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WESTCHESTER (N. Y.) SHOW. 



The aniiiuil fall exliibitiou iti tlie \Vest- 

 ehester :iiul Fairfield Iloi-ticultural Society 

 •was held in Xew Uofhelle. X. Y., Xovemher 

 4, o and (!. The large hall was well filled 

 with exhibits nf siipericir iiuality and wi<le 

 variety. Tasteful arraiiynneiit was in evi- 

 dence throughout the entire exhibition, the 

 competition was keen and !KI of the 04 classes 

 proxided for in the schedule were well com- 

 peted for. The feature of the third day was 

 the competition for ladies only. Hand- 

 some prizes of cut glass and silverware being 

 provide<i for the best arranged dinner table 

 decoration and best arranged basket of 

 flowers. 



First prize for table decoration — Mrs. Ewen 

 McKenzie : 2nd. Miss B. Scott. For basket of 

 flowers — 1st. Miss Scott; Snd. Mrs. McKenzie. 

 The basket arranged by Miss Scott was un- 

 doubtedly tile best-arranged basket of flowers 

 ever exhibited at any of our exhibitions. In 

 the open class table decoration Thomas .Vitcbe- 

 son — 1st. Benjamin Disley : 2nd. .Tanii s Luiane. 

 Basket of flowers — 1st, Thos. Aitchcson. Best 

 centerpiece for table — 1st, Henry (Jaut ; 2nd, 

 .Tames Tinane ; 3rd, Ewen MacKenzie. Largest 

 bloom of 'mum in the show was exhibited by 

 Ewen MacKenzie. a very fine specimen of 

 Wm. Turner. Anton S. Petersen. New 

 Kocbelle. was manager of the exhibition. The 

 Judges were: Wm. Turner. Mendbam. N. J.; 

 James Bell. New York City : Samuel Bachelor, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y. : N. Butterliacb, I>archmont. 

 N. Y. ; W. II. Waite, Yonkers, N. Y. ; Donald 

 Sheppard, Now Uochelle, N. Y. 



The awards are as follows; Specimen "mum" 

 bush plant. 20-inch pot — 1st, \V. J. Sealey, 

 gardener for Chas. JIallov : 2nd. A. L. Mar- 

 shall, gardener for Hobart .1. Park. Specimen 

 bush plant. 14-inch pot — 1st. Eweu MacKenzie. 

 gardener for Miss Georgina Iselin. Specimi'U 

 bush plant, .S-inch pot — 1st. .lames Linane. 

 gardener for H. D. Barrow : 2nd. E. MacKenzie. 

 Specimen standard — 1st. W. .1. Sealey; 2nd, 

 Ewen MacKenzie. Six plants grown to single 

 stem — 1st. Wm. Wbltton, gardener for Mr. 

 p;rnest Iselin ; 2nd, II. Lyons. Specimen 

 chrysanthemum plant of unusual shape — 2nd. 

 James Linane. Cut flowers, clirysantheniums. 

 1.S distinct varieties — 1st. .\dam Patterson, 

 gardener for Miss M. Cockcroft. Twelve dis- 

 tinct variti<'s — 1st. Thomas .\itcheson, gardener 

 for Mrs. Nathan Straus ; 2nd. .\. Bieschke, 

 gardener for Wm. Zeigler, Jr. ; 3rd. K. Mac- 

 Kenzie. Six distinct varieties — 1st, A. Wynne, 

 gardener for W. W. Ilervy : 2nd, Tlios. Kyan, 

 gardener for John I. Downey; 3rd, Wm. Whit- 

 ton. Tc>n Thomas White — 1st, E. MacKenzie ; 

 2nd, Thos. .\itcheson ; 3rd, Carl Ilankensou. 

 Six varieties. 3 each — 1st. .\dam Patterson; 

 2nd. Thos. .\iteheson. Three varieties, (i each 

 — 1st. .\dam Patterson ; 2nd. P. W. I'opp. Six 

 blooms, pink — 1st. H. I.ebman. Six blooms, 

 yellow — 1st, Benjamin Disley, gardener for 

 Mrs. John M. Flagler : 2nd, A. Patterson. Six 

 blooms, crimson — 1st, Thos. .Vitcheson ; 2nd. 

