July 18, 1914 



HOETICULTURE 



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Flower Market Reports 



{Continued frotn /age 5i ) 



plenty of roses and carnations roming 

 in, but comparatively little that could 

 be called fancy. Asters and peas are 

 somewhat scarce. Good gladioli, lily 

 of the valley and lilies havo an ex- 

 cellent demand. Some extra good 

 Shasta daisies are on sale each morn- 

 ing. Prices on all stock is low. 



As usual at this 

 WASHINGTON time of the year, 



business is quiet. 

 The growers, however, are a little 

 busier trying to get their stock in the 

 pink of perfection. There is also some 

 little remodeling going on to bring the 

 houses into shape for the coming year. 

 Gladioli are much more plentiful and 

 meeting with a fair sale. Good roses 

 sell well but are not in great supply. 

 Asters at %X and $2, are proving a wel- 

 come addition to the market's offer- 

 ing. Shipments of Eastern-grown 

 American Beauties are being received 

 and these are moving quite well, medi- 

 um grades bringing $2, with the better 

 qualities selling at up to $3 per dozen. 

 Orchids are none too plentiful although 

 the demand for these is but fitful and 

 those that are to be had are sold at 

 $6 per dozen. Killarney roses from 

 the north are also in better demand. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



PERSONAL. 



Otto Heinecken, New York, sails for 

 Europe on the Imperator, July 18. 



A. Leuthy, of Roslindale. Mass., 

 sailed from New- York on the France. 

 July 15, for Havre. 



Mrs. Leonard Barron of Garden City, 

 N. Y., sailed on the steamship New 

 York, for England, on Friday, July 17. 



Peter Reinberg was one of a party of 

 Chicago school board officials sailing 

 from New York last Saturday on the 

 Lusitania. 



W. C. L.angbridge of Cambridge, N. 

 Y., is enjoying the lake breezes in his 

 new bungalow at Cleverdale, Lake 

 George, N. Y. 



Prof. R. R. Root, Urbana, 111., and 

 Prof. H. B. Dorner of the same place 

 sailed on the Arabic from Boston for 

 Europe on July 14. 



Edward Thorne. head grower at the 

 Westboro State Hospital. Westboro, 

 Mass., for the last twenty-two years, 

 has resigned and will enter into busi- 

 ness for himself. 



Prank Barnard, gardener at Smith 

 College has accepted a position with 

 the A. N. Pierson Company of Crom- 

 well, Conn. Mr. Barnard was with the 

 St. George Nursery Company in West 

 London 18 years, and has been at 

 Smith Colleee several years. He has 

 had charge of the greenhouses and has 

 assisted in the practical work of the 

 classes in horticulture. 



W. C. Ward of E. Milton. Mass., is 

 back and into the harness again after 

 a year's vacation, six months of which 

 were spent on the Gulf coast of Flori- 

 da, and four months in the pine woods 

 of Maine, where he has a summer 

 camp. On the return trip he made a 

 stop at Brunswick, Me,, to visit Thom- 

 as Pegler. formerly of Boston, whom 

 he found in improved health ;ind with 

 an encouraging condition of imsiness. 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Longiflonjm 



RuLrjm 



Lily of the Valley 



Asters 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Daises, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



AdiaDtum. 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus. strings (per loo) 



'* '• & Spren (lOO bunches). 



New York City. — The United Cut 

 Flower Company, organized by a num- 

 ber of the Greek florists, will open a 

 wholesale cut flower estaljlishment 

 about August 1, at 111 West 2Sth street. 



NEW YORK FLOWER SHOW, 1915. 



The preliminary schedule of the In- 

 ternational Flower Show to be held in 

 the New Grand Central Palace, March 

 17 to 23, 1915, under the auspices of 

 the Horticultural Society of New York 

 and the New York Florists' Club, has 

 been issued. 



The prize list is divided into twenty- 

 four sections which we shall now but 

 briefly mention as complete copies 

 may be had upon request from Secre- 

 tary John Young, 53 West 28th street 

 by all who are interested. 



Section A is devoted to plants in 

 flower by private growers. It includes 

 all flowering plants such as azaleas, 

 aniaryllis, begonias, bougainvilleas. 

 cinerarias, . cyclamen, ericas, hydran- 

 geas, lilacs, etc., in numbers as speci- 

 fied, the grand class being 1st prize 

 $150 and second prize $100 for group 

 arranged for effect, covering 200 sq. ft. 



