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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



gardener to Jlrs. H. L. Pratt, and .John \A'. 

 Everitt, gardener to Mrs. J. T. Pratt, was 

 second. The cnp for table decorations 

 brought out eight contestants, and was won 

 by J. W. p:veritt A\ith a pretty table done 

 with a new pink single seedling chrysanthe- 

 mum named Ernest Westlake, Jr. H. Gaut 

 was second with Dorothy Dan; Jos. Adler 

 third with Peter Pan. and F. Iloneyman 

 fourth with a bicolor single; J. Hayes was 

 fifth. The society's cujj for 12 kinds of 

 vegetaldes was won by A. G. Hodenpyle Esq. 

 (gardener. F. Petroccia), with a clean gi-own 

 lot of vegetables. Mrs. H. L. Pratt" (gar- 

 dener. H. Gaut) second. Prize list as fol- 

 lows: 



C. A. Coffin special : Group chrysantbomums 

 arranged for effect, coverins; not more than 6U 

 square feet — 1st. Percy Cbubb, Esq. (gard., F. 

 Hone.vman) : 2nd, Mrs. II. L. Pratt (gard., 

 Henry Gaut). Harvey S. Ladew special: (a) 

 Best double standard — 1st, Mrs. J. II. Ottley 

 (gard., James Macdonaldl ; 12nd, Mrs. II. L. 

 Pratt, (b) Best single standard — 1st, I'erc.v 

 Chubb : 2nd, Mrs. \V. II. Ilarkness (gard., A. 

 Fouruier). Lord & Burubara special : Best 

 doubh; bush — 1st, Percy Cbubb ; lind, Mrs. 

 Ottley.- Best single busb — 1st, Percy Cbubb; 

 liud. Mrs. Harkness. Six plants in G-incb pots 

 — 1st. Mrs. W. D. Guthrie (gard., W. Boss) : 

 2nd. Percy Cbubb. Six vases, 6 varieties, 3 

 blooms each, long stems — 1st, Mrs. Guthrie; 

 2nd, Percy Cbubb. Best vase, S blooms. 1 

 variety — 1st. Mrs. Guthrie : 2ud, Mrs. Ottley. 

 Six blooms. (J varieties — 1st, Mrs. Gutbrie ; 

 2nd. Percy Cbul>b. Six blooms, 6 varieties, 

 short stems — 1st. Mrs. J. T. Pratt (gard.. .1. W. 

 Everitt I ; 2nd, Payne Whitney, Esq. (gard., 

 L. G. Forbes). Twelve blooms, 12 varieties, 

 short stems — 1st. Percy Chubb ; 2nd. Mrs. 

 Guthrie. Three vases, 3 varieties, 2 blooms 

 each, long stems — 1st, Payne Whitney ; 2nd. 

 Mrs. .T. T. Pratt. Twelve blooms, arranged 

 for effect. :iutiimn foliage allowed — 1st. Mrs. 

 Guthiie : 2nd, .Mrs. II. L. Pratt. Best 2 blooms 

 Menilon — Gold medal, Mrs. (iutbrie ; silver 

 Mrs. II. L. Pratt; bronze, Mrs. Ottley. Twelve 

 blooms. 3 varieties (private gardeners only) — 

 1st. Percy Chubb ; second, Mrs. Guthrie. Best 

 6 pink — ist. Mrs. Ilarkness : 2nd, Mrs. C. V. 

 Brewster (gard.. L. Fogartyl. Best 6, any 

 other color — 1st, Mrs. Guthrie; 2nd, Payne 

 Whitney. Largest bloom in show — 1st, Mrs. 

 Gutlirie. Mrs. F. S. Smitbers' silver cup. to 

 be won three times : Best colli ction of 50 

 varieties liardy pompons grown and flowered 

 outdoors — 1st. Mrs. II. L. Pratt: 2nd. Mrs. 

 J. T. Pratt. Eighteen vases hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums, l.S varieties, grown and flowered out- 

 doors— 1st. Mrs. H. L. Pratt ; 2ud. Mrs. J. C. 

 Ayer (gard., Harry Jones). Twelve vases 

 singles, 12 varieties, 6 sprays each — 1st, Mrs. 

 J. T. Pratt; 2nd. Percy Chubb. Six vases 

 singles. 6 varieties — 1st. Mrs. II. L. Pratt : 

 2nd, Paul Dana, Esq. (gard., James Gladstone). 

 One vase singles, 12 spray,£; — 1st, Percy Chubb ; 

 2nd. Mrs. J. T. Pratt. 



Twelve .\merican Beauty roses — 1st, Mrs. 

 Guthrie. Twelve yellow roses — 1st, Mrs. J. C. 

