November ]3, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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I Chrysanthemum Novelties [ 



I BEST IN THE WORLD AS USUAL 1 



s The splendid showing of my last year's varieties at all the Eastern shows, proves = 



E how the standard is maintained. As the American Agent of W. Wells & Co. of 5 



5 Merstham, England, I have arrangd for simultaneous distribution of their = 



S novelty list of 1910 so that the American cultivator for the first time in history = 



E can obtam the Wells Pockett novelties at the same time as the British grower. That E 



E list will include Mrs. David Syme, the gold medal winner and other splendid kinds = 



E not yet named. The 1909 list comprises some grand varieties for the exhibition E 



E grower. R. F. Felton the deepest shade of yellow, Well's Late Pink a grand S 



S thing in the style of Brighthurst, Mrs. H, Stevens, Gladys Blackburn, W. Mease, = 



E W. Hotston, and other splendid varieties. E 



E In American Raised Seedlings I will offer Mrs. A. R. Peacock, Mrs. W. Arnold, E 



5 whites. Mrs. W. Wincott, pink, all certificated by the C. S. A. and a yellow sport E 



E of the well-known Ivory. E 



E If Your Name is not on My Mailing List, Write Me. E 



I CHARLES H. TOTTY, Madison, N. J. | 



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consistiug of all the rarest plants in 

 Supt. Smith's very rare collection. The 

 large triangle at the front was decor- 

 ated by Fred Kramer in chrysanthe- 

 mums, ferns and Queen Beatrice roses, 

 while the corresponding one at the 

 other end was fragrant with Gude's 

 American Beauties. Chas. Totty of 

 Madison, N. J., had a very compre- 

 hensive display of pompons embracing 

 nearly every variety and Henry A. 

 Dreer of Riverton, N. J., had his usual 

 generous exhibit of prize ferns and 

 fine chrysanthemums. Mre. L. Z. 

 Leiter's usual public spiritedness was 

 manifest by her fine collection (said 

 to be the finest in Washington) of 

 begonias and ferns. The Washington 

 Florist Co. had an exhibit for the first 

 time and their display of the "Mrs. 

 Taft" rose drew a good crowd around 

 it. The rose is a very delicate shell 

 pink with a darker centre and is an 

 exquisite addition to the rose world. 

 W. W. ICimmel of Massachusetts aven- 

 ue, had his usual handsome display of 

 fine chyrsanthemums and unique bas- 

 kets. A good crowd around Edw. S. 

 Schmid's' table, attested to the popu- 

 larity of that gentleman's fine display 

 of bulbs, gold fish, aquatic plants, etc. 



W. Marche, Mayberry & Hoover, 

 Geo. Cooke and Geo. Shaffer all had 

 table and mantel decorations, but up 

 to a late hour Monday evening the 

 decorators had not finished so a de- 

 scription cannot be furnished here. 

 The show will continue during the 

 entire week and it is to wind up with 

 a sacred concert on Sunday. 



Especial thanks are due lo Pres. 

 Kramer and Chairman Cooke tor their 

 untiring efforts that have made of 

 this exhibition such a success. 



THE BOSTON EXHIBITION. 



In our issue of last week we gave a 

 fairly comprehensive description of 

 the very fine exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society which 

 was in progress at the time. We now 

 append the list of awards with a few 

 other conimtms. 



The vases of ten each long-stemmed 

 flowers of one variety, competing as 

 to color, presented some wonderfully 

 fine tlowers. In red, Mis. H. Patiidge 

 and Leslie Morrison, both from the 

 Plant Estate, took precedence over 

 everything in their color, although T. 

 Carrington from Mrs. Fred Ayer was 

 also much admired. In white, Merza 

 by Peter B. Robb, vanquished Nellie 

 Pockett and Beatrice May. Mrs. Win. 

 Duckham in yellow and Brighthursc 

 in pink, both from the Plant Estate, 

 were invincible. The six best varie- 

 ties of 1909, as seen in the winning set 

 frt)m the same exhibitor, were Leslie 

 Morrison, Rose Pockett, Frank Ij. 

