wide and 

 long as the United States." 



The "FLORISTS' EXCHANGE" says: 



" It is not very often that any new 

 enterprise receives such an impetus at 

 the very start as the newly exploited 

 insecticide Aphine has. We have been 

 told on what would seem to be the 

 very best expert authority that this 

 preparation is a very excellent thing." 



The "FLORISTS' REVIEW" says: 



"The demand for Aphine, the in- 

 sect destroying discovery, is wide- 

 spread. Its endorsement has beeti 

 remarkable. An unsolicited editorial 

 in Col ier's Weekly is esptcially strong 

 in its behalf, and Ar bur Harrington, 

 Albert M. Herr, Louis A. Noe, Brant- 

 Hentz Flower Co., August Belmont, 

 and the entomologists, J. B. Smith and 

 E. B. Southwick have much to say as 

 to its efficiency." 



It Kills the Black Ply, Qreen Fly, White Fly, 

 Red Fly. Thrip, R«d Spider. Mealy Bug, Slugs, 

 Caterpillars and White and Brown Scale. 



To spray — Use 1 part Aphine to 



40 parts water. 

 $2.50 per gallon ; $1.00 per quart. 



Manifactuked B\ 



Geo. E. Talmadge, inc. 



MADISON, N.J. 



Deicriptive Circular on Request. 



John Carson. 

 John Carson, a native of Ireland, 

 died at his home in Chicago on Aug. 

 12, at the age of 79. He was a land- 

 scape gardener. 



W. H. Wright. 

 W. H. Wright, a florist of Vicks- 

 burg. Miss., died on Aug. 10. aged 60. 

 Two daughters and two sons survive 

 him. 



A MAPLE TREE PEST. 



There is an insect attacking maples 

 that is fatal if left unchecked. It is 

 known as the maple phenacoccus. Its 

 presence is readily recognized by the 

 characteristic whitish appearance of 

 the hark, due to the presence of num- 

 erous small white oval cocoons of the 

 male and also to the conspicuous wooly 

 masses on the under sides of the leaves 

 produced by groups of females. The 

 species occurs only on hard maples and 

 produces two or three generations an- 

 nually. 



It can be best controlled by thorough 

 applications of such contact insecti- 

 cides as a whale oil soap solution or a 

 kerosene emulsion. This treatment 

 would be more effective if given at the 

 time when most of the minute, yellow- 

 ish young are crawling. This latter 

 must be determined by observations, 

 since the dates vary considerably from 

 year to year. 



Kerosene emulsion may be used at 

 the rate of one gallon to seven gallons 

 of water, or whale oil soap at the rate 

 of one pound to two gallons of water, 

 while the foliage is on the trees. It 

 can also be used in winter with some 

 success, but double the strength may 

 then be taken of either solution. 



This scale insect is a native of Eu- 

 rope, and has no doubt been introduced 

 into this country on nursery stock. It 



