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HOETICULTUEE 



October 4, 1913 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The eighth annual Dahlia, Fruit and 

 Vegetable Show of the above society 

 was held in English's banquet hall, 

 East Orange, N. J., on Saturday and 

 Sunday, Sept. 27 and 28. The hall was 

 completely filled with exhibits, making 

 this the best show the society has yet 

 held. The weather proved fine both 

 days, making the attendance from 

 neighboring towns very good indeed. 



List of Awards. 



Hitchings & Co. lup for 36 dahlias in 

 12 vars.: H. Darlington, gard. P. W. 

 Popp; 2nd prize to 7.1rs. H. Graves, gard. 

 E. Thomas; 3rd, D. Kindsgrah. J. Lewis 

 Cbilds cup for .50 single dahlias: Mrs. 

 Wm. Barr, gard. E. Panuska. Michell Co. 

 medal for 25 Show dahlias and prize for 

 25 decorative; M. B. Metealf, gard. George 

 Wraight. Michell medal for 25 cactus 

 dahlias; G. S .Stillman. Dreer prizes for 

 centerpiece of dahlias: Essex County 

 Country Club, gard. Frank Drews, 1st; 

 , H. Darlington, 2nd. 



In the miniature garden competition : 

 C. C. Goodrich, 1st; C. F. Rand. gard. Wm. 

 Zeidler, 2nd ; and Essex Countv Country 

 Club, 3rd. In fruits : S. & .M. Colgate, 

 1st; and C C. Goodrich, 2nd. 



First-class '-ertificates were awarded as 

 follows: A. C. Van Gaasbeck, gard. A. P. 

 Wenzel, for decorative dahlias, also for 

 show dahlias and white decorative dahlias ; 

 S. and A. M. Colgate, gard. Wm. Eeid, for 

 yellow show dahlias, pink show dahlias, 

 red show dahlias and bronze show dahlias; 

 Mrs. Wm. Barr, gard. E. Panuska, white 

 show dahlias, red decorative dahlias, pink 

 cactus dahlias, six show dahlias, best cac- 

 tus dahlias; Mrs. Chas. Hathaway, gard. 

 Max Schneider, maroon show dahlias; C. 

 C. Goodrich, gard. F. Bergelund, pink 

 decorative dahlias, maroon decorative 

 dahlias, six decorative, six cactus, best 

 sho.v and best decorative dahlia; Lager & 

 Hurrell, collection of orchids; Mrs. C. 

 Ha'haway, celosia ; Mrs. S. M. High, 

 dahlias: W. A. Manda, seedling dahlias; 

 Frank Drews, seedling rose. Cultural cer- 

 tificate to C. C. Goodrich, for celosia. 



Special mention to Mrs. Chas. Hathaway, 

 lor gladioli. Vote of thanks to S. and M. 

 Colgate, for dahlii\s; A. C Van Gaasbeck, 

 for peony-flowered dahlias and mixed 

 dahlias. W. A. Manda staged a very 

 effective group of foliage plants and ferns, 

 including the celebrated Polypodlum Man- 

 daianum. 



The judges were Wm. H. Duckham, 

 C. H. Totty and John E. Lager. 



G. W. Stra.xge, Sec'y. 

 Orange, N. J. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The next meeting of the Club will 

 be held at Horticultural Hall on Tues- 

 day evening, October 14, at 8 o'clock, 

 the halls of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society being all rented for 

 October 21, the regular date of the 

 meeting. The speaker of the evening 

 will be II. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J., sec- 

 retary of the National Association of 

 Gardeners, on, "Who is the Real Gar- 

 dener?" Exhibits of early chrysanthe- 

 mums and other seasonable flowers are 

 particularly desired at this meeting. 



The secretary will be glad to have 

 the names and addresses of any addi- 

 tional members who may wish to take 

 landscape gardening courses the com- 

 ing season, as it is desired to start 

 these classes as soon as possible. 



W. N. Craig, Secretary. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 held its monthly meeting at the Par- 

 ker House on Wednesday evening, Oc- 

 tober 1. E. O. Orpet, of Lake Forest, 

 111., and Eber Holmes, of Montrose, 

 Mass., were guests. Louis J. Reuter 

 brought a vase of flowers of a new 

 bright red rose of foreign origin, which 

 created a favorable impression. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual September display of the 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society 

 was held on Sept. 23 and 24, in the 

 parlors of the Mathewson Street Meth- 

 odist Episcopal Church, Providence, 

 and one of the largest and most attrac- 

 tive exhibits of flowers, fruits, vege- 

 tables and honey ever shown in this 

 city, was viewed by a large number of 

 persons. Exhibits by pupils of Web- 

 ster avenue and Grove street grammar 

 schools were a credit to the schools, 

 the displays consisting of both flowers 

 and vegetables. The dahlia displays 

 were very extensive, there being no 

 less than fifteen large exhibitors of 

 these as specialties. 



E. K. Thomas of the Rhode Island 

 State College, was superintendent. 

 Heretofore the blooms have been 

 shown on flat tables. This fall Mr. 

 Thomas introduced an innovation in the 

 way of benches with a step formation, 

 starting one foot from the floor with 

 four tiers, the maximum height being 

 four feet. This scheme gave a pleasing 

 effect and made a hit with visitors and 

 exhibitors alike. 



Charles M. Bogholt, gardener for 

 Miss Fanny Foster, Newport, won the 

 first prize for the best 1913 cactus va- 

 riety, which he has named the Golden 

 Crown. A. E. Johnson, of Montello, 

 Mass.. won the honors in the open 

 class for the best bloom shown by 

 originator, the Marjory Field. They 

 were not in competition. Sisson & 

 Thurston, of Newport, who make a 

 specialty of cactus dahlias, carried 

 away six firsts. Lewis A. Jillson, of 

 Lakewood, was awarded flrst prize for 

 a collection of 100 blooms any variety. 



Members of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston at the Farquhar Nurserie.-*, Df.dham, Mass. 



