November 5, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE EXHIBITIONS 



NASSAU CO. HORTICULTURAL 



The annual fall show was held in 

 Pembroke Hall, Oct. 27-2S. Chrysan- 

 themums of course were the main 

 feature, but what struck me all 

 through the show was the interest 

 taken by the visitors in the fine dis- 

 plays of out door flowers. While the 

 big monsters were greatly admired, 

 they only received a casual glance, as 

 compared to the time devoted to 'the 

 different classes of out door flowers 

 and single chrysanthemums especially. 

 Those last named are growing in 

 favor every year, and as for out-door 

 grown chrysanthemums, I heard .a 

 prominent lady say that if such fine 

 blooms could be grown outside, they 

 could almost do without glass. A 

 fine exhibit of pot-grown dahlias 

 made by M. D. Matz of Glen Cove was 

 a surprise to many, and shows a great 

 future for those popular flowers. 

 Chrysanthemums were extra fine and 

 competition keen. I doubt if better 

 blooms will be seen at any other show 

 this season. The judges were Messrs. 

 W. Turner, J. F. Huss and Wm. Scoit. 



Awai-ds: Group of clirvsantliemums, 

 51) sy. ft., W. Eceless, first; A. McKenzie, 

 Sfi-oLd. Group of oruameutal plants, 75 

 ft., A. McKenzie, flrst; J. lugraui, second. 

 Chrysantliemum, cut blooms: Six dis- 

 tinct, J. F. JoLiustou ; H. Gaut. Six white 

 .■;u(l six yellow, A. McKeiizie ; R. Marshall. 

 Six pink, 11. Marshall; A. McKenzie. Six 

 crimson, J. Everett ; V. Cleres. Six bronze, 

 J. McDonald; I. Everett. Speelmeu bush, 

 E. Marshall ; A. McKenzie. 



Roses : twelve white, J. Robiusou. 

 Twelve piuli and 12 any color, V. Cleres. 



Carnations: twelve white, A. ilcKeuzie ; 

 P. Reul. Twelve pink, W. Eceless. Twelve 

 red, W. Eceless. Commercial growers : 

 Chs Webber, II. Matz. 



Violets, single: J. Reideubach ; double, 

 H. Gaut. 

 Centre IMece, .1. Quinliu ; H. Gaut. 

 Fr. Petroccia was heavy winner in the 

 vegetable class. Others were R. Marshall, 

 I. Reiudenbach, J. F. Johnston, F. John- 

 son, F. Barton, V. Cleres, P. Reul, L. Mc- 

 Donald and J. Trepess. 



Collectiou of out door flowers: J. 

 Reideubach. Specials, Chs. Totty special, 

 36 blooms, A. McKeuzie ; J. Everett. Cot- 

 tage Gardeji's special, carnations, W. 

 Eceless; J. Xiuthie. Burnett's special, 25 

 blooms, A. McKenzie. Vegetables, F. 

 Petroccia. Lager & Hurrill special, orchids, 

 E. Marshall. Peter Henderson it Co., 25 

 blooms, A. McKenzie; J. F. Johnston. W. 

 Marshall's special, H. Gaut. Vaughau's 

 special, F. Petroccia. Weber and Don 

 special, J. F. Johnston; H. Gaut. Hitch- 

 ing's silver cup, A. McKeuzie. Lord & 

 Buruham gold medal, roses, R. Marshall. 

 Butler's special, J. Ingram; H. Matz. Jul- 

 ius Roehrs' special, orchids, R. Marshall. 

 Stump & Walter's silver cup. Am. Beauty ; 

 V. Cleres. Mrs. Brewster's special. A. Mc- 

 Kenzie. Glen Cove Echo, special, J, 

 Everett. Mrs. Smither's cup, hardy chry- 

 santhemums, G. Ashworth. J. H. Troy's 

 cup, roses, J. Forbes. Rickards Bros' 

 special, A. McKenzie. Mrs. Bucknal's spec- 

 ial, J. McDonald. Mr. Underbill's special. 

