February 24, 1917 



HOETICULTURE 



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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Special Prizes Offered for Flowering 



Bulbs at the Spring Exiiibition 



In March, 1918. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety announces the following special 

 prizes for flowering bulbs at the Spring 

 Exhibition in March, 1918. 



For exhibits by foreign (/rowers of 

 bulbs in bloom. 



It is understood that the following 

 five classes shall be open only to grow- 

 ers resident abroad who will furnish 

 the bulbs to be flowered in this coun- 

 try and exhibited under the name of 

 the foreign grower of the bulbs. 



Hyacinths — For the best collection 

 of 25 varieties, single-flowered, 3 

 plants of each variety. Gold medal. 



Narcissi — For the best collection of 

 100 varieties, arranged in their classes, 

 one 6-inch pot or pan of each variety. 

 Gold medal. 



Tulips— For the best collection of 

 50 varieties, single early, one 6-inch 

 pot or pan or each variety. Gold medal. 



Tulips — For the best collection of 

 100 varieties, Darwin or other late- 

 flowering, one 6-inch pot or pan of each 

 variety. Gold medal. 



Bulbs and Tubers — For the best col- 

 lection of spring flowering bulbous, 

 fibrous, or tuberous-rooted plants to fill 

 100 square feet. Hyacinths, narcissi 

 and tulips excluded. Gold medal. 



Any new varieties in the foregoing 

 five classes or other meritorious exhib- 

 its by foreign gro-wers will receive 

 suitable recognition. 



For exhibits of bulbs which have 

 been produced in the United States, 

 in bloom. 



It is understood that the following 

 four classes shall apply only to bulbs 

 produced in the United States and ex- 

 hibited under the name of the producer 

 of the bulbs. Exhibitors will be re- 

 quired to furnish an affidavit that this 

 condition has been complied with. The 

 producer is at liberty to send his bulbs 

 to be flowered by a grower in the vicin- 

 ity of Boston, should he prefer to do 

 so. 



Hyacinths— For the best collection 

 of 12 varieties, 3 bulbs of each. Apple- 

 ton Gold Medal. 



Narcissi — For the best collection of 

 30 varieties, one 6-inch pot or pan of 

 each variety. Appleton Gold Medal. 



Tulips— For the best collection of 12 

 varieties, single early, one 6-inch pot 

 or pan of each variety. Appleton Gold 

 Medal. 



Tulips. For the best collection of 12 

 varieties, Darwin or other late-flower- 

 ing, one 6-inch pot or pan of each va- 

 riety. Appleton Gold Medal. 



Preliminary Notice of Other Special 

 Prizes. 



The society offers also the following 

 prospective prizes for gardens during 

 the next four years. Commercial grow- 

 ers excluded. The medals to be award- 

 ed to the owners and the money to be 

 given to the gardeners. 



1919 — For an Iris Garden, three 

 prize. First, Gold Medal and $100; 

 second. Silver Medal and $50; third. 

 Silver Medal and $25. 



1920— For a Rose Garden, three 

 prizes. First, Gold Medal and $100; 

 second. Silver Medal and $50; third. 

 Silver Medal and $25. 



1921 — For a collection of Lilacs in 

 Flower, three prizes. First, Gold 



Medal and $100; second, Silver Medal 

 and $50; third. Silver Medal and $25. 



1922— For a Fruit Garden, three 

 prizes. First, Gold Medal and $100; 

 second. Silver Medal and $50; third. 

 Silver Medal and $25, 



Details and further particulars of 

 the foregoing four classes will appear 

 in the 1918 schedule. 



WiLUAM P. Rich, Secy. 



Horticultural Hall, Boston. 



SEWICKLEY (PA.) HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting held on Feb. 

 13th the society voted to accept the 

 invitation to send a delegate to the 

 Annual Davey Convention to be held 

 at Kent, Ohio, March 5-10. A commit- 

 tee was appointed to make preliminary 

 arrangements for the coming Septem- 

 ber Show. M. Curran presented the 

 financial report tor the late Fall Show, 

 and the treasurer was instructed to 

 pay the prize money to exhibitors. 

 Mr. Curran was accorded a rising vote 

 of thanks for the able manner in which 

 he had managed the show finances. 



R. Taylor showed some fine Fin 

 du Siecle celery, a carnation sport 

 from Beacon and double cyclamen 

 flowers. John Reig showed forced 

 asparagus, chicory and rhubarb 

 of fine quality, and was awarded 

 special mention. G. R. McDonald gave 

 an instructive lecture on poultry man- 

 agement. 



James Stewart, who laid out the es- 

 tate for Mr. Edward A. Woods and 

 who has had charge of same for the 

 past seven years, is leaving Sewickley 

 to take charge of and develop the es- 

 tate of Mrs. J. R. Reynolds, Winston 

 Salem, N. C. The best wishes of the 

 society accompany Mr. Stewart, who 

 leaves in a few days to take up his 

 new duties. 



