September 20, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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owing to the recent tinkering with the 

 state statute appropriating funds to 

 incorporated agricultural societies, and 

 on account of which we lost over $150 

 last year to reimburse us for premiums 

 paid out. The present statute corrects 

 a verbal technicality in the old one, 

 resumes the appropriation to this and 

 similar societies; and our organization 

 will doubtless renew the fall shows 

 next year. Sept. 26th will be "Dahlia 

 Night" and we look for a grand dis- 

 play, despite the unfavorable season. 

 Alfred Dixon, Secretary. 

 Wethersfleld, Conn. 



Baker Farm for Sterling Castle toma- 

 to. Wilfrid Wheeler exhibited a very 

 fine collection of peaches. 



DAHLIA AND FRUIT EXHIBITION 

 AT BOSTON. 



A very fine exhibition of seasonable 

 flowers and fruit was held by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sep- 

 tember 12-14, The display filled the 

 large exhibition hall and the small 

 hall adjoining. The date was at least 

 a week too early for the dahlias. A 

 great many were shown but quality 

 was not up to usual standard. Promi- 

 nent among the prize winners in the 

 dahlia classes were: W. D. Hatha- 

 way. E. W. Ela. Sisson & Thurston, 

 Miss Fanny Foster, J. K. Alexander, 

 E. F. Dwyer & Sons, C. H. Walker and 

 Lilian M. Towle. Other exhibitors, to 

 whom gratuities were awarded were 

 as follows: Thos. W. Head, George 

 B. Gill and G. H. Walker, dahlias; 

 Wm. Whitman, F. J. Rea and Old 

 Town Nurseries, hardy herbaceous 

 flowers; Mrs. J. Y. Gardner and Mrs. 

 Fred'k Ayer, decorative plants; Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill. Mrs. M. W. Charboume 

 and Theo L. Dean, flowers. The fol- 

 lowing received honorable mention: 

 Eastern Nurseries. Clematis 848 and 

 Potentilla 821, both novelties from 

 China, collected by Purdon; B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy, gladioli arranged in bas- 

 kets, etc.; Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., 

 very extensive display of gladoli and 

 dahlias; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., va- 

 rieties of Buddleia variabilis, palms, 

 phloxes; Mt. Desert Nurseries, large 

 display of hardy herbaceous flowers; 

 Peirce Bros., bouquets of Mme. Cecile 

 Brunner rose. 



The new clematis above mentioned 

 is a yellow flowered species very simi- 

 lar to C. Tangutica, but hardly the 

 equal of the latter from appearances. 

 The potentilla is a very pretty and 

 distinct species with bright yellow 

 flowers. In the plant display of Mrs. 

 Ayer. Dracaena Godsefiiana attracted 

 much attention, being well furnished 

 with bright scarlet fruit. 



The fruit display was notable for 

 the native grapes and peaches which 

 were ahead of anything shown in re- 

 cent years, and for the inferiority of 

 the apple classes. Thos. E. Proctor, 

 gard. James Marlborough, showed a 

 splendid collection of foreign grapes, 

 which took the Farlow prize and also 

 received honorable mention for Prin- 

 cess of Wales peaches. 



A very interesting exhibit was made 

 by David Lumsden for J;he New Hamp- 

 shire Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 — showing a large French cantaloupe 

 an English musk melon, and a hybrid 

 that he has raised by crossing these 

 two. This exhibit received a well de- 

 served silver medal. Honorable men- 

 tion was awarded to Mrs. V. V. Hersey 

 for Boston Market tomatoes and to 



DAHLIA AND HARDY PERENNIAL 

 SHOW AT PHILADELPHIA. 



A very good exhibition of dahlias 

 and hardy perennials was held in 

 Horticultural Hall, on the 16th inst. 

 The largest exhibitor of dahlias was 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co., who showed 

 some one hundred and fifty varieties. 

 In the competitive classes the most 

 successful prize winners were: Wm. 

 Robertson, David Aiken, Joseph Hurley 

 and John Little. One of the most 

 striking among the new dahlias was 

 the variety Margaret Bouchon exhib- 

 ited by Robertson, for the Dreer prize. 

 This may be described as a glorified 

 Kriemhilde, same class and nearly 

 double the size. A striking item in 

 Hurley's collection of outdoor flowers 

 was, the Orleans Baby Rambler rose 

 unusually fine as to color and sub- 

 stance for this season of the year. 

 Dreer put up a good exhibit of dahlias 

 single flowers inserted in pots of adian- 

 tum which set them off nicely. 



Many of the regular exhibitors 

 among the private gardens around 

 Philadelphia were unable to show, 

 dahlias being off crop on account of 

 the dry weather. Three weeks ago 

 most of them could have made an ex- 

 cellent showing. Peacock sent in his 

 famous new peony flowered variety 

 John Wanamaker, a handsome shade 

 of lavender pink of fine form and sub- 

 stance. We do not think it will be- 

 come popular as a commercial variety, 

 being weak in the neck and requiring 

 to be wired to make it stand up. 



J. Murray Bassett made an interest- 

 ing display of the Ranere raspberry, a 

 two-crop variety that has excited some 

 attention of late years. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The New London Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its monthly meeting on 

 Thursday, 11th inst., when plans were 

 discussed for the Dahlia Show which 

 is to be held on the 24th. A paper 

 was read by Mr. Fox of Uncasville on 

 the "Development of the Wild Flowers 

 of the Fields and Woods." 



The Ladies' Home Circle of St. Louis 

 held their regular monthly meeting at 

 the home of Mrs. John Steidle on 

 Wednesday, September 17. In our note 

 last week mentioning this meeting it 

 was stated that the date was Mrs. 

 Steidle's birthday anniversary. This 

 proved to be erroneous, but all had a 

 good time notwithstanding. 



Dates for the sixth annual fall flow- 

 er show of the Pasadena Horticultural 

 Society have been determined on. The 

 big exhibit of autumn flowers will be 

 held October 23, 24 and 25. The show 

 will probably be held at The Mary- 

 land as in former years. Special at- 

 tention is being paid this fall to the 

 schools, with a view of obtaining a 

 large number of exhibits from the pu- 

 pils, showing what they have done 

 with their school gardens. The Ameri- 

 can Gladiolus Society has offered two 

 prizes, silver and bronze medals for 

 the best exhibits of gladioli, but it is 

 not likely that there will be any en- 

 tries in that class, as the gladiolus 

 season is over by August. 



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