November 4, 1916 



HOETICULTUEE 



601 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



THE MADISON, N. J., SHOW. 



The Twenty-first Annual Flower 

 Show of the Morris County Gardener's 

 and Florist's Society, has pa.s:5Pd into 

 history. It was held at .Taiups As- 

 sembly Hall on October 26 aal 27 and 

 was a great success in every way. The 

 weather was ideal, the atteiulance 

 large, and the quality ot the exhibits 

 was of a very high standard. Among 

 the special features was the group of 

 chrysanthemum plants and foliage 

 plants put up by Robert Tyson, supt. 

 for H. lIcK. Twombly Estnte. The 

 blending of colors and the artistic ar- 

 rangement elicited comment irom 

 every side. The big class of vege- 

 tables had their exhibitors — Robt. Ty- 

 son of Twombly Estate, James Fraser 

 of Kahn Estate and J. G. Walker, 

 Hamilton Farm, Gladstone, N. J. They 

 were three grand settinRo of vege- 

 tables, quality very high and artistic 

 arrangement in each, though differing, 

 was the work of a master hand. The 

 6 variety classes were none the less 

 attractive; Lewis Barkman. Bernards- 

 ville, Thomas Dower, Morristown, 

 and Geo. Fisher were in this class. 

 The stage setting by C. H. Totty was 

 fine, also a corner group by Albert 

 Baldwin. The table decorations were 

 another attractive class. This is judged 

 every year by a committee of ladies. 

 This year the judgs were Mrs. Gustav 

 E. Kissel, Mrs. eKo. C. Fraser, Mrs. 

 W. D. Vanderpool and Mrs. R. H. Wil- 

 liams, and the decisions gave general 

 satisfaction. 



The prize schedule contained 93 

 classes, all of which were competed 

 for with the exception of 13. The 

 first 22 classes were for chrysanthe- 

 mum blooms. The Bunyard special 

 for 36 blooms 6 var. was won by 

 W. H. Duckham, and Pierson U-Bar 

 special for 12 blooms went to George 

 Fisher. Mr. Duckham also won in the 

 class for 24 blooms 24 var. The Hitch- 

 Ings cup went to Jas. Fraser. Other 

 winners of 1st in the cut bloom 

 classes were Otto Shoch. David 

 Francis, C. H. Totty, Wm. Huckvale, 

 Peter Duff, Robt. Tyson, J. G. Walker 

 and Ernest Wild. C. H. Totty won in 

 all four of the commercial classes. 



For roses there were ten open 

 classes, and five for private gardeners. 

 The Traendly & Schenck special was 

 won by L. B. Coddington and Carter's 

 Tested Seeds prize by Robt. Tyson. 

 Other winners in the open classes 

 were L. A. Noe, L. M. Noe estate, C. 



Coming Exhibitions 



Nov. 8, Philadelphia. — Clirysauthc- lllll'l 

 mum Sitciety of America In con- 

 junction wltli Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Nov. «-0, New I.aildon, Ct. — New 



London Ilnitioultural Society. An- 

 nual Chrvsjintlii'inuni and Fruit 

 Show. 



Nov. 8-10, New York. — Annual 

 Chrysanthemum show of the Ameri- 

 can Institute. Engineering Society , 



Bldg., 25-33 W. 39th St., New Yorlc. M 



Nov. 9-10, Bloomineton, 111. — Fall 

 Flower Festival. Illtnoia State 

 Florists' Association. 



Nov. 9-11. Lancaster, Pa. — Fall 

 flower show. 



Nov. 9-13, New York — Fall exhibit 

 Horticultural Society of New York 

 at Museum of Natural History. 



Nov. 10-12, Cleveland, O. — Second 

 Annual Flower Show. Hotel Hol- 

 lenden. 



Nov. 11-19, New Orleans, La. — 



Flower show. 



Nov, 14-15, Providence, R. I.— 



Flower show of R. I. Hort. Soc. 



Nov. 14-18, Baltimore, Md. — An- 

 nual Exhibition Maryland Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Not. 16-n, Dallas, Texas. — Texas 

 State Flower Show, under the aus- 

 pices of the Texas State Florists' 

 Association. 



H. Totty and Springfield Floral Co. 

 J. G. Walker, Ernest Wild and Wm. 

 Huckvale cleaned up the private 

 classes. Winners in the eighteen car- 

 nation classes were A. MacDonald, 

 Ki-nest \Vild. .1. G. Walker. Wm. Huck- 

 vale, Robt. Sloane, each having sev- 

 eral to their credit. Ernest Wild was 

 1st on violets. 



In the plant classes, the Heather- 

 home trophy for group went to Robt. 

