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HOETICULTUKE 



July 22, 1916 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The following special prizes are in 

 conjunction with The American Insti- 

 tute of the City of New York for the 

 Dahlia Exhibition to be held at the 

 Engineering Building, 25 to 33 West 

 39th street. New York, on September 

 26th to 28th, 1916. 



Class A. — Display of Dahlias, any or all 

 classes, grasses or other foliage allowed. 

 quality and arrangement to count. 1st, gold 

 medal"; 2d, silver medal. Michell's Seed 

 House, Phila.. Pa. 



Class P.. — General collection, any or all 

 types, arranged for effect, space 50 sq. ft. 

 1st. American Dahlia Society's silver medal; 

 2d. the Society's bronze medal. 



Class C. — Best display of six vases Giant 

 Single Dahlias distinct varieties. Cut glass 

 vase offered hy Mrs. O. P. Chapman, Jr., 

 Westerly. R. I. 



Class D. — Dinner table decoration, any 

 foliage. 1st and 2d prizes, silverware pre- 

 sented by Peter Henderson & Co., New 

 York. 



Class E. — Decoration of Dahlias, any de- 

 sign, any foliage. 1st and i-M prizes, silver- 

 ware presented by Henry A. .Dreer, Inc. 

 Philadelphia. 



Class F.— Basket of Dahlias for effect, 

 any foliage. 1st and 2d prizes, silverware, 

 presented by Fottler, Fiske, Eawson Co., 

 Boston, Mass. 



Class G. — Vase of Decorative Dahlias for 

 effect, any foliage. Cut glass vase by 

 Stuuipp & "Walter Co., New York. 



Class H. — Best vase of new Paeony- 

 flowered Dahlias. 12 flowers, not less than 

 four varieties. Silver cup, by W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee Co.. Phila., Pa. 



Class I. — Vase of mixed Dahlias. 1st and 

 2d prizes silverware, bv Richard Vincent, 

 Jr. & Sons Co.. White Marsh, Md. 



Class J. — Best vase of modern Cactus 

 Dahlias. 12 flowers, not less than four varie- 

 ties. Silver cup, by W. Atlee Burjiee & Co., 

 Phila., Pa. 



Class K. — Most meritorious and unique 

 exhibit staged by an amateur. Sliver flower 

 vase, by Geo. L. SStillman. Westerly, R. I. 



Class L. — Best exhibit in the amateur 

 classes. Garden Magazine Achievement 

 Jledal. 



Class M. — Best vase of a new seedling 

 •Cactus Dahlia, shown hy an amateur. Sil- 

 ver cup, by Mrs. Chas. H. Stout, Short 

 Hills. N. J. 



Class X. — Best vase of a new seedling 

 Dahlia, to be named for donor of premium. 

 Mrs. Gertrude Dahl-Mordecai, Charleston. 

 S. C. 



Class O. — Largest Dahlia flower in the 

 show. $.9.00. by Geo. L. Stillman, 'Westerlv, 

 R. I. 



Class P.-^Smallest Dahlia flower in the 

 show. $5.00, by Geo. I>. Stillman, Westerlv, 

 R. I. 



Where only one prize is offered In an.v 

 of the above classes, the Executive Com- 

 mittee may. at its discretion, award a 

 second j)rize to any other exhibit wlrich is 

 deemed sufhciently meritorious. 



The Society's " Certiflcate of Merit is 

 offered for any seedling Dahlia novelty 

 which is deemed distinct and sufficiently 

 meritorious, and mav be awarded bv the 

 Adjudicating Committee. 



PARK SUPERINTENDENTS' AN- 

 NUAL CONVENTION 

 The executive committee of the 

 American Association of Park Super- 

 intendents has fixed the date for the 

 holding of the eighteenth annual con- 

 vention of that organization at New 

 Orleans on Oct. 10. 11th and 12th. 



A programme of lectures and papers 

 is being prepared, to be prci^ented by 

 numerous men connected with the 

 park and recreation movement. There 

 will also be numerous social features, 

 outdoor demonstrations and inspection 

 trips, and inasmuch as this will be the 

 first convention of the organization in 

 a city south of M'ashington, D. C, it 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



August 15-18, Houston, Texas. 

 Trade Exhibition in counection with 

 S. A. F. Convention. 



August 24-25.— Lewiston, (Me.) 

 Annual Flower Show. Gardeners' 

 Union, Lewiston City Hall. 



Jul.v 26-2", Southampton, I.. I., N. 

 Y.— Southampton Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



July 20-27, Southampton, N. Y. — 

 Tenth Annual Flower Show, South- 

 ampton Horticultural Society. 



August 3, Oyster Bay, L, I., N. Y.— 

 Dahlia Show, Oyster Bay Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



August 11-12-13, Boston.— American 

 Gladiolus Society, Horticultural Hall. 



