April 17, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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not less than twelve varieties, six 

 sprays to a vase. No. 18. Silver drink- 

 ing cup, value $15.00, for best twelve 

 pot-grown chrysanthemums in variety, 

 bush form, grown in 6-inch pots. Of- 

 fered by Vaughan's Seed Store, Chica- 

 go and New York. 



No. 19. S. A. F. & O. H. medals, for 

 six blooms seedling chrysanthemums, 

 of American origin, not exhibited pre- 

 vious to 1915. 1st, silver medal; 2nd, 

 bronze medal. Must score not less 

 than 88 points for silver medal and not 

 less' than 86 points for bronze medal. 

 Offered by the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists. Cins. W. JoiiN'soN, Sec. 



A PLEASING FLOWER BASKET. 



Special prizes offered for the sea- 

 sonal Chrysanthemum Show to be 

 held under the auspices of the Chry- 

 santhemum Society of America in con- 

 junction with the Pacific Coast Horu- 

 cultural Society and the Department 

 of Horticulture of the Panama-Pacific 

 International Exposition at the Palace 

 of Horticulture. Exposition Grounds, 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



No. 1. Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America prize, for the best ten blooms, 

 one variety on long stems — silver cup 

 — value $25.00. Prize donated by the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America. 



No. 2. Hatchings & Co. prize for the 

 best six vases of six varieties, three 

 blooms of each on long stems — silver 

 cup. Prize donated by Hitchings & 

 Co.. New York. 



No. 3. Wells-Totty prizes for three 

 blooms of Earl Kitchener, 1st gold, 

 2nd silver, 3rd lironze medals. Prizes 

 donated by \Vm. Wells, England, and 

 Chas. H. fotty, Madison, N. J. 



No. 4. Henry A. Dreer prizes for 

 six blooms any white chrysanthemum. 

 one variety on long stems — 1st $6.00, 

 2nd $4.00. Prize donated by Henry A. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



No. 5. A. N. Pierson, Inc., prizes for 

 six blooms any pink chrysanthemum 

 — one variety on long stems — 1st 

 $6.00, 2nd $4.00. Prize donated by 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 



No. 6. Elmer D. Smith & Co.s 

 prizes for the best six blooms — two 

 white, two yellow, two pink, staged in 

 separate vases with not less than 12- 

 inch stems— 1st $6.00, 2nd $4.00— open 

 to all. Prize donated by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. 



No. 7. National Association of Gar- 

 deners' prize (open to members of the 

 National Association of Gardeners 

 only) for the best six blooms — six var- 

 ieties, shown on long stems in one 

 vase — silver medal. Prize donated by 

 the National Association of Gardeners. 



No. 8. H. F. Michell Co.'s prizes for 

 twelve chrysanthemums — twelve vari- 

 eties — one flower each, short stems, 

 shown in separate vases — first gold, 

 second silver, third bronze, medals. 

 Prizes donated by H. V. Michell, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



No. 9. H. W. Buckbee's prize for 

 the best vase of twenty-five blooms 

 chrysanthemum Mrs. H. W. Bu< kbee — 

 silver cup. Prize donated by H. W. 

 Buckbee, Seedsman, Hockford, 111. 



No. 10. S. A. F. & O. H. medals. 

 Silver and bronze medals, class to be 

 arranged. Offered by the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists. 



Cha.s. W. .JoH.v.soN. Sec'y. 



Progressive florists are constantly 

 striving to keep out of the ruts which 

 so many get into in their floral work 

 and in the material used. Beautiful 

 as a well-arranged basket of roses, car- 

 nations, violets or other staple florists' 

 flowers may be, yet the use of the same 

 things continuoiisly soon becomes 

 monotonous and the public are always 

 disposed to favor anything out of the 

 ordinary as a change. The basket 

 shown in our illustration is from a 

 photograph kindly loaned to Horticul- 

 TUKE by Max Schling. It has the 

 pleasing quality of uniqueness com- 

 bined with simplicity which is charac- 

 teristic of so much of that artist's 



work. Ixias, clivias and adiantum 

 are the material used and it is to be 

 presumed that the color of the bas- 

 ket and the handle ribbon were in 

 proper harmony with the tints of the 

 flowers used. How flne it would be 

 if we only could reproduce these floral 

 pictures in their natural colors, for 

 color combination is in many cases 

 their strongest feature. The ingenu- 

 ity and taste exercised by the manu- 

 facturers of flower baskets in recent 

 years and the enterprise of the deal- 

 ers in such supplies have l)oen a great 

 help to the florist, furnishing him with 

 the wherewithal for the production of 

 artistic effects that otherwise would 

 be practically impossible. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its regular meet- 

 ing on P^riday evening, April 9, at Lee's 

 Hall, Manchester, Mass. In the ab- 

 sence of the president, Eric H. Wetter- 

 low presided. The schedule of prizes 

 for the annual exhibition August 

 4th and 5th was approved. Among 

 the list of officers given on the front 

 page are the names of four of the lead- 

 ing society ladies of the North Shore 

 summer colony. As they are all active 

 and earnest workers for the society, 

 and will be under the leadership of 

 Mrs. W. Scott-Fitz, the summer show 

 is already an assured success. A. 

 Leuthy of IJoslindale was the speaker 

 for the evening and gave a very irter- 

 esting and instructive lecture on the 



growing of palms, ferns and other dec- 

 orative greenliouse plants. He con- 

 sidered the areca the best of all palms 

 now in commerce. After the lecture 

 a general discussion followed led by 

 .Mr. Mulliard and participated in by 

 Messrs. Salter, Sanborn and Parsons. 

 Ernest Townsend exhibited a vase of 

 his new winter-flowering lupins, which 

 are selections from many crosses be- 

 tween Farquhar's Pink and the Hart- 

 wegii varieties. He was awarded a 

 silver medal. The spikes exhibited 

 were about three feet high and ranged 

 in tints from daybreak pink and most 

 delicate blues to pure white. It is the 

 concensus of opinion that these lupins 

 will supersede the snapdragon as a 

 winter flowering crop. It is a great 

 cropper, has pleasing fragrance and Is 

 a good keeper. 



