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bot C. Walker estate, for a majiiiiliceut ex- 

 hibit. An award of merit was given to the 

 Walker estate for a magnificent show of 

 Silver Pink antirrhinum: these were very 

 beautiful and splendidly grown. David W. 

 Slade, gardener to S. Spalding, showed 

 some of the finest digitalis ever seen in this 

 locality. Henry Wright's exhibit of roses 

 was greatly appreciated by the visitors. 



Several awards were made for displays 

 of wilil flowers arranged by children, and 

 there were quite a number of exhibits not 

 entered for competition, chief among which 

 was the carnations of Henry (ioertzhain of 

 Redwood City. Sidney Clock officiated as 

 judge, and all his decisions were well re- 

 ceived. 



At the next monthly meeting of the so- 

 ciety a smoker will be held and the society 

 takes this means of inviting any member 

 of the craft who should happen to be in 

 this vicinity at that time. The date is 

 .June 10. As yet this society is undecided 

 as to where the fall show will he held. As 

 there is no hall of suitable size in Slenlo 

 Tark it will probably be held in Palo Alto 

 again this year. The memliers of this wide- 

 awake organization have long held the 

 dream that some day t!ie society would 

 own its own building, but owing to various 

 reasons that time has not arrived as yet. 

 Arrangements will be made shortly for the 

 annual outing, the one day that every mem- 

 ber looks forward to with ])leasure. — Ameri- 

 i-an Florist. 



NEW LONDON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular luonthly meetint; of the Xew 

 London Horticultural Society was held in 

 its quarters in the Municipal Imildiug. 

 State street. Thursday, June ID. a large 

 mnnber lieins present. In the absence of 

 .Mr. Martin C. Ebel. who was prevented by 

 illness from fulfilling his engagement. Mr. 

 Wallie Cook, of New York, gave a short talk 

 on "Perennials, Their Season of Flowering, 

 and Varieties Suitable for .\niatenrs to 

 Grow." 



Ernest Hobinsnu. of the Plant .-state, ex- 

 hibited simie uiiely-srowu Ccdden (ilow 

 Mums: ,ilso (';irna lions. Sweet Peas from 

 outside were shown from the Harkens es- 

 tate : also a very fine disjday of Lupins from 

 the noted wild garden of Mrs. (iuthrie, 

 "Meadow Court." .John Maloney, gardener. 

 .V rising vote of thanks was given to Mr. 

 Cook for his talk. 



A Rose show will Ije hehl in the Cimrt 

 House, Tuesday. June 22. This being the 

 first attempt of the society in giving a R<ise 

 show, it is to be hoped the same will pr.ive 

 a success to it. 



Owing to your correspondent being very 

 busy last month, the report of the May 

 meeting was omitted. Mr. Robinson, of the 

 Plant estate, gave an address on exhibition 

 Chrysanthemums at that meeting, a good 

 number being present, followed by the usnil 

 discussion. STANLEY .JORDAN. 



and Spanish. Mrs. John A. Stewart. Jr., 

 exhibited (ierman iris, which took up the 

 space of a single table apart from the other 

 exhibits. Tliere was a variety of color, 

 lavender, white, yellow and piid<. 



There was a large assortment of a new 

 variet.v of roses. What was regarded by 

 the women as the most beautiful, was a 

 rose "Madam Herriott," in the exhibit of 

 Mrs, Stephen Nash. Mrs. Nash's exhibit 

 took up almost an entire talile. 



Two other types of rose exhibited by 

 Mrs. Nash and which received much com- 

 mendation were those named "Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward" and "General Arthur." 



Another rose praised was "Madam Pirrie." 

 shown by Mrs. Frederick A. Burlingame. 

 ilrs. Louis P. Bayard's roses, "Bell Sei- 

 brecht." "Prince of Bavaria,'' "Clara Wat- 

 son" and "Edward Meyer,'' also proved at- 

 tractive, as did that of Mr*. Fredericic L. 

 Rhodes. "Dean Hole." 



.Mrs. Edward B. Renwiek and Mrs. Dean 

 Emery exhibited large numbers of peonies, 

 while the former also had on exhibition two 

 lots of Oriental poppies that proved at- 

 tractive. 



The older types of flowers were repre- 

 sented in the e.xhibit of Mrs. Edmund N. 

 Todd, consisting of old French damask rose. 

 Mrs. Charles H. Stout exhibited Spanish iris 

 and laurel, wdiile Mrs. Will Bradley had 

 among her exhibit some carmine pillar roses 

 and a quantity of peonies. Mrs. T. ( '. Sat- 

 terthwaite exhibited peonies and other ex- 

 hibits included quantities of laurel, colum- 

 bine, and larkspur. 



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SHORT HILLS (N. J.) GARDEN CLUB 

 SHOW. 



Early blooms of many varieties, including 

 a number <if tyjies of new roses, were shown 

 at the first annual spring flower exhibit of 

 the Short Hills Garden ( lub. Short Hills. 

 N. J., on Wednesday. Jime 9. There were 

 about twenty-five exhiliits. Tt is planned 

 to hold similar events annually. This, bow- 

 ever, will not interfere with the annual fall 

 exliii)it of dahlias held by the club. 



The exhibit was considered exceptionally 

 good when recent weather conditions are 

 taken into account. 



Peonies and roses predominated, while 

 there was a large collection of iris, German 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting was held on 

 "Wednesday evening. June 8. in Masonic 

 Hall. Madison. N. J. Jn the absence of 

 President Witing, Vice-president Robert 

 Francis occu|)ied the chair. It was decide<l 

 to hold an out-door rose show on .June 17. 

 in JIasonic Hall, to which the public is to 

 be invited free, to be followed by a lecture 

 on Roses, by Arthur Herrington. 



Tlie date of the Fall -liow was set as 

 Oct. 28-20. Chas. H. Tutfy. wdio reccntlv 

 returned from California, where he served 

 as one of the international judges at 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition, entertained the 

 members with an interesting talk on the 

 interesting horticultural features of the ex- 

 position and California in general. He 

 urged those in position to ma'^e the trip 

 to take advantage of the exceptional oppor- 

 tunity to visit the western states at the 

 moderate railway fares prevailing. Pa- 

 cific Coast hospitality among horticulturists, 

 he remarked, would not be found wanting. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 SHOW. 



The Spring Show of the Oyster Bay Hor- 

 ticultural Society was held in Fireman's 

 Hall. Oyster Bay. on June 11. 



In quality of exhibits as well as quantity, 

 this show surpassed all our other spring 

 shows, although the weather has been un- 

 favorable. The cut-flower classes were well 

 filled with excellent stock, and the many 

 visitors pronounced the vegetables the best 

 seen this year. Messrs. J«dmston, Mac- 

 Gregor and Everitt acted as judges and 

 turneil in the following list of awards: 



Collection of H. P. Roses — James Duck- 

 ham, first. Collection of H. T. Roses — 

 James Duthie. first : P. J. King, second. 

 II. P. Roses (white) — James Duthie. first: 

 Frank Kyle, second. H. P. Roses (pink "I — 

 James Duckham. first: C. Mills, second. 

 H. P. Roses any other color — J. Sorosick. 

 first : Frank Kyle, second. H. Tevj Roses 

 (white)— M. (TNeill. first: D. Hothersall, 



