November 19, 1910 



iiOKTICULTURE 



697 



Neplirolepis Giatrasii — George Giatras, 

 West Hobokeii, N. J. 



Hiirdy Pumpiiii Chrysanthemiinis — R. 

 Vinoeiit. Jr., & Sous Co., White Marsh, Md., 

 spei-ial mention. 



Neriin> F'othergllli Major — Mrs. I'". A. 

 Ctnstnlile, bronze medal. 



Hardy Pompon and single Chrysanthe- 

 mum.s — C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., si>ecial 

 mention. 



Cosmos Klondike — Samuel TJntermeyer, 

 certificate of merit. 



Crotons — Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt, sil- 

 ver medal. 



Celosia Pride of Castle Gould — ,T. Roehrs 

 Co., Rutherford, N. J., special mention. 



Euonymus japonicus variegatus — Bob- 

 bink & Atkins. 



Chrysanthemums — Scott Bros., Elmsford, 

 N. Y., special mention. 



Phoenix Roeblitiii — Wm. Ziegler Estate, 

 silver medal. 



Lilian Doty Chrysanthemum — Wm. Zieg- 

 ler lilstate. 



Seedling Single Chrysanthemums — W. P. 

 Clyde, New Hamburg, N. Y. (H. J. Qster- 

 hout, gardener), certificate. 



A meeting of the Society was tield 

 on Friday, the 11th. This was well at- 

 tended, and a large audience listened 

 to the lecture on "The Botany of Some 

 Autumn Floweis," delivered by Dr. N. 

 L. Britlon, illustrated with numerous 

 colored lantern slides. At this meet- 

 ing 60 new members were elected, de- 

 noting most gratifying progress, for all 

 the Society needs is a large member- 

 ship to make it a power in the horti- 

 cultural world. Since the campaign 

 for a larger membership was inaugu- 

 rated in Ihe spring, 129 members have 

 been added. 



The American Institute show was 

 held at the Berkeley Lyceum, as here- 

 tofore. Here also much personal ef- 

 fort was required to get the exhibits to 

 the hall. The exhibition was very high 

 class in many ot its features, especially 

 the chrysanthemum cut blooms. In 

 the winning chrysanthemum prize list 

 the names most frequently recorded 

 were Howard Gould, gardener Harry 

 Tuiner; Percy Chubb, gardener Alex. 

 MacKenzie; C. N. Bliss, gardener N. 

 Butterbach; M. F. Plant, gardener 

 Thos. W. Head; Henry Siegel, gardener 

 Thos. Atchison; E. D. Adams, gardener 

 Geo. Hale; Miss G. Iselin, gardener B. 

 MacKenzie; Chas. Hathaway, gardener 

 Max Schneider; H. M. Telford, gar- 

 dener Jos. Tansey; M. L. Schiff, gar- 

 dener W. Eccles; E. H. Wetherbee, 

 gardener F. Milne; J. S. Lyle, gardener 

 Jos. Kennedy; H. E. Converse, gar- 

 dener D. F. Roy, and Wm. Dowlin. 

 The group of flowering and foliage 

 plants by Harry Turner was very hand- 

 some and the orchid group from Lager 

 & Hun ell was also a prime attraction. 

 Among roses, C. H. Totty's new yellow 

 Lady HiUingdon and Radiance, also 

 Princess Charming and White House 

 carnations. Mr. Totty also showed a 

 grand lot of novelties in single pom- 

 pon and show chrysanthemums. Julius 

 Roehis Co.'s group of decorative plants 

 was, as always, a leading feature. L. 

 A. Noe was the principal rose exhibi- 

 tor. 



CHICAGO. 



FMve western cities — Chicago, Mil- 

 waukee, Minneapolis, St. Louis and In- 

 dianapolis — held their annual flower 

 shows last week, and no doubt each 

 show suffered somewhat from the fact 

 that they all occurred at once. It is 

 the geneial opinion that a succession 

 of shows would be an advantage to the 

 large growers, giving them better op- 

 portunity to handle their exhibits as 

 well as time to visit the different 

 shows and in all probability a different 

 arrangement as to time will exist next 

 year. 



The Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 held its nineteenth flower show from 

 the Sth to the 12th, inclusive, at the 

 Coliseum where the best features of 

 several past shows were combined in 

 a general arrangement of the floor 

 space and galleries which was a de- 

 light to the eye. The effect was that 

 of a large garden with vast flower 

 beds, irregular masses of decorative 

 plants, small pergolas and broad wind- 

 ing walks, all of which combined to 

 make a worthy setting for the glowing 

 floral masses. There never has been 

 a Chicago show that had finer chrysan- 

 themum blooms or better plants. The 

 plants occupied a round slightly raised 

 bed by themselves and each plant had 

 room enough to show individually. 

 Two large beds ot single varieties, one 

 in white and one in yellow, were good 

 features of the show. 



The cut flowers, after judging, were 

 redistributed through the hall, an ar- 

 rangement commended by some and 

 criticised by others. The bringing of 

 the musicians to the main floor was 



prizes as In order given. There were 

 few eastern competitors and the list of 

 odd miscellaneous plant specimens was 

 small. 



Three table decorations and a glass 

 case of wedding bouquets and samples 

 of wall decorations were the only ex- 

 hibits by local retailers. 



The attendance was a disappoint- 

 ment to the management, not being up 

 to previous years. The price of ad- 

 mission was the same as last year, 75 

 cents, but there were many protests at 

 that time. 



An exhibit of unusual merit was 

 staged in the class for twenty-five 

 chrysanthemum blooms, one variety of 

 each. E. G. Hill Co. won first, fol- 

 lowed by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Mt 

 Greenwood Cemetery Association and 

 C. C. Pollworth Co. His set was ir-ade 

 up of Glenview, Mrs. Knox, Frank 

 Payne, Amateur David, Wells' Late 

 Pink, Pockett's Crimson, Beatrice May, 

 Joseph Sinnott, Calvat's 1S9, Mrs. rhir- 

 Kell, Sir D. Maurice Salle, Mary Don- 

 nellan, R. F. Felton, Harold Wells, 



Chicago Flower Show 



a good change, the people in the gal- 

 leries hearing quite as well and those 

 on the floor much better. The lect\ires 

 were unifoimly well attended, the visi- 

 tors showing clearly that they were 

 eager to learn how to beautify their 

 home grounds and care for their trees. 

 Fine stereopticon views accompanied 

 these lectures. 



The nursery exhibits in the annex 

 showed varieties of shrubs, etc., but 

 the one in the main room by the Rav- 

 inia Nursery Co., showing a '.awn and 

 suggesting what to plant and where 

 to plant it attracted much more atten- 

 tion. Two models of gardens, 6x8 

 feet, on scale of >/, inch to the foot 

 and drawings and photographs evi- 

 dently struck the right note witl^ the 

 owners of city lots. 



Lincoln Park and South Park had 

 fine displays of palms and decorative 

 plants, not for competition, and Frank 

 Oechslin, Geo. Wittbold Co.<, and 

 Vaughan's Seed Store were awarded 



Gladys Blackburn, Merza, Lolseau 

 Rousseau, W. Woodmason, Cecilur 

 Monton, Yellow Eaton, Mrs. L. Thorn, 

 L'Atricaine, Armant Detroyat, G. W. 

 Pook, Glacier. Smith's collection v,-as 

 a close second and no one envied the 

 judges their task of deciding between 

 them. E. G. Hill also won first on 50 

 blooms, any variety, in three classes, 

 Chas. Reiser in white, Glenview ia 

 bronze, and A. J. Balfour in pink. 

 Elmer D. Smith's 50 blooms of Col. 

 Appleton were worthy of special no- 

 tice, so perfectly matched in size and 

 form. 



As usual, interest centered on the 

 big vases of 50 blooms of one variety 

 and in the eleven classes Poehlmann 

 Bros, and E. G. Hill were awarded four 

 first prizes each, Bassett & Washburn 

 two, and Elmer D. Smith one. In the 

 nine classes of 12 blooms, one variety, 

 there was close competition and the 

 immense blooms were all worthy of 

 commendation. Here E. D. Smith won 



