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HOKTICULTUEE 



October 3, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



A very successful dahlia exhibition 

 was held, in cooperation with the New 

 York Botanical Garden, in the Museum 

 building of that institution, on Satur- 

 day and Sunday, Sept. 26th and 27th. 

 It was the first dahlia show given by 

 the society. There was a tine display 

 of this popular flower in all its diverse 

 forms and colors. The most striking 

 feature of the exhibition was the dis- 

 ply of blooms arranged by Mrs. Chap- 

 man, of Westerly, R. I. Two tables, 

 fourteen feet long, were artistically 

 decorated by her. One of these tables 

 was especially pleasing, all the tints 

 associated with the foliage and flowers 

 of autumn being so blended and ar- 

 ranged as to produce a most harmo- 

 nious effect. It was the admiration of 

 all. The dahlia is so much more strik- 

 ing thus arranged than in the formal 

 manner customary in exhibitions, that 

 it is surprising it is not more frequent- 

 ly thus displayed. 



A meeting of the society was held 

 on Saturday at 2.30, President T. A. 

 Havemeyer presiding. Dr. Britton di- 

 rector-in-chief of the New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, gave a short talk on 

 the origin of the name Dahlia, includ- 

 ing a brief account of the distribtition 

 of the genus. Dr. H. H. Rusby fol- 

 lowed with a short address on the 

 home and environment of the dahlia 

 illustrated with lantern slides. At the 

 conclusion of this a discussion of the 

 present day methods of culture was 

 lead by Mr. P. W. Popp, in which many 

 took part. 



Following is a list of the awards 



and a cash prize; Geo. L. Stillman, 

 certificate each for the new dahlias 

 "Geo. L. Stillman" and "Searchlight," 

 and special mention for "Fire Girl;" 

 P. W. Popp, for display of collarettes; 

 W. A. Manda, Inc.. certificate each for 

 new dahlias "Josef Manda" and "Bo- 

 hemia Garnet," and special mention 

 for "Veronica Manda." 



George V. Nash, Sec'y. 



I„TrR|.Kt niui l)ost collwtioii, lliiwers on 

 slicrt stems: Geo. L. stillman. Ist; -N. 

 Il.-irold CottMni & Son, 2(1. 



V.Mse of li; hloom.s, captus: Ilpnd's Rer- 



Viise of 12 blooms, decorativp: W A 



Vtisp of 12 lilooms, pompons: \Vm Slill- 

 lal.er, 1st : N. Harold Cottam & So ' 2, 



(jpo. r, stillman. 1st: IlPnd's UprcpiiHcdd 

 Niirsprip.s. 2d: N. A. ,Mll|pr ."id 



Va.sp arranspd for pfTppt : I' w poni) 

 l»t: I>i-. M. A. Honp, 2d. "' 



All of the above in open-to-all 



classes. 



The following prizes were awarded 

 in the non-commercial classes: 



iopp. l.st; Wm. P. CIvdp, 2d 



i„. Jf "'.'* '''nonis, oaptlls: p \v Ponii 



v,st"of". ";',"■""• -"■ "■■"■ '■: <'iv.ip !;)i 



w i?L I*'. "I'.'."""*- P<'""y-flo\V(.rp<l : p. 

 W Popp. 1st; Wm. P. Civdp .-id 



T. ,!';;'"'■,"/ ^, '''""'"s- 'Ipporatlvp- P w 

 I "PP. 1st : Opo, n. Karron "d ' ■ " ■ 



labeT^sf • ?'p'o"?>'"';; """>1"'"'<: W.n. Sliil- 

 laoer, 1st, (,po. D. liarron .^d 



% asp of S Idooms, sint-lp or oollarPttp- 

 P- fl. Popp, 1st: Gpo. D. Rarrnn, ."id 



The following special prizes were 

 awarded: 



Wm. Shillaber, for a collection of an- 

 nuals, bronze medal; Mrs F A Con 

 stable, vase of Conoclinium coelesti- 

 "";":/^- Atlee Burpee, certificate 

 each for the new dahlias "Mrs. Hugh 

 Dickson and "Mrs. W. E. Whineray." 

 and special mention for "Mrs Geo W 

 Korr;" Lager & Hurrell, for a collec- 

 tion of cut orchids; 0. P. Chapman. 

