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HORTICULTURE, 



Novembtn- 2C. 1910 



LAKE GENEVA, WIS. 



The sixth annual flower show was 

 given in the opera house, Nov. 8 and 

 9, under the auspices of the Lake Gen- 

 eva Gardeners' and Foremen's Associa- 

 tion, and it was a success in every par- 

 ticular. 



The number of entries was not so 

 large as in other years. The exhibit, 

 as a whole, presented a magnificent 

 sight. The vegetables were arranged 

 in the gallery where they made a most 

 interesting display. The main part of 

 the building contained the chrysanthe- 

 mums, foliage plants, etc., while the 

 stage was radiant with the beauty of 

 roses and carnations. 



The exhibition was formally opened 

 Tuesday afternoon with a short ad- 

 dress by Rev. John W. Wilson, his re- 

 marks, which were very interesting, 

 dealing with the beauty of flowers, and 

 showing that the love of flowers was 

 a strong force for the upbuilding of 

 character. 



The annual banquet was given Tues- 

 day evening in the gymnasium of the 

 Y. M. C. A. The tables were tastily 

 decorated. After the banquet the 

 president of the association, William 

 Longland, announced F. M. Higgins as 

 toastmaster, who called upon Freder- 

 ick Cranefield, secretary of the State 

 Horticultural Society, to respond to 

 the toast, "Our City," which he did in 

 a happy vein. In response to the 

 toast, "Horticulture — Its Possibilities.' 

 William Currie, of Milwaukee, wlio 

 had acted as judge, stated that tln' 

 show presented by the gardeners was 

 equal to any he had seen in ChicaKi' 

 in the matter of quality. Respondiiif; 

 to the toast "Our Society," A. J. Smitli, 

 the secretary, gave a short sketch of 

 its organization, object and success, 

 the number of members, etc. Excel- 

 lent music was furnished in the after- 

 noon and evening by an orchestra. 



THE EXHIBITIO NS 



An orchestra rendered music during 

 the evening. 



LONG BRANCH. 



The second annual chrysanthemum 

 exhibition of the Elberon Horticul- 

 tural Society was held at Townley's 

 Hall, Lon.? Branch, N. .!., on Nov. 9 

 and 10. There was a good list of pre- 

 miums, many of them "specials" and 

 the classes were well filled by the gar- 

 deners of Long Branch. Seabright, 

 Roslyn and Deal, where there are 

 many fine private estates, and thi' 

 show was of creditable high quality. 

 .James Kennedy, Peter Murray, Wm. 



PARIS. 



The International Autumn Show of 

 Chrysanthemums, Fruit and Vege- 

 tables held by the National Horticul- 

 tural Society of France took place in 

 a large temporary building erected on 

 the Cours-la-reine, Paris, from the 4th 

 to 13th November last. The design 

 of the show was, as usual, planned by 

 M. Jules Vacherot and the general 

 coup d'oeil was one of surpassing 

 beauty. 



As soon as the visitor passed 

 through the ornamental entrance gate, 

 flanl ed on each hand by the various 

 offices of the society, he found him- 



MINNEAPOLIS. 

 The list of awards at this big show, 

 which was described in our issue of 

 last week has reached us.. Space will 

 not permit our publishing same in full. 

 We note among the frequent winners 

 of the most important prizes in the 

 various classes the names of Holm & 

 Olson, O. C. Swanson, Hiawatha Gar- 

 dens Co., Minneapolis Floral Co., El- 

 mer D. Smith, Poehlmann Bros.. Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co., L. S. Donaldson, 

 L. L. May, Will Bros, and several 

 others. Julius Roehrs Co. received a 

 certificate of merit for group of decor- 

 ative plants, Swanson's Exotic Water- 

 garden won the Balsley cup and H. W. 

 Buckbee got two honorable mentions 

 in the chrysanthemum classes. 



UTICA, N. Y. 

 The Utica Florists' Club held their 

 annual show at Genesee Hall on Nov. 

 10. The show was a good one and 

 entries showed excellent culture. A. N. 

 Pierson of Cromwell, Conn., was on 

 hand with a fine display of chrysanthe- 

 mum blooms. Among the local ex- 

 hibitors were Brant Bros, with roses, 

 carnations and chrysanthemums. L. V. 

 Goodwin of Clark's Mills, with carna- 

 tions and ferns; C. F. Sitzer and R. 

 Kilbourn, Clinton, chrysanthemums; 

 W. K. Dobler, carnations, and J, J. 

 Williams, supplies. J. C. Spencer and 

 W. A. Rowlands provided a lunch. 



First Prize Group Flowering and Foliage Plant.s 



.\t Long Br.iucli, N. J., by C. 0. Dunran. 



Dowling, A, Bauer, C. O. Duncan. Wm. 

 Turner. P. Ewen, D. C. Kelley, H. Ket- 

 tel and W. Seymour all figured promi- 

 nently among the prize winners. The 

 silver cup presented by Charles Bern- 

 heimer, for the contestant winning 

 the highest number of points in any 

 one section, excepting Section (i, was 

 won by James Kennedy, first, in cut 

 flower class. Lord & Burnham &. Co., 

 gold medal, to contestants winning 

 most points was won by Peter Murray. 



PASADENA. 



The flower show of the Pasadena 

 Gardeners' Association netted a profit 

 of about $700, due mainly to the fact 

 that the grounds, tent and light were 

 furnished free. The money will be set 

 aside for the laudable purpose of a 

 fund to build a horticultural hall. 



self in a long promenade. There were 

 three main paths intersected at inter- 

 vals by cross paths to facilitate the 

 circulation of the visitors, an impor- 

 tant provision, seeing that on the first 

 Sunday the show was opened about 

 :i5,noo people passed through the en- 

 trance gate. 



Immediately within the precincts of 

 the show were several most ornamen- 

 tal groups of hardy decorative shrubs, 

 arranged in beds and borders. M. 

 Lecolier, M. Brochet and Messrs. 

 Croux et fils were the chief contribu- 

 tors. Along the promenade paths 

 leading straight up to the entrance of 

 the show hall were numerous exam- 

 ples of trained fruit trees of every 

 conceivable fantastic shape and size, 

 even to a pear tree trained in form of 

 b'cycle. Alongside the show hall to 



