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HOETICULTUEE 



October 2, 1915 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 This society lield its Annual Dahlia 

 Show on September 22-23, in Unity 

 Hall, Pratt street. Hartford. The en- 

 tries were larger than usual and the 

 dimensions of the hall were hardly 

 equal to the occasion. Vice-President 

 G. H. Hollister acted as superintendent 

 of the exhibition. J, F. Huss decorated 

 the stage, for which he received the 

 prize for the exhibit of most general 

 merit. He also got the Stumpp & 

 Walter cup for best display of annu- 

 als. From New Haven we had as ex- 

 hibitors Alfred E. Doty and John H. 

 Slocombe; from West Haven. C. Louis 

 Ailing; and from Taunton. Mass.. 

 Henry F. Burt. There were also a 

 number of growers for private estates 

 around Hartford, among whom might 

 be mentioned Niel Nelson and Nathan- 

 iel Slocombe, the latter of Farming- 

 ton, The vegetable exhibit was un- 

 usually fine, J. F. Huss carrying off 

 first money for the largest display. 

 There was also a fine display of fruit, 

 Warren S. Mason, of Farmington, hav- 

 ing things his own way in this depart- 

 ment and also carrying off the silver 

 cup for perennials, valued at $25. 



John H. Slocombe and Niel Nelson 

 were 1st and 2nd on seedling dahlias. 

 Mr. Nelson 1st for floral piece. Most 

 of the regular dahlia prizes were taken 

 by the parties above mentioned. There 

 were galadioli, cosmos, asters, etc., in 

 good quantity, from East Hartford Dah- 

 lia Gardens, A. Righenzi, H. L. Met- 

 calfe, N. Slocombe, N. Nelson, W. S. 

 Mason and J. F. Huss. 



MAPLEWOOD DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The first annual show of the Maple- 

 wood Dahlia Society took place in the 

 elegant hall of the Maplewood Field 

 Club, Maplewood, N. J., from 1 P. M. 

 till 10 P. M., followed by two hours of 

 dancing and was favored with every 

 success, good weather, good exhibits 

 and plenty of them and from miles 

 around, the judging being very hard 

 owing to the good quality of flowers. 

 The attendance was far beyond expec- 

 tations. We have the list of winners 

 in the 28 classes but unfortunately 

 have no copy of the schedule and con- 

 sequently are not able to tell what the 

 awards represent. Tlie list of winners, 

 however, includes F. V. Braun, A. A. 

 Earl, Mrs. W. F. Duel. Geo. Stevenson, 

 Miss M. Commerford, Walter Law- 

 rence, C. W. Groo, A. W. Pohlman, 

 Mrs. A. G. Seymour, Frank E. Taylor, 

 Mrs. C. W. Pollard, J. R. Le Count, J. 

 H. Ayres, E. B. Phelps and Wm. Lar- 

 big. 



The premiums which included 19 

 silver medals were mostly specials 

 contributed by friends of the Society, 

 including J. M. Thorburn & Co., Mrs. 

 J. R. Le Count, Henry A. Dreer, H. F. 

 Michell Co., H. B. Fraentzel, Walter 

 Lawrence, John Le Count, F. & F. Nur- 

 series, Geo. G. Salmon Co., Samuel H. 

 Ross, Wm. H. Kemp, Mrs. F. F. Dur- 

 and, Wm. H. Solph, C. Kessinger & 

 Co., Chas. M. Decker & Bro., L,. I. 

 Dahlia Gardens, S. G. Memory, Mrs. W. 

 M. Gray and Mrs. W. F. Deuel. 



The special Manda prizes were won 



by Hugo Volkening, Orange, N. J. The 

 judges were William Reid, John Gar- 

 vin and Dietrich and Kinsgrab. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual exhibition of fruit, flow- 

 ers and vegetables will be held in the 

 Town Hall, Lenox, Mass., October 26 

 and 27. The schedule of prizes has 

 been issued and copies may be had on 

 application to the secretary, John Car- 

 man, Lenox, Mass. The following in- 

 dividuals and firms appear as donors 

 of special prizes: 



W. E. S. Griswold, silver cup, for 

 collection of eighteen kinds of vege- 

 tables; W. H. Walker, silver cup, for 

 six blooms of the new chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. W. H. Walker; R, & J. Farquhar 

 & Co.. silver cup, for best collection 

 of twelve kinds of vegetables; Hitch- 

 ings & Co., silver cup, for best two 

 bunches of grapes; Lenox Horticul- 

 tural Society, silver cup, for best ten 

 blooms of chrysanthemums, one va- 

 riety; C. H. Totty, The Wells gold and 

 bronze medals, for two blooms of 

 Adele Griswold. 



