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HORTICULTURE 



September 27, 1913 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The autumn exhibition of this So- 

 ciety, which was held September 16- 

 17 and 18 in Convention Hall at the 

 Newport Beach, proved to be a de- 

 cided success financially and other- 

 wise. This new hall, which has a floor 

 space of 80 x 154 feet, seemed at first 

 to be much larger than necessary for 

 the exhibits, but. fortunately, many en- 

 tries were made for groups and large 

 specimen plants which made a fairly 

 well filled and very attractive hall, the 

 decorations that have been in place 

 during the summer blending nicely 

 with the exhibits. The main exhibi- 

 tors in groups and specimen plants 

 were: Vincent Astor, gard. James 

 Boyd; E. J. Berwind. gard. Bruce But- 

 terton; Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, gard. 

 Alex. Fraser; H. M. Brooks, gard. 

 James Bond; R. L. Beeckman, gard. 

 John B. Urquhart. and the Wilson Nur- 

 series of Middletown. R. I., the latter 

 with hardy evergreens in tubs. 



Following is a condensed list of first 

 awards; 



Plants. 



Group of palms, ferns, foliage .ind flower- 

 ing plants, James Boyd. Group of palms 

 and other foliage plants, Bruce Butterton. 

 Specimen Kentia in 12-in. pot, specimen 

 Phoenix in 12-in. pot and specimen palm, 

 any size. J. Boyd. Adiantum Farleyense 

 and A. Gloriosa. J. B. Urquhart, 1st in 

 each. Nephrolepis, any variety, J. B. 

 Urquhart. Any other fern, draeaenas, cro- 

 tons and pandanus, James Boyd, 1st in 

 each. Adiantum Farleyense, J. B. Urquhart. 

 Nephrolepis, Miss Fanny Foster, gard. C. 

 M. Bugholt, Dish of foliage plants, Alex. 

 Fraser. 25 Gardenia blooms. J. Boyd. 25 

 American Beauty roses. J. B. Urquhart. 25 

 outdoor roses. J. B. Urquhart. 



Dahlias. 



Collection Cactus by private gardeners, 

 C. M. Bugholt. Collection Cactus by com- 

 mercial growers, Sisson & Thurston. 20 

 varieties and 12 var. C. M. Bugholt. 12 



Decorative and 12 Show, W. D. Hathaway. 

 25 single red and 25 white, J. B. Urqu- 

 hart. 25 single pink, C. M. Bugholt. 

 25 single yellow, Sisson »& Thurston. 

 25 red, any type, 25 pink, any type, 25 yel- 

 low, any type. 25 white and 25 any other 

 color. C. M. Bugholt. 12 Peony flowered, 

 Sisson & Thurston. 



Fruit. 



Grapes white, and grapes black, J. B. 

 Urquhart. Peaches, Samuel Speers. Musk- 

 melon, W. J. Matson. Apples, R. B. Almy. 

 Other fruits, Samuel Speers. 



Vegetables. 



Twelve kinds of vegetables, Stumpp & 

 Walter cup to John Fletcher. Collection 

 of 24 varieties, A. T. Boddington prize, 

 .1. B. Urquhart. 



Miscellaneous Specials. 



Six vases cut flowers. John Forbes. Dis- 

 play outdoor flowers, also table of decora- 

 tive foliage plants, James Boyd. Display 

 of gladioli, for cup given bv John Lewis 

 Childs. E. Rollins Morse, gard. D. Foley. 

 Weeber & Don prize for collection of to- 

 matoes. J. Boyd. Michell silver medal for 

 the most meritorious exhibit, J. B. Urqu- 

 hart, for a handsome plant of Adiantum 

 Farleyense gloriosa. Michell bronze medal 

 to Alex Fraser for six large ivy plants 

 trained in pyramid shape. Arthur Griffin 

 of Woburn, Mass., was awarded a certifi- 

 cate of merit for Gloriosa Rothschildiana 

 hybrids. 



