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nORTICULTURL 



November 13, 1909 



the best rurchasiiig class in New York 

 society? Siiange, is it not? 



Ttie judges v\ ere C. H. Totty, Madi- 

 son, N. J., Thos W. Head, Groton, 

 Conn, K. 0. Orpet, Lancaster, Mass., 

 A. J. Loveless, Lenox, Mass., and I. L. 

 Powell, Millbrook, N. Y. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY FLOWER SHOW. 



The eleventh annual chrysanthemum 

 exhibition of the Tarrytown Horticul- 

 tural Society had to be held in Whitp 

 Plains this year as the public-spiritiMl 

 owner of the Tarrytown hall seemed to 

 think that a cheap moving-picture 

 show was more essential to the wel- 

 fare of the community than a good 

 flower show and refused the use of the 

 hall. However, the society did not 

 fare so badly in White Plains, the at- 

 tendance being above the Tarrytown 

 average and, although it was more in- 

 convenent tor quite a number of the 

 growers, they all turned out well and 

 put up a first-class show. Plants were 

 somewhat lacking but this was more 

 than made up for by the quantity and 

 quality of the cut blooms, which every 

 one conceded were the finest ever 

 shown. We have seen quite a few- 

 shows this year but this one easily 

 heads the list for general high qual- 

 ity of cut blooms. The hall was taste- 

 fully arranged, and the energetic man- 

 ager. James W. Smith, deserves great 

 credit both from the members of the 

 society and the exhibitors for the way 

 the show was managed. Everything 

 was placed and arranged so conven- 

 iently and the work of the exhibitors 

 so facilitated that there seemed no 

 need of hurry, all finding ample time 

 to get the exhibits carefully set up 

 and ready when the time came to clear 

 the hall for the judges. 



In the class for 36 blooms chrysan- 

 themums — C varieties of each — Wm. 

 Rockefeller, gardener Geo. Middleton, 

 was 1st and Frederick Potter, gardener 

 Wm. Roberts, 2nd, the varieties shown 

 being Glenview, Cheltoui. Mrs. J. E. 

 Dunn, Mrs. Partridge, M. V. Venusta, 

 and Merza in the 1st prize lot, and in 

 the second Lady Hopetoun, M. Hanky, 

 Glenview, O. H. Broomhead, Nellie 

 Pockett and Beatrice May. The blooms 

 all through were of phenomenal size, 

 well colored and beautifully finished. 

 For 24 blooms Wm. Rockefeller was 

 again first showing magnificent speci- 

 mens of the following varieties: 

 Mrs. Millar, Nellie Pockett, Gen. Hut- 

 ton, M. Hankey, Mrs. J. C. Neil, Glen- 

 view, M. V. Venusta, Mrs. J. B. Dunn, 

 Mrs. Wm. Duckham, Australia, C. H. 

 Totty, Beatrice May, Ben Wells, Chel- 

 toni, Brighthurst, F. S. Vallis, Lady 

 Hopetoun, Mrs. Patridge, Mary Mason, 

 and W. M. Moir. Heniy Siesel, gar- 

 dener T. Atkinson, was 2nd, the prin- 

 cipal blooms in this lot beine; Mrs. 

 Thirkell. Rose Pockett, G. W." Pook 

 and F. S. Vallis. In the class for 12 

 blooms, distinct, the same exhibitors 

 won out in the same order. 



For 12 varieties introductions of 1909 

 Mr. Siegel wag- 1st and Mr. Rockefel- 

 ler 2nd, the varieties shown being Les- 

 lie Morrison, Yellow Miller, Pockett's 

 Surprise, Rose Pockett, Frank Payne. 

 C. H. Totty, Lillian Coppard, Mrs. Tot- 

 ty, Mrs. O. H. Khan. Pockett's Crim- 

 son and Clara Wells. From the way 



KociiESTKR Flowkk suo^y 

 The Cascade. 



these varieties showed up when com- 

 pared with the older varieties it is 

 safe to say that they have come to 

 stay and will be welcome additions to 

 the exhibition tables. 



The class calling for 18 blooms. 6 

 varieties. 3 of each brought a large 

 entry; Fred Potter, E. Berolzheimer. 

 gardener Wm. Jamieson, and Mrs. P. A. 

