July 2, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



Newport IIorticultuhai, Society 



I'rize Winning Group by John A. Forljcs. 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The first annual June show of this 

 Society was held on June 17th, in the 

 hall of Hollywood Inn. The exhibits 

 were very attractively arranged. Roses, 

 orchids, sweet peas, peonies, flowering 

 and foliage plants and herbaceous 

 flowers were the floral display. Straw- 

 berries and vegetables weie very fine. 

 It was a great success and the Society 

 has hopes of making even a greater 

 success of the fall show, which is to 

 be held the first of November. During 

 the evening Butler's orchestra added 

 much to Uie enjoyment of the visitors 

 by their fine music. The judging was 

 done by Robert Angus of Tarrytovvn, 

 James Stuart and Thomas Aitchison of 

 Mamaroneck. Following is the sched- 

 ule and prizes as awarded, first and 

 second, respectively, as recorded: 



Group of foliaRe plant.s to <over 73 sq. 

 ft., prizes donated by the Yonkers Nursery 

 Co.— S. P. Lilieuthal Estate, H. Scott, 

 gdr. ; D. B. Oppenheimer E.state, J. GoCf. 

 gdr. Twelve hardy ro.ses. three varieties, 

 prizes donated by Thompson & Brown — 

 Gen. McAlpiu, J. Woodcock, gdr.; Adolph 

 Lewisohn, J. Canning, gdr. Six hardy 

 roses, two varieties, prizes donated by H. 

 L. Twine — Lilienthal Estate, .Joseph Butlor. 

 R. E, Priene. Twelve roses, one variety, 

 prizes donated by Mr. Randolph— Gen. Mc- 

 Alpiu: Mrs. T. W. Wheeler, H. Weils, 

 gdr. Collection of hardy roses in not less 

 than twelve varieties, prizes donated by R. 

 Cvmnun^'K and one other member — Gen. 

 McAlpin (.SO varieties); Mrs. .7. B. Trevor, 

 H. Nichols, gdr. Collection of sweet peas 

 in six varieties 25 sprays of each, prizes 

 donated by Milton Peck and (Jideon Peck- 

 Mrs. J. B. Trevor. Three varieties of sweet 

 peas, .50 sprays of each, prizes donated by 

 the Yonkers Decorating Co. — Mrs. J. B. 

 Trevor. Vase of sweet peas to contain Ibl) 

 sprays, prizes donated by Wm. Kay ancl 

 Arthur Keene— Mrs. J. B. Trevor. Collec- 

 tion of herbaceous flowers, prizes donated 

 by H. Blanch — Wm. llebach. Collection 

 of floivering .shrubs, prizes donated by IjCe 

 Whitman— Mrs. T. W. Wheeler, H. Wells, 

 gdr. Three varieties of peonies. 6 of each, 

 piizes donated by Mr. Taylor — Adolph 

 Lewisohn. Quart of strawberries, prizes 

 donated oy W. H. Waite— IJlienthal Estate; 

 Mrs. A. C. Ewing: R. Cochrane, gdr. Two 

 quarts strawberries in two varieties, prizes 

 donated )iy L K. Wood — Adoljih Lewisohn; 

 Airs. A. C. Ewing. Three quarts straw- 



berries in three varieties, prizes donated by 

 Hudson Fuel Co. and C. T. Thompson — 

 Lilienthal Estate. Six varieties of wget- 

 aides, prizes donated bv Mrs. Harrigan — 

 .Mrs J, B. Trevor; Mrs. T. W. Wheeler. H. 

 Wells, gdr. Cauliflower, prizes donated by 

 I'etir MacDonald— Mrs. A. C. Ewing; Mrs. 

 '1'. \y . AA'heeler. Cabbage, prizes donated 

 by MacKenzie Bros, and Peter MacDonald — 

 Mrs. .L B. Trevor. Lettuce, prizes donated 

 by L. IL riiggins and Peter MacDonald— 

 .^'dolpb Lewisohn; Mrs. A. C. Ewing. 

 Sjierials were awarded as follows; Julius 

 i:..ehrs Co, Rutherford, N. J., display ot 

 unhids. Scott Bros.. Elmford, display of 

 rc'ses. Y'onkers Nursery Co. group of 

 p::lms. cut flowers and flowering plants,. 

 I'ctcr MacDonald. center piece and gradn- 

 ;ition basket. Mcllio. wedding decoration 

 of palms and roses; this occuined the 

 entire stai;e and was one of the best 

 spc.i.ils. Cichr.mo Estate, R. Cuniming, 

 gdr.. display of foliage and flowering plants. 

 W. llebach, collection of cut annuals and 



l^EE WHITMAN. Cor. Sec. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Registration of New Carnation by 

 F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind. 

