November 12, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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well up to the average, but we believe 

 not quite as good as former yeai-s. 



The varieties principally shown were, 

 in the more recent introductions, viz.: 

 Gladys Blackburn, Mrs. Stevens, Hetty 

 Wells, Onunda, W. Mease, Keith bux- 

 £ord, Mrs. Syme and R. F. Pelton. 

 Amongst the older varieties the fol- 

 lowing predominated: Beatrice May, 

 F. S. Vallis, Brest. Viger, Mrs. J. C. 

 Neil, Beckett's Crimson, Bockett's Sur- 

 prise, Mrs. Wm. Duckham, W. M. 

 Moire, Lady Hopetoun, Glenview, 

 Merstham Blush, Rose Bockett, Mrs. J. 

 C. Dunne, Leslie Morrison, Merza, 

 Commandent Matthieu, Wm. Duck- 

 ham, Mrs. Etherington, Mrs. Norman 

 Davis, Naucer Bey, Hamilton. Reginald 

 Vallis and Geo. J. Bizard. In the 6- 

 inch pot classes the following were 

 principally used: Mrs. Wm. Duckham, 

 Beatrice May, Mrs. Stevens, Leslie 

 Morrison and Bockett's Crimson. 

 Among the single varieties the follow- 

 ing were noted as particularly good: 

 Merstham White, Annie Stevens, Nel- 

 lie Redding, Anne Bett, Chas. Graves, 

 Crown Jewel, Alice Cumber, Thirza 

 Sanford, Sylva Slade, Kitty Bourne, 

 Mary Richardson, Mrs. Ferguson, 

 Daisy, Mrs. Roberts, Marguerite and 

 Yellow Queen. 



Among the carnations. Alma Ward, 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward and Dorothy Gordon 

 were in the front in their respective 

 classes. Lady Alg>' was also there in 

 good size and form. For twelve flow- 

 ering plants A. H. Wingett won out 

 with fine geraniums. It is a wonder 

 they are not more used, for here they 

 made a fine display. 



Next in importance to the plant 

 groups in Lenox is the vegetable dis- 

 plays. Keener competition exists here 

 than in any other section of the ex- 

 hibition. They had the finest lot of 

 vegetables that I have ever seen, and 

 I question if a finer lot was ever seen 

 in this country. The first prize onions 

 were an even lot and averaged 31/2 

 pounds each. I don't believe there 

 was an onion in the exhibijion that 

 weighed less than 2 pounds. Parsnips 

 measured 4 feet, carrots 3 feet and 

 leeks with 29 inches of blanch were 

 some of the features. The gardeners of 

 Lenox are certainly to be congratulat- 

 ed upon the most excellent showing. 

 As a whole they stand at the head of 

 their profession and their work will 

 long be remembered. H. N. 



CYPRIPEDIUM KING GEORGE V. 



(Reduced one-third.) 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 



The twelfth annual exhipition of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held this year in the Irvington Town 

 Hall and was quite up to the usual 

 high standard of former years. The 

 hall itself was rather small for the 

 accommodation of the exhibits, but by 

 judicious arrangement of the outer 

 halls and stairways ample room was 

 provided and the show as a whole was 

 one of the prettiest ever got together 

 by the T. H. S. 



In the cut chrysanthemum classes 

 the blooms were uniformly large and 

 well finished. Among the newer 

 things shown were Mrs. Stevens, W. 

 Mease, Mrs. D. Syme. Ruth Luxl'ord, 

 Nauci'r Bey, Onunda, Hamilton and R. 

 F. Felton, while such of the old vari- 



Regarding this superb cypripedium 

 of which mention was made in our 

 issue of last week, Mr. E. V. Low- 

 writes us as follows: 



"I h.'ive just had the good fortune to 

 flower and send out a startling 

 cypripedium — admitted to rank with 

 the very top standard. I named it 

 after our King viz. "King George V" 

 and exhibited it at the R. H. S. on 

 October ilth, when it received a first 



class certificate and was the centre of 

 attraction and admiration. It also 

 gained a similar award at Manchester 

 nine days later and passed into the 

 collection of Mr. W. R. Lee of Hey- 

 wocd, Lancashire, who is fast accumu- 

 lating one of the choicest collections 

 in our country. Without hesitation I 

 say it is th( very finest plant I have 

 ever been connected with and further, 

 I never aspire to raising such a splen- 

 did thing again in my time." 



eties as M. Hankey, Merza, Mrs. H. 

