THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



(In Kriilay. June 1:^. a party of friends 

 met at Kinciaij;. Tnxi'ilo I'aik. X. Y.. and 

 were entertained to a sliootin>,' contest, 

 when some very tine sliootinfr took place. 

 Our host beinj; a little off color did not 

 score so well as he did at our previous con- 

 test. .\ tine afternoon's sport was en- 

 joyed liy all those present. The ranjres 

 were To fi'ct ami I.'ill feet; the scorc-^ 

 were as follow-.: 



7.") feet — possilile lli."). 



Simon Hilmers 113 



Alex. Roy l(i:i 



George Humphreys 0!) 



David S. Millar." SHi 



J. James !)4 



James JIac.Machan US 



Frank Barbar 8S 



Fred Patron 82 



Patrick Cassidy 0!) 



Joseph Cooper tiS 



150 feet — possible 25. 



Alex Roy ■ l!l 



Simon Hilmers 15 



J. James 12 



Frank Barbar 11 



David S. Millar il 



Joseph C oopcr 9 



James Mac.Machan S 



Patrick Cassidy G 



Fred Patron (1 



(ieorae Huniphrev 4 



THUS. WILSON. Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The refjular lii-nionthly meeting of the 

 Connecticut Hortiiadtnral Society was held 

 on Friday evening, .lune 2t!. An invitation 

 was received from Professor A. G. Gulley. 

 of the Connecticut Agricultural College, to 

 meet at that place with the Pomological 

 Society and the vegetable growers on July 

 22 and 2.3. and it was unanimously voted 

 to accept the invitation. 



This was hardy perennials' night and 

 without doubt one of the finest I'ollections 

 of these beautiful Howcrs was staged by 

 Warren C. ilason. John F. Huss and W. \A'. 

 Hunt. The collection contained in the 

 neighborhood of 161 varieties, and add to 

 this magnificent collection six varieties ot 

 Canterbury Bells, exhibited by Fred K. 

 Wisner. and thirty varieties of Sweet Pea.s. 

 the exhibit of John C. Willard, it made a 

 glorious sight. The president named 

 George H. Hollister, John Gerard and 

 (ieorgc B. Baker judges, and they awarded 

 the exhibits of ^lessrs. Mason anil Willard 

 a first clas certificate each. The Canterbury 

 Bells received a certificate of merit. Botli. 

 Messrs. Huss and Hunt received certificates 

 of merit for their displays. Mr. Mason re- 

 marked on the pecvdiarities of some of the 

 varieties in his collection, selecting certain 

 speciments for their hardiness and fitness 

 for filling in, etc. The meeting was well 

 attended and thoroughly enjoyed by tlic 

 members. The next meeting will be hehi 

 August 28. 



ALFRED DIXON, Secretarv. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticidtrn-al Society was held on 

 Wednesday, .July 8. at Pembroke Hall, (Jlcii 

 Cove, President Henry Gaut in the chair. 



Special prizes for the society's fall shows 

 were received from C, F. Cartledge. Esi|.. 

 R. Meserole. W. R. Kinnear. E. 51. Undcr- 

 hill and the Glen Cove Echo. 



John Fogerty and Fred Titus were elected 



to active mem bei ship, and two iictilious 

 for memheiship were received. 



The exhibits for this meeting were all 

 sweet peas, and the number and quality of 

 the exhibits far surpassed any previous 

 exhibits at this society's monthly nu'etings. 

 Henry Gaut cleared the board by taking 

 lirst jirize in all three classes, viz., 25 white, 

 25 pink and 25 any other color. He also 

 recei\ed a cultural certificate for a tmc 

 vase of Jsabelle Malcolm, Herman Boettchei 

 cultural certificate for 14 distinct vases, 

 and (Ieorgc Asliworth, honorable iiiciiliuii 

 for vase of Flora Norton (Spciuci). .\ 

 copy of the schedule of the New York 

 State Fair at .Syracuse in August was re- 

 ceived, and it was resolved to make a col- 

 lective display of the vegetables represen- 

 tative of the society. It was also resolved 

 that we adopt a standard scale for judging 

 llowers and vegetables at the society's 

 allows. Chrysanthemums, carnations and 

 roses will be judged by the otheial scale 

 of points of tlieir respective national so- 

 cieties, and a committee was formed to 

 com])ile a scale for judging vegetables. 

