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HORTICULTURE, 



September 25, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This society held its autumn exhibi- 

 tion September IS, 19 and 20, and al- 

 thougti its many predecessors have 

 been famed for their excellent exhibits 

 this was generally admitted to be far 

 ahead of anything previously held, 

 both in quality and quantity, also in 

 variety. Several new features were 

 added this year which proved to be a 

 great success as they provided an op- 

 portunity for displaying various skill- 

 ful methods of growing and arranging 

 plants and cut flowers, with the result 

 that more of the Newport estates were 

 represented than ever before, making 

 it more satisfactory to the society and 

 the public. The only regret was that 

 a larger hall could not be secured so 

 that the fine exhibits could have more 

 room and be shown to more advan- 

 tage. 



The following is a digest of the 

 awards: Class 1, group of palms, ferns, 

 foliage and tlowering plants — first. J. 

 J. Aslor; James Boyd, gardener. Class 

 2, which calls for a smaller group, was 

 not filled; but Class 3, which calls for 

 a table of plants, each one to be fit for 

 a table and has always been a feature 

 of the show, proved to be the hardest 

 table the judges had to decide, there 

 being five exhibits and each one seem- 

 ing to be as good as the other, and it 

 was finally agreed to give the first to 

 the M. L. Fish estate, Charles D. Stark, 

 gardener; second, J. J. Astor; third, 

 Mrs. T. O. Richardson, James Robert- 

 son, gardener. 



A new class for six specimen plants 

 shown in jardinieres was also keenly 

 contested, and James Boyd won out on 

 the merits of good finish. Jlr. Boyd 

 was also first in the classes for Kentia 

 in 12-inch pot, six vases of cut fiowers, 

 six dracaenas and six indoor-grown 

 peaches. In the class for specimen 

 palm of any size or variety, Mrs. C. 

 Vanderbilt, Andrew Pow, gardener, 

 was first with a very fine Kentia Bel- 

 moreana. Mr. I'ow also came out 

 ahead in the class for six named speci- 

 men geraniums, some of them being 

 over five feet in diameter and well fur- 

 nished with flowers. Mrs. Delancey 

 Kane, gardener John Barron, was sec- 

 ond with six smaller but beautiful 

 plants. 



The specimen Fern class was won by 

 E. J. Beiwind, gardener Bruce Butter- 

 ton, with a handsome plant of Angiop- 

 teris evicta, which is sometimes con- 

 tused with Marattia elegans. For best 

 six ferns, R. L. Beechman, gardener 

 John B. Urquhart, was first, getting 

 ahead of the old champion, James G. 

 Kyle, who showed himself still hard 

 to beat. Mr. Urquhart is a'so the win- 

 ner of a handsome prize offered by 

 Mrs. Goelet for table of green plants 

 Some excellent exhibits were in this 

 class, but as Mr. Urquhart had his 

 well-grown Farleyense ferns and palms 

 faultlessly arranged he had to win. An- 

 other good prize offered by Mrs. Goelet 

 for a table of Begonias was easily won 

 by Mrs. W. G. Weld, gardener Paul 

 Volquardsen. 



Dahlias were numerous enough to 

 make competition very keen, and the 

 quality averaged better than in other 

 years. Several exhibits were staged 

 from New Bedford, Brockton, and other 

 places, but mostly all met with defeat 

 when placed against those from Miss 

 Fanny Foster's estate. The W. W. 

 Rawson Co. staged a choice collection 

 of cactus varieties which were very 

 much admired and awarded a Certifi- 

 cate of Merit. It may be worthy of 

 note that the Newport red decorative 

 dahlia Catherine Duer when in compe- 

 tition with several vasesi of 'excellent 

 cactus dahlias was justly awarded the 

 first prize. This was grown by Colin 

 Robertson, gardener for Mrs. Goelet. 

 A vase of the "Boston Yellow" was 

 also in competition with any type of 

 yellow and came out ahead with very 

 fine Mrs. Edward Mawleys against it. 

 "Boston Yellow" is the variety award- 

 ed the W. W. Rawson silver cup at the 

 recent dahlia show in Boston as be- 

 ing the vase which was the freshest 

 at the end of the exhibition and is a 

 seedling of 1908 raised by James Rob- 

 ertson of Newport. 



The table decorations which came in 

 on the thiid day of the exhibition were 

 pronounced to be the best ever seen 

 here, and that is saying a good deal. 

 There were four classes of these which 

 brought in eleven tables, all handsome- 

 ly equipped; one class of four tables 

 was in competition for a beautiful sil- 

 ver cup offered by Rickards Bros, of 

 New York, and this was won by A. J. 

