July 7, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



EXHIBITS AT ROCHESTER PEONY 

 SHOW. 



Geo. B. Hart; arrangement with 

 birch and oali bouglis for a backsround 

 and peonies in wire baskets on the 

 floor, simulating natural growth. Sal- 

 ter Bros: peonies arranged effectively 

 in vases. H. E. Wilson; ferns and 

 palms as a background with peonies 

 arranged in white and green baskets 

 and vases of pink and white. George 

 T. Boucher; peonies in caskets very 

 tastefully arranged. Jacob Thomann 

 & Sons; peonies in pedestal baskets 

 and several large groups. The varie- 

 ty La France and the yellow tree 

 peony attracted much attention. John 

 Charlton & Sons; fifty named varie- 

 ties, Couronne D'Or and Dake of Wel- 

 lington especially fine. Ellwanger & 

 Barry: 65 named varieties. James 

 Vick's Sons; a fine collection of 30 

 named varieties. J. B. Keller Sons; a 

 table display of large baskets of pink 

 peonies and gilt columns and vase 

 of pink peonies in background. R. L. 

 Loughborough, the only amateur ex- 

 hibitor, had a half-dozen named varie- 

 ties. Rochester Park Dept. exhibited 

 200 named varieties, six to eight flow- 

 ers in vase and about 25 large masses 

 grouped throughout the hall, also 

 eight-ft. Red Cross, with red blossoms 

 massed in center and white on out- 

 ■side. 



Out of town exhibitors were as fol- 

 lows: Jackson & Perkins Co., New- 

 ark, N. Y.; 40 named varieties. L. J. 

 Bryant & Son, Newark; 62 named va- 

 rieties, Enchantress large cream white 

 flower tinged bluish in center, pencil 

 marks of carmine. Midnight, another 

 very dark, and Amaranth, worthy of 

 special note. S. G. Harris, Tarrytown, 

 N. Y.: 8 named varieties. N. A. Hal- 

 lauer, Fruitland, N. Y.; 15 named va- 

 rieties. T. C. Thurlow's Sons, West 

 Newbury, Mass.; 100 named varieties, 

 worthy of special mention, Thurlow's 

 Double Red and La Rosiere. Babcock's 

 Peony Garden, Sugar Grove, Pa.: 40 

 varieties. B. H. Farr, Wyomissing, 

 Pa.; 50 named varieties, Boulanger es- 

 pecially beautiful. Cottage Gardens, 

 <3ueens, N. Y.; 42 named varieties, 

 shipped a week ahead and kept in cold 

 storage and looked very well at ex- 

 Tiibit, Baroness Schroeder and Dor- 

 chester very fine. 



The committee of arrangements was 

 as follows: John Dunbar, chairman; 

 ■George T. Boucher, Charles H. Vick, 

 Ambrose Seeker, Charles Maloy. Jo- 

 seph Charlton, Edward P. Wilson, 

 George B. Hart, R. G. Salter, Cliarles 

 Ogston. 



POT-GROWN GRAPEVINES. 



TARRYTOWN SUMMER SHOW. 



The Summer Show of the Tarrytown 

 (N. Y.) Horticultural Society was held 

 on June 22. John Elliott, gardener for 

 David Luke; Howard Nichols, gard. for 

 Mrs. Trevor, Yonkers; James Currie, 

 gard. for Henry Seidenberg, Hastings; 

 George Wood, gard. for Stuyvesant 

 Fish Garrison; John Featherston. supt. 

 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, were the 

 leading exhibitors from private estates. 

 Representing the commercial interests 

 were F. R. Pierson with a fine show- 

 ing, winning a certificate of merit for 

 his new rose, Rosalind, Ceder Hill 

 Nurseries, Glen Head. Supt. A. La- 

 hodny, with a rich display of perennial 

 border flowers, and John Scheepers & 

 Co., with peonies. 



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The ability to furnish something 

 novel or unusual counts for much in 

 the business of any florist catering to 

 a select trade, and originality is an in- 

 dispensable asset in decorative leader- 

 ship. The above illustration shows 

 some pot-grown vines by Samuel Mur- 

 ray of Kansas City. These vines w-ere 

 used on July 3 at a luncheon and so 



placed that each one of the thirty 

 guests at the table could reach over 

 and cut her bunch of grapes. The 

 middle of the table was made open 

 and filled in, besides the vines, with 

 pineapple plants, caladiums, etc., and 

 a fountain in the centre. Mr. Murray 

 declares he would like nothing better 

 than to devote his entire time to grow- 

 ing nice things. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



An exhibition of this society will 

 be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 

 14th and 15th, in the Museum building. 

 New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 Park. It will be open on the first day 

 from 2 to 5 and on the second day 

 from 10 to 5. Prizes are offered for 

 hardy roses, flowers of herbaceous 

 plants and those of shrubs and trees, 

 Japanese irises, and other plants; also 

 for vegetables. Schedules are now 

 ready for distribution and will be sent 

 on application to the secretary, George 

 V. Xash. Mansion, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Secy. 



winners were Mrs. James Pyle, gard. 

 John Davidson; G. B. Schley, gard. 

 Edw. Britt; James Kronenberg; Edwin 

 Packhard, gard. C. H. Trambels; J. A. 

 Stursburg, gard. R. Fischer: Mrs. J. H. 

 Ballentine, gard. John Kuhne; Mrs. 

 Geo. Bliss, gard. Clayton Olivett; Mrs. 

 H. O. Wittpenn, gard. Lewis Barkman; 

 W. P. Bonbright, gard. M. Linton. 0. 

 H. Totty and Edw. Reagan served as 

 judges. The blooms and the vegetables 

 exhibited were disposed of at a sale 

 held following the judging, the pro- 

 ceeds going to the Somerset Hills War 

 Relief. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES 



The annual meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florist Society will be held Mon- 

 day evening, July 9. Officers for the 

 ensuing year will be chosen. 



The third annual summer show 

 of the New Bedford. Mass., Horticul- 

 tural Society was held on June 30. Col. 

 H. E. Converse, supt. D. F. Roy, was 

 as usual a large contributor, not for 

 competition. T. C. Thurlow's Sons 

 u)a(!e a fine showing of peonies. Col. 

 Cbas. H. Crane, gard. Jas. Goodfellow, 

 Woods Hole, was another large exhib- 

 itor, also L. J. Hathaway, Jr.. of Clif- 

 ford, Joseph A. Nolet and others. The 

 judges were James Garthley and Chas. 

 W. Young. 



.•\ rose show was held on June 27 at 

 Bernardsville, N. J. The principal 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM MIDGE. 



Chrysanthemum growers in this vi- 

 cinity are much concerned about the 

 chrysanthemum midge, a recent addi- 

 tion to the pests that must be com- 

 batted if growers are to continue suc- 

 cessfully to propagate or grow chrys- 

 anthemums. Young stock received re- 

 cently from the west by one large New 

 Jersey grower was badly infested and 

 the distribution of the insect all over 

 the country seems now a foregone con- 

 clusion. The fly deposits its eggs in 

 the foliage, buds and stems of the 

 plants and a swelling or gall soon en- 

 sues which harbors a grub that in a 

 short time emerges as a fly which in 

 turn starts a new cycle. Light but fre- 

 quent cyaniding is the most effective 

 remedy discovered thus far for dis- 

 posing of the fly. Affected plants 

 should be burned in order to destroy 

 the larvae. 