 Carl Hankenson. Six, blooms, white — 1st, Thos, 

 Aitcheson ; 2nd, E, MacKenzie, Six blooms, 

 any other color — 1st, A. Bieschke; 2nd. Benj. 

 Disley. Six blooms, pink — 1st, Ernest Iselin, 

 gardener, Wm. Whitton. Three blooms yel- 

 low — 1st. Joseph Tiernan, gardener for .\drlan 

 Iselin, .Jr. ; 2nd. .\, Wynne. Three blooms, 

 white — 1st, .\. Wynne;' 2nd, Wm. Whitton. 

 Three blooms, any other color — 1st. A, Wynne; 

 2nd. Wm. Whitton. Twenty-flve vases pom- 

 pons. 2.'i varieties — 1st. W. J. Sealey; 2nd, 

 P, W. I'oft. Twelve vases pompons — 1st. Thos. 

 Ryan ; 2nd. Thos. Bell, gardener for (ieo. Stur 

 gess, Sjiecial prize, 2.^ varieties of singles — 

 ■Won bv John T. Burns, gardener for Miss C. 

 A. Bliss. Twelve varietic's. singles — 1st. E. 

 MacKenize ; 2nd. Carl Ilawkinson. Vase of 

 *'mums" arranged for effect — 1st. Jas. Stuart: 

 2nd. Thus, .\iteheson. Special prize won l)y 

 John I. Downey. Basket of pompons, arranged 

 for effect — 1st. J. P. Sorenson, gardener for 

 "Wm. Shillaher : 2nd. P. W. T'opp. \"nse of 

 pompons — 1st, P. W. Popp ; 2nd, Thos. Bell. 

 Tase of pompons Golden Harvest — 1st, W. J. 

 Sealey : 2nd. P, W. Popp. Group of flowering 

 and foliage plants, to cover 7,5 square feet of 

 floor space — 1st. James Stuart: 2nd, Ewen 

 "MacKenzie. Specimen Palen (Kentlal — 1st, E. 

 MacKenzie ; 2nd. Jas, Stuart. Specimen .\reca 

 — 1st. E. MacKenzie; 2nd, James Stuart. Spe- 

 <'Imen palm "Phoenix" — l.st, .\. L. Marshall. 

 Six table plants, 6 varieties — 1st, Mm. Graham ; 



"nd, E. MacKenzIi'. Specimen Neplirolepis — 

 1st .\. L. Marshall ; 2ncl. Wm. Whitton. Speci- 

 men Artrantown fern — 1st, Jas. Stuart. Three 

 plants I-duaine Begonia — 1st, E. .MacKenzie; 

 2nd, W. J, Si'aley. Specimen orchid plant — 

 1st. .\lex, Marsliail. Display of orchid (lowers 

 — I'st. .\lex. Marshall. Cut flowers, roses, 12 

 blooms Iladlev — 1st, ,lohn T. Burns; 2nd. Ixjuis 

 Wittman. Twelve white — 1st, Benjamin Dis- 

 lev, Twelvi' pink — 1st, W. II. Magiunis ; 2nd. 

 James Stuart. Twelve crimson — 1st, J. T. 

 Burns ; 2ud, W. II, Maginnis. Twelve any 

 other color— 1st. .lames Stuart; 2nd. ,Tohn T. 

 Burns. Cut-flower carnations, 12 white — 1st, 

 A. D, Marshall: 2nd, Kobert Grunnert, gar- 

 doner for W. T. Keis ; 3rd, John T. Burns. 

 Twelve Winsor shade — 1st, .lohn T. Burns, 

 Twelve Enchantress shade — 1st, J, T. Burns ; 

 L'lid, .\. L. Marshall. Twelve Ljiwsou shade — 

 1st, John T. Burns. Twelve scarlet — 1st, John 

 T lUirns ; 2nd, Thos. Bell. Twelve crimson — 

 1st. John T. Burns; 2nd, Thos. Aitcheson. 

