November 11, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



Division F. — Special prizes. Execu- 

 tive Committee Prize, fifty blooms of 

 American Beauty Roses, $50. Alexan- 

 der Montgomery Prize, for twenty-five 

 blooms of any American Soeilling Rose 

 introduced in or since IWOl, $25. Alex- 

 ander Montgomery Prize, for twenty- 

 five blooms each of Bride and Brides- 

 maid, grown and exhibited by any 

 grower who has ever been employed 

 at Waban Rose Conservatories under 

 Alexander Montgomery, $25. Lord & 

 Burnham Trophy, valued at $250, to be 

 awarded to winner of first cash prize 

 for American Beauty Roses. Must be 

 won twice to become permanent prop- 

 erty. E. G. Hill Prizes, for fifty blooms 

 of Richmond, $25. Twenty-five blooms 

 of Richmond, $15. Twelve blooms of 

 Richmond, $10. W. H. Elliott Prize, 

 $50 cup for vase of fifty blooms of Lib- 

 erty. Henry Penn Prize, $25 cup for 

 twenty-five blooms of Liberty. Ell- 

 wanger & Barry Prize, $25 for 

 best New American H. P. Seed- 

 ling. Welch Bros.' Cup, $25 for best 

 vase of roses in exhibition. A. H. 

 Hews & Co. Cup, $25 for specimen 

 plant. (Not a climber.) M. H. Walsh 

 prize, $25 for Lady Gay and Wedding 

 Bells in pots. W. W. Edgar Prize, $25 

 cup for specimen Crimson Rambler. 

 Thomas F. Galvin Prize, $50 cup for 

 fifty blooms of Wellesley. Edward 

 MacMulkin Prize, $50 cup for fifty 

 blooms of American Beauty. J. New- 

 man & Sons (Corporation), Prize, $50 

 cup for fifty blooms of Bridesmaid. J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar Prize, $25 cup for 

 twelve blooms of Bridesmaid grown 

 and exhibited by a private gardener. 

 W. E. Doyle Prize, silver cup for 

 twenty-five blooms of Killarney. Ju- 

 lius A. Zinn Prize, $25 cup for twenty- 

 five blooms of Bride. A. P. Estabrook 

 Prize, $100 cup for mantel and mirror 

 decoration of roses. Houghton & Dut- 

 ton Prize, $50 cup for dinner table dec- 

 oration of roses. Benjamin 'Dorrance 

 $250 Challenge Cup, conditions to be 

 announced later. W. F. Kasting, $25 

 cash or cups. Benj. Hammond, keg of 

 slug shot. Classes to be announced 

 later. Other valuable special premi- 

 ums expected. Complete schedule will 

 be issued shortly, in connection with 

 regular schedule of Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society for year 190C. 



ALEX. MONTGOMERY, 

 President. 



WM. J. STEWART, 



Secretary. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y., FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



The seventh annual exhibition of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society, held 

 in the Music Hall, on November 1st, 

 2d and 3d, was quite up to the stand- 

 ard of former years. There was a 

 slight falling off in the number of 

 chrysanthemum blooms shown, es- 

 pecially in the classes calling for six 

 blooms of one variety, but in the 

 classes calling for distinct varieties, 

 the entries were large and the competi- 

 tion keen. The annual introduction of 

 so many new varieties is no doubt re- 

 sponsible for this, as we have few- 

 large growers in this section, and most 

 of them heing anxious to keep up to 

 date in the matter of variety, must nec- 

 essarily cut down to a smaller number 

 of the individual kinds. There were 

 five entries in the class calling for 25 

 distinct varieties, and it may safely 

 be said that there wasn't a poor bloom 



in the lot, so that the competition was 

 very close. Giraud Foster, Lenox, 

 Mass., Edwin Jenkins, gardener, won 

 first prize, Joseph Eastman, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y., William Scott, gai-dener, 

 Ijeing a close second. In the 12 dis- 

 tinct, four lots were staged, the de- 

 cision here being reversed, J. Eastman 

 being first and G.' Foster second, in a 

 very close race. Among Mr. Foster's 

 best blooms were Mrs. Barkley, W. R. 

 Church, Bessie Godfrey, William Duck- 

 ham, Emily Mileham, Donald Mc- 

 Leod, and F. S. Vallis. Some of Mr. 

 Eastman's best blooms were Lady 

 Hopeton, Cheltoni, Ben Wells, F. S. 

 Vallis, Janet. Lady Clark, Mrs. D. V. 

 West, Guy Hamilton and Lord Salis- 

 bury. In the class calling for six va- 

 rieties, six of each, the tug-of-war was 

 between William Rockefeller, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y., George Middleton, gar- 



Thk F. R. Pierson Co. Cup, 



for twiMit.v-Hve each of white, pink nnd 



vniiPKatetl Lawson cai'iiatlons awarded 



at Tarrytown, N. Y., to FretU'rick 



I'otter, Ossining, N. Y.. Wm. C. 



