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HORTICULTUEB 



September 25, 1915 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Society held its annual exhibition 

 Thursday and Friday of last week in 

 Harnionie Hall, New Haven. At 8 A. M., 

 Thursday,' everything was ready for 

 the admission of entries, and they 

 came thick and fast. John Lewis 

 Childs, Inc., of Flowerfield. N. Y., sent 

 78 vases of gladioli, each vase a dif- 

 ferent variety. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell. 

 Conn., sent phloxes and five large 

 vases of roses. P. W. Popp, of Mama- 

 roneck, N. Y., showed dahlias and 

 gladioli— a very artistic exhibit. The 

 city of New Haven made an especially 

 attractive display, through Gustave X. 

 Amrhyn. superintendent of the park 

 department. There were many beauti- 

 ful dahlias, lilies, phloxes, tuberoses, 

 pampas grass and myriads of poly- 

 antha roses. The finest and largest 

 display, however, was by John H. 

 Slocombe, the veteran dahlia special- 

 ist. He has served his day and gen- 

 eration and he has served it well. His 

 exhibit occupied the whole of the stage 

 and towered fifteen feet high in the 

 rear. It comprised dahlias, gladioli, 

 phlox, Shasta daisies and cosmos. 



For "collection of named gladioli," 

 John Lewis Childs was 1st, P. W. Popp. 

 2nd. For "ten named varieties of gladi- 

 oli." a special prize was awarded P. W. 

 Popp. 



The Lord & Burnham gold medal 

 •was awarded C. Louis Ailing, of West 

 Haven, for greatest number of points 

 won in exhibits throughout the year 

 .■at the bi-weekly meetings. The com- 

 petition was very keen. C. Louis Ailing 

 IS a young man who has made an envi- 

 able record as a dahlia grower. His 

 ■dahlia winnings were five 1st prizes 

 and six 2nd prizes. 



W. F. Jost. who has six acres under 

 dahlia cultivation in East Haven, won 

 eight 1st and five 2nd. Mr. Yosfs 

 dahlia farm is up to date. He has 

 about five hundred feet in length witli 

 patent sprinklers and other improve- 

 ments. Alfred E. Doty, of Morris Cove. 

 Conn., won three 1st and five 2nd in 

 the dahlia class. Lester B. Linsley. 

 of West Haven, won four 1st, one 2nd, 

 and an Award of Recognition for a 

 Dahlia Seedling of Merit, from seed in 

 1915. F. W. Dewhurst. of Milford. 

 Conn., won lour 1st for asters. 



Others who were prize winners in 

 the dahlia class were Joseph E. We)i- 

 ner. Derby, Conn.; Herbert H. Clark, 

 West Haven, Conn.; P. W. Popp, Mam- 

 aroneck, N. Y.; John Madzen. New 

 Haven; A. W. Davidson, Ansonia. 

 Conn.; Hubert R. Allen, West Haven; 

 Nathan A. Miller, Branford, Conn.; 

 Chas. C. Barnes, Fair Haven; W. J. 

 Myers and Otto C. Unger, both of New 

 Haven. 



John H. Slocombe entered but few 

 •classes, preferring to rest on the laur- 

 els he obtained in former years. He 

 took two first for yellow and pink 

 dahlias respectively, 1st for cosmos, 

 and a certificate of merit for a supe- 

 rior new dahlia. He also received an 

 award of recognition lor a meritorious 

 •dahlia seedling, from seed in 1915. 

 He gained the Sanderson prize for the 

 largest and best display of dalilias of 



EUONYMUS VEGETUS. 



This new Euonymus 

 appears to be a sport 

 from the well-known old 

 species, radicans, but it 

 is far superior on ac- 

 count of the large and 

 more glossy foliage. It 

 seems also to adhere 

 better to -smooth sur- 

 faces, such as frame 

 buildings and brick 

 wails, than the old 

 variety. The handsome 

 foliage is attractive 

 winter and summer, 

 and is not injured in 

 the least by our rather 

 severe winters; but the 

 main attractions are the 

 holly red berries which 

 cover the plant from 

 top to bottom after 

 frost. The berries form 

 in August and color in 

 November, but have 

 generally fallen before first of April. 

