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HORTICULTURE 



November 12, 1910 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 election of such officers for the en- 

 suing year as the by-laws require, and 

 for the transaction of such other busi- 

 ness as may be legally presented, will 

 be held at Horticultural Hall, 300 Mas- 

 sachusetts avenue, Boston, at 12 

 o'clock, noon on Saturday, November 

 19, 1910. 



The officers to be elected are. A 

 President, a Vice-President (for two 

 years), four Trustees (tor three years), 

 a Nominating Committee of five mem- 

 bers. 



The election will be by Australian 

 Ballot and the polls will be open con- 

 tinuously between the hours of twelve, 

 noon, and four In the afternoon. 



Awards of the Committee on Gardens. 



The Committee on Gardens of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 announces Its list of awards tor 

 estates and gardens visited the present 

 year as follows: 



H. H. Hunnewell Triennial Premium 

 for an estate of not less than three 

 acres which shall be laid out with the 

 most taste, planted most judiciously, 

 and kept in the best order for three 

 consecutive years: George E. Barnard, 

 Ipswich. 



Special prize for an estate in Massa- 

 chusetts of not more than three acres 

 nor less than one acre that shows the 

 best arrangement in planting and is 

 kept in the best order: Second prize. 

 F. W. Dahl, Roxbury. 



For a garden of summer or fall- 

 flowering plants, not commercial: first 

 prize, George E. Barnard, Ipswich, sil- 

 ver medal. 



For a garden or collection of hardy 

 roses, not commercial: first prize, 

 George E. Barnard, Ipswich, silver 

 medal. 



For a rock garden: first prize, 

 George E. Barnard, Ipswich, silver 

 medal. 



For a water garden: first prize, 

 George E. Barnard, Ipswich, silver 

 medal. 



For a fruit garden of large or small 

 fruits: first prize, Walter G. Kendall, 

 Atlantic, silver medal; second, F. W. 

 Dahl, Roxbury, bronze medal. 



For a vegetable garden, not commer- 

 cial: first prize, George E. Barnard, 

 Ipswich, silver medal; second, F. W. 

 Dahl, Roxbury, bronze medal. 



Special awards are made as follows: 

 Otto Strassenburg, Lexington, for su- 

 perior cultivation of summer and fall- 

 flowering plants, first class cultural 

 certificate and $10.00. Mrs. Harriet R. 

 Foote, Marblehead, tor superior cul- 

 tivation of roses, first class cultural 

 certificate and $10.00. Charles W. Par- 

 ker, Marblehead, for tasteful planting 

 of his estate "Redgate," first class cer- 

 tificate. 



The members of the Garden Commit- 

 tee for the present year are Charles 

 W. Parker, Chairman, Arthur F. Bar- 

 ney, Arthur H. Fewkes, T. D. Hat- 

 field, Julius Heurlin, Wm. Nicholson, 

 W. P. Rich, Wm. J. Stewart, J. B. 

 Shurtleff, Jr. and Wilfrid Wheeler. 

 WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Worces- 

 ter county (Mass.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety, held on November 2, furnished 

 considerable excitement and although 

 there were no close contests in any 

 case, the election resulted in an en- 

 tire change of officers, the first time 

 in many years. The meeting was 

 largely attended. , The most notable 

 incident was the retirement from the 

 office of secretary, because of im- 

 paired health, of A. A. Hixon, who 

 has faithfully served the society as 

 secretary tor 20 years. President 

 George Calvin Rice also declined a 

 renomination. The result of the elec- 

 tion was as follows: President. E. 

 W. Breed of Clinton; vice-presidents. 



E. VV. Breed 



President-elect Worcester County Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



A. J. Marble, Charles Greenwood, H. 

 R. Kinney; secretary, Leonard C. 

 Midgley: treasurer, Burt W. Green- 

 wood; librarian. Miss Lucy M. Coul- 

 son; also a board of 30 trustees. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



The Detroit Florist Club will hold 

 its annual show at the Michigan Cut 

 Flower Exchange and outside growers 

 of novelties are most cordially invited 

 to send some of their product to the 

 Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, arriv- 

 ing there not later than the morning 

 of November IS. 



