February 22, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



179 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 Carnations of every conceivable 

 variety and color formed the principal 



leal ure of the lirst regular (lower show 

 ever given by the Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston, held Tuesday 

 afternoon at Horticultural Hall. 



The show was held because of the 

 fact that the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society had decided to abandon 

 iis annual exhibition this year. The 

 public was invited to attend and a 

 large number visited the hall. 



The lirst prize for a new carnation 

 was captured by the "Bernice." a deep 

 crimson, exhibited by w. D. Howard 

 of Mil ford, and the second prize went 

 to C. S. Strout of Biddeford. .Me., for 

 his "Sunshine'' pink, a pale yellow. 

 Mr, Strout also carried off the award 

 for the largest display of carnations. 



Other exhibitors who were awarded 

 prizes included Littlefield & Wyman of 

 North Abington, Mrs. E. K. Farr of 

 Stoneham, S. G. Goddard of Framing- 

 ham. Win. Sim of Cliftondale and 

 A. A. Pembroke of North Beverly. 



A. W. Preston, John L. Smith, gard., 

 carried off the silver medal for the 

 finest display of orchids, while the first 

 prize for pansies went to C. T. Beasley 

 of East Milton. 



M. W. Farr, of Reading, made a clean 

 sweep of all the prizes for sweet peas, 

 carrying off nine premiums. Penn, the 

 florist, and H. R. Comley won prizes 

 for display of flower baskets, while 

 other exhibitors to whom awards were 

 made included: William Thacher, 

 W. C. Rust and W. N. Craig, all of 

 Brookline; Edward A. Clark of Jamaica 

 Plain, the W. W. Edgar Co. of Waverly. 



"Carnation Night'' was celebrated at 

 the conclusion of the show. Andrew 

 K. Rogers, the club president, presided 

 and the organization voted to indorse 

 the League of Nations. Brief talks on 

 carnations were given by C. S. Strout 

 of Biddeford, Me.; Ernest Saunders of 

 Lewiston, Me.; George E. Buxton of 

 Nashua, N. H., W. D. Howard. Mil- 

 ford, Mass., and S. J. Goddard of Fram- 

 ingham. 



CARNATION BERNICE. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting was held in 

 Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, on Wed- 

 nesday, Feb. 12th, with a large attend- 

 ance. Phillip Lucking of Oyster Bay 

 and Peter Stroyer of Brookville were 

 elected to active membership and R. C. 

 Hallock as an associate member. The 

 judges appointed for the monthly ex- 

 hibits were Messrs. Wm. Milstead, 

 Chas. Young and Geo. Gilder. The 

 following awards were made: 1 pot 

 of cyclamen, first, and 50 single 

 violets, first, to Robert Jones. It was 

 unanimously agreed that this society 

 go on record as protesting against the 

 Horticultural Import Prohibition and 

 a letter of protest was ordered sent to 

 Senator Calder and Congressman 

 Hicks representing Nassau County. 

 It was decided to hold the annual 

 dinner at the Glen Head Hotel on 

 Wednesday, February 26th, and that 

 the dinner committee— Messrs. Ernest 

 J. Brown, Ernest Westlake and John 

 W. Everitt — be empowered to make 

 all necessary arrangements An ex- 

 tremely interesting essay was read by 

 John F. Johnson entitled "The Value 



Grown by W. D. Howard, Milford, Mass. 



of a Scientific Education, wr 

 Arthur Smith. A letter of 

 was ordered sent the author. 

 Lickman, president : Wm. C. 

 lum, secretary, and A. Knight 

 ber of the Islip Horticultural 

 were present and each spoke 

 Competitions, for next montl 

 ing to be held on Wednesday 

 12th, at 7 p. m., are: 1 pot 

 of tulips, 6 heads of celery 

 sticks of rhubarb. 



Harry Goodbaxd, Co 



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 thanks 



R. V. 



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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York will hold an exhibition in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 Central Park West and Seventy- 

 Seventh street, March 28th. 29th and 

 30th. 



The schedule of classes and pre- 

 miums is as follows: 

 Plants. 

 NON-COMMEECIAX GROWERS. 



Group of spring flowering plants. Kill sq. 

 ft. arranged for effeot. 1st. $lon, 2nd, $50; 

 group of foliage plants. 100 sq. ft, arranged 

 for effect. 1st, $100, 2nd. $50 ; group of Or- 

 chid plants, 50 sq. ft., arranged for effect, 

 Decorative plants permissible, 1st, $50, 2nd. 

 $25; Acacia, three plants, 1st, $12. 2nd, $6; 

 Acacia, specimen, Amaryllis, twelve plants. 

 Cineraria, six plants. Cyclamen, twelve 

 plants, 1st, $0, 2nd, $3; Hydrangea, speci- 

 men, Marguerite, specimen. 1st, $3, 2nd. $2: 

 Primula malacoldes. twelve plants. Primula 

 obconica, twelve plants, Schizanthus, six 

 plants, not over eight inch pots, 1st. $0. 

 2nd. $3; Schizanthus. specimen. 1st. $.1. 

 2nd. $2. 



COMMERCIAL GROWERS. 



Group of spring flowering plants, 150 sq. 

 ft., arranged for .fleet; Group of Orchid 

 plants, loo sq. ft., arranged for effect. Dec- 

 Mr itive plants permissible, 1st, $100, 2nd, 



$50. 



Bulbous Plants. 



SOB-COMMERCIAL GROWERS. 



Early Flowering Tulips, six pans, six va- 

 rieties; Darwin Breeder, or May-floweriue 

 Tulips, six pans, six varieties; Narcissus, 



six pans, six varieties; Lilies, six pots, 1st, 

 $1. 2n.l. $2, 



Cut Flowers. 



NON-COMMERCIAL GROWERS. 



Roses, is Ophelia or any Ophelia sport; 

 Roses, is pink: Roses. Is red; Roses, 18 

 yellow; Roses, is white; Carnations, 25 

 while; Carnations, 25 flesh pink; Carna- 

 tions, 25 light pink; Carnations, 25 dark 

 pink; carnations, 25 scarlet; Carnations, 25 

 crimson ;. Carnations. 25 variegated; Antir- 

 rhinum, is spikes; Mignonette, 12 spikes- 

 Sweet Peas, 100 sprays, 1st, $3, 2nd, $2 in 

 each elass. 



COM MERCIAL GROWERS. 



Roses, 25 white; Roses, 25 light pink; 

 Roses, 25 ilark pink; Roses, 25 red; Roses. 

 25 yellow; Roses, 25 Ophelia or any Ophelia 

 sport. 1st. $(!. 2nd, $3; (loses, 25 American 

 Beauty, 1st. $io, 2nd, $5; Carnations, 50 

 white; Carnations, 50 flesh pink; Carna- 

 tions. 50 light pink: Carnations, 50 dark 

 pink; Carnations, 50 scarlet; Carnations, 50 

 crimson: Carnations, 50 variegated. 1st, $5, 

 2nd, $3. 



At its meeting on Feb. 10, the 

 Southampton (Mass.), Horticultural 

 Society decided to hold its show on 

 July 30-81 and to use part of the pro- 

 ceeds for purchasing and planting 

 trees in honor of the soldiers and 

 sailors from Southampton. 



