November 4, 1905 



HORTICULTU RE. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The elevenih annual exhibition 

 passed off without a flaw. About six 

 hundred exhibits from twenty-seven 

 exhibitors filled Berkeley Hall, East 

 Orange, on October 30 and 31. The 

 display, besides chrysanthemums with 

 their setting of palms and bays, con- 

 tained orchids in quantity from Lager 

 & Hurrell, dahlias from F. R. Pierson 

 Co. pompons from John N. May and 

 carnations from A. J. Guttman. The 

 20 Cattleya labiata and Oncidium va- 

 ricosum arranged by William Barr of 

 Llewellyn Park and Oncidium orni- 

 thorhyncum, cypripediums and Vand- 

 coerulea with a setting of flttonia, pan- 

 icum and ferns by Arthur Bodwell 

 were greatly admired. A novel fea- 

 ture was the collection of 100 colored 

 photographs of the exhibits of chief 

 merit of the society during the past 

 ten months. A brief list of the awards 

 follow: 



Best group of chrysanthemums and 

 foliage plants in 75 square feet — 1st, 

 S. M. & A. Colgate, gardener, W. Reid; 

 2d, William Runkle, gardener, D. 

 Kindsgrab. 



Best display of orchids in 35 square 

 feet and best orchids in flower — 1st, 

 William Barr, gardener, A. W. Bod- 

 well. 



In chrysanthemum plants and cut 

 flpwers the majority of prizes were 

 secured by John Crosby Brown, Peter 

 Duff, gardener, with Stewart Harts- 

 horn, A. T. Caparn, gardener, A. B. 

 Jenkins, G. von Qualen, gardener, and 

 S. M. & A. Colgate close competitors. 

 In pompon chrysanthemums Miss M. 

 M. Brown won first and F. H. Presby 

 second. George Smith was the only 

 exhibitor of a centerpiece for dinner 

 table and secured the award. O. D. 

 Munn, John Hayes gardener was first 

 with specimen palm. 



J. B. -DAVIS. 



fixed, it looks like the beginning of 



distinct type. 



EXHIBITION AT TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The Tarrytown Horticultural Society 

 has the backing, the men and the ma- 

 terial to put up a creditable exhibition 

 whenever it pleases. The show this 

 week is a worthy successor to its 

 predecessors. Music Hall is filled with 

 handsome exhibits effectively placed. 

 Our correspondent promises us a full 

 account for next week. For the pres- 

 ent we only wish to allude to the hand- 

 some plant and flower groups from the 

 F. R. Pierson Company — not for com- 

 petition — the elegantly arranged tables 

 of dainty ornamental plants from Wil- 

 liam Scott, gardener to Joseph East- 

 man; J. Featherstone, gardener to S. 

 Untermeyer; and James Donald, gar- 

 dener to H. F. Osborne; the elegant 

 Lorraine and Turnford Hall begonias 

 from William Scott, and a vase of 

 Glenview chrysanthemums grown by 

 the last named gentleman. This va- 

 riety was introduced this year by the 

 F. R. Pierson Company; it is a bronze, 

 with nankeen reverse, a superb in- 

 ctirved blossom, and it is safe to assert 

 that it would be difficult to find a vase 

 of more perfect flowers, any variety, 

 in any of this season's shows than the 

 one we have mentioned. 



Theo. Trevillian showed a very 

 dwarf growing sport from the Pierson 

 fern, which stands in about the same 

 relation to the type that the stunted 

 Japanese pines do to iheir forest rela- 

 tives. If its character should prove 



ST. LOUIS FLOWER SHOW. 



Preparations for the great Flower 

 Show under the auspices of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club, are proceeding 

 satisfactorily. The committee in charge 

 is as follows: Otto G. Koenig, chair- 

 man; Fred. C. Weber, treasurer; Theo. 

 Miller, auditor; Fred. H. Meinhardt, 

 superintendent; E. W. Guy, assistant 

 superintendent. 



A diagram of the hall is on file, with 

 the space for every class mapped out, 

 and tables as well as vases, and all 

 accessories will be in complete readi- 

 ness at least a day preceding the open- 

 ing. The hall in which the exhibition 

 is to be held, is the prettiest hall in St. 

 Louis, located at 3806 Olive street, in 

 a very fashionable part of the city. It 

 is claimed that this show will be un- 

 excelled from every point of view, and 

 ample funds are available to pay for all 

 premiums in full at close of show. 

 Among the special premiums are the 

 Shaw medal, the S. A. F. medals and 

 a hundred dollar silver cup. From 

 November 8 to 11 the latch string will 

 be out for exhibitors and visitors. 



Any one who has not yet received a 

 complete jirogram and premium list, 

 will please send for, and receive same 

 by return mail. 



TWO CALIFORNIA EXHIBITIONS. 



The Menlo Park Horticultural So- 

 ciety opened its annual flower show in 

 a great tent October 20, displaying the 

 finest collection of plants and cut flow- 

 ers in its history. 