August 24, Worcester, Mass. — 

 Gladiolus Exhibition. 



Sept. 2-9, Cleveland, Ohio.— Indus- 

 trial Exhibition and Fair. 



Syraj-use. N. Y., Sept. 11-16.— New 

 York State Fair. 



Sept. 12-13, Providence, R. I.— 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 

 Narragansett Hotel. 



Sept. 11-16, Syracuse, N. Y. — 

 Seventy-Sixth Annual New York 

 State Fair. 



is expected that it will be a record 

 breaker in the matter of attendance, 

 because the trip to the South will be 

 a popular one in October and there 

 will, no doubt, be a large attendance 

 of park executives of cities of the 

 South which have been advancing rap- 

 Idly in recent years in the way of 

 park developement. 



Mr. Wm. Allen. Secretary of the 

 New Orleans Association of Com- 

 merce is chairman of the local com- 

 mittee on arrangements. Announce- 

 ment will be made later of the conven- 

 tion program in detail. The officers 

 of the organization are; Emil T. 

 Mische. president. Portland, Oregon; 

 Roland W. Cotterill, secretary, Seattle, 

 Washington. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The attendance at the regular meet- 

 ing, Friday evening, July 14. was all 

 that could be desired. There was a 

 nice display of seasonable flowers for 

 which the following awards were 

 made. Jas. Linane, honorable mention 

 Japan iris; Owen A. Hunwick, Trache- 

 lium coeruleum; John Andrew, Japan 

 iris; P. W. Popp, Phlox Miss Lingard, 

 vote of thanks. Mr. A. J. Rickards. of 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., was a visitor. 

 The summer show committee reported 

 a grand success financially as well as 

 socially and artistically. The tall show 

 committee reported progress. A feature 

 of the next meeting will be the vases 

 of outdoor flowers arranged by assist- 

 ant gardeners only. 



The annual outing will take place 

 Tuesday, Aug. S, at Rye Beach, N. Y. 

 There will be plenty of entertainment 

 for old and young. The hotel manage- 

 ment will serve a fine shore dinner. It 

 will be necessary for those who desire 

 the shore dinner to notify W. J. Sealey, 

 Portchester, N. Y., at least three days 

 before to insure plenty of food and 

 good service. Dinner tickets for the 

 men will be $1.75; women, $1.50. The 

 next meeting will be held Aug. 11th 



P. W. POFP. 



ST. 



LOUIS FLORIST CLUB 

 MEETING. 



A delightful time was had at the 

 July meeting which was held on the 

 grounds of the Bourdet Floral Co. 

 The attendance was nearly 75. After 

 an inspection of the greenhouses Presi- 

 dent Bourdet railed the meeting to or- 

 der on the lawn. The picnic commit- 

 tee said that everj'thing was in readi- 

 ness. All other committees, including 

 the Spring Flower Show, reported 

 progress. Nomination of officers next 

 took place. They are as follows: Jules 

 Bourdet for president; W. S. Wells, 

 Aug. Hummert and F. X. Gorly for 

 vice-presidents; J. J. Beneke and J. 

 J. Windier for secretary; W. C. Smith 

 for treasurer, and Frank Windier for 

 a tliree-year trustee. Election will fol- 

 low at next meeting. Nominations for 

 outdoor meetings for the next three 

 months were as follows; August 10, 

 at the John T. Davis estate, gardener 

 S. Beer extending the invitation; Sep- 

 tember at Sanders' Nursery, C. C. 

 Sanders extending the invitation; Oc- 

 tober at the new home of the St. 

 Louis Wholesale Cut Flower Co., 1410 

 Pine street. D. G. Geddis extending 

 the invitation. President Bourdet set 

 up a fine lunch for which a rising vote 

 of thanks was extended. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



A Sweet Pea exhibition was held in 

 conjunction with the monthly meeting 

 of the Society at Glen Cove. N. Y., on 

 Wednesday evening. July 12. The ex- 

 hibits were of very good quality and 

 made an excellent display. Henry 

 Gaut won 1st prize for 12 varieties of 

 sweet peas, and for six varieties of 

 sweet peas, and special mention for 

 herbaceous flowers. James McCarthy 

 received 1st for 25 white, 25 pink and 

 25 red sweet peas, and 2nd for 6 va- 

 rieties of sweet peas. It was decided 

 to bold the annual Chrysanthemum 

 Show in Pembroke Hall. Glen Cove, 

 on November 2nd and 3rd. The so- 

 ciety's prizes for 25 white. 25 pink and 

 25 any other color sweet peas were all 

 captured by Henry Gaut. 



James McCarthy, Cor. Sec. 



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