November 10, 1917 



HORTICULTUEE 



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MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' & 

 FLORISTS' SHOW. 



The 22nd Annual Flower Show ot 

 the Morris County Gardeners' & Flor- 

 ists' Society was held in James Hall, 

 Madison, N. J., on Nov. 1st and 2nd. 

 The members decided to have the 

 Show as usual this year and donate 

 the proceeds, less the expenses, to the 

 Red Cross Society. The Show was 

 the best ever staged in Madison — and 

 some splendid Shows have been 

 staged here in years gone by — which 

 is a favorable criterion considering 

 the fact that there were no money 

 prizes and that quite some expense 

 is attached to an exhibition of this 

 kind to get the flowers to the Show in 

 good condition. Prize winners re- 

 ceived ribbons for their displays — blue 

 was 1st prize, red 2nd, and white 3rd. 

 This Show certainly spoke well for the 

 patriotism of the owners of estates 

 and gardeners in and around Morris 

 County. 



In the Chrysanthemum section the 

 principal exhibitors were: 



Mra. J. Crosby Brown, Peter Duff, supt., 

 Orange, N. J. ; Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, 

 Rob't Tyson, supt., Convent, N. J. ; Lewis 

 A. DunLam, Ernest Wild, supt.. Convent, 

 N. J.; Mrs. A. H. Tiers, Tlios. Dormer, 

 supt., Morristown, N. J.; O. H. Kabn, Jas. 

 Fraser, supt,, Morristown, N. J.; J. Gordon 

 Douglass, A. Sailer, supt., Morristown, 

 N. J.; "Wayside," David Francis, supt.. 

 Convent, N. J.; Froh-Heim Farms, Wm. 

 Huckvale, supt.. Far Hills, N. J.; "Geralda 

 Farms," Jas. Romano, supt., Madison, 

 N. J. ; Otto Koek, florist at the N. J. State 

 Hospital, Morris Plains, N. J.; Jno. I. 

 Waterhury, Maurice Gray, supt., Morris- 

 town, N. J. 



The flowers staged were wonderful 

 in size and included the following va- 

 rieties: 



Yellow — Nag-ir-roc, Wm. Rigby. Yellow 

 Turner, Jas. Fraser, Mrs. H. J. Jones, Bob 

 Pulling, Mrs. R. C. Pulling, and Mrs. G. 

 Lloyd Wigg. 



White — Louisa Pockett, Wm. Turner, Mrs. 

 Gilbert Drabble, and Mrs. J. Purroy Mit- 

 chell. 



Pink — Mrs. J. Gibson, Nerissa, and Earl 

 Kitchener. 



Odd Shades, Bronze, Crimson, etc. — C. H. 

 Totty, Pockett's Crimson, Pres. Everitt, 

 and W. H. Waite. 



Wm. Shillaber, J. P. Sorenson, supt., Es- 

 sex Fells. X. J., exhibited a vase of a new 

 Single Chrysanthemum, and W. H. Waite 

 ot Red Bank, N. J., supt. for J. D. Adams. 

 a vase of a dainty Single called Mrs. W. 

 H. Waite; both were awarded a certilicate 

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

 also exhibited new Singles includng Ida 

 Catherine Skiff, Supreme, Rose Walker, 

 etc., all very fine. 



In the Commercial section, Charles 

 H. Totty was the principal exhibitor 

 with his flowers of Nag-ir-roc, Wm. H. 

 Waite, Pres. Everitt, Louisa Pockett, 

 Wm. Turner, etc. The stage was also 

 decorated this year as in former years 

 by Mr. Totty, with a splendid collec- 

 tion of singles and early flowering va- 

 rieties interspersed with autumn fo- 

 liage. 



In Roses the quality staged was 

 very fine, and there were more ex- 

 hibits in this section this year than 

 for the past five or six years of the 

 Flower Show. Many varieties were 

 shown, Mrs. Chas. Russell perhaps be- 

 ing the peer of the pink class and 

 Sunburst the winner in the yellow 

 class. Ophelia occupied its own spe- 



cial position and was represented by 

 many vases of superlative quality 

 flowers. The exhibitors in this sec- 

 tion were L. A. Noe, Noe & Ruzicka 

 Co., Chas. H. Totty and Duckham- 

 Pierson Co., all of Madison; L. B. Cod- 

 dington, Murray Hill and H. O. May, 

 Summit. There were also quite a few 

 novelties shown in this section. C. H. 

 Totty had a large vase of the new pink 

 Columbia; Dailledouze Bros., Brook- 

 lyn, N. y., a fine vase of Ophelia Su- 

 preme; "Mrs. E. T. Stokesbury," by 

 Ed. Towill, Roslyn, Pa., L,. B. Codding- 

 ton, a new unnamed seedling, and Red 

 Rover by C. H. Totty. Mrs. Geo. Shaw- 

 yer was also shown in splendid shape 

 by L. B. Coddington. 



The Private Gardeners' classes for 

 Roses were well represented by the 

 following exhibitors: David Francis, 

 J. Walker, Mrs. J. C. Brady, Gladstone, 

 N. J.; Jas. Fraser, Robt. Tyson and 

 Wm. Huckvale. As usual, all these 

 exhibits were very fine. 



The Carnation classes were success- 

 fully competed for by: The Springfield 

 Floral Co., Springfield; Harry O. May; 

 Chas. H. Totty; Mrs. P. H. B. Freling- 

 huysen, Wm. Bunny, Morristown; Mrs. 

