November 6, 1P09 



HORTICULTURE. 



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dener; Clifford & Son, George Ben- 

 nett; George Eastman, William Pirie. 

 gardener; Salter Brothers; Warham 

 Whitney, T. Strezeski. gardener; A. Al. 

 Lindsay, John McKeown, C. D. Bon- 

 bright, Otto Grasinze, F. Kronsbein, 

 Ed. Brockman, F. Schlegel's Sons, 

 Charles Suhr, Brown Brothers Nur- 

 sery Co., A. Rayton, Fred Teute; City 

 Tarks Department, .John Dunbar, su- 

 perintendent; Charlton Nursery Co.; 

 AValter Tickner, Mrs. William S. Kim- 

 ball, C. B. Ogston, gardener; George 

 J. Keller, Ellwanger &. Bai-ry, Chase 

 Brothers Co., E. C. Campbell, Thomas 

 Cogger, George B. Hart, Wm. Ehmann, 

 Grossman Eros., .7. Thomann, H. C. 

 Salmon, W. D. Oviatt, ,r. B. Keller 

 Sous, W. D. Ellwanger. 



Out-of-town exhibitors were: Mrs. D. 

 M. Osborne, Auburn, N. Y. ; Mrs. J. 

 Fav Kennell, Chili, N. Y.; Wm. Scott 

 Co.", Chili, N. Y.: Chas. H. Totty, Madi- 

 son, N. J.; E. D. Smith & Co., Adrian. 

 Mich.; Mrs. F. F. Thompson. Canan- 

 daigua, N. Y.; Robert Ballantyne, gar- 

 dener; A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. 



THE BOSTON CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SHOW. 



As we go to press the halls of the 

 Jlassachusetts Horticultural Society 

 present a scene of gorgeous beauty. 

 Chrysanthemums and orchids shine re- 

 splendent in a setting of evergreens, 

 palms and feras, the Judges are hard 

 at work on their difficult duty and the 

 public are thronging the open spaces, 

 listening to the music and feasting 

 their eyes on the scene, brilliant under 

 hundreds of electric lights. It is a de- 

 light to the old enthusiasts to see the 

 big trained specimen plants once again 

 on deck. W. A. Riggs, \V. C. Rust, Thos. 

 W. Head, and James Marlborough 

 are the rivals this year. In the groups 

 of foliage and flowering plants cover- 

 ing 300 square feet, Edw. MacMulkin 

 and T. D. Hatfield are represented. 

 MacMulkin's is a stately production in 

 which palms and bays piedominate; 

 Hatfield's is composed principally of 

 pot chrysanthemums. Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner also has a handsome group edged 

 with fine plants of Selaginella Emil- 

 liana. R. & J, Farqtihar & Co. have 

 a very extensive display of large coni- 

 fers in tubs, also Lorraine begonias 

 and cactus dahlias in pots. In the 

 commercial plant groups, W. H. El- 

 liott and Wm. McGillivray are coni- 

 pelitors, and in the other plant classes 

 are found Martin Sullivan. E. H. Wet- 

 terlow, J. L. Smith and other local 

 glowers. E. H. Wetterlow and E. A. 

 ■Richards, from Manchester and Green- 

 field, respectively, also James Nicol of 

 fjuincy. are entered for the Gane 

 prizes. In the pompon classes. R. Vin- 

 cent, Jr. & Sons Co., and the Bellevue 

 Nurseries are represented by large and 

 effective displays. The gigantic vases 

 of 75 specimen blooms each, are as 

 heretofore a unique feature of this 

 show. W. W. Edgar Co., T. W. Head, 

 James Nical. Edw. MacMulkin, Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill, D. F. Roy, Thos. W. Head. N. 

 F. Conley and Wm. A. Riggs are con- 

 spicuous in this class. In the various 

 other cut flower classes, Thomas How- 

 den, Peter B. Robb, W. C. Ritchie, E. 

 K. Butler, Wm. McGillivray, Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill, D. F. Roy, Thos. W. Head, H. 

 A. Abraham, Wm. Swan. W. X. Craig, 

 W. S. Russell, and F. H. Kennard are 

 all prominent contributors and the 

 competition in vases of one specifie'l 



color is exceedingly active, there being 

 numerous entries. The flowers from 

 Mr. Robb and Mr. Howden, both of 

 ■Whitiusville, are remarkable for size 

 and finish, as are those from T. W. 

 Head, who is a very larg3 contributor. 

 Wheeler & Co. represented by J. 

 Mutch, and Edw. MacMulkin, are com- 

 petitors in the class for table, 50 square 

 feet, of orchids, both beautiful. Lager 

 & Hurrel! have 25 square feet filled 

 with orchids. Julius Roehrs Co. stage 

 new Croton F. Sander and some choice 

 cypripediuras. Riverside Greenhouses 

 show seedling coleus. Peter Fisher, 

 Patten & Co., and 3. J. Goddard are 

 in with some handsome carnations. 

