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HORTICULTURE 



October 8, 1910 



SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE 



Jas. Weir's Sons, Florists 



have authorized us to call a sale of the property, 

 stock, and good will of the business situated on 

 5 th Avenue and 67 th Street, Brooklyn, on 

 Wednesday, Oct. 19th, 1910, at 1 1 A.M., by 



AUCTION 



WM. ELLIOTT & SON$, Auctioneers 



42 Vesey St., New York 



WM. ELLIOTT, Auctioneer 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The dahlia show of this society was 

 held at Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, N. 

 T., Sept. 28. Some very fine blooms 

 were shown and the hall was well 

 filled with the numerous entries. Win- 

 ners were as follows: Collection of 

 50 varieties, silver cup presented by 

 Henry A. Dreer, 1st, W. Eccles; 2d, G. 

 Barton; 24 Cactus, I. Stanley Brown's 

 prize, 1st, W. Eccles; 2d, G. Barton; 

 12 Cactus, not over 3 years old. Raw- 

 son's silver medal, 1st, G. Barton; 2d, 

 W. Eccles; best 6 Cactus, 1st. G. Ash- 

 worth; 2d, G. Barton. Of the remain- 

 ing classes, G. Barton won five firsts, 

 G. Ashworth three firsts and one sec- 

 ond. H. Gaut. two firsts, two seconds; 

 J. Kirby, one first, one second; J. Mc- 

 Donald, two firsts; A. Golon, one sec- 

 ond. Honorable mention was awarded 

 to W. R. Marshall for 12 giant Ailsa 

 Craig onions and 3 heads of cauli- 

 flower; to Geo. H. Peterson, of Fair 

 Lawn, N. J., for two vases of rose "W. 

 R. Smith; to J. Reidenbach for vase of 

 gladioli; to W. Eccles for vase of car- 

 nations; to Henry A. Dreer for display 

 of dahlias, over 180 varieties. The 

 children also had a very nice exhibit 

 of flowers. 



O. E. ADDOR, Cor. Sec. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



President Elmer D. Smith announces 

 the committees to examine new chrys- 



anthemums for the ensuing year, as 

 follows: Boston— Wm. Nicholson, 



chairman; James Wheeler, Alexander 

 Montgomery. Flowers shipped to Bos- 

 ton Flower Market, care of chairman. 

 New York — Eugene Dailledouze, chair- 

 man: Wm. Duckham*. Flowers shipped 

 to New York Cut Flower Co., 5.5 W. 

 26 street, care of Eugene Dailledouze. 

 Philadelphia— A. B. Cartledge, chair- 

 man; John Westcott, S. S. Pennock. 

 Flowers shipped to chairman, 1514 

 Chestnut street. Cincinnati— R. Wit- 

 terstaetter, chairman; James Allen, 

 Henry Schwartz. Flowers shipped to 

 chairman, Jabez Elliott Flower Market. 

 care of janitor. Chicago— J. B. Dea- 

 mud, chairman; Geo. Asmus, W. H. 

 Kidwell. Flowers shipped to J. B. Dea- 

 mud, 51 Wabash avenue. To arrive 

 by 2 p. m. on day of examination. 

 Exhibits to receive attention from the 

 committees must be prepaid to destin- 

 ation, and an entry fee of $2.00 should 

 be forwarded to the secretary not later 

 than Tuesday of the week they are to 

 be examined, or it may accompany the 

 blooms. 



Seedlings and sports are both eligi- 

 ble to he shown before these commit- 

 tees provided the raiser has given them 

 two years' trial to determine their true 

 character. 



Special attention is called to the 

 rule, that sports to receive a certifi- 

 cate, must pass at least three of the 

 five committees. 



The committees will be in session to 

 examine such exhibits as may be sub- 

 mitted on each Saturday throughout 



October and November, the dates of 

 which will be October 8-15-22-29, No- 

 vember 5-12-19-26. 



• The tliird member of the New York 

 (.'oiniiiittee will be anuounced later. 



CHAS. W. JOHNSON, Sec. 

 Morgan Park, 111. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The fifth annual dahlia show of the 

 N. J. F. S. was held in Lindsley Hall. 

 Orange, October 1st. There was a 

 large attendance. The quality of the 

 exhibits was first class, and altogether 

 the show was the best of its kind the 

 Society ever held. Among the outside 

 visitors were Charles McTaggart, rep- 

 resenting Marshall & Co.; George W. 

 Strange, representing W. A. Manda, 

 and William Tricker, Arlington, N. J. 

 Mayor Arthur B. Seymour ot Orange 

 opened the show at 4 o'clock. Walter 

 M. Gray of Maplewood, N. J., captured 

 the Hitchings' cup, which was awarded 

 for the best 60 flowers of Show, Deco- 

 rative and Cactus dahlias. S. M. & A. 

 (^olgate, gardener William Reid, won 

 the second prize cup donated by James 

 Laing, Orange. A. B. Jenkins, gar- 

 dener Albert F. Larson, was awarded 

 the third prize cup presented by the 

 Society. Other awards were as fol- 

 lows: 25 Show dahlias in five varie- 

 ties, Walter Gray; 25 Decorative dah- 

 lias in five varieties. Waiter Gray; 25 

 Cactus dahlias in one or more varie- 

 ties, Albert F. Larson, first; Walter 

 Gray, second; Max Schneider, third; 

 12 Show dahlias in three varieties. Max 

 Schneider; 12 Show dahlias in three 

 varieties, red, crimson and bronze. Max 



