October 24, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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tion to whicli those requiring the service 

 of gardeners in their various capacities 

 will turn with coufldence for their require- 

 meuts. . 



To encourage au exchange or views and 

 the disseminating of reports ot the do- 

 ings and activities of the various local so- 

 cieties, wherebv the experience of one so- 

 ciety may aid in the development of the 

 other societies. . 



To tiriug about more uniform conditions 

 to govern Hower shows, through the adop- 

 tion of rules and regulations and an olli- 

 cial scale ot points for judging; flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables by the various hor- 

 'icultural societies: which could be applied 

 to all shows conducted by clubs and so- 

 cieties participating in the co-operative 

 movement. 



To arouse the interest of estate owners, 

 and others interested in gardening, in the 

 activities of the local societies and the na- 

 tional association. 



The foregoing are a few suggestions 

 ot wliat the plan contemplates. The 

 National Committee recommends that 

 the local committees submit these sug- 

 gestions as a subject for general dis- 

 cussion at a meeting of their society, 

 with a view of bringing out some 

 thoughts which may aid the cause. It 

 especially solicits suggestions and ex- 

 pressions of sentiment respecting the 

 proposed establishment of flower 

 shows on a uniform basis by the 

 adoption of standard rules and regu- 

 lations and a schedule ot points for 

 judging, to govern them. 



It seeks advice on the establishment 

 of an educational department for the 

 benefit of those who may want to avail 

 themselves of study courses, and sug- 

 gestions on how the Service Bureau 

 may be conducted to provide oppor- 

 tunities for the many rather than for 

 the few. It should be national in scope, 

 yet local in operation, in that the local 

 societies shall have a voice in the fill- 

 ing of positions in their communities. 



The National Committee asks that 

 the local co-operative committees re- 

 port to it any recommendations their 

 societies may have to offer; also any 

 suggestions the local committees may 

 deem will further the movement. 

 Make such reports not later than the 

 middle of November to M. C. Ebel, 

 secretary, Madison, N. J., so that the 

 National Committee may submit its 

 plans at the annual convention to be 

 held in Philadelphia the first week in 

 December next. 



Wm. H. W.mte, 

 j. w. eveiutt. 

 J.\MES Stuart, 

 M. C. Ebel. 

 National Co-operative Committee 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Exhibited at New York, Oct. 10, by 

 Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. .1.. Anti- 

 gone, white, Jap. Inc., Com. scale 88 

 points. Ex scale 85 points. 



Exhibited at Chicago, Oct. 10. by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrain, Mich., 

 Golden Queen, yellow, Jap. Inc., Com. 

 scale 90 points. 



Exhibited at Cincinnati, Oct. 10, by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 Golden Queen, yellow, Jap. Inc., Com. 

 scale 91 points. 



Exhibited at Philadelphia, Oct. 12, by 



Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 



Golden Queen, yellow, Jap. Inc., Com. 



scale 89 points. Ex. scale 86 points. 



Cii\s. W. Joiixsox. Secretary. 



the 25th anniversary with a meeting 

 of a number of noted botanists from 

 all parts of the world. A feature of 

 the meeting was the number of women 

 botanists present. The meeting wound 

 up with a banquet to the visitors by 

 the directors of the garden at the 

 Lilderkranz Club, which was deco- 

 rated with smilax and water lilies, fa- 

 vorite flower of Henry Shaw, the 

 founder of the Garden. The affair 

 was a great success. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



A state-wide distribution of free 

 tickets to the National Chrysanthe- 

 mum Show, at the German House, In- 

 dianapolis. Ind., Nov. 6, 7 and 8, has 

 been inaugurated, and it is expected 

 that the attendance will be far beyond 

 that of any other flower show ever 

 held in Indiana. 



The fall exhibition of the Ger- 

 mantown (Pa.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety took place Monday, October 

 12th, in the lecture hall of the 

 Library Building, Vernon Park, the 

 exhibits including dahlias, plants, col- 

 lections of fruits, grapes and gentians, 

 and specimen plants. 



The Hyde Park (N. Y.) Floral Asso- 

 ciation at a meeting at the school 

 house made arrangements for the an- 

 nual exhibition, which will take place 

 at the Town Hall on Saturday, 

 November 7. The exhibitors are re- 

 quested to make entries to the secre- 

 tary before S p. m. November 6. 



The annual exhibition of the Tux- 

 edo (N. Y.) Horticultural Society will 

 be held at the Tuxedo Club House on 

 Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Octo- 

 ber 30, 31 and November 1. It is ex- 

 pected that this year's exhibits will 

 outclass all preceding ones as this 

 year's lists includes 10.5 classes. Com- 

 petition is open to all and all entries 

 must be made to Frederick Bentley, 

 the manager, on or before October 27. 



The Worcester County (Mass.) 

 Horticultural Society will hold its an- 

 nual chrysanthemum show, Novem- 

 ber 5th and 6th. The judges are: 

 William Anderson, Lancaster; Her- 

 bert A. Cook, Shrewsbury, and 

 Charles Greenwood. Committee on 

 arrangements and exhibition, H. R. 

