September 9, 1905 



HORTICULTURi: 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The annual exhibition of plants, 

 flowers, fruits and vegetables of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 will oi)en at Horticultural Hall, SOU 

 Massachusetts Ave., on Thursaay, 

 September 14, at 12 o'clock noon. 



The various committees are active- 

 ly at work with the intention of sur- 

 passins if possible any previous Sep- 

 tember cxluliition of the Society. 



The schiMlule enumerates 475 prizes 

 in the <lilfer('nt classes, amounting in 

 value to $1,415.00. Of this amount 

 $G1S.OO is offered for plants and 

 flowers, S552.00 for fruits, and $245.00 

 for vegetables. It is safe to say that 

 no other horticultural society in the 

 country can present such an attractive 

 list of awards, nor is able to attract 

 such magnificent competition. 



Prominent features will be the dis- 

 plays of tropical foliage plants from 

 the best greenhouses in the vicinity of 

 Boston and also from those of other 

 states. The Boston Park Department 

 will send an attractive collection of 

 berry-bearing hardy shrubs, the 

 Messrs. Parquhar a fine exhibit of 

 their new Christmas lily, and the Com. 

 Morton F, Plant estate at Groton, 

 Conn,, an extensive collection of hot- 

 Tiouse grapes and other fruits and 

 vegetables. 



The Harvard Botanic Garden will 

 present the choicest products of its 

 Tiouses and the Blue Hill Nurseries a 

 large display of seasonable flowering 

 plants. 



Dahlias, China asters, and native 

 plants will also be in abundant sup- 

 ply. 



In addition to the floral display, this 

 is the great fruit and vegetable show 

 of the year, and the interest in these 

 classes is expected to be fully up to 

 the high standard of past years. 



The exhibitfon will continue from 

 Thursday to Sunday; after the first 

 day the halls will be open from 10 

 A. M. until 10 P. M. 



WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



Boston, September 7, 1905. 



OF 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY 

 AMERICA. 



Mr. John N. May offers two prizes, 

 $15.00 and $10.00 for best 12 flowers 

 in four varieties, three of each, not 

 less than 30 inch stems. No artificial 

 supports. Open to private gardeners 

 only. 



FRED H. LEMON, Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the September meeting of this 

 Society there was a fine floral display, 

 including orchids from the collection 

 of William Barr, of Llewellyn Park, 

 among which was Cypripedium Barrii, 

 a seedling raised by Mr. Barr; also 

 Oncidium papilio, grown by Arthur 

 Bodwell; dahlias from Stewart Harts- 

 horne; phlox from the Colgates; vege- 

 tables from John Crosby Brown, in- 

 cluding egg plants of enormous size. 



Douglas Robinson sent a collection 

 of vegetables, lilies and roses. Sched- 

 ules of the exhibition of November C 

 and 7 were distributed and the com- 

 mittee were given power to secure the 

 new halL of the W. C. T. U., now build- 

 ing in East Orange, and expected to 

 be ready by that time. The October 



meeting will have the feature of a 

 special dahlia display. 



The paper of the evening was de- 

 livered by Anthony I. Mauda. gardener 

 for Charles Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 upon "Stove Ornamental Foliage 

 Plants," and was so well appreciated 

 as to receive in addition to the usual 

 vote of thanks, a request for a copy 

 for publication in the Society's transac- 

 tions. JOSEPH B. DAVIS. 



NOTES. 



The Association of American Ceme- 

 tery Superintendents meets on Sep- 

 tember 19-22 at Washington, D. C. 



The annual autumn exhibition of the 

 Newport Horticultural Society is set 

 for September 11, 12 and 13, at the 

 Newport Casino. 



The Springfield (Mass.) Amateur 

 Horticultural Society will hold a 

 dahlia exhibition in Masonic Hall on 

 September 19 and 20. 



The preliminary list of premiums 

 for the St. Louis Flower Show, to be 

 given November 7-10, under the aus- 

 pices of the St. Louis Florists' Club, 

 has just been issued. The list includes 

 the very substantial Shaw premiums 

 offered by permission of the trustees 

 of the Missouri Botanical Garden 

 amounting to about $500. Chrysanthe- 

 mum plants and blooms, roses and 

 carnations are well provided for in the 

 regular list. Very tempting prizes are 

 offered for table decorations, baskets^ 

 bouquets and other floral design work; 

 competition open to all. Copies of the 

 list and all information may be had 

 on application to Otto G. Koenig, 

 Manager, 6471 Florissant avenue. St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



NEW BEDFORD AND HER 

 COMMON. 



