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HORTICULTURE 



April 1. 1916 



oludliiR many new varieties were also 

 sliown for the first time by A. C. 

 Zvolanek, some of tlipiii In iwolvp Inch 

 tubs, Kfown for Mr. Zvolnnok by Gude 

 Bros., Washlncton; a beautiful table 

 do«-orntlon In the form of a sliver vase 

 Willi phalacnoiisi.s and schlzanthiis, 

 by n M Johnston, for W. R. TlK'nip- 



son, Yonkers; crotonn luid dracaenas 

 In wonderful perfoctlon from Robert 

 CralK Company: aquatic basin with 

 bloominK nyniphaoas from Win. Trick- 

 er. the enduring (imillty of llu'so flow- 

 ers beinK well shown In the fad that 

 they looked well after beluK in bloom 

 a wlio'-- ' ' 



The list of prize awanls, taking up 

 the classes as arranged in the sched- 

 ule, beuinnlni; with the private grow- 

 ers' classes, were as follows: 



Wni. Kleinheln;'. is recorded as win- 

 ning first in acacia classes, azaleas, 

 lilacs, rhododendrons, crotons, lientias, 

 phoenix, palms, nephrolepis, orchids 

 and bulbs, altogether thirty first 

 prizes, besides quite a number of 

 seconds. 



J. H. Dodd, Lyndenhurst, gardener 

 for John Wanamaker, won first on 

 anthuriums, gardenias, nemesias, pan- 

 sles. Primula malaroidos, cycas, dra- 

 caenas. kentias, palms and bay trees. 



J. W. Pepper, Jenkintown. was an- 

 other large winner, taking first on cyc- 

 lamen, phoenix, stag's horn fern, hya- 

 cinths, narcissus, tulips, lily of the 

 valley and callas, several classes be- 

 ing included in some instances. 



W. 1^. Ellis. Bryn Mawr, first on 

 amaryllis. heliotrope, primulas, group 

 of blooming plants and selaginellas. 

 Howard Gould, Fort Washington, N. Y., 

 amaryllis hybrid. S. T. Bodine, Villa 

 Xova, specimen anthurium, nepenthes. 



Josef Goetter, Devon, cinerarias, 

 primulas, group of flowering and fol- 

 iage plants. Edgar Scott, Lansdowne, 

 cinerarias. G. H. McFadden, Rose- 

 mont. genistas, astilhes, tulips, narcis- 

 sus. Darwin tulips. John Gribbel, 

 Wynrote. marguerites, schizanthus. 

 Edgar T. Scott, schizantlius. 



Thos. JIcKean, Rosemont, spiraeas, 

 narcissus, tulips. Joseph Crowther, 

 Devon, spiraeas. W. H. Smith, Byrn 

 Mawr. flowering plants. Thos. W. 

 Logan, Jenkintown, specimen wistaria, 

 davallia, tree fern, Darwin tulips, 

 breeder tiilips. 



John Dunn. Lansdowne. group of 

 flowering plants arranged for effect. 

 ^Irs. Chas. Wheeler. Bryn Mawr. mush- 

 rooms. John Hobson. Radnor, crotons. 

 T. W. Geary, Chestnut Hill, crotons. 

 J. Goodier, Trenton, N. J., kentias. 



Thos. Long. Bryn Mawr. i)hopnix. 

 specimen foliage plant, adianlums. 

 cjbotium, fern groups, gleichenia. 

 goniophlebium. polypodium. pteris. C. 

 G. Roebling, various orchid classes. 

 H. A. Poth. hyacinths, tulips, Easter 

 lilies. Thos. Gaynor, narcissus, tulips 

 in many classes, callas. G. W. Elkina. 

 Elkins Park, adiantums. Louis Burk. 

 gardener J. C. Wurst, many orchid 

 classes. Miss Thompson, tulips, nar- 

 cissus. Eugene Burkhart. Torresdale. 

 gardener for R. F. Forderer estate, 

 miniature lawn with flower beds. 



The foregoing were all more or less 

 represented in the second premium 

 list also. 



In the plant section for classes open 

 to all. Wm, Kleinheinz won on Easter 

 lilies and H. A. Poth on geranium 

 Helen Michell. On cut flowers. W. A. 

 Manda won on display and collection 

 of orchids, also on nine specimen 



IliiuiT cl.isscs. .\. I". .Sniilh (if New- 

 town, and Kenible Bros, of Penn Yan. 

 won on antirrhinums. W. L. Ellis on 

 freeslas. .\. J. Loveless. Lenox, Mass., 

 on lupins, stocks and violets. J. L. 

 Carter of Narberth. on mignonette. 

 Wm. Sim. Cliftondale. .Mass., on pan- 

 sies. C. F. Cusper. Rhinebeck. N. Y., 

 on violets. Charles Henry Fox, Phila- 

 delphia. Pa., on wall flowers. 



On dinner table decoration open to 

 private gardeners only, W. B. Thomp- 

 son, Yonkers. N. Y., won the gold 

 medal, the silver medal going to Miss 

 Thomson, Merlon. Pa. 



In section K. devoted to plants In 

 flower by commercial growers. Thom- 

 as Roland won all the prizes, first and 

 second, in all the classes for acacias. 

 \V. A. Manda was flrst on anthuriums, 

 and Azalea mollis. Robert Craig Com- 

 pany, bougainvilleas, cyclamens, group 

 of flowering and foliage plants ar- 

 ranged for effect, hydrangeas three 

 classes, rhododendrons four classes, 

 astilhes two classes and wistaria. 

 Julius Roehrs Company, collection of 

 forced shrubs, herbaceous plants, etc., 

 arranged for efi'ect. Wm. Sim, bed of 

 pansies. Knight & Struck Company, 

 collection of ericas, etc. 