John Carman, Secy. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 The monthly meeting of the Lenox 

 (Mass.) Horticultural Society was held 

 on Wednesday evening, Feb. 14th. A. 

 J. Loveless and Edwin Jenkins were 

 appointed delegates to attend the Da- 

 vey Convention at Kent, Ohio, March 

 5th to 10th. S. G. Barnes of Pittsfield 

 gave some practical demonstrations of 

 arranging cut flowers. He used roses, 

 narcissi, violets, sweet peas, orchids 

 and carnations, in vases for table and 

 room decorations. The demonstrator 

 used the glass blocks in the bottom of 

 his vases, which are made for this pur- 

 pose and which can be procured from 

 any florist supply house at a very low 

 price. This brought out a good many 

 different opinions on the ways and 

 means of using cut flowers to best ad- 

 vantage. Mr. Barnes impressed his 

 audience with the great importance of 

 avoiding any discord in colors, also 

 over-crowding, which is so unnatural 

 and fatal. 



After Mr. Barnes had finished, Fred 

 Heeremans arranged a vase of Alice 

 carnations after his own idea of ar- 

 rangement. He used quite a lot of fo- 

 liage and buds, which produced a very 

 pleasing effect. 



Henry Heekemans, Secy. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The February meeting held, on 

 Tuesday evening, 20th inst., was a 

 well attended and earnest session. It 

 was announced as Carnation night — a 

 topic sure to stir things up at this 

 season of the year in Boston. The dis- 

 play of carnations on the platform was 

 simply grand, there being probably 

 fifteen hundred blooms in vases of 

 fifty and one hundred and every flower 

 being of top exhibition quality. C. S. 

 Strout brought vases of 100 each of 

 the varieties which won tor him big 

 prizes at Indianapolis. David Ward 

 from Cattage Gardens, New York, was 

 there with some fine blooms and was 

 good enough to say he loved Boston, 

 which he considered the only city 

 really interested in carnations, as the 

 display before the Club testified. 



C. S. Strout and S. J. Goddard were 

 on the program to address the meeting, 

 the former on his cultural methods 

 and the latter on the novelties he had 

 seen at Indianapolis. Mr. Goddard 

 spoke entertainingly on the different 

 varieties now in the lime light, but 

 was drawn into a debate of consider- 

 able length and wide scope covering 

 the ground from the taking of cuttings 

 to the proper basis for awards and 

 recognition of new varieties at flower 

 shows, in which the stock gladiators 

 of the club got well warmed up. Mr. 

 Goddard said that the Dorners were 

 now doing even better work than even 

 their father had accomplished. 



Mr. Strout explained the peculiar 

 requirements of his business which is 

 about three-fourths a shipping trade 

 and in giving a list of his preferred 

 varieties showed that the Selection 

 was based largely on their adaptability 

 to his spec'.al needs, the varieties be- 

 ing Matchless, White Winsor, Pink 

 Delight, Nancy, Benora, Beacon, Poca- 

 hontas, Mrs. Ward and Alice. Mr. 

 Strout stated that one fundamental 

 basis in his culture is to maintain 

 active growth without any check 

 whatever, from the time the cutting 

 is taken until the plants are thrown 

 out of fife bench. His experience 

 was that the longer he grows the Cot- 

 tage Garden varieties the better they 

 become. 



Among the other speakers were 

 David Ward, W. E. Lenk of Halifax 

 Gardens, J. A. Nelson, W. D. Howard. 



The exhibits included the following.; 

 S. J. Goddard — Nancy, Rosalia, Lad- 

 die and Doris. C. S. Strout— Match- 

 less, Nancy, Pink Delight, Snow White 

 (seedling) and No. 9, maroon. Cottagfe 

 Gardens — Cottage Maid and Crystal. 

 W. E. Lenk — Alice Coombs, Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward and Benora. John A. Nelson — 

 seedlings. Littlefield & Wyman — Miss 

 Theo, Eastern Beauty (salmon pink, 

 white fringed) Benora and White 

 Wonder. W. D. Howard — Bemice. P. 

 S. Brigham — Benora and a cerise 

 seedling. E. A. Richards — Greenfield, 

 which took a prize at Indianapolis as 

 No. 110. 



Among the miscellaneous exhibits 

 were the following: H. J. Borowski — 

 twelve cyclamen plants of remarkable 

 luxuriance and finish, showing excep- 

 tional cultural skill. Duncan Finlay- 

 son — Plant of Cymbidium Gottiana 

 (eburneum Lowii x insigne) with 4 ft. 

 spike. W. W. Edgar Co. — Tulip, Pride 

 of Haarlem. A. K. Rogers — Freesias 