During the last club meeting the 

 question arose why chrysanthemums 

 are so much smaller this year than 

 last ? 



M. Bloy stated that the past hot 

 summer caused the sap distributing 

 vessels to become woody too soon, 

 thereby preventing a free circulation 

 of sap towards the buds. Mr. Bloy, as 

 well as Mr. Knope, complained bitter- 

 ly of the bone meal sent out from 

 Chicago lately. In many instances it 

 seems to cause the soil to become sour 

 and produce a green growth on the 

 surface. FR.\NK DAXZER. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Cincinnati, C, Oct. 29.— No. ■ 13-09, 

 Inc. Jap., color white, exhibited by 

 Roepke & Rieman Co., Indianapolis, 

 Ind., Color 16. form 10, fullness 8, stem 

 14, foliage 12, substance 10, size 7; to- 

 tal 77 points. 



Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 29.— Dick Witter- 

 staetter, Ref. Jap., color crimson, ex- 

 hibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich. For commercial pur- 

 poses; Color 18, form 13, fullness 8, 

 stem 14, foliage 12, substance 13, size 

 8; total 86 points. For exhibition pur- 

 poses; color 9, stem 5, foliage 5, full- 

 ness 13. form 14, depth 12, size 30; to- 

 tal 88 points. 



Cincinnati, 0., 29. — Minta, pom- 

 pon, color pale pink, exhibited by El- 

 mer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. 

 Color 30. form 17, stem and foliage 17. 

 fullness 18; total 82 points. 



Chicago, 111., Oct. 29.— R. F. Pelton, 

 Inc. Jap., color yellow, exhibited by 

 E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. For 

 commercial purposes; color 20, form 

 13, fullness 9, stem 10, foliage 10, sub- 

 stance 15, size 10; total 87 points. For 

 exhibition purposes color 10, stem 4, 

 foliage 4, fullness 13, form 13, depth 

 10. size 33; total 87 points. 



Chicago, 111., Oct. 29.— Golden Gem, 

 Inc., color yellow, exhibited by E. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. Color 18, 

 form 14, fullness 9, stem 14, foliage 13, 

 substance 13, size 8; total 89 points. 



New York, N. Y., Oct. 29— Minta, 

 pompon, color blush, exhibited by El- 

 mer D. Smith. Adrian, Mich. Color 35, 

 form 18. stem and foliage 19, fullness 

 20: total 92 points. 



The following chrysanthemums were 

 exhibited before the examining com- 

 mittee of the C. S. A. at Morristown, 

 N. J., November 2nd, by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., and 

 scored as follows: Tarry town — Pink 

 Jap., color 7, stem 4, foliage 4, fullness 



12, form 11, depth 11, size 20, total 69, 

 exhibition scale. Poughkeepsie — Sul- 

 phur yellow Jap. Inc., color 7, stem 3, 

 foliage 3, fullness 15, form 10, depth 10, 

 size 25, total 73, exhibition scale. 

 Lenox — Vrllow Jap., color 9, stem 3, 

 foliage 4, fullness 15, form 13, depth 



13, size 30, total 87, exhibition scale. 



CHAS. A. JOHNSON, Sec. 



NEW ORCHIDS CERTIFICATED BY 

 ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY, LONDON. 



The following awards were made by 

 the orchid committee of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society at the meeting 

 on Tuesday, October 25th: 



Odontioda Bradshawiae Westonblrt 

 variety (O. crispum Britannia x C. 

 Noezliana). First-class certificate to 

 Lieut. -Col. Sir George L. Holford. A 

 superb hybrid with flowers equal in 

 size to those of an ordinary O. crispum; 

 sepals orange-red with cream-white 

 margin tinged with rose; petals cream- 

 white tinged with mauve, and bearing 

 a large reniform blotch in the centre 

 and some red lines at the base. Lip 

 with a chestnut-red blotch in the cen- 

 tre and on the side lobes. 



Cypripedium Princess Mary (niveum 