 Ayer ; 2nd, Mrs. CJuthrie. Twelve pink roses 

 — 1st. Mrs. Guthrie ; 2nd, Percy Chubb. Twelve 

 red roses — 1st. Percy i-"bubb. Twelve Tea or 

 H. T. mixed — 1st. Payne Whitney ; 2nd, Percy 

 Chubb. Carnations, in 5 classes : Twelve white 

 — 1st, Mrs. Guthrie : 2nd, I'ercy Cbubb. Twelve 

 light pink — 1st, Mrs. Guthrie : 2nd. I'ercy 

 Chubb. Twelve dark pink — 1st. Mrs. Guthrie : 

 2nd, Percy Chubb. Twelve crimson — 1st. Percy 

 Chubb. Twelve scarlet — 1st. Mrs. Guthrie ; 

 2nd, Percy Chubb. Best 2,'5. any color — 1st. 

 Mrs. Guthrie : 2nd. Payne Whitue.v. Best 50. 

 mixed — 1st, Mrs. Gutbrie : 2nd, Percy Chubb. 



One hundred single violets — 1st. Mrs. J. T. 

 Pratt ; 2nd, Mrs, J. C. Ayer. Fifty single 

 violets — 1st, Thos. Leeming, Esq. ; 2nd., Mrs. 

 C. F. Cartledge. 



Best collection outdoor flowers. 25 varieties 

 — 1st. Mrs. G. D. Pratt (gard., J. P. Johnson) ; 

 2nd. Mrs. Ottley. 



Silver cup : Best table decoration of chrysan- 

 themums with appropriate foliage or grasses, 

 to seat six persons — 1st. J. H. Everitt : 2nd. 

 Henry Gaut ; 3rd, .Tos. Adler ; 4th, F. Honey- 

 man ; 5th. J. Hayes. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society's cup ; 

 Twelve kinds of vegetables — 1st, A. G. Hoden- 

 pyle. Esq. (gard.. F. Petroccia) ; 2nd, Mrs. 

 H. L. Pratt. Six kinds of vegetables — 1st. 

 Mrs. Ottley; 2nd. Mrs. W. V. Hester (gard., 

 Herman Boettcher). 



Best group flowering foliage plants, covering 

 not more than 60 square feet — 1st, Percy 

 Chubb. Six orchids in bloom — 1st. Percy 

 Chubb. HARRY JONES, Cor. See'ty. 



OYSTER BAY (N. Y.) SHOW. 



The third annual chrysanthemum show of 

 the Oyster Bay Horticultural Society was a 

 dex'ided success, much in advance of last 

 year. 



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A Very Personal Invitation 



WHILE you are at 

 t h e Gardeners' 

 C o n vention i n 

 Philadelphia this month, 

 Mr. Wintzer and I want 

 you to come out to West 

 Grove and visit our place. 



Mr. Wintzer has some 

 if his choice Cannas 

 blooming in the green- 

 house. In them you will 

 see the forerunner of 

 some new Swastika brand 

 varieties. 



To hear Mr. Wintzer 

 talk of his canna children 

 and how he "brings them 

 up in the way they should 

 go." is a genuine pleasure 

 in itself. 



Our way of storing the 

 tliousands and thousands 



ROSE RHEA READ. 



of Canna bulbs will also 

 interest you. 



Then there are some- 

 thing like 400 varieties 

 of roses in various stages 

 of readiness for Spring 

 sales — not to mention a 

 goodly assortment of 

 shrubs, both in the cold 

 cellars and open ground. 



I am planning to at- 

 tend the Convention. So 

 make yourself known to 

 me and doubtless we can 

 arrange to go out to 

 West Grove together, 

 which, indeed, would be 

 pleasant for me. 



If you can't come, then 

 do the next best thing 

 and send your name for 

 our new catalog, soon to 

 be readv. 



THE CONARD a JONES COMPAN/ 



Robert Pyle. Pres. Antoine Wintzer, Vice-Pres. 



SWASTIKA BRAND CANNAS 



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A fine silver tray, ofl"ered liy tlie North 

 County Garden Club, to be won three times, 

 only attracted two e.xliibitors, but as the 

 prize was oifered rather late, we antici[iate 

 nune comi)etitors next year. 



The chief winners were as follows: 



Group ornamental plants — 1st. John T. In- 

 gram. Group of mums — 1st, James Duckham. 

 Three pots single mums — 1st. James Imtnie. 

 Six pots, single stems — 1st, James Duckham. 

 Bush chrysanthemums — 1st. J. Duthie. Three 

 pots mums as grown for market — 1st. J. 

 Duckham, who also won for white and pink, 

 and for 12 varieties, distinct. J. Devine won 

 tor 3 yellow and 3 any other color. 



For 6 blooms in 6 varieties — 1st, F. Kyle. 

 Best collection white mums — 1st. J. Devine. 

