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HORTICULTURi: 



November 20, 1909 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



DOBBS FERRY SHOW. 



The 9th annual chrysanthemum ex- 

 hibition of the Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 

 Horticultural Association, was held in 

 the Village Hall, Dobbs Ferry, on 

 Nov. 5 and 6. Tlie number ot ex- 

 hibits and the general quality of the 

 exhibition excelled any of this so- 

 ciety's previous shows. 



Because of lack of accommodation, 

 the society limits competition to the 

 villages ot Hastings, Dobbs Ferry and 

 Irvington. This may appear nai-row, 

 but anyone attending these exhibitions 

 would readily see that this provision 

 is necessary, as every available cor- 

 ner of the building was packed. 



This society is very much to be 

 commended on its large heartedness 

 and public spirit. The gardeners work 

 hard and compete freely in a spirit ot 

 friendly rivalry, for comparatively 

 small prizes which are donated by the . 

 various trades people and residents. 

 The hall is given gratuitously by the 

 village authorities for the occasion 

 and the gate receipts are turned over 

 wholly to the Dobbs Ferry Hospital. 

 On the last evening of the show, the 

 flowers and vegetables are all sold, 

 first by private sales and then what 

 is left at 10 o'clock, is disposed of by 

 auction. Considerably over $200 was 

 realized by this m.eans. 



The individual blooms were not as 

 large as those seen at a number of 

 other exhibitions, but the competition 

 was keener, and many close decisions 

 had to be given by the judges. From 

 the standpoint of groups and tables 

 of plants, the showing was much more 

 creditable than at most other places. 

 On the second day the table decora- 

 tions and centrepieces were a very at- 

 tractive feature. 



Considerable exciteiment prevailed 

 over the gold medal offered by Lord 

 & Burnham Co., for the best 12 bloom* 

 of chrysanthemums in 4 varieties, 3 

 of each. The lots were very evenly 

 matched, but John Brunger, gardener 

 to Mr. I. N. Seligman, won out with 

 a nice even lot of fresh flowers. For 

 the Thorburn prize for best collection 

 of vegetables, the tussle finally sim- 

 mered down between Robt. Boreham 

 and Jos. Dunbar, Mr. Boreham win- 

 ning out. The judges were Jas. Stu- 

 art and Thos. Aitchinson of Mamar- 

 oneck, and Jos. Mooney, Hastings. 



We should like to publish the complete 

 list of awards but lacii the room. As a 

 summary we might say that in the list 

 of first prizes Thomas Lee's name appears 

 once, Henry Kastlierg five times. Robert 

 Boreham twice, John Brunger four times. 

 John Gof£ six times, Wm. Ilutchings twice, 

 D. MacRae once. W. Ilowe three times, H. 

 Kelling six times, M. Fl.inigan once, C. 

 Wilson once, H. Heath three tiiAes, John 

 Holgerson, Thos. Johnstone, J. Thomas, J. 

 Bradley and P. Bradley, once each. 



PASADENA FLOWER SHOW. 



The second annual flower show of 

 the Pasadena Gardeners' Association 

 was far and away ahead of that of last 

 year in every respect. Among the flor- 

 ists exhibiting were Howard & Smith, 

 who put up a handsome booth. One 

 of the most interesting exhibits was 

 the botanical display of P. D. Barnhart, 

 containing 10? varieties of tropical 

 (lowers, shrubs and fruits from nearly 

 every country on the face of the 

 globe, duly classified and labeled to at- 

 tract the attention of visitors. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT 

 GARFIELD PARK, CHICAGO. 



(See Cover Illustration.) 

 A two weeks' chrj-santhemum show 

 is on at the Garfield Park conserva- 

 tories and .Manager J. Sells and his 

 assistants are kept busy till 10 p. m. 

 each day showing visitors about and 

 answering their questions. Mr. Sells, 

 who has spent 35 years in the West 

 Side Park System, say^, they would 

 like to see these special fall exhibi- 

 tions more generally patronized by the 

 public. 6,000 chrysanthemums are in 

 bloom now, comprising fully 100 vari- 

 eties. 



These exhibits, one at this time, one 

 at the holidays and one at Easter are 

 a source of much pleasure and educa- 

 tion to the public. In addition to the 

 clu-}-sauthemums, the house of econ- 

 omic plants just now shows lemons 

 in fruit, olive trees, Japan plums in 

 bloom and many other interesting 

 trees. The big domed palm house 

 ha,s also two large ba.nana trees in 

 fniit. The orchid house is showing a 

 good variety of these fantastic blooms. 

 Mr. Sells is to be congratulated on 

 his success this year, particularly con- 

 sidering the unfavorable conditions 

 under which he has labored. The new 

 roof to the large dome is completed 

 and the other work has been tem- 

 porarily patched up to wait until 

 spring. The repairs on the conserva- 

 tories will cost in the neighborhood 

 of $75,000. 



