THE GARDENERS- CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



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 riir lluuci- :ui<l M'f{etal)los were 

 nut so iiiiiiu'iinis, but vastly lietter ill qual- 

 ity ami iiioie artistii'ally ai'niiij;i'il tliaii a 

 year aj;i). If exhililtois ^nnv as iiiiich aii- 

 iitiier seasuii it will take the resourees of 

 llortieiiltural Hall to aceoniiiioilale tliem. 

 The attendance of both adults ami chil- 

 ilreii was very larf;e all the time the ex- 

 hibition was open. 



The (liihlia ami fiiiit exhibition held at 

 llortiellltill:il ibill on Si'|itellihel- I J and 1:; 

 was one ol llir l«'sl I'vei lield. Ill thi' Miiit 

 seetion th" jieaeiies. [lears, a[l[^le^, plums 

 and i;ra[ies vveri' iiiiiisiially line. Dahlias 

 were of better ipiality than in previous 

 years. IjOiif^-stemmed llowers were shown 

 by (leorge P.. liill, of .Mejford. were superb, 

 the llowei's beiiij,' of inimense si/.e. Some of 

 (III' h'adiiiL; exiiibitors and prize winners 

 were Ceo.' II. Walker. K. W . Kki. W. \'. 

 ibilhaua.N. I'. I., rinkliaiii. .\li>s faiiiiN Fos- 

 li'i. \\ . Whitinaii lAl. Sullivan, gardener), 

 l':iikri II. .Mansliehl & Son. W. II. Svni- 

 oiids, .\lis. (,). Jl. Tavle. E. F. Uniyea. W. C, 

 Winter, (ieorge L. Stillmaii. Mrs. I'\ I!. 

 Dodu,.. Mrs. E. M. Gill and (ieor<;e Li. Gill. 



{•'ottler, FlsUe, Rawson Company had a 

 line eollection of gladioli and dahlias. East- 

 ern Nurseries made an e.xtensive show of 

 hardy herbaeeous perennials. William Nieh- 

 olson received a eertifieate of merit for 

 varieties of Buddleia variables. The fol- 

 lowing varieties of dahlias were the best 

 noteil in their respective classes: 



( "act IIS - Easeination, Conquest. 

 Civl. William .Marsliall, Mr.s. V. 

 Mis. Douglas Fleming. Dorothy 

 Dlynipia. .Maratlion, Suzanne Cayeux, Mrs. 

 II. itandle. F. W. Bellowes. Golilen Crown, 

 Crystal and Empress. 



Show and Fancy — Duchess of Albany, 

 Christy, Estelle, Eric Eisher, Dreer's White. 

 General Miles, Flore de Paris, Lie Colosse. 



Country 

 .lelVries, 

 llarves. 



Alice, Emily, II. W. Uau.son, Captain Black. 



IViniv-llowered Geisha, Governor Gener- 

 al. I'ocahouta,. King Philip, Dr. Perry, .1. li. 

 Walker. I'.i-rlha \on Siittiicr. (^ueeii Estlier, 

 (Isi-eola. ililaily, .Miantimoni, F^xt-idsior, 

 (^^ueell. 



Decorative Le Grand .\lanilou, Santa 

 Cruz. Dorothy FTint, Yellow Colosse. Sony, 

 de Gnstave Douzon, D. M. Moore, Koyal 

 Purple, Jeanne Charmet, Delice, Mrs. Alice 

 l.ongworth. 



Single — Newport Pink, Newport Cheer, 

 Newport, Dandy, Beach Bluti', \Vhito Cloud, 

 Dauntless. Coquette, Gladys, Newpoit 

 .\iigcl. Odin Woburn. 



Pompini Al« ine, Bobby, Belle of Spring- 

 ll(dd, Red Indian, Apple Blossom, Eachel, 

 .\ii(d. Lady Blanche. 



Tlic annual fruit and vegetable show of 

 tile .Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 will he Indd (Hi October 3 and 4. The a,n- 

 iiiinl chrysanthemum exhibition comes on 

 Xo\cnil)cr i), (i, 7 and 8. 



LAKE GENEVA GARDENERS' AND 

 FOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The Lake ticncva Ganhnieis' and F'ore- 

 iiieirs .Vssociation's gladicdiis show was a 

 great success from the i)oint ol view of 

 both ([Uality and \ariety. Coming so 

 quickly artel the midsummer sweet pea 

 cihibiticm (he number of exhibitors was not 

 laiLje. luit a snllicient representation was 

 stageil to Idl the large hall to advantage. 

 The coni|ielitien in tlie classes of live 

 spikes each and ten varieties of three spike-, 

 each, the latter for the Stumpp & Walter 

 cup. was very keen. The entries for the 

 collection of liest gladioli, one spike of each, 

 for (he Kunilerd medals, brmight out a line 

 lot of seedlings and standard varieties, 

 .losepli Krupa. gardener for N. W. Hjirris, 

 staging Pt-J varieties. Some beautiful va- 

 rieties of Piimiiliiiiis hybrids and rullli'd 

 tyjit-^ well' ^.liowii by the several exhibitors, 

 th" foiiiii'i'. we licliuve, having a great fii- 

 tnii'. Coii>piciions varieties shown includ- 

 ed the following: 



Kunderdi (ilorv, Mrs. V. Pendleton. Chi- 



cago White, Ilia \aii. Pride of Goshen, 

 White (dory, Governor Haniey, Mrs. A. E. 

