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William Tiuuer was the center of attraction 

 while a vase of 12 Mary Farnesworth was a 

 close second. Among tlie specimen blooms 

 the following from the converse Estate were 

 •especially fine : liCila Filkins, Cheltoni. 

 Marquis V. A'enosta. Mrs. W. Duckham. 

 Alice Lemon and Adonis. 



Special mention slunild be made of the 

 group covering 40 square feet, both of which 

 were very fine, competition being close, and 

 the man who could have beaten the cup 

 winner would have had to step some. 



The awards were as follows : 



Group of chrysanthemums, arranged for ef- 

 fect, not over 40 square feet : Dr. E. R. Hum- 

 phries cup — Won liy D. A. Itoy : lind, A. E. 

 Oritfin. Collection of hardy 'mums, not less 

 than 12 varieties : silver medal — Won by Peck- 

 ham I^^loral Company. Bronze medal won by 

 D. F. Roy. Best 6 blooms chrysanthemum 

 Harry E. Converse : Converse cup — Won by 

 A. E. GritHn. Best IS blooms, distinct va- 

 rieties ; Galen Stone cup — Won by I). F. Roy. 

 Six plants, t> flowers to a plant, not over an 

 8-inch pot — Cup won by D. F. Ko.v. Vase of 

 18 flowers. 1 variety — Cup won by A. E. Grif- 

 fin with a beautiful vase of William q'urner. 

 Vase of 12 blooms, 1 variety: silver mcflnl of 

 the societv — Won bv A. E. (rriffin witli Marv 

 JFarneswortb. WM. F. TI'KNER. 



DOBBS FERRY (N. Y.) SHOW. 



The Thirteenth Annual Flower ,Show of 

 the Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held November 4 and 5. Tlie 

 6 and 7, was a great success and much 

 credit is due its officers. 



There were 48 classes in the schedule, of 

 which 12 were for fruit and vegetables. Prom- 

 inent among the prize winners in the plant and 



flower sections were : J. .\ndward. Mrs. D. E. 

 Oppenheim (gard., A. Mcr)onald), Mrs. F. 

 Dunn (gnrd.. T. Richardson), J. A. Townsend 



(gard., K. Howe), I. T. Bush, W. H. Brown 



(gard.. Mr. Holgersou). C. Wilson. Mrs. J. 

 Fraser (uard.. H. Harms), Mrs. Ilenrv Draper 



(gard., H. Wells i, 1). F. H. Backland (gard., 

 J. Caselli), St. Christopher's Home (gard., P, 

 Clinton), .1. .\ndcrson and H. Keiling. 



NEW LONDON (CONN.) SHOW. 



Tlic Annual ( hivsaiitlicmuni and Fruit 

 Show of the New London Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held November 4 and 5. The 

 show was acknowledged by many as one 

 of the best in tlie history of the society. 

 Numbers of people visited the exliibition on 

 botli days. 



Among the exhibits of chrysanthemums 

 ■was a grou]) of singles staged for non-com- 

 petition by the Harlcness Estate, and called 

 forth admiration from judges, visitors and 

 president; al.so a very fine trained specimen 

 exhibited by the Palmer Estate. 



.Stanley .Tordan secured first prize in the 

 class for 12 blooms, any variety: Ernest Rob- 

 inson, foreman, Morton F. Plant estate, sec- 

 ond ; Alfred Flowers, of the G. Palmer estate, 

 third. The latter had some very wonderful 

 hlooms of Wm. Turner. In the classes for 

 vases of four distinct colors — M. F. Plant first, 

 for four white and four pink : Harkness estate 

 first for four yellow and four crimson. John 

 Maloney, gardener to the Guthrie estate, se- 

 cured first for best group of flowering and 

 foliage plants. Carnations were shown by 

 Harkness estate. Among exhibitors of bush 

 chr.vsanthemums were the Mitchell estate. Gus- 

 tav Newman, gardener, who secured chief hon- 

 ors. The latter also made a splendid exhibit 

 of fruit. Alfred Flowers also showed some fine 

 apples. The latter secured first in vegetable 

 class for 12 varieties. 



On the morning of the second day table dec- 

 orations by ladies were the feature. Mrs. Ed- 

 ward Smith secured first prize : Mrs. Stanley 

 Jordan second : Mrs. .John Ilump'u-ey was 

 third. The .judges were : Frank Conine. Strat- 

 ford : Mr. GritBn, of the Landers estate, and 

 Donald Miller, of the B. .\. Armstrong estate. 

 STANLEY JORDAN. 



MENLO PARK (CAL.) SHOW. 



Tlie annual sliow of the Menlo Park Hor- 

 ticultural Society, lield October 23 to 25, 

 proved a decided success in every way. It 

 was conceded by everyone to be tlie best 

 ever lield by tlie society. The spacious hall 

 allowed everything to be staged for the best 

 elfect. 



Tlie orchid groups were first class. .T. A. 

 Carbone, of Berlceley, staged a magnificent 

 collection of forty different varieties, includ- 

 ing some fine brasso-cattleya and Uelia 

 hybrids. The exhibit of Kavid Bassett, gar- 

 dener for L, Stern, attracted more attention 

 from the public. While not containing so 

 many fine hybrids as Mr. Carljone's, it con- 

 tained some fine cattleyas, belias. oncidiuins, 

 pliahenopsis, dendrobiums, vandas, odoiito- 

 glossums and several curious rare orchids. 



Foliage and decorative plants were finely 

 shown l>y J. Sinclair, gardener for Mrs. J. B. 

 Coryell, David Bassett, J. Paunicka, gar- 

 dener for C. Lathrop, and C. Ehrlich, gar- 

 dener for Mrs. Sladc. 



