THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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GARDENERS DIARY 



American Carnation Society. Annual show, 

 Buffalo, N. Y., January 15. 



International Flower Show. Now York, 

 Jlardi 17-23, 1915. 



LAKE GENEVA (WIS.) EXHIBITION. 



The tenth annual chrysanthonuim exliihi- 

 tion of the Lake Geneva Gardeners' and 

 Foremen's Asso<'iation was licld in Horti- 

 cultural Hall, November 6-7. 1014. Tlie 

 weather was ideal an<l tlie public attended 

 in greater numbers than ever before. The 

 principal feature of the exhibition was the 

 groups, twelve in number being staged, the 

 greater number being placed round the out- 

 side of the room, with a group of foliage 

 plants in the center, and Hanked by the 

 specimen plants and large cut blooms. The 

 effect was conce<led to be the prettiest ever 

 seen in the hall. Strong competition was 

 seen in the class for group of chrysanthe- 

 mums with ferns and palms, four competi- 

 tors coming out for the Livingstone prizes. 

 Tlie judges awarded first prize to Mrs. F. 

 T. A. Junkin. While the number of cut 

 blooms was not as numerous as in past 

 years, owing to the advanced season, some 

 exceptionally fine flowers were shown. J. J. 

 ^Mitcliell's vase of 12 William Turner, 12 

 F. T. Quittenton, Bronze Brighthurst and 

 Colonel Appleton. and Mrs. A. C. Allerton's 

 display of varieties William Turner. Elber- 

 on, Lloyd Wigg. M. Louis Rossian, F. S. 

 Vallis and Drabble licing excellent. 'The as- 

 sociation's cup was taken by a fine speci- 

 men plant of William Turner, shown by 

 Mrs. Allerton. Some excellent ferns and 

 foliage plants were shown liy X. W. Harris 

 and iJ. H. Moore. Groups of anemones, pom- 

 pons and singles were exhibited by C. L. 

 Hutchinson, a great many being his own 

 seedlings, conspicuous among them being the 

 beautiful white Anemone ■"C. L. Hutchin- 

 son,"' which will probabl.v be [ilaced on the 

 market next sprins. Otiicr cxbihils worth.v 

 of note were carnations from Mrs. F. T. A. 

 Junkin. orchids from J. .J. Jlitchell, vege- 

 tables from N, W. Harris, and onions from 

 J. H. M<)(U-c. Perpetual Howering nyni- 

 phaeas from Wm. Tricker, Arlington, \. .T. 

 and chrysanthemums from Chas. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J. The judges were Wm, Car- 

 rie, of Milwaukee, Wis,, and F. Kuehne, of 

 Lake Forest, 



In the competition for cut blooms and 

 pot idants awards were made in fifty classes. 

 A summary of the division and prize win- 

 ners follows: 



Chrysanthemum cvit blooms — Mrs, A. C. 

 .\llerton (G. Blackwood, gard.). five first 

 and one scconil prizes; J. J. Mitchell (A. J. 

 Smith, gard.). five first and two second 

 prizes; Mrs. F. T. A. Junkin (.\xel John- 

 son, gard.). one first and three second 

 prizes; Mrs. H. H. Porter (W. Wahlstcdt, 

 gard.), one first and one third prize; J. H. 

 Moore (A. ilartini, gard.). one third prize. 



Chrysanthemum pot plants — C. L. Hutch- 

 inson (W. P. Longland, gard,), three firsi 

 prizes; .T, J, Mitchell, one first and one third 

 prize; Mrs, A, C. Allerton, one second prize. 



Group of chrysanthemums arranged for 

 effect with palms and ferns (prizes donated 

 by James Livingstone, Milwaukee, Wis,) — 

 Mrs, Junkin, first; J, H, Moore, second; N. 

 W, Harris, third. 



Miscellaneous plants — N. W, Harris, eight 

 first prizes; Mrs, H, H, Porter, one first 

 prize; J, J. Mitchell, one first prize; J, H. 

 Moore, one second prize. 



Specimen chr.vsanthcmnnis — Mrs. A. C. 

 Allerton, two first prizes and the association 

 cup for best specimen chrysanthemum (Wm, 

 Turner); J, J, Miti'hell, two first and two 

 second prizes; JIrs, F, T, .\, Junkin, one 

 first and one second prize; N, W, Harris, 

 one first and one third prize. 



Roses— A, B, Dick (F, G, Kuehne, gard,), 

 three first prizes; Mrs, F, T, A, Junkin, one 

 first and three second prizes; J, J, Mitchell, 

 <nie first prize. 



Lily of valey, 25 sprays — Mrs. F. T. A. 

 Junkin, first; N. W. Harris (J. Krupa, 

 gard.), second. 



Fifty violets — Mrs, F, T. A, Junkin, first. 



Best 10 flowering orchid plants, with ferns 

 and foliage plants, W, A. Manda, South Gr- 

 ange, N, J., prize — J, J, Mitchell, first. 



Carnations — Mrs. F. T. A. Junkin and J.J. 

 ilitchell were first and second, respectively, 

 in all classes. Mrs. Junkin also won the 

 award in the class of 12 blooms, new va- 

 rieties of 1914, 



Special Mention — Jlrs. F, T. A. .Iniikin. 

 for vase of Carnation Benora. 



