August 21, 1915 



nORTlCULTUEE 



246 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The ninth annual exhibition of the 

 Southampton Horticultural Society 

 was held in the Park Grounds in 

 Southampton, N. Y., on July 28 and 29. 



The entries this year were a record 

 and the competition in some cases 

 was very keen, as most of the classes 

 were filled. The display of flowers 

 were, according to the oldest members 

 of the society, the best ever seen at 

 Southampton, both in number and 

 quality; in fact, according to various 

 experts, the exhibition was spoken of 

 as the best of its kind ever held on the 

 Island. This exhibition is one of the 

 annual events of the fashionable 

 society that flocks to the colony at 

 Southampton for the summer and the 

 success of the exhibition is due to a 

 large extent to their active assistance. 



The most sought for prize Is that 

 offered " by the Southampton Garden 

 Club of $25, for best 12 varieties of 

 hardy perennials. This was won by 

 Mrs. Pomery, gard. J. Cassidy. Other 

 noteworthy exhibits were 12 gloxinias 

 by Mrs. Horace Russell, gard. Wm. 

 McCord, and the display of vegetables 

 tastefully arranged by Mrs. W. G. Cur- 

 tis, gard. J. Johnson; without doubt 

 this latter was the most talked of ex- 

 hibit. The display of water lilies by 

 H. A. Dreer was deserving of great 

 praise as also were the many groups 

 by the various nurserymen and florists, 

 including C. E. Prankenbach & Sons, 

 local; G. E. Stumpp & Co., Southamp- 

 ton and New York; Oak Park Nursery 

 Co., Patchogue; Swan River Nursery 

 Co., Patchogue, and John Lewis Chllds, 

 Plowerfield, L. I. The Judges were 

 John Canning of Ardsley, J. Malcolm 

 of Shinneeook Golf Club, Southampton, 

 and W. Halsey, florist, Southampton. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Despite the intense heat of the past 

 week, the regular monthly meeting of 

 this society was well attended. Hon- 

 orable mention was accorded to Owen 

 A. Hunwlck for a fine specimen plant 

 of Torenia Fourneiri gr.-fl. The outing 

 committee made their final report, and 

 was discharged with a vote of thanks. 

 The fall show will be held in the Ca- 

 sino at Stamford, Ct., Nov 5-6. Letters 

 were read from several good friends of 

 the society offering sub.stantial prizes. 

 Messa.-es were read from several of 

 our members enroute to the Coast to 



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attend the convention. All report hav- 

 ing a splendid time. The next meet- 

 ing will be held Sept. 10, when we an- 

 ticipate a fine display of seasonable 

 flowers. P. W. Popp. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



As the monthly meeting of the 

 Pacific Coast Horticultural Society 

 held Aug. 7th, was the last regular 

 meeting before the S. A. F. Conven- 

 tion, final preparations for that event 

 took up most of the time. Reports 

 were made by the different committee 

 chairmen, which showed that all ar- 

 rangements for the convention had 

 been well looked after. Announcement 

 was made that a permanent organiza- 

 tion to be known as the Ladies' 

 Auxiliary of the Pacific Coast Horti- 

 cultural Society has been organized by 

 the ladies connected with the trade in 

 this vicinity. Members of the society 

 were invited to attend the convention 

 of the Pacific Coast Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation, Aug. 12, 13 and 14. A lec- 

 ture on "Iris" by S. B. Mitchell was 

 very well received. The evening's 

 exhibits made a splendid showing. A 

 fine display of hybrid seedling gladioli 

 by Mr. Diener was rated at 99 points. 

 A sample of Nephrolepis tuberosa by 

 H. Plath took 80 points. An exhibit of 

 late Crawford peaches by Mr. Shilling 

 was rated at 75 points, and a collec- 

 tion shown by P. T. Pelicano including 

 four samples of cactus dahlias and a 

 vase each of gladiolus Niagara and 

 dahlia Hampton Court was judged at 

 70 points. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Chicago — J. Papas, Des Moines, la. 



New York—Louis J. Renter, Wester- 

 ly, R. L 



Newport, R. I.— Leonard Barron, 

 Garden City, N. Y. 



Rockland, Me.— Cap't Burnett Lan- 

 dreth, Philadelphia. 



Cincinnati: J. E. Morichard, repre- 

 senting S. S. Pennock-Meehan Com- 

 pany, Philadelphia, Pa. 



