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HORTICULTURE 



January 2, 1916 



Clubs and Societies 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



1 am plfasi'd to rt-port tluit the pre- 

 liiuiiiury schedule is now in the linnds 

 of tlie printer unil will be ready for 

 members and applicants the first week 

 in January. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 offers prizes to the value of $20(i. The 

 Newport Garden Association iflOO., and 

 the Newport Garden (_'lub $100. W. B. 

 Scott & t"o., and the Ltroadway Hard- 

 ware Company of Newport are also 

 ofTeriny prizes for children. Special 

 l)rizes which have been received by 

 The American Sweet Pea Society and 

 will be added to the preliminary sched- 

 ule are as follows: 



IVlir IIi'iiik'r!<un & Co. — I'or IJ vases, :;0 

 spra.vs 10 a vuso, of 12 varieties of Spen- 

 cers: Isi, $2.").0O; Slid, ?15.00; ard, $10.00. 



\V. Atlee Hurpee A: Co. — I'J vases of 12 

 varieties correctly uamed : 1st. silver cup. 

 value $J.">.00, and $10.00 cash; L'nd, $10.0tl: 

 Srd, J."i.U0. 



Arlliur T. Doddington — Challenge silver 

 cup, value $50.00. For colled ion ol 23 

 varieties, not less than 20 stems to !i vase, 

 to he shown with sweet pea foliage only. 

 To l»e won twice by the same exhihilor. 

 There will also be awarded to the winner 

 of this cup teach time wen) a cash prize 

 of $2.'i.llO; 2nd. $15.00; 3rd, $10.00. 



Stunipp *: Walter Co. — Sl.\ vases, six dis- 

 tinct Spencer varieties, 20 sprays to a vase; 

 1st, $15.00; 2nd, $10.UO; 3rd, $5.00. 



C. C. Morse & Co. — A silver cup, value 

 $25.t0. for the llnesl display of sweet peas 

 (open to the seed trade only). 



Henry F. Mkhell Co.— Silver medal tor 6 

 vases, 25 sprays each, 6 Spencer varieties. 

 Bronze medal for best 25 blooms "Illumi- 

 nator." Silver medal for best vase Spen- 

 cer varieties mLxed, not less than 1(K) 

 blooms. Bronze medal for the best va.se 

 of mixed sweet peas, not less than 100 

 blooms. Bronze medal for the best two 

 vases of 12 sprays each white, and 12 sprays 

 pink. 



Thomas J. Grey Co. — A cut glass bowl. 



Burnett Brothers— For the best vase of 

 white, (Spencer variety) 50 sprays to the 

 v.Tse. Gypsophila or foliage other than 

 sweet peas can be used. $10.00. 



Weelier & Don— Vase of 100 sprays 

 mixed sweet peas, arranged for effect. 

 Gypsophila and foliage other than sweet 

 peas can be used. $10.00. 



Mount Desert Nurseries — Vase of one 

 variety, any color. 25 stems arranged for 

 effect, anv other foliage may be used. 1st, 

 $7.50: 2nd, $2.50. 



.Joseph Breck & Sons— $10.00. 



John Lewis Childs— Vase of mixed 

 sweet peas, not more than 25 sprays: 

 $"■1.00; 2nd, $3.00: 3rd, $2.00. 



Hltchings & Company — A silver cup. 



Hcnrv .\. Drecr— Vase of Spencers, Koyal 

 Purple"; 1st. JfiJ.OO; 2nd, $2..'i0. Vase of 

 Spemi-rs. Margaret Madison Improved; 

 1st. $5.00; 2nd. $2.50. 



Jerome B. Uiee Seed Co.— 1st, $5.(X); 2nd, 

 $3.00: 3rd, $2.00. . „„ 



Sutton & Sons— Silver cup. value $2.).00. 

 (or the best table of sweet peas, covering 

 12 snuare feet, and not to exceed three 

 feet in hiight. Gypsophila and foliage 

 other than sweet pea may lie used. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co.— Six distinct 

 varieties of Spencers, one vase of twenty 

 spravs of each variety, open to private 

 growers only. 1st. $12.00: 2nd. .'J.S.OO. 



F. R. Pier.son Co.— A silver cup. 



In addition to the above prizes, the 

 American Sweet Fea Society will offer 

 their usual cash prizes, gold, silver 

 and bronze medals. There is still op- 

 portunity for the trade and others to 

 offer prizes at this time. Meanwhile, 

 would extend thanks to those who 



"SEEDS WITH A LINEAGE" 



Seeds Willi a generation of finest 

 flowers and vegetables back of them — 

 carefully selected — really tested. 

 AVrite today for Catalog. 

 CARTER'S TESTED SFEDS. Inc. 