 Bunch of 50 violets — 1st, Thos. Bell ; 2nd, 

 C. Ilawkenson. Display of outdoor roses — 1st, 

 Martin Glendon, gardener for -V, T. Wills ; 2nd, 

 P. W. Popp. Display of outdoor flowers — 1st, 

 P, W. Popp. Fifty sprays lily of the valley — 

 1st. P, W, Popp. Display of flowers from 

 bulbous plants — 1st, Jas. Stuart. Display of 

 annuals — 1st, J. P. Sorenson. Cups for vege- 

 taliKs were won by .loseph Tiernan and by 

 ,\dam Patterson. Collection of vegetables. G 

 varieties — 1st, Henry Gaut ; 2nd, Martin Glen- 

 don. Bunch of greenhouse grapes, black, — 

 1st, Robert Williamson ; 2nd, A. Patterson. 

 Bunch of greenhouse grapes, white — 1st, A. 

 Palterson. Collection of apples — 1st, Wm. 

 Graham ; 2nd. W. H, Maginnis. Box of appb'S 

 — 1st, Wm, Graham ; 2nd, Thos, Bell. Collec- 

 tion of pear.s — 1st, Thos. Ryan ; 2nd, Henry 

 Gaut. Display of outdoor grapes — 1st, II. 

 Gaut: 2nd, Thos. Ryan. 



P. W. POPP, Secretar.T. 



MADISON (N. J.) SHOW, 



The nineteentli aimal llowcr show of the 

 Morris Cotuity tlardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety was held on Octolier 28 and "29 at Madi- 

 son. X'. J. The exliibition was of the usual 

 lii.gh order of the Madison shows, a special 

 feature this year being the competition in 

 the vegetable classes. As usual chrysanthe- 

 mums predominated, and some excellent 

 specimens were displaj'ed. There were sev- 

 eral fine groups of chrysanthemums and 

 orchids. A new addition to the show was 

 the table decorations, and tliis proved so 

 ]iopular that it is likely to be a fixture of 

 the future Madison shows. 



Tlie Judges were Alexander McKenzie, 

 <larrison, N. Y. ; John Canninj;, Ardsley, 

 X. Y.; John D. B\irns, Xew Caiman, Conn.; 

 Fugene Dailledouze. Brooklyn, X. Y. 



The list of prize winners follows: 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS— CUT FLOWERS, 

 Thirtv-six flowers, 6 varieties, of each — 

 1st, Mrs. D. Willis James, Madison, N, J. 

 I supt., Wm. II. Duckham). Eighteen flowers, 

 li varieties. 3 of each — 1st. Chas. W. Ilarkness, 

 Madison. N. J. (gard.. Ernst Wild) ; 2nd. O. II. 

 Kahn. Morrlstown, N. J, (gard., James Era- 

 ser! ; 3rd, Mrs. G. E. Kissel. Morrlstown, N. .1. 

 (gard., Percy 1). Witney). Twidve flowers, li' 

 varieties in one vase — 1st, Dr, I), II. Mc.Midn, 

 Mcurls Plains, N. J. (gard.. John Downing); 

 2nd. O. H. Kahn ; 3rd, Mrs. G. E. Kissel. Ten 

 flowers, any yellow variety — 1st, Dr, D. II. 

 .Mc.Vlpin, with Mrs, Knox. Ten flowers, any 

 white variet.v — 1st, D, H, McAlpin, with Bea- 

 trice Mav. Ten flowers, any pink variety — 

 1st. Dr. D. II. Me.MpIn, with Lady Hopetoun. 

 Ten flowers, any other color — 1st. Dr. D. II. 

 .Mc.\lpin, with Reginald Vallis, Twent,v-four 

 flowers, 24 varieties. 12-inch stem, to be shown 

 in single vases — 1st, Sirs. D. Willis James, 

 Twelve flowers. 3 varieties. 4 of each in three 

 vases, stem 24-Iiich. I*ierson IT-bar special 

 prize — 1st, C. W. Ilarkness; 2nd, O. II. Kahn: 

 3rd, Mrs, John Crosby Brown, Orange, N. J. 

