October 2, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



441 



42 W. 28th St., New York ; 4th, G. E. M. 

 Stunipp. 



Bridal bouquet: 1st, Max Schling; 2nd, 

 I'l. E. M. Stumpp. 



Non-Commercial. 



DO varieties, 1 eaili, short stems: 1st, 

 E. M. Towuseud, gard. .las. Duiliie, O.vster 

 Bay, N. Y. ; 2nd, \Vm. J, Mathcson, gard. 

 Jas. Kirljy. Huutiugton, X. Y.; lird, Ar- 

 thur Daly, 35S Fifth Ave., N. Y. 



25 varieties, do.: Arthur Daly. E. N. 

 Towuseud. Miss Eleanor I'. Fullerlcin, Med- 

 ford. X. Y., resi>e(-tiv<-ly. 12 varieties, do.: 

 E. .N. Towuseud, Arthur Daly, \V. .[. Mathe- 

 son, respec-tively ; speeial to Mrs. U. Dar- 

 liujrtou, gard. 1*. \V. Popp, Mauiaroueek, 

 X. Y. Wiuiu-rs in other classes in this 

 section were: .Mrs. II. Darlington; Win. 

 Shillaber. gard. ,T. V. Soreuson, Essex Kails, 

 .\. .1.; Mjss Elizabeth .Morehouse. I'airfleld. 

 Conn.: Mrs. C. II. Stout. Short Hills. N. J.; 

 and .luhn I-'. .Anderson. IJeruardsvillc. X. J. 



In the si.\ color classes, 1st prizes were 

 won by \V. .\. Finger. It. Vincent, Jr. & 

 Sons Co.. I'cacnck Dahlia Farms. C Lewis 

 .\lling and \V. .\. .Manda. the last named be- 

 iug in the ( lass for "any other color." with 

 the uew variety Mrs. Uupout. The "largest 

 decorative bloom" prize was also won by 

 .Mr. Manda with the luw variety, .Albert 

 .Manda. Largest cactus bloom. \V. .V. Fin- 

 ger: largest peony bloom, Mrs. Darlington. 



The pompon classes were won bv C. L. 

 .Ailing. X. H. Cottain and AVui. Shillaber. 



Specials were awarded to W. A. Manda, 

 Wni. Shillaber and Miss Morehouse In 

 dahlia classes, Wni. Shillaber for display 

 of auuuals, Jlrs. E. T. Burrows, I'laiufleld, 

 X. J., for basket of dahlias, Bobbink & 

 Atkins, Rutherford, X. J., for meritorious 

 display. Prof. Hall, lieneva, and Geo. H. 

 Stilliuan for special collections. The Gar- 

 den Magazine Achievement Medal was 

 awarded to Mrs. C. H. Stout for exhibit oi 

 seedling dahlia Sunshine. 



DAHLIA SHOW AT SAN FRAN- 

 CISCO. 

 One of the most successful flower 

 shows ever arranged here was the 

 Dahlia Show held September 18 and 19 

 under the auspices of the California 

 State Floral Society and the .\lameda 

 County Floral Society in conjunction 

 with the Department of Horticulture 

 of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Ex- 

 position visitors swarmed tlie building 

 during the show, and much interest 

 was shown in the awardin.s; of the 

 prizes, all of which, whether med- 

 als or cash, were given by the P. 

 P. I. E. About 25 awards were made 

 in the class open to growers. For the 

 best collection of dahlias, the Lovers' 

 Point Dahlia Garden received gold 

 medal; Bessie Boston Dahlia Farm, 

 silver medal; Miss Ruth Gleadell, 

 bronze medal. For the best collection 

 in at least four classes, the Bessie Bos- 

 ton Dahlia Farm took 1st and C. S. 

 Quick 2nd. For best 24 cactus dahlias, 

 the 1st went to the Bessie Boston 

 Dahlia Farm and 2nd to .Miss Ruth 

 Gleadell. Frank Pelicano took 1st for 

 24 decorative and the Bessie Bos- 

 ton Dahlia Farm 2nd. F'rank Peli- 

 cano was awarded 1st for vase of 50, 

 with Delice and Burns & Co.. took 

 2nd with Geisha. For seedliiii; dahlia 

 never before exhibited in competition, 

 Arthur Carter took silver medal; L. J. 

 Fenton, bronze medal, and J. W. Glea- 

 dell, honorary mention. Frank Peli- 

 cano received bronze medal for the 

 best this year's seedling, and L. J. Fen- 

 ton honorary mention. Special awards 

 of silver medals were given to J. W. 

 Gleadell, I.. J. Fenton, Bessif Boston 

 Dahlia Farm and C. S. Quick for col- 

 lections of seedlings. For an especial- 

 ly fine showing of l.OfiO varieties, T. 

 A. Burns was awarded a special medal 

 of honor. 



The final premium list of the Cleve- 

 land Flower Show to be held at the 

 Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio, November 

 10 to 14, 19115, Wednesday to Sun- 

 day, inclusive, has been completed. 

 This list includes the special prizes 

 for the annual exliibition of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America, 

 for the fall exhibition of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society, and for a special 

 exhibition of carnations, all to be 

 held under the joint direction and 

 supervision of the Ohio Horticultural 

 Society, Cleveland Florists' Club and 

 Garden Club of Cleveland. 



In connection with this great event 

 will be held the annual exhibition and 

 convention of the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America; fall exhibition and 

 meeting of the American Rose Society; 

 meeting of executive committee of 

 the American Carnation Society; ad- 

 journed meeting of the Florists' Tele- 

 graph Delivery Association; adjourned 

 meeting of the Gladiolus Society of 

 Ohio. 



