July 5, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



11 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



Annual Exhibition and Convention 

 July 12th and 13th. 



At a very entbusiastic meeting of 

 the executive committee, held in Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, Boston, Mass., Satur- 

 day, June 28th, President William Sim 

 presiding, the following special prizes 

 were received and placed on record 

 and will appear in the schedule apart 

 from those already published: 



R. & J. Farquhar Co.'s prizes fnr six 

 vases of sweet peas. 25 sprays to a vase. 6 

 distinct Spencer varieties — 1st, Sl-j : 2n(l, 

 $10. 



John Lewis Childs' prizes, for vase of 

 mixed sweet peas, not more than 2.5 sprays 

 —1st, $5: 2nd, $3: 3rd, ?2. 



Penn silver cup, value $50, for the best 

 display, 50 square feet. 



Boston Flower Exchange, Inc., prizes^ 6 

 vases, 6 varieties, lOO sprays to a vase, ar- 

 ranged tor effect; gypsophila. sweet pea 

 haulm, ferns or other foliage can lie used; 

 arrangement to count 50 per cent — 1st, $13; 

 2nd. $10; 3rd, $5. 



Mount Desert Nurseries prize, for bas- 

 ket or sweet peas, arrangement to count — 

 $10. 



Gardeners' & Florists' Club of Boston 

 prizes, for children— 1st, $3; 2nd, $2; 3rd. 

 $1: 4th, 50c.; 5th, 25c.; in the followini; 

 classes: White, 6 sprays to a vase; light 

 pink, do; deep pink, do; lavender, do; 

 crimson or scarlet, do; any other color, 

 do: bouquet of sweet peas — Ist, $5; 2nd, $3; 

 3rd. .$2. 



— Peter Henderson & Co.'s prizes, for pri- 

 vate gardeners, 12 vases of Spencers in 12 

 varieties, 25 spravs to a vase — 1st. $15; 

 2nd, .?10, 



Peter Henderson & Co.'s prizes, for 

 amateurs. 12 vases. 12 varieties. 12 sprays 

 to a va.se— 1st. $12; 2nd. $«!; 3rd, $5. 



Also donations for the guarantee 

 and general fund were received and 

 promised by the following firms and 

 gentlemen: 



Folder, Fiske. Rawson Co.. Means & 

 Thatcher. Peter Fischer, ,T. L. Miller, Lord 

 & Burnham Co., Henry Comley. A. T. 

 Stearns Lumber Co., Boston Cut Flower Co., 

 J. A. Breck & Sons. R. & ,T. Far(|Uhar & 

 Co., W. X. Craig, Welch Bros., Mt. Desert 

 Nurseries, Geo. B. Dorr. 



The following were nominated for 

 judges: 



William H. Duckham, Madison. N. J; 

 Edward Kirk. Bar Harbor, .Me.; Ceo. W. 

 Keer. I)oylesto«n, Pa.: A. H. Wlngett, 

 Lenox. Mass.; Charles Kniglit. New York. 

 N. Y. ; Charles H. Totty. Madison. N. J.; 

 Andrew .Miekle. Newport. R. I.; E. H. Wet- 

 terlow. Manchester. Mass.; Samuel God- 

 dard. Soulli Framingliam. Mass.: Thomas 

 Roland. Nahant. Mass.: W. T. Hntchins, 

 MiUburv, Mass.: Arthur Griffin. Wnburn. 

 Mass.: W. H. Waite. Yonkers, N. V.: Wil- 

 liam Klelnheinz. Ogoiitz. Pa. 



The following managers for the 

 Exhibition were appointed: 



.Tames Wheeler. Xatlck. Mass.. Robert 

 Cameron. Cambridge Mass. 



For schedules and other informa- 

 tion write to 



H.\RRY A. BuNYARn. Sec'y, 



342 West 14th Street, 

 New York, N. Y. 



THE NEWPORT SHOW. 