 Dorward, gardener for Mrs. Emery, 

 with a pretty floral arrangement of 

 Killarney roses. Mr. Dorward was also 

 the winner of the E. J. Berwind prize 

 for decoration to show originality, and 

 he was probably the most successful 

 all-round competitor. The first prize 

 offered by the society for table decora- 

 tion of outdoor flowers other than 

 roses and dahlias, was won by Charles 

 Newton, gardener for Mr. I. T. Burden. 

 Mr. Newton was a winner in many 

 other classes and a cheerful loser in 

 others. The main table decoration 

 called for e.vpensive glass, silver, gold 

 and other material suitable for a table, 

 and grand displays were put up on 

 three tables. The bric-a-brac of one 

 of these — the second — was said to be 

 worth 17.000. The first prize was 

 awarded to C. E. Gunther, the second 

 to James Boyd, the third to Herbert 

 Coles. Tnese prizes of |25, $15, and 

 $10 were provided by Mr. R. L. Beech - 

 man. 



A group of rare and choice stove and 

 greenhouse plants and orchids was 

 staged by Julius Rcehrs Co., and in 

 charge of J. Muller. 



The exhibition was free to the pub- 

 lic Sunday, and a large number of peo- 

 ple took advantage of this opportunity 

 to see it. .\mong the many visitors 

 from away were William Keith of New 

 Bedford, Wm. J. St?wart and Robert 

 Laurie of Boston, R. M. Bowen and J. 

 Johnson of Providence, and Mr. and 

 Mrs. A. J. Rickards of New York. 



The judges were Richard Gardner. 

 Andrew S. Meikle and Alex. Meikle. 



Joseph A. Greenbacker, of Meriden. 

 Conn., had on exhibition two very fine 

 floral pieces at the Berlin (Conn.) Fair 

 and was awarded first prize, a diploma. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Refreshed and invigorated by their 

 summer's respite the members of this 

 club showed their appreciation of its 

 advantages by appearing, to the num- 

 ber of one hundred and fifty or more, 

 at the opening meeting of the new 

 season, Tuesday evening, 21st inst., at 

 Horticultural Hall and listening to a 

 very interesting talk by their fellow- 

 member and club vice-president, J. W. 

 Duncan, on the incidents of his recent 

 trip across the continent via the Yel- 

 lowstone Park to the Alaska-Yukon- 

 Paciflc Exposition. 



Mr. Duncan referred briefly to his 

 stop in Chicago, where the substan- 

 tial construction of the boulevards was 

 noted, and Minneapolis where the 

 splendid growth and promise of the 

 parks, with the flower plantations and 

 rose garden were favorably comment- 

 ed upon. From Minneapolis the party 

 going to the Park Superintendents' 

 meeting at Seattle traveled together. 

 They spent some days in the Yellow- 

 stone Park and Mr. Duncan's descrip- 

 tion of the geysers, hot springs and 

 canyons, with the gorgeous display of 

 wild flowers, and the stately forests 

 of evergreens was listened to with 

 close attention. Spokane, Seattle, Ta- 

 coma and Portland were successively 

 visited. The parks and estates of Spo- 

 kane were described and a message 

 delivered to the club from an old mem- 

 ber, William Donald, now engaged in 

 landscape work at Spokane. Seattle's 

 beautiful gardens, salubrious climate, 

 the great show of roses in the parks 

 and the fine planting of the Exposition 

 grounds, the extensive park system, 

 interesting trees and local hospitality 

 of T.acoma, also Mt. Rainier, Portland, 

 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Pas- 

 adena, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and 

 Arkansas Hot Springs, all came in 

 for notice and an enthusiastic vote of 

 thanks was accorded the speaker. 



On the exhibition table were some 

 interesting things. William Sim 

 showed a handsome pink snap-dragon. 

 Mrs. S. V. A. Crosby, a vase of Malope 

 roseum Carter's strain, a very showy 

 fio\\er; seeds sown July 4, now bloom- 

 ing profusely, 2 1-2 feet high. A. Roper 

 showed a new scarlet carnation. No. 

 1021, which he said was excelled by 

 no variety on his place for vigor and 

 freedom and the flowers certainly 

 looked it. He received an award of 

 merit for it. An award of merit was 

 also conferred on W. G. Postings Of 

 Newport for a glorious crimson dahlia 

 qiiitp similar to Catherine Duer but 

 more glowing. S. J. Goddard sent car- 

 nations Helen Goddard, White Perfec- 

 tion and Pink Delight, and Ed Wink- 

 ler several vases of montbretias and 

 border perennials. 



It was announced that at the Octo- 

 ber meeting, which will be held one 

 week later than usual on account of 

 the New England Fruit Show occurring 

 on the regular night, J. K. M. L. Far- 

 Quhar will present a stereopticon lec- 

 ture on Bulbous Plants. 