 Constable, gardener James Stuart, won 

 out in the order named. Besides sev- 

 eral of the varieties already enumer- 

 ated there were shown in this class 

 some fine blooms of Merza, May Sed- 

 don. Montigue and Pres. Viger. 



Othei- successful exhibitors in the 

 cut bloom classes were E. H. Weather- 

 bee, gardener F, Milne; W. .4. Reed, 

 gardener Andrew McKendry; and Miss 

 Sands, gardener Thomas Lee. 



The bush plants were tew but what 

 were shown were of high quality, E. 

 Berolzheimer and Mrs. F. A. Constable 

 being the principal winners. Mrs. F. 

 A. Constable w.is first for a group of 

 IJlants arranged for effect showing 

 clean well-grown stuff, very tastefully 

 arranged by her gardener, James 

 Stuart. The same exhibitor was first 

 for a very pretty table of orchids. 



The first prize table of decorative 

 pl.Tuts shown by Joseph Eastman, 

 gaiilener Robert Angiis. was tastefully 

 arranged with well-colored i)lants of 

 crotons. diacaenas, aralias. etc. Both 

 for foliage plants and ferns suitable 

 for table decoration, Mrs. Constable 

 was first: E. If. Wsatherbee, second; 

 and Joseph Eastman, third. 



The dinner table decoration in com- 

 petition for a beautiful silver cup 

 brought out three entries. Wm Jamie- 

 son winning first; Henry J. Allan, gar- 

 dener for Fred Vanderbilt, second; and 

 Allan J. Jenkins. Lenox, Mass.. tniid. 

 Orchids were the principal flowers em- 

 ployed and the decoration of all thre" 

 was beautifully done, and it look 

 the judges quite some time to decide, 

 the comiietition being so close. 



The classes for roses and carnations 

 were all well filled and the competi- 

 tion kf-en. In the former the principal 

 prize takers were Fred Potter. The Os- 



burn Estate, gardener James Bell, Mr. 

 Mallory, gardener W. J. Seely, Fred 

 vanderbilt and I. N. Seligman, gar- 

 dener John Brnnger. In the latter, 

 Fi ed Potter, J. J. Riker, gardener Wra. 

 Hughes, and \V. A. Reed were the prin- 

 cipal winners. 



The F. R. Pierson Co, Tarrytown, 

 (rxhibitfdi a very pretty table consist- 

 ing mainly of Nephrolepis eleganlls- 

 sinia compacta, N. superbissima. N. 

 Amerpohli and several vases of White 

 Killarney and Killarney roses, for 

 which they were awarded a certificate 

 of merit. Scott Bros, of Elmsford Nur- 

 series, were also awarded a certificate 

 of merit tor a table of chrysanthemum 

 l>loonis, showing a number of single 

 varieties, most of this year's introduc- 

 tions in the large-flowered varieties 

 and a number of novelties to be sent 

 out by them in 1910. These latter in- 

 cluded such varieties as Gladys Black- 

 burn, R. P. Felton, Hetty Wells, W. 

 Mease, Keith Luxford, and Mrs. H. 

 Stevens. W. S. 



ROCHESTER FLOWER SHOW. 



^Sw L.ist Week's Issue. I 



The show at Rochester, N. Y., was a 

 magnificent popular success and it was 

 well worthy of it. There were over 

 80(10 admissions in a single day. As 

 C. H. Vick expressed it, it was "a 

 unique idea in the holding of a com- 

 mercial show, that the individual in- 

 terests represented should sacrifice 

 their personal plans for exhibitions to 

 carry out a unified plan. 



"Several of the exhibitors had their 

 exhibits rearranged to make possible 

 the ground plan or arran.gement de- 

 vised by Ailing S. DeForest, but no 

 nuninur of diRa|)proval was heard." 



the officers of the Flower City Flor- 

 ists' Association are: President, F. W. 

 Vick; vice-president, E. P. Wilson; 

 secretary, H. B. Stringer; treasurer. 

 \V, L. Keller. 



The general plan for the decorations 

 and landscape effects was prepared by 

 Mr. Ailing S. De Forest, landscape 

 architect, and it reflects great credit 

 on bis skill and artistic ability. 



