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HORTICULTURE 



November 5, 1910 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Fourth Annual Show of the 

 Florists' Ciub of Washington, declared 

 to be the most beautiful ever seen in 

 Washington, opened at Convention 

 Hall. Monday, October 30, The strik- 

 ing feature of the exhibit is a moun- 

 tain scene extending the entire length 

 of the hall. Japan's sacred moun- 

 tain, Fujiyama, is the sub.iect repre- 

 sented. At its base is a Greek temple, 

 and a Japanese pagoda and an old- 

 fashioned windmill are attractive fea- 

 tures. A mounUiin path winds through 

 The realistic scenery, and a stream 

 leaps down the declivities, adding to 

 the realism. Jt if. s-eiid that all records 

 Jor attendance at flower shows in 

 "Washington are being broken. 



Among the local exhibitors are: 

 John Robertson. Gude Bros., George 

 Field, Theodore O. Deidrich, W. W. 

 Kimball, George C. Shaffer, George C. 

 Cooke, Ley & Bickings, E. J. dchuUz, 

 James Carberry. From out-of-town 

 there are displays by \V. W. Evans of 

 Hamilton, Va., Henry A. Dreer of 

 Riverton, N. J., William H. Moon of 

 MorrisviUe, Pa., S. S. Pennock-M3ehon 

 Company of Philadelphia and New 

 York, R. Vincent, Jr., of Whiteniarsh, 

 Md., W. A. Bolinger of Bethesda, Md. 



The mantel and table decorations 

 were very effective and monopolized 

 a large share of the attention of visi- 

 tors. George C. Shaffer's table and 

 mantel decoration was composed of 

 yellow chrysanthemums and orchids. 

 Mayberry & Hoover bad a table and 

 mantel decoration of single stem chrys- 

 anthemums and Whitmani ferns. Geo. 

 H. Cooke used Farleyense fern and 

 the new yellow rose, Irish Melody, ar- 

 langed in log vases. 



W. W. Kimmel's exhibit consisted of 

 pompon chrysanthemums arranged in 

 metallic window boxes with boxwood 

 and ferns. Ley & Bickings of Anacos- 

 tia showed 21 varieties of nephrolepis. 

 W. A. Bolinger of Bethesda, Md., had 

 an exhibit of cut pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums. Samuel C. Moon & Co., of 

 MorrisviUe, Pa., had a fine exhibit of 

 hardy evergreens. 



Gude Bros, of 1214 F street have 

 their usual beautiful exhibit of 

 roses and chrysanthemums. Their 

 two tables are banked with fine ferns 

 and palms. J. M. Hammer & Sons 

 are exhibiting over 300 pot-grown be- 

 gonias collected by E. A. Moseley, 

 secretary of the Inter-State Commerce 

 Commission while in Europe. G. Ed- 

 ward Schultz has a fine exhibit of 

 bulbs and English grass seed most 

 heautifully arranged. Geo. Field has 

 his usual superb collection of orchids, 

 embracing cypripediums, oncidiums, 

 cattleyas, etc. Henry A. Dreer shows 

 a collection of kentias, bay trees and 

 specimen plants of Adiantum Farley- 

 ense. The Botanical Garden has a fine 

 display and a splendid educational ex- 

 hibit has been staged by R. Vincent, 

 Jr. & Sons of Whitemarsh. Md. 



RED BANK, N. J. 



The 13th annual exhibition of the 

 Monmouth County (N. J.) Horticul- 

 tural Society was held at Red Bank 

 on October 26 and 27. The active 

 members of this Society are largely 

 the gardeners on the large private 

 estates which abound in that section 

 and the exhibition which they put up 



is always a good one. Chrysanthe- 

 mums in plants and cut flowers, dec- 

 orative foliage plants and ferns were 

 shown in profusion and of high qual- 

 ity. W. W. Kennedy & Sons, florists, 

 were represented by a large display of 

 jardinieres and fern dishes. Among 

 the principal prize winners were Wil- 

 liam Dowlen, Wm. Turner, N. But- 

 terback, J. Frazer, James Kennedy, 

 Peter Murray, Geo. Hale and F. 

 Logan. 



LENOX, MASS. 



The exhibition last week at Lenox, 

 Mass., was a pronounced success, the 

 exhibits again demonstrating the high 

 cultural attainments of the expert 

 gardeners who preside over the horti- 

 cultural features of the fine private 

 estates which abound in this beautiful 

 section of picturesque New England. 



The plant groups were superb. The 

 Dreer Cup offered in this class was 

 won by Fred Heremans. It must be 

 won twice before being finally ac- 

 quired. The winning group consisted 

 of crotons, Lorraine begonias, longi- 

 florum lilies, lily of the valley and 

 promiscuous decorative gi-eenhouse 

 plants. In the gi-eat orchid group A. 

 J. Loveless won the first prize and the 

 Roehrs' special. 