 McAlpin, Wm.' Brown, supt., Morris- 

 town; Dudley Olcott, Chas. Barbanes, 

 supt., Morristown; Cedar Court, Mor- 

 ristown; G. Chisholm, G. E. Tramfield, 

 supt., Morristown. The prize winning 

 varieties were Matchless in white; C. 

 W. Ward in pink; Cottage Maid and 

 Enchantress Supreme in light pink, 

 and Mrs. Bassett in scarlet. 



The center of the hall was artis- 

 tically decorated by Robt. Tyson, who 

 arranged a group of chrysanthemums, 

 flowering and foliage plants and ferns 

 most effectively. 



"Not for Competition," but merely 

 to help out the Show as a Red Cross 

 affair, Harry O. May filled a large 

 corner with a collection of palms and 

 cut flowers that was very fine. Chas. 

 H. Totty showed a collection of cut- 

 flowers of assorted chrysanthemums, 

 chiefly noticeable among them were 

 the Japanese Anemones introduced by 

 him last season. A. S. Baldwin, Madi- 

 son, N. J., also had a large group of 

 palms and chrysanthemums. Noe & 

 Ruzicka had a beautifully arranged 

 table of cut roses. Thos. Domer, had 

 a unique display of salvia, one a pur- 

 ple maroon and the other terra-cotta 

 or flame color. Lager & Hurrell, Sum- 

 mit, N. J., had their usual fine display 

 of orchids, and A. Sailer had a display 

 of sweet peas. 



This section ot the country devoted 

 itself very largely to Red Cross War 

 Gardens the past summer and It 

 showed itself largely in the vegetable 

 displays, leading contributors being 

 Robt. Tyson, Froh-Heim Farms, Mrs. 

 C. B. Hittpen, Louis Berkman, Ber- 

 nardsville, N. J., and Thos. Dormer. 



Apples and grapes were also shown, 

 the principal prizewinner for these 

 fruits being Thos. Brown and Robt. 

 Francis. Wm. Shillaber, Thos. Soren- 

 son, supt., Essex Fells, also showed 

 some fine fruits. David Francis staged 

 his vegetable exhibit very cleverly, 

 having a background of cornstalks 



with the ears of corn still on them, 

 and his vegetables displayed in front 

 of this. Robt. Francis had a nice col- 

 lection of outdoor grapes, and Froh- 

 Heim Farms was represented by in- 

 door grapes. 



In addition to the above the follow- 

 ing exhibits were awarded special 

 prizes: Certificates of merit to Thos. 

 Dormer for new salvias; Thos. Gold- 

 ing, Mrs. Ridley Watts, Morristown, 

 for pansies; Maurice Gray, for hardy 

 chrysanthemums. The table decora- 

 tions shown the second day and 

 judged by the ladies, attracted a great 

 crowd of people. Mrs. Ridley Watts 

 was 1st, Mrs. H. McK. Twombly 2nd, 

 and "Wayside" 3rd. 



The judges were Eugene Daille- 

 douze, Brooklyn, N. Y., John Everitt, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y., Wm. Turner and Wm. 

 Waite. Seabright, N. J., and Peter 

 Duff, Orarfge, N. J. The weather was 

 perfect and the Show very successful 

 in every way. All the exhibits were 

 auctioned oft on the second evening, 

 and after all expenses were deducted 

 the Red Cross Society was presented 

 with a sum exceeding $500. 



PHILADELPHIA CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUM SHOW. 

 This annual exhibition opened Wed- 

 nesday afternoon, Nov. 7, at the Third 

 Regiment Armory, Broad & Callowhill 

 streets. The quality and variety of 

 the exhibits this year were above the 

 average of recent years and reflected 

 credit on the exhibitors and the city. 

 AH the chrysanthemum classes from 

 the big single blooms to the great 

 specimen plants were well represented 

 and showed high skill in culture and 

 staging. The center of the hall was 

 occupied by a magnificent display of 

 orchids from the Widener conserva- 

 tories. This in itself was worth com- 

 ing a long way to see. Mr. Kleinheinz, 

 the superintendent, certainly did him- 

 self great credit in the splendid spec- 

 imens and in the artistic arrangement. 

 Another good orchid exhibit was by 

 the veteran Louis Burk and occupied 

 the far end of the hall. A fi_ne collec- 

 tion of crotons from Dreer's occupied 

 the front end of the central aisle. To 

 the right of this was the Jeffords col- 

 lection of crotons — seventy-five varie- 

 ties all in the pink of culture and con- 

 dition. These certainly were a fine 

 feature and a credit to the gardener, 

 Joseph Hurley. The displays of foli- 

 age plants and ferns were extensive 

 and good. Those from Wanamaker's 

 were especially fine and were ar- 

 ranged with the good taste we always 

 look for from John Dodds. The 

 Dre.xel displays in specimen ferns and 

 folia.ee plants were as fine as ever and 

 showed that Thos. Long has lost none 

 of his cunning. The seed houses were 

 out in force and exhibited their sea- 

 sonable wares very tastefully. The 

 most noticeable stands were those of 

 Michell, Dreer and Waterer. In roses 

 there was a nice vase of Mrs. Stotes- 

 bury from Edward Towill and one of 

 September morn from the Florex 

 Gardens. The vegetable displays were 



