NOTCmber 24, 1906 



rtORTICULTURU 



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Obituary 



Rudolph Ulrich. 

 We gladly give space to a few notes 

 on the life of the late Rudolph Ulrich 

 which were not in our possession when 

 our previous brief obituary notes 

 were written. Mr. Ulrich was a native 

 of Weimar, Germany, where he was 

 born in 1S41. He came to this country 

 in 18GC, his first work here being on 

 the grounds of the Hotel del Monte 

 at Monfnrey. Cal.. where his excellent 



taste was well displayed and a most 

 enviable reputation was won. As 

 superintendent of landscape architec- 

 ture at the Columbian Exposition at 

 Chicago, the Trans-Mississippi at 

 Omaha, the Pan-American at Buffalo 

 and in the laying out of E. C. 

 Benedict's place at Greenwich, Conn., 

 his success was widely recognized. 

 Prospect Park, Brooklyn, where he 

 served as superintendent, displays 

 among the features introduced by Mr. 

 Ulrich the rose garden and the grounds 

 about the institute and a large part 

 of the plaza. For ten months previ- 

 ous to his death he was engaged in 

 laying out the grounds of the Chateau 

 Kearney at Fresno, Cal. 



Wm. S. Wilson. 

 Wra. S. Wilson, a well-known rose 

 gi-ower of Wellesley, Mass., died on 

 November 8, aged 48 years. He 

 leaves a widow and three children. 



The Ontario Horticultural Associa- 

 tion clo-ed its third annual exhibition 

 at Toronto on November 10 with the 

 most gratifying results. In the awards 

 for prizes Exhibition Park and Allan 

 Gardens were fir=t and second, re- 

 spectively, for the best group of 

 plants; f . McHugh took the Allan cup. 

 Challenge cup and the Score special 

 prize for the largest bloom exhibited; 

 Dale Estate were first for best fifty 

 blooms; Steele Briggs Seed Co. first 

 for six white chrysanthemums. J. S. 

 Simmons took first prize for decorated 

 dinner tables. 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE 

 BALTIMORE SHOW. 



The Baltimore show has already 

 been ably reported by Mr. Seybold. 

 I trust, however, that a few hurried 

 notes from an outsider will not be 

 out of place. The management of the 

 Gardeners' Club are to be congratu- 

 lated on h;iving gotten up, after an 

 interval of years, a most creditable 

 show The present exhibition is dis- 

 tinctly encouraging, and reflects great 

 credit on the club. The leading 

 people in the trade did their utmost 

 to make it a success. It was a fitting 

 dedication for the new building of the 

 Florists' Exchange, which is a model 

 structure in every way. 



An unannounced prize for the best 

 vase of cut blooms in the show went 

 to Stevens?on Bros, for an extra fine 

 lot: of Killarney roses, which well de- 

 served the prize. 



George Morrison's vases of cut 

 blooms of Nellie Pockett, Cheltoni, 

 and William Duckham were superb, 

 and made one of the features of the 

 show. 



C. M. Wagner, considering his lim- 

 ited facilities, had an unusual number 

 of firsts to his credit in various 

 classes. His pot plants grown to sin- 

 gle stem were especially creditable. 



Among Jno. Cook's new roses 

 Madonna is certainly a beautiful thing 

 and of the purest white imaginable. 



Frfd G. Burger's wreaths, plateaus, 

 and baskets were distinguished for 

 richness and good taste, and always 

 had a crowd around them — especially 

 feminine. 



G. A. Lotze and George Morrison 

 had the distinction of carrying off 

 between them the largest number of 

 firsts in the cut chrysanthemum 

 classes. 



Messrs. Halllday Bros, had a grand 

 lot of specim.en palms as a center piece 

 in the upper hall on which their card 

 was missing. They were good enough 

 to have a card all right. 



Isaac H. Moss exhibited among 

 other things a fine lot of evergreens 

 in ttilis. Among them was one labeled 

 "Scotch Pine." It was just an or- 

 dinary Scotch fir, but 1 was glad to 

 see an old friend. 



'The Fir Is KinB of Scottish woods, 

 But the Queen — ah! where Is she? 



Down by yon winipliuff burnie's side. 

 The bonnie birkeu tree." 



G. C. W. 



THE COLUMBUS EXHIBITION. 



