THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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GARDENERS DIARY 



American Carnation Society, 

 show, Biithilo, N. Y., January 15. 



Aniuuil 



International Flower Show. New York, 

 March 17-:i.S, 1111.".. 



NEW YORK SHOWS. 



The annual fall exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Xew York oiiened on 

 Friday, October 30, and continued to Tues- 

 day, Xovcmbcr 3. As is customary, on the 

 evenina of the opening da.v. the members of 

 the society visited the exhibition, and this 

 brought out a birge attendance of many of 

 New YorkV well-known people. While the 

 display of lloweis was not as large as it has 

 been at some of the ]irevious fall shows, the 

 quality of the exhibition, however, was of 

 the usnal high standard. 



The judges' were F. Heeremans, Lenox, 

 Mass.; George Farlsham, Lenox. Mass. ; Rob- 

 ert Cameron, Cambridge, Mass.; Jolin H. 

 Gratorex, Newport, R. L; Robert E. Tyson, 

 Convent. X. J.; Thomas Murray, Tuxedo 

 Park, N. Y. 



The prize winners were as follows: 



Chrysautlicnumi Plants. Spcciraon bushes in 

 not less than 14-inch pots. YcUow — 1st. 

 .\dolpli Ij'wisnlin, .\rdslev, N. Y. I Kurd., .Tobu 

 Canning I. with variety K. F. Felton. White — 

 1st. .\dolph Lcwisuhn, .\i-dsle.v. N. Y., with va- 

 riet.v Lady Ijydia. Tinli — 1st, .\dolpli Lpwis- 

 ohn! witli variety Wells' Ijite I'inli. .\ny other 

 color — 1st. .\dolpli Lewisohn, with variety 

 Greystune. Sweepstalies tor finest and best 

 bush plant. Society's silver cup, valued at 

 $10(1 — 1st. .\dolph Lewisohn, with Wells' Uite 

 Pinlc. lu not more than 14-inch pots — Y'ellow 

 — 2nd. Grcentree Greenhouses, Manhasset, N. 

 Y. (sard., L. G. Forbes). Specimen odd shape, 

 not less than 4 feet In diameter, in not less 

 than 14-iuch pot. An.v color — 1st, Adolph 

 Lewisohn, with variety Lady Lydia, grown in 

 fan shape. 



t'hrysantheiuums — Cut Flowers. Six whites 



— 1st. !■'. Heeremans, Lenox. Mass., with va- 

 riety Mrs. Gilbert Drabble: 2nd, Mrs. S. Neu- 

 stadt. Chaiipaiiua, N. Y. (gard., David Gordon), 

 with variety Wm. Turner. Six Pinks — 1st, 

 Percy (Jhubi). (ilen Cove. L. I. (sard.. Franlc 

 Honeyman) : 2Dd, Mrs. S. Neustadt. Six yel- 

 low — 1st. Grcentree Greenhouses, with F. S. 

 Vallis : 2nd, Percy Chubb, with variety Mary 

 Donnellnn. Six red — 1st. Samuel Untermeyer 

 (gard.. W. II. Waite), with Gertrude Peers; 

 2nd, Percy Chubb. Six any other color — 1st. 

 Mrs. S. Neustadt ; 2nd. Percy Chubb. Vase of 

 1.5 one or more varieties, arranged for effect, 

 any other foliage permitted — 1st, Ili'ury W. 

 Boettger Estate.' Kiverdale. N. Y. (gard., Ru- 

 dolph riei'dkamp) : 2nd, F. E. Lewis, Ridge- 

 field, Conn, (gard., J. Smith). Twelve vases, 

 12 varieties, three of each — 1st, Miss M. T. 

 Cockcroft. Saugatuck. Conn. Igard.. Adam 

 Patterson): 2nd, Samuel Untermeyer: Svil, 

 Adolph Lewisohn. Twenty-four varieties, one 

 of each variet.v — 1st. W. E. S. Griswold, Lenox, 

 Mass. (gard.. .\lfred .T. Lovelass) : 2nd, .Vdolph 

 Lewisohn. Six varieties, one of each variety 

 — growers with over 2. .500 square feet of glass 

 not eligible — 1st. (Jreentree Greenhouses; 2nd. 

