HORTICULTURE 



November 11. 1905- 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW. 



Good judges declare that the exhib- 

 its put up in this year's Philadelphia 

 show were the best ever seen in Amer- 

 ica — especially in the cut flower sec- 

 tion, wliere the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety followers were out in strong 

 force. Perhaps the most coveted prize 

 in the show in the cut flower section 

 was that for the gold medal offered by 

 W. W. Wells of Earlswood, England, 

 for the best 6 blooms of Mrs. Wm. 

 Duckham. It was won out in keen 

 competition by R. Vince, gardener to 

 R. D. Foote, Morristown, N. J., who 

 also captured the silver cup offered 

 by F. R. Pierson Co. for the best 6 

 blooms of 6 varieties of 1904 introduc- 

 tion; besides a number of other not- 

 able victories. We do not remember 

 having heard of Mr. Vince before, but 

 he is now very firmly impressed on 

 our memories. The silver gilt medal 

 in same class went to Thos. W. Head, 

 gardener to Morton F. Plant, Groton, 

 Conn ; the silver medal to Arthur 

 Harrington, gardener to H. McKay 

 Twombly, Madison, N. J. 



Another strongly competed class in 

 the C. S. A. section was the one for 

 25 blooms, 25 varieties in which Mr. 

 Herrington came out first, and a local 

 grower, Mr. Kleinhanz, second. The 

 latter gentleman, we believe, has the 

 distinction of being the only local man 

 who was able to get in on the C. S. A. 

 section. 



In the sections devoted to big speci- 

 men plants, Gordon Smirl, gardener 

 to Joseph F. Sinnott, Rosemont, Pa., 

 seem.ed to have everything pretty 

 much his own way this year. Jos. 

 Hurley, gardener to James W. Paul, 

 got aliead of him in one section, Wil- 

 liam Kleinhanz and John McCleary in 

 others, but on the whole this old vet- 

 eran grower can congratulate himself 

 on having shown up in unusually good 

 form this year. 



The fern and foliage plant sections 

 were well represented, and the de- 

 cision between the Drexel and New- 

 bold fern groups was one of the keen- 

 est the judges were called upon to 

 pronounce. Thomas Long, gardener 

 for George W. Childs Drexel, finally 

 got the coveted first. Joseph Hurley 

 took first on group of foliage and 

 flowering plants with a fine display, 

 but unfortunately there was little 

 competition in that class this year. 

 Display of 8 plants in S-inch pots 

 was n keen decision and went to John 

 Thatcher, gardener to H. Le Boutillier, 

 with William Robertson, gardener to 

 John W. Pepper, a close second. John 

 Hobson's crotons were as usual quite 

 a feature of the show and took first 

 honors. Samuel Batchelor, gardener 

 to Clement B. Newbold, captured the 

 silver medal for the best fern in the 

 show with a magnificent Cibotium 

 Schiedei with a fourteen-foot spread. 

 Long's gleichenia was not eligible 

 this year, as it took the medal last 

 year. 



A novelty in the rotunda was a 

 pyramid of vegetables put up by a 

 Chestnut Hill gardener, which was a 

 fire piece of work. Michell's Japanese 

 pavilion, nicely illuminated, was an- 

 other feature of the rotunda, pleasing 

 and attractive. Of course it was the 



work of Philip Trend. It's too bad we 

 have to mention him so often. He'll 

 be getting conceited soon! The 

 Weathered company had an amateur's 

 greenhouse on show which attracted a 

 good deal of attention. 



E. G Hill's Adelia was a feature on 

 the stairway, as was also Curwen, 

 Stoddard, Appleton and Brutus, both 

 of the latter taking firsts and reflect- 

 ing credit on Andrew Morrison, the 

 gardener. Albert Muller, gardener to 

 Dr. Mattison, had a fine display of 

 Nellie Pockett, for which he was de- 

 servedly awarded a first. Nathan 

 Smith & Sons' new variety, President 

 Roosevelt, captured the Nathan Smith 

 prize, and was also awarded a silver 

 medal by the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society. It is a magnificent in- 

 curved variety, blush pink with deep 

 glowing center — a most charming col- 



ti-oiluctiou won al PbiludtlpUia Ijv K. 



Vinc-c, fitardeucr to U. D. Poote. 



Morristown, N. J. 



or combination, similar to what we 

 sometimes see in the best of the 

 peonies. E. G. Hill & Co. got a first 

 with a notable unnamed yellow seed- 

 ling, incurved, very deep, heavy flower, 

 7x7 in.; besides a number of other 

 awards which seemed to make Mr. 