IfiC Chamber of Commerce Bid?. 

 BoBton, Mass. 



have so Kenerously contributed prizes 

 to what we hope will be the most suc- 

 cessful exhibition ever held by our bo- 

 ciely. 



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:!42 West 14th St.. N. Y C. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Tlie annual iiicctinn of the Oyster 

 Hay Horticultural Society was hold in 

 I'iremans Hall, Oyster Bay. N. Y., on 

 Dec. 23. Communications were read 

 offering prizes for the summer shows: 

 J. Koscoe Ray nor, $5.00. to be used at 

 the discretion of the society; John T. 

 Ingram, $10.0li, for collection of out- 

 door roses, eighteen varieties; H. C. 

 Smith. $5,110, at the discretion of the 

 society. Mr. Robinson, Mr. Duthie and 

 Mr. Walker were appointed as a spe- 

 cial committee to buy books on gar- 

 dening, etc.. to start a circulating li- 

 brary. 



On the monthly exhibits the judges 

 made the following awards: Antirrlii- 

 nums. F. Kyle; celery, Jas. Duthie; 

 violets, Jas. Duthie; Jas. Duckham. 

 honorable mention for Spiraea Phila- 

 delphia; John Sorosick. cultural certi- 

 ficate, for cauliflower. 



The election of officers for 1915 re- 

 sulted as follows: President, Jos. 

 Robinson: vice-president, Jas. Duck- 

 ham; treasurer. H. G. Vail; financial 

 secretary, F. Gale; secretary, Andrew 

 R. Kennedy; trustee for three years, 

 A. Walker. 



Executive Committee: John Soro- 

 sick. F. Kyle, A. Patton. John T. In- 

 gram. F. Gale, A. Dawson. G. De Graff. 



All officers were duly installed and 

 made appropriate speeches. 



Exhibits for the next meeting, to be 

 held Wednesday. Jan. 20, 1915, twenty- 

 five sprays of sweet peas, one ixit of 

 cineraria and six stalks of rhubarb. 



.•Vfter meeting adjourned all partook 

 of cigars and refreshments provided 

 by the Executive Committee. 



Ay DREW R. Ken.vedy, Secy. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 L. Daehnfeldt, Ltd., Odense, Den- 

 mark. — Wholesale Export Seed Cata- 

 logue. For the trade only. An illus- 

 trated list of the specialties of this 

 well-known firm. 



VV. I-J. Marshall & Co.. New York.— 

 191.T Catalogue of Marshall's ".Match- 

 less' Seeds. Well arranged and fully 

 illustrated. Plants, roots and imple- 

 ments included, also an Interesting 

 novelty list. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York.— 

 Annual Seed Catalogue for 1915: 70th 

 Edition. This always welcome visitor 

 comes in a very attractive dress this 

 year. "Invincible Asters" on title 

 page and a brilliant garden scene on 

 hack cover, both in natural colors. 

 There are four pages of novelty and 

 specialty list. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. - 

 Thorburn's Seeds, 1915. Plain and 

 dignilied as becomes a ll^-year-old. 

 comes this .New Year greeting, dressed 

 ill soft brown tints and carrying to the 

 garden loving public 148 pages of in- 

 spiration. An embossed illustration of 

 Thorburn's first store as it appeared 

 in 1802 is used as a centre medallion 

 on the title page. There are six pages 

 of enticing flower and vegetable seed 

 novelties. 



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HENRY F. IMICHELL CO. 



518 Market Street, ^hila. 



Seednmen r<'f|ulrinK the very beat 

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LANGPORT, 8CMERSET, ENGLAND 



Speci.al quotations on application 



W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 — Burpee's Annual for 1915. This 

 very comprehensive list of flower and 

 vegetables shows each year some dis- 

 tinct addition to its attractive fea- 

 tures. The present is its 39th issue. 

 King White sweet pea is used as cover 

 illustration on front and Baby Delight 

 watoiinelon on the back, both in 

 colors and there are four colored 

 plates inside. Attention is called in 

 several places to the effects of the Eu- 

 ropean war on the seed supply for 

 this year and it is contemplated to 

 issue a "war bulletin" about February 

 1st. giving such further information 

 as may have come to hand by that 

 date. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



John Gerard has retired from the 

 seed business in New Britain, Conn. 



James F. M. Farquhar, of R. & J. 

 Kar(]uhar & Co.. Boston, has gone to 

 Charleston, S. C, for his health and 

 will stay there until April. 



Classification and valuation of horti- 

 cultural imi)orts into New York during 

 tlie w'eek ending Dec. 19. 1914. were 

 as follows: Manure salt. $19. .571; fer- 

 tilizer, $4,508; grass seed, $726; trees 

 and plants, $21,150. 



