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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



lirst spi-ciiiH-11 li'iu other than Arlinutum Fai-lryi'iisf or Fai'leyense 

 Oloriosa — James Itovd. tiist ; .lames Bond, second; John B. Urquhart. 

 third. 



Best 8 variegated foliaye plaut.s in pots not to exceed 8 inches iQ 

 diameter- James I'.ovd. first ; Jami's Bund, second. 



Best liasliet. pan or dish of Adiantnm I-'arleyense, receptacle not to 

 e-xcecd 15 inches in diami'ter--Jcilin B. Uniuhart, first : William llac- 

 Kay, second. 



IJest basket, pan or dish of ferns other than .Vdiautiim Farleyense, 

 receptacle not to exceed l.j ini bes in diameter — John B. Urqnhart, 

 first: James Bond, second; William MacKay. third. 



Best basket, pan or dish of toliaL'e plants, ri'ceptacle not to .-xceed 

 15 inches in diameter — James Bond, first; William JIacKay, second; 

 James Bovd. third. 



Best i.T (iardenia hlooms — John B. Urqnhart, first ; James Boyd, 

 second ; William MacKay. third. 



Best 2.'i .\merican Beauty roses — John B. frinihiirt, first. 



Best vasi' of \l'j Tea or Hybrid Tea rosi's. ontdoor srown — John B. 

 T'rquhart, first ; Andrew Rainsay, second. 



Best vase of 2.1 Tea or Hybrid Tea roses, indoor ^rown— Arthur 

 E. (iriftin, first. 



Best centerpiece — James Robertson, first; William Allan, seiond ; 

 .\ndrew Ramsay, third. 



Be.st fancy basket — William .\llan. first ; Davi<l Boyd, s.-cmd ; .An- 

 drew Ramsa'y, third. 



Best display of Dahlias — J. K. .Alexander, first ; James Robertson, 

 second; W. D. Hathaway, third. 



Best six vases of liablias. six varieties — James Robertson, first. 



Best table decoration of any material such as plants, flowers or 

 frnit with which the exhibitor may tise silver, glass or table orna- 

 ments Floral decoration to count .50 per cent, and to be made and 

 arranged in the hall by the exhibitor. Table to seat not more than 

 twelve — Oibson Bros., fi'rst ; Joseph Liikens, second ; Havid Boyd, third. 



Best 24 plants Gloxinias — James Watt, first; Oscar Schultz, second. 



The (iarden Club Sweepstake Cup for the bi st exhibit in the show 

 was awarded to Oscar Schultz for a well arranged bed of Coniferae. 

 The Mrs. French Vanderbilt Cup for the best exhibit by a private 

 gardener was awarded to James Bond for his group of flowering 

 plants. 



William Trieker, of Arlington, X. J., was awarded a silver medal tor 

 new water llllies. J..hn P. Rooney. of New Bedford. Mass.. bronze 

 medal for llahlla Mrs. F'rederick i;rinne||. (iratuities wire- awardi'd 

 quite a number of other special exhibits of merit. 



The judeces were William .Vnderson and J<].seph 

 Clarke, of South Lancaster, Ma>s. : William N. Craig. 

 Broeikline. Mass.; John ( ireati ire.x. N'ictor May and 

 John T. .Mian. <>{ Newport. 



THE AMERICAN GLADIOLI SOCIETY SHOW. 



The si.xth exhibition of the American Gladioli Society 

 Show, which wa.s held at the Casino, Newport, R. L, un- 

 der the auspices of the Newport Garden Association and 

 the xVewport Horticultural Society, was said to be one 

 of the finest shows of Gladioli ever staged in this country. 

 The Casino Theatre was a grand sight looking down 

 from the balcony. The Chas. F. Fairbanks exhibit, which 

 completely filled the stage, was a very artistic display, 

 and was awarded the silver medal of the Newport Horti- 

 cultural Societ\ . The main floor of the theatre was taken 

 up with the conijjetitive exhibits and the broad piazzas 

 of the theatre were filled with the trade e.xhibits. In the 

 class for the best collection and display, exhibits were 

 put up by H. Hammond Tracy, \\'illiam .Sim, T. A. Have- 

 meyer. Knight & Struck, John Lewis Childs, and .\rthur 

 Cowee. The jirizes in this class being won by 15. Ham- 

 mond Tracv and William Sim, first and second, respect- 

 ively. 



Important awards other than in the compeliti\"e cla-^se^ 

 were as follows: A. E. Kundred for new seedling gladi- 

 oli. "Mrs. Llr. Norton.'" first class certificate of merit. 

 exhibited by L. Merton Gage. 



R. W. .Swett for gladioli "Liebesfeuer," first class cer- 

 tificate. 



