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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



CHICAGO'S FLOWER SHOW 



Chicago's "Giaud l'"l<.«i-r l-\'sti\.il" wliicli 

 opened in the Ooliseuiii. in tliMl iily, on 

 Kovember 9th, i)rovecl :i iii.-t iitliact ive 

 sliow. 



Tlie interest taken in this year's <.'liiciij,'o 

 Fall Show by the private fiarilencis was 

 gi-eater than al any previous shows of its 

 kind and there was some keen competition 

 between them. The eolleetion of vegetables 

 staged by the Lake Forest and Lake Geneva 

 gardeners in competition was one of the 

 features of the show. 



The awards to private gardeners were: 



Six white mums, cut — J. .T. Mitchell, A. .T. 

 Smith, ^'ardencr, Hrst : Mi-s. S. W. Allertou, 

 lldheit BlackwiKiil. sardeuer. second. 



Six vellow mnms — .1. .1. Mitchell, flrst ; Mrs. 

 S. \V. '.VlliTton. second. 



Six pink mums — Mrs. F. F. .Tunkin, A. John- 

 sou, gardncr. liist ; .1. J. Mitchell, secoud ; Mrs. 

 S. VV. .\llertou. third. 



Six crimson mums — J. .J. Mitchell, flrst. 



Twelve white mums — Mrs. S. W. .\llerton, 

 first : .1. .T. Mitchell, second. 



Twelve vcUow mums — .1. .). Mitchell, lirst ; 

 Mrs. S. \V. .Vllcrtou. secoud. 



Twelve crimson mums — .). .7. Mitchell, farst ; 

 Mrs. S. W. .Vllcrton. secoud. 



Twelve bronze mums — .T. .1. Mitchell, nrst ; 

 Mrs. S. W. AUerton, second. 



Twelve any other color — J. J. Mitchell, first. 



Twelve mixed mums — Mrs. S. W. Allerton, 



fl''st. . . i, , 



Eighteen mums, six varieties, three eacli — 



J. J. Mitchell, Hist. ■ -n a -r^ T TJ 



Collection of pompons — Louis F. Switt, J. H, 

 Francis, gardener, first. 



Collection of singles — Louis F. Swift, first : 

 Mrs. F. F. Juukin, second. 



Swepstakes in ahove classes — .T. J. Mitchell. 



Specimen chrysanthemum plant — Mrs. S. W. 

 Allerton. first: Iowa State College, second; Mrs. 

 F. F. .Tuukin, third. 



Specimen plant, pompou — No flrst award ; 

 Mis. S. W. Allerton. second. 



Specimen plant, anemone — Mrs. S. \\ . .\ll'-i- 



s'pecimen plant, single — Mrs. S. W. Allerton, 

 first • Mrs. F. F. Juukin, second. 



Specimen plant, white — .No first award : Mrs. 

 S. VV. -Mlertou, sei ond. 



Specimen plant, pink — Mrs. S. W. .VUcrfon. 



Specimen plant, yellow— Mrs. S. 'ft'. Allerton, 



Specimen plant, n-d — Towa State College, 

 first. , , , ,^. ... 



Specimen pUnil. any other lolov — Mrs. S. \\ . 

 Allerton, first. ^ ,, ,, 



Twelve plants in li-iuch pots — J. H. Moore, 



Six hirge in (i-ineh pots — J. S. Tilt, first. 



Twelve single Stems — J. J. Mitchell, first. 



Group of chrysanthemum plants arranged for 

 effect — J. 11. Moore, flrst; J. S. Tilt, second; 

 J. J. Mitchell, third. 



Group of anemone varieties, fltty square teet 

 — Charles L. Ilutchinson. . ^ r, ■„.. 



Three ferns — J. S. Tilt, flrst ; Louis F. Swift. 

 spcond. 



Specimen palm — Louis F. Swift, first ; J. S. 

 Tilt, second. ^ j , « * 



Specimen foliage plant — Gustave Bendel, first. 



Nephrolepis. any variety — Mrs. F. F. Juukin, 



Basket of plants— J. S. Tilt, flrst : Mrs. G. Vi. 

 Blossom, second. , 



Collection of fruit grown outside — Louis t. 