Roberts, garden^er. 



dener. and Samuel Untermeyer, Yon- 

 kers, N. Y., John Featherstone, gar- 

 dener. The prizes were awarded in 

 the order named,, the first prize lot 

 being composed of the following va- 

 rieties: Mrs. Weeks, William Duck- 

 ham, Merza. T. Carrington, Col. D. 

 Appleton and F. A. Cobbold. 



A whole table was filled with the 

 class calling for six blooms distinct, 

 G. W. McCashin, High Bridge, N. Y., 

 James Stevens, gardener, winning first 

 place, with Frederick Potter, Ossining, 

 N. Y., William G. Roberts, gardener, 

 second. 



In the pot chrysanthemum classes, 

 Samuel Untermeyer was the principal 

 prize winner, Samuel Goodman, Irving- 

 ton, N. Y., John Henry, gardener, be- 

 ing second to the above for a group 

 covering 75 square feet. 



In carnations, the keenest contest 

 was for the silver cup given by the F. 

 R. Pierson Co. for 75 blooms of carna- 

 tions. 25 each of white, pink and va- 

 riegated Lawson. The competition 

 was very close, the judges after con- 

 siderable deliberation awarding the 



cup to William Rockefeller, and the 

 second prize to Frederick Potter. The 

 Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y., 

 showed a fine vase of Robert Craig 

 and Alma Ward. Guttman & Weber, 

 Lynbrook, N. Y., showed a fine vase 

 of Victory, and Patten & Co., Tewks- 

 bury, Mass., a vase of Pink Patten. 

 l'"oliage and flowering plants (other 

 than chrysanthemums) were excep- 

 tionally fine, especially the ferns and 

 plants in the groups and tables of 

 decorative foliage plants. 



WILLIAM SCOTT. 



On November 1st and 2d, the first 

 annual exhibition of this society was 

 held, and proved in all respects a great 

 success. Pembroke Hall, where the 

 flower show was held, looked ablaze 

 with color from the aggregation of 

 ilnwers and fruits. The stage was 

 lit I tically decorated by a collection 

 1 hue foliage plants from the Elsmore 

 I 11 1 ns, T. Harrison, gardener. 

 < lonps of foliage plants and chrysan- 

 tluniums occupied the centre of the 

 ii ill while arranged on side tables 

 w I e all the cut flowers, fruits and 

 \(^ t^ibles. 



In the competition for group of foli- 



1^ plants, Felix Mense, Glen Cove, 



\ I ♦irst, and Alexander MacKenzie, 



II lener to Percy Chubb, second. For 



u lip of chrysanthemums, A. Mac- 



K I171P was first, John F. Johnston, 



1 It ner to Paul Dana, second. A. 



\l I Kenzie also staged some beautiful 



I 11 h plants of chrysanthemums. 



In the classes for cut blooms of 

 chiv'.anthemums, A. MacKenzie stood 

 pro eminent, his exhibit in the class 

 toi 12 distinct varieties of chrysan- 

 themums being superb. It was, how- 

 ever closely followed by that of 

 George Ashworth, gardener to Walter 

 Jennin.gs, Cold Spring Harbor. Other 

 chrysanthemum prize winners included 

 Henry Matz, gardener to L. J. Busby; 

 Valentine (Aleves, gardener to F. S. 

 Smithers; W. Willesen, gardener to H. 

 F. Noyes; F. Mense and John F. John- 

 ston. 



In the carnation classes, the success- 

 ful competitors were P. Ewen, garden- 

 er to R. V. H. Kennedy, Hempstead; 

 W. Eccles, gardener to J. H. Schitf, 

 Oyster Bay; F. Boulon, Seacliff; W. 

 Willesen, A. MacKenzie and James 

 Halloway. In roses, A. MacKenzie was 

 prominent. Both double and single 

 violet classes were well represented, 

 James Holloway, gardener to the 

 Pratt Estate, and F. Boulon being suc- 

 cessful exhibitors. 



Fruit exhibits were large and es- 

 pecially attractive, James Holloway 

 and F. Boulon securing respectively 

 first and second for collections. Chas. 

 Mills shov,'ed also good apples. The 

 section for vegetables also brought out 

 many competitors, each with high- 

 grade goods, prominent prize winners 

 being Henry Matz, James Holloway, F. 

 Petroni, P. Boulon, V. Cleves, A. Mac- 

 Kenzie and John P. Johnston. 



W. Anderson, So. Lancaster, Mass., 

 John Scott, Brooklyn, and John Mc- 

 Nichol, Lawrence, L. I., were the 

 jutl.ges. 



A vase of Robert Craig car;.ations 

 from the Cx>ttage Gardens, Queens, re- 

 ceived the society's certificate of merit, 

 highest award. 



JOHN P. JOHNSTON. 