In the section devoted to bulbs in 

 flower, commercial growers, Robert 

 Craig Co. was first on lilies, fifty pots, 

 and A. E. Wohlert, Narberth, narcis- 

 sus twenty pans, while H. P. Michell 

 Comjiany won the gold medal and first 

 prize for display of hulbs, etc.. ar- 

 ranged as a Dutch bulb garden with 

 accessories. 



On ferns and selaginellas for com- 

 mercial growers, W. A. Manda was 

 first on twelve ferns, stag's horn fern, 

 tree fern and specimen fern. P. R. 

 Pierson Company, nephrolepis collec- 

 tion and specimens. 



In the orchid section for commercial 

 growers, Julius Roehrs Company won 

 first prize and gold medal for group 

 arranged for effect, collection of six 

 plants, and six specimen classes of 

 various orchids. W. A. Manda, first 

 on twelve plants, on twenty-five cypri- 

 pediums, six specimen classes includ- 

 ing the gold medal for hybrid orchid 

 raised in America. Lager & Hurrell, 

 brasso-cattleya specimen and three 

 other specimen classes. 



On palms and foliage plants for com- 

 mercial growers, W. A. Manda won on 

 .nrecas. box trees, cocos, ficus, kentias, 

 rhoenix, specimen palm, stove and 

 greenhouse plants, yew trees, forced 

 shrubs and herbaceous plants arranged 

 for effect, collection of conifers, collec- 

 tion of Japanese maples, eighteen 

 prizes altogether. Robert Craig Co. 

 won on dracaenas. Ficus pandurata. 

 Phoenix Roebelini. crotons and cycas. 



For the sake of brevity, we have 

 omitted the winners of second prizes 

 in the foregoing classes, but the list 



was composed mainly of the names 

 winning first prizes In various other 

 classes. 



ROSES. 



RoRcs In pots and tubs by com- 

 mercial growers were staged on Sat- 

 urday. .March L'.'ith. Cut roses were 

 staged on .Monday, March 27th. As 

 before mentioned, the principal Inter- 

 est attached to the display of rose 

 lilants arranged as a rose garden, any 

 or all classes, covering ."iOO sq. ft. with 

 aiiproprlate accessories. First prize, 

 J.'iOo, was won by Robert Craig Co.; 

 second iirize, $4oo, by A. N. Plerson, 

 Inc.: third prize. $300, by M. H. Walsh, 

 Woods Hole. .Mass. On dl«l>lay of rose 

 plants covering 200 s<i. ft. of Hi)ace ar- 

 ranged for effect. .\. .\. Plerson won 

 first. $200, and Robert Craig Co., sec- 

 ond. $100. M. 11. Walsh was first with 

 specimens Lady Gay. Hiawatha, Ex- 

 celsa and Mrs. M. H. Walsh. A. N. 

 Pierson was first on specimen Tau- 

 sendschoen. The American Rose So- 

 ciety's sliver medals were awarded to 

 M. H. Walsh for unnamed seedling, A. 

 N. Pierson. Inc., for Elizabeth Ziegler 

 and R. Witterstaetter for Tausend- 

 schoen sport. 



Competition was quite lively In the 

 various classes of cut roses, staged on 

 Monday, .March 27th. In order to make 

 room for the roses, it was necessary to 

 rearrange a considerable section of 

 one end of the hall to accommodate 

 the exhibitors, so that many of the 

 bulb classes which had been staged on 

 Saturday were necessarily removed 

 into crowded back quarters and other 

 exiiibits were condensed even more 

 than they had been at the start. The 

 exhibition of blooms was sensational 

 in the extreme. The fiowers were of 

 the highest class throughout and It 

 can safely be said that never before in 

 this or any other country were such 

 magnificent blooms of forced roses 

 displayed. They came from long dis- 

 tances in some cases and really there 

 was not a discreditable exhibit in the 

 whole lot. 



There were five entries for the prizes 

 for vases of 100 American Beauties, 

 Myers & Samtraan of Chestnut Hill, 

 Pa., won the first prize, George Bur- 

 ton, Chestnut Hill, second, and L. A. 

 Noe, .Madison. N. J., third. In the 

 class for 50 American Beauties, Myers 

 & Samtman were again winners, with 

 F. R. Pierson Co. second. Mrs. Charles 

 Russell was shown in unbeatable form 

 by French & Salm. Union Grove. Wis., 

 second going to Aug. Doemling, Lans- 

 downe, Pa. For Mrs. George Shawyer, 

 100 blooms, John H. Dunlop, Toronto, 

 won first, and A. N. Pierson, Inc. 

 second. Winners in the various Kil- 

 larney classes were A. Farenwald, 

 Roslyn, Pa., Bedford Flower Co., Bed- 

 ford Hills, N. Y., and Joseph Heacock 

 Company, Wyncote, Pa., seconds going 

 to A. N. Pierson, Inc., Joseph Heacock 

 Co., F. R. Pierson Co. and John R. 

 Andre. 



Other prizes in the regular schedule 

 for fifty blooms were as follows: 

 Hoosier Beauty. Jos. Heacock Co., 

 second, A. X. Pierson. Hadley, Jos. 

 Heacock Co., second A. S. Burns, Jr., 

 Spring Valley. N. Y. Lady Alice Stan- 

 ley, John Welsh Young, Philadelphia, 

 second, A. N. Pierson. Radiance, Jos. 

 Heacock Co., second. Gude Bros., 

 Washington. My Maryland. John 

 Welsh Young, second, James Verner. 

 Sunburst, F. R. Pierson Co., second. 