 Swift, first; North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 second. , , ^ , 



Best club collection of vegetables — Lake 

 Geneva Gardeners' and Foremen's .\ssociation, 

 flrst ; North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 second. , „, 



Most meritorious exhibit — G. ^. Blossom, 

 first. .J , 



Aleritorious exhiliit, not otherwise provided 

 for- J. S. Tilt, first. 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW 



The Cleveland Exhibition was chiefly 

 noted for the marvelous quality of the 

 f'hrysanthemnm flowers there exhibited. 

 Every grower of repute who had good stock 

 this year seemed to have planned to attend 

 the Cleveland Show, and show the world 

 what he could do. 



The best individual variety, was as usual, 

 Wm. Turner, although a great many others 

 were shown in splendid condition. 



The competition was very fine and many 

 classes had from six to ten entries. Pos- 

 sibly the best blooms of all were staged in 

 the' class calling for "24 varieties," which 



was won by Wm. Vert of Castlcgould, Port 

 Washington, New York; with the Dale Es- 

 tate of Brampton. Canada, second, and Wm. 

 Diickhani, Madison, N. J., third. Other lirst 

 class exhibits were those of Elmer D. .Smith, 

 Adrian, Alichigaii, and E. (i. Hill Co., of 

 Kichmoiid, Indiana. Mr. Vert's hiiest flow- 

 ers included .Mrs. Drabble, Mrs. Paul Moore, 

 Earl Kitchener, Mrs. J. P. Mitchell, Wm. 

 Turner and F. S. \"allis. Other varieties 

 shown in splendid condition were Odessa in 

 yellow, Pocketts Crimson and Oerlrnde 

 Peers in crimson, Harry Converse and C. 

 H. Totty in bronze, and of course the un- 

 beatable Turner in white. 



For the "lOU blooms aiiy variety," E. Gj 

 Hill Co. received flrst for 100 Wm. Turner's 

 wliicli were very line. The bronze Harry 

 Conyerse, exhibited by the JJale Estate, 

 were the most beautiful flowers in the .show 

 and caused considerable comment. 



The commercial tjpes such as Ur. Engue- 

 hard, Chieftain and ilajor Bonnafl'ou, while 

 wonderful in their way, were not so much 

 noticed as the "big fellows." Chieftain, as 

 shown in Cleveland, was fine. 



The largest individual flower in the show 

 was won by Chas. H. Tott.v, Madison, N. J., 

 with Wm. Rigbv, the yellow sport of Mrs. 

 Drabble. 



Pompons and Singles were shown in 

 larger array than ever before probably in 

 any exhibition. They were a large feature 

 in all the fall shows and the interest in 

 these types is increasing since they can be 

 grown in any situation and will produce 

 good results. 



The Rose exhibits, for a fall show, were 

 of marvelous quality. A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 (lias. H. Totty, S. .J. Renter & Son, E. G. 

 Hill Co., and other well-known growers all 

 competing. 



A great deal of interest was taken in the 

 balloting for a name for a new Rose that 

 w-as shown at the Cleveland show. By pub- 

 lic decision the Rose was called after the 

 city — '"Cleveland." This and another nov- 

 eltv Rose. Gorgeous, was show'n by Chas. II. 

 Totty: Tipperary. by the E. G. Hill Cn.; 

 Mrs. Bayard Thayer, bj- the Waban ( un- 

 servatories, and Red Radiance, by A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc. Also an unnamed yellow 

 Seedling was shown by S. J. Renter & Son. 



.Some criticism was aroused on the open- 

 ing day by the fact that there were not 

 sufficient judges appointed to judge the 

 stock and some stock was carried over to 

 the second day before being judged. This 

 was an injustice to the eastern exhibitors, 

 whose .stock had been in most cases in the 

 boxes two or more days before being staged 

 and delayed another day before being 

 judged. Doubtless another year the com- 

 mittee will see that this mistake is recti- 

 fied and have an ample number of judges 

 at the show on the opening day. 



The plant sent out by Oscar Lewisohn, 

 .Tolin Canning, Snpt.. was the feature of 

 the show, since it was the largest plant ever 

 seen outside of the city of Xew York. The 

 retailers' displays on the different days were 

 also very good. 



