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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



SCHENLEY PARK (PITTSBURGH, PA.), SHOW. 



\\ hile nobody seemed in the least at fault there was 

 innnistakably a bad mistake in the date announced for 

 the big annual Chr^-santhemum show in the Phipps 

 Conservatory. Schenley Park, I'ittsburgh. Pa., this 

 month. (All, fnim Superintendent George \A'. Burke, 

 of the Bureau of P'arks, to the reporters on the daily 

 jiapers. refused to shoulder the blame. ) The mistake 

 lay in that the respective papers reported that Mr. 

 liurke had announced the opening to be on October 

 7, whereas it was really on the thirty-first ; this being 

 further emphasized by big notices on the front of the 

 Pittsburgh Railways' cars. Notwithstanding, Fore- 

 man John W. Jones had his celebrities appear promptly 

 as he had originally planned for, "the last Sabbath and 

 day in October." Thev were all there — Mrs. J. Purrov 

 Mi'tchel, Peine Wilhelmine, Mrs. Gilbert Drabble, Mrs. 

 H. J. Jones, S. A. Watt, W. Mease, Rider Haggard, 

 Lord Kitchener and the others, big and little, but it 

 goes without saying made their premiere appearance 

 before a painfully small audience. However, in replv 

 to the newspaper and street car summons, the masses 

 appeared almost by magic on the morning of the sev- 

 enth, continuing until the doors closed at five o'clock ; 

 each day since having a most gratifying quota of ap- 

 preciative visitors from not only the rank and file, 

 btit from the higher walks of life. 



Without e.xce]3tii)n this year's exhibition was the 

 most beautiful nf any in the existence of the Schenlev 

 Park 'Mum shows. Three large houses were devoted 

 exclusively to the big blooms, which were bordered b\- 

 the smaller varieties. The two larger houses were 

 arranged in mounds, which showed the most har- 

 monious color effects, the light seeming almost to 

 melt into the ilarker and richer shades. In striking 

 contrast was the smaller ajjartment, which the admir- 

 ing "Layman" could liken to only a huge mixed Dutch 

 bouqust, so varied and brilliant was the massing, \vith. 

 however, not the slightest suggestion of confusion. 



The Phipps Conservatory in West Park, North Side, 

 opened as scheduled on October 31, the enthusiasm of 

 the thousands i:)f visitors reflecting the greatest credit 

 on Foreman James Moore and his men. There were 

 eighty-five varieties of 'Mums shown this year, \\ith 

 \nore than 5,000 single stemmed specimens, with about 

 1,500 Pompiins in myriads of Ijlooms of everv color. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN 

 PENNSYLVANIA. 



The Horticultural Society of Western Penns^•l\■ania 

 was organized on Friday evening, November 5. in the 

 lecture hall of the East Liberty branch of Carnegie 

 Library. About thirty-five private and landscajie gar- 

 deners were present and elected the following officers 

 to serve during the coming j-ear: David Fraser, presi- 

 dent; William Allen, vice-iiresident ; Thomas Edward 

 Tyler, secretary, and William Thompson, Jr., treas- 

 urer. Mr. Fraser has been the head gardener on the 

 H. C. Frick estate, "Clayton," for the past nineteen 

 years ; Mr. Allen is superintendent of the Homewood 

 Cemetery: Mr. Tyler is the orchid grower for Charles 

 D. .Armstrong, and Mr. Thompson is in charge of 

 William Penn Snyder's Sewickley Heights estate, 

 "Wilpen Hall." There was also a committee appointed 

 to draft resolutions composed of the following: 

 Messrs. Fraser, .-\llen, Ernest Guter, Walter James 



Richard Beatty Mellon grounds; Mr. James is with 

 W. Henry R. Hilliard, and Mr. Weisenbach is head 

 gardener for William Larimer Mellon. 



Brief and suggestive talks were given by William 

 Thompson, Sr., who has charge of the Craig estate 

 in Sewickley ; Aloysius Anthony Leach, of H. J. 

 Heinz's "Greenlawn" ; Henry Fortune, a landscape 

 gardener : Messrs. James and Fraser. It was decided 

 to have the society meet semi-monthly in the East 

 Liberty branch, the dates to be decided at a special 

 meeting to be held shortly. At this session an e.xecti- 

 tive committee will also be appointed. The member- 

 ship lis.t is not to be limited to professional men, but 

 will be open to amateurs and all persons interested in 

 horticulture. There will be monthly exhibitions at 

 the hall, but special endeavor is to be focused on a 

 Chrysanthemum and Spring Show on a large scale, 

 which will probably be held in Exposition Hall or 

 Duquesne Garden. 



While the majority of the private gardeners here- 

 abouts are affiliated with the Florists' Club of Pitts- 

 btn-gh, for some time it has been deemed advisable 

 to have an inde])endent organization, owing to such 

 suljjects as lawn-making, vegetable gardening, vari- 

 ous annuals, etc., being of no vital interest to the 

 commercial florists, and therefore being practicallv 

 prechided at their sessions. A number of wealthv 

 horticultural amateurs, especially greenhouse owners, 

 are much interested in the new organization and un- 

 doul)tedl}" will lend practical support to the enterprise. 

 Notabl}- among these are Charles D. Armstrong and 

 Richard Beattv ^ilellon. 



ALLEGHENY COUNTY GARDEN CLUB 



The annual meeting and election of officers of the 

 Garden Club of Allegheny County will be held on 

 Friday afternoon, November 26, at the home of Mr. 

 and i\Irs. Finley Hall Lloyd, near Shields. The club 

 is having a full schedule this month, the members be- 

 ing entertained on the fifth by Mr. and Mrs. William 

 Larimer Mellon, of Darlington road, and on the nine- 

 teenth by Mr. and Mrs. William Larimer Jones at the 

 Pittsbur'o-h Golf Club. 



INTERNATIONAL GARDEN CLUB. 



The International (iarden Club (jpened the fall season 

 at its club hotise. Bartow Mansion, Pelham Bay Park, 

 New York City, on Thursday, November 4, with a 

 lecture on "Hard}- Chrysanthemums," by Charles H. 

 Totty, Madison, N. J. .\n audience of about one hundred 

 and fift\' members and friends listened to Mr. Totty's 

 interesting talk which was illustrated with subjects of 

 early flowering and pompon varieties. After the lecture 

 tea was served. 



(3n Thursday, November 18, 'Mr. Alexander Cum- 

 mings. formerlv in charge of the Rose Gardens, Elizabeth 

 Park, Hartford, Conn., now with the A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn., will lecture on "Outdoor Roses." His 

 lecture will follow a luncheon which will be served at the 

 club house on noon of that day. 



Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman, president of the International 

 Garden Club, is very enthusiastic over the progress that 

 this new organization is making, and declares it will 

 fulfill all it has undertaken to accomplish even sooner than 

 its sponsors at first anticipated. The club house is com- 

 pletely furnished and next spring will witness great 

 activity about the grounds, which are to be laid out in 

 manv gardens. 