St. Louis. — Samuel Seligmann, New 

 York; H. Balsley, of Detroit Flower 

 Pot Co., Detroit, Mich.; Max Fein- 

 stein, Phila, Pa.; .Toseph M. Stern, of 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



Washington. — I. Rosnosky, repre- 

 senting H. F. Michell, Phila, Pa.; 

 Harry Quint, Boston, Mass.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Charles Eble, Jr., New Orleans, 

 La.; Charles E. Barton, Norwalk, Ohio. 



Pliiladelphia— Wm. Giljson, Idle Hour 

 Nurseries, Macon, Ga.; George Hors- 

 raan, representing Holmes Seed Co., 

 Harrisburg, Pa.; Alexander Forbes 

 and Alexander Forbes, Jr., Newark, N. 

 J.; William J. Stewart, Boston, Mass. 



Boston— William Plumb, New York; 

 David Burpee and W. Atlee Burpee, Jr., 

 of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 accompanied by Edward Bromfield of 

 "Good Housekeeping," all homeward 

 bound from a fortnight's vacation in 

 Camden. Mo.; Montague Free, Botanic 

 I (iarden, Urooklyn, N. Y.; Leonard Bar- 

 ron. Garden City, N. Y. 



THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE 

 MAINE SEA COAST. 



In our notes last week on one of the 

 foremost examples of fine gardening 

 at Bar Harbor, Me., we referred inci- 

 dentally to the treat that is in store 

 for all who make the trip to that 

 famous "down-east" resort on the oc- 

 casion of the meeting and exhibition 

 of the American Sweet Pea Society 

 which will probably be held there next 

 July. There will be not only the at- 

 traction of the beautiful summer es- 

 tates which abound in the several 

 famed "Harbors" of Mt. Desert but 

 the sublime panorama of rugged coast, 

 islands, reefs and sombre evergreen 

 forests which help to make every min- 

 ute of the sail from Boston to Bar 

 Harbor a never-to-be-forgotten delight. 



On each occasion that we have made 

 the trip to Bar Harbor by either of the 

 several routes provided by the East- 

 ern Steamship Corporation we are 

 more and more deeply impressed by 

 the matchless scenery of the Maine 

 coast. One may go direct by the Ban- 

 gor steamer from Boston to Rockland, 

 there transferring to the Bar Harbor 

 boat which winds its way around and 

 through the picturesque islands of 

 Penobscot Bay, with the highlands of 

 Mt. Desert in view for hours, passing 

 at Southwest Harbor, far-famed 

 Somes' Sound unriveled in its placid 

 loveliness by any other view on the 

 Atlantic coast. Even the renowned 

 Hudson River with its wonderful 

 scenery has nothing on the surf-lashed 

 crags of the Mt. Desert coast from 

 Seal Harbor to Bar Harbor. Between 

 Boston and Rockland there is a choice 

 of several routes, via Portland with 

 its magnificent harbor and among the 

 romantic islands and the swirling "hell- 

 gates" of Casco Bay, or via the Bath 

 line, and Seguin light which guards 

 the mouth of the great Kennebec 

 river. One may go by either of these 

 routes and return by another and we 

 have no doubt that the steamship 

 people will be ready with an ideal 

 itinerary when the time comes to get 

 ready for the sweet pea show. Sweet 

 peas grow grandly on Mt. Desert. In 

 common with all other outdoor flowers 

 their colors have a rare purity and 

 sheen, due to the moist and often 

 misty atmosphere, and the lawns pre- 

 sent a picture of purest emerald. Pew 

 there are who realize until they see It 

 the gorgeous brilliancy of a field of 

 roses, phloxes, irises, peonies, delphi- 

 niums or aconites in this soft atmos- 

 phere. The Mt. Desert Nurseries have 

 quantities of all these garden favorites 

 and a myriad other gems of the her- 

 baceous garden. During the present 

 month one of the most impressive 

 sights is a section of Arend's wonder- 

 ful hybrid astlbles, of which there are 

 nine or ten distinct varieties, ranging 

 from pure white to deep pink. The 

 flower spikes rise to a height of from 

 three to five feet. 



While on the subject of Bar Harbor 

 gardening we must not skip John Stal- 

 ford. who has a well-managed com- 

 mercial place. Melons under glass are 

 one specialty with Mr. Stalford. He 

 has five houses of them in bearing at 

 the present time, one house having 170 

 of these fruits, each suspended in a 

 net. After the melons are gathered 

 the house will be filled with carna- 

 tions. 



