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HORTICULTUKE 



October 30, 1915 



Flower Show is the following, re- 

 ceived too late for printed schedule. 

 Class 162A— 150 lily of the valley, any 

 greens allowed ; flowers must be grown 

 and arranged by exhibitor; prizes ?12, 

 $8, $5, by Chas. Schwake Co., New 

 York. Cottage Gardens Co. have drawn 

 honors by being the first to make en- 

 tries in the big show. 



The decorating committee met on 

 Tuesday, Oct. 26 and Chairman F. C. 

 W. Brown outlined the final plans for 

 securing novel effects. The executive 

 committee met on Wednesday with 

 Chairman Baldwin. Mrs. L. Dean Hol- 

 den. Mrs. A. S. Ingalls. General Chair- 

 man H. P. Knoble and Secretary F. A. 

 Friedley present and plans were for- 

 warded for making the tea garden a 

 prominent social feature of the show. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 Grand Autumn Flower Show. 



The last of the year's flower shows 

 at Horticultural Hall will be held on 

 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sun- 

 day, November 4 to 7. While chrysan- 

 themums will be the chief feature of 

 this show there will be in addition 

 large displays of foliage and flowering 

 plants, evergreen trees and shrubs, 

 orchids, carnations, and seasonable 

 fruits and vegetables. 



Other attractive features will be 

 the artistic displays of chrysanthe- 

 mums arranged for decorative effect 

 showing the various ways the flowers 

 can be used for home decoration. The 

 collections of apples and pears especi- 

 ally will be on a large scale and will 

 show the possibilities in the culture of 

 fruit in New England. Prizes amount- 

 ing to $2100.00, are offered at this ex- 

 hibition which will be the largest 

 show of the year. 



The exhibition will open on 

 Thursday, November 4, at 12 o'clock, 

 continuing through Friday and Satur- 

 day from 10 a. ra. to 10 p. m., and on 

 Sunday, from 1 to 10 p. m. The Bos- 

 tonia Orchestra will give concerts 

 every afternoon and evening from 2 to 

 5 and from 7 to 10 o'clock. 



WiM.i.vji P. Rich. Sec'y. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF NEW YORK. 



The Fall Exhibition of this society 

 will be held November 4th to 7th at 

 the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, 77th street and Columbus avenue. 

 A cordial invitation is extended to all 

 to make exhibits at this, the largest 

 fall exhibition in this city or its vicin- 

 ity. Schedules will be sent upon appli- 

 cation to the secretary, George V. 

 Nash, New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash. Secretary. 



SAN FRANCISCO FALL FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



The Grand Fall Flower Show was 

 opened in the Palace of Horticulture 

 at the Panama-Pacific Exposition on 

 October 21st, with about the finest 

 showing of flowers ever assembled for 

 exhibition purposes in this city. The 

 opening day was "Horticulture Day" 

 at the exposition. That special feature 

 had been well advertised, whicn 

 brought a large and enthusiastic at- 

 tendance. The distribution of quanti- 

 ties of flower seeds, ferns, cut flowers, 

 etc., donated by exhibitors, created 

 quite a sensation. All available floor 

 space is utilized for the display, and 

 special features have been arranged 

 for each day of the show, which will 

 last a week. Seven bands have been 

 engaged to furnish music every after- 

 noon and evening in the various sec- 

 tions, with ten Spanish and eight Ha- 

 waiian singers, and Miss Pauline Tur- 

 ner, soprano, contributing songs. The 

 show will be open until 10 o'clock each 

 evening. 



COUNTRY FAIR FRUIT AND 

 FLOWER SHOW. 



The displays of vegetables, fruit and 

 flowers, as departments of Chester I. 

 Campbell's Country Fair at Mechanics' 

 Hall, Boston, this week, formed a 

 large and interesting section of the 

 show on the main floor. The flower 

 show was under the auspices of the 

 Co-operative Flower Market and man- 

 aged by Norris F. Comley. James 

 Wheeler acted as judge. 



W. H. Elliott was represented by a 

 fine table of roses in vases and a col- 

 lection of market chrysanthemum 

 plants, E. F. Dwyer & Son made a 

 brilliant showing of dahlias. Where 

 they got them at this late date in such 

 unblemished condition is a mystery. 

 The carnation growers responded 

 nobly. Patten & Co. showed large 

 vases of ten leading varieties. 



There were several dinner tables 

 prettily decorated. One with centre 

 piece of oncidiums and lily of the val- 

 ley impressed us especially with its 

 dainty elegance. One of yellow and 

 white pompon chrysanthemum made a 

 rich effect with croton foliage. Sweet- 

 heart roses and Bouvardia Humboltii 

 were very pretty in another. A very 

 creditable collection of conifers in 

 pots and tubs was shown by the 

 Breck-Robinson Co. of Lexington. 