 Best colli ction hardy mums, 25 varieties — 

 1st, A. Walker. Collection outdoor flowers — 

 1st. J. Duthie. Largest bloom in show — 1st. 

 J. Devine. - The same exhibitors won the re- 

 maining prizes. 



C. Mills was awarded a cultural certificate 

 tor a collection of vegetables. 



The judges were Joseph Robinson, .John 

 Chapman and F. Honevman. 



F. KIRKHAM, Secretary. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y., SHOW. 



The sixteenth annual autumn exhibition 

 of the Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 lield on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 

 November 4. 5 and 0, at the ilusic Hall, 

 Tarrytown. Roth in the number and ex- 

 cellence of its exhibits this surpassed any 

 previous efforts of this society. The sev- 

 eral large and handsome exhibits of orna- 

 mental foliage and flowering plants staged 

 in the center and at other points of vantage, 

 were a pronounced and splendid feature of 

 this show. 



The vases of cut blooms of single stemmed 

 Chysanthemums shown with foliage of different 

 kinds, and occupying the entire stage, were a 

 magnificent feature and of high quality, while 

 the several handsomely decorated dinner tables 

 on Thursday afternoon added much to the 

 beauty of the scene. Specimen blooms of Mrs. 

 H. Stevens, Leslie Morrison, Pockett's Crimson, 



Wm. Turner, Rose Pockett. Mary Dunnellan, 

 otto II. Kahn, Elberon, Lenox. Anne Angus, 

 Wm. II. Duckham, Mrs. Gilbert Drabble. Reg. 

 Vallis, Lady Hopetoun. Meudon, Lealie May 

 Bi-nnett, and W. Mease, all showed excellent 

 f(jrm. In the vegetable section, the prizes 

 offcri'd helped very much in bringing out a very 

 large and meritorious display. In the non-com- 

 mei'tial classes, K. M. Johnson, gardener to 

 \A'm. B. Thompson, Yonkers. X. Y.. received cer- 

 tificate of merit for a vase of pretty, new mam- 

 .njcith type pink Verbenas. He also won the 

 silver cup for largest number of prizes taken 

 during the exhibition ; and 1st for each of fol- 

 lowing : Table of decoi-ative plants ; for six 

 heads of Celery ; for collection of six vegetables ; 

 best six blooms yellow Mums : best specimen 

 bush plant, white ; best specimen bush plant, 

 pink : best specimen bush plant, any other 

 color : group of palms, and lastly for specimen 

 Farleyense fern. Charles II. Russell, gardener 

 to Finlay J. Shepard. Tarrytown. N. Y., for 

 six sprays of cut orchids won a silver cup. for 

 new plant, certificate of merit, and one for 

 specimen Kentia, and for display of orchids. 

 James Valentine, superintendent of Mrs. F. E. 

 l.'-wis. Itidgefield. Conn., bad the best 12 blooms 

 of i'hrvsanthemums. and 12 blooms variegated 

 Carnations. John Canning, gardener to Adolph 

 Lewisohn. Ardsley. N. Y.. was first for each 

 of following : 20 blooms Mums : 36 blooms, 

 24 blooms, and 12 vases of single Mums ; for 

 six plants of Chrysanthemums. Thos. A. Lee, 

 gardener to Mrs. ' Carl Victor, .\rdsley. N. Y., 

 for six blooms of Chrysanthemums, and for a 

 bunch of 50 single blue Violets. W. F. Ross, 

 gardener to Mrs. W. D. Guthrie. Glen Cove, 

 L. I., silver cup for 18 blooms of Chrysanthe- 

 mums, and first for largest bloom. Abel Week, 

 gardener to Mrs. .S. Hermann. Tarrytown, 

 N. Y.. led tor three blooms, and Robt. Grieve, 

 gardener to Hugh Hill. Irvington. N. Y., for 12. 

 David Gordon, gardener to Mrs. C. Neustadt, 

 Chappaqua, N. Y.. was first for 18 blooms of 

 Mums. Geo. Wittlinger, gardener to Miss 

 Blanche Potter, Ossiniug, N. Y.. had the best 

 12 blooms, and was first for best six blooms of 

 white Mums, with variety Wm. Turner, and 

 for best six blooms pink Mums. .\. MacDon- 

 ald, gardener to Charles Mallory. Port Chester, 

 N. Y.', led for six vases pompon Mums. Frank 

 E. Witney, gardener to Wintbrop Sargent. Bea- 

 con. N. Y.. first for Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 

 James Caselli. gardener to Dr. L. H. Balkland, 

 first prize for collection of vegetables. A. W. 

 Golding. superintendent to D. G. Reid. silver 

 cup for collection of vegetables ; and first for 

 each of the following: 12 blooms Carnations: 

 36 blooms of Carnation, six varieties : the best 