 Lemon feel that life was worth living 

 after all. 



From England came the Wells' ex- 

 hibit, put up by Mr. Totty of Madison, 

 N. J. Notwithstanding their eleven 

 days out of water on the way, they 

 showed up good and were a feature 

 of the exhibition. E. J. Brooks, a 

 plum color with silvery reverse, Mrs. 

 John E. Dunne, like a nymphaea 

 dahlia, and Mrs. George Heume, a 

 salmon buff, struck us as the most dis- 

 tinctive of the group of twenty-four 

 varieties staged. 



Special mention was accorded to 

 Arthur Mallon, gardener to Mrs. Ed- 

 gar T Scott, for a window box of 15 

 blooms of a fine, compact yellow with 



fawn center. The William Graham 

 Co. were awarded a special prize for 

 their pavilion in center of main hall. 

 Japanese lanterns, palms, cut chrys- 

 antbemum.s, coleuses, oak leaves and. 

 birch-bark pedestals formed the in- 

 gredients of this display. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. had a fine 

 group of foliage and flowering plants 

 arranged in front of the stage, as well 

 as bulb and sundries display in the 

 lower hall. Julius Roehrs and Lager 

 and Hurrell had nice groups of or- 

 chids. As usual the prize for the best 

 six geraniums in 10-inch pots went to 

 William Robertson. Grand plants. 



Meehan's display of over 100 varie- 

 ties of pompons — grown outdoors — 

 v as a feature of the show in the lower 

 hall, as were also Harris's Begonia 

 Lorraine, Schrieber's cyclamens, and 

 Battes's Farleyense. Special prize 

 went to Pierson for Begonia Turne- 

 lord Hall. 



The vegetable and fruit display was 

 - mailer than last year, but first class 

 ,1- to ciuality. G. C. W. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Preliminary schedule for annual ex- 

 hibition to be held at Boston. Mass., 

 in connection with spring exhibition of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, March 22 to 26, 1906. 



Division A.— Open to all. Twenty- 

 five blooms of any of the following 

 varieties. First prize, $10; second, $7. 

 .American Beauty, Queen of Edgely, 

 Bridesmaid, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 

 Mrs. Pierpont Morgan, Mme. Cusin, 

 Mme. Hoste, Mme. Caroline Testout, 

 Souv. du Pres't Carnot, Perle des Jar- 

 dins, Golden Gate, Mme. Abel Chate- 

 nay, Bonsilene, La France, Mrs. Oliver 

 Ames, Ivory, Safrano, Liberty, Sunrise, 

 Wellesley, Killarney, Richmond, Gen. 

 .MacArthur, Uncle John, Marq. de Sal- 

 isbury, or any other disseminated va- 

 riety. 



Division B. — Twelve blooms of any 

 of the above-named varieties. First 

 prize, $.5; second, $3. Open to growers 

 having not more than 40,000 test of 

 .ulass in roses. 



Division C— Duplicate of Division B. 

 Open to private gardeners and ama- 

 teurs only. 



Division D.— Open to all. Twelve 

 blooms of any of the following hybrid 

 perpetuals. First prize, $10; second, 

 $5. Illrich Brunner, Mrs. John Laing, 

 Gabriel Luizet, Suzanne de Rodocan- 

 achi, Paul Neyron, Anne de Diesbach, 

 Baroness Rothschild, Merville de Lyon, 

 Mabel Morrison, Mrs. Sharman Craw- 

 ford, General Jacqueminot, Captain 

 Hayward, Prince Camille de Rohan, 

 Duke of Edinburgh, Magna Charta, 

 Captain Christy, Clio, General Wash- 

 ington, Mme. Charles Wood, Reynolds 

 Hole, Mario Baumann, Fisher Holmes, 

 John Hopper, Baron de Bonstettin, 

 Gloire de Lyonaise, Eugene Furst, 

 Pride of Waltham, Francois Levet, 

 Robert Duncan, Frau Karl Druschki, 

 Oakmont, Alfred Colomb, La Rosier, 

 Margaret Dickson, Jeannie Dickson, 

 Lady Helen Stewart, Senateur Vaisse,- 

 or any other named disseminated vari- 

 ety. 



Division E. — Duplicate of Division 

 D. Open to private gardeners and ama- 

 teurs only. 



