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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



The Staten Island Garden Club, N. Y. 

 Mrs. J. Harry Alexander, secretary, Rose- 

 bank, S. I. 

 Twice a month. At members' home-;. 

 Winiietka, 111. 

 The Garden Club of Trenton, N. J. 

 Miss Anne JIacIlvaine, secretary, Trenton, 

 X. J. 

 Bi-monthly meetings at members' resi- 

 dences. 



The Garden Club of Illinois. 



Mrs. William G. Hibbard, Jr., secretary, 



Winnetke, 111. 



The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess 

 County, New York. 



Mrs. Morris Rutherford, secretary, Warrick, 

 Orange Coiinty, N. Y. 



Warrenton Garden Club, Virginia. 



Mrs. C. Shirley Carter, secretary, Warren- 

 ton. Va. 



HORTICULTURAL EVENTS 



Fourth National Flower Show, under the 

 auspices of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists and Ornamental Horticulturists, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., :\Iarch 25 to April 2, 1916. 



International Flower Show, Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace, New York, 1916. 



American Sweet Pea Society. Aimiial 

 Sweet Pea Show. Newport, K. ).. .liilv I.). Ill 

 1915. 



American Gladiolus Society, Annual Show, 

 Newport, 1!. I., Ain;ii~t 1S-1!I, 1111.'). Special 

 show, Atlantic City, Aiii^iist 21; 2li. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America, An- 

 nual Show, Cleveland, Ohio, November 10-14, 

 1915. Special Show, San Francisco, Cal. 



Cleveland Flower Show, Coliseum, Cleve- 

 land. Ohio, November 10-14, 1915. 



American Institute, Annual Chrysanthe- 

 mum Show, Euiiinecrs' linilding. New York, 

 November 3, 4, 5. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, Annual 

 Dahlia Show, September 22-23, llil5. 



Dutchess County Horticultural Society, 

 Annual Flower Show, Poughkeepsie, N. J. 

 October 28-29. 



Horticultural Society of New York, An- 

 nual Fall Show, November 4-7, 1915. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Summer 

 Show, Lenox, Mass., July 27-28, 1915. 



Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Society, Annual Fall Show, Octolier 28. 29. 

 Madison. N. J'. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society, 

 Rose Show, Nassau Country Club, Glen 

 Cove, L. I. Dahlia Show, October 7. Fall 

 Show, October 28-29. Dahlia and Fall Show 

 will be held in Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. 



New Bedford Horticultural Society, Dahlia 

 Show in September. Chrysanthemum Show 

 in Novembei-. New Bedford, IMass. 



New London Horticultural Society, Chry- 

 santhemum Show, November 3-4, 1915. 

 NeAV London, Conn. 



Newport Garden Club and Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Midsummer Show, Au- 

 gust 12-13-14. 1915. Newport, R. I. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, Dahlia 

 and Vegetable Show, Orange, N. J., October 

 4, 1915. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, Spring 

 Show, June 11. Dahlia Show. October 5-0. 

 ChrTsanthemum Show. November 2. Oyster 

 Bay, N. Y. 



Paterson Floricultural Society, Annual 

 Flower Show. September. Clny>antheniuni 

 Show, November. V. il. C. A. Building. 

 Paterson, N. J. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 

 Sweet Pea Show, Jenkintown, Pa., June 23. 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society, Sep- 

 tember exhibition, September 10. 17. No- 

 vember exhibition, November 11, 12. Nar- 

 ragansett Hotel, Providenre, 11. 1. 



Southampton Horticultural Society, An- 

 nual Flower Show, July 28-29, 1915. South- 

 ampton, N. Y. 



Tarrytowu Horticultural Society, Annual 

 Fall Show, November 3. 4, 5, Tarrytowu, 

 N. Y. . 



Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society, Fall Show, Stamford, (oiiu.. No- 

 vember 2-3. 191 "i. 



If you are a member of a local horti- 

 cultural society or a garden club and do 

 not find the report of your association's 

 meetings or other events of it in our 

 columns, their omission is due to the 

 fact that your secretary has not sent 

 them in. Get after him! 