 Payne, Chas. Beckett, Mrs. L. Thorne 

 and O. H. Kahn. The vases of singles 

 from Miss E. J. Clark of Pomfret Cen- 

 tre, Conn., were very fine. R. "Vin- 

 cent, .Tr. & Sons Co. staged no less 

 than 100 varieties of pompons, right 

 up-to-date with the finest new sorts, 

 and promise even a bigger display for 

 next year. W. H. Elliott's commer- 

 cial chrysanthemum plants were beau- 

 tiful. Many of the brightest of the sin- 

 gle varieties were included. A table of 

 11)0 varieties of apples, one specimen 

 of each, selected from the exhibits of 

 the New England Fruit Show, the pre- 

 vious week, was a centre of attraction. 

 An exhibit of American Beauty roses 

 and lily of the valley of very high 

 quality, grown by Carl Jurgens and 



f-taged by Welch Bros., was continu- 

 ously besieged by an admiring group 

 of visitors. 



Following is a snnimaiy of the 

 av/ards. 



Group of foliage and flowering pluuts 

 (.H>veriiig three hundred square feet: 1st. 

 Eilwaid MacMulkin; 2d, Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner. Tal)le of orchids, both plants and 

 llowers, accuratel.v named: 1st, Wheeler & 

 Co.: 2(1, Edw. MacMuIkiu. Chrysauthe- 

 niunis (two specimen plants, anv color or 

 class): 1st. W. A. Klggs; 2d, Morton F. 

 riant; 3d, Dr. C. G. Weld. Twenty-flTe 

 plants, commercial specimens: 1st, W. II. 

 Elliott; 2d, J. S. Bailey. Twelve plants, 

 sins'e flowering sorts: W. H. Elliott. Six 

 plants, one bloom to each: 1st, Mrs. Les- 

 ter Leland; 2d. ditto; 3d, Mrs. A. W. 

 lilake. liest chr.vsanthemum plant on ex- 

 hibition: W. A. Kiggs. a silver medal. Two 

 Xeutias: Ist. Edw. MacMulkin; 2d, Wm. 

 Whitman; 3d, Edw. MacMulkin. Two 

 arecas. AVm. Whitman. 



In the cut flower chrysanthemum classes 

 the winners of first ana second prizes were 

 Thos. Ilowden, Morton F. I'lant, Mrs. Le.s- 

 ter Leland, Mrs. J. M. Sears, P. B. Kobb. 

 W. A. Uiggs, Wm. Swan. Winthrop Ames, 

 Eben U. Jordan, E. K. Butler, W. W. Ed- 

 gar Co., .1. S. Bailey, Mrs. Frederick Ayer. 

 The Gaue Memoriiil prizes were won by 

 James Nicol and Thomas Howdeu, 1st and 

 2nd respectively, with splendid vases of 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones and Yellow Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones. The table decorations won in the 

 following order; Ed. MacMulkin. 1st; Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill. 2nd; W. J. Creed. 3rd. 



The National Chrysanthemum Society's 

 trophy was awarded to W. A. Riggs for 

 the most meritorious displa.v of chrysan- 

 themums. 



.SIt>VEi; ilEDALS; T. D. Hatfield, for 

 artistic disijlay of chrysanthemums; R. .t 

 J. Farquhai &; Co., for meritorious displaj 

 of coniferous trees and shrubs. 



BRONZE MEDALS; Wm. C. Rust, 

 chr.vsanthemum grown in form of a chair; 

 R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., display of 

 pompon chrysanthemums; Laugwater Gar- 

 dens, display of single chrysanthemums. 



FIRST CLASS CERTIFICATES OF 

 MERIT; Bellevue Nurseries. Anemone ja- 

 ponica Prince Henry; Julius Roehrs Co.. 

 Croton F. Sander; Peter Fisher, new car- 

 nation Ma.v Day. 



HONORABLE MKNTIO.X: R. & J. Far 