 J. Reideubach. W. Weeks, Lorraine be- 

 gonias, V. Cleres; J. Everett. Titus & 

 Bowne special, A. McKenzie. Mr. Shott- 

 well, J. Everett. Mr, Stapleton's special, 

 J. T. Ingram. Bon Arbor's special, J. Mc- 

 Donald ; J. Everett. H. F. Meyer's special, 

 A. McKeuzie; H. Matz. Mrs. H. Pratt's 

 silver cup, fruit, J. Everett. Mrs. Byrnes' 

 special, F. Petroccia. H. Matz's special, ,T. 

 Reideubach. "Buds' " special, P. Reul. 



O. E. ADDOR, Cor. Sec. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 



The New Jersey Floricultural So- 

 ciety held their sixteenth annual 

 chrysanthemum show in Lindsley 

 Hall, Orange, on Saturday, October 

 29th. Lager & Hurrell had a nice col- 

 lection of rare orchids on exhibition, 

 for which they received a first-class 



certificate. W. A. Manda had his grand 

 new decorative fern, Polypodium Man- 

 daianum on exhibition and was award- 

 ed a first-class certificate. William 

 Reid, gardener for S. M. & A. Colgate, 

 won the silver cup given by John R. 

 Le Count for the best 24 cut chrysan- 

 themums, ti varieties, 4 flowers of 

 each. 



Certificates were awarded to Mal- 

 colm MacRorie, Max Schneider, John 

 Hayes and Wm. Reid, for chrysanthe- 

 mums and other fiowers not in compe- 

 tition. 



The regular prizes ware disposed of 

 as follows: 



Max Schneider, flrst, for 6 chrysanthe- 

 mums pink. 6 do dark pink, 25 do any one 

 variety, 50 violets. Wm. Reid, first, for 

 chrysanthemum plants, G in, pots, four 

 varieties, and do in three varieties, Fritz 

 Berglund, first, for 6 bronze blooms, A. F, 

 Larson, flrst, for American Beauty roses, 

 Chatena.\', Brides. Bridesmaids, Carnations, 

 collection, white Enchantress, scarlet, crim- 

 son, Wm, Reid. first, for Killaruey roses, 

 white Killaruey, "any yellow." Carnation 

 Winsor shade, Lawson shade. F. Drew, 

 first, for rose Richmond, roses mixed. 

 Thomas Jones, best orchid in flower. 



The judges were Philip Cox and 

 Alex. Robertson, both from Montclair. 



NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



The exhibition of the New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society opened 

 in Music Hall, New Haven, Conn., on 

 Tuesday, Nov. 1. The hall is an ex- 

 cellent one for the purpose, being very 

 spacious and affording abundant room 

 for exhibits and visitors. The blooms 

 in competition for the chrysanthemum 

 prizes were of very high quality, as 

 were also the palms, ferns, orchids, 

 and vegetables. Roses, carnations and 

 violets were shown in commendable 

 quantity and quality. Among the most 

 striking varieties in the chrysanthe- 

 mum classes were Mary Donnellan 

 yellow, Mrs. David Syme white and M. 

 Loisseau Rousseau pink and silver. 

 Many fine specimen plants and groups 

 were staged, not for competition, by 

 John Champion of New Haven and A. 

 N, Pierson of Cromwell. 



The judges were J. F. Huss of Hart- 

 ford, Chas. E. Keith of Bridgeport 

 and Wm. J. Stewart of Boston. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 The exhibition at the Fairmont 

 hotel, on October 20 and 21, was a 

 very successful affair. It was under 

 the auspicies of the Pacific Coast and 

 State Horticultural Societies and was 

 well supported by the amateur and 

 commercial interests, the attendance 

 and enthusiasm of the society people 

 of the city being very gratifying to 

 the promoters. Table decorations, 

 bridal bouquets and other floral dec- 

 orative work were among the attrac- 

 tions in which the visitors seemed 

 to take the greatest interest. Pelicano 

 & Rossi were the principal winners in 

 this department. J. Suelberger of 

 Oakland took first on table decora- 

 tion and H. Plath was invincible with 

 a large group of ferns and hanging 

 baskets. The professional judges 

 were A. Schwerin, Sidney Clack and 

 G. Walters. The decorative work was 

 judged by a committee of society 

 ladies. 