 Knndeiil. ijily Blotch. Little 'Pawn. Peace, 

 War. Niagara. Panama, Hochesler White, 

 .\(tractiiMi. Corsaire and .Mrs. F. King. 



In (111' competition tor the best eidlec- 

 tioii of gladioli. J. Krupa was successful in 

 taking lir>t honors. In the Stumi)]) & Wal- 

 ter clip competition, III varieties, 3 spikes 

 of each, lirst prize was awarded to Airs. 

 F. T. A. .Innkin. N. W. Harris was second 

 with a very creditable display. 



Other awards for e.xcelleiit exhibits wcie 

 as follows: 



.1. .1. .Mitchell (E. .JoIiiimui. gardener) ; 

 K. F. Swift (H. Sampson, gardener); Mrs. 

 C. Seijip (E. .lohnson, gardener). Special 

 awards were made to .1. .1. Mitchell. N. W. 



Harris, T. ,1. I.i'lc'ii> am! .). II. M r lor 



displavs other (lian gladioli. 



W At. LI. GRIFFITH. Secretary. 



UNCLE IKE ON THE INITIATIVE. 



The only way benealh the sun 

 To get a piece o' labor done. 

 To build a fortune or a fence. 

 Or tear 'em down, is to conimenee. 



Nigh all the jidps tliat don't get d, 



.\re (hose (lia( iiexer arc begun; 



Comparativel\ mighty few 



We see begun and not put thioiigli. 



Jlost people whom we say have failed 



Are like a ship that's never sailed; 



They claim that all their plans went 



wrong— 

 They never got that far along. 



Fill- nothing can go wrong or riglit. 

 Go in too loose, go in too tight. 

 Come out too big, eonie out too small. 

 That doesn't come oi' go a( all. 



.\iid thcrefoie. I may farther say, 

 \ou'll ;ilways lind the likeliest way 

 To get your rightful recompense 

 For bein' done, is — to commence. 



— John Brown Jewett. 



ADVANTAGES OF FALL PLANTING. 



'I'lie ])ri)i)er time td plant atiy kind nt tree is when it 

 can l)e done well, either in spring or in fall, liecanse 

 of its special convenience, fall transplanting of hardy 

 vigorons, well-rooted trees that have been grown and 

 wintered in the open, without protection, is becoming 

 iiMire and more extensively practised in most localities, 

 says a well known nursery firm. 



l'"all planting should be regulated by conditions rather 

 than by date; as long as the grciund is <l;unp and free 

 from frost transplanting is safe. 



The latter part of Atigust and the whole of Septem- 

 ber are the proper fall season for lrans])lanting most kinds 

 of evergreens. 



Clctober and Xovember are desirable months for trans- 

 planting deciduous trees. The general rule for hard- 

 woods is to transplant as soon as the leaves begin to 

 color. By removing the leaves, the work may be done 

 somewhat earlier if necessary. 



T,aiid which is better adaptetl h> the growing ni trees 

 llian to any other use is often too wet to be planted 

 casih in spring, but may be satisfactorily planted in fall. 

 In dr\ , wind-swept places fall ])lanting is not desirable. 

 In some regions there is more moisture in fall than in 

 the months immediately following the spring ]jlanting 

 season ; this is a great arlvaiilage. Where it is not so, 

 unless the ground is naturally moist, the imi)ortance of 

 available water or mulch must be rememliered. 



The technical basis of fall planting rests on a phvsio- 

 lo.gical fact, demonstrateil by a long series of experiments 

 which proved that root growth still continues after the 

 leaves of decitluous trees have stopi)ed growing and the 

 evergreens have put on their protective winter covering; 

 this root growth continues till after the ground freezes. 

 It is easily seen that the roots of trees set out in autumn 

 get well established, if the planting is successful. They 

 thus get an early start in spring, and much time is saved. 

 It has been noticed fre(|uently that trees successfully 

 trans]jlanted in fall make a iietter growth during the fol- 

 lowing summer than those e(|ually well set out in the 

 intervetiing s[)ring. 



\'egetation is of course more active in fall than in 

 spring, and there is consequently niore evaporation in 

 fall. ball iilanting. therefore, is most successful only 

 when plentv of moisturi' is assured, or some form of 

 temporary protection from drying winds and suil It 

 can be well done where the ground is naturally moist (or 

 when damj) weather ])revails) or where the trees can 

 be watered. The ground near the plants should be 

 covered with very strawv manure or leaves to preveiU 

 the "heaving" caused by alternate freezing and thawing. 

 This heaving is esjiecially likely with very small jilants 

 in wet, heavy soils. 



I'nderplanting of an existing wood and planting in 

 brush}- places are both generally successful, owing to the 

 protection afforded by the larger growth. 



