For October, 1923 



noticeable, due in all likeliliuud to the un- 

 seasonable weather which has caused much 

 disappointment to dahlia growers this year. 

 Though all the exhibits were not of the 

 usual high standard, taken all in all, the 

 show can be regarded as an excellent one, 

 illustrating the increasing popularity of the 

 daidia as a garden favorite. The officers of 

 the .American Dahlia Society continue quite 

 enthusiastic over its annual shows and a 

 committee was appointed to seek larger and 

 more suitable quarters for 1924. 



W. Atlee Burpee Co., of Philadelphia, 

 staged their usually attractive exhibit, fea- 

 turing their new peony-flowered Fordhook 

 Rose. The collection embraced large cactus, 

 decorative, pompon, and show types. The 

 A. D. S. gold medal was awarded to this 

 trade exhibit for flowers grown by the ex- 

 hibitor. 



Two entries appeared in the class for 

 (lowers not necessarily grown by the ex- 

 hibitor. John Scheepers, Inc., of Xew York, 

 with the one variety, Jersey's Beauty, made 

 a wonderfully fine display. About one hun- 

 dred long-stemmed blooms were arranged in 

 several large vases against a background of 

 black velvet, which presented a most artistic 

 effect. Jersey's Beauty, a seedling of Mrs. I. 

 deV'er Warner, a pure eosine pink shade, 

 was raised by William H. Waite, of Rum- 

 son, X. J., and it has been exhibited at dif- 

 ferent shows this season with great success. 



Stunipp & Walter Co.. of New York, 

 were awarded a silver medal for their dis- 

 play, which was arranged in two rows of 

 baskets, tilled with lon,g-stemmed flowers, 

 all of which were plainly labeled, so that it 

 was easy for the visitors to read the name 

 cards. A large number of varieties were dis- 

 I)layed. including Millionaire. Judge Marean, 

 California Gold, Sulphurea, Lady Betty. 



Charles H. Totty Co., of Madison, N. J., 

 staged a large and effective exhibit of dah- 

 lias, some of which were immense in size 

 and among which were noted Mephistopheles, 

 Insulinda and Etendard. Gladioli, delphin- 

 iums, and the beautiful rose Claudius de 

 Pernet were other notable features of this 

 exhibit. 



George L. Stillman, of Westerly. R. I., 

 had a very nicely arranged exhibit of one 

 hundred and fifty varieties. Two new va- 

 rieties. Head of the Nation, a purple maroon 

 hybrid cactus, and Our Country, a deep pur- 

 ple with a white tip. decorative type, were 

 prominent features. 



Henry A. Dreer, of Philadelphia, showed 

 several pleasingly arranged baskets of new- 

 varieties in which were included Jean Cha- 

 yot. a choice flower of the cactus type, burnt 

 orange in color, a new French variety, and 

 Pride of San Francisco, a beautiful, golden 

 pink of the decorative type. 



William H. Waite. of Rumson, N. J.. 

 showed vases and single specimen blooms of 

 enormous size. Francis Lobdell. Ambassa- 

 dor ; Mrs. John T. Scheepers, Jersey's Jewel, 

 Jersey's Gem and Gertrude Dahl were noted. 

 W. W. Kennedy of Red Bank, N. J., car- 

 ried off the first prize for one hundred dis- 

 tinct blooms, showing a splendid collectiou- 

 As already stated the private growers and 

 amateurs did not come forth as might have 

 been expected. Miss Myra Valentine of 

 Xew Canaan, Conn. (G. Carver, gardener) 

 won in the class of fifty "shorts." Judge 

 Elkins (E. Griffith, gardener) won in the 

 class of twenty-five blooms and also staged 

 a fine collection of long stemmed flowers in 

 the display class, covering one hundred 

 square feet. W. Atlee Burpee Co.'s silver 

 cup and the Garden Club of .America's 

 medal were won by F. R. Waite of Mont- 

 clair. N. J., who showed some fine flowers 

 in the best general amateur display and also 

 won the most meritorious exhibit class. 



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SEWICKLEY, PA. DAHLIA SHOW ° 



The third annual dahlia show held under 

 tlie auspices of the Garden Club of 

 Allegheny Co. and the Sewickley Hort. 

 Society on Sept. 19-21 was a highly success- 

 ful event, considering that the growers had 

 the elements to contend -with practically 

 throughout the entire growing season. 

 There was a good attendance each day at 

 the show. 



Mrs. W. B. Snyder (William Thompson, 

 Jr., gardener) won the silver cup for the 

 exhibit of one hundred square feet of 

 dahlias. Mrs. Snyder also won the challenge 

 cup. W. W. Wiiock ( R. Boxel, gardener ) 

 won the American Dahlia Society's medal 

 for fifty blooms not less than six of a type. 

 The award for the largest bloom also went 

 to Mr. Wiiock. 



Among the other prominent winners were 

 Mrs. E. M. Home (Manus Curran, gar- 

 dener), Mrs. H. R. Rea (Alex Davidson, 

 gardener), E. A. Woods (H. Gibson, gar- 

 dener), H. L. Mason (James Murphy, 

 gardener) Mrs. Alex Laughlin (Henry 

 Goodband, gardener) Col. Schoonmaker 

 (John Carman, gardener), Mrs. B. F. Jones 

 (William Baumgartner, .gardener) and 

 Hermann Rapp. 



FIBRE FROM THE CAT-TAIL 



The ordinary Cat-tail, which grows in 

 marshy places and along streams over wide 

 areas, has hitherto been chiefly admired for 

 the handsome brown spikes from which it 

 gets its name. Its leaves are used too for 

 making rush-bottomed chairs. New uses 

 have been found for it in Germany, born 

 from their needs, and it is now announced 

 :hat it is a most important source of textile 

 fibres and also of food. This plant, the 

 Typha latifolia, gives fil)res which are not so 

 -me as those of cotton or the nettle. Neither 

 have they the softness and whiteness of 

 fibres from these two staple plants. For this 

 reason these fibres were employed only as a 

 substitute for jute until about a year ago. 

 but it is now announced that such gratifying 

 progress has been made in improving' the 

 process of manufacture that it will probably 

 become of great commercial importance, and 

 is even expected largely to take the place 

 of wool. The yield of fibre from this plant 

 is very high, amounting to about thirty- 

 three per cent, whereas air-dried nettle 

 stalks yield only from six to eight per cent. 

 It is found also that the root of the Typha 

 contains considerable quantities of nutritious 

 material. These roots become felted to- 

 .sether in cushions thirty to forty centimeters 

 in thickness, and the roots of the single 

 plants are sometimes as much as twenty 

 meters long and ten centimeters thick. Thcv 

 contain carbo-hydrates in the form of starch 

 and sugar, stored up for the use of the plant 

 in amounts of as much as twenty-five to 

 thirty per cent. .They are thus capable of 

 being used to feed cattle and even lumian 

 beings. — Scientific A meriean. 



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