The Chrysanthemum Society list of 

 special prizes comprises 80 classes, 

 the premiums offered being very lib- 

 eral and including ctips. medals and 

 cash contributed by Hitchings & Co.. 

 H. A. Dreer. E. G. Hill Co.. Wells and 

 Totty. H. E. Converse. Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co.. Wm. Kleinheinz. Julius 

 Roehrs Co.. .Xational Association of 

 Gardeners, Alpine Mfg. Co., A. N. 

 Pierson. Inc.. Elmer D. Smith & Co.. 

 .Michell's Seed House. John C. Monin- 

 ger Co., Vaughan's Seed Store and a 

 long list of Cleveland patrons of hor- 

 ticulture, also Lhe Society of .\merican 

 Florists' medals tor meritorious seed- 

 lings. Chrysanthemum prizes will be 

 awarded on Wednesday, November 10. 

 The rose section, under the auspices 

 of the American Rose Society, includes 

 the premiums as listed from No. 81 to 

 117A. in which are represented as 

 donors, Benj. Hammond, A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc., Robt. Scott & Son, Lamborn 

 Floral Co., Cleveland Cut Flower Co., 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Storrs & Har- 

 rison Co., and a large number of 

 Cleveland firms and individuals, with 

 munificent contributions. The rose 

 awards will be made on Thursday, 

 November 11, 



The carnation section comprises 

 classes 118 to 154A and these will be 

 judged on Friday, November 12. The 

 premiums are offered by such gentle- 

 men of national prominence as Jos. H. 

 Hill, president of the American Carna- 

 tion Society, John D. Rockefeller, etc., 

 and there is a tempting list of certifi- 

 cates of merit to be striven for, under 

 the section of seedlings and sports. 



In the general classes, stove and 

 greenhouse plants, violets, cyclamen, 

 antirrhinum, lilies, begonias, orchids, 

 ferns, etc., are well provided for with 

 liberal special premiums, up to a $100 

 silver cup for group of orchids. These 

 classe are to be staged Wednesday, 



An item of much local interest is 

 the Corrigan Cup. valued at $;'')00, to 

 be competed for by private growers of 

 Ohio only. This is class 263. 36 chrys- 

 anthemum blooms, 6 varieties, 6 blooms 

 each, to be staged in two vases. Exhi- 



bitors may furnish their own vases, 

 .Vny accessories and greens allowed. 

 -Arrangement to be considered. This 

 cup is to become the temporary prop- 

 erty of the winner for one year, to be 

 returned to the Cleveland Flower Show 

 Committee one month before the date 

 of their next show. Before the cup be- 

 comes the permanent property of any 

 private grower, he must win it three 

 times at the Cleveland Flower Show, 



One of the important and interesting 

 features will be the non-competitive 

 exhibit of table decorations, bride and 

 bridesmaid bouquets, corsages asd 

 basket arrangements by the leading re- 

 tail florists of Cleveland and a number 

 from New York. Boston, Philadelphia, 

 Rochester, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cincin- 

 nati, Indianapolis and other leading 

 cities. 

 Announcement for 100 Special Prizes. 



The star 1 ' ) that precedes nearly 

 100 classes in the premium list signi- 

 fies that in the classes so marked, 

 .$5.00 in gold will be given to the sec- 

 tion man or actual grower of the stock 

 taking first prize in that class. 



In the non-commercial classes, a 

 luedal will be given instead of a cash 

 prize. After the awards are made the 

 exhibitors winning classes with stars 

 ( * 1 attached should register their grow- 

 ers' name or names with the exhibi- 

 tion committee as soon as possible to 

 assist in the prompt distribution of 

 these special prizes. 



Prizes of this nature have never 

 been offered in connection with any 

 previous llower show to the knowledge 

 of the committee. 



The list of judges is as follows: 



Chrysanthemums, J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

 wardsville. 111.: Michael Bloy, Detroit, 

 Mich. 



Roses, Kmil Buettner, Park Ridge,. 

 111.; John H. Dunlop, Toronto, Can. 



Carnations, Eugene Dailledouze,. 

 Brooklyn, N, Y.; Wm. Nicholson, 

 Framingham, Mass, 



.Address all correspondence to 356 

 Leader Bldg.. Cleveland. 



.Address all shipments, care Frank 

 .\. Friedley, Cleveland Flower Show,. 

 Wigmore Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Bowling. 



The following letter has been sent by 

 C. J. Graham, chairman of the howl- 

 ing tournament to the secretaries of 

 all the Florists' Clubs in the country. 



Dear Sir: During the week of our big 

 Cleveland Flower Show we intend to hold 

 a "Florists' National Bowling Tourna- 

 ment." As the S. .A. F. Tournament this 

 year was not well attended by the llorlsts 

 from the eastern and central states, we be- 

 lieve our Tournaiueni will be more thaa 

 welcomed by the bowlers of the trade. 



We extend a cordial lnvltatli>n to your 

 clfv to enter one flve-mau team, as well as 

 singles, In this Tournanieul. Members of 

 the teams are not eligible to bowl in 

 singles. 



Liberal prizes will 1m' olTered. I'rlze list 

 will he mailed within a few days. The 

 high man on each team and the live n en 

 in the singles are to bowl o(T for a speclat 

 irnphy. the nature of which will bo an- 

 ni'iinced later. 



rlcnsc bring this before your members 

 .IS soon ns possible and let us gel your 

 views on lhe subject. Alsti please call your 

 members' attcntoln to the number "f na- 

 tional meetlnKS to l>e held here. 