 .Mr. Allan .lenkins and Mr. ISahhviii were 

 visitors and addressed the meeting. Ex- 

 hibits for next meeting, August 12, will be 

 for six kinds of vegetables. 



HARRY JONES. Cor. Sec'v. 



THE WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



tliuKitic clianges and weatliei eoiiditioiis 

 do not seem to afiect the eiithusiasm of 

 the wide-awake aggregation of pri\ate gar- 

 deners known as the Westchester and Fair- 

 field Horticultural Society, who held their 

 legular meeting in Doraifs Hall, (Jreen- 

 wich. Conn.. Friday evening, July 10. with 

 a fine attendance. President Robert Wil- 

 liamson presiding. One new member was 

 elected, and a number of propositions foi 

 nieiubership were received. The summer 

 ^how committee in cliarge of the exhilii- 

 tion held in June, made their final report, 

 and it is a pleasure to record the fact that 

 tliere is a substantial balance in favor of 

 tlio society. The committee, including Mr. 

 W. .1. Sealey, under whose able manage- 

 ment tlie exhibition was staged, received 

 the thanks of the society. It was also 

 voted to send resolutions of ajipreciation 

 to the many friends who in various ways 

 contributed to the general result and helped 

 to make the best summer show held in 

 recent years. 



Letters from several friends of the so- 

 ciety were read oflfering substantial addi- 

 tions to the prize list of the fall show\ to 

 be held in Gerraania Hall. New Rochelle. 

 N. Y.. November 4. 5. 0. inclusive. The 

 schedule is Iieing ])re|)ared and will be is- 

 sued when ready. An attractive list of 

 jirizes will lie ofTered. including cash, gold, 

 sihcr and bronze medals, i ups. cut glass 

 and silverware articles. There will lie 

 classes for outdoor and indoor grown flow- 

 ers, fruits and vegetables, table decorations, 

 baskets and other floral decorative work. 

 That all mav have a chance it is necessary 

 to publish the fact that Carter & Co., of 

 lioston. offer prizes for 25 fruits of their 

 "Sunrise" tomato. 



Tile annual outing will be held august 11 

 at Edwards' Rye Beach Hotel. The success 

 of our outings held in the past will assure a 

 fine attendance. There will be athletic 

 s|iorts of all kinds, including baseball, foot 

 ball, tug of war. etc. Provision will also 

 be made for ladies' races, and games and 

 pastimes for the little folks. Regarding 

 the matter of lunch, everybody may suit 

 themselves: there will, however, be an ex- 

 cellent .shore dinner provided in connection 



with the outing at $1.50 a [lersoii. Those 

 desiring dinner tickets will kindly notify 

 .Mr. W 111. .J. Sealey, of Portchester, N, Y", 

 :is early as convenient that ample provi- 

 sion may be made in advance, and not 

 necessitate half portions, which condition 

 of all'airs sometimes result from a rush 

 of unex]iecfed guests. We can assure all 

 who attend :i pleasant day's sport. The 

 games will start promptly at 10:30 o'clock 

 a. m. Dtiriiig recess Mr. James Melcher, 

 of Stamford, Conn., one of our fellow mem- 

 bers, entertained the "boys" with a number 

 of very clever sleight o' hand tricks that 

 were enjoyed by all. Our genial friend from 

 Stamford, Conn., also amused us with some 

 liiiiiioroiis songs and stories. 



On the exhibition t:ibles there was a 

 .■hoice and va'ied display of cut llowers and 

 llowering plants. A magnillcent .specimen 

 of the new geranium •'Helen Michell" in a 

 4-inch pot, exhibited by Alex Marshall, was 

 awarded a cultural certificate. Mr. Mar- 

 shall was also highly commended for a 

 vase of climbing rose "American Pillar," 

 ;in<l a cattleya hybrid. James Stuart was 

 highly commended for a fine collection of 

 hidlyhocks. The thanks of the society was 

 awarded the other exhibitors. Specimen 

 plant Lilium Auratiim, from Fred Lager- 

 stam. \'ase of the new Achillea Perry's 

 White from A. Bieschke; vase of assorted 

 Japan iris from John Mc.Allister; vase of 

 Lathyrus Catifolius from E. Johnson: 

 cliinbing rose Blush Rambler from A. 

 W'hitelaw; Allamanda Shotti from P. W. 

 I'opp. 



Don't forget the outing, which will take 

 pi, ice before the next meeting to be held 

 at Greenwich, August 14. 



P. W. POPP. Secretary. 



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