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HORTICULTUBE 



August 26, 1916 



The third mid-summer exhibition by 

 the Newport Garden Club and the 

 Newport Horticultural Society was 

 held on the grounds of Hill Top Inn 

 Aug 17 18 and 19, with displays of 

 plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables 

 mainly from the greenhouses and pri- 

 vate estates of Newport. The exhibi- 

 tion was opened hy Gov. R. Livings- 

 ton Beeckman making an address of 

 welcome. Halt the proceeds go to the 

 Newport National Special Aid Society 

 m their work for militiamen of Rhode 

 Island on the border. 



Arthur Herrington of Madison, 

 served efficiently as manager of the 

 show and the groups on the capacious 

 lawn and under canvas were arranged 

 luh excellent effect. The judges were 

 James Wilson, Natlck, Mass_ ; John 

 Duguid, Wellesley, Mass.; John Mar 

 shall Providence, R. I.; Bruce Butter- 

 ton! Newport. R. I.; C. M. Bugholt, 

 and Andrew Meikle, Newport, R. 1. 



Thtsummer residents exhibiting, 

 and their gardeners, were Vincent As- 

 tor James Boyd; Mrs. F. Mortimer 

 Brooks, James Bond; Mrs. T O.^Rich- 

 ardson James Robertson; Mr. Henry 

 AC Taylor, William MacKay; Gov- 

 ernor Beeckman, J. B. Urquhart; Mrs 

 French Vanderbilt, Daniel Hay, The 

 Reef Gardens. T. M. Davis estate. \ ic- 

 tor May; Mrs. W. G. Weld, James 

 Watt; Mrs. T. J. Emery, Andrew Dor- 

 ward; J. B. Haggin, Dennis Fo e> 

 Mrs. William Grosvenor, James Xlatt- 

 son; Mrs. J. J. Wysong, Jas. G. Kyle, 

 Miss Fannie Foster C. M. BughoU 



Out-of-town exhibitors were B. Ham 

 mond Tracy of Wenham. Mass., witt 



beautiful gladioli; Ra^^o'^l^r'; ^stm- 

 Saxonville, Mass., and George L. Still 

 man, Westerly, R. I- . 



There were 93 regular classes in the 

 schedule, each as a rule carrying three 

 prizes. We have not room to give the 

 list of awards in detail. All of the 

 above-mentioned exhibitors fi.gured 

 largely as winners, also the Wilson 

 Nurseries with their specialties. M- 

 tra and special awards were made as 

 follows : 



Silver medal to C. M. Bugliolt for Gladi_ 

 nlii^ ••Ri(i"emM-e," a white seedling of 

 Americ. Al " to' the same the Grosvenor 

 fiiD for the bc-it novelty in the show. 

 'Srs! French Vanderbilt cnp fpvbe^te^^ 

 hibit bv private gardener, and Garden Club 

 cup for best exhibit in show, were both 

 awarded to Victor May for his 100 ft. 

 group of foliage plants. „.„./i„ner 



Jos Manda sweepstaUes for eardener 

 winning most points and A. . Riehards 

 sweepstakes for gardener winning most 

 first prizes— both to .Tames Bond. 



First class certificate for Nymphaea 

 gigantea and certificate of merit for Nym- 

 phaeas "Formosa" and Attraction, all 

 shown by Henry A. Dreer. 



Honorable mention— T. Suffern Tailcr for 

 Caladiums. ^ ^ _,^„ 



First class certificate — Emerson F. Ben- 

 nett of Acnshnet, Mass., for decorative 

 Dahlia seedling. 



Honorable mention and gratuity— James 

 Brown, for educational and instructive ex- 

 hibit of wild flowers. 



Silver medal — John Scheepers Co., Inc.. 

 New York, for trade exhibition of a group 

 of Begonias. , 



Gratuity of S.5— Robert Clifford, gardener 

 at Hill Top Inn, for two specimens or 

 Aucuba japonica. 



Honorable mention— Mrs. Slater for vase 

 of Gladioli. . , 



Silver medal- L. Morton Gage. Natick. 

