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HORTICULTUKE 



August 14. 1915 



WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE OF THE PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



In Connection With S. A. F. Convention 



Top row, left to right B. Myer, M. Poss, F. Bertrand; middle row, left to rifflit— Win. Kettlewell. J. Axel, A. J. Rossi. D. Ray- 

 mond, V. Pode.sta; Ijottom row, left to rigbt— J. E. Potlieringham, Walter HoBnghoff, H. Platb, T. Taylor. 



NORTH SHORE EXHIBITION. 

 The annual summer flower show of 

 the North Shore (Mass.) Horticultural 

 Society opened Wednesday afternoon, 

 August 4. despite a deluge that flooded 

 the tent where the exhibit was held 

 on the estate of Mrs. R. C. Winthrop. 

 West Manchester. The show was con- 

 tinued another day. however, but with 

 no success as far as the weather was 

 concerned. 



Among the more notable displays 

 was that of Mrs. H. L. Higginson. who 

 had a nunibsr of small exhibits, and 

 won first prize for the best specimen 

 plant lilium auratum and first prize 

 for best dinner table decoration, a 

 rustic arrangement with a miniature 

 tea garden for a centerpiece. 



Mrs. W. D. Denegre. gard. H. Clark. 

 took second prize for table decoration 

 in sweet peas. Miss Pauline Croll also 

 entered a table decoration in snap- 

 dragon. Mrs. F. P. Prazier won sev- 

 eral prizes, including a first for artis- 

 tically arranged table of liardy herba- 

 ceous flowers and first lor specimen 

 plant petunia (Rosy Morn). Mrs. Les- 

 ter Leiand. gard. E. Wetterlow, re- 

 ceived many prizes, including a first 

 for best table of flowers arranged for 

 effect, for which Mrs. S. P. Blake took 

 second. Mrs. Leiand took first for 12 

 distinct varieties of specimen plants 



and Mrs. Lathrop Brown second. Mrs. 

 Leiand also received a silver medal 

 for a magnificent group of begonias, 

 first prize for 12 achemines and a cer- 

 tificate for a new geranium. 



The vegetable displays were par- 

 ticularly good, Mrs. C. S. Hanks taking 

 first prize for a table very artisticallv 

 arranged, A silver cup was given to 

 Mrs. Frank B. Bemis for a general 

 collection, and a special prize wa.s 

 awarded Mrs. H. L. Higginson. 



The school garden competition was 

 spirited and upwards of 75 prizes 

 were distributed in this section. 



Certificates of merit w-ere awarded 

 for new geranium named Mrs. Lester 

 Leiand, by Eric Wetterlow; standard 

 heliotrope, by Mrs. T. J. Coolidge. .Jr.. 

 gard. Gustave Ericsen; Pink Mallow, 

 by Mrs. H. S. Grew 2nd. gard. .lames 

 Mcllheneny; display of fruit, by Wil- 

 liam Allen. Silver medal to Col. Chas. 

 Pfaff for Epidendrum rismatocarpum. 



W. T. 



There will be an exhibition, mainly 

 of gladioli, of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York, on Saturday and Sunday. 

 August 21 and 22. at the Museum 

 Building. New York Botanical Garden. 

 An invitation is extended to all inter- 

 ested to take part in the exhibition 

 Schedules are now ready and will be 

 sent on application to the secretary. 

 George V. Nash. New York Botanical 

 Garden. Bronx Park. N. Y. City. 



George Y. Nash, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



For the fall exhibition of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society to be held in Cleve- 

 land, November 10th to 14th. the fol- 

 lowing prizes have been offered: 



Twenty-flve dollars by A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., for the best 

 50 blooms of Hadley roses. 



Silver cup from The Lamborn Floral 

 Co., Alliance, O. 



Silver medal from Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, New York and Chicago. 



Ten dollars in cash from "The House 

 of Burpee." Philadelphia. Pa. 



Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, 

 Pa., $25 for 50 Killarney Brilliants. 



These prizes are specials in addition 

 to those of the regular list and in all 

 probability there will be a number 

 more added. Much interest is arising 

 in this exhibition, and there are two 

 jirizes to be offered for the best un- 

 named rose that will be |)laced upon 

 exhibition. 



Benjamin Hammond. Sec. 



Philadelphia — John Burton and party 

 of about fifteen Montgomery county 

 celebrities spent the week-end at 

 Forked River August 1st. An interest- 

 ing diversion of the outing was a 

 friendly visit on Saturday evening to 

 the Truly Rurals and the (^ommodore 

 at Waretown. 



