December 3, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



771 



SWANSON'S EXHIBIT AT MINNEAPOLIS SHOW. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



An unusually well attended meeting 

 of this Society was held on the even- 

 ing of November 22. The attraction 

 was the announcement that John P. 

 Hammond and John A. Forbes were 

 each to read a paper on "The Gardener 

 and His Work." The routine business 

 being quickly disposed of, Mr. Ham- 

 mond prefaced his paper with a few 

 witty remarks that sounded the key- 

 note of what was to follow, beginning 

 the paper with reference to the sup- 

 posed troubles that Adam had in the 

 Garden of Eden and following those of 

 the gardeners to the present day, many 

 of his assertions being original and 

 humorous to a degree that brought 

 out hearty applause from all present. 

 The paper from Mr. Forbes, although 

 on the same subject, was very differ- 

 ently constructed, yet the substance of 

 both was that the occupation of gar- 

 dener is one of the most dignified pro- 

 fessions of all; .its members more in- 

 telligent than the average and deserv- 

 ing of higher wages and better treat- 

 ment than is given by most of their 

 employeis. A rising vote of thanks 

 was given the authors of both papers. 



The meeting was considerably 

 lengthened by a very interesting talk 

 from Treasurer A. K. McMahon, who 

 may be said to be the "grand old man" 

 of the Society, his subject covering a 

 recent trip he made to the South. 

 Other members who spoke very enter- 

 tainingly were D. E. Campbell, Alex. 

 MacLellan and Richard Gardiner, the 

 latter giving a good account of the re- 

 cent show at Lenox where he was a 

 judge and found many worthy exhibits 

 there. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the above 

 named Society was held on November 

 25th. The Secretary read a report of 

 the November Show which w-as verj' 

 satisfactory. The number of entries 

 were considerably larger than in for- 

 mer years, and in spite of the incle- 

 ment weather on the last day the at- 

 tendance was quHe up to the average. 

 The following honorary members were 

 elected: Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Garri- 

 son, N. Y.; Robt. Clowry, Tarrytown, 



and Frank A. Vanderlip, Scarborough; 

 Wm. Marver, Larchmont; Henry Wag- 

 ner, Tarrytown; Wm. Brock, Tuxedo, 

 and Jas. Corrigan, Mamaroneck, were 

 elected as regular members, while sev- 

 eral names were proposed to be acted 

 on at the next meeting. 



The prize for this month for the best 

 six roses, any one variety other than 

 American Beauty, was won by James 

 Stuart, gardener to Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable, Mamaroneck, with a splendid 

 vase of Pink Killarney. Wm. Roberts, 

 gardener to Frederick Potter, Ossining, 

 was awarded a first class certificate 

 for a scarlet seedling carnation. 



Nominations tor officers for the en- 

 suing year were made, and committees 

 appointed to arrange for the annual 

 dinner and to make inquiries legard- 

 ing a hall for the next fall exhibition. 

 The election of officers takes place at 

 the December meeting. 



WILLIAM SCOTT, Cor. Sec. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Boston, Mass., Nov. 5. — Pioneer. 

 Jap., light pink, fringed petals, exhi- 

 bited by Alfred J. Loveless, Lenox, 

 Mass. Color 18, form 13, fullness 9, 

 stem 15. foliage 12, substance 13, 

 size 8; total 88 points, exhibition 

 scale. 



Chicago, III., Nov. 12. — Gerald 

 Hascbke. Ref., red, exhibited by Mrs. 

 B. Haschke, Dayton, Ohio. Color 18, 

 form 13, fullness 7, stem 12, foliage 

 13, substance 14, size 8; total 85 

 points, commercial scale. 



Chicago, III., Nov. 19.— Thanksgiv- 

 ing Queen, Ref., white, exhibited by 

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

 Color 18, form 13, fullness 8, stem 14. 

 foliage 12, substance 14. size 9; total 

 88 points, commercial scale. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 19. — Thanks- 

 giving Queen, exhibited by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian. Mich. Color 16, 

 form 12, fullness 8, stem 15, foliage 

 13, substance 15, size 10; total 89 

 points commercial scale. Color 8, 

 stem 5, foliage 4, fullness 13, form 

 13, depth 12, size 32; total 87 points, 

 exhibition scale. 



Chicago, III., Nov. 26. — Chadwick 

 Supreme, pink sport from W. H. Chad- 



wick, exhibited by A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell. Conn. Color 18, form 13, 

 fullness 9, stem 14, foliage 13, sub- 

 stance 13, size 7; total, 87 points, com- 

 mercial scale. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 26. — Chadwick 

 Supi-eme, exhibited by A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc.. Cromwell, Conn. Color 15, form 

 10, fullness 9, stem 14, foliage 13, sub- 

 stance 13, size S; total, 82 points, com- 

 mercial scale. 



New York, N. Y., Nov. 26.— Chad- 

 wick Supi-eme, exhibited by A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. Color 17, 

 form 10, fullness 8, stem 13, foliage 13, 

 substance 13, size 5; total, 79 points, 

 commercial scale. 



CHAS. W. JOHNSON, Sec'y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Registration of Canna. 

 Public notice is hereby given tliat 

 The Conard «& Jones Company, of West 

 Grove, Pa., offer for registration the 

 Canna described below. Any person 

 objecting to the registration or to the 

 use of the proposed name, is requested 

 to communicate with the Secretary at 

 once. Palling to receive objection to 

 the registration, the same will be made 

 three weeks from this date. 



Raiser's Description. 

 Green foliage, 3 to 4 feet, large flow- 

 ers of rich, orient red, the center a 

 lighter shade dappled carmine. Indi- 

 vidual flowers and clusters and very 

 large. , 



Name — "Olympic." 



H. B. DORNER, Sec'y. 



MID-WINTER SHOW. 



The annual mid-winter flower show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held in Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, Feb. 24-26. 



Ten silver medals, seven bronze 

 medals and 75 money prizes ranging 

 from ?1 to $25 are offered in 35 classes 

 of plants and flowers, which will in- 

 clude orchids, primulas, begonias, cy- 

 clamens, hyacinths, narcissi, tulips and 

 other bulbs, roses, carnations, sweet 

 peas. Prizes are to be offered also for 

 winter apples and pears and collec- 

 tions of hothouse cucumbers, lettuce, 

 mushi-ooms and tomatoes. 



