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HOET I CULTURE 



November 6, 1915 



SAN FRANCISCO FALL FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



The Grand National Pall Flower 

 "Show was brought to a very success- 

 ful close on October 26 after running 

 for six days. Members of the trade 

 are agreed that it was the most elabor- 

 ate and satisfactory show ever held in 

 this city. The exhibits were excellent, 

 the prizes strongly competed, and the 

 attendance large, interest being stimu- 

 lated by a large number of special 

 events arranged in connection with 

 the display. While all seasonable 

 flowers were included in the prize list, 

 chrysanthemums were the main feat- 

 ure. These exhibits were arranged to 

 excellent advantage under the central 

 dome of the Palace of Horticulture. 

 The quality of the flowers was the sub- 

 ject of favorable comment both among 

 members of the trade and the general 

 public. It is certain finer specimens 

 •were never shown here before, and it 

 is doubtful whether a better showing 

 could have been produced in other sec- 

 tions of the country. The silver cup 

 offered by the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America for the best ten 

 iblooms, one variety of chrysanthe- 

 mums on long stems, was awarded to 

 the Lynch Nursery of Menlo Park. 

 The Hitchings & Co. prize for the best 

 six vases chrysanthemums, six varie- 

 ties, three blooms of each on long 

 stems, went to T. Etow of San Mateo. 

 The gold, silver and bronze medals of- 

 fered by Wm. Wells and Chas. H. Totty 

 for three blooms of the Earl Kitchener 

 chrysanthemum, were awarded to the 

 Lynch Nursery, Mrs. C. R. Waters of 

 Menlo Park and Shibuya & Ishida of 

 Stege, respectively. Percy EUings of 

 Menlo Park won the medal given by 

 the National Association of Gardeners 

 for the best six chrysanthemums of 

 six varieties. The Elmer D. Smith 

 prizes for the best six white, yellow 

 and pink chrysanthemums went to the 

 Lynch Nursery and the Hillsborough 

 Nursery. Shibuya & Ishida were 

 awarded the H. W. Buckbee prize for 

 the best vase of twenty-five blooms 

 chrysanthemum Mrs. W. H. Buckbee. 

 Besides these special awards for chrys- 

 anthemums many other prizes were 

 •offered for chrysanthemums, roses, 

 ■dahlias, begonias, orchids, etc. The 

 large room at the entrance of the 

 ■building was used for dahlias, be- 

 gonias, annuals, etc.. while the orchid 

 ■display and some of the other exhibits 

 were arranged in some of the side 

 rooms. The gold medal for the best 

 display of orchids in flower arranged 

 for effect with other plants went to 

 John A. Carbone of Berkeley. 



Among the special features. Pell- 

 ■cano, Rossi & Co. were award^i the 

 ■only prize for table decoration, com- 

 peted for five successive days; also 

 silver medal for the most artistic 

 bridal bouquet, and first prize both 

 ■ for the best arranged hamper or l)as- 

 ket and the most artistically arranged 

 ■basket of cut flowers. 



Other names which flgure promi- 

 nently as winners were E. James, H. 

 Plath, H. J. Kessel, San Mateo Co. 



Conservatories, Domoto Bros., Mrs. J. 

 Roos, F. Agari, Mrs. R. E. Darbee, 

 Geo. H. Young, Ferrari Bros., McLel- 

 lan & Co., J. B. Smith, G. A. Pope, 

 Bessie Boston Dahlia Co., Ruth 0. 

 Glendell, H. E. Bothin and John Val- 



lance. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The 20th Annual Flower Show of 

 this society was a complete success in 

 every respect. The same committee, 

 Wm." H. Duckham, Chas. H. Totty and 

 Arthur Herrington have arranged 

 every show since the shows started 

 20 years ago. so it is an old trick with 

 them. The big groups put up by Robt. 

 Tyson and John Downing, were the 

 works of finished artists. The table 

 decorations, which were just chrysan- 

 themum flowers, were very attractive 

 and drew crowds of the ladies. The 

 vegetable exhibits were of the high- 

 est order and filled one large nail. 

 We had two new carnations — Peace 

 from Frank Dinda. Farmingdale. L. I., 

 and Laura Weber from Chas Weber, 

 Lynbrook, N. Y., the former a white, 

 and the latter a pink. They showed 

 up well, but the standard kinds were 

 to the front. The best carnation in 

 pink was Enchantress Supreme, and 

 White Enchantress held its own, and 

 more in white. Champion, shown by 

 Wm. Duckham was easily the best in 

 the reds. Princess Dagmar scored in 

 crimson. 



In red roses, Hoosier Beauty had it 

 "all-over ' everything. A vase of Lady 

 Alice Stanley was considered by many 

 the best in the show but Ophelia hau 

 so many admirers that it was hard to 

 get near it. I mustn't forget Totty's 

 vase of Gorgeous, not in competition; 

 it was in a class by itself. 