James L. Flood won the Holbrook 

 cup for best display of ferns, and the 

 Christopher Smith cup for 36 blooms 

 chrysanthemums; J. B. Coryell won the 

 memorial medal given by Lynch's Men- 

 lo Park Nurseries for best collection 

 of decorative plants. Other awards 

 were: Novelties, George A. Pope; be- 

 gonias and coleuses, J. L. Flood; Lib- 

 erty and Bride roses, Sidney Clack; 

 American Beauty, J. F. Flood. Best 

 collection of carnations, Frank Mills; 

 J. L. Flood, Christopher Smith and W. 

 J. -A^dams took the prizes in chrysan- 

 themums. Thirty-six dahlias.— First 

 prize, Timothy Hopkins; second, Geo. 

 A. Pope. Twelve cactus dahlias. — First 

 prize, D. V. Tuttle; second, J. L. Flood. 

 Seedlings.— W. H. Crocker. Decora- 

 tive, show and pompon dahlias. — W. 

 Kettlewell, gardener at Timothy Hop- 

 kins' gardens. Chrysanthemums under 

 glass, 12 pink and 12 yellow. — Timothy 

 Hopkins; 12 white, H. L. Goertzhain. 



The San Raphael Improvement 

 Club held a chrysanthemum show in 

 the Opera House on October 21, and 

 awarded prizes as follows: 



Chrysanthemums, private gardens. — 

 Best 12, John Jack; 12 white. Ralph 

 Buehl; high recommendation, John 

 Jack, E. C. Blix. Twelve yellow, E. C. 

 Evans; high recommendation, John 

 Jack. Open to all. — Twelve white, Mrs. 

 J. .Miller; high recommendation, Mrs. 

 M. Miller. Twelve pink, T. R. Red- 

 mayne; Twelve yellow, Mrs. M. Mil- 

 ler; high recommendation, Paul Eckel- 

 man. Twenty-four dahlias (12 cactus 

 and 12 show), John Jack. A most 

 creditable exhibit was made by the 

 Junior League Improvement Club, and 

 the excellence of the gardens made the 

 selection of priza-winners a difficult 

 matter for the judges. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of the Committees. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Oot. 21, 1905. 



Jno. G. Perry, white, Japanese reflex, 

 exhibited by G. A. Lotze, Glen Burnie, 

 Md., scored 78 points commercial scale. 



No. 15, good yellow, Japanese reflex, 

 exhibited by F. R. Pierson Co., Tarry- 

 town, N. Y., scored 88 points, commer- 

 cial scale, and 86 points, exhibition 

 scale. 



Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 1905. 



lioserie, silvery-pink, Japanese re- 

 flex, exhibited by Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., scored 85 points, com- 

 mercial scale. (Arrived too late for 

 judgment Oct. 21.) 



Cincinnati, O., Oct. 28, 1905. 



Crocus, yellow, incurved Japanese, 

 exhibited by Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., scored 92 points, com- 

 mercial scale, and 89 points, exhibition, 

 scale. 



Lanona, white, interlacing reflexed 

 Japanese, exhibited by Nathan Smith 

 & Son, Adrian, Mich., scored 94 points, 

 commercial scale, and 95 points, exhibi- 

 tion scale. 



Chicago, 111., Oct. 28, 1905. 



Marv Mann, pink, incurved, exhibited 

 by The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 scored 96 points, commercial scale. 



No. 1, pink, ends of petals silvery- 

 white, incurved compact form, exhibit- 

 ed by H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111., 

 scored 83 points, commercial scale. 



No. S, light flesh pink, exhibited by 

 H. W. Buckbee, Rocktord, 111., scored 

 S9 points, commercial scale. 



No. 2, pink, incurved, exhibited by 

 H. W. Buckbee, Rocktord, 111., scored' 

 88 points, commercial scale. 



New York, Oct. 27, 1905. 



Paul Dailledouze Seedling, pink, ex- 

 hiljited by William Duekham, Madison, 

 N. J., scored 95 points, exhibition scale, 

 and 91 points, commercial scale. 



FRED H. LEMON, Sec. 



Richmond, Ind. 



GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA. 



This new organization held a meeting 

 on November 1, in connection with the 

 American Institute show in New York 

 City, President John M. Hunter in the 

 chair. Secretary C. E. Maynard in- 

 forms us that there were 135 members 

 present. An address by the president 

 and the election of nine new members 

 of the Board of Trustees was the only 

 business transacted. Election of offi- 

 cers and reading of papers by promi- 

 nent gentlemen was reserved for the 

 Thursday session. 



SHOWS IN PROSPECT. 



Sbreveport, La., fourth annual flower 

 show, November 8, 9 and 10. 



Seattle (Wash.) Florists Association, 

 Christensen's Hall, November 15-18. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America in connection with the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society in Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, Philadelphia, Novem- 

 ber 7 to 11. 



The New Haven County (Conn.) 

 Horticultural Society in Music Hall, 

 New Haven, November 7-9. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 chrysanthemum show, November 9 to 



Worcester County (Mass.) Horticul- 

 tural Society, November 9, Worcester. 



Kansas City Flower Show, Conven- 

 tion Hall, November 13-18. 