Honorable Mention — Wm. Tricker. Arling- 

 ton. N. ,J. ; for perpetual flowering Nym- 

 phaea Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; Chas. II. 

 ■rott,\. Madison. N. J., for fine collection of 

 pompoms and single chrysantlierauins : J. II. 

 Moore, for beans and lettuce. 



In the display of vegetables, not to ex- 

 ceed 20 varieties, X, W, Harris was awarded 

 the Coddington medal. Awards were also 

 made in classes for celery, potatoes, apples 

 and onions, W. H, GRIFPTTHS, Sec'y, 



HOUSTON (TEX.) FLOWER SHOW. 



The first annual show of the Texas Flor- 

 ists' Association was held in Houston. Texas. 

 November 12-lo-14. in the City Audit<u'iuni. 

 Being the largest show of its kind ever held 

 in the State, it attracted much public atten- 

 tion and was pronounced a success in eveiy 

 respect. 



Exhibits came from other cities in Texas, 

 from Chicago and other Western floral grow- 

 ing centres. Two long-distant exhibits which 

 attracted much attention were those of 

 Charles IT, Totty, Madison, N, .L, a fine ex- 

 hibit of chrysanthemums, which nnide a fine 

 display, although four days on the road : and 

 the shipment of carnations from C. H. Frey. 

 of Lincoln, Neb. Chrysanthemums, roses and 

 carnations predominated, although there were 

 many fine exhibits of decorative plants. 



One of the features of the show which at- 

 tracted mncli attention was a model of the 

 new George Ilerinaiur I'ark, as it will appear 

 when the landscape gardener has completed 

 his work. This exhibit was made by C. L. 

 i Brock, city superintendent of parks. Mr. 

 Brock also exhibited a number of decorative 

 and Howering plants. 



MARYLAND WEEK IN BALTIMORE. 



The seventeenth annual meeting of the 

 Maryland State Horticultural and allied so- 

 cieties, held in the Fifth Armory, Baltimore. 

 Md., November 10 to 21, proved a great suc- 

 cess. 



The horticultural exhibits occupied the 

 centre of the hall, being dissected from other 

 sections by a otJO-foot circular southern 

 sniilax hedge. A pergola entrance and three 

 exits irowned with Cybodiums. Phoenix Roe- 

 bellini, etc. 



One of the chief attractions of the show 

 and a decided novelty of much merit occupied 

 the centre of the enclosure. This consisted 

 of the Baltimore Florists' Club vase of red 

 cedar hark, standing on a pedestal with StiO 

 white and yellow specimen 'innnis. and at- 

 tained a height of l.o feet and a spread of 

 10 feet. The base of this w'onderful vase was 

 a 5-pointed star design filled with highly 

 colored erotons and other exotics from the 

 Baltimore Park Commission. The club mem- 



bers contribnted the flowers, while the credit 

 of designing, building and decorating the club 

 vase belonged to William Feast. 



A vase of twenty white 'mums exhibited by 

 Charles Sicputrd with William Turner proved 

 the best in the show. The same variety was 

 also well shown by George Morrison, super- 

 intendent to Mrs. 11. B. Jacobs. 



Pompons were displayed to great ad- 

 vantage, and their unique colors and decora- 

 tive abilities were well demonstrated by sev- 

 eral exhibitors. Well-grown hush 'mums in 

 12-inch pots were shown by Mrs, W, Coch- 

 ran (Mack Richmond, gardener). Fine dis- 

 plays of carnations and roses were seen at 

 the show, 



-V|i|iles made a large exhibit and were ot 

 good quality. Other fruits, vegetables, for- 

 estry, dairv exhibits, etc, were well rep- 

 resented, HARRY TURNER, 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GARDEN- 

 ERS' CLUB, 



The iiieetiiig of this club at the Fort Pitt 

 Hotel on the evening of December I was 

 very enthusiastic and quite well attended, 

 .Tno, S, Gillespie, State Engineer, gave an 

 informal talk on good roads. Early in his 

 remarks he established himself in the good 

 graces of his hearers with his Scotch stories 

 which, being Scotch himself, were given 

 with the added charm of the Scotch dialect, 

 Mr, (iillespie thinks the last word on good 

 roads has by no means been spoken. The 

 good road of yesterday is the poor road of 

 today, and wliile the automobile has been 

 the greatest factor in creating the desire 

 for good roads, the heavy auto truck is the 

 greatest factor in their destruction. 



President McCallum gave an exhibition 

 of a process lie learned in Australia for the 

 lengthening of the preservation of the flow- 

 ers on a blooming ])lant. Taking a thrifty, 

 blooming plant of Primula obconica. he 

 washed the soil from its roots. Then plac- 

 ing some wet siJiagnum in a shallow dish 

 he spread out the roots of the plant thereon, 

 and covered them thickly with wet moss, 

 supporting the plant in an upright position 

 as it had been in the pot. It is claimed 

 that a jdant treated this way will I'einain 

 in bloom much longer than it would siir- 

 riumdi'd by soil in the pot. ^Ir. >b(';illniii 



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