June 26, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The animal June exhibition of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held in the gymnasium of the Young 

 Men's Christian Association Building 

 June 16th. The show was larger and 

 finer than last year's. It was free to 

 the public, and was open from two- 

 o'clock in the afternoon until ten 

 o'clock in the evening. All of the ex- 

 hibits were of very fine quality. There 

 was keen competition in the classes 

 for school children, which classes 

 were very interesting. 



A silver medal was awarded the 

 F. R. Pierson Company for a vase of 

 Ophelia roses and a cultural certifi- 

 cate for Francis Scott Key roses and 

 a fine collection of climbing roses, etc. 

 Dr. C. C. Brace exhibited a beautiful 

 collection of campanulas, for which 

 he was awarded a special prize. 

 Special prizes were also awarded to 

 Col. Jacob Ruppert for a fine display 

 of dianthus and to Mrs. W. G. Nichols 

 for seedling carnation. Col. Franklin 

 Brandreth exhibited a very fine lot of 

 hybrid tea roses, for which he was 

 awarded a cultural certificate. A 

 cultural certificate was awarded also 

 to Chas. H. Tibbits for a choice dis- 

 play of pansies. Mrs. John D. Arch- 

 bold exhibited canterbury bells and 

 yellow antirrhinums, for which she 

 was given honorable mention. Mrs. 

 J. B. Trevor exhibited a seedling 

 dracena, receiving honorable mention. 

 The judges were James Stuart, Mam- 

 aroneck, X. Y., Joseph Mooney, Hast- 

 ings, N. Y., and W. H. Harvey. Ossin- 

 ing, N. Y. 



The awards in the different classes 

 were as follows: 



Ci lliHtlon liardy pereuniuls, Edw:\rd 

 Kiukhuut ijrize: 1st, .Mrs. II. U.irliugtou, 

 !JC:ird. I'. \V. I'oijp; :;ud, Mrs. S. llenuMiii], 

 Kard. Aliel Weeks. Three quarts of straw- 

 l)erries, Taxter & ('a\vo,.d prizes: 1st, J. 

 A. lirjwiiing, gard. Frank Jatugotsch. 

 Two rjuarls uf strawberries, two varieties, 

 Kiiig liros. prize: 1st, Geo. E. Dickinson, 

 gard. J. H. King; 2nd, Mrs. John D. Arch- 

 liold, gjrd. John S. Wahkjuist. Quart of 

 slr.nvtieri-ies, Charles D. Millard prizes: 

 1st. Dr. C. C. Brace, gard. Geo. Mcintosh; 

 -nit, Geo. E. Dickinson. Quart of straw- 

 berries, Marshall variety, Elmsford Nur- 

 series prize: No competition. Quart of 

 strawberries, amateurs only, 11. A. Rey- 

 nolds prize: Miss M, Ewing. Twelve 

 Idooms H. P. roses, assorted, Mrs. J. Her- 

 liert Carpenter prizes: 1st, Geo. D. Bar- 

 ron, gard. Jas. Liuane; 2nd, Mrs. Carl Vic- 

 tor, gard. Thomas A. Lee. Collection out- 

 door roses, Mrs. I'erd. Hermann prizes: 

 1st, Gen. E. A. McAlpin, gard. John Wood- 

 cock; 2nd, Mrs. H. Darlington. Twelve 

 blooms outdoor roses, Chas. I). Millard 

 prizes: 1st, Gen. E. A. McAlplne; 2nd, F. 

 E. Uandall, gard. Fred Bradley. Six 

 blooms 11. P. roses, amateurs only. II. R. 

 Frost prizes: 1st, Mrs. John I'. Dinkel; 

 2nd, Mrs. E. F. Giberson. 'nvelve II. T. 

 roses grown outdoors, 3 varieties, 4 each, 

 Frank R. I'icrsun prize: 1st, John D. 

 Rockefeller, gard. W. G. Woodger ; 2nd, 

 Mrs. W. ('. Nicluds. gard. Geo. N. Sullivan. 

 Ri-x varieties outdoor roses, G each, C. H. 

 Curtlss Co. prize: 1st. (ien. E. A. McAlpIn ; 

 2nd. .John U. Rockefeller. Three varieties 

 outdoor roses, G each. A. RIouin prize: 1st, 

 David L. Luke. gard. John Elliott; 2nd, 

 Mrs. Carl Victor. Twelve l)loonis outdoor 

 roses, Russell & Lawrle prize: 1st David 

 L. Luke; 2nd, .lohn D. Rockefeller. Vase 

 roses, Wtn. F. McCord prize: 1st, Mrs. 