 Kinney, chairman: Arthur H. Harts- 

 horn. Albert H. Lange, William J. 

 Wheeler, Mrs. Percy G. Forbes, Si- 

 mon E. Fisher, H. Ward Moore, Ar- 

 thur J. Marble and Miss Lucy P. 

 Coulson. 



MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Twenty-fifth Anniversary. 

 On October 15-16 the directors of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden celebrated 



The Oregon Dahlia Society held a 

 dahlia show at Portland, Ore., on 

 October 9 and 10. No less than 750 

 varieties were staged. In the profes- 

 sional division in which only Gill Seed 

 Company and Willamette Dahlia Com- 

 pany were represented, the following 

 awards were made: 



Oill Bros., first on cactus novelties, dec- 

 orative novelties, show novelties, single 

 dahlia novelties, sin.cle dahlias. 12 varie- 

 ties., collarette novelties, collarette, 12 va- 

 rieties: pompom novelties and pompom, 1- 

 varieties: second on 12 varieties show nov- 

 elties. 12 varieties peony novelties. 



Williamette Dahlia Company, first on 1^ 

 cactus dahlias, 12 varieties, 12 decorative, 

 12 varieties of show novelties, peony nov- 

 elties and 12 varieties of peony novelties. 



Final arrangements for the Morris 

 County Florists' and Gardeners' annual 

 flower show, which will be held in 



James' Assembly Hall, Madison, N. J., 

 on October 28 and 29, were made at a 

 meeting of the members in Masonic 

 Hall last week. The judges will be: 

 John T. Burns, of New Canaan, Conn.; 

 Eugene Dailledouze, of Flatbush, L. I.; 

 Alexander McKenzie, of Highland 

 Falls, and John Herrenhaus, of Prince- 

 ton. A matter of interest was the ex- 

 hibition of a new white rose, "White 

 Shawyer, " a sport from "Mrs. George 

 Siiawyer," grown by Charles H. Totty. 



The monthly meeting of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society 

 was held October 14th at Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. The judges awarded first 

 prizes for grapes to Henry Gaut; ap- 

 ples, Herman Boettcher; pears, 

 Frank Petroccia. A cultural certifi- 

 cate was awarded Herman Boettcher 

 for 12 varieties of apples, and hon- 

 orable mention for delphinium; hon- 

 orable mention to Henry Gaut for 

 quinces. John W. Everitt was pre- 

 sented with the E. M. Townsend cup 

 tor roses won at the dahlia show. It 

 was decided to hold a social evening 

 after the meeting on November 11th. 

 James Gladstone was appointed man- 

 ager of the fall show, October 29Ui 

 and 30th. Exhibits for next meeting, 

 November 11th, chrysanthemums: 

 three white, three pink and three 

 yellow. President Henry Gaut do- 

 nated ?10 for prizes for the best table 

 decoration of chrysanthemums, for 

 assistant gardeners only. A motion 

 was carried to send a letter of sj-m- 

 pathy to Mr. W. E. Kimball on the 

 death of his wife, an honorary mem- 

 ber of this society. 



Harry Jones, Cor. Sec. 



On the evening of October 20, Med- 

 ford (Mass.) Horticultural Society 

 had Mr. John Farquhar as lecturer on 

 Bulbs and Bulb Growing, in Mystic 

 Congregational Church and a large 

 and appreciative audience greeted Mr. 

 Farquhar, who spoke for over an hour 

 in a very instructive and entertaining 

 manner. The pictures of Belgium and 

 Holland thrown on the screen were es- 

 pecially interesting, giving the hearers 

 acluallv a trip through the bulb grow- 

 ing districts of these countries. Mr. 

 Farquhar stated that the United States 

 this year had been able to secure a 

 much better grade of bulbs than form- 

 erly, owing to Russia being at war and 

 their supply coming this way. He also 

 mentioned,' that many inferior grades 

 were also arriving, the better ones be- 

 ing held back by some growers to 

 strengthen their stock, while the war 

 lasted, the market not being so good 

 this year, owing to that cause. He 

 made a strong plea for natural plant- 

 ing in woodlands, and in the shrub- 

 berv also, stating that much more ar- 

 tistic effects can be made by inter- 

 spacing clumps in the herbaceous bor- 

 ders than massing in large beds. He 

 showed a picture ot the border at Har- 

 vard Botanical garden, illustrating this 

 mode ot planting. The writer has seen 

 these borders in the springtime, and 

 they are tar more effective in my opin- 

 ion" than massing in beds. Mr. Far- 

 quhar thinks there will be a scarcity 

 of bav trees and other trained sub- 

 jects for topiary work owing to the 

 destruction around the headquarters 

 of that industry in Belgium. The 

 storehouses used for wintering these 

 plants being used for war purposes, 

 the coming winter may see them all 

 frozen up. George F. Stewart. 



