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HOETICULTURE 



November 20, 1915 



he planned the floor. The exhibits 

 were up to the usual high standard 

 and the entries were larger than in 

 former years. The groups were again 

 the main feature of the show. Chrys- 

 anthemums, roses and carnations were 

 very good. The trade exhibits were 

 as follows: 



Collection of single and pompon 

 chrysanthemums and roses, A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn. Collec- 

 tion of single and hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums, Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y. 

 Fern "John Wanamaker," C. A. Peter- 

 son, Tarrytown, N. Y. Collection of 

 Japanese and pompom chrysanthe- 

 mums, Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich. 



There was a very interesting and 

 attractive exhibit of seedling ane- 

 mone chrysanthemums from Carl D. 

 Schaefler, superintendent of the Rich- 

 ard Mortimer estate. Mr. Schaeffer 

 has worked hard to improve the ane- 

 mone type, and by the quality of his 

 exhibit, his efforts have not been in 

 vain. The judges awarded them a 

 certificate of merit. 



H. M. Tiltord, gard. Joseph Tansey 

 won in the 18 bloom class with the 

 following chrysanthemums: 



B. C. Pulling, Mrs. Wm. Tricker, Mrs. J. 

 P. Mitchell, Rose Pockett, Mrs. G. Drabble, 

 Pocket t's Crimson. Kew.Tuee, Erne.st Wild. 

 Mrs. Bogg, Wm. Klelnhelnz, Mrs. W. H. 

 Walker, F. S. Vallis, Kate Alnslcy, A. Gris- 

 wold. Earl Kitchener. Elberon, Mrs. Surrey, 

 Nakota. 



Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell, gard. Thos. 

 Wilson won in the 12 bloom class, 

 with the following: 



Ladv Hopetown. R. C. Pulling, Bose 

 Pockett. CaUimet, PlUieron. Mrs. .1. P. Mit 

 chell, Jas. Eraser, Odessa, F. S. Viillis. H. 

 E. Converse. Alganoc, Naressia. 



David Wagstaff, gard. Thos Lyons 

 won in the six bloom class with: 



Jas. Eraser, Wm. Turner. Elberon, Men- 

 don, Mrs. Bogg, Mrs. (',. Drabble. 



Mr. Wagstaff's "Mrs. G. Drabble" 

 won the prize for the largest bloom 

 in the show. 



The visitors were Messrs. R. Spears 

 and E. Jenkins, Lenox, Mass.; J. Mul- 

 ler from Julius Roehrs, Rutherford, 

 N. J.; L. Don and J. Morrison from 

 Weeber & Don, N. Y.; J. Wilk: P. 

 Fay from Peter Henderson & Co.; 

 Joseph A. Manda, W. Orange, N. J.; 

 C. Ebel, Madison, N. J.; Mr. Storey 

 of the Metropolitan Material Co.; R. 

 T. Beers from A. N. Pierson, Inc.; 

 Wm. Scott of Scott Bros.; C. A. Pe- 

 terson, Tarrytown. 



The judges were A. Herrington, 

 Madison, N. J.; Thos. Page, Great Bar- 

 rington, Mass., and Alex. MacKenzie, 

 Highland Falls, N. Y. 



Julius Roehrs Co., special for group 

 of plants: 1st, H. M. Tilford, gard. 

 Joseph Tansey; 2nd, Geo. F. Baker, 

 gard. James MacMachon. Scott Bros., 

 special for group of chrysanthemums: 

 Ist, G. G. Mason, gard. D. MacGregor; 

 2nd, H. M. Tilford. 



Henry A. Dreer specials for group 

 of ferns: 1st, A. Monell, gard. 0. 

 Davidson; 2nd. Geo. F. Baker; three 

 specimens ferns: 1st, David Wagstaff, 

 gard. Thos. Lyons; 2nd, A. Monell; 

 one specimen fern: 1st, A. Monell; 

 2nd, H. M. Tilford. 



Winners in the other classes, of 

 which there were many, covering 

 chrysanthemums — pot and cut, roses, 

 carnations, fruit, vegetables, decora- 

 tions, centerpieces, etc., included H. 

 M. Tilford. G. G. Mason, G. P. Baker, 

 Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell, gard. Thos. 

 Wilson, D. Wagstaff, Mrs. A. S. Car- 



hart, gard. C. Costecki, R. Mortimer, 

 C. B. Alexander, gard. Wm. Hastings. 

 A. Monell, A. Seton, gard. P. Cassidy, 

 Mrs. S. Spencer, gard. Emile Barth, 

 W. M. V. Hoffman, J. I. Blair, gard. D.. 

 S. Miller, Neil MacMillan, H. H. Rog- 

 ers, R. Delafleld, Arden Farms Dairy 

 Company and Alex. Roy. 



Special prizes other than those al- 

 1 eady mentioned were contributed by 

 Weeber & Don, John Scheepers & Co.. 

 C. H. Totty (gold, silver and bronze 

 medals), A. N. Pierson, Inc., Harry A. 

 Bunyard and Bon Arbor Chemical Co. 



STAMFORD, CONN. 

 The 5th annual fall show of the 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society was held at Stamford. 

 Ct., Nov. 5-6. The exhibition through- 

 out was of exceptional merit. The 

 schedule was composed of 118 classes 

 and the entries were numerous and 

 the competition very keen. The judges 

 were Samuel J. Trepess, of Glen Cove. 