 H. W. Boettger Estate and Howard Cole, Mad- 

 ison. N. J. (gard., W. R. Fowkes). Collection 

 pompons, 24 varieties — 1st, "Seven Oaks." 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y'. (gard., P. W. Popp). Col- 

 lection pompons, 12 varieties — 1st, Chas. Mal- 

 lory. Port Chester. N. Y. (gard., Wm. J. 

 Sealey) ; 2nd, Fred. Sturges, Fairfield, Conn, 

 (gard.. Thomas Belli. Collection of single 

 and -Anemones or either, 12 varieties — Ist, 

 Miss C. A. Bliss, New Canaan, Conn, (gard., 

 John T. Burns) ; 2ud, Fred Sturges. 



Roses. C;ut Flowers. — Twelve .\merican 

 Beauty — 1st. .James .\. Duke. Somervllle, N. J. 

 (gard.. A. .\. Macdonald). Eighteen red — 1st, 

 Howard Cede, with Iladlev. Eighteen white — 

 1st, Howard Cole, with Double White Kil- 

 larney. Eighteen pink — 1st. .lames B. Duke: 

 2nd. Howard Cole. Eighteen yellow — 1st. 

 Henry W. Boettger Estate, with Sunburst : 

 2nd. H. Cole, with Sunburst. Vase ,"iO assorted, 

 arranged ten- effect — 1st, Henry W. Boettger, 

 Estate: 2nd. Henry C. Sturges, Fairfield, Conn. 

 (gard.. Henry Kulberg). 



Carnntifins" — Cut Flnwers. — Eighteen white 



— 1st. Daniel G. Reid : Miss C. A. Bliss, Eigli- 

 tcen Enchantress Shade — 1st. Miss C. A. Bliss, 

 with Enchantress ; 2nd. Daniel G. Reid. Eigh- 

 teen Winscr Sbadi — 1st. Miss C. A. Bliss, with 

 Rose Pink Enchantress. Eighteen Lawson 



Shade — 1st, .lames A. Macdouald, Flushing, N. 

 V. Igard.. R. Hughes i, with a seedling. Eigh- 

 ti'en scarlet — 1st. Miss C. A, Bliss, with Bea- 

 con ; 2nd. Danii'l (!. Reid. Eighteen crimson 

 — 1st. Daniel G. Redd, Irvingtoh, N. Y. Isnpt.. 

 .Vrthur W. Guiding I : 2nd, Miss C. A. Bliss, 

 laghteeu Wliite ground, variegated — 1st. Miss 

 ('. .\. miss, witli Benora. Sweepstakes for 

 rinest vase, bronze medal. — Daniel Reid. 



Foliage and Decorative Plants. Open to .\1I. 

 — Specimen Begonia Gloire de Lorraine — 1st. 

 Sidney .M. and .\ustiu Colgate, Orange. N. .1, 

 Igard'., William Keid), Specimen Cibotium 

 Schi.'dei — 1st, Henry W. Boettger Estate, Riv- 

 erdale. N. Y'. .Specimen Davallia Fi.iii'nsis — 

 1st. Mrs. .7. B. Trevor, Y'onkers, N. V. ; 2nd. 

 Wiuthrop Sargent, Beacon, N. Y. (gard., F. E. 

 Witney ) . 



Orchids. — Collection, not less than 12 species 

 and varieties (species to be considered in pref- 

 erence to varieties), covering 25 square feet of 

 table space — 1st, Clement Moore. One Cattle- 

 ya. in bloom — 1st. F. E. Lewis : 2nd. Clement 

 Moore. One Oncidium, in bloom — 1st, Henry 

 W. Boettger Estate. Display of I.,aelio-cattie- 

 vas, Brasso-cattlevas, Brasso-la?llas, or hybrid 

 Cattleyas. f?old medal or $25— 1st, Clement 

 Moore (gard., .1. P. Mossman). 



Special Prizes. — R. D. Foote, Morristown, 

 N. .J. (gard.. .J. K. tnndabury), four bunches 

 white and live bunches black grapes ; Henry W. 

 Boettger Estate, plant of Nep'hrolopis Exalfata 

 Scottii ; Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck. 

 N. Y. (gard.. .Tames Stuart), collection of cut 

 Nerines ; .Seven Oaks, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 

 (gard., P. W. Popp), display of dahlias : .Tames 

 b; Duke. Somerville, N. J. (gard.. .\. .\. Mac- 

 donald). vase of rose Ophelia: Peter Ilauck, 

 .Tr., East Orange. N. ,1. (gard.. Max Schneider), 

 pan of chrysanthemum "Glory of Seven Oaks." 