Cash prizes are offered by A. H. Hews 

 Co., Frank Howard, Bon Arbor Chem- 

 ical Co., H. A. Dreer, A. N. Pierson Co., 

 W. E. Marshall, Scott Bros., Lord & 

 Buruham Co.. Peter Henderson & Co., 

 Carter's Tested Seeds and John Wilk. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting of the 

 Oyster Bay (X. Y.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety, the exhibition tables were well 

 filled with fruit, flowers and vege- 

 tables. The society's prizes were 

 awarded to Chas. Milburn for toma- 

 toes, and to James Duthie for dahlias 

 and apples. Honorable mention was 

 given John Sorosik and Jos. Robinson 

 tor dahlias: Chas. Milburn for mari- 

 golds; Alfred Walker for gladioli; A. 

 Yanuchi for celery. David Hothersall 

 received a cultural certificate for roses 

 and Chas. Milburn received the thanks 

 of the society for antirrhinums. Prizes 

 were received from I. Hicks & Son. 

 FVost & Bartlett Co. and Vaughan's 

 Seed Store. At the next meeting 

 prizes will be awarded for chrysanthe- 

 mums, cauliflower and celery. The 

 Dahlia Show, to be held on October 5 

 and 6, bids fair to be the best in the 

 history of the Society. Schedules for 

 the Dahlia and Chrysanthemum 

 Shows, to be held on November 2, are 

 now ready. A. R. Kennedy, Sec. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Cleveland Flower Show is pro- 

 gressing and it seems as though there 

 is likely to be considerable of an ex- 

 hibit there. The interest in the rose 

 exhibit is developing. Two more spe- 

 cial prizes have been offered, one from 

 Storrs & Harrison of $25, and another 

 of $10 for the prettiest vase of cut 

 roses, the decision to be made by a 

 vote of lady visitors. There will also 

 be a meeting of the American Rose So- 

 ciety held at that time in the Coliseum. 

 Also an Executive meeting of the Com- 

 mittee in New York City, October 11. 

 Ben.t.wiix H.^mmond. Secy. 



Beacon, N. Y. 



ST. LOUIS CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



The County Growers' Association 

 meets on October 6 at the Eleven Mile 

 House. 



The Lady Florists' Home Circle 

 meets Wednesday, October 13, at the 

 home of Mrs. E. Schray. 



The St. Louis Florist Club meets on 

 the grounds of the Bourdet Floral Co. 

 on Thursday afternoon, October 14. 

 This is at the home of the club's presi- 

 dent, Jules Bourdet. 



The Retail Florists' Association 

 meets on Monday, October 18. at the 

 Mission Inn Garden. 



HOUSTON, TEXAS. 

 State Flower Show. 



The Flower Show promises to exceed 

 last year's show by one hundred per 

 cent. About fifty per cent, of the flor- 

 ists of the state expect to make ex- 

 hibits. They realize the value of this 

 from last year's show, and are all com- 

 ing in on this year's show. Aside from 

 this, all of the out-of-the-state ex- 

 hibitors of last year and a great many 

 additional are planning exhibits for 

 this year, which shows they find it 

 worth while. 



We feel that the S. A. P. Convention 

 for Houston in 1916 has a great deal to 

 do with the added interest in our 

 Flower Show here. 



The S. A. F. Convention Outlook. 



William C. Gloeckner, of Albany, N. 

 Y. writes that he will organize a party 

 from his city for the Houston Conven- 

 tion. He says that the florists of his 

 city expect to take advantage of this 

 opportunity to visit the South. It is 

 more than likely that this party will 

 go by boat from New York to New 

 Orleans or Galveston — this however, 

 will he decided later. 



Mr. Gloeckner says — "Houston is a 

 long way from home but I am going to 

 do everything in my power to attend 

 the Convention next year and I will 

 try to get every florist in Albany to 

 accompany me on this trip." 



The indications are, plans being 

 formed so early, that this is going to 

 be a record-breaking convention. 



R. C. Kebe. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Donald McLaren has returned from 

 a business trip in the northwestern 

 part of the state. 



C. Kooyman has on display this week 

 a new seedling dahlia from Burns & 

 Co., a clear white color and in form 

 much like Minnie Burgle. 



Daniel MacRorie expects to take a 

 trip to the southern part of the state 

 shortly with his sister who is visiting 

 here from South Orange, N. J. 



MacRorie, McLaren & Co. have just 

 completed the renovation of the 

 Hawaiian state building at the Expo- 

 sition, supplying many tropical plants, 

 palms, etc. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society next week. 



