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HORTICULTURE 



November 27, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



THE NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SOCIETY, LONDON. 

 The great annual show of the Na- 

 tional Chrysanthemuim Society, took 

 place on November 3-5, at the Crystal 

 Palace. As is usual on the occasion 

 of a large show of any kind, the area 

 in front of the great organ — which 

 forms a part of the central transept, 

 was utilized, and the general effect 

 was charming, and satisfactory like- 

 wise to the visitors, for the ease with 

 which the flowers and plants could be 

 inspected at close quarters. 



There is always a desire to inspect 

 the latest good thing in novelties and 

 there was a considerable number of 

 these. Then the miscellaneous groups 

 of plants standing about in prominent 

 spots on the floor and in which chrys- 

 anthemums of all kinds find a con- 

 spicuous place, were very good. One 

 pleasing feature was introduced on 

 this occasion worth mentioning, name- 

 ly, prizes for chrysanthemum plants 

 growing in 5-inch pots and therefore 

 suitable as decorative objects in the 

 dwellin.g and for market purposes. 



In the open class for cut blooms of 

 incurved chrysanthemums, the first 

 prize for 3G, fell to W. Higgs, Jr., of 

 Fetcham Park. His best white was 

 H. W. Thorp, [he best yellow Mrs. B. 

 Hankey; May Phillips was the finest 

 yellowish-rose; W. J. Hig,gs the larg- 

 est reddish bloom; Lady Isabel, pale 

 blush; Clara Wells, yellowish pink. 



In the class for 48 Japanese varieties 

 T. Waller, gardener to H. C. Ham- 

 mersley was the winner of the first 

 prize. As winner of this prize, the ex- 

 hibitor took also the Holmes' Memor- 

 ial challenge cup, and the Dean Me- 

 morial gold medal. The finer varieties 

 were Leigh Park Wonder, red; Mrs. 

 A. T. Miller, white; R. Vallis, Mrs. 

 Chalk, Mrs. R. H. Pearson, H. Perkins, 

 Mildred Ware. President Viger, Geo. 

 Mileham ot 190S, Mrs. A. H. Lee, etc. 

 The president of the society offered 

 a silver cup for the best 24, distinct, 

 Japanese blooms, a prize taken by T. 

 J. Brown, gardener at Gay's House, 

 Holyport; his best varieties being 

 Charles Tutt, Dr. Sharp, King of 

 Crimsons, Miss P. Lunn, Chevalier 

 Damage, GrOlden Elise, etc. 



In chrysanthemum blooms shown in 

 vases the competition was not so good 

 or so keen as usual. 



Messrs. W. Wells & Co.'s prize for G 

 blooms of Japanese varieties, distrib- 

 uted by tills firm in 1908 and 1909, 

 was awarded to Mr. Mease, gardener 

 to A. Tate. Esq., Downside, Leather- 

 head. He had fine blooms of Rose 

 Pockett, Pockett's Supreme, C. H. 

 Totty, Mi-s. L. Thorn, Merstham Blush 

 and Leslie Morrison. 



First class certificates were granted 

 to Messrs. Wells & Co., for Mrs. L. 

 Loxford, a Japanese variety of a 

 chestnut-bi-own color; tor Pi-ancis 

 Joliffe, straw yellow tinted with rose 

 pink, and for Phcsphorescens, bronzy- 

 terra cotta. For Mr. J. H. Greswell 

 Williams, a bri.ght yellow, single flow- 

 ered variety, shown by Mr. H. Tribe, 

 and for George Hemming, a claret- 

 colored Japanese, having a rosy tinge, 

 the reverse of florets silvery sheen. 



shown by Mr. G. Mileham, and for 

 Mrs. Colles (single) of a crushed 

 strawberry color, shown by A. W. 

 Bird. 



My readers will understand from 

 the foregoing remark, that these ap- 

 ply solely to a very few of the most 

 important features of this exhibition 

 of the N. C. S. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The members of the New Orleans 

 Horticultural Society were out in good 

 force at the regular meeting on the 

 18th inst., this also being "chrysan- 

 themum night." The committee ap- 

 pointed at last meeting to investigate 

 and report on the new club house, re- 

 ported progress and expected to have 

 the deal closed by next month. To 

 avoid any legal difficulties in this con- 

 nection, it was agreed to have the 

 society incorporated at once. One 

 honorary member was elected and the 

 members present agreed to try and 

 bring more enthusiastic amateurs in- 

 to the society as honorary members. 

 The exhibition of chrysanthemums 

 and roses while not very extensive 

 was very choice. 