Our second annual chrysanthemum 

 show was held in our new rooms in 

 the Brent Building, November 12 and 

 13. In quality of exhibits it was all 

 that the most enthusiastic of the craft 

 here had hoped for, and reflected much 

 credit on the florists of this city. 

 Owin.g to our moving into new quar- 

 ters, it made the show a week later 

 than the original date arranged, but 

 this proved to be all in our favor, as 

 chrysanthemums have been very late 

 in finishing this year. Not only was 

 this meeting our chrysanthemum 

 show, but also house-warming, and a 

 very entertaining musical program had 

 been arranged by the committee, which 

 was thoroughly enjoyed by the large 

 number who thronged the rooms. In 

 the class for six exhibition blooms of 

 three varieties, the Fifth Avenue Flo- 

 ral Company was first, with Timothy 

 Eaton, W. H. Chadwick and Golden 



Wedding, the latter variety being espe- 

 cially fine; for second prize came E. 

 Melzmaier; John H. Williams took 

 third award. The next class was for 

 three exhibition blooms of three var 

 rieties; the competition here brought 

 out some of the best flowers in the 

 show. C. P. Torrey, with Miss May 

 Seddon, Souvenir de Montbrun and 

 Merza took the first prize; the Fifth 

 Avenue Floral Company took the sec- 

 ond prize. In the various classes for 

 blooms, commercial stale, the competi- 

 tion was very strong. The first class 

 was for six blooms cut from three 

 plants. John H. Williams was first 

 with all Bonnaffons; E. Metzmaier sec- 

 ond with G<jlden and W. H. Chad- 

 wicks; and the third prize went to the 

 Fifth Avenue Floral Company for W. 

 11. Chadwick. The next class under 

 the commercial scale was for two 

 blooms cut from one plant, and both 

 awards were given to W. H. Chadwick, 

 the first prize to the Franklin Park 

 Floral Company and the second to the 

 Fifth Avenue Floral Company. In the 

 nine commercial blooms cut from 

 three plants class, E. Metzmaier was 

 first and John H. W'illiams second; for 

 three blooms cut from one plant, Sher- 

 man Stephens was fir.st with W. H. 

 Chadwick, and the Fifth Avenue Flo- 

 ral Company second. Special prizes 

 were offered by Graff Brothers and M. 

 B. Faxon, in which competitions per- 

 haps the greatest interest of the show 

 centered. The Graff Brothers' prize 

 was for the best twelve blooms in the 

 exhibition, commercial scale, and was 

 given to the Franklin Park Floral 

 Company for twelve splendid blooms, 

 half of which were Golden Chadwick 

 and half W. H. Chadwick. The M. B. 

 Faxon prize for five commercial 

 blooms was won by the Fifth Avenue 

 Floral Company for five beautiful W. 

 H. Chadwicks. The committee award- 

 ed "Highly Commended" to the Frank- 

 lin Park Floral Company for finished 

 blooms of Dr. Enguehard. The Liv- 

 ingston Seed Company received "Hon- 

 orable Mention" for a large collection 

 of blooms which included many ele- 

 gant new and standard varieties. 

 "Honorable Mention" was also given 

 to both Sherman Stephens and C. A. 

 Roth, for collections of blooms which 

 included many of the best commercial 

 sorts. The attendance was very satis- 

 factory, and both flowers and the mu- 

 sic were very much enjoyed. The com- 

 mittee on awards was M. B. Faxon. 

 Samuel Graff and T. A. Sexton. R. A. 

 Currie was manager of the exhibits, 

 and A. M. Hills, John H. Williams and 

 Edward Helfrich composed the general 

 committee of arrangements. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The annual meeting of the Michigan 

 State Horticultural Society to be held 

 at Benton Harbor on December 6, 7, 

 and 8, promises to be of unusual in- 

 terest. 



The Des Moines Florists' Club which 

 was organized last winter and held 

 regular meetings until the busy season 

 seems to have gone to sleep and is at 

 a low ebb at present. 



The Huntington (N. Y.) Horti- 

 cultural and Agricultural Society held 

 their annual meeting on November 13 

 and elected the following officers for 

 the coming year: President, Wm. 

 O'Hara; vice-pres., James Kirby; sec., 

 A. H. Funnell; treas., D. Conklin. 