 Mass., I'or vase of Gladiolus, "Mrs. Dr. Nor- 

 ton." ,. , 



First class certificate— H. E. Meader, 

 Dover, N. H., for Gladiolus "Myrtle." 



Honorable mention for Charles H. Totty 

 for collection of seedling Delphiniums. 



Honorable mention— Mrs. C. P. Smith, 

 Middletown. for four vases Gladioli. 



Honoralile mention — \V. A. Manda. South 

 Orange. N. J., for collection of Caladiums. 



Gratuity of $5 — C. W. Brown and .Sou. 

 Ashland, Mass., for Gladioli, too late to 

 stage. 



\\ illiani Gray, gardener for Mrs. William 

 I!, r.eeds. won the Beeckman prize for the 

 best floral decoration for not more than 12 

 covers, on the third and last day. 



B. Hammond Tracy won the Eioe prize 

 and X. H. S. silver medal for display of 

 Gladioli ; George L. Stillman the same for 

 display of Dahlias and H. .\. Dreer the 

 same for exhibit of Water Lilies. 



Some of the exhibits which im- 

 pressed us as meriting particular men- 

 tion were the fine group of speciosum 

 lilies in pots by D. A. Hay; crotons 

 by Victor May; finely colored dra- 

 caenas in the group of ferns and foli- 

 age plants, also Rex begonias, by 

 James Bond; group of lilies by An- 

 drew Dorward; splendid gladiolus 

 spikes by James Boyd; collection of 

 summer flowering bulbs by James 

 Watt, also grapes arranged for effect 

 with montbretias and cosmos: water- 

 lilies by H. A. Dreer and group of 

 fancy caladiums by W. A. Manda. 

 Banquet. 

 On Thursday evening about fifty of 

 the visiting gardeners and exhibitors 

 were entertained at the Bellevue by 

 Governor Beeckman. who made a spirit- 

 ed address which greatly pleased his 

 guests. John B. Urquhart. president 

 of the Newport Horticultural Society 

 presided. 



After the dinner President Urquhart 

 called upon Messrs. Herrington, Tra- 

 cy, Hayes. Sealey, Barkmore and 



Holmes of the out-of-town guests and 

 Secretary Fred P. Webber and Messrs. 

 Andrew K. McMahon, Alexander Mac- 

 Lellan, James Bond and Victor May 

 of the society. Each responded with a 

 more or less brief speech of apprecia- 

 tion. 



On Friday afternoon Mr. Herring- 

 ton delivered a lecture on The Iris. 



REFRESHING DAHLIA BLOOMS. 



As the time approaches for dahlia 

 exhibitions I am reminded of an ex- 

 perience I had once. Four days before 

 a show in a neighboring town I picked 

 an extra large blossom of the variety 

 "Geisha" to compete for a prize for 

 the largest flower in the hall. On the 

 morning before the exhibition I found 

 the flower wilted flat. I put it in hot 

 water, almost to the boiling point, im- 

 mersing the stem nearly to the flower, 

 and left it to cool. The next morning 

 it was standing up all right, and I 

 carried it to the show, packed in a 

 box, and set it up. It took first prize, 

 and kept until the show was over, two 

 days later. 



A. J. Fish. 



Massachusetts. 



HEDGE OF THUYA OCCIDENTALIS. 

 The picture which fills our title 

 page this week was taken In the 

 grounds of George B. Dorr at Bar 

 Harbor. Me. Everybody knows our 

 American arborvitae and further com- 

 ment is not called for here. Its adap- 

 tability for fine hedge purposes in the 

 rigorous "down east" climate is well 

 shown in this picture. 



CATALOGUE RECEIVED. 



William Elliott & Sons, New York. 

 — Gaint Flowering Bulbs and Seeds, 

 for the Trade Only." Autumn 1916 

 edition, and it is "all right." 



DAHLIA MRS. ALFRED I. DUPONT. 



This new dahlia is one of the set of seedling novelties shown by W. A. 

 Manda two years ago and is one of the finest of the recent dahlia introduc- 

 tions, its glowing color and long stems making it particularly desirable as a 

 cut flower. 