In chrysanthemums the flowers 

 shown were invincible. The C. S. A. 

 silver cup for 10 blooms, any variety, 

 was captured by A. J. Loveless with 

 Rose Pocket. Second went to S. Carl- 

 quist for Mrs. Norman Davis. 



The vegetable exhibits at Lenox are 

 always recognized as the best in this 

 country and this year is no exception. 

 The Jacques cup was won by Edwin 

 Jenkins and the Foulsham cup was 

 won by S. Carlquist. Roses, carna- 

 tions, violets and fruit wer.^ all pro- 

 fusely displayed. 



Among the trade exhibits from out- 

 side were a splendid collection of or- 

 chids from Julius Roehrs Co., Ruther- 

 ford, N. J., and Nephrolepis exaltata 

 suiierba from H. A. Dreer. Philadel- 

 phia. 



The judges were Walter Angus of 

 Chapinville, Conn., Howard Nichols of 

 Yonkers, N. Y., W. F. Burton of Bar 

 Harbor. Me., and Richard Gardner, 

 Newport, R. I. 



ORCHID NOVELTIES IN A LONDON 

 SHOW. 



At the exhibition of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society on October 11, a first- 

 class certificate was awarded to E. V. 

 Low. Haywards Heath, for Cypripe- 

 dium King George V, a fine flower, of 

 which the dorsal sepal is flat, circular, 

 and white at the edge, green at the 

 base, with lines of a dark color chang- 

 ing to pitik at the upper part. The 

 brownish petals and the pouch are 

 tinged with purple; the former droop- 

 ing and )iurple spotted on the lower 

 half. Sir G. L. Holford received an 

 award of merit for Laelio-cattleya 

 Golden Oriole superjja — a gorgeously 

 colored flower having bright yellow 

 petals and sepals, and a conspicuous 

 labellum Ihat has an edging 14 of an 

 inch in widlh and a mid-area of orange 

 color traversed with thin lines of crim- 

 son i-nnning up and into the tube. 

 The same exhiliitor also leceived an 

 award of merit for Laelio-cattleya Or- 

 trude magnifica (L. anceps x C. Dow- 

 iana aurea). a flower having creamv 



white petals and sepals, tinged and 

 veined with purplish rose. The lip 

 claret colored, with indistinct yellow 

 veins. 



Charlesworth & Co. showed Cattleya 

 Basil (C. Enid X C. Mautinii). The 

 sepals and petals are of a rosy purple 

 color; the lip of ruby crimson. An 

 award of merit was awarded this curi- 

 ous multiple hybrid. 



Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, Glebelands, 

 South Woodford, received an award of 

 merit for Catasetum fimbriatum au- 

 reum. The flowers are pale green, 

 faintly tinged with rose, the lip 

 fringed, and of a golden yellow color 

 in the middle. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The Fal! Exhibition of this Society 

 will take place on November 9th to 

 13th at the American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History. Indications are for a 

 large and interesting exhibition. Those 

 who have exhibited here before know 

 of the exceptional advantages offered 

 at this institution for the display of 

 exhibits, and of the ample space which 

 can be allotted to each exhibitor. To 

 those who contemplate exhibiting for 

 the first time, it may be said that in 

 this great building there is an abun- 

 dance of room for all to make as large 

 and effective an exhibit as they may 

 desire. The floors are of stone, the 

 ceilin.gs high, the ventilation good, and 

 the light, both day and night, excel- 

 lent, all explaining the wonderful 

 keeping qualities of the flowers noted 

 by all visiting these exhibitions in 

 the past. Each specimen can be given 

 plenty of room, so that its beauties 

 may be shown to the best advantage. 

 Nothing destro}>6 the beauty and artis- 

 tic appeal ance of a fine specimen so 

 much as crowding, trying to force a 

 lot of material into small and cramped 

 quarters. To appreciate the beauty of 

 a specimen its individuality must ap- 

 pear. Then, too, the external sur- 

 roundings of the American Museum, 

 ils location in one of the finest residen- 

 tial sections of the city, and its ease 

 of access by numerous transit lines, 

 appeal to all who have visited this 

 Museum, one of the largest and finest 

 devoted to natural history in the 

 world. 



Not only are the facilities for the 

 display of flowers and plants unsur- 

 passed, but the opportunity offered for 

 decorative display is excellent. The 

 alcoves opening from the main aisles 

 present attractive inducements for such 

 efforts. It is hoped that those inter- 

 ested in this important feature of flo- 

 ral display will take advantage of this 

 opportunity to show what can be done. 

 Such exhibits would be seen by many 

 people who appreciate fully this sort 

 of dt'coration, and are amply able to 

 make use of it in their homes. 



Schedules and entry blanks will be 

 sent on application to the secretary, 

 George V. Nash, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, New York City. 

 As the secretary has more than he can 

 properly attend to immediately before 

 the opening of the exhibition, it is 

 earnestly requested that all v;ho intend 

 to exhibit will send in their entries at 

 as early a irioment as possible, so that 

 all the work will not come upon him 

 at once. 