The eighty-third annual sluiw of the 

 .American Institute, New Y'ork, was held in 

 the Engineering building, on November 4 to 

 (i, inclusive. 



The judges were: Eugene Dailledouze, 

 Peter Dntf, Geo. Middleton, .J. (!. McNieoll, 

 Edward Reagan and Arthur Herrington. 



This was saiil to be, and apparently was, 

 tlie largest and best exhibition which the 

 .\merican Institute has ever held. 



AWARDS TO PRIVATE GROWERS. 



.Tames Ma(d)iinald. gardener to .T. H. Ottlcy, 

 Glen Cove. .\. V. — 1st for each of the follow- 

 ing : 24 blooms Mums, 1 variety, long stems : 

 I! blooms Mums, new variety, white ; 12 

 blooms .\merican Beauty Roses : 15 blooms yel- 

 low Roses with Sunburst. W. H. Waite, super- 

 intendent for Satnuel Untermeyer, Y'onkers, 

 N. Y'. — 1st. IS blooms Mums, 6 varieties, 

 trebles; 1st, l.S blooms Mums, 3 varieties, 6 

 flowers each ; 1st, 12 Mum plants in variety 

 single stems : special for 12 varieties of Mums, 

 one bloom each, Wm. H. Duckham. superintend- 

 ent to Mrs. D. Willis James, Madison, N. .T. — 

 1st, for 12 blooms, 12 varieties. Mums ; 1st. 

 for 6 blooms. G varieties. James Bell, gardener 

 to C. Iv. G. Billings, New York Cit.y — 1st, tor 

 each of the following : 10 blooms Mums any 

 bronze variety : 10 blooms any white variety ; 

 6 blooms Japanese incurved, bronze variety ; 

 6 blooms Anemone varieties, any white variety ; 

 6 .\neniones. any yellow variet.v : .Anemones, 

 any pink variety: vase of new .Vuemoni' 

 flowered varieties : 12 bush plants as grown 

 for market ; special for 24 blooms of .Mums. 1 

 variety : special for vase of 10 blooms of lironzi' 

 Mums ; special for vase of G blooms J.-ipanese 

 in^'urved pink Mums. Ernest Robinson, gar- 

 dener to Miss M. F. Plant, Grotou. Conn — 1st. 

 10 blooms Mums, pink ; 1st, 10 hlomiis Mums, 

 ycdlovv, and 1st, (» blooms Japanese incurved 

 Mums, white. Frank Honeyman. gardener to 

 Percy Chubb. Glen Cove. N. Y. — 1st. for eaeh 

 of the following: 10 blooms Chrysanthemums, 

 crimson: G white; G pink; six crimson: G .lap- 

 anese reflexed pink ; Japanese reflcxed crim- 

 son ; and special for each of the following: 10 

 blooms white ; 10 pink ; 10 any variety : vase 

 6 blooms .Japanese incurved yellow. J. W. 

 Everitt, gardener to John T. Pratt, C;ien Cove. 

 N. Y. — 1st for each of the following: G blooms 

 yellow Mums; 10 any variety; 6 Japanese in 

 curved yellow; 6 plants one variety, single 

 stems ; and special for each of the following : 

 collection 12 varieties: 10 blooms crimson: G 

 pink ; G crimson : 6 Japanese incurved white ; 

 G Japanese incurved pink; and for coUeclion 

 of single Mums. .\. Williams. KIberon. N. J. 

 1st. G blooms Mums, bronze: Ist. G blooms 

 Japanese reflexed bronze: and 1st. ('< .\niMnones. 

 crimson: and special for each' of the following: 

 G Japanese reflexed yellow :• G .Vncmone .Mums: 

 vase of .Anemone (lowered varieties, and for 

 vase of hardy and jiompon Mums. .Tos. Tanse.\'. 

 superintendent to IJ. M. Tilford. Tuxedo Pai'k. 

 N. Y. — 1st for each of the following: G bloiuns 

 Japanese incurved pink: best 15 pink Roses: 

 best 15 white Roses; best 15 crimson Roses: 

 best G varii'ties. 12 blooms each. Carnations : 

 best three varieties, 12 blooms each. Carnations : 



best vase, 12 blooms one variety, Carnations; 

 special for 12 varieties, one bloom each Munis; 

 and special for 15 bloofus yellow Roses. Wra. 