 (gard.. Peter Duff), Twelve flowers, 12 va- 

 rii'ties. 12-inch stem, single vases. Spe<'Ial 

 Hitcdilug's silver cup — 1st, Model Farm Gar- 

 den: Dalton, Mass. (gard.. Robert Spier) ; 2nd. 

 C. W, Harkness; 3rd, O. H. Kahn. Six flowers, 

 (i varieties, 12-incb. single vases — 1st, Dr, D. 

 H. McAlpIn ; 2nd, Howard Cole, Brooklake, 

 Madison, N, J. (gard., W. R. Fowkes ) : 3rd, 

 Mrs. John Crosby Brown. Six flowers, any 

 pink variety — 1st, Mrs. John Crosby Brown, 

 with Louis Rosseau : 2nd. O. II. Kahn. Six 

 Howei's, any white variety — 1st, O. II. Kahn ; 

 2nd. yirs. John Crosby Brown. Six flowers, 

 anv vellow variet.v — 1st. Mrs, G. E. Kissel, 

 with Mrs. Wm. Duckham ; 2nd, Mrs. John 

 Croshv P.rown. Six flowers, any crimson va- 

 riety— 1st. Dr. D. H. Mc.\lpln : 2nd, Mrs. John 

 Crosbv Brown, Six flowers, any other color — 

 1st. 6. II, Kahn. with Rose Pockett. One vase 

 flowers, with other foliage, arranged for effect 



— 1st, O. 11. Kahn, with chrysolora. Ten vases 

 pompons, 10 varieties, 6 sprays to vase — 1st. 



C. H, Tottv, Madison, N. J. ; 2nd, Mrs, C. W. 

 McAlpin (gard., Dennis Harkins). Ten vases, 

 single, 10 varieties, sprays to a vase — 1st, 

 .Mrs. I). Willis James; 2nd, J. W. Everett, 

 (ilen Cove, N, Y, Six vases, singles, 6 varieties, 

 i; sprays to a vase— 1st, Percy Chubb, Gleu 

 (_'ove (gard., Edward Honeyman), Largest 

 flower — 1st, Jlrs. D. Willis James, with Bob 

 I'ulling. Six flowers of Wm. Turner — 1st. Dr. 



D. H. Mc.\lpiu; 2nd. Mrs. G. E. Kissel. One 

 vase. .') flowers, any variety not previously ex- 

 hibited — 1st, C. H', Tottv, with Mrs, J. Pur- 

 roy Mitchell, 1910 novelty. 



ROSES, 

 Twelve White KUlarney — 1st, Howard Cole; 

 2nd, C. A. Work, Wm. Mulmiclnd. Twelve 

 ll.idley— 1st, Ben. J. Gary. Jladiscjn, N. J.; 

 2nd. Howard ('ole. Twidve any other red rose 

 — 1st. G. G. Mason, Tuxedo, N. V.. with I'rince 

 d'.Vrenberg (gard., David S. Miller), 'i'wolve 

 any other pink rose — :ii-d, Howard Cole. 

 Twelve any yellow r<ise — 3rd, Howard t'ole. 

 Twelve Prliice" d'.Vrenberu — 1st, Mrs. G. C, Ma- 

 son, Tuxedo, N, Y. ; 2nd. Howard Cole. 

 CARNATIONS. 

 Twenty-flve blooms light pink — 1st, Mrs. D. 

 Willis .laiiH's ; L'nd, c. W. Harkni-ss, Twenty- 

 livi' blooms dark pink — 1st, C. W. Harkness; 

 2nd. ,ltdin Heeremans, Princeton. N. .1. Twen- 

 ty-flve blooms, white' — 1st, Mrs. D.. Willis 

 James ; 3rd. John Heeremans. Twenty-flve 

 blooms, variegated — 1st, C. W. Harkness. 

 Twelve blooms, crimson — 1st, Mrs, D. Willis 

 .lames. Twelve blooms, light pink — 1st, O. II. 

 Kahn. Twelve blooms, dark pink — 1st, O. H. 

 Kahn. Twelve blooms, white — 1st, tloward 

 Cole ; 2nd, S. M. & .\. Colgate. Orange, N. J. 

