November 12, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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chrysanthemums were not much in ev- 

 idence, but the splendid effect pro- 

 duced by the ordinary run of stock 

 spolve well for the general arrange- 

 ment scheme. 



In order to make this show a finan- 

 cial success and to create a spirit of 

 good fellowship in the craft, no prizes 

 were offered and all worked together 

 to make it like a complete and unified 

 decoration and it is safe to say that 

 not a single dissatisfied patron left 

 the exhibition hall. 



The arrangement plan, which was 

 prepared by Messrs. Geo. W. McClure & 

 Son and which will be illustrated in 

 HORTICULTURE at a later date, 

 called for a garden treatment ot the 

 hall. The hall was divided into three 

 areas, one very large and two smaller, 

 the smaller areas devoted to cut flow- 

 ers, orchids, table and basket decora- 

 tions and specimen palms, while the 

 larger area was arranged in the man- 

 ner of a French parterre, with sod- 

 edged beds and with a 14-loot pool and 

 simple fountain in the centre. The 

 smaller and central beds were filled 

 with pompon chrysanthemums and the 

 outer and larger beds were devoted to 

 the large-flowered plants. The indi- 

 viduality of plant was not considered 

 and the whole garden was beautifully 

 simple. 



The walls of the hall were covered 

 with branches of highly colored oak 

 foliage to a height of 20 feet and sev- 

 eral large pin oak trees with trunks 

 about one foot in diameter were used 

 to further increase the desired garden 

 effect. Two immense rustic pergolas 

 formed an important part of the dec- 

 orative scheme. One extended about 

 50 feet into the hall forming on each 

 side the smaller areas for cut flow- 

 ers and extended to the French gar- 

 den, while the other with a slight 

 curve and with flaring rafters was ar- 

 ranged over the stage. This pergola 

 was so appropriate and its effect so 

 good that it is now being used by an- 

 other organization which followed the 

 flower show in the town hall. 



A promenade was arranged under 

 the stage pergola with the object of 

 affording a splendid view of the en- 

 tire hall, while the rear of the pergola 

 was developed into a winter-effect gar- 

 den with evergreens and berried 

 plants, this being the exhibit of Geo. 

 W. McClure & Son. 



The appreciation of the public and 

 the satisfaction afforded the various 

 exhibitors has whetted the ambitions 

 of all to hold a larger and, if possible, 

 a better show for 1911. The individ- 

 ual exhibitors took great pains and 

 spared no expense in carrying out 

 their own arrangement scheme and 

 among them the following were prom- 

 inent: 



H. Keltsch & Sun, vase of BoMuties and 

 large decoration ot paliu.<!. fei'ns, chrysan- 

 thenunns and specimen idant.^: ISriarolifi: 

 Greenhouses, va.se Beauties: Clias. Chris- 

 tenseu, Essertsville, N. Y.. vase chrysan- 

 themums:" Lake View Rose Gardens, fine 

 displa.v of chrysanthemums: White Bros.. 

 Gasport, N. Y.. carnations; Chas. Guenther. 

 Hamliurg. N. Y., fancy carnations and 

 roses: Wm, F. Kasting Co.. vase Beauties: 

 Erie Florai Co.. Killarney. Maryland and 

 Richmond roses: A. .T. Reichert, chrysan- 

 themums: Lenox Flower Shop, table dis- 

 play; .T. Benson Stofford, talile display; 

 Wm. Scott Co.. lilies, rfeauties. plants, 

 chrysanthemums: S. A. Anderson, table 

 display, also the entire east side ot the 

 hall was decorated in the style ot a wood- 

 land: D. Newlands & Co., plants, chrysan- 

 themums, lilies; South Park Botanical 

 Gardens, specimen plants and orchids; .L 



Albright (by Chas. Sandlford), specimen 

 plants, cut chrysanthemums and a variety 

 ot orchids that can hardly be equaled; W. 

 J. Palmer & Son, table display, also the 

 entire west side ot the hall, using many 

 specimen plants. Beauty roses and pom- 

 jions; S. S. Peunock-Meehan Co., double 

 piuk Killarney rose; Hy. Weber, Whit- 

 manii ferns and specimen plants; Jos. 

 Sangter, table display; Louis Neubeck, 

 specimen plants, pompons; Jno. Priesach, 

 Corfu, N. Y., collection of chrysanthe- 

 mums; Wm. Legg, assorted variety chrys- 

 anthemums and pompous; Baur & Smith, 

 carnations. 



E. C. BEUCKER. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The fall show which is running this 

 week in Tomlinson Hall by the State 

 Florists' Association is one of the 

 finest in point of exhibits that has 

 ever been held in this city. These 

 events in this city have always been 

 noted for the high quality of the stock 

 shown and this year shows an unusual 

 advance in the various lines. The 

 classes for large blooms, as usual, 

 take the lead in attracting the public 

 attention, followed closely by the little 

 pompons of which there is a fine dis- 

 play of large vases containing 100 

 blooms each. The decorations which 

 were designed by Geo. Wiegand and 

 executed by A. Wiegand & Sons are 

 quite elaborate and show great artistic 

 skill in execution. The general effect 

 is very pleasing to the eye. 



A fine lot of new varieties is staged 

 by the E. G. Hill Co., Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co., and Roepke & Rieman. John 

 Hartje is showing a very promising 

 new pompon of a fine shade of pink. 

 There is a fine display ot orchids, 

 ^mostly cattleyas, shown by A. Wie- 

 gand & Sons and displayed in an ex- 

 cellent manner. 



Wednesday was Carnation Day and 

 there was a big display. Also table 

 decorations. 



Roses are listed for Thursday, fol- 

 lowed on Friday by baskets. 



CUT CHRYSANTHEMUM AWARDS. 



