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HORTICULTURE 



November 14, 1914 



chell medal for five blooms, C. O. Dun- 

 can the Hitchings cup for artistic 

 arrangement of chrysanthemum flow- 

 ers. Robt. Allen the Vaughan jardin- 

 ieres for freshest blooms and C. O. 

 Duncan the Hambleton prize for most 

 ■winnings in vegetable classes. 



A fine feature of the show was the 

 ■display of dinner decorations on Fri- 

 ■day. Eight competitors entered the 

 lists. George Masson was 1st with a 

 fine combination of Irish Fire Flame 

 roses and Bouvardia Humboldti; A. 

 Bauer 2nd with Cattleya labiata and 

 schinzanthus. Other tables were by 

 Chas. Hurn with cypripediums and 

 Adiantum Farleyense; D. C. Kelley, 

 cattleyas, bouvardia and asparagus; 

 Robt. Allen, Sunburst roses, lily of the 

 valley, croton leaves, etc.; C. O. Dun- 

 can, hardy chrysanthemums in pump- 

 kin-shell baskets; Thos. Hambleton 

 with Castle Gould celosia and ferns 

 and Joseph Mills with Gloriosa su- 

 perba. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The annual November exhibition of 

 the Rhode Island Horticultural Socie- 

 ty held on November 3 and 4 in the 

 parlors of the Mathewson street M. E. 

 church was freely commented upon 

 by visitors as a pronounced success. 

 All departments of horticulture and 

 floral art were well represented. Roses 

 were shown in profusion by Burke & 

 Burne and M. Macnair; carnations by 

 J. A. Macrae, Maplehurst Greenhouses. 

 E. E. Howard and R. J. Taylor; chrys- 

 anthemums by J. A. Macrae, P. C. 

 Hoffman, M. Macnair, R. I. Hospital. 

 Mrs. E. Osborne and Mrs. Samuel 

 Brown; palms and foliage plants by 

 Wm. Appleton; baskets of chrysanthe- 

 mums, bouquets, etc., by T. J. Johnston 

 & Co. and Johnston Bros. The fruit 

 and vegetable classes were well filled. 



DOBBS FERRY. 



The thirteenth annual flower show 

 of the Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.. Horticul- 

 tural Society held in the village hall 

 Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6 and 7, 

 was a great success and much credit 

 is due its ofl!icers: Claude Wilson, 

 president; H. Keiling, vice-president; 

 H. Harms, secretary; H. Wells, treas- 

 urer; P. Clinton, corresponding secre- 

 tary. The exhibition committee were: 

 H. Kelllng, manager; H. Harms, sec- 

 retary; H. Wells, treasurer. 



The Association in opening its ex- 

 hibition thanked its numerous patrons 

 and friends, who by their liberal sup- 

 port have enabled it to make its past 

 exhibitions a success; also for the lib- 

 eral support received toward the ex- 

 hibition this year. 



There were 48 classes in the sched- 

 ule, of which 12 were for fruit and 

 vegetables. Prominent among the 

 prize winners in the plant and flower 

 sections were J. And ward, Mrs. D. E. 

 Oppenheim, gard. A. McDonald, Mrs. 

 P. Dunn, gard. T. Richardson, J. A. 

 Townsend, gard. E. Howe, I. T. Bush, 

 W. H. Brown, gard. Mr. Holgerson, C. 

 Wilson, Mrs. J. Fraser, gard. H. 

 Harms, Mrs. Henry Draper, gard. H. 

 Wells, D. P. H. Backland, gard. J. 

 Caselli, St. Christopher's Home, gard. 

 P. Clinton, J. Anderson, H. Keiling. A 

 number of special honorary awards 

 were made to Scott Bros, of Elmsford, 

 N. Y. 



Many of tlie prizes were specially con- 

 tributed by trade houses and amateur 

 patrons of horticulture. 



BUFFALO BOTANICAL GARDEN. 

 The Buffalo City Botanical Garden 

 has a chrysanthemum show and Di- 

 rector Cowell presents many rare and 

 strange specimens. The first day's 

 opening being on Sunday which set in 

 with an all day rain did not keep the 

 crowd away and it was highly grati- 

 fying. This is the best show ever had 

 at the Garden and many blooms seen 

 there could not be seen in any other 

 place in the world. One of the most 

 interesting is Dawn, a dull copper col- 

 ored bloom and in artificial light a cop- 

 pery bronze. A new French variety is 

 Arvede Barine, yellow, hairy. One of 

 the most interesting exhibits is a large 

 group of the original yellow chrysan- 

 themum species from China. Banked 

 up against these venerable but not im- 

 posing ancestors were white blooms 

 having the circumference of 26 inches, 

 some of the stems being 7 feer high 

 There is a handsome deep red new 

 one whicli is named after Postmaster 

 Wm. F. Kasting. The show will last 

 until Nov. 22. E. C. B. 



The annual display of chrysanthe- 

 mums by the park board of Minneapo- 

 lis, Minn., opened Nov. 8 at the Lyn- 

 dale Farmstead and will continue two 

 weeks. At the close of the show the 

 choicest blooms will be distributed 

 among the hospitals. 



PARK INSTITUTE OF NEW ENG- 

 LAND. 