 Partridge, Beatrice May and Mary 

 Donnellan were extensively staged 

 and showed up well in company of 

 the newcomers. 



The rose classes were well filled, the 

 flowers being of the highest quality, 

 but nothing in the way of new ones 

 were shown. Carnations were also 

 high class all along the line and com- 

 petition keen and close. Of the newer 

 ones Mrs. C. W. Ward was easily the 

 leader. Wm. Roberts, gardener to 

 Fred Better, Ossining, showed a scar- 

 iet seedling that won out in the scar- 

 let classes. It is of good size, a flue 

 bright color and an excellent keeper. 

 For the dinner table decoration there 

 were eight entries and all neatly and 

 tastefully arranged. The silver cup 

 offered for this class was won by Wm. 

 Brock, gardener to Mr. Richard Dela- 

 field, Tuxedo Park, with a beautiful 

 table done with My Maryland roses 

 and Farleyense ferns. 



Among the important special awards 

 were the following: 



F. K. Piersou cup for exhibitor rerelviug 

 largest numlier of prizes to Fred'l; Potter. 

 .\rchbold prizes for 12 blooms distinct var- 

 ieties chrTsanthemums: Andrew McKen- 

 dry; secoiid, fJeorse Mlddletou. Hermann 

 [irizes for 20 ditto: Robt. Angus: George 

 Middleton. Piersou U-Bar prizes for table 

 of decorative plants: Robt. Angus, Allan 

 .T .Tenkins. Johnson prizes: Wm. Stuart. 

 Thos. Atchison. McFarlane prizes: John 

 Tanning, George Middleton. Boddlngton 



prizes: S. C. Horn, W. J. Seake.v, John 

 Brunger. Miss Blanche Potter prizes: W. 

 C. Roberts, John Canning. George Middle- 

 ton. Mrs. Trevor prizes: W. C. Roberts, 

 A. McKendrv. Mrs. Osborn prizes; George 

 Middleton, A. McKendry. Rockefeller 

 prizes: John Canning, A. McKendry. Ad- 

 dison Johnson prizes: Geo. Witteinger, A. 

 McKendry. Chas. Mallory Cup: Edw. 

 Trethewey. Chas. Vauderhilt prize: A. 

 McKendry. With the exception of the U- 

 Bar prizes the foregoing were all for 

 chrysanthemum blooms. 



McCord cup for Lorr.aine Begonias : A. 

 McKendry. Dreer prize for golden-leaved 

 smilaxr Francis Milne. Dreer prize for 

 vegetables; Edw. Kane, Wm. Brock. Bur- 

 nett prize tor Liberty tomato: W. H. 

 Brown. Read prizes for table decoration: 

 Wm. Brock, Robt. Angus, John Canning. 

 Lord & Burnham gold medal for roses: 

 Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Langle prizes for 

 Killarney roses: W. C. Roberts, Wm. 

 .Stuart. Vaughan prizes for caruatious: 

 George Middleton, H. Darlington. Seleg- 

 man prizes for floral basket: P. W. Papp, 

 W. Brock. Philip Jewell prizes for centre 

 piece: A. J. Jenkins, Mrs. M. E. Sands. 



The main winners in the regular pot 

 chrysanthemum classes and out chrysanthe- 

 mum classes were Claude Wilson, E. H. 

 Weatherliee. Hamilton Scott. Robt. Angus. 

 \ McKendrv. Wm. Stuart, John Canning, 

 W. C. Roberts and George Middleton. On 

 the second day the prizes for commercial 

 growers were won as follows: 25 carna- 

 tions— Traendly & Scheuck. 2.5 roses— F. 

 R. Pierson Co. 



The exhibition called out the most 

 prominent people of Westchester Coun- 

 ty. The beauty of the hall in which 

 tiie elegant exhibits were displayed was 

 a sight worth going a long distance 

 to see. 



