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HORTICULTURE 



October 11, 1913 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



Following is the list of special 

 prizes to be competed for at the An- 

 nual Chrysanthemum Exhibition to be 

 held at Asbury Park, N. J., on October 

 27-29th. Get busy, ye militant grow- 

 ers. Every win is a boost: 



Charles H. Totty's silver cup for ten best 

 white chrysanthemums. 



The Wells' gold, silver and bronze medals 

 for best two blooms of Miss Clara Bang- 

 hart. 



Hitchlngs & Co., silver cup for the best 

 and largest bloom of chrysanthemum' 

 (Class 24 in Schedule). 



Mlchell's Seed House, gold medal to the 

 exhibitor winning the most prizes in points, 

 based as follows: 3 points for a first prize; 

 2 points for a second prize; 1 point for a 

 third prize. 



Michell's Seed House, silver medal for 

 the best and largest vase of 5 chrysanthe- 

 mums ; 1 pink. 1 white, 1 yellow, 1 bronze, 

 1 crimson, any variety. 



Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J., for 

 a specimen plant of Phoenix Eoebelenl: 

 first prize, $7 00 ; second, $3.00. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual exhibition of the New 

 Hampshire Horticultural Society will 

 be held at Laconia on Oct. 22-24. 



August Poehlmann, Guy FYench, 

 George Asmus, M. Barker and Joe 

 Einwech for C. L. Washburn, a com- 

 mittee representing the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club, met Oct. 6 with the follow- 

 ing committee from the Cook County 

 Florists' Association: A. Henderson, 

 H. N. Bruns and W. Keimel. The ob- 

 ject of the meeting was to bring about 

 an afl51iation of the two clubs, result- 

 ing in a motion to that effect to be 

 presented to the clubs at their next 

 meetings. 



A very fine exhibition of vegetables 

 was staged in Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, on October 4 and 5. It was free to 

 the public. Splendid collections were 

 shown by Col. Fred. Mason, A. W. 

 Preston, Oliver Ames, J. A. Nixon, F. 

 W. Sargent and W. J. Clemson. In the 

 special classes, these exhibitors were 

 also well represented as well as Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, Wm. Whitman. David 

 R. Craig, G. W. Page. Warren Heustis 

 & Son, Mrs. A. A. Warburton and 

 others. There were a few fruit ex- 

 hibits of excellent quality. A first- 

 class certificate of merit was awarded 

 to R. & J. Farquhar & Co. for a new 

 single hardy chrysanthemum from 

 Corea. 



At the monthly meeting of the El- 

 beron (N. Y.) Horticultural Society on 

 Monday, October 6th, awards ^ere 

 made as follows: 



George Masson for dahlias, 90; C. O. 

 Duncan for apples, 80; and Wm. R. 

 Seymour for gardenias, 70 poigts. ^ A 

 certificate of culture was awarded to^ 

 George Masson for a large display of 

 dahlias. 



The coming fall show, which will be 

 held in the Casino, at Asbury Park. 

 N. J., October 27-29, was the chief 

 business of the evening. Schedules 

 have been mailed to past exhibitors 

 and will be sent to anyone upon re- 



Choice Hardy Climbing Roses 



THE BEST OF RECENT INTRODUCTION 



Prices per 100 F. 0. B. West Grove. Strong Field Grown Stock 



1 Yr. 2 Yr. 



Alice Aldricb. Bugosa $12.00 



American Pillar $5.00 15.00 



3 Year.. $35.00 and $25.00 



Dr. Van Fleet TOO 20.00 



Dorothy Perkins 5.00 10.00 



Dorothy Perkins, White 10.00 



Evangreline 10.00 



Excelsa ".60 12-60 



rariiuh,vr 6.00 10.00 



3 Year $20.00 



Gardenia '.SO 12.50 



Hiawatha '00 10.00 



I-ady Gay 7.00 10.00 



1 Yr. 2 Yr. 



May Queen 10.00 



3 Year $15.00 



Minnehaha 6.00 10.00 



Miss Messman 15.00 



Northern Light 7.00 10.00 



3 Year $12.00 



Rambler White 70.00 



Buby Queen 10.00 



3 Year $15.00 



Sir Thomas Lipton, Bug... 12.00 



Tansendsrhon 12.00 



Universal Favorite 8.00 



Violet Blue 8.00 12.00 



White Dorothy 10.00 



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Christmas Peppers 



New Cluster Pepper. Celestial Peppers. 



Strong plants with fruit, from 4% in. pots, 

 $1.50 per dozen, $12.00 per 100. 



Table Ferns, fine pl.ints from 2^4-lnch 

 pots, best assortment, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 

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quest. The show promises to surpass 

 all previous shows which the society 

 has held. The schedule provides for 

 over $1,000 in cups, medals and cash 

 prizes. A very interesting and instruc- 

 tive paper was read by George Masson 

 on "The Culture of Bulbs," with an in- 

 teresting discussion following. The 

 next meeting will be held on Novem- 

 ber 3rd. 



OBITUARY. 

 George R. Oliver. 

 George R. Oliver, aged 78, one of the 

 older residents, died at Mis' residence in 

 Bradford, Pa., on Sept. 2.5. He had 

 lived in Bradford for the last ?.0 years 

 and IS years ago became a florist, 

 which business he was conducting at 

 the time of his death. Besides his 

 widow he is survived by one son, and 

 three daughters. 



THE CARE OF DAHLIA ROOTS. 



Editor ".lORTICULTURE: 



Please tell me if it i.s better to separate 

 d.Tblins in the fall than in the spring. I 

 find that dnring the winter many of them 

 Iireak off from the main stem and some- 

 times a whole variety is lost by breaking. 

 Also, if dahlias should be taken up before 

 or after the foliage has been frozen. 



Thanking you in advance. 



yours truly, 



Mass. M. F. J. 



Either fall or spring will do. The 

 only objection to fall separation is 

 that the split parts may dry out and 

 so kill off the eye. One point in favor 

 of waiting till spring is that one can 

 see the eyes better then than in the 

 fall. ■ - 



It is immaterial whether dahlias are 

 taken up before oi- after the foliage 

 has been frozen, pro'vided the frost has 

 not been severe enough to reach the 

 base of the stem and the eyes or to 

 cause rotting of the lower stfin and 

 incidentally the eyes. 