Duckham's table of orchids de- 

 served special mention as did also 

 Peter Duff's specimen plant of Lady 

 Lydia. In Totty's new chrysanthe- 

 mums No. 20 pink scored 89 points; 

 Wm. Rigley single white. 90; Mrs. H. 

 Gibson, 89. 



There were 104 classes in the 

 schedule and competition was lively 

 all through. In the chrysanthemum 

 bloom classes eight 1st were won 

 by C. H. Totty, six by John Down- 

 ing, five by Ernest Wild, four by 

 James Fraser, three by Wm. Duck- 

 ham and one each by George Fisher 

 and Peter Duff who also was Ist 

 on specimen plant. In the rose 

 classes L. B. Coddington got five 1st, 

 L. A. Noe three. C. H. Totty, Hamilton 

 Farm and J. Wagner two each, ana 

 L. M. Noe one. Winnings in carna- 

 tions were Ernest Wild four, Wm. 

 Duckham. F. Brease and Hamilton 

 Farm two each, J. G. Douglass, G. 

 Ficher, Thos. Dorner and Springfield 

 Floral Co. one each. Other awards 

 were — Peter Duff for violets, Robert 

 Tyson for plant group and for Lor- 

 raine begonias. Jas. Fraser for pot 

 chrysanthemums. W. H. Duckham for 

 orchids and J. K. Linaburg two 1st 

 for greenhouse grapes. The entries 

 in the classes for fruit and vegetables 

 and farm produce were numerous and 

 of high quality. E. R. 



CHICAGO GRAND FLORAL FESTI- 

 VAL. 



The regular meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee was held at the Hotel 

 Morrison, October 28. the members in 

 attendance including A. Henderson, 

 W. N. Rudd, W. J. Keimel, August 

 Poehlmann, X. J. Wietor. Geo. Asmus, 

 Guy W. French, E. F. Kurowski, N. P. 

 Miller. Payne Jennings. Robert Bren- 

 ton, H. B. Howard, K. Patterson, 

 James Morton and M. Barker. Reports 

 of the various sub-committees were 

 presented, showing well matured plans 

 for the big exhibition, to be held at 

 the Coliseum, November 9-14. Wide- 

 spread interest in the event is evident 

 from the correspondence coming to 

 the officials from all sections of the 

 country, and the distribution of large 

 quantities of posters and posterettes 

 with liberal notices in the newspapers 

 have awakened unusual enthusiasm 

 locally. The competitive exhibits from 

 leading growers will be well worth 

 the attention of the trade in them- 

 selves and it is certain there will be 

 a good array of new plants and flow- 

 ers in the various sections. Many 

 novel features are promised by the 

 management, including elaborate floral 

 dances and fashions, ancient and mod- 

 ern, in the use of flowers for personal 

 adornment. Some contracts for trade 

 space are still pending as this notice 

 of the show goes to the press, the list 

 of those closed being as follows with 

 the value of space taken: 



Chloago firms— W. W. Barnard Co., $111; 

 Buchbinder Bros., .$60; O. J. Friedman, 

 .$.30.00: Ideal lAghUntx <'o.. .$27; Kroeschell 

 Bros. Co., $25: W. H. Kidwell & Son, $54; 

 Prank Oechslin, $43.20; Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., $43.20; Eaedlein Basket Co., $66; Schil- 

 ler, the Florist. .$66: Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 $120; Ernst Wienhoeber Floral Co., $63; 

 Geo Wittbold C"., $.-i4 : C. V. Pollwnrth Co., 

 Mllw.iukee, ■Wis.. $43.20; A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., Cromwell, Conn., $72; Haeger Brick 

 ,.t Tile Co., Dundee. $55.80; D. Hill Nur- 

 sery Co., Dundee, $96. 



M. B.4RKER, 



Chairman Publicity Com. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The fifteenth annual fall show was 

 held in the Town Hall, Lenox, Mass., 

 on October 26-27. Although the num- 

 ber of exhibitors were less than in 

 the previous two or three years, the 

 hall was well filled, all the exhibits be- 

 ing of the highest class and very taste- 

 fully arranged. In the centre was a 

 large circular group of plants arranged 

 for effect, shown by Giraud Foster, 

 gard. E. Jenkins. One of the leading 

 features was the magnificent group of 

 orchids exliibited by A. N. Cooley, 

 Pittsfield. orchid grower, Oliver Lines. 

 Cut chrysanthemums were well shown, 

 the winners in the leading classes be- 

 ing G. Foster, who won the Society's 

 cup for the best vase of 10 blooms 

 with the variety Mrs. G. L. Wigg. A. 

 X. Cooley and .Mrs. W. E. S. Griswold. 

 A silver cup offered by W. H. Walker 

 of Gt. Barrington, for the six best 

 blooms in the show was won by A. N. 

 Cooley. Roses and carnations were 

 well shown, the winners in roses being 



