October 9, 1009 



HORTICULTURE 



503 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



On September 14 the Hall was again 

 filled to overflowing with flowers and 

 flowering plants in season, particular- 

 ly the various sections of the Dailia. 

 To describe and give the names of 

 these would need a large amount of 

 space, and 1 will content myself by 

 affording readers of this journal a few 

 only of the^ more conspicuous of the 

 newer introductions of semi-double 

 decorative or Peony-flowered varieties, 

 now so much admired when planted in 

 masses, and at considerable distance 

 from the observer. They can scarcely 

 be termed refined looking, but their 

 large blooms and striking colors and 

 forms, combine to afford a grand dis- 

 play in the flower garden. South Pole 

 is a semi-double, white flower; the en- 

 tire measuring 7 inches across; King 

 Leopold, canary yellow, and of the 

 same diameter; Miss Gladys Banson, 

 yellowish salmon, 4 inches in diameter; 

 Circle de la Tete, Jeanne Charmet, pale 

 magenta, 7 inches in width: Yellow 

 Colosse. a full flower of a pleasing yel- 

 Icw color, 5 inches in diameter; Mad. 

 Van den Bael, pinkish lilac with deep- 

 ly channelled florets; Papa Charmet, a 

 fine deep crimson flower, with chan- 

 nelled florets, and having a diameter 

 of 6 inches. 



Cactus dahlias were splendidly shown 

 by various specialists, and of striking 

 colors. There were noted Williamsoni, 

 scarlet; Rev. A. Bridge, pink at the 

 tips of the florets, the lower half yel- 

 low; Lady Fox, brilliant scarlet with 

 incurving florets; Dorothy pale lilac, 

 and Harold Pearman, a pure yellow 

 flower. The above were observed 

 among the exhibits of Messrs. Cannell 

 & Sons. In the exhibit of dahlias from 

 Messrs. Cheal & Sons, Cawley, show 

 varieties of pure self-colors were noted. 

 Their collection of cactus varieties was 

 very fine. 



Messrs. T. Ware & Co. were likewise 

 exhibitors of fine dahlias of all classes, 

 and of a blue double-flowered Aster. 

 A beautiful Potentilla atrosanguinea 

 Gibson's Scarlet, a capital hardy border 

 perennial with strikingly pure scarlet 

 blooms mounted on tall stems, was 

 shown by Maurice Prichard of Christ- 

 church, Hants. 



A Silver Flora Medal was awarded 

 :o Sander & Sons for a group of or- 

 chids of which the following were 

 conspicuous, viz.; Laelio-cattleya Car- 

 issima, a white hybrid suffused with 

 purple which is deepest at the tips of 

 the petals and sepals, the throat hav- 

 ing a yellow stain. The limbs of the 

 flower do not expand much and they 

 are terminal on tallish pseudo bulbs; 

 L.-c. Phoenix, a cross with Cattleya 

 aurea and L.-c. Henry Greenwood, has 

 a lip of a rich purple tint, the petals 

 paler and sepals of a buff color with 

 a green suffusion. Brasso-cattleya Mad. 

 Chas. Maron-brassavola Digbyana and 

 Cattleya Gigas. The flower is 7 inches 

 in width, and of a purple color, the 

 throat having a yellow stain, and a 

 large lip, fringed and furnished with 



short hairs at its margin. Cattleya 

 Iris inversa var. Amabile, is of a pur- 

 plish orange tint in all its parts ex- 

 cepting the lip, which is of an intense 

 purple color. 



Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Enfield, 

 showed some fine Cattleyas, etc.; C. 

 Harold var. Hildegarde, white in all 

 its parts excepting the lip, which is of 

 a purple color, and the throat inside 

 of a pale canary yellow tint. This firm 

 also showed Sophro-laelia Danae ros- 

 eum, a flower of light rosy purple. 



Stanley & Co. showed Cattleya Iris, 

 out of a cross of C. tricolor with C. 

 aurea, the flower having sepals and 

 petals of a deep orange tint, and lip 

 of bright purple. From the same cross 

 several flowers were shown, differing in 

 their colors. Some six hybrids of Cat- 

 tleya bicolor and C. Eldorado, raised 

 from seeds taken from one capsule, 

 showed marked differences in coloring 

 and marking, and yellow and buff tints 

 were observed in all, and likewise pur- 

 ple in more or less degree. An award 

 of merit was given the exhibitors. 



Edward V. Low showed a plant of 

 Angraecum Eichterianum with a tall 

 pseudo-bulb 4 feet high having white 

 flowers, alternating with the leaves 

 along its entire height — twelve in all; 

 Cattleya conspicua superba, with a 

 purple-colored labellum and sepals and 

 petals of buff suffused with purple. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence staged among 

 other things, a nicely flowered plant of 

 Angraecum Kotschyi, a distinct look- 

 ing plant of small dimensions, with 

 many flowered racemes, bearing white 

 flowers with reddish-brown tails. 