M. Alost, the president, had Ame.i- 

 ean Beauty and Pink Cochet roses 

 grown under glass. The stems, foli- 

 age and flowers were very fine and as 

 this was Mr. Alost's first attempt at 

 indoor culture he was warmly con- 

 gratulated. John St. Mard had four 

 varieties of chrysanthemums grown 

 outdoors, very nice flowers, but a lit- 

 tle lacking in finish. The Melairie 

 Ridge Nursery Co. had about twenty 

 varieties on exhibition, Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones, Col. Appleton, T. Eaton, Na- 

 goya. Golden Wedding and Buff Globe 

 being up to the highest exhibition 

 standard. Large vases of Bride, 

 Bridesmaid and W. R. Smith roses 

 were shown in fine form, the color of 

 the Bridesmaids being superb. They 

 also had a vase of fine American 

 Beauties, the equal of anything com- 

 ing to this market. Mr. Papworth 

 gave a short interesting talk on the 

 cultural methods adopted at his 

 place. A large collection of blooms 

 from outside were shown and the 

 merits and demerits of each variety 

 were freely discussed by the members 

 present. A novelty here, the Dwarf 

 Pearl tuberose, was also on the table 

 from the same firm. These were 

 grown in pots in the greenhouse and 

 the flowers opened up nicely. R. 

 Eichling had some fine long-stemmed 

 Paper White narcissi, the first of the 

 season. Mr. Eichling is very method- 

 ical in his work and he stated that 

 these were in flower ten days earlier 

 than last year. For the next monthly 

 meeting it was agreed to have an 

 exhibition of flowering and fancy-foli- 

 aged Christmas plants. 



A committee was appointed to draw 

 up a resolution of sympathy on the 

 death of J. H. Menard, one of the 

 charter members of the society, the 

 same to be printed and a copy sent 

 to the family of the deceased and also 

 to each member of the society. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The official list of awards at the 

 joint exhibition of the American Insti- 

 tute of the City of New York and the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America, 

 Nov. 10-12, has been received. 

 Special Prizes. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 Prize — 10 blooms, one variety. Wil- 

 liam Turner, gardener to M. C. D. 

 Borden, Oceanic, N. J., silver cup. 



H. W. Buckbee Prize— 12 blooms, 12 

 varieties American seedlings, Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., silver 

 cup. 



J. C. Vaughan Prize — Specimen bush 

 plant, W. H. AVaite, supt. to Samuel 

 Untermyer, Yonkers, N. Y., silver cup. 



Stumpp & Walter Prize — 10 blooms 

 of Miriam Hankey, Wm. Duckham, 

 gardener to Mrs. D. Willis James, 

 Madison, N. J., silver ctip. 



W. Wells & Co. Prize— 6 blooms 

 Pockett's Crimson, Thomas W. Head, 

 supt. to Morton F. Plant, Groton, 

 Conn., gold medal. Harry Turner, 

 gardener to Howard Gould, Port 

 Washington, N. Y., silver medal. 

 Francis Milne, gardener to E. H. 

 Weatherbee, Mamaroneck, N. Y., 

 bronze medal. 



W. Wells & Co. Prize— Vase of 12 

 sprays, single varieties, Geo. H. Hale, 

 supt. to E. D. Adams, Seabright, N. 

 J., silver medal. Elmer D. Smith & 

 Co., bronze medal. 



F. R. Pierson Company Prize — 12 

 blooms in 4 varieties, 24-inch stems, 

 William Turner, gardener to M. C. D. 

 Borden, Oceanic, N. J., $10.00. . 



Charles H. Totty Prizes— 6 blooms, 

 one variety, introduction 1909, Thom- 

 as W. Head, 1st, $15.00. William Tur- 

 ner, 2d, $10.00. 



Skidelsky & Irwin Co. Prize— 12 

 sprays Pompon varieties, 12 varieties. 

 Francis Milne, gardener to E. H. 

 Weatherbee, Mamaroneck, N. Y., $2.00. 



Foley Manufacturing Co Prize — 

 Best undisseminated seedling, C 

 blooms, William Duckham, $10.00. 



Tiaendly & Schenck Prize — ^Best 

 vase 12 blooms. Col. D. Appleton, 

 Charles H. Tctty, Madison, N. J., $6.00. 



William Duckham Prizes — 12 blooms 

 12 varieties, William Turner, 1st, 

 $10.00. N. Butterbach, gardener to C. 

 N. Bliss Estate, Oceanic, N. J., 2d, 

 $5.00. 



New York Florists' Club Prize — 6 

 blooms seedling or variety never be- 

 fore exhibited in this country. Geo. 

 H. Hale, silver medal. Thomas W. 

 Head, bronze medal. 



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

 Marsh, Md., were given a diploma for 

 collection of pompon chrysanthemums. 



Thomas Proctor of Lenox, Mass., N. 

 Butterbach, William Turner and John 

 F. Johnston were the winners of the 

 big prizes for twenty-five blooms one 

 variety, thirty varieties one bloom 

 each, twenty varieties do., and ten 

 varieties do., respectively. On the bal- 

 ance of the regular schedule prize list 

 the following names appear as win- 

 ners of first premiums: William Tur- 

 ner, seven firsts; Harry Turner, five; 

 Scoct Bros., one; N. Butterbach, two; 