The city of New Bedford, Mass., 

 after several years of spending money 

 with a lavish hand; finds herself 

 financially beyond her depths. The 

 good fathers who sit beneath the gild- 

 ed dome have decided that a severe 

 dose of retrenchment is the only cure 

 for the malady; and as a consequence 

 public work is to a certain extent sus- 

 pended. In the public parks the farm 

 mowing machine has superseded the 

 lawn mower, and the entire aspect is 

 one of "gone to seed." The common, 

 which, under the care of William 

 Smith, has for a decade been the pride 

 of the citizens, is left to the sole care 

 of its keeper, who devotes his whole 

 time to keeping the walks free from 

 litter; the formerly well kept lawns 

 are covered with a crop of dying 

 grass or hay; the low wire guards 

 placed to protect the bedding plants 

 from the inroads of the dogs, stand 

 guard over a crop of weeds. The con- 

 dition of the common is deplorable; 

 even Bruno, the mascot of the com- 

 mon, moves about with a dejected air. 

 What a tale that dog could unfold did 

 he but know where to find it. but 

 when, a "Weary Willie," he landed at 

 the common a few years ago, he had, 

 like the returned sheep of Little Bo- 

 Peep, left his tail behind him. 



When the tide has turned and the 

 city of New Bedford has recovered her 

 equilibrium the park commissioners 

 may have learned that a pleasing and 

 economical effect may be obtained by 

 means of well-kept lawns and judi- 

 ciously planted shrubs. 



THOMAS WHITE. 



SAN FRANCISCO NOTES. 



The old store site of Albert Pouyal, 

 1149 Polk street, whose disastrous fail- 

 ure was recently reported, is being 

 fitted up with much elegance prepara- 

 tory for the reception of "The Blocks," 

 whose tasty flower store has hereto- 

 fore been in the 1000 Block, Sutter 

 street. And on the opposite corner 

 of this new site of "The Blocks," Polk 

 and Sutter streets, "Shibeley, the Flor- 

 ist," is locating. For twenty years or 

 more Shibeley has been one of the 

 downtown florists. F. A. Jaccard & 

 Co., who are located a few doors from 

 Polk street, on Sutter, is opening a 

 branch store on Fillmore street. 



From the viewpoint of florists, the 

 most notable funeral of all the year 

 occurred this week in Oakland. The 

 deceased was a city official of Oakland, 

 whom everybody knew and respected. 

 The florists over there were taxed to 

 the utmost; in fact, twelve florists 

 from this side of the bay were sent 

 over to help them out. 



It may be interesting to readers of 

 Horticulture to know the kind of floral 

 work the California florists are called 

 upon to produce. Some of the tokens 

 sent on the occasion were as fol- 

 lows: 



A broken column of sweet peas; 

 broken wheel of sweet peas and carna- 

 tions; Gates Ajar of sweet peas and 

 carnations; scroll, "Asleep," of asters 

 and sweet peas; star and crescent of 

 sweet peas and carnations; wreath of 

 white roses; anchor of sweet peas; 

 sheaf of wheat; heart of sweet peas; 

 spray of asters; broken wheel of sweet 

 peas and carnations; wreath of autumn 

 leaves and roses; spray of white roses; 

 cross of sweet peas; spray of asters; 

 pillow of white asters and sweet peas; 

 spray of pink carnations; spray of 

 white corn flower; spray of white car- 

 nations; wreath of asters and sweet 

 peas; spray of lilies; spray of sweet 

 peas. These v/ere all made up with a 

 profusion of adiantum. 



PHILADELPHIA NEWS NOTES. 



Stephen D. Green has secured a posi- 

 tion with H. Bayersdorfer & Co. and 

 will represent that house on the road. 

 He is well known in the trade, having 

 traveled for nearly four years for an- 

 other florists' supply house. He is 

 popular and enterprising. Messrs. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co. are to be congratu- 

 lated in always knowing and getting 

 the cream in men as well as goods. 



An unfortunate slip of the pen gave 

 Mr. McKissick's number as 1614 last 

 week; 1221 Filbert street is the cor- 

 rect address. Before the store had 

 lieen open an hour on Monday morn- 

 ing (the opening day), dozens of 

 'phone orders had come in, some of 

 them long distance, and Mr. McKissick 

 met Horticulture's representative with 

 the cheerfullest of cheerful smiles, not- 

 withstanding that slip about the 

 number. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



A. J. Guttman, wholesale cut flower 

 ilealer, lias removed from the store he 

 has occupied for several years at 52 

 West 29th street, to 43 West 28th 

 street, New York City, where he will 

 have abundant room and facilities. 



Field & Sinclair have leased the 

 Howland greenhouses at Holyoke, 

 Mass. Mr. Sinclair was Mr. Howland's 

 manager for many years. 