 The entries for dinner table decora- 

 tions of chrysanthemums are Edw. 

 MacMulkin, Mrs. E. M. Gill and W. J. 

 Creed. Next week we shall tell who 

 won out. 



Chrysanthemum Donatello 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The fifth annual fall show of this 

 society, which was held in Pembroke 

 Hall, Glen Cove, Oct. 2Sth and 29th, 

 was a notable success in every way. 

 Chrysanthemums were on a whole, 

 much better this year than in previous 

 years. The vegetables also were of a 

 very high standard and the judges, in 

 several instances, had quite a diffioult 

 task to pick the winning exhibit. A 

 novel feature was introduced at this 

 show by Mrs. B. Sterns — the offer of 

 a premium for the best model of a 

 flower .garden exhibited by an assis- 

 tant gardener. M. Sims, assistant for 

 J. Ingram, landscape gardener. Oys- 

 ter Bay. showed considerable skill 

 in his model and was awarded first 

 premium D. Beaton, assistant for S. 

 J. Trepass. won second prize with a 

 very neatly executed design. ' Mr. F. 



Moquin, assistant for G. Wilson, also 

 showed good taste in the arrangement 

 of his model. The principal prize 

 winners in the chrysanthemum class- 

 es were: A. Mackenzie, superintend- 

 ent for P. C. Chubb; J. F. Johnston, 

 superintendent for P. Daua; J. Elms- 

 lie, superintendent for W. L. Hark- 

 ness: W. Eccles, superintendent for M. 

 Schiff and J. Robinson, superintendent 

 tor C. Hoyt The blooms staged by 

 Mr. Eccles and Mr. Elmslie were ex- 

 ceptionally fine, Mr. Eccles' vase of 

 Beatrice May in the class for six white 

 being the largest blooms of that vari- 

 ety the writer has ever seen. Mr. 

 Eccles was awarded the prize for the 

 largest bloom in the show tor a flower 

 of that variety. Mr. Eccles staged a 

 fifty-foot group of chrysanthemums 

 which deserves special comment — the 

 dats of stuff used and the arrange- 

 ment both being fine. 



Other winners of first or second 

 prizes in addition to the exhibitors 

 above named were: C. W. Knight, R. 

 Cartwright, J. Ross, J. W. Everett, G. 

 Wilson and S. J. Trepass in chrysan- 

 themums; V. Cleres and G. Wilson in 

 roses; J. Ingi'am and H. F. Matz in 

 carnations. Other prize winners In the 

 miscellaneous classes were H. Gant, 

 E. R. Reidenbach, J. O'Brien, F. Pet- 

 trocia, G. Ashworth, J. Macdonald. 



President Everett won the silver cup 

 offered by Mrs. H. T. Pratt for best 

 collection of fruit. H. Gant has the 

 honor of having his name inscribed 

 upon the Troy cup for collection of 

 outdoor roses. This cup has to be won 

 three times before becoming the prop- 

 erty of an exhibitor. J. F. Matz ex- 

 hibited a floral design for which he 

 was awarded a certificate of merit. 



The judges were Wm. Turner, Oce- 

 anic, N. J.; J. F. Huss, Hartford, Conn, 

 and Peter Duff. Orange, N. J. J. 

 Dnthie proved an able manager. 



WM. A. MacKENZIE, Cor. Sec. 



MADISON (N. J.) SHOW. 



The 14th Annual Flower Show of 

 the Jlorris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society was a success in 

 every way. The attendance was con- 

 siderably larger than on any other like 

 occasion. What we have been work- 

 ing for so long, is to awaken pMblic 

 interest, and it looks as if the time 

 is fast coming. Several automobile 

 parties came a distance of 40 miles 

 just to see the show. The show itself 

 was vei-y satisfactory — the quality of 

 the flowers and the way they were ar- 

 ranged. 



I'here were fewer chrysanthemums 

 than in other seasons, but what was 

 wanting on this end was more than 

 made up in roses and carnations. 

 ITiere was never shown in any place 

 a finer lot of either. 



iSLger & Hurrell had a very choice 

 collection of orchids, and Harry Tur- 

 ner had his Celosla "Castle Gould" in 

 fine shape. He brought two seedling 

 chrysanthemums from Lenox, one 

 well-named "Big Bill Taft" and the 

 other the "Suffragette." Some of the 

 ladies thought it was too nice a flower 

 tor the name. C. H. Totty says, "It Is 

 all right for she has two or three mean 

 habits." Duckham's central group 

 was, as always, a feature, and the com- 

 mittee of arrangements deserve great 

 credit. E. R. 



The list of awards at this show is held 

 over, for lack of room, until next week 

 when it will appear In full. 