 S. Hermann: 2nd, David L, Luke. Display 

 climbing outdoor roses, John H. .Sackett 

 prize: Is!. Miss Alice F. Neubrand. 

 Twelve blooms Fran Kark Druschki rose, 

 a friend's prizes: 1st. David L. Lnke: 2nd. 

 John D. Rockefeller. Eighteen vases sweet 



peas, IS varieties, James W. Smith prizes: 

 1st, Mrs. J. B. Trevor, gard. Howard 

 Nichols; 2nd, Dr. L. H. Baekeland, gard. 

 Jas. Caselli. Twelve vases sweet peas, 12 

 varieties, John Elliott prizes: 1st, Geo. D. 

 Barron ; 2nd, D. E. Oppeuheimer, gard. A. 

 .MacDouald. Six vases sweet peas, G va- 

 rieties, small growers only, Thomas Morris 

 prizes: 1st, Miss Blanche Potter, gard. 

 George Wittlinger, Vase 50 mixed sweet 

 peas. Thomas A. Lee prizes: 1st, Geo. D. 

 Barron ; 2nd, Dr. L. H. Baekeland. Dinner 

 table decoration, Julian F. Detmer prizes: 

 1st, Geo. Wittlinger; 2nd, Miss M. Ewing. 

 Three varieties peonies, 6 each: 1st, Mrs. 

 H. Darlington ; 2nd, Dr. C. C. Brace. Bou- 

 quet wild flowers, open only to school chil- 

 dren under 14 years, Abel Weeks prizes: 

 1st, Miss .-Vnna Gibson ; 2nd, Miss Etta 

 Bradley. Collection wild flo%vers named, 

 competition open only to school children, 

 .Mrs. F. A. Constable prizes: 1st, Master 

 Ralph D. Neubrand ; 2ud, Master Reiuhart 

 Heinlicher; 3rd, Master Wm. Aldridge; 4th, 

 Master Edward Remsen. Collection 12 va- 

 rieties vegetables. Gen. E. A. McAlpin 

 prizes: 1st. Mrs. J. B. Trevor; 2nd, Miss 

 Blanche Potter. Collection 6 varieties vege- 

 taliles, Dinkel & Jewell and E. W. Neu- 

 brand prizes: 1st, Dr. C. C. Brace; 2iid, 

 D. E. Oppenheiuier. Most meritorious ex- 

 hibit not provided for in the schedule, 

 Charles H. Tibbits prize: Jacob Ruppert, 

 gard., Frank T. Reld, collection of dian- 

 thus. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 CLUB. 



Ira H. Landis. of Paradise, read a 

 valuable paper on the Field Culture 

 of Carnations at the last meeting, 

 which we shall publish later. The 

 committee on the dahlia show report- 

 ed having secured some very fair pre- 

 miums from the Lancaster County 

 Fair Association for the amateur 

 classes. The space allowed for this 

 show has not yet been decided upon. 

 The committee on picnic reported hav- 

 ing arranged for a picnic at Rocky 

 Springs Park to take the place of the 

 July meeting, date to be announced 

 later. B. F. Barr announced that the 

 August meeting would be held at his 

 nursery and farm and that the in- 

 spection would start at 1 p. m. and 

 be followed by a variety of outdoor 

 sports until 6 p. m. when a light lunch 

 would be served and the meeting 

 called to order. Mr. Barr has ar- 

 ranged for some visiting nurserymen 

 to talk on this occasion. The pro- 

 gramme committee had arranged for 

 an Aster Symposium for this August 

 meeting which will have to be de- 

 ferred until another year. 



Mr. Keohane. of the H. F. Michell 

 Co.. gave us some interesting remarks 

 on the general condition of business, 

 all of an optimistic nature. Alphonse 

 Peters exhibited a number of climbing 

 roses and surprised us all with an ex- 

 hibit of Dahlias Georgeous, 20th Cen- 

 tury, Jack. Yellow Century and Ami 

 Bertlllion. Ai.hekt M. Hkuk. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held on June 18. William Judd 

 had on exhibition specimen of plants 

 of Clarliia double pink and Brilliant 

 and Telegraph cucumbers, 



Mr. Foster exhibited a collection of 

 Spencer sweet peas, also Alaska. 