NEW CANAAN, CONN., SHOW. 



The seventh annual exhibition of the New- 

 Canaan (Conn.) Garden Club was held on 

 ilonday afternoon and evening, June 24. The 

 Show was regarded one of the best ever 

 held by the club. The decorations of the 

 hall gave the impression, as one entered, of 

 a garden. Pergolas, trellises, and garden 

 seats were employed to produce this effect. 

 A great variety of outdoor flowers were 

 cin exhibition, the (juality of some of which 

 lould not have been sin'passed. Vegetables 

 were also an interesting feature. The 

 judges were: Alexander Geddis. C. H. Tottv, 

 and P. W. Popp. 



The list of principal ]irize winners 

 follows : 



IIYBKID TEA ROSES. 



Radiance, blue ribbon. Mrs. H. J. Davenport. 



Jlrs. Aaron Ward, blue ribbon. Mrs. Philip 

 liossler : rod ribbon, Mrs. H. J. Davenport. 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, blue rilibon. 

 Mrs. Charles Diefontbaler. 



Pinli b.vbrid tea, blue ribbon. Miss I-;iizMbftli 

 Sehettler : red ril)bon, Mrs. H. .1. Dav.-up(irt. 



Wbitf hybrid tea. blue ribbon. Mrs. Cliarles 

 Diefenthaler : red ribbon. C. Frothiusjbani. 



Yellow h.vbrid tea. bhie ribbon. Miss Eliza- 

 beth Sehettler ; red ribbon, Mrs. Cliarles Diefen- 

 thaler. 



Rod hybrid tea. l)luo ribbon. Miss Frani-- s 

 Anderson : rod ribbon. i\ Frothin^liam. 



Teas or hybrid teas, blue ribbon, Mrs. Charlos 

 Diefontbalor : rod ribbon. Mrs. li. J. Davenport. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



Frau Karl Druschki. blue ribbon. Mrs, Charles 

 DiefentUalor ; red ribbon. Mrs. Irving Lock- 

 wood. 



Mrs. John Lang, blue ribbon, Mrs. Walter E. 

 Coe ; red ribbon. Miss Frances Anderson. 



Ulricb Rrunner, blue ribbon. Mrs. P. II. 

 Williams. 



White hybrid, no exhibit. 



Pink hybrid, blue ribbon, Mrs. .\rtbur JIc- 

 ^lullen : red ribbon. Jliss Fanny T-I(\vt. 



Rod hybrid, blue ribbon. C. Frotbingham : 

 rod ribbon. Mrs. Charles Diefontbalor. 



Collection b.vbrid. blue ribbon. Mrs. Cliarles 

 Diefenthaler : red ribbon. Mrs, Ernest Greene. 



General displa.y bedding roses, nualit.v and 

 number of blooms, blue rilibon. Mrs. Ernest 

 Greene : rod ribbon. Mrs. F. II. Adriance. 



General display bedding roses, from gardens 

 containing not more than 200 plants, blue rib- 

 bon. Mrs. ,Tohn D. Fearhake. 



Climbing roses, blue ribbon. Mrs. B. Fischer ; 

 rod ribbon, Mrs. H. II. Knox. 



DELPHINUM. 



General collection, blue ribbon, Mrs. A. M. 

 Gordes ; rod ribbon. Mrs. Irving Lookwood. 



IRIS. 



General collection, blue ribbon. Mrs. II. H. 

 Knox, 



LILIES. 

 IJeUeral coUeetion. blue ribbon. Mr.-. L. 11. 

 Lapbam ; red riblion, Mrs. 11. .1. Davenport. 



AQUILEGIA. 

 Collection, blue ribbon. Mrs. Arnold Scblaet ; 

 red ribbon, Mrs. L. II. Lapbam. 



DIGITALIS. 

 Colloctiiin, blue ribbon, Mrs. K. W. West- 

 brouk ; red ribbon, Miss Fanny IJoyt. 



MISCELL-VNEOrS. 



