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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



NEWPORT IIORXICULXrUAL SUCIKTY— Sl'KCIAI- ruizios. 



Class G 6. 2."i spravs Sweet Peas (Spencer varieties), and white 

 variety — 1. Giraud I'osiei-. witli King Wliite ; 2, Mrs. Rol)ert Wintbrop : 

 3. Mrs. French Vanderbilt. 



Class G 7. 2.") sprays, any crimson or scarlet — 1. Giraiid Poster, 

 with Kins Edward Spencer; '2. Mrs. Robert Wintbrop; 3, .\rtbin- X. 

 Cooley. 



Class G S. 25 spravs, any rose or carmine — Giraud Foster, with 

 Rosabelle ; 2, Miss Alice Kelteltas (William J. Matson. gardeneri : 3. 

 Robert W. Goelet (Colin Robertson, gardener). 



Class G 9 2.5 spravs any light pink — I. Giraud Foster, with Klfrida 

 Pearson ; 2, Mrs. RobeVt Wintbrop ; 3. .\rthur N. Cooley. 



Class (! 10. 2.5 sprays, any dei p pink — 1, Giraud Foster, vviib ller- 

 ■ eules : 2, Mrs, Robert Wintbrop ; 3, Robert W, Goelet. 



Class G 11. 5 spravs, any blue — 1, Giraud Foster, with May 

 Farrinbar; 2, .Mrs. Robert Wintbrop: 3. .\rthur N. Cooley. 



Class G 12. 25 spravs any mauve — I. Giraud Foster, with Leslie 

 Imber; 2. Mrs, Robert Wintbrop; 3. Robert W, Goelet, 



Class G 13, 25 .sprays, any cream or cream-yellow — 1, Mrs. l-rencb 

 Vanderbilt with a tine vase whi<b we did not find named; 2. Giraud 

 Foster; 3. Henry A. C. Taylor (William MacKay, gardenci;). 



Class (; 14 '25 sprays, any salmon or orange — 1, (iiraud Foster, 

 with Jiav rnwiu : 2, Mrs. Robert Wintbrop; 3, Arthur N. Coob^y. 



Class G 15. Sprays, any lavender — 1, Giraud Foster, with Hon 

 \lva ■ 2 Mrs, French" Vanderbilt : 3, Robi-rt W, Goelet, 



Class G 16, 25 spravs. any maroon or purple — 1. Giraud loster. 

 with Roval Purple; 2. Mrs. Robert Wintbrop; 3, Henry A c Taylor. 



Class 'G 17. 25 spravs, any picotee-edgcd — 1, Giraud I'ostcr, with 

 Blue Picotee ; 2, Mrs. Robert Wintbrop; 3. Robert W. Goelet. 



Class G l.S. 25 sprays, any striped or flaked red or rose — 1. .Mrs. 

 Wintbrop, with American Spencer ; 2. Robert W. (Joeb t. 



Class G 19, 25 sprays, any striped flaked blue or purple— -1, 

 Vanderbilt, with Bertie Usher; 2, Giraud Foster; 3, A. N. Cooley, 



Class G 20, 25 spravs. any bicolor other than pieotee " 



Giraud Foster, with Mrs. Cuthbertson ; 2. Mrs. Wintbrop. 



Class G ''1 25 spravs. any other color distinct tiom the 

 Giraud Foster; 2, Mrs,' Winthrop : 3, Henry A, C. Taylor, 



The trade exhibits were made by Henry A. Dreer. Inc., 

 Bobbink & .\tkins, \V. .\. Lkirpee & Com])aii;.-. W. -\. 

 Manda, and R. & J. Farquhar & Co.iipanx. 



.Mrs. 



edg'ed— 1. 

 -1. 



I. He is well known in the t;ardening profes.^ion as an 

 excellent grower and thorough horticulturist. 



In accepting his office as president of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society, Mr. Gray said in jiart : "I appeal to 

 every florist, gardener and amateur to join this society. 