 (gard.. Wm. Reid) ; 3rd, O. H. Kahn. Eight- 

 een blooms any undisseminated variety — 1st, 

 C. W. Harkness, Three vases, 3 varieties, 18 

 liloonis each — 1st, C, W. Harkness ; 3rd, John 

 Heeremans. Best vase, 1 variety, 2.5 blooms — 

 1st. Mrs, D. Willis James, with Princess Dag- 

 mar ; 2nd, C. W. Harkness. 

 VIOLETS. 

 One bunch. lOO blooms, double, blue — 1st, 

 Howard ("ogliill, Jlorristown (gartl.. I'. Pem- 

 I>ede). One bunch, loo blooms, single, blue — 

 1st. Mrs. D. Willis James; 2nd. Mrs. John 

 Crosby Brown. 



GROUPS AND ORCHIDS. 

 Mum plants in arrangement with foliage 

 plants tor effect — 1st. 11. McK. Twombly, Mad- 

 ison, N. J. (gard.. R. Tyson) ; 2nd. Dr. D. H. 

 M<-.VIpin. <_)ne specimen mum plaiil in flower 

 in i)ot or tub. any color — 1st. Mrs. .lohn Crosby 

 Brown, with Lady Lydia ; 2nd, yirs. H. McK. 

 Tw<inibly. Twtdve nnun plants. 12 varieties, 

 single stem. O-ineh luit — 1st. Mrs. .lohn Crosby 

 Brown. .Six mum jdants In flowers, (> varieties, 

 single stem, (J-incb pot — 1st, t', W. Harkness. 

 One spi'cimen plant Begonia de Lorraine, pink 

 — 1st, Mrs. II. JIcK. Twombly. Table of or- 

 chid plants, arranged with fern plants, 4-foot 

 table — 1st. Mrs. D. Willis James. One orchid 

 plant — 1st. R. D. Foote (gard., J. K. Linda- 

 bery). Table decoration for six covers, mum 

 (lowers only, anv foliage or ferns mav be used 

 -1st, Mrsl D, Willis James; 2nd, Dr. D. H. 

 .McAlpin ; 3rd, Mrs. II. McK. Twombly. 

 VEGETABLES. 

 Collection 12 varieties, beauty of arrange- 

 ment to count — 1st, .Mrs. D. Willis James; 

 2nd. Wm. Hall Walker, Brookside. Barrington, 

 Mass. (gard.. Thos. I'age) ; 3rd, Geo. G. .Ma.son. 

 Collection (j kinds, beauty or arrangement to 

 count — 1st, Mrs. C. B. .Vlexander, Bernards- 

 vill.'. N. J. I gard.. Ix-wis Burkman) : 2nd, O. 

 11, Hammond, Beruardsville, N. J. (gard., John 

 .\nderson ). 



SPECIALS, 

 yirs. C. H. Stout. Short Hills, N. J., novelty 

 Dahlia Sunshine, seedling, 1011 — Ccrtiflcate of 

 merit. Mrs. James .\. Webb. Madison, N. J. 

 (gard.. Luke O'Reilly), colleclion of vegetables 

 — Special prize, and for wlilte and yellow 

 bloom, and one plant Gorse — Cnltui'al certifi- 

 cate. S. M. & A. Colgate, for exhibition of ap- 

 ples, not for competition — Cultural ccrtifl- 

 cate. Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, exhibition of 

 melons — Ccrtiflcate of merit. 



GLEN COVE (N. Y.) SHOW. 

 Tlie tenth annual chr.vsantlienium show of 

 the Xassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held at Glen Cove Octol)er 20 and 30. 

 ,ind there was a fine display of well-fini3hed 

 riiums, carnations, roses, vegetables etc. 

 The judges were Messrs. R. Angus, A. Grif- 

 fin, J. Bell and W. Turner. Among the 

 prominent exhibits the class for .50 vases of 

 liardy pompons attracted the most atten- 

 tion, as both the exhibitors had already won 

 thfi cup for this class twice each, and this 

 year was the deciding one for the final 

 "ownership. It was won by Henry Gaut, 



