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HORTICULTURE 



March 12, 1910 



Division F. — Special Prizes. 



173. The Dorrance Challenge Prize for the 

 largest and best display of cut 

 roses, offered by Beujamin Dor- 

 raii'^e. _,_ 



1T4. Best 50 White Killarney, $25, by 

 Poehlraann Bros. Co. 



175. Best 5U My Maryland, $25, by Poehl- 

 maun Bros. Co. 



176 Best 50 blooms Killarney rose.s, a 



Siiyer Cup, value $23, by H. F. 

 Micbeli Co. 



177 Best 50 blooms White Killarney, a 



silver eup, value $2.j, by Waban 

 Rose Conservatories. 



178. Best new rose, American origin, of 



1909 and 1010 silver cup, value 

 $25, by Alexander Montgomery. 



179. Prettiest exhibit of roses in the ex- 



hibition, to be decided by the 

 ladies' vote, $10 gold piece, by Miss 

 Marion I. Hammond. 

 180 Best 50 blooms American Beauty, $25, 

 by John I. Raynor. 



181. Best 50 blooms Killarney, $25, by 



Henshaw & Fenrich. 



182. Best no blooms My Maryland, $25, 



by Pennock-Mechan Co. 



183. Best .50 blooms Richmond, $25, by 



H. E. Froment. 

 184 Best 50 blooms Bridesmaid, $25, by 

 William F. Kasting Co. 



185. Best 50 blooms Mme. Abel Chatenoy. 



$25, by Traendly & Scheuck. 



186. Best .50 blooms The Bride, $25, by 



the King Construction Co. 



187. Best .50 blooms Mrs. Jardine, $25, 



bv Robert Scott & Sons. Co. 

 ISS. Bes't 50 l)looms American Beauty, $25. 



by J. A. Budloug Sons Co. 

 189. Best 36 blooms My Maryland, $15, 



bv John Cook. 

 190. Best .six roses (American Beauty 



excepted), two to be white and 



four to be red, pink or yellow. 



Length of stem is limited to only 



one joint. Solid silver cup, by 



Moore, Hentz & Nash. 



191. Vase of roses, not less than 25 or 



more than 50 blooms, one or more 

 varieties, arranged for effect, acces- 

 sories in other Howers, foliage, and 

 also ribbons allowed. Exhibitors 

 mav supply their own va.ses. First 

 prize $15, second $10, by Peter 

 Henderson & Co. 



192. Best plant in bloom of American 



Pillar. $4, by Conard & Jones Co. 



193. Best six cut sprays of American 



I'illar, $4. 



194. Six plants in bloom of Harry Kirk. 



First prize $5, offered by Henry A. 

 Dreer; second $3. 



195. Plant in bloom of Charles Dingee. 



Fii-st prize $4, by Dingee & Conard 

 Co.; second. $2. 



196. Six blooms of Charles Dingee. First 



prize $4, second $2. 



197. Twenty-five blooms Richmond. First 



prize $10, second $5. Open to 



private gardeners only. Offered by 

 Stumpp & Walter Co. 



198. Fiftv blooms of Kbea Reid. $25, by 



E." G. Hill Co.. Richmond. Ind. 



199. Twentv-flve blooms American Beauty. 



First prize $15, by Arthur T. 

 Boddington; second $10. Listed 

 Class 107. 



200. Twenty-five blooms Killarney. Firet 



prize' $10. by Walter F. Sheridan; 

 second $5. Listed Class 125. 



201. Twenty-five blooms Richmond. First 



prize $10, l>y Wm. G. Badgley; 

 second .$5. Listed Class 127. 



202. Twenty-five blooms My Maryland. 



First prize $10, by L. B. Codding- 

 ton; second $3, by A. R. S. Listed 

 Class 113. 



203. Twenty-five blooms The Bride. First 



prize $10, by A. H. Langjahr; 



second $5, bv A. R. S. Listed 

 Class 108. 



204. Best and largest collection of Teas 



and Hybrid Teas six or more vari- 

 eties, not less than twelve flowers 

 of a kind. First prize $30. by 

 Robert Simpson; second $20. offered 

 liy A. R. S. Listed Class 130. 



205. Collection of Wichuraiana Hybrids. 



6-in. pots or over, not less than 25 

 plants. First prize $25, by F. R. 

 Pierson Co.; second $15, by A. R. 

 S. Listed Class 3. 



206. Collection of Hybrid Perpetuals, 6-ln. 



pots or over, not less than 25 

 plants or more. First prize $25, 

 by Welch Bros. : second $15 l)y A. 

 R'. S. Listed Class 4. 



207. Collection of Teas and Hybrid Teas, 



not less than 5-in. pots, 2.t plants 

 or more. Fii-st prize $2.5. by ,Tohn 

 N. Mav; second $15. by A. R. S. 

 Listed Class 2. 



208. Vase of Cut Blooms showing the 



highest score, the Lord & Burn- 



ham Co. Gold Medal, value $25, by 

 Lord & Burnham Co. This award 

 to be in addition to any other 

 premium the exhibit may have 

 secured. 



The Society of American Florists' 

 Silver Medal may be awarded for 

 best grown Rose plant or group 

 of plants, should there be au ex- 

 hibit of surticient merit. 