 The gardener is the one to get the amateur interested by 

 giving freely of his advice in regard to methods of grow- 

 ing, etc. In every community the gardener can take at 

 least one amateur under his guidance and help arouse the 

 amateur spirit which is so latent on this side of the .Atlan- 

 tic. This is right in line with the work of horticultural 

 societies — tlie promotion of horticulture." 



PRF.SIDEXT-ET.ECT W11.LI-\M GRAY. 



President-elect William Gra\-. of the .\merican Sweet 

 Pea Societ\-, was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, on the 

 Arburthnot Estate, iMavis Bank, on April 20, 1874. His 

 father was head gardener on this estate, the profession of 

 o-ardening having been followed in the Gray family from 

 father to son for several generations. In 1883 Air. Gray 

 came to America with his parents who settled in Aliddle- 

 town, N. Y., where his father secured the position of 

 florist at the State Hospital, .\fter leaving school Air. 

 Gray served his apprenticeship under his father and ob- 

 tained his further experience as assistant gardener 

 around and in New York and Newport. He obtained the 

 position of head gardener to Horace Russell, Southamp- 

 ton, N. Y., where he remained for five years. For the 

 past five years Mr. Gray has been in his present position 

 as head gardener to Mrs. \Mlliam B. Leeds, Newport, R. 



THE PROPER TURF FOR GOLFING GREENS. 



It has always been my opinion, and I state it here 

 right boldly, that turf of the best English ciuality can 

 be developed on putting greens anywhere in the sections 

 of the country covered by my tours, provided that the 

 greens are properly prepared, fertilized, and top-soiled, 

 if necessary, so as to form a seed bed of rich, friable 

 soil of a minimum depth of four inches with all undula- 

 tions fashioned with runaway surface outlets for storm 

 water or melting snow in order to prevent, as far as it is 

 humanly possible, any such accumulations when freezing 

 and thawing conditions alternate and when the natural 

 or artificial drainage, as the case may be, is put out of 

 commission by the frozen sub-soil, writes Reginald Beale, 

 F. L. S., in Golfing Illustrated. The so-called winterkill 

 is bound to occur if such methods are not adopted and 

 valuable time and money will be wasted. 



Always, if possible, arrange for early fall sowing and 

 regard the period between mid-August and mid-Septem- 

 ber as the selected moment. When the first rains come 

 in the fall, the soil is so warm that the seeds germinate 

 very quickly, and if sown thickly get well established and 

 self-protecting before the winter sets in. 



In the spring the soil is cold, and in consequence the 

 seed not only germinates slowly but it also grows slowly, 

 and the young grass jjlants have to face the heat and 

 more especially the drought of the summer when in a 

 very young, weak state, very often with evil results. 

 Also in spring, weeds and other obnoxious growths aie 

 much more prevalent than in the fall. 



When making or contouring a .green, remove the top 

 soil, work with the sub-soil and finish off by rejilacing 

 the top soil in an even layer over the green. The sejia 

 ration of the soil and the replacement of the same can- 

 not be done properly by scoops, so it is always ailvisable 

 that this section of the work should be done ijv hand, 

 with spades and barrows. 



-All drains should be laid before the top soil is re- 

 placed. 



In making up greens, each scoop or barrowful, as it is 

 shot down, shoukl be carefully tnnlden; otherwise the 

 surface will sink later. 



.Alwavs. if possible, make surface runaways from un- 

 dulations, otherwise water will accumulate with disas- 

 trous results to the turf. 



\\'ater freely during droughts and in the evenings, if 

 possible, as best results are then obtained. The water 

 applied at that time does most good and does not evapo- 

 rate as quickly as it does if applied in the heat of the day. 

 In any case, water freely, and remember that one good 

 soaking is worth a dozen li.ght sprinklings. 



Eradicate and destroy all weeds as soon as they ap- 

 pear, do not let them multiply, and remember that wire, 

 witch, crab and September grasses get hold best in weak 

 01' exhausted greens. If you cannot exterminate the lat- 

 ter, keep them, like clover, in check bv lifting the creep- 

 ing or prostrate stems and liranches with a close-toothed 