The publicity men had worked overtime 

 in their section and the results were abun- 

 ilantly apparent. On the second day the 

 scliiiol children being admitted to the show, 

 were so many that traffic was blocked on 

 Euclid avenue, the main thoroughfare of 

 Cleveland, and a squad of eightj'-five police- 

 men was necessary to keip the line in onler. 

 This is a record for a flower show and the 

 management, one and all, have cause to 

 congratulate themselves on the success of 

 their sliow. 



Xarragansett Hotel, Providence, R. L, on 

 Thursday and l<'riday, November 11-12. 



The judges had no easy task in judging 

 the ]uize winners among the more than 

 forty exhibitors and more than three hun- 

 dred exhibits. In addition to the regular 

 prizes ofl'ered. many specials were awarded. 

 While the varieties of flowers and fruits 

 were many. Chrysanthemums predominated. 

 The Rhode Island Hospital took first prize 

 for the largest exhibition of Chrysanthe- 

 mnms and first prize for the largest bush 

 plant which had more than three hundred 

 blooms. The flne exhibit of apples and 

 pears attracted the visitors' interest. 



The exhibition was in charge of Eugene 

 A. Appleton, Joshua Vose, Arthur Sellew. 

 Cornelius Hartstra, Dr. H. W. Ileaton. 

 President Dr. 11. II. York and Secretary 

 Ernest K. Thomas were ex-ollicio members 

 of the committee. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I., FLOWER SHOW 



The annual Fall Show of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society was held in the 



THE WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



An unusually line collection of seasonable 

 flowers were in evidence at the regular 

 monthly meeting, November 12, a feature 

 of which was a splendid showing of Carna- 

 tions in <-oinpetitiou for the prizes offered liy 

 Mr. .Andrew Kennedy, seedsman of New 

 York City. There were twelve vases of 

 twenty-live each and a finer lot of Carna- 

 tions would be hard to find anywhere. The 

 winner of first prize was Wm. (iraliam, sec- 

 ond. Robt. Allen. The other exhibitors were 

 accorded the hearty thanks of the society. 



Three new members were elected and four 

 new names were proposed for membership. 

 The Fall Show Committee made a report, 

 showing the recent exhibition to have been 

 a great success financially as well as a lirst- 

 class exhibition. A rising vote of thanks 

 was extended to all those who helped in 

 various waj's to make the exhibition such 

 a grand success. It was voted to change the 

 meeting place from the present hall to the 

 Isaac Hubbard Hall, also in Greenwich, to 

 take effect .laiinary. llHl!. The Execuiivc' 

 Committee presented a list of nami's to 

 fill the offices of the society for the year 

 lOlll. which will be balloted for at the next 

 meeting. A communication from the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society read at a 

 previous meeting was again brought up for 

 discussion. The communication asked for 

 the co-operation of the Westchester and 

 Fairheld Horticultural Society in establish- 

 ing a movement throughout the country 

 whereby, with the aid and co-operation of 

 the National As.sociation of Gardeners of 

 America, a member of a local horticultural 

 society in good standing, that is, with his 

 annual dues pai<l up for the current year, 

 who should have occasion to remove to an- 

 other locality and being desirous of affili- 

 ating himself with the local society in the 

 new locality, wiuild automatically become 

 a member of such society upon presentation 

 of an identification card or letter from the 

 secretary of his own society, without an.v 

 additional cost to him for that year, 

 thereby enabling such member to enjoy the 

 friendship and goodfellowsliip of his kind, 

 and the usefulness of an enthusiast would 

 not be lost to the profession of horticulture 

 even for a short time. The proposition re- 

 ceived the unanimous endoiscmenl of ;ill 

 the members present. The local co-opera- 

 tive will endeavor to assist in every way 

 possible. The members of the Nassau Hor- 

 ticultural Society, as represented by their 

 local co-operative committee, deserve great 

 credit for advancing the most tangible and 

 clearly defined step ever taken in real and 

 practical co-operation, and with the assis- 

 tance of the N. A. G. Co-operative Commit- 

 tee can be made nation-wide, and place the 

 profession of horticulture on a plane never 



