HORTICULTURIL 



November 25, 1905 



OF 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY 

 AMERICA. 



At the meeting of the C. S. A. in 

 convention at Philadelphia, Novem- 

 ber 8th, Mr. David Fraser made an 

 offer of the following prizes to be 

 competed for at the exhibition of the 

 C. S. A. in November, 1906: 1st, 

 $50.00; 2nd, $25.00; 3rd, $10.00, for 

 best American raised seedling, 10 

 blooms, to be named Mrs. Henry Clay 

 Prick. The second and third prizes 

 to be consolation for the worthy com- 

 petitors who failed to win. This offer 

 is made by Mr. H. C. Frick through 

 Mr. David Fraser and the only condi- 

 tions attached are — there shall be 10 

 blooms and it must be a strictly 

 American seedling of any color. 

 The Work of the Committees. 

 Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7, 1905. 



George Beach (sport from Mrs. 

 Swinburne), yellow, Japanese incurved, 

 exhibited by William Duckham, Madi- 

 son, N. J., scored 85 points, commer- 

 cial scale. 



President Roosevelt, blush pink, 

 Japanese incurved, e.xhibited by Na- 

 than Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 scored 90 points, commercial scale, and 

 89 points, exhibition scale. 



Mrs. Swinburne, white, Japanese in- 

 curved, exhibited by Charles H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J., scored 86 points, com- 

 mercial scale. 



Mary Mann, pink, Japanese incurved, 

 exhibited by the E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., scored 85 points, commer- 

 cial scale. 



, Cincinnati, C, Nov. 11, 1905. 



President Roosevelt, white, pink 

 tinted, incurved, exhibited by Nathan 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., scored 90 

 points, exhibition scale. 



New York, Nov. 11, 1905. 



Seedling No. 2 white, slight pink 

 tinge, Japanese, incurved, exhibited by 

 Howard Nichols, Yonkers, N. Y., scored 

 85 points commercial scale. 



FRED H. LEMON, Secy. 



Richmond, Ind. 



PHILADELPHIA SHOW AFTER- 

 MATH. 



Among the noted prize winners 

 at the Philadelphia show, the 

 following were omitted in our 

 report partly from inadvertence and 

 partly through some of the awards 

 being made later: — Certificate of merit 

 to Ferd Heck, gardener to George F. 

 Baer, for two vases of new chrys- 

 anthemums. Special mention awarded 

 to George Field, Washington, for col- 

 lection of orchids and a vase of Etoile 

 de France roses; F. W. Barclay, 

 gardener to Clement A. Griscom, 

 Haverford, chrysanthemum plants; 

 Jno. Fowler, gardener to Mrs. Robert 

 Foerderer, Torresdale, marantas. 



Cut chrysanthemums — Frank West, 

 gardener to Jno. A. Brown, Devon; 

 Edward Loughery, gardener to Jno. M. 

 Mack, Torresdale; Edward Smith, gar- 

 dener to E. N. Benson, Chestnut Hill. 



Cut roses — Ernest Ashley, Allentown; 

 F. & H. Mergenthaler, Germantown; 

 Joseph Heacock, Wyncote; Myers and 

 Samtman, Chestnut Hill; Jno. Little, 

 gardener to Mrs. Jno. Lowber Welsh, 

 Chestnut Hill, Pa. 



Carnations — Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Queens, N. Y.; Jno. E. Haines, Bethle- 

 hem, Pa.; Millbrook Lea Greenhouse 

 Co., Whitford. Pa. 



Violets— Jacques Gillmet, Moylan, 

 Pa.; T. N. Norton, Hightstown, N. J. 



jT. LOUIS FLOWER SHOW. 



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The list of prize awards at the St. 

 Louis Flower Show has reached us. 

 We regret that our limited space does 

 not permit more than a very brief gen- 

 eral reference to it. It is especially 

 gratifying to learn that the managers 

 will be able to return fully 60 per cent. 



THE ,ST. LUI 1.^ .SiK.iW. 



of the guarantee fund after paying all 

 expenses in full. The prizes were all 

 paid over to the winners on the Mon- 

 day following the close of the show. 