Messrs. McBean and Charlesworth & 

 Co. were also represented by some in- 

 teresting species and varieties. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the State Exposition at Oakland, 

 Cal., the commercial exhibitors includ- 

 ed C. C. Morse & Co. of San Francisco, 

 E. Gill of West Berkeley, and J. Scul- 

 berger of Oakland. 



Joseph A. Mauda has been appointed 

 manager of the exhibition of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of New York, which 

 is to be held at the Museum of Nat- 

 ural History, November 3 to 7. 



E. A. Corson. East Rochester, M. R. 

 Folsom and Chalmers' Conservatories 

 were e.xtensive exhibitors at the Cold 

 Spring Park fair in Rochester, N. H. 

 J. K. Alexander of East Bridgewater, 

 Mass., won all the first prizes for 

 dahlias. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society of 

 New Jersey will hold a chrysanthemum 

 show in Townley Hall, Long Branch, 

 on October 27-2S. The committee of 

 arrangements are: Jas. Kennedy, Benj. 

 Wyckoff, A. Grieb, Peter Murray, Mr. 

 Carry, Anthony Bauer and P. Ewin. 



At the annual exhibition of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society at Provi- 

 dence, on September 29-30, the prizes 

 on dahlias went largely to the New 

 Bedford growers — W. D. Hathaway. 

 Mrs. H. A. Jahn, W. P. Turner & Co. 

 Asters were shown in profusion. F. P. 

 Howe of Bristol showed some choice 

 grapes for which he received a prize. 



Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 15 to 

 20. Forty-two states, Canada and Mex- 

 ico will exhibit their varied horticul- 

 tural products. Prizes aggregating 

 ?35,000 will be awarded in a great 

 many different classes. The superin- 

 tendent is F. L. Reed, Council Bluffs, 

 Iowa. 



The Wappingers Dahlia Society held 

 their ninth annual show in Park Hall, 

 Wappingers Falls, N. Y., on September 

 17. It was a beautiful display. In the 

 center of the hall was a huge pyramid 

 of decorative plants from the W. P. 

 Clyde estate, gardener H. J. Oster- 

 houdt. The Uplands silver cup was 

 awarded to A. S. Hunt. Jr. The names 

 of Chas. Hilbert, James Ashton, Thos. 

 Boyle and H. J. Osterhoudt are promi- 

 nent among the prize winners. 



The annual meeting of the National 

 Horticultural Society will be held at 



PROSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS. 



San Francisco, Calif. — Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society and California 

 State Floral Society, Hotel Fair- 

 mount, Oct. 14, 15, 16. J. R. Atkinson, 

 110 Twelfth Av., San Francisco, sec- 

 retary. 



Boston, Mass. — New England Fruit 

 Show, Horticultural Hall, Oct. 19-24. 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, Concord, Mass., sec- 

 retary. 



Madison, N. J. — Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society, Oct. 27, 

 28. E. Reagan, secretary. 



Glen Cove, N. Y. — Nassau County- 

 Horticultural Society dahlia show, 

 Oct. 14; annual show, Oct. 28, 29. 

 Wm. Mackenzie, secretary. 



Pasadena, Calif. — Pasadena Garden- 

 ers' Association, Oct. 28, 29, 30. A. 

 McLeod, secretary. 



New York, N. Y. — Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York, Nov. 3-7. Geo. V. 

 Nash, Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. 



White Plains, N. Y.— Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society, St. John's Hall. 

 Nov. 4, 5, 6. E. W. Neubrand, Tarry- 

 town, secretary. 



New Haven, Conn. — New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society, Music 

 Hall, Nov. 2-4. F. H. Wirtz, 86 NicoU 

 St., secretary. 



Hartford, Conn. — Connecticut Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Putnam Phalanx 

 Hall, Nov. 3, 4, chrysanthemum show. 

 G. W. Smith, Melrose, Conn., secre- 

 tary. 



Boston, Mass. — Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, chrysanthemum 

 show, Nov. 4-7; Orchid exhibition, 

 May 26-30, 1910. W. P. Rich. 300 

 Massachusetts Av. 



St. Louis, Mo. — St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society and Florists' Club, 

 Coliseum, Nov. 9-12. Otto G. Koenlg, 

 6743 Florissant Av. 



Toronto, Ont. — Ontario Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition, St. Lawrence arena, 

 Nov. 10-14. P. W. Hod'getts, Parlia- 

 ment Buildings. 



Chicago, III. — Horticultural Society 

 of Chicago, Coliseum, date not an- 

 nounced; J. H. Burdett, 1620 W. 104th 

 Place. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Milwaukee Flor- 

 ist Club, Auditorium Building, Nov. 

 13-16. 



Norwich, Conn. — New London 

 County Horticultural Society, Novem- 

 ber. F. B. Allen, secretary. 