Pursuant to a call issued to citizens 

 and officials in New England states 

 interested in Municipal Parks and 

 Playgrounds, a meeting was held in 

 Hartford, Conn., and organization was 

 effected under the above title. Six 

 meetings each year are contemplated. 



George H. Hollister, superintendent 

 of Keney Park, was elected manager 

 of the Institute. His address is No. 

 272 Westland street, Hartford, Conn. 

 Mr. Hollister is from old New England 

 stock, a graduate of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural College in 1902, where he 

 remained for two years as an assistant 

 professor of horticulture. Then for 

 three years he was assistant entomolo- 

 gist for the Connecticut Experimental 

 Station, among other duties having di- 

 rect charge of the gypsy moth work. 

 Four years ago he was appointed fore- 

 man of Keney Park, and has been its 

 superintendent for the last two years, 

 in which position he has been eminent- 

 ly successful. Mr. Hollister is a young 

 man with a bright future before him, 

 a most faithful worker and a diligent 

 student, just an ideal man to direct 

 the fortunes of the Park Institute of 

 New England. 



At the Hartford meeting eleven 

 cities were represented by park offi- 

 cials from Boston. Providence, Worces- 

 ter, Springfield, Hartford, New Haven, 

 Waterbury, New Britain. Northampton, 

 Holyoke and Naugatuck. About three- 

 fourths of the population that live in 

 cities in New England were represent- 

 ed at this time. The next meeting 

 will probably be held about the mid- 

 dle of December, and it is hoped that 

 all the cities of New England will have 

 a representative present. 



The Institute is open to all who are 

 interested in municipal park work, 

 whether park officials or not, and it is 

 hoped all interested will write to Mr. 

 Hollister for the program of the next 

 meeting. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



■ Boston — W. C. Langbridge, Cam- 

 bridge; N. Y.; W. C. Clark, Scranton, 

 Pa." • 



Indianapolis, Ind. — Chas. L. Baum, 

 president of Knoxville Florists' Socie- 

 ty- . , 



New York — D. A. Spear, Hartford, 

 Conn.; Louis J. Renter, Westerly, R. 

 I.; .E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, Mass. 



St. Louis — Guy Reyburn, represent- 

 ing A. Henderson Co., Chicago; Robt. 

 Newcomh, representing Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, Chicago. 



Knoxville, Tenn. — A. Zirkman, repre- 

 senting M, Rice Co.. Phila.; Walter 

 Mott, representing Hammond's Slug 

 Shot Works. Beacon, N. Y., and sev- 

 eral Holland bulb salesmen. 



Washington, D. C— C. B. Knick- 

 man, New York; Richard Vincent, 

 Jr., White Marsh, Md.; Bert W. An- 

 spon, Maryland Agricultural College, 

 College Park, Md. 



Cincinnati — J. H. Broxey, Dayton, 

 Ohio; Ellis Woodworth. representing 

 the Sefton Mfg. Co., Chicago; Chas. L. 

 Baum, Knoxville, Tenn., and O. D. 

 Bramman, representing the Johnston 

 Tin Foil & Metal Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



Tuxedo Park, N. Y.— J. Muller of Ju- 

 lius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.; Mr. 

 Edmonston of Wilson & Edmonston; 

 H. Winter of Winter & Sons, New 

 York; John Scheepers; John Low of 

 Peter Henderson & Co.; A. L. Don of 

 Weeber & Don; W. C. Rickards of 

 Thorburn & Co.. all of New York City; 

 John Brock. Greens Farms, Conn; G. 

 B. Wilson. Jericho, L. I. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— C. L. Washburn 

 and his son, E. B. Washburn, Chicago, 

 111.; Myer Heller, New Castle, Indiana; 



E. G. Hill, Richmond, Indiana; Mr. and 

 Mrs. A. L. Yeager, AUentown, Pa.; H. 

 Lehr, Isaac H. Moss and Chas. Sieger- 

 wardt, Baltimore, Md.; Ernest Ashley, 

 AUentown, Pa.; John Young. New 

 York; P. Welch, Boston; Thos. Roland, 

 Nahant, Mass.; George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago. 



Chicago — R. Karlstrom, represent- 

 ing W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J.; 

 B. Katzwinkel, proprietor Restland 

 Floral Co.. Mendola, 111.: Mrs. M. E. 

 Irby of the Flower Shop, Memphis, 

 Tenn.; W. A. Kennedy of the C. C. 

 Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; R. 



F. Smith of the Joy Floral Co., Nash- 

 ville, Tenn.; T. B. Conimandros of the 

 Golden Rule Flower Dept., St. Paul, 

 Minn.; Wm. Desmond of Donaldson 

 Co., Minneapolis, Minn.; W. E. Trim- 

 ble and Mr. Jennings of the Trimble 

 Greenhouse Co., Princeton, 111.; E. G. 

 Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Worcester, Mass. — Frank L,, son of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Midgley, and 

 Miss Marion L. Hero, daughter of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Butler W. Hero, were mar- 

 ried on November 7. 



St. Louis — Robert Aull, former Park 

 Commissioner, is at the Jewish Hos- 

 pital suffering from a stroke of para- 

 lysis which came on him last Friday. 

 Mr. Aull has many friends in the 

 trade who will be sorry to read this 

 bit of news. 



The Chrysanthemum show at Shaw's 

 Garden is drawing large crowds daily, 

 and is said to be the finest display the 

 garden has yet held. ' 