At the outdoor exhibition of the 

 Newport Garden Association and New- 

 port Horticultural Society at Harbor 

 Court last week, special prizes were 

 awarded as follows: 



Wceber & Don prizes for six distinct 

 kinds of vegetables— 1st. Mrs. T. J. Emery, 

 gard. A. L. Dorward; 2nd, Colonel Fred- 

 erick Mason, E. L. Lewis, gard. 



Charles H. Totty prize for the best vase 

 of yellow roses, any variety, cut from out- 



doors—Mrs. William B. Leeds, gard. Wm. 

 Gra.v. 



Joseph Breek & Sous prize, for the best 

 two hanging baskets of foliage and flow- 

 ering plants— Mrs. Emery. 



Hitchlngs & Co. prize, for the best de- 

 sign of a planting of conifers and ever- 

 greens in a space not to exceed 20 square 

 feet — Oscar Schultz. 



Bohbink & Atkins prizes for best six 

 vases of outdoor-grown flowers, roses ex- 

 cluded— 1st. Mrs. E. F. Vanderbiit; 2nd, 

 August Belmont, gard. John A. Forbes. 



A. X. Pierson prize, for the best collec- 

 tion of cut orchid blooms — H. E. Converse, 

 gard. D. F. Roy. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co. prize, for best 

 12 distinct kinds of vegetables — Mrs. Em- 

 ery. 



W. B. Scott & Co. prizes for 13 pots or 

 pans of annuals in bloom— 1st, Mrs. Em- 

 ery; 2nd, Mrs. H. M. Brooks, gard. Jas. 

 Bond. 



■ Mrs. W. G. Weld's amaryllises were 

 awarded a silver medal. A silver medal 

 was also awarded to U. A. Dreer for 

 a<iuatic garden. Bobblnk & Atkins got a 

 silver metal and sliver cup for display of 

 topiar.v plants and plant tubs and Jackson 

 Dawson got four bronze medals for the 

 roses Lady Duncan, Sargent, Arnold and 

 Rugosa Repens. A gold medal was given 

 to John Mahan for rock garden. Certifi- 

 cates of merit were awarded to John Ma- 

 han for rhododendrons, Wm. Tricker for 

 aquatics, Thos. Brooks for New English 

 sweet peas, A. N. Pierson for general dis- 

 play an^l ^lilady rose. 



Some of the leading winners in the 

 other special and regular classes for 

 plants and cut flowers were: 



.Mrs. W. G. Weld. gard. Paul Voliiuard- 

 son ; Mrs. F. Vanderbiit, gard. David 

 Hay : H. A. Taylor, gard. Wm. Mackay ; 

 Mrs. IL D. Auchiniloss, gard. John Ma- 

 han: n. n. Rogers, gard. Jas. Garthly; 

 .Mrs. T. O. Richardson, gard. ,Tas. Robert- 

 son: Mrs. W. W. Sherman, gard. Andrew 

 Ramsay; Miss Fannie Foster, gard. C. M. 

 Itugholt : Vincent Astor, gard. James 

 Boyd: W. Waldorf Astor, gard. Hugh 

 Williamson: Jlrs. .\lfred Tuckerman, gard. 

 K. Kemp.inear; D. B. Fearing, gard. J. 

 liaumgarlncr; W. B. Greene, gard. Sam- 

 uel Speers. 



In making arrangements for the 

 exhibits on the show grounds, the 

 Garden Association failed to provide 

 pro|)er protection for the tender ex- 

 hibits classed in the schedule and on 

 this account many excellent specimen 

 greenhouse plants intended to be 

 there were not shown. The Associa- 

 tion was fortunate however in secur- 

 ing as manager of the show, Joseph 

 Manda of West Orange, N. J., who after 

 much hard work seemed to make the 

 best of the material available. The 

 only classes well filled were the rose 

 and sweet peas and the quality in 

 both was excellent especially the dis- 

 play of sweet peas by William Gray 

 who by this won the silver cup offered 

 by the Aphinc Manufacturing Co., 

 for the most meritorious exhibit by 

 a member of the National Association 

 of Gardeners.. After the close of the 

 show president A. S. Michell of the 

 Horticultural Society invited the 

 visitors and a number of local gard- 

 eners to the Bellevue Hotel where an 

 excellent dinner was in readiness 

 which was generously provided for by 

 Mrs. W. S. Wells a member of the 

 Garden Association. 