For the most artistically arranged 

 vase on exhibition. First I'rize. 

 the Toronto Horticultural Society's 

 Silver Medal; Second, the same 

 Society's Bronze Medal. This 

 award to be made before any other 

 judging is done. Entries in class 

 102 will be deliarred. 

 50 blooms My Maryland. $10.00 by S. J. 

 Renter & Son. 



209. 



210. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



President — James Wood, Mount Kisco. 



Vice-Presidents — N. L. Britten, T. A. 

 Havemeyer, Patrick O'Mara, Geo. T. 

 Powell, Samuel Thorne. 



Treasurer — F. R. Newbold, Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y. 



Secretary — George V. Nash, New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. 



Chairman Exhibition Committee — F. 

 R. Pierson. 



Joseph A. Manda 



.Supt. of Exhibition. 



The schedule of prizes offered by the 

 Horticultural Society of New York was 

 published in full in the February 19th 

 issue of this paper, page 263. It covers 

 Acacias, Azaleas, Cinerarias, Cycla- 

 mens and miscellaneous Spring Plants 

 and Bulbs, Orchids, Palms. Ferns and 

 Foliage Plants. 



THE BANQUET. 



An encouraging response from all 

 quarters indicates a large attendance 

 at the ch'b dinner on March 17. A 

 fine entertainment will be provided 

 and among the speakers w'ill be rep- 

 resentatives from the Rose Society, 

 the Horticultural Society of New York, 

 Professor Craig of Cornell University, 

 and a prominent editor. Mi-. Connell, 

 from Poughkeeijsie, will respond to 

 the toast of "The Ladies." 



The next meeting of the New Yc^fk 

 Florists' Club will be Rose and Sweet 

 Pea Night. President Miller announces 

 that a well-known member of the club, 

 who is too modest to have his name 

 mentioned, will be present and will 

 give a talk on "Sweet Peas," and also 

 give an account of his recent trip to 

 California. .lOHX YOUNG, Sec. 



WOMEN IN HORTICULTURE. 



Miss Laura Blanchard Dawson of 

 Jamaica Plain delivered a lecture on 

 March 5 before the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society on "Horticulture as 

 a Profession for 'Women." The stage 

 was decorated with eight splendid 

 specimens of Dendrobium nobile vir- 

 ginale, froih the conservatories of Dr. 

 C. G. Weld. There was a large at- 

 tendance, particularly of ladies, and 

 Miss Dawson's talk was listened to 

 with close attention and was followed 

 Ijy a very interesting discussion in 

 which the ladies participated. 



There are phases of horticultural 

 work for which women are particular- 

 ly fitted, said Miss Dawson. In Ger- 

 many there are five horticultural 

 schools, conducted by women. The 

 first of these was started about twenty 

 years ago. The best paid work in Ger- 

 man horticulture is teaching gardening 

 in the sanatoriums, where gardening, 

 is a part of the occupation of the pa- 

 tients. In England there are two good 

 hniticultural schools exclusively for 

 women, .\bout eighty pupils are grad- 

 uated each year. 



S|)eaking of commercial fiower grow- 

 ing, she said that executive ability,. 

 gnod health and tremendous nerve 

 force are rerjuisite to success — a com- 

 bination which but few women are 

 possessed of. Women can make a sue-' 

 cess of raising orchard fruits, espe- 

 cially if they have in connection with 

 it a plant for putting up fruit in cans. 

 Women have also successfully grown 

 fancy vegetables for market. The 

 average woman should not attempt 

 such work as raising nursery stock 

 and that no woman should attempt 

 landscape gardening without posses- 

 sing more than the average strength. 

 To do a week's work in an office on 

 lilans, following this with a month in 

 the field, is not easy for any woman. 

 The landscape gardener must know 

 architecture, grading, drawing, the 

 technique of iilanting and possess a 

 .ureal sense for color and form. 



Miss Dawson suggested there should 

 be opportunities for women as consult- 

 ing gardeners. In small towns, where 

 there are many small places looked 

 after by some local gardener, there 

 would be an improvement in the gar- 

 dens if they had the supervision in 

 the busy season of some Skilled ad- 

 viser, who may not have the strength 

 to do more strenuous work. Other op- 

 portunities for women in horticulture 

 are in caring for school gardens and 

 in writing on horticultural topics. A 

 school of horticulture for women ex- 

 clusively is soon to be opened near 

 Philadelphia, and students at Wellesley 

 and Smith Colleges may take horticul- 

 tural courses. 



In conclusion. Miss Dawson warned 

 her hearers that no woman should un- 

 dertake to enter horticultural work for 

 inofii unless she has strength, health, 

 ability, and some capital. 



"PROVIDENCE, Feb. 23— Hon. JIatthow 

 MacNair, who is known as the owjier of 

 a private paradise of floriculture, todav 

 sent to the ;;irl operators in all of the 

 pxcliringes ill I'rovidence, Pawtucket and 

 the nelKhliorinir districts, a handsome 

 luiiich of violets eaeh. The wires were- 

 kept liusy Ion,::; after sundown heavily 

 laden with sentiments sent him In the way 

 of thanks." — Boston Globe. 



Hon. Matthew, we're proud of you. 



