July 4, 1914 



HORTICULTUKE 



presidents F. J. Fillmore, J. J. Beneke, 

 Geo. B. Windier and R. J. Windier. 

 Otiier members, too, were called upon 

 for a tew remarks. Everybody had a 

 good time and the night will be long 

 remembered by all. 



The next regular meeting of the club 

 will be held July 9, when nominations 

 of officers will take place. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual Rose Show of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 Tuesday, June 16, at the Nassau Coun- 

 try Club, by kind permission of the 

 Governors. James .Macdonald was man- 

 ager: and James Duthie, Fred Kirk- 

 ham and William Gray judges. 



The principal prize winners in the 

 ros-e section were: 



Mrs. J. T. Pratt, gard. J. W. Eteritt; H. 

 S. Ladew, gard. Jos. Adler; Mis. W. E. 

 Kimball, gard. .Tas. McCarthy; Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt, gard. Henry Gaut : Paul Dana, gard. 

 .las. Gladstone: Mrs. C. F. Cartledge, gard. 

 W. Noonan : Mrs. J. C. Ayer, gard. Harry 

 Jones: Mrs. F. S. Srnitbers, gard. V. Cleres. 

 On perennials, annuals, sweet peas, peo- 

 nies, delphinium, digitalis, etc., Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt, Mrs. B. Stern, gard. Herman Gold, 

 JJrs. ('. F. Cartledge, Mrs. J. C. Ayer, Mrs. 

 W. V. Hester, gard. H. Buettiher, Paul 

 Dana, II. S. Ladew and Mrs, W. E. Kim- 

 ball were the winners. In the vegetable 

 section the prizes went to ^Irs. H. L. 

 Pratt. Perry Chubb, gard. F. Honeyman, 

 A. G. Hodenpyle, gard. F. Petroccia. Paul 

 liana. Mrs. W. V. Hester, Mrs. F. S. Smith- 

 ers, Mrs. C. D. Smithers, gard. Pierre 

 Charboniand, II. C. Smith, gard. Alfred 

 Walker. First prize for best tal>le decora- 

 lion was won by F. Honeyman with crim- 

 son sweet peas, spiraea and adiautum; sec- 

 ond by Harry .Tones, with Mrs. Aaron Ward 

 roses and natural foliage. Cultural certifi- 

 cates were awarded to Mrs. H. I.. Pratt 

 and Mrs. C. F. Cartledge for collection of 

 sweet peas and Mrs. C. D. Smithers for 

 Homalne lettuce. HARRY JONES. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Herman C. G. Schwarz, Central 

 Park, N. Y., registers the new carna- 

 tion described below: 



Siren. Seedling cross with Enchant- 

 ress. Color brilliant flesh pink. Size 

 3V> to 4 inches. Ideal upright grower 

 and easy rooter. Dark green foliage 

 and no surplus grass. Produces flow- 

 ers freely on long strong stems. 



A. F. J. Bauk, Sec'y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



President Duckham has appointed 

 \V. F. Sheridan. Wm. H. Siebrecht, A. 

 L. Miller. Jos. A. Manda, Frank H. Tra- 

 endly, John B. Nugent, Chas. B. Weath- 

 ered, as the nominating committee to 

 prepare a list of candidates for office 

 for 1915, John- Yorxr,. Sec'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Ernest Moore succeeds Robert 

 Fields as secretary of the Kansas City 

 Florists' Club. Mr. Fields will enter 

 the electrical business. 



The eighth annual outing of the 

 Greek-American Florists' Association 

 of New York will be held at Witzel's 

 Point Grove, College Point, L. I., on 

 Wednesday, July 8th. 



The annual field day of the Essex 

 County (N. J.) Florists' Club will be 

 held at Bruimer's Grove. Hilton. N. J., 

 on August 6th. R. Yuill is chairman 

 of the committee on arrangements. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore will hold their annual out- 

 ing at Beull's Park on Monday, July 

 20th. F. C. Bauer, C. H. Wagner, 

 James Boone, John Nuth, James Glass, 

 A. G. Fiedler and Wm. F. Ekas are the 

 committee in charge. 



THE NEWPORT SHOW. 