After dinner had been done justice 

 to President Meikle opened the speech- 

 making session with ai)i)ropriate re 

 marks and calling on Mr. Manda as 

 the first speaker, who resi)onded with 

 a spicy account of his experiences as 

 manager of the show. Other speakers 

 were L. Oesternei, William Tricker, 

 J. E. Lager, O Schultz, A McLellan, 

 J. Hart, J. T. Allen. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



J. B. Pilkington, of Portland, Ore- 

 gon, will be president of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen for 

 the coming year. He was unanimously 

 elected at the closing session of the an- 

 nual convention at Portland, June 20. 



While Mr. Pilkington was- not an 

 active candidate for the honor, the 

 sentiment of the convention early 

 swung his way and his election was a 

 tribute to his service as a member of 

 the association of many years' stand- 

 ing, who had always taken an active 

 part in promoting its best interests. 

 Mr. Pilkington is credited with having 

 not only brought the convention of 

 the American Association to Portland 

 this year, but with having persuaded 

 the Pacific Coast Association to hold 

 its convention at the same time and 

 place, thus making possible the unity 

 of action that characterized the joint 

 conventions. It was tlie first time that 

 the American Association had ever 

 met west of the Rocky Mountains and 

 the first time that it had ever met in 

 joint session with the Pacific Coast 

 Association, next to it the most im- 

 portant organization of nurserymen 

 in the country. 



Mr. Pilkington succeeds Thomas B. 

 Median, of Dresher, Pa., who had 

 some supporters for re-election. Mr. 

 Meehan was not an active candidate 

 and his friends joined in making Mr. 

 Pilkington's nomination and election 

 unanimous when tlio strong sentiment 

 in his favor became apparent. 



A tribute to the >ears of faithful 

 service of Secretary John Hall, of 

 Rochester, N. Y., was rendered by his 

 re-election without opposition. Other 

 officials elected are: Vice-President 

 Henry B. Chase, of Chase, Ala.; Ti-eas- 

 urer, Peter Youngers. Geneva, Xeb.; 

 Executive Committee, three-year term, 

 Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa.: two- 

 vear term, J. H. Dayton, Painesville, 

 Ohio; one-year term, P. A. Dix, Roy, 



I'lah. , , , . 



Cleveland was tinanimously selected 

 as the 1914 meeting place, and it was 

 decided to hold the convention the last 

 week in June, because it will be easier 

 for delegates to leave their nurseries 

 at that time than earlier in the month. 



San Francisco will make a fight for 

 the 1915 convention, and to pave the 

 way for the contest that city with- 

 drew as a candidate for the 1914 meet- 

 ing which was also wanted by Ni- 

 agara Falls, Cedar Point, la.. New Or- 

 leans and Milwaukee. _ 



An amusing feature of yesterdays 

 session occurred when Secretary Hall, 

 in reading the names of members who 

 had died since the previous meeting, 

 pro'iounced that of John C. Chase, of 

 Deny, N. H. The delegates rose in 

 token of respect for the dead, and just 

 as they were sitting down again, Mr. 

 Cb:ise, who had disrespectfully re- 

 mr.ined seated, arose and denied his 

 demise. He declared that he was 

 pi ,>nt in the flesh, and that the 

 CI -e who had passed on was his cou- 

 si! Benjamin Chase, with whom he 

 h always been associated in busi- 

 ng A stenographer's error in Irans- 

 cv> :ng the names was responsible tor 

 tli mistake.— /'"'■""'"' Oniioiiinn. 