 Gloriosa (No. 42, '06), cross between 

 two numbered seedlings. A magnifi- 

 cent shade of pure light pink. Growth 

 is a true commercial type. Early and 

 continuous flowerin.g. Excellent stem 

 and calyx; has a working habit that 

 produces quantities of blooms without 

 a break. Size, ZM inches and over. 



White Wonder. White Perfection 

 seedling under number. Ptire white. 

 Size, 3'/2 inches and over. Has all the 

 White Perfection qualities improved: 

 larger flower, stronger stem, stronger 

 growth. Makes nearly double the size 

 of plant in the same length of time, 

 thereby greatly increasing its produc- 

 tiveness. A. F. J. BAUR, Sec'y. 



The annual meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society will be held at 

 the greenhouse establishment of Gus 

 Adrian, Wood avenue, Clifton, Monday 

 July nth. ?, P. M. Election of offi- 

 cers will take place at this meeting. 

 After the meeting the Society will be 

 the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Adrian 

 which assure a good time for all those 

 who attend. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Hardy Rose Night was observed by 

 our society on the 24th of June; and 

 several tables were necessary to hold 

 the profusion ot rose blooms exhibited 

 by President John P. Huss, from the 

 Goodwin estate, Hartford; by Alex. 

 Cumniing, Jr., head gardener at Eliz- 

 abeth Park, Hartford; and by W. S. 

 Mason, of Farmington, gardener for 

 the Pope estate. 



Many beautiful new and old roses 

 were included in the collection. Every 

 known color was represented; though 

 the specimens of the new "blue" rose, 

 as shown by Mr. Huss, are hardly 

 worthy of being called blue, as he 

 thought; that color being so little in 

 fact. Under the electric light, scarce- 

 ly a trace was discernible. In day- 

 light, Mr. Huss said, it has a slight 

 cast of blue: but it will hardly be 

 popularized as a blue type. 



The judges, Messrs. Clarence H. 

 Wiley, John Gerard, and J. A. Weber, 

 reported their recommendation of 

 awards as follows: Mr. Cumming, 95 

 points; Mr. Huss, 90 points; Mr. Ma- 

 son. 85 points. 



Mr. Gerard exhibited a vase of 

 handsome Japanese iris blooms, 

 grown from seed. 



A leading feature of the evening's 

 entertainment was an able and in- 

 structive paper by Mr. Cumming, on 

 the subject of roses, covering descrip- 

 tions of the various types, information 

 as to the culture of roses, and how to 

 successfully combat their insect and 

 fungous enemies. As showing the 

 speaker's opinion regarding the most 

 valuable varieties, in several classes, 

 he mentioned the following: 



Hybrid perpetual. Crimson shades, 

 Fisher Holmes, Jubilee, Prince Ca- 

 mille de Rohan, General Jacqueminot, 

 Louis 'Van Houtte; red shades, Tom 

 Wood. IHrich Brunner, Alfred Colomb, 

 Earl of Dufferin; pink shades, Mrs. 

 John Laing, Baroness Rothschild, Mrs. 

 R. G. Sharman Crawford, Her Majesty, 

 Paul Neyron, Madame Gabriel Luizet; 

 white and flesh shades, Clio, Margaret 

 Dickson. Gloire Lyonnaise, Frau Karl 

 Druschki. 



Hybrid tea class: Gruss an Teplitz, 

 crimson scarlet; Etoile de France, vel- 

 vety crimson; Richtnond. scarlet red; 

 Kiliarney, soft flesh pink; La France, 

 silvery nink; Caroline Testout, satiny 

 pink; Konigin Karola satiny rose; 

 Kaiserin Auguste 'Victoria, primrose to 

 white. 



Wlchuraiana class: Dorothy Perkins, 

 Lady Gay; single flowering, Hiawatha, 

 Delight, Evangeline, Wedding Bells. 



Climbing Polyantha class: Crimson 

 Rambler. Leuciitstern. Rubin, Psyche. 



Dwarf Polyantha class: Baby Ram- 

 bler, Marie Pavie. Schneewitchen, 

 Paquerette. Mignonette. Perle des 

 Rouges, President Taft, Eugene, Leo- 

 nie Lamesch. 



Mr. Cv.mming's address was received 

 with applause, and he was accorded a 

 rising vote of thanks. 



Following the custom of our society, 

 the fortnightly meetings will be omit- 

 ted during the summer; and on August 

 26th we expect to resume work, and 

 aggressively prepare for the two fall 

 exhibitions, which we desire to make 

 the most successful ones in the annals 

 of the society. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Secretary. 



Melrose. Conn., June 28, 1910. 