The second annual summer exhibi- 

 tion under the joint auspices of the 

 Newport Horticultural Society and 

 Newport Garden Association was held 

 June 24, 25 and 26 on a lot which is a 

 part of the estate of Ex-Senator Wet- 

 more. This lot, which is about four 

 acres in extent, proved to be an ideal 

 place and was laid out in garden effect, 

 with beds of roses, antirrhinum, dian- 

 thus, petunias, violas and other things 

 which were a part of the competing 

 exhibits. 



A variety of specimen evergreens, 

 sweet peas in tubs and miniature 

 aquatic ponds were also used in form- 

 ing the garden scheme. A well- 

 equipped bandstand was also a very 

 pleasing feature. The exhibits requir- 

 ing cover were provided for by several 

 large tents which were well filled. 

 The committee of arrangements in- 

 cluded A. MacLellan, A. S. Meikle and 

 Secretary Gray from the Society, with 

 three members from the association. 

 Much praise was heard of their work. 



Bruce Butterton, A. L. Dorward and 

 J. Robertson were the judges for the 

 society, and Joseph ilanda was the 

 manager of the exhibition. 



Besides about one hundred schedule 

 classes being filled, many specials were 

 staged, making the show easily the 

 largest ever held in Newport. 



Following is a list of the most im- 

 portant first awards: 



Bed canterbury bells; Mrs. H.M.Brooks, 

 gard. James Bond. Bed sweet William; 

 James Bond. Bed stocks; Arthur Curtis 

 James, gard. John Gratrix. Bed antirr- 

 hinum ; Mrs. W. W. Sherman, gard. An- 

 drew Ramsay. Bed bulbous plants; Mrs. 

 French Vanderbilt, gard. Daniel Hay. 

 Tub sweet peas; Mrs. W, G. Weld, gard 

 ,Iames Watt, Two beds violas ; Andrew Ram- 

 sa.v. Displa.v schizanthus; Vincent Astor, 

 gard. James Boyd. Bed hydrangeas; Os- 

 car Schultz. Trained retinospora ; Hugh 

 Meikle. Bed roses; E. Kempenaar. Dis- 

 play topiary plants; Bobbink & Atkins. 

 Gloxinias; Mrs. T. M. Davis, gard. Victor 

 May. Calceolarias; James Bond. Bed pe- 

 tunias: Andrew Ramsay. White roses; 

 Mrs. W. B. Leeds, gard. W. Gray. Yellow 

 carnations; August Belmont, gard. John 

 Forbes. Jacqueminot roses; Miss Edith 

 Wetmore. Group foliage Elants: J. J. Van 

 .\llen, gard. Richard Gardner. Ferns ; 

 .Tames Bond. Table plants; James Bond. 

 Display orchids; Paul de Nave. Specimen 

 kentia ; .Tames Boyd. Specimen phoenix; 

 .Tames Boyd. Specimen palm; Mrs. H. 

 McK. Twtinibly. gard. Alexander Fraser. 

 Specimen fern : Jatnes Bond. Grotip foli- 

 age and flowering phints for Hitchings & 

 Co. silver cup: James Bond. Three or- 

 chids for Knight & Struck prize; Mrs. 

 Stuart Duncan, gard. W. McGillvar.v. Six 

 tuberous plants for Joseph Breck & Sons 

 prize; .Tames Watt. Twelve pots annuals 

 for W. B. Scott prize; James Bond. 



In the cut rose section, the following 

 were the most successful competitors: 



C. M. Bugholt. J. B. I'niuhart. W. Gray, 

 .\rtiuir Lear.v. Victor May, C. Robertson, 

 Hugh Williamson, W. MacKay and .Tohn 

 Forbes. Sweet peas were shown in excel- 

 lent quality by James Watt. Victor May. 

 C. M. Bugholt. W. MacKay, F. P. Web- 

 ber and Thomas Brook. Fruit was scarce 

 but good. The firsts were G. Fraser. for 

 black grapes, Victor May for white grapes, 

 James McLeish, nectarines, Daniel Hay for 

 three varieties of strawberries, and John 

 Baumgartner for collection of strawber- 

 ries. The most successful competitor in 

 vegetables was J. B. Urquhart, he winning 

 a silver cup offered by J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co. for t\A'elve distinct kinds, and also a 

 prize offered by T. J. Grey & Co. for six 

 kinds. 