 Jr., for artistic display, silver medal 



CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 

 NURSEYMEN. 

 The fourth annual convention of 

 the California Association of Nurs- 

 erymen will be held in San Diego, on 

 October 15, 16 and 17. Among the 

 more salient addresses may be men- 

 tioned: "Treating Refractory Soils 

 with Dynamite," by John G. Morley, 

 of San Diego; "Some Phases of tlie 

 Transportation Problem," by J. D. 

 Meriwether, of Los Angeles; "Shall 

 the State Destroy an Industry It Has 

 Created," by John T. Sweet, of Mar- 

 tinez; "Present Quarantine Inspec- 

 tion: Methods and Suggestions for 

 Improvement," by H. A. Weiland, of 

 San Diego; "The Exposition Beauti- 

 ful: Its Educational Values." by 

 Frank P. Allen. Jr., of San Diego"; 

 "The Home Garden and City Beauti- 

 ful in 1915," by Ernest Braunton, of 

 Los Angeles; "Why Not Grow Seed- 

 ling Stocks on This Coast," by E. 

 Benard, of San Uiego; several other 

 addresses besides the standing com- 

 mittee reports, etc. 



On Friday evening, October 16. the 

 Association will be the guest of the 

 San Diego Floral Association, on 

 which occasion Alfred D. Robinson 

 editor of The California Garden, will 

 deliver a timely address on "The 

 Amateur Gardener and the Nursery- 

 man," which will be briefly discussed 

 by Miss K. O. Sessions and Theodore 

 Payne, at the conclusion of which 

 there will be a musical programme 

 dancing and refreshments. 



On Saturday, October 17. the Asso- 

 ciation will be the guests of the Pan- 

 ama-California Exposition ofl^cials for 

 a tour of the buildings and grounds 

 of San Diego's "Exposition Beauti- 

 ful." At noon there will be an in- 

 formal luncheon at the Mission Cliff 

 Gardens, and in the afternoon an au- 

 tomobile drive to points of interest 

 in and about San Diego. 



The railroads have granted a re- 

 duced rate of a fare and a third on 

 the receipt-certificate plan, and there 

 will also be reduced rates at the 

 Grant and Brewster hotels. 



The convention will appreciate ex- 

 hibits of new and little known plants 

 (or extra fine specimens), flowers and 

 fruits; of machinery and appliances 

 pertaining to the nursery business- 

 of gardeners' and orchardists' re- 

 quisites; in fact, anything that will 

 appeal to the convention. All ex- 

 hibits should be sent by prepaid ex- 

 press to E. BENARD, care Harris Seed 

 Co., No. 1724 F Street. San Diego. Cal 

 so as to reach him not later than 

 Wednesday, October 14, 1914. The ex- 

 hibits will be beautifully staged in 

 the assembly hall of the superb U. S. 

 Grant Hotel, headquarters and meet- 

 ing place of the convention. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual dahlia and vegetable ex- 

 hibition held at Unity Hall, Hartford 

 on September 23 and 24 was an ex- 

 ceptionally good one. One of the larg- 

 est displays was shown by George L 

 Stillman, of Westerly. Mr. Stillman 

 also exhibited four striking seedlings 

 namely: Stillman, Osceola, Queen 

 Esther and Miantinomi. John H Slo- 

 combe, of New Haven, had a superb 

 display. C. Louis Ailing, also of New 

 Haven, made a fine exhibit. N Nel- 

 son, of Hartford, entered many classes 

 and won a number of first prizes. 

 There were excellent exhibits of per- 

 ennials by J. F. Huss, Warren S. Ma- 

 son and W. W. Hunt & Co., each ex- 

 hibit comprising in the neighborhood 

 of ion varieties. 