Decorative Work. 



The table decorations on tht^ third ilay 

 were not equal to previous years, at least 

 in number, but the one put up by Secre- 

 tary Wm. Gray was very favorably com- 

 mented on The flowers used were Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward roses. David Boyd, an assistant 

 at the Vincent .\stor place, also deserved 

 much credit for winning the first prize in 

 the R. L. Beechman cTass. In the three 

 classes of fancy baskets and centre pieces 

 Alex. Fraser was the champion. 



The judges were Colin Robertson, 

 Fred Carter and A. L. Dorward, of 

 Newport; David Mcintosh, Tuxedo 

 Park. X. Y. ; Arthur Griffin, W^oburn, 

 Mass.; and Robert Johnson, and they 

 seemed to be as successful as judges 

 generally are in satisfying the exhibi- 

 tors.- 



The annual ball of the Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society was held on the 

 evening of the third day of the exhibi- 

 tion in the dance hall adjoining the 

 one in which the show was held. This 

 also proved to be a very successful 

 affair in every way. The hall, a very 

 large one, was well filled with willing 

 dancers under the management of 

 John T. Allan. J.vme.s Robertson. 



View i.v Newport Ai ti .mx Exhibition 



8ergeant-at-Arms W. F. Smith and Secretary William (iray appear in the iiiilure. 



the latter standing by his (agle decoration, which was awarded rtrst 



prize in the Miss F. Foster class. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS 

 CLUB. 



In spite of the bad night a good 

 attendance was had Sept. 18th. The 

 exhibition was a little disappointing 

 as we have very few chrysanthemum 

 growers among us and two of those 

 had their crops in so early that they 

 were over. A vase of well-finished 

 Golden Glow was exhibited by Fred 

 Spinner and an unusual specimen of 

 staghorn fern by Wm. Aherne of 

 Columbia. 



The programme consisted of a 

 series of short questions the first of 

 which was, "What do you consider the 

 best protection for carnations when 

 first planted in?" Answered by Amos 

 Rohrer of Strasburg. He uses a light 

 coat of whiting on the inside of the 

 glass and syringes it off gradually so 

 that by the time he has syringed it 

 the third time the glass is clean, but 

 he added that this would not be prac- 

 tical in houses that leaked as the whit- 

 ing would wash off very easily. An- 

 other advocated the covering of the 

 plants with newspapers until they had 

 taken hold, but it was considered dan- 

 gerous to do this on account of the 

 likelihood of certain weather condi- 

 tions arising that would create a stem 

 rot tendency underneath the papers. 

 Some used lime (air-slacked) and 

 others mud as a shading on the out- 

 side of the glass. 



The next question, assigned to W. 

 B. Girvin, of Leola, was "How late in 

 the season do you think it would be 

 safe to plant Beacon or any other var- 

 iety in order to insure a Christmas 

 crop." Mr. Girvin said that the earli- 

 er he planted the better results he 

 had for December blooming. After 

 considerable discussion pro and con 

 (he question was left undecided as one 

 too big for the size of our Club. 



Ira Landis of Paradise, Pa., was as- 

 signed to answer "What do you con- 

 sider the best method of growing 

 daises, planting them in pots, boxes 

 or solid beds? Mr. Landis was un- 

 able to be present but the other daisy 

 growers all seemed in favor of the 

 solid bed system of growing them. 



Rudolph Nagle gave us a very inter- 

 esting talk on his question. "Give re- 

 port on any early 'mums you have 

 been growing." He has had very good 

 success, but the writer not being up 

 on this end of the business would only 

 create confusion if he attempted to 

 give a synopsis of the talk. 



For the meeting of Oct. 16th, Snap- 

 dragons, Midseason Chrysanthemums 

 and the Growing of Greens will be 

 up for discussion. Visiting florists or 

 of the allied trades are always wel- 

 come at these meetings. A ladies' 