Alex. Fraser was the leader in centre- 

 pieces, specials and fanc.v baskets. Among 

 the man.v specials, the following were the 

 most noteworth.v : A collection of water 

 lilies from H. A. Dreer ; a miniature Jap- 

 .inese flower garden, by Hugh Williamson; 

 fruit^^d grape vines in tubs, by W. Mac- 

 Kay : ilisjilay of niist-ellaneous plants and 

 cxhiliit nf lut roses from A. N. Pierson, 



the roses being awarded the only silver 

 medal given at the show; Calceolaria 

 plants, by James Boyd; exhibit of orchids 

 from Julius Roehrs Co. ; collection of ever- 

 greens in tubs from -Wilson's Nurseries; 

 specimen tuberous begonias from James 

 Watt; bay trees from Julius Roehrs Co. 



On the evening of the second day of 

 the show Mr. H. A. C. Taylor, for 

 ^\liom President MacKay. of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, is gardener, gave a 

 dinner at the Bellevue Hotel to the 

 main workers at the show — visitors, 

 officers of the society and members of 

 the press — making thirty in all. After 

 dinner had been thoroughly enjoyed 

 President MacKay conducted a speech- 

 making session which was led by 

 Joseph Manda giving his ideas about 

 the show. Others who followed in the 

 same line were Bruce Butterton, A. K. 

 McMahon, Alex. MacLellan, J. B. Urqu- 

 hart. John Hay. C. H. Atkins, Leo. Os- 

 tcrmeier, John E. Lager, H. T. Beers 

 and F. H. Hammett. J. R. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 

 Rose and Strawberry Exhibition. 



This annual event took place on Sat- 

 urday and Sunday. June 27 and 28, at 

 Horticultural Hall. Boston, and was, 

 as always, a popular attraction. Con- 

 sidering that the weather had been 

 hot and dry, the showing of roses was 

 excellent in quality and quantity, and 

 the strawberries were particularly 

 good. The large displays of peonies 

 and herbaceous border flowers helped 

 to give profusion and brilliancy to the 

 general riot of color and altogether the 

 picture was a gorgeous one. 



Miss S. B. Fay was a leading rose 

 exhibitor, her flowers being staged by 

 M. H. Walsh. Other large prize win- 

 ners in the rose classes were A. W. 

 Preston, T. N. Cook, Wm. Whitman, 

 A F Estabrook, Mrs. Frederick Ayer, 

 Frederick Mason and Mrs. Albert 

 Geiger, Jr. Jackson Dawson was given 

 honorable mention for a group of seed- 

 ling roses, one of which, a climber, 

 named Mrs. Henry Sargent Dawson, 

 was much admired. A similar award 

 was given Miss Susan Mimis for a 

 large display of the old York and Lan- 

 osstcr rose 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. and the Mt. 

 Desert Nurseries contributed huge 

 banks of herbaceous bloom and each 

 received a well-merited silver medal. 

 Prize winners in the herbaceous flower 

 section were Old Town Nurseries and 

 Eastern Nurseries. T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons Co. were represented by a thou- 

 sand or more peony blooms and re- 

 ceived a gold medal for their work in 

 popularizing this flower. Wm. Whit- 

 man was strong in sweet Williams, 

 larkspurs and campanulas and there 

 were roses and hydrangeas from Miss 

 Cornelia Warren, gladioli from Mrs. P. 

 Ayer, streptocarpus and gloxinias from 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, late peonies from 

 A. H. Fewkes and Edelweis from Wm. 

 Nicholson, the two last named receiv- 

 ing honorable mention. 



Wilfrid Wheeler, Geo. F. Wheeler, 

 Geo. V. Fletcher and E. S. Webster 

 were the largest exhibitors in the 

 strawberry section. Louis Graton, of 

 Randolph, showed two seedling straw- 

 berries— "St. Martin" and "Meadow 

 Sweet" — and won the prize for the best 

 new strawberry not yet introduced. 

 There was the usual large showing of 

 fine vegetables from the crack market 

 growers of Belmojit,. Arlington and 

 Taunton. 