50 blooms, white~lst, E. G. Hill Co.; 

 2nd, Roepke & Kieman; 3rd. W. W. Coles. 



fiO blooms, vellow — 1st, F. Dorner & 

 Sons Co.; 2nd, E. G. Hill Co.; 3rd, Roepke 

 & Rieman. 



50 "anv other color — 2nd, F. H. Lemon 

 & Co. 



20 blooms, white— 1st, E. G. Hill Co.; 

 2nd, Geo. R. Gause & CO.; 3rd, Roepke & 

 Riemau. 



20 blooms, vellow— 1st, E. G. Hill Co.; 

 2ad, Baur & Smith; 3rd, F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co. 



20 blooms, pink— 1st, E. G. Hill Co.; 2nd, 

 Roepke & Riemau; 3rd, F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co. 



20 blooms, anv other color — 1st, E. G. 

 Hill Co. 



6 blooms, white— 1st, E. G. Hill Co.; 

 2nd, Geo. It. Gause & Co.; 3rd, P. O. 

 Tauer. 



6 blooms, yellow — 1st, B. G. Hill Co.; 

 2ud, Fred. H. Lemon & Co.; 3rd, F. Dor- 

 ner & Sons Co. 



6 blooms, pink— 1st, E. G. Hill Co.; 2nd, 

 Elmer D. Smith Co ; 3rd, P. O. Tauer. 



6 blooms, red— 1st, Elmer D. Smith Co.; 

 2nd, E. G. Hill Co. 



6 blooms, bronze— 1st, Elmer D. Smith 

 Co.; 2nd, E. G. Hill Co. 



6 blooms, anv other color — 1st, Elmer D. 

 Smith Co.; 3rd'. E. G. Hill Co. 



25 blooms. 25 varieties, on mossed tables 

 —1st. E. G. Hill Co.; 2nd, Elmer D. Smith 

 Co.; 3rd, Roepke & Kieman. 



100 sprays pompous — 1st, Baur & Smith; 

 2nd. John 'Hartje; 3rd, E. G. Hill Co. 



ItX) sprays, sinsle-llowered — 1st, E. G. 

 Hill Co.: 2nd. Ilanje & Elder. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL. 



The Huntington (N. Y.) Horticultur- 

 al and Agricultural Society held a 

 chrysanthemum show on Nov. 3. This 

 was the first exhibition of this kind 

 the society has given, and owing to 

 short notice there were not many ex- 

 hibitors. The quality of the blooms 



exhibited was excellent. August Heck- 

 scher. gardener I. Riddell, won first 

 for vase 12 white, 12 any other, 12 as- 

 sorted and 6 white. Walter Jennings, 

 gardener Rich'd Cartwright, won first 

 loi- bush plant, .srroup of plants 50 sq. 

 ft, vase 25 assorted, vase 6 yellow, 6 

 pink, 6 any other, 6 assorted, vase 

 singles, best bloom and collection 

 hardy varieties. L. D. Hurd first for 

 12 pots single stems and vase 12 yel- 

 low. H. T. and A. H. F\mnell first 

 for 6 pots single stems and vase 25 

 yellow. August Heckscher showed a 

 fine group of Lorraine begonias and 

 crotons, which was awarded a special 

 prize. A. H. PUNNELL, Sec. 



WASHINGTON. 

 The show of the Washington Flor- 

 ists' Club at Convention Hall last 

 week was an artistic success, but the 

 club was not fully satisfied with the 

 plan of giving it in connection with a 

 commercial fair and the financial re- 

 sults have not been equal to expecta- 

 tions. It is not probable that the club 

 will again depart from its policy of 

 holding its show independent of other 

 organizations. Certificates of merit 

 were awarded as follows: 



.John Cook. Baltimore, for his new pink 

 rose Radiance; Sain'l C. Moon, Morrisville, 

 Pa., hardy plants; Henry A. Dreer. Phila- 

 delphia, palms and ferns; R. Vincent, 

 Jr. & Sons Co., Whitemarsh, Md., pompon 

 chrysanthemums; Wm. R. Smith, U. S. 

 Hntanicni Gardens, group ot rare plants. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



It is estimated that nearly 10,000 

 persons visited the annual chrysanthe- 

 mum show given by the Department 

 of Agriculture in its greenhouses at 

 14th and B streets Northwest, Wash- 

 ington. E. M. Byrnes, superintendent 

 of gardens and grounds, has several 

 thousands of individual plants on view 

 comprising 110 large varieties, 20 

 single and 40 pompon flowers. The 

 plants resulting from a trial of im- 

 ported Japanese seeds were disappoint- 

 ing, there being not a single plant 

 worthy of special mention. The sea- 

 son being backward, many varieties 

 usually making a fine show failed to 

 do well. A cross between Dazzler and 

 Edith Root resulted in a fairly well 

 filled bronze head, and it is thought 

 that next year another bud may fill 

 better. A seedling magenta pink with 

 reflexed petals promises well with a 

 longer season. 



A CORRECTION. 



One error appeared in our report of 

 the Morristown show last week. The 

 grand sweepstakes prize was won by 

 William Duckham and not by Harry 

 Turner as stated therein. 



LOTUS PELIORHYNCHUS. 



A correspondent in Die Gartenwelt 

 for June 25 writes convincingly in 

 reference to this plant, as to its suit- 

 ability as a market plant, with its 

 shoots trained erect on small sticks, 

 and not as a basket plant with pendent 

 shoots— the usual way of employing 

 the plant. The best way of displaying 

 the plant is to train up 6 or 7 of the 

 stronger shoots. Propagation is best 

 carried out in the month of May. 



'•Rosenzeitung" for October pub- 

 lishes a colored illustration of climb- 

 ing rose Graf Zeppelin, double, dark 

 red, large trusses. 