The cut chrysanthemum classes brouglit 

 out strong competition. Tlie following va- 

 rieties stood out prominently: Mrs. (lilbert 

 Drabble, Wm. Turner and Maud .Jefi'iies, in 

 wliite ; Lenox, F, S. Vallis, Chrysolora, and 

 Jlrs. ,J. C. Neill, yellow; Elberon! AVells' Late 

 Pink, Morton F. Plant, in pinks; G. W, 

 Pook, J. Lock, Mrs. H. Stevens, Reginald 

 Vallis. Ongawa and (jlenview, in otiier 

 colors. 



Tulierous begonias were fine, Iioth in pots 

 and cut blooms, L. Stern's exhibits contain- 

 ing the latest European novelties of 1914. 

 Although a little late, ilalilias were good and 

 brouglit keen competition from tlie Menlo 

 Park and San Mateo growers. 



Carnations were never shown better. 

 Gorgeous, with 3-foot stems, would lie hard 

 to beat. White Wonder, The Herald, Prin- 

 cess Dagmar. Encliantress and Yellowstone 

 were also fine. 



The lloral exhibits on the third day were 

 fine and helped tlie gate receipts consider- 

 ably. In file faille decorations, A. McDonald 

 won the cup donated by tlie Cliamber ot 

 Commerce of Palo Alto, bis table consisting 

 of a small lake with gold fish, an island in 

 the centre decorated witli orcliids. and water 

 lilies in the water. j\lrs. Lee, of Palo Alto, 

 was second. 



H. L. Goertziiain, president of the society, 

 staged a lot of cut l>loonis not for compe- 

 tition. PERCrV ELLINGS, Secretary. 



PASADENA (CAL.) SHOW. 



Tlie seventh annual chrysanthemum show 

 of the Pasadena Horticultural Society 

 opened in the Hotel ilaryland. Octolier 22, 

 and continued during October 23 and 24. 

 Not only from the point of view of entries, 

 Init also from quality of stock shown, tliis 

 exliibition was Ijeyond anything else in the 

 history of the society. 



It should be explained that here practi- 

 cally all exhiliitiou chrysanthemums are 

 grown iu the open air in summer and cov- 

 ered later with canvas. Tlie result is larger 

 and more substantial flowers than are grown 

 in the East under glass, though in some 

 eases the flowers lack finish. The present 

 year they were wonderful blooms in every 

 way owing to the cool sumnicr and the ab- 

 sence of early fall rains. 



The judges, consisting of Thos. CJhisholm, 

 Wm. Farrell, H. R. Richards, Wm, Hertrich, 

 J. .lannoch and Alex. Urquhart, liad consid- 

 erable difficulty in making their awards, so 

 close was the competition in some cases. 



In the evening the judges and officers were 

 the guests of Thos. Chisliolm at an elegant 

 dinner which certainly did credit to all. A 

 most enjoyable time was had, and both 

 Mr. Chisliolm and his able manager, Mr. 

 Kennedy, e.xerted themselves to the utmost 

 to nialve things agreeable all round. — Ex- 

 (IiauLje. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular nionflily meeting of the 

 Tarrytown (N. Y.) Horticultural Society 

 was lield Wednesday evening, October •''.1. 

 The judges awarded first prize for celery 

 to H. Wells, gardener to Mrs. H. Draper, 

 Dobbs Ferry. Other good exliibits of celery 

 were staged by J. Mooney and J. Elliott. 

 Tliere was also a fine exhibit of apples by 

 S. Porteous. Wm. Williams. J. Hall, i'. 

 ("irant and Samuel Porteous were nominated 

 for active membershi]). 



A committee lias lieeii appointed to ar- 

 range for a social gatliering and ladies' night 

 at the November meeting. J. A. LEE. 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the New Jersey 

 Floricultural Society was held in Orange, 

 N. .!., on Monday, November 2. The meet- 

 ing was known as a chrysanthemum night 

 and some excellent blooms were on exliibi- 

 tion. For the best 12 blooms in any variety 

 with stems not less than two feet: Mrs. 

 Henry Graves, Orange, N. J., was first; C. C. 

 (ioodrieh, W. Orange, N. .1., second; A. B. 

 .lenliins, third. CXiltural certificates were 

 awarded to S. & A. Colgate, Peter Hauck, 

 .Ir., and ilrs, A. J. Moulton for decorative 

 clirysantheraums. Mrs. A. .1. Moulton re- 

 ceived a cultural certificate for mushrooms 

 and C. W. Baker, of Montclair, a certificate 

 of merit for hardy chrysanthemums. The 

 judges were fieorge ^^^raight, Frank Drews 

 and Max Schneider. 



GEO. STRANGE, Secretary. 



OYSTER BAY (N. Y.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Tlie regular meeting of the Oyster Bay 

 (N. Y. ) Horticultural Society was held in 

 tlie Fireman's Hall, October 2S. The win- 

 ners iu the monthly exhibit were A. Walker, 

 cauliflowers; ,L Duthie, cbrysautbemuins; F. 

 Petroccia, pears. The next meeting will be 

 held November 23 and all future meetings 

 duriuLT the winter months will be called for 

 2 o'clock in the afternoon, instead of at 

 night as in the past. Exhibits for next 

 meeting — 1 pot of primula any variety; 12 

 carnations; 3 leeks. 



The third annual chrysantlienium show 

 was held October 30. and was a great suc- 

 cess, although the Glen Cove and New York 

 sliows were on the same date. The prizes 

 were a great deal more valuable tlian those 

 of last year and exbiliits more numerous. 

 The principal winners were .James Duthie, 

 gardener for E. M. Townsend; .J. Duckham, 

 gardener for E. F. Whitney; J. T. Ingram; 



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