The apple displays made the largest 

 item. There were hundreds of boxes 

 all carefully packed and showing all 

 the qualities of perfect fruit. The 

 Maine exhibit was in barrels. Ver- 

 mont made a big showing as did New 

 Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode 

 Island, the latter winning first honors. 



The array of vegetables by the 

 Boston Market Gardeners' Association 

 was very extensive and of high qual- 

 ity. Each variety was shown in a 

 bushel box as packed for market. The 

 Essex County Training School made a. 

 fine showing in this department. 



In the flower section 1st prize for a 

 table decoration was won by Henry R. 

 Comley and 2d by Wax Bros. First 

 prize tor general disi)lay of cut flowers 

 went to E. F. Dwyer. 



A special prize has been offered 

 Class 32, by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 

 for the most effectively arranged 

 basket of cut chrysanthemums at the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society's ex- 

 hibition. Any foliage may be used. 

 1st, $10.00; 2nd, $6.00; 3rd, $4.00 Ex- 

 hibit to be in place November 3rd at 1 

 P. M. Entries must reach the secre- 

 tary,, E. W. Neubrand, Tarrytown, N. 

 Y., on or before October 30th. 



Coming Events 



Shows. 



Pasadena, Cat., Oct. 28-30.— Eighth an- 

 nual Fall exhibition of the Pasadena Hor- 

 ticultural Society. 



OystCT Bay, I>. I^ N. Y., Nov. 2.— Chrys- 

 anthemum show of the Oyster Bay Horti- 

 cultural Society. Andrew K. Kennedy, 

 Westbury, L. I., secretary. 



Holyoke, Mass., Nov. S-4.— Third An- 

 nual Flower Show, Holyoke and North- 

 ampton Florists' and Gardeners' Club. 

 Windsor Hall. 



New London, Conn., Nov. 3-4. — Chrysan- 

 themum, fruit and vegetable show. 



New York. N. T., Nov, S, 4, S.— Annual 

 Chrysanthemum Show of the American In- 

 stitute, Entrlneerlng Societies Building. 



Tarrytown, N. Y., Nov. S-4-8.— Chrysan- 

 themum Show In the Music Hall. 



Worcester, Mass., Nov. 4-5.— Chrysanthe- 

 mum show. 



Boston, Nov. 4, S, 6, T. — Grand AatnmD 

 Exhibition, MaSBBCbDsetts Horticaltnral 



Society. 



Syracuse. N. Y., Nov. 4-6.— Chrysanthe- 

 mum Show. 



New York, N. Y., Nov. 4-1.— Annual Au- 

 tumn exhibition of Hort. Soc. of New York. 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Stamford, Conn., Nov. 6-6.— Annual ex- 

 hibition of Westchester and Fairfield Hor- 

 ticultural Society. 



Tuxedo Park, N. Y., Nov. 6-6-7. — Annual 

 exhibition at Tuxedo Club House. 



Toledo, O., Nov. 7-10.— Fall flower show 

 at the Art Museum. 



.imherst, Mass., Nov. 8-9.— Annual Au- 

 tumn flower show of the Department of 

 I'loriculture. 



Phila<leliilila, Pa.. Nov. 9-12.— Annual Fall 

 exhibition. 



Chicago, III.. Nov. 9-14.— Grand Floral 

 Festival of the Chicago Florist's Club and 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago, to tx 

 held in the Coliseum. 



Cleveland, O., Nov. 10-14. — Cleveland 

 Flower Show. The only show of national 

 scope in the United States this fall. P. A. 

 Friedley, Sec., 356 Leader Building. 



Cleveland, O.. Nov. 10-14.— The American 

 Rose Society Fall Exhibition and Meeting 

 in connection with the Cleveland Flower 

 Show, Coliseum. 



Cleveland, O., Nov. 10-14.— Annual show 

 and meeting of Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America. In conjunction with the Cleve- 

 land Flower Show. Chas. W. Johnson, 

 Sec, 2226 Falrflax Ave., Morgan Park, 111. 



Providence, B. I., Nov. 11-18.— November 

 Exhibition, Rhode Island Horticultural 



Society. Narragansett Hotel. 



Baltimore. .Md,.. Nov. 15-20.— Maryland 

 week exhibition, Maryland State Horticul- 

 tural SocietT, First Regiment Armory. 



Houston. Tex.. Nov. 17-20.- Texas State 

 Florists' Association flower show. 



Only Nine Days Until 



the Opening of the 

 Cleveland Flower Show 



The schedule of prizes for the Fifth 

 Autumn Exhibition of the Westchester 

 & Fairfield Horticultural Society has 

 been issued. The show takes place on 

 Fridav and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6. at 

 the Armory, Stamford, Conn. The 

 prizes are liberal and will no doubt 

 bring out a fine display. Copies may 

 be had on request to P. W. Popp, cor- 

 responding secretary, Mamaroneck. N. 

 Y. 