MORRISTOWN, N. J. 



The joint exhibition of the Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety and the Chrysanthemum Socie- 

 ty of America was held at Morristown, 

 N. J., on November 2, 3 and 4. The 

 quality of the chrysanthemum flowers 

 shown was unstintingly praised by 

 the well-informed experts present, 

 who pronounced them the finest ever 

 staged in this country. The roses and 

 carnations, always leading specialties 

 among the Morris county growers, 

 were superb, American Beauty particu- 

 larly. 



The $100 prize for 60 chrysanthe- 

 mum flowers in 20 varieties was won 

 by Wm. Duckham. The ?40 prize for 

 oG in 6 varieties was won by Harry 

 Turner, who also captured the Totty 

 cup, for 12 blooms of R. F. Felton, C. 

 S. A. cup for best lu blooms, any varie- 

 ty, Hitchings cup for 3 vases, ten 

 blooms each. Wells gold medal for 6 

 best blooms of Howard Gould, Lord & 

 Burnham gold medal for 30 blooms, 6 

 varieties introductions of 1909-1910; 

 also classes G to 9 for 10 flowers speci- 

 fied colors. Class 16 for 24 flowers in 

 24 varieties, the Farquhar prize for 

 largest flower in the show and finally 

 the $150 sweepstake cup offered by 

 the Morris County Gardeners' and 

 BTorists' Society. 



Other big winnei-s were James Fra- 

 zer, gardener for 0. H. Kahn, John 

 Downing gardener for D. M. McAlpiu 

 and Peter Duff of Orange. C. H. Totty 

 made a clean sweep of classes 10 to 1.5 

 for six flowers each, in -specified col- 

 ors, and classes 23 to 28 for commer- 

 cial florists, 10 flowers of specified 

 colors in each class and won the Wil- 

 son Plant Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s cup 

 for 15 blooms undisseminated variety, 

 with Lady Hillingdon. 



The largest winners in the rose 

 classes were Messrs. H. Hentz, L. A. 

 Noe, R. M. Schultz, Madison Cut 

 Flower Co., Edward Behre and C. H. 

 Totty. In carnations Traendly & 

 Schenck, Wm. Duckham, Wm. Klein- 

 heinz and C. H. Totty, the latter win- 

 ning the silver cup for 18 blooms any 

 undisseminated variety, with White 

 House. 



The $100 prize for group of flower- 

 ing and foliage plants went to Wm. 

 Duckham for a superb entry. John 

 Downing was winner in several classes 

 for group and specimen chrysanthe- 

 mum plants. Peter Duff won the 

 Vaughan cups for best specimen plant 

 and best single stem specimen, and 

 flrst for specimen yellow. These were 

 grand examples of the gardener's art. 

 On vegetables Edward Jenkins came 

 down from Lenox with an unbeatable 

 exhibit and Walter Angus of Chapin- 

 ville. Conn,, was a good second. The 

 Aphine Mfg. Co.'s special for group of 

 orchid plants went to William Turner 

 of Oceanic, second to Lager & Hurrell. 

 The winners in the cut orchid class 

 were Jos. Manda and Lager & Hurrell, 

 first and second. Wm. Turner won the 

 several premiums for specimen or- 

 chids, also the prizes for hot-house 

 grapes. 



The judges were Eugene and Paul 

 Dailledouze, Alex. Montgomery, Wm. 

 Nicholson, W. N. Craig, Louis Dupuy, 

 Alex. Eraser and A. B. Cartledge. 