Section B is quite similar, but for 

 commercial growers only, with the ad- 

 dition of a class for collection of aca- 

 cias, 1st prize $200. 2nd prize $100; 

 collection of hydrangeas, 1st prize 

 $100. 2nd, $50; and collection of rhodo- 

 dendrons, 1st, $100; 2nd. $50. Section 

 C covers palms and foliage plants for 

 private growers and Section D tor 

 commercial growers in various sized 

 groups, bays, boxes, and conifers being 

 included under Section D. Sec. E is a 

 bay tree class for private growers and 

 Sec. F ferns for private growers. Sec. 

 G is for ferns by commercial growers. 



Section H and 1 are devoted to bulb- 

 ous plants by private and commercial 

 growers respectively and there is a 

 special class for display arranged as a 

 Dutch garden, by dealers and seeds- 

 men. 1st prize $200, 2nd prize $100. 

 Section J for private growers and Sec- 

 tion K for private growers are devoted 

 to orchid specimens and groups and 

 are quite lengthy, liberal provision be- 

 ing made in each case for groups ar- 

 ranged for effect. Sections L and M 

 are for tables of cut orchids arranged 

 for effect, private and commercial, re- 

 spectively, large prizes in each in- 

 stance. 



Section N and O are for roses in 

 pots and tubs, private and commercial 

 respectively. In the private classes. 

 1st prize $100 and 2nd prize $50 are 

 offered for display, all classes, cover- 

 ing 100 sq. ft. In the commercial sec- 

 tion the premier class is for artistic 

 display arranged as a rose garden, 500 

 sq. ft., 1st prize $300. 2nd prize $200. 

 and a silver medal is offered tor best 

 new rose not in commerce. 



Sections P and Q are lengthy and 

 include classes for cut roses, private 

 and commercial, respectively. In the 

 latter there is a 1st prize of $100. and 

 2nd prize of $75 for 100 blooms of 

 American Beauty; also 1st and 2nd, 

 $75 and $50. respectively, for 100 



blooms of Killarney Queen. For dis- 

 play of cut roses covering 200 sq. ft. 

 there are 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, $200, 

 $150 and $100, respectively. 



Sections R and S are for carnations 

 by private and commercial growers, 

 respectively, open to all varieties, 

 seedlings and sports. A silver medal 

 is offered for 50 blooms of new variety 

 not in commerce. 



Section T is for vase of carnations, 

 by private growers, artistically ar- 

 ranged with any accessories, and for 

 display of carnations by commercial 

 growers, arranged for effect, the latter 

 carrying 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, $200, 

 $100 and $50. 



Section U is for sweet peas by pri- 

 vate growers, including a dinner table 

 decoration. Sec. V. Is for sweet peas 

 by commercial growers, the "display 

 covering 100 sq. ft., carrying 1st and 

 2nd prizes of $75 and $50. 



Miscellaneous cut flowers are pro- 

 vided in Section W for private grow- 

 ers and X for commercial growers. 

 Section Y is for violets by commercial 

 growers. Section Z is for table decor- 

 ations by private growers and by ho- 

 tels, the latter for a $100 silver cup 

 offered by the Horticultural Society of 

 New York. 



The Horticultural Society of New- 

 York offers its gold, silver and bronze 

 medals for exhibits of unusual merit; 

 the exhibits to be judged and the 

 awards to be made by the Society. 



The Flower Show Committee is 

 composed of the following gentlemen: 



F. R. Pierson. chairman; T. A. Have- 

 meyer, vice-chairman; John Young, 

 secretary, 53 West 28th street. New- 

 York; Frederic R. Newbold, treasurer: 

 F. R. Pierson, Wm. H. Duckham. F. 

 R. Newbold. C. H. Totty. T. A. Have- 

 meyer, Frank H. Traendly, George V. 

 Nash. Julius Roehrs. Prof. N. L. Brit- 

 ton. W. H. Siebrecht. Sr.. James N. 

 Stuart. W. R. Pierson. Jos. A. Manda. 

 F. L. Atkins. M. C. Ebel. John Young. 



Complete schedule, which will in- 

 clude all cut flower classes, will be 

 issued later. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Auburn, N. \. — A new firm, Eastwook 

 & Tincknell. has rented the o'H Dun- 

 ning greenhouses in South Division 

 street. 



Sherborn, Mass. — This neighborhood 

 was visited by a very severe hail storm 

 on July 12 which ruined gardens and 

 farm crops, tore the foliage of the 

 trees to shreds, and broke much glais. 

 The greenhouse of J. Dudley Clark 

 was wrecked and 3,000 chickens were 

 killed in the yard on the Clark estate. 



Other losers by the storm were 

 Messrs. Cheney of Southboro. who lost 

 five acres of tomatoes; Geo. Severy of 

 South Framingham, Simpson of Sax- 

 onville. 