Spencer sweet peas, blue ribbon. Mrs. Charles 

 Dii-tentbalor ; red ribbon, Mrs. Schuvler Mer- 

 ritr. 



I'orennials. blue ribbon. Mrs. II. H. Knox; 

 red ribbon, ^liss Fanny Hoyt. 



Especially deserving perennial, blue ribbon, 

 Miss Elizabetli Sehettler ; red ribbon, Mrs. H. 

 B. Davenport. 



Collection of annuals, blue ribbon, Mrs. B. 

 I'Mscber : red ribbon, Mrs. L. H. Lapham. 



Artistic arrangement of wild flowers, blue 

 riljbon, Mrs. .lohn D. Fearhake; Mrs. .lobn E. 

 Wei-ks. 



.Vrtistic talile arrangement, blue ribbon, Mrs. 

 John E. Weeks ; red ribbon. Miss Fanny Hoyt. 



Strawberries, blue ribbon. Mrs. Art'uu* Mc- 

 MuUen ; r<'d rilibon. Miss Faile. 



Small fruits, blue ribbon, Mrs. L. H. 

 Lapbam. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF N. Y. 

 SHOW. 

 The above named .-society held an ex- 

 hibition in the iluseum building. Bronx 

 Park. .lune 20-27, which was noteworthy 

 on account of the quantit,v of tine hardy 

 stock displayed. The stock was good, and 

 tastefully arranged. Leading exhibitors 

 were: Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. .J., 

 hardy perennials, polyantha roses, hybrid 

 tea and tea roses, and a collection of del- 

 phiniums; William Shillaber, Essex Falls, 

 N. J. (.J. P. .Sarenson. gardener), hardy 

 rambler roses, including Tausendschou, Dr. 

 W. Van Fleet, Hiawatha. Silver Moon 

 E\ erblooming, Flower of Fairfield. Lady 

 (iay. Aberie Roabier, Gardenia. Dorothy 

 Perkins and White Dorothy; John Lewis 

 Childs, Flowerfield, N. Y., yellow Calla El- 

 liottiana, and lilies and irises: Mrs. F. A. 

 Constable. Mamaroneck. N. Y. (James 

 Stuart, gardener I, vases of hybrid perpetual 

 roses; Mrs. W. G. Nichols. Rye, N. Y. (G. 

 N. Sullivan, gardener), collection of flowers 

 of herbaceous plants: T. A. llaveuieyer, 

 (Jlen Head, N. Y. (A. Labodny, gardener), 

 collection of flowers of shrubs and trees; 

 Mrs. Benjamin Stern. Roslyn, N. Y'. (H. 

 Gold, gardener), collection of sweet peas; 

 Adrian Iselin, New Rochelle. N. Y. (.Joseph 

 Tiernan, gardener), collection of delphin- 

 iums, which were exceptionally fine, also a 

 collection of sweet peas: ]Mrs. H. Darling- 

 ton, ifamaroneck. N. Y. (P. W. Popp, 

 gardener). Allamanda Schottii: Lager & 

 Hurrell, Summit. N. .J., large plant of 

 Orchid cattleyi 

 were awarded. 



NEWPORT, R. I. SHOW. 



The June rose show, under the auspices 

 of the Garden Association, assisted by the 

 Newport Horticultural Society, was held 

 on the Garden Association's new grounds, 

 corner of Old Beach road and Gibbs avenue. 



The best collection of named hybrid per- 

 petual roses was awarded to William 

 Waldorf Astor (Hugh Williamson, gard- 

 ener) ; the best display arranged for efi'ect 

 went to Robert W. ("ioelet (Colin Robertson, 

 gardener). For the best collection other 

 than hybrid or tea roses the award was 

 taken by A. F. Fish. New Bedford. Mass. 

 For the best collection of tea and hybrid 

 tea Colonel H. E. Converse (David Ray, 

 gardener), captured the honors. Mrs. Wil- 

 liam Leeds (William Gray, gardener) was 

 winner of several first prizes in the rose 

 classes. 



In the strawberry classes for the best 

 dish of Gandy First, ilrs. French Vander- 