 Tyson. Other winners were Peter 

 Duff, specimen chrysanthemum; David 

 Fraser, 6 plants; C. F. Barnet, Lor- 

 raine begonia; Lager & Hurrell, or- 

 chid table. The Lord & Burnham 

 table decoration awards were: 1st, 

 Snmuel Golding; 2nd, David Francis; 

 3rd, Robt. Tyson. 



There were seventeen vegetable 

 classes. The premier prizes for ar- 

 ranged collection went to the follow- 

 ing: 1st, Robt. Tyson; 2nd, Jas. 

 Fraser; 3rd, J. G. Walker. The Peter 

 Henderson prizes for arranged collec- 

 lion of six, to Lewis Barkman, Thos. 

 Downer and Geo. Fisher, respectively; 

 the four Boddington prizes to Lewis 

 Barkman. Geo. Fisher and Jas. Fraser; 

 the five Thorburii prizes to L. Back- 

 man and W. A. Carter; the five 

 Stumpp & Walter prizes to Jas. 

 Fraser and W. A. Carter. Winners in 

 the fruit classes were Wm. Reid, Wm. 

 Bunny and Wm. Huckvale. 



The judges were J. W. Everitt, Glen 

 Cove, L. I.; Peter Duff, Orange, N. J.; 

 John Downing, Reading, Pa.; John 

 Dunn, Lansdowne, Pa., and Frank 

 Traendly. New York city. 



LENOX EXHIBITION. 



The annual fall show of the Lenox 

 (Mass.) Hortic-\iltural Society was held 

 in the Town Hall, October 26th and 

 27th. The numerous j-lasses for fruit, 

 flowers and vegetables were well filled 

 with produce of the highest quality. 

 One of the most notable features was 

 the fine and extensive display of or- 

 hids. Each year sees an increase in 

 the number ot exhibitors of those fa- 

 vorites. In the large gioup class, A. 

 N. Cooley, Pittsfleld, Mass., was first 

 with an artistic arrangement which 

 contained many rare and valuable hy- 

 brids. A very effective arrangement 

 on a round table won first prize for W. 

 H. Walker, of Great Barrington, who 

 also won in the class for six Cattleya 

 labiata and six distinct kinds. 



Both in quantity and quality roses 

 and carnations surpassed anything 

 staged at previous exhibitions. Mrs. 

 Parsons, Elm Court Farm, and W. E. 

 S. Griswold were the leading winners 

 in these classes. Mr. Cooley won the 

 society's cup for 10 blooms of chrys- 

 anthemums, and was 1st in the class 

 for 24 distinct. Girand Foster was 1st 

 for a vase of 24 also for 12 distinct 

 kinds. Mrs. Parsons had the best 

 singles and large specimen plants. 

 Elm Court Farm arran.ged a large cir- 

 cular sroup of foliage and flowering 

 plants. Specimen foliage plants were 

 well shown by Charles Lanier and M. 

 Salisbury. Mrs. Parsons was 1st for 

 white grapes and Girand Foster had 

 the liest black. 



Vegetables and salads were as usual 

 of very high quality. Mrs. Winthrop. 

 Count de Heredia. and Giraud Foster 

 wpie winners in the principal classes. 



There was a large attendance on 

 both days. 



The judges were Jas. Stuart. Mama- 

 roneck, N. Y. ; E. Beckett, Purchase, 

 N. Y.; H. J. Allen, Hyde Park. X. Y.; 

 .1. Tansey. Tuxedo Park, N. Y.: John 

 Marshall, Newport, R. I., and Wm. 



Scott, Elmsford, N. Y. 



J. H. F.. Asst. Sec. 



MARYLAND WEEK. 



This great festival will op^n at the 

 Armory in Baltimore on Tuesday 

 November 14 at 8.1.5 P. M. Thg ad- 

 dresses of welcome will be delivered 

 by Hon. James H. Preston, Mayor of 

 Baltimore, and His Excellency, E. C. 

 Harrin.gton. Governor of Maryland. On 

 Wednesday, at 9.30 A. M. the 19th an- 

 nual meeting of the Maryland Horti- 

 cultural Society will be opened. Ad- 

 dresses of value to orchardists will 

 be given throughout the day and on 

 Wednesday. On Thursday, November 

 16 the Maryland Crop Improvement 

 .Association will hold sway and the 

 Maryland Agricultural Society Is 

 scheduled for an affiliated meeting. 

 Friday night will be devoted to the 

 Boys' and Girls' Club, following the 

 session of the State Dairymen's As- 

 sociation. Saturday will be monopo- 

 lized by the Beekeepers' A.isociation. 



The exhibition this year will tur- 