 \ert. gardener to Howard (iould, Pt. Washing- 

 ton, N. V. — 1st. G blooms Japanese incurved 

 .Mums, crimson.; special for 10 blooms yellow 

 Mums ; special for 10 blooms bronze Mums, 

 and special for three varieties (Jarnatlons. 12 

 blooms each. Frank Black, gardener to Clar- 

 t'nce I'.'. Chapman, Oakland, N. J. — 1st, for 6 

 lilooms ,lapanese reflcxed Mums, white ; 1st for 

 G blocnns Japanese reflexed Mutns, yellow, .los. 

 (;. P. Kennedy, gardener to Mrs. J. S. Lyie, 

 Tenally. N. J. — 1st, for B blooms of Anemone 

 Mums," bronze; 1st, for G blooms new Mums, 

 hairy and plume varieties; and special for 

 hunch of viidets. Thos, Wilson, gardener to 

 .Mrs. G. .Murray Mitchell, Tuxedo Park, N. Y. — 

 1st. for G blooms Mums, new variety. Henry 

 (Jaut, gardener to Herbert L. Pratt. Glen Cove, 

 N. Y'. — 1st. for vase of single new varieties 

 seedling Mums, a very meritorious exhibit; 

 special for vase of 10 blooms yelbiw Mums; 

 and special for two vases of single .\nemone 

 Mums. Chas. L. Stanley. I'lainfleld, N. J. — 1st, 

 best collection 10 vases pompom Mums; 1st, vase 

 of 25 blooms Carnations, one variety: special for 

 display of single pomiions and ('aprice varicjties 

 of Mums. Peter Duff, gardener to Mrs. J. 

 Crosby llrown. Orange. N. J.. 1st. for each of 

 the following : one specimen busli white Mum ; 

 specinu.'ii hush, yellow; standard Mum, white; 

 standard Mnm, pink, with Mme, .Martinetto- 

 standard Mum, yellow : and special for each of 

 the following ; biisii Alum plant (iarza ; standard 

 plant Garza : standard L'.Africana : standard 

 Uidy Lydia : standard Mum Mrs. R. Hooper 

 I'earson. Rudolph Heldkamp, gardener to 

 Henry Boettger Estate, Riverdale, N. Y. -1st, 

 for specimen fern. Wm. B. Thompson. A'onkers, 

 N. Y'. — 1st. best collection of flowering Bego- 

 nias, with Begonia (iloire de Lorraine; 1st, best 

 collection of Rex Begonias ; special for speci- 

 men standarel plant Mum. Max Schneider, 

 gardener to Piter Ilauck, Jr., Orange. N. J. — 

 1st. 100 blooms single A'iolets ; special for 

 standard white .Mum : special for standard 

 plant i)ink Mum. and spi-cial for Mum plant 

 (jlorv of Sevenoaks. Walter Angus, gardener 

 to R. & II. ScovlUe. Chapinville, Conn. — Special 

 for each of the following : 24 Mum blooms : col- 

 lection of single Mums ; 18 blooms Mums, 6 

 varieties ; IS blooms Mums,- 3 varieties. I'ercy 

 E. Hicks, gardener to B. H. & H. S. Borden, 

 Oceanic, N. J. — Special for 24 blooms Mums, 

 and for vase of 10 blooms white Mums. An- 

 ton Bauer, gardener to Henry Goldman, Deal 

 Beach, N. J.^ — Special for collection G varieties 

 of Mums. Ij. G. Forties, gardener to Payne 

 Whitney, Manhasset, L. I. — Special for each of 

 thi' following: 10 blooms crimson Mums: vase 

 G white Mums; vase 6 blooms bronze Mums; 

 12 plants, any variety Mums ; and G plants any 

 variety Alums. Wm." G. Castey, gardener to J. 

 W. llarriman, Bernardsville, N. .7. — Special for 

 vase of G blooms white Mums. W. R. Fowkes, 

 gardener to Howard Cole. Aladison. N. J. — 

 Special for 15 blooms crimson Roses. A. 

 Wynne, gardener to W. W. Hcroy, Stamford, 

 Conn. — Special for bunch of Violets, and special 

 for fliree vases of Mums. 



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