 The vine has become unusually popular 

 among those that know it, and in the 

 near future will be demanded as freely 



as the Crimson Rambler rose was 

 when introduced and E. vegetus is not 

 likely to suffer a decline as its foliage 

 is proof against insects and mildew. 



American origin. He also captured 

 the Elm City Nursery Co.'s prize of 

 twenty dollars for the "best vase of 

 fifteen blooms, showing stem and foli- 

 age of an American seedling, not yet 

 in commerce." 



Paul Florists' Club -was held on Sept. 

 21, at O. R. Echhardt's store. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation held its monthly meeting on 

 Monday night, Sept. 20th, at the Mis- 

 sion Inn Garden. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual September exhi- 

 bition of fruits and flowers on Thurs- 

 day and Friday, Sept. 16-17. in the bar- 

 room of the Narragansett Hotel, Provi- 

 dence. Exhibitors from all over the 

 State had sent choice blooms and gar- 

 den products, with the result that the 

 ballroom was a mass of color. 



The dahlias formed the largest part 

 of the collection and they were ar- 

 ranged down the center of the room on 

 a long stand. Many asters and gladioli 

 • e!e to he seen, the - bdiolns disniRv- 

 of A. P. Lenzen and the Carmicheal 

 Orrhards being especially beautiful. 

 Although many lilooms of a fine 

 quality were staged, the hot weather 

 had affected the flowers so that the ex- 

 hibition was not quite up to the stand- 

 ard of last year. The fruit classes 

 were not all filled, but the exhibits en- 

 tered were of the first order. The dis- 

 play of bees, wax and honey was un- 

 usually good. One of the features of 

 the exhibition was the large number 

 of entries of fruit and flowers receive! 

 fj-r- pcbnol children. 



The officers of the society are: Dr. 

 H. H. York, president; Harold L. Madi- 

 son, treasurer; Ernest K. Thomas, sec- 

 retary. The exhibition committee are 

 Eugene A. Appleton (chairman). 

 Joshua Vose, Arthur Sellew. CorneMi'» 

 Hartstra, Dr. H. W. Heaton, the presi- 

 dent and secretary. The judaes wevp 

 William Gray of Newport and Henry C. 

 Neuhrand, of Cromwell, Conn. 



The next meeting of the Albany (N. 

 Y.) Florists' Club will be held at the 

 Albany Cut Flower Exchange on 

 Thursday evening, October 7. 



The Prize Schedule of the Morris 

 County (N. J.) Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Society's twentieth annual flower 

 show has been issued and copies may 

 be obtained from the secretary. Ed- 

 ward Reagan, .Madison, N. J. The 

 date of the show is October 28-29. 



The third annual flower show of the 

 Holyoke and .\orthampton Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club will be held in 

 Windsor Hall. Dwight street, Holyoke, 

 on November 3 and 4, 1915. The com- 

 mittee in charge consists of D. J. Gal- 

 livan, Edward Honnessy, G. H. Sin- 

 clair. James Whiting, Wm. Downer, 

 Geo. Racklifte and George Strugnell. 

 A liberal schedule of prizes has been 

 issued. 



Among the principal prize winners 

 at the Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety show were John Little, gard. to 

 C. N. Welch. Chestnut Hill; Wm. Rob- 

 ertson, gard. to John W. Pepper, Jenk- 

 intown; Michael J. Flynn, gard. to H. 

 A. Poth, Wayne; David Ingram, gard. 

 to Mrs. Jos. F. Siunott, Rosemont; 

 Robert Abernethy. gard. to Thos. 

 McKean, Rosemont; James Bell, gard. 

 to J. W. Geary. Chestnut Hill, and 

 Robert J. Morrow, Chestnut Hill. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Dahlia Sliow at Newport. R. 1., 

 is on as we go to press this week. 



The September meeting of the St. 



The plant and flower exhibit in con- 

 nection with the 41st annual fair of 

 the Washington County Agricultural 

 Society last week at West Kingston, 



