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HORTICULTURE 



June 21, 1919 



Tlie Work 



In coping with the problems of steep 

 slopes where pocket building is neces- 

 sary the danger of the total effect as-, 

 sinning a meaningless stone-heap 

 character is ever present. Our illus- 

 tration of the construction of the 

 "South View" at Lindenhurst suggests 

 heavy rocks and ruggedness to avoid 

 this danger. Notice the great variety 

 in ground elevations and the large 

 size of the pockets enabling the 

 planter to produce the desired color 

 mass effects which constitute the 

 most charming feature of a rockery. 



When looking over the composition 

 of the "Rear View" the big solid 

 natural ledge directly back of the two 

 figures is easily recognizable as dom- 

 ineering object and key for the situa- 

 tion. In his attempt to make the sum- 

 mer house appear built on solid rock 

 base the builder fairly succeeded. 

 For the space immediately below the 

 base of the summer house the natural 

 rock ledge demanded ledge-formation. 

 The picture shows the effects obtained 

 with rough quarried rocks. In the 

 foreground nearest to us we see the 

 stairway leading up to the summit 

 with rock work on both sides. 



Diversity In effect is one of the 

 coveted means by which we are trying 

 to attract and regale the beholder. 

 Builders and planters of rock gardens 

 today find themselves neither ham- 

 pered by set rules nor by any estab- 

 lished styles to use their material in 

 a way that regardless from what view- 

 point or angle we look at their work 

 it should represent a true and in- 

 genious combination of the beauty in- 

 vested in rocks and natural rock for- 

 mation with chiefly the characteristic 

 beauty of the mountain vegetation and 

 the flora of high altitudes. 



Under Way 



The American home ground owners 



are getting interested in rock gardens 



but according to my experience we 



should keep the fact in mind that 



those most desirable as clients are 



also the most discriminative ones. 



Richard Rothe. 

 Glenside, Pa. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW PRIZES. 

 Interest in the annual exhibition 

 of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America to be held in connection with 

 the American Institute show in New 

 York, Nov. 5-7, has been increased by 

 the announcement that several valu- 

 able special prizes have been offered. 

 These prizes are as follows: 



Class A.— C. S. A. Silver Cup for the 

 best seedling Chrysanthemums not dis- 

 seminated. Six blooms, one variety on 

 long stems. 



Class B.— C. S. A. Silver Cup for the 

 best six vases Pompon Chrysanthe- 

 mums, six varieties, twelve sprays not 

 less than eighteen inches long to a 

 vase. 



Class C. — Lord & Burnham Com- 

 pany prize for twelve blooms, twelve 

 varieties of Chrysanthemums on short 

 stems. First prize, $20.00, offered by 

 The Lord & Burnham Co., New York, 

 N. Y. 



Class D— The E. G. Hill Company 

 prizes for six blooms of Chrysanthe- 

 mums, variety Delight. First $15.00, 

 second $10.00, offered by The E. G. Hill 

 Company, Richmond, Ind. 



Class E. — Elmer D. Smith & Com- 

 pany prizes for four vases disbudded 

 Pompon Chrysanthemums, four varie- 

 ties, twelve blooms each. Open to all. 

 First $10.00. second $5.00, offered by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. 



Class F.— Chas. H. Totty Company 

 prizes for six blooms of Chrysanthe- 

 mums, variety Vermont. First, Gold 

 Medal; second, Silver Medal; third. 

 Bronze Medal: offered by The Chas. H. 

 Totty Company, Madison, New Jersey. 



Class G. — Chas. H. Totty Company 

 prizes for three vases of Single Chrys- 



anthemums. Ten sprays in a vase. 

 Yellow, white and pink. First $10.00, 

 second $5.00, offered by The Chas. H. 

 Totty Company, Madison, New Jersey. 



Class H. — H. E. Converse prize Sil- 

 ver Cup for the best ten blooms, 

 Bronze Chrysanthemum, one variety 

 on long stem. Open to all. Offered by 

 H. E. Converse, Esq., Marion, Mass. 



Class I. — A. N. Pierson, Inc., prize 

 for the best ten blooms White Chrys- 

 anthemum, one variety on long stems. 

 Open to all. $10.00 offered by A. N. 

 Pierson Company, Cromwell, Conn. 



Class J. — Henry A. Dreer prize for 

 the best ten blooms, one variety of 

 Chrysanthemum, certificated by the C. 

 S. A. season of 1918. $10.00 offered by 

 Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Class K. — Stumpp & Walter Com- 

 pany prize Silver Cup for eighteen 

 blooms of Chrysanthemum, three varie- 

 ties, six blooms, each on long stems. 

 Offered by Stumpp & Walter Co., New 

 York, N. Y. 



Class L. — Michell's Seed House prize. 

 Silver Medal for the best seedling 

 Chrysanthemum of American origin, 

 not disseminated. Six blooms on long 

 stems. Offered by Michell's Seed 

 House, 518 Market St., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



Class M. — Weeber & Don prize for 

 the largest bloom of Chrysanthemum, 

 any variety on long stems without arti- 

 ficial support, $5.00. Offered by Weeber 

 & Don, New York, N. Y. 



Class N. — National Association of 

 Gardeners prize. Silver medal for the 

 best six blooms of Chrysanthemums, 

 six varieties on long stems. Open to 

 members of the N. A. G. only. 



NEW YORK. 



With a liberal supply of roses, car- 

 nations and outdoor flowers and a very 

 light demand, conditions are most un- 

 satisfactory. 



The quality of a considerable num- 

 ber of roses is good when recent 

 weather conditions are considered. A 

 fair supply of Beauties is coming into 

 the market daily. Some very good and 

 others very poor. Ophelia holds up 

 well with several growers. Good white 

 roses are selling. Outdoor Jacks are 

 in heavy supply. T nese S° t0 tne 

 street pedlars to the exclusion of other 

 flowers for the time being. Carnations 

 as a rule are out of the running, for 

 most of them are sleepy looking when 

 received. 



There are still plenty of peonies but 

 few really sood ones. 



The supply of peas is poor in qual- 

 ity; only a few of the white are 

 wanted. 



There is but a limited number of 

 cattleyas to be had and prices have 

 advanced considerably, for Gigas par- 

 ticularly, of which some very fine 

 flowers are seen. 



Callas are about finished but some 

 very good Longiflorums are just com- 

 ing in but the demand for them is 

 light. 



Asparagus is plentiful and smilax 

 goes slowly. 



