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HORTICULTUEE 



November 8, 1913 



THE MADISON (N. J.) SHOW. 



This exhibition, always a good one, 

 was this year fully up to its reputation. 

 It took place on October 28 and 29. 

 Among the things which attracted spe- 

 cial attention from visitors was C. H. 

 Totty's display of singles and semi- 

 doubles which was recognized with a 

 well-deserved gold medal. The vege- 

 table display and orchid group by Wm. 

 Duckham were also worthy of note and 

 the orchids won a special silver medal. 

 The Prizes — Specials. 



Robert Tyson won the Stumpp & Walter 

 prize for 6 Ijlooms ; C. H. Totty, the E. 

 D. .Smilh prize for "Madison" rose; P. D. 

 Whitney, the Vaughan prize for Wm. Tur- 

 ner: L.. A. Noe, the Pierson prize for 

 Milady rose; Wm. Duckham. the Badgley, 

 Riedel & Meyer prizes for roses and car- 

 nations: L.. M. -Noe estate, the Totty prize 

 for Shawyer rose. 



Chrysanthemums. 



Tliirty-six tiuwers in G varieties : 1, Mr.«. 

 D. Wiilis James (supt. W. Duckham) ; 2, 

 C. H. Totty. 



Eighteen flowers in 6 varieties: 1, Otto 

 H. Kahn (gard. .Tas. Fraser), Morrlstown, 

 N. J.; 2, a. E. Kissell (gard. Percy Wit- 

 ney), Morristown. Nl J. 



Twelve varieties in one vase: 1, Dr. D. 

 H. McAlpin (gard. John Downing), Morris 

 Plains. N. J.: 2. O. H. Kahn. 



There were many other classes for out 

 blooms in wliich the winners of prizes 

 were Dr. D. H. McAlpin. Mrs. H. McK. 

 Twombly. Mrs. D. Willis James, C. W. 

 Harkness (gard. E. Wilde), Otto Kahn, 

 Mrs. Paul Moore. G. E. Kissel, Mrs. John 

 Crosby Brown (gard. Peter Duff), C. H. 

 Totty, Paul Moore (gard. Edward Davis), 

 Glimpsewood Manor (gard. H. B. Vizer), 

 and J. W. Johnson (gard. A. Fullerton). 

 Fine specimen plants were contriltuted by 

 Mrs. J. Crosliv Brown, Dr. McAlpin. Mrs. 

 H. McK. Twombly and Mrs. D. Willis 

 James. In the group for effect Dr. Mc.\l- 

 pin was 1st; Glimpsewood Manor, 2nd. 

 C. H. Totty was winner in all the com- 

 mercial classes. 



There were 20 classes for roses. C. H. 

 Totty was winner in the class for any un- 

 disseminated variety, with a lovely shell- 

 pink sport from Mrs. Shaw.ver. Other win- 

 ners in the rose section were L. A, Koe, 

 L. M. Noe Estate, L. B. Coddington, O. A. 

 Wyke (gard. W. O. Michael), J. J. Riker. 

 Wagner Greenhouses, Harry O. May and 

 C. W. Harkness. 



In the carnation classes the winners were 

 Dr. D. H. McAlpin, C. W. Harkness, H. 

 O, May, Otto H. Kahn, Mrs. D. Willis 



James, Chas. Weber, G. F. Neipp. In vio- 

 lets, H. Coghill (gard. P. Penipedc), C. W. 

 Harkness, Mrs. J. Crosby Brown. 



Vegetables. 



Twelve distinct kinds of vegetables, 

 tastefully arranged: 1 (Madison sp. prize 

 .•JT.ji. Mrs. D. Willis James: 2, Giraud Fos- 

 ter isupt. Edward Jenkins), Lenox. Mas."!. 



Collections of 6 kinds of vegetables: 1, 

 O. H. Kahn; 2, The Wayside (gard. David 

 Francis), Convent. N. .T. 



There were many other vegetable class- 

 es. .■>ll well contested. ■ 



Certificates. 



Certificate of merit to Carnation Gorgeous 

 from Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. ; to mangel 

 beet from Amos Cheesbro, Madison. N. J. : 

 to Ponderosa lemons from L. A. Noe. A 

 special prize was given to Mrs. F. W. 

 Devel, Maplewood, for a scarlet dahlia: 

 cultural certificates to L. M. Noe estate tor 

 lemons, and Samuel Randolphe for peanuts. 



THE NEW BEDFORD, MASS., SHOW. 



On Jlonday and Tuesday, Nov. 3 and 

 4, the New Bedford Horticultural So- 

 ciety put up a very creditable exhibi- 

 tion in the library building. The prizes 

 were well competed tor and worthily 

 awarded. James Nicol, the invincible 

 chrysanthemum grower of Quincy, took 

 the silver medal for 12 best blooms, 

 with Wm. Turner. A. E. Griffin, gard. 

 for Galen L. Stone, got the bronze 

 medal in same class. Mr. Griffin won 

 the majority of the chrysanthemum 

 prizes. On specimen plants, D. F. Roy, 

 gard. for Col. H. E. Converse, was 

 high-liner, and on hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums D. Shea. gard. for Mrs. H. Hath- 

 away, was first. The D. F. Roy cup 

 for 12 blooms was won by Mr. Griffin. 

 The T. J. Grey cup for 18 blooms and 

 the Farquhar cup for 18 long stemmed 

 blooms were captured by Mr. Roy. 



An award of merit was given J. P. 

 Rooney, gard. for Mrs. F. Grinnell, for 

 chrysanthemum plant, a bronze medal 

 to Peckham Floral Co. for group and 

 the same to A. E. Griffin for begonias. 

 Also a special award to James Garth- 

 ley, superintendent of H. H. Rogers es- 

 tate. 



FIELD DAY OF WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES' EMPLOYEES. 



Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, 

 Mass., gave a field day on Saturday, 

 September 6, to its employees and 

 their families. The afternoon was 

 spent In a ball game between the mar- 

 ried men and single, various running 



and jumping games for the girls and 

 ladies and the boys and men, for which 

 prizes were given. Refreshments were 

 served. This picture was taken on the 

 lawn of Alexander Montgomery, the 

 superintendent, who is seen in the 



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