 Howard Nichols, of Yonkers, Samuel 

 Redstone, of Philadelphia, and Wm. 

 Turner, of Oceanic, N. J. The exhibi- 

 tion was well attended and was a 

 financial success as well as a display 

 of rare beauty and a credit to the en- 

 terprising and progressive element in 

 this vicinity. There was a very fine 

 display of decorative work, dinner 

 tables, floral baskets and centerpieces 

 being numerous and varied, and each 

 a credit to the exhibitor. The trained 

 chrysanthemum bush plants were fine, 

 and in form and quality equalled those 

 exhibited elsewhere. Several groups 

 of flowering and foliage plants and 

 cut chrysanthemum flowers arranged 

 for effect, added attractiveness to the 

 show. The vegetables were of excep- 

 tional merit. 



The most meritorious exhibit was 

 staged by A. Alius, gard. for J. B. Cobb, 

 and was awarded a special prize. 

 Lilacs and spiraea were featured. The 

 largest bloom was Ewen McKenzie's 

 Wm. Turner. The prize for display of 

 outdoor blooms was won by J. P. 

 Sorensen, Essex Fels, N. J. The win- 

 ning table decoration was by Thos. 

 Aitchison. The chief honors for bush 

 l)lants went to W. J. Sealey, gard. for 

 Chas. Mallory. Other winners were 

 Mrs. L. P. Childs, W. H. Maginnis, 

 Mrs, Wheeler, gard. John Orr, W. W. 

 Heroy. gard. A. Wynne, M. I. Borg. 

 gard. Owen A. Himwick, G. D. Barron, 

 gard. Jas. Linane, A. G. Smith, gard. 

 Carl Hankenson. 



Among the many other successful 

 chrysanthemum exhibitors were Mrs. 

 W. G. Nichols, gard. G. D. Sullivan, 

 J. B. Cobb, Wm. Ziegler, gard. A. 

 Bieschke, Miss G. Iselin, Robert Grun- 

 nert, Mrs. Nathan Strauss, gard. Thos. 

 Aitchison, Mrs. J. H. Flegler, gard. 

 Wm. Whitton, John I. Downey, gard. 

 Thos. Ryan, W. W. Heroy, Mrs. Henry 

 Darlington. Mrs. F. A. Constable, gard. 

 Jas. Stuart and A. G. Smith. In the 

 pompom classes honors were divided 

 by W. J. Sealey, Thos. Bell and Joseph 

 Tiernan, gard. for Adrian Iselin, Jr. 

 Among the carnation classes, the most 

 successful were W. W. Heroy, J. B. 

 Cobb, Mrs. N. Strauss, W. H. Magm- 

 nes, Henry Holberg and E. C. Bene- 

 dict. The same names serve as a list 

 of principal winners in the rose classes 



with premier honors going to W. H. 

 Maginnis and Anton Peterson. The 

 winners of the vegetable classes are 

 all enumerated among the above ex- 

 hibitors. On orchids, palm and foliage 

 plants, the honors were divided by 

 A. Bieschke, A. Alius. E. C. Benedict, 

 Mrs. J. H. Flagler, Mrs. Oliver Hoyt, 

 gard. Jas. Foster and Robert Grunnert. 

 The manager of the show was Henry 

 Wild. Riverside, Conn. 



P. W. Popp, Cor. Sec. 



NEWARK, N. J. 

 There was a chrysanthemum show 

 moderate in extent but very high in 

 quality at the Bamberger department 

 store on Thursday, November 11. 

 First prizes were won in the chrys- 

 anthemum classes by Guttman & 

 Raynor, Jacob Hauck, Irvington 

 Greenhouses, W. S. Miller, Chas. H. 

 Totty, H. Hornecker, Davis & Davis, 

 Elizabeth Nursery Co., George Penek 

 and Hausmann Bros. Phillips Bros. 

 got a silver cup for the best retail ex- 

 hibit and 1st prizes for table deco- 

 ration and mantel decoration. The 

 silver cup for best growers' group was 

 won by H. Hornecker as well as 1st 

 for handle basket. Begerow was 

 awarded first for wedding decoration, 

 John Crosley won first for bouquet, 

 William Tricker a special for water 

 lilies, H. Hornecker first for group 

 of foliage plants and Boston fern, F. 

 N. Eskesen for group of ferns, Gutt- 

 man & Raynor for roses and violets, 

 Irvington Greenhouses a special for 

 carnations. John Pfeitfer and Chas. 

 Weber also won 1st in carnation 

 classes. Other prize winning exhibit- 

 ors were A. Linserman, E. Jacoby, 

 Rasbach & Son, J. Wagner and E. C. 

 Strobell & Co. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



Chicago, III. — A Chicago agency of 

 Carter's Tested Seeds has been estab- 

 lished with A. L. Berry & Co., 230 

 South La Salle street, J. Fisher in 

 charge. 



The Board of Directors of the Mer- 

 chants' Club of Baltimore City, at a 

 meeting held on Nov. 9th, 1915, elected 

 as a member Charles J. Bolgiano of 

 the seed firm of J. Bolgiano & Son.. 



The value of imports of horticultural 

 material at the Port of New York for 

 the week ending Nov. 6, is as follows: 

 Nitrate of soda, $341,297; manure salt, 

 $3,085; fertilizer, $930; clover seed, 

 $23,639; grass seed, $1,737; trees, 

 bulbs and plants, $182,239. 



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