C. M. Bogholt, for an exceptionally well-grown vase 

 of gladioli. '"Europa,"' cultural certificate. 



John Scheepers & Co.. for seeclling yellow gladioli 

 3/722[), a first class certificate. 



John Lewis Childs, certificate of merit for new gladi- 

 oli, "Newi)ort." 



Honorable mention to Brookland Gardens for seed- 

 lings, and ^^'. A. Burpee & Co. for earl\- flowering strain 

 from seed. A. E. Kundred for Primulinus Hybrids. A 

 N. Cowee, John Lewis Childs, Knight & .Struck and T. 

 A. Havemeyer, for displays. 



The judges were William .\nderson. South Lan- 

 caster, Mass. : James \\'heller, Natick, Jilass. ; J. Zer- 

 straten, Saxonville, Mass. ; James Robertson. John P.. 

 Urguhart, and Bruce Butterton. of Newport. 



GOLDEN GATE PARK. 



[L'oiitiiuicd fyoiii /'rt.t.'^c 411.) 

 Oleander fifteen feet in height and the Wistaria fifty" 

 feet and the Passion \''ine to the tree tops. The Can- 

 terbury Bells are as much at home here as in Canter- 

 bury itself. The Rhododendron does as well as it does- 

 in the mountains of Virginia or North Carolina, in Eng- 

 land or the Himalayan Mountains. -\11 grow together in 

 the same bed. 



The beautiful Rhododendnqi Falcemeris opens the sea- 

 son by Ijlooming in February, the other Punjab spe- 

 cies, such as the Ncilileaiuim. carry the season until 

 the hybrids bloc mi in .Vpril and Ma}-, as do the Cataw- 

 biense. after which the wooly leaved, white flowering., 

 lily scented Campanulatum carries the season until 

 late in Jul}-. .So it is with Azaleas, both evergreen and. 

 deciduous, natixe and exotic, all are doing well ;uifl. 

 tell the story of our climate. 



Uf course, our summers being drv, no rain falling 

 from May until October, the country looks dry and. 

 brown compared to the eastern summer effects, still 

 where water is abundant, lawns may be kept in ex- 

 cellent condition even in midstm-imer or until the < )c- 

 tober rains begin, two weeks after w-hich time all the 

 Country takes on its verdure effect and the hills are- 

 green again until the fcdlowing Jime, 



(Jn account of our rainless .Summer, it becomes nec- 

 essary to provide water in abundance for the irriga- 

 tion of lawns, shrubs and flower beds. A system of 

 wells and pumjis has been constructed in Golden Gate- 

 Park with powerful pumps installed by which over 

 two million gallons per day are pumped every day 

 during the dry season. To store this water, reser- 

 voirs at different ele\-ations lia\e been built with a. 

 combined storage capacity of o\-er thirty million gal- 

 lons. These reservoirs, instead of being built in ordi- 

 nary shape, have been constructed with natural ap- 

 pearing outlines, giving a park lake effect that greatly- 

 enlivens the general landscape. In filling these lake.-^- 

 with water from the wells instead of ptimping directly 

 into the reservoir the water is pumped to the top of 

 -Strawlierry Hill, which is four Inuidred and twelve 

 feet abo\-e tide and flows over a waterfall to a twenty- 

 five acre lake located one hundred and twelve feet be- 

 low, giving our peoide a verv good idea of a natural 

 waterfall. 



The Japanese tea garden is a \-ery popular feature 

 of Golden Gate Park, containing as it does beautiful 

 gatewavs or "Toria," as the Japanese call them, artis- 

 tic tea houses where tea is served by picturesque Jap- 

 anese maidens, dressed in their native costume; pretty 

 waterfalls and lakelets with tiny little rills connecting 

 the ponds spanned by their characteristic stone and 

 other bridges. Japanese stone lanterns are everywhere 

 set in clumps of Japanese trees in great variety. In 

 course of construction is a Japanese temple with moat 

 and stone approaches, liroiize dragons. Buddhas. eagles 

 and storks. 



Along the easterh- line of the Pacitic Ocean under 

 the jurisdiction of the Park Commission is a reserva- 

 tion known as the (Ireat Higlnvay. This highway 

 leads from the famous Cliff House to Lake Merced, a 

 distance of about three miles, and is from tw(-i hun- 

 dren and fifty to three hundred feet wide. It has been 

 reclaimed from the ocean by the sea-bent grass catch- 

 ing and holding the sand drift from the ocean. The 

 sea-bent grass holding the sand has built this bank ten 

 feet above high-water to a width of over two hundred 

 feet, on top of which the Park Department has built 

 an oiled macadam driveway w-here thousands of visit- 

 ors enjoy the ocean \iew daily. For autoists it is rt 

 very popular drive. 