 Both gentlemen were awarded a certi- 

 ficate of merit. Vice-President Wet- 

 terlow appointed Herman Sanford. 

 William Judd and Carl Eicke to serve 

 as discussion committee for the com- 

 ing year. W. T. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



More than 100 varieties of the lead- 

 ing roses were included in the. excel- 

 lent June exhibition of the R. I. Hor- 

 ticultural Society held last week in 

 the Narragansett Hotel, Providence. 

 The excellent opportunity offered for 

 the display of the blooms was taken 

 full advantage of by Superintendent 

 E. K. Thomas and the arrangement 

 added materially to the show. There 

 was an especially good entry in the 

 professional and special premium 

 classes, and the show was pronounced 

 a fine success. A feature, new to the 

 society exhibits, was a demonstration 

 in making up bouquets and floral 

 pieces by a Boston expert. The 

 awards follow: 



Professional and commercial growers' 

 classes. Collections of roses, greenhouse 

 grown : Fancy basket— 1st, Johnston Bros. ; 

 2nd Macnair. Piuk Killarney— Burke &. 

 Burns. White Killarney— 1st, Burke & 

 Burns- 2nd, E. J. Johnston. Richmond— 

 lUirke & Burns. Aaron Ward— 1st. E. J. 

 Johnston; 2nd, E. J. Bevins. Any other 

 variety— Burke & Burns. Sweet peas, 

 greenhouse grown— E. J. Bevins. Hybrid 

 Perpetual roses— Cornelius Hartstra. Fancy 

 basket roses— Macnair. Pink Killarney— 

 E. J. Bevins. White Killarney— E. J. Bev- 

 ins. Richmond— E. J. Bevins. 



Sweet peas, outdoor grown, collection- 

 Cornelius Hartstra. 25 sprays sweet peas— 

 1st Neil Ward; 2nd, Cornelius Hartstra. 



Open classes : Orchids— E. L. Nock. 

 Fuchsias— E. E. Howard. Geraniums— B. 

 E Howard. Table decoration of sweet 

 peas— 1st, Johnston Bros.: 2nd, Macnair. 

 Hardv herbaceous flowers— Daniel A. Clarke. 

 Peonies— 1st, Mrs. Samuel Brown; 2nd, 

 Cornelius Hartstra. 



In the special premiums classes, ihomas 

 Brook took 2nd, offered by the Providence 

 Seed Co., and B. J. Bevins won the W. 

 Atlee Burpee prize. The T. J. Johnston 

 & Co prize tor hardv herbaceous flowers 

 was taken by Cornelius Hartstra. John- 

 ston Bros, took the gold plated medal in 

 the floral art class for the best display, 

 consisting of a fancy basket and one 

 bride's shower bouquet. Macnair won on 

 display of roses and foliage plants ar- 

 ranged in a 10-ft. floor circle. Additional 

 awards were: Greystone Horticultural bo- 

 city for display of sweet peas, E. J. John- 

 ston for carnations, J. E. Kopelman for 

 carnations and gladioli, William Appleton 

 for wedding decoration, James Dillon for 

 hardy plants, Macnair for carnations in tias- 

 kets, vellow daisies, swee peas snap- 

 dragons and bride's basket, John Marshall 

 for poppies. SAG 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Annual Summer Exhibition of 

 this society was a grand success. The 

 number and quality of the exhibits 

 were noteworthy. The exhibition 

 was staged in the main assembly 

 room of the Town Hall in Greenwich, 

 Conn. The attendance was very good 

 indeed. In the classes set apart tor 

 aniifteurs and those not employing 

 professional help the entries were 

 numerous and some really good and 

 well grown flowers, fruits and vege- 

 tables were in evidence: 



The (;eo E. Baldwin Co. of ManiaroncH-k 

 were award.'d a certili.ato of ineiit for a 

 line dlsplav of orchids. Scott Bros.. Elins- 

 fonl \ Y., a certltl.ato of merit tor roses 

 and perennials; the ,1. II. •Iroy Nurseries 

 of New Rochelle, N. Y.. also the A. N. 

 Pierson Co. of Cromwell. Ct., honorable 

 mention for displays of roses. 



Many novelties among the hybrid 

 tea roses were noted, as well as a 

 number of new ramblers. The compe- 

 tition in the private gardener classes 