MILWAUKEE FLOWER SHOW. 



From Nov. 11 to 14 the Milwaukee 

 Florists' Club gave their first large 

 flower show in the auditoriuoi. The 

 effect was that of a summer garden 

 and winding walks, bordered with sod 

 and multitudes of flowers produced an 

 effect that pleased and fascinated the 

 thousands of spectators. The long 

 galleries around the arena were fes- 

 tooned with wild smilax and from the 

 ceiling were hung huge baskets in 

 which were placed electric lamps. A 

 novelty was a forest of oaks, maples, 

 etc., which were placed in front of the 

 stage making a good contrast for the 

 vases of cut flowers arranged in fron 

 of the boxes. The usual eccentricities 

 in the way ot green roses, grafted 

 chrysanthemum plants, etc., and a coi- 

 ton plant in bloom, attracted a won- 

 dering crowd. The opening night, de- 

 spite a rain storm, was largely at- 

 tended. During the four days musical 

 programs were rendered each after- 

 noon and evening by the First Regi- 

 ment band of Chicago. 



Special features were an exhibit by 

 Milwaukee Park Board and a model 

 back-yard by the Milwaukee Florist.s' 

 Club. This club has tor president C. 

 Dallwig, vice-president G. Rusch, sec- 

 retary E. Oestreicher, treasurer J. G. 

 Heitman and with their various com- 

 mittees have made a great success of 

 their flower show. Special premiums 

 were offered by Kroeschell Bros., A. 

 Deitsch Co , J. Moninger Co., Poehl- 

 raann Bros. Oo. and Peter Reinberg of 

 Chicago, Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, 

 and others, in addition to those offered 

 by the Milwaukee firms. 



SHOW AT ALBANY, N. Y. 



The first annual flower show given 

 under the auspices of the Albany Flor- 

 ists' Club and the Hospital Corps, Sec- 

 ond Battalion, Tenth Regiment, open- 

 ing at the State Armor^', Albany, N. 

 y., Thursday afternoon, November 11, 

 and continuing until Sunday evening, 

 was a grand success. The immense 

 drill room was transformed into a 

 garden of beauty. The Second Bat- 

 talion Band rendered many selections 

 at the evening sessions. 



Large bay trees and palms from the 

 executive mansion conservatory were 

 attractively arranged on either side of 

 a bower of evergreens which covered 

 the entrance. Many decorated booths 

 placed on each side of the hall by a 

 number of the florists of the city, 

 added much attractiveness. Groups of 

 palms covered the center on either side 

 of which were numerous tables of 

 flow ers and flowering plants. 



Trained chrysanthemum plants from 

 Thos. K. Talbot, gardener for Mrs. 

 Dean Sage; fruit display by W. E. 

 Drislane Co.; chrysanthemum blooms 

 from Ed. Jenkins and \. J. Loveless, 

 Lenox, Mass., were among the notaible 

 exhibits. 



F. A. Danker took first prize on a 

 beautiful display of orchids, on brides' 

 bouquet, decorated mantel and table 

 decoration. Fred Goldring was first on 

 large vase of 50 chiTsanthemums and 

 on 12 pots of grand Easter lilies. 

 Louis Menand was first with a fine col- 

 lection of evergreens in pots. Henkes 

 Bros, also had a splendid group of 

 boxwoods, etc. The Rosery won first 

 for bridesmaids' bouquet, second for 

 mantel decoration and for table decor- 

 ation and ri:'st for basket of chrysan- 

 themums. The mantel decoration by 

 W. E. King was also very handsomely 

 arranged. 'The .show was under the di- 

 rection of F. A Danker, chairman; E. 

 F. Meany, secretary; and Louis Men- 

 and, Sr., treasurer. 



WORCESTER COUNTY (MASS.) 

 EXHIBITION. 



The exhibition on November 10-11 

 inst. was an excellent one. Of the lo- 

 cal florists, there were represented H. 

 F. A. Lange, E. W. Breed of Clinton, 

 L. C. Midgley, H. F, Littlefield and 

 C. D. Mackie. There were large dis- 

 plays of chrysanthemums, roses, car- 

 nations and palms. Among the gar- 

 deners Messrs. Wm. .McAllister and G. 

 De Boer of Whitinsville and Mr. Rus- 

 sell of Upton were creditably repre- 

 sented. 



NOTES. 



The annual flower show at R. F. 

 Gloede's conservatories, Evanston, 111., 

 last week, attracted thousands of vis- 

 itors. 



Detroit, Mich. — Breitmeyer's floral 

 establishment held their annual exhi- 

 bition of chrysanthemums and other 

 flowers Nov. 11, 12 and 13. 



The Georgia-Caiolina Fair at Au- 

 .srusta, Ga. had a very creditable horti- 

 cultural department in which P. J. 

 Berckmans Company. Boatwright Flo- 

 ral Co. and Balk's Nursery were repre- 

 sented by interesting displays. 