The vegetable exhibits were good 

 and unusually well staged. In the Ar- 

 thur T. Boddington special the judges 

 were nonplussed for some time before 

 they finally arrived at a decision The 

 jiidges were G. X. Amrhyn and John N 

 Champion, both of New Haven' 

 Awards in the professional classes 

 were as follows: 



N.''x;^on',T'u:;';"S ^^ "a'""<l varieties- 

 vaiiPtiPs-lst r ? ■, ■^'l?,'''- 1- I'looms. 12 



C". n r2nd AlfrPd "f ^V.oI"'' iJ'"^' H"^*"- 

 Cactus, IS idooms ic'^?*-^'. I^*"^ Ha^en, 



iPt PS- St N s'l'o"''"' ?- '■''"'■"■•'■ 12 V.V 

 Conlr: 2^;i \ NSn'^'n"""!"'*'''""' 



r, looms Vaoii-ls- V ^^r*'"'' ," '^'"'''^ «' 3 



Ma,so„' Peon- '12 vaPS^lf ',;■'''« ^ ®- 

 2nd ,1 r TTi'iJ^ T.„ ,.*'^' "• Nelson; 



1st 'n 't ' ^- ^'^^l-''°"- Pompon, (! va.ses— 

 var'ipHos %"'",, "^"'"S' -""• ^'- Nelson 50 

 J!!,, • ,? .blooms pacli— 1st, Geonre T 

 Millman: 2nd, War.Pn S. Mason K.armin^ 

 to,, Conn Collertlon of Dpporativ^N 



N%''.w Pompon r. Lonis AIM .'k." Fan^y 

 !■ iput jsr. (,. 1j. .St 1 man : 2nd T v 

 o:?r,P- Ji^r / f ,';'ooms-,st'."''N.''-SIo: 

 sP0dm,l.s-^?it'T V l^-'-nl"'^T': "' 

 1-lo.al plPPP of dahlias'i'x- -^l\-J„ '^s'iep?' 

 mP,, soedlins-lst, (;. l. Sti In.a "' atfd"^ N 



nolTr-2nd!"g''rs;;r;',r^^'' ^"-^'^^ 



...?'','■" i" ""■ *'l'i''ioH, 12 spikps--A Riir- 

 -A RSfpnw"' Sf «'""'""■« ''looms PaoJi 

 w ■« At '•., .'^'•'' '■'•'"''s Of asters— 1st 



Moom.'"''""' -"!'' '^- Rigl'enzi. Asters, 25 

 Idooms, one variety— 1st, 11 I, Mptn fe- 

 artfovd. Conn.; 2,,d. A/m>:i,::„.i^'Toult- 

 liori of a.sters 2r, idooms of oaeli-lst 

 -\. Hit'lienzl; 2nd, U. L. Metealfo Snap- 

 dra^'on-J. M. Adan.s, Hartford. Dispffv 

 of Annnal.s-lst. J. |.\ ihi.ss: -nd N Nel- 

 Sn!|- ^ "v~\V- ''"",'? ''"'""■^■- '•■■••■Jford: 



T„ o 'V K'"'"'.- VpfiPtaldc.s- 1st. .1. F 



I iss: 2nd. Loni.s Clianvy. ICMdhlt of 



n OS KPiieral raent -GeorKe L. Stillman 



>alihas m pots-A. RiKhenzi. Dahlia" fo 



',',V"'n' v",- ^■^"■'"■tJ'-lsf. C. Lo„l.s Allinsl 

 Jmi, N. Nplson. 



Sppoials. By .Stumpp & Walter Co., New 

 V"K- ,?™ variptips of VegPtables-lst. 

 .T. K ITuss: 2nd, Alfred C(.helius; 3rd 

 I^ouis Clianvv. 



Ily Arthur T. Roddington. New York 

 Pen varietfps of Vp^ipla hies— 1st. A Ri.^- 

 henzi: 2nd, J. F. IIuss. 



liy C. _H. Sierinan. Hartford. Display 

 of Ppreniitals— 1st. .T. F. IIuss; 2nd, W. W. 

 Hunt & Company. 



Special diplomas were awarded to 

 John F. Huss for arrangement of 

 palms and stove plants; G. Minge for 