 The work of the retail florists in the 

 decorative classes was of a high order 

 of excellence. Miss M. S. Newman 

 acted as judge in this department. 



INDIANA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION. 



The fifteenth annual exhibition of 

 this association was opened on No- 

 vember 14th with an address by Vice- 

 President Fairbanks. Tomlinson Hall 

 never looked more attractive. The 

 stage was arranged as a Japanese 

 scene, the walls and ceiling of the en- 

 tire building being completely covered 

 by bamboo lattice and southern smi- 

 lax with hundreds of incandescent 

 lamps. The central feature of the 

 main hall was a Japanese pagoda with 

 a large display of orchids arranged 

 about it. The entire arrangement re- 

 flected great credit on Mr. Edward 

 Bertermann, who planned the decora- 

 tive scheme. Strong rivalry among 

 the florists brought the largest and 

 most perfect displays in every depart- 

 ment that have ever been shown here. 

 List of Awards. 



One hundred American Beauties — 

 1st, William Dittman, Newcastle, 

 Ind.; 2d, S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia. 

 First awards in carnations were as 

 follows: B. K. & B. Company, Rich- 

 mond, Indiana, 2 awards; Fred Dor- 

 ner & Sons, Lafayette, 6; The E. G. 

 Hill Company, 2; Baur & Smith and 

 W. W. Coles, Kokomo, and R. Witter- 

 staetter 1 each. 



Cut chrysanthemums — The E. G. 

 Hill Company, 7 first awards; Nathan 

 Smith & Son, 7; Fred Dorner & Sons, 

 2; H. W. Rieman, Baur & Smith, A. 

 Rieman, M. S. Vesey, G. Teilmann, 1 

 each. 



Chrysanthemum plants— Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, 4 first awards; John Hei- 

 denrick, 4; Bertermann Bros., H. W. 

 Rieman, Martin Nelson, The E. G. Hill 

 Company, 1 each. 



Cut roses — Weiland & Olinger, Ben- 

 they-Coatsworth Company, W. W. 

 Coles, Anchorage Rose Company, The 

 E. G. Hill Company. 



First awards were also given to Ber- 

 termann Bros, for specimen Asparagus 

 Sprengeri, six specimen ferns, cycla- 



mens and variegated foliage plants; 

 to J. A. Peterson for Gloire de Lor- 

 raine begonia. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held on Monday evening, Novem- 

 ber 20, President W. D. Robertson in 

 the chair. There was a large attend- 

 ance, nine new members were elected, 

 eight more nominated, and one life 

 member. An essay was read by W. 

 H. Waite on "Gardens and the Garden- 

 ing Profession." There was a large 

 exhibit of cut flowers, among which 

 a vase of Enchantress carnations from 

 W. D. Robertson scored 90 points, and 

 a vase of Nelson Fisher carnations and 

 a golden Chadwick chrysanthemum 

 from A. Bauer scored each 90 points. 



THE AMERICAN CARNATION 



SOCIETY. 



Carnation Registered. 



W. H. Ihoma^ of Convent Station, 

 Morris Co., N. J., registers the name 

 "Snowstorm." 



ALBERT M. HERR, Secretary. 



The Philadelphia Florists' Club has 

 organized a bowling league among its 

 own members. The league consists of 

 five five-men teams captained by Jno. 

 Westcott, C. H. Eimerman, D. T. Con- 

 nor, Nicholas Moore and John Dun- 

 ham. The first game of the series will 

 take place Monday, November 27, and 

 will be between the Eimerman and 

 Dunham teams. Harris, Dunlap, 

 Dodds and AVilson, compose the for- 

 mer; Macauley, Falck, Craig and Mer- 

 bitz the latter, with their respective 

 captains. Further particulars later. 



The program of the thirty-ninth an- 

 nual meeting of the Minnesota State 

 Horticultural Society on December 5. 

 C, 7 and 8, in Minneapolis, contains an 

 attractive list of speakers and topics. 



