HOETICULTUEE 



November 11, 1916 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The exhibits at the sixth annual au- 

 tumn exhibition of this society, in 

 Greenwich, Conn., were of marked supe- 

 riority. There was keen competition 

 throughout the entire schedule of 121 

 classes and the aftair was a social and 

 financial success. Noteworthy features 

 were the numerous trade displays 

 (eight in all), the scarcity of the "big 

 blooms" and the increasing promi- 

 nence of single and pompon types of 

 chrysanthemums, also the unusual dis- 

 play of outdoor flowers. The increasing 

 interest of the amateurs who do not 

 employ paid assistance is gratifying to 

 note. The marked tendency towards 

 better decorative effects as evidenced 

 by the numerous groups of cut flow- 

 ers, decorated dinner tables, baskets 

 of flowers, centerpieces, etc., is also 

 worthy of note. Manager J. B. Mc.Ar- 

 dle was ably assisted by Thos. Ryan, 

 to whom the society is indebted for 

 the staging of a very effective ex- 

 hibit. The judges were Jas. Blair, 

 Staatsburg. N. Y., Wm. Turner, 

 Oceanic, N. J., Geo. Middletoii. Tarry- 

 town, N. Y.. and Ernest Wild, .Morris- 

 town, N. J., whose fair and impartial 

 decisions were received with universal 

 satisfaction. 



Among the novelties noted was a dis- 

 play of seedling chrysanthemums, ane- 

 mone flowered type, exhibited by Scott 

 Bros., Elmsford, N. Y.; the new yellow 

 rose Mme. CoIIette Martinet from A. 

 .\. Pierson, Inc.. attracted a great deal 

 of favorable attention and was highly 

 commended. This new rose is of ele- 

 gant form and of rare fragrance. J. 

 B. McArdle exhibited the new double- 

 flowered cosmos. This should prove 

 valuable for the florist as well as for 

 garden decoration. Certificates of 

 merit were awarded to Baldwin & Co 

 for orchids; Lager & Hurrell for or- 

 chids; Mills & Co. for dahlias; Chas. 

 H. Totty, for chrysanthemums; A. N 

 Pierson for seedling chrysanthemums 

 and roses; Scott Bros, for anemone 

 flowered chrysanthemums. J B .Mc- 

 Ardle was highly complimented for 

 general display, and Stamford Seed 

 Co, for display of sundries. Special 

 awards to private growers were- 

 certificate of merit to Alex. Geddes for 

 seedling single chrysanthemum- cul- 

 tiiral certificate to Wm. Morrow for 

 ^.ucharis amazonica, also C. of M for 

 Cycas Rumphii; special prize to P W 

 Popp for basket of pompon chrysanl 

 themums; 1st prize for group of chrys- 

 anthemum plants went to Robt Grun- 

 nert; 1st for cut chrysanthemums 

 went to Wm. Graham, gard. for Mrs 

 E. C. Converse; 1st for foliage and 



Coming Exhibitions 



Nov. 9-11, Lancaster, Pa. — Fall 

 flower show. 



Nov. 9-12, New York— Fall exhibit 

 Horticultural Society of New Yorlc 

 at Museum of Natural History. 



Nov. 10-12, Cleveland, O. — Second 

 Annual Flower Show, Hotel Hol- 

 lenden. 



Nov. 11-19, New Orleans, I,a. — 



Flower show. 



Nov. 13-15, Newark, X. J. — Essex 

 Count.v (N. J.) Florists' Club, Palace 

 Hall, Washington and Bleeker Sts. 



Nov. 14-15, Providence, K. I. — 

 Flower show of R. I. Hort. Soc, 



Nov. 14-18, Baltimore, Md. — An- 

 nual Exhibition Maryland Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Nov. 15-n, Dallas, Texas. — Texas 

 State Flower Show, under the aus- 

 pices of the Texas State Florists' 

 Association. 



flowering plants to Robt. Allen, gard. 

 for E. C. Benedict; sweepstakes 

 for largest bush plant. W. J. Sealey. 

 gard. for Chas. Mallory: 1st for 

 table decoration, Wm. Whitton, gard. 

 for Mrs. J, H. Flagler, who also won 

 the prize for the largest bloom of the 

 show. The | rincipal winners in the 

 decorative classes were Fred La.ger- 

 stam. gard. for J. Toppin.g. and 

 Thos. Aitchison, gard. for Mrs. Nathan 

 Strauss. P. W. Popp, gard. for Mrs. 

 H. Darlington, was 1st for outdoor 

 flowers; Wm, Smith, gard, for Robt, 

 Mallory. 2nd, who was also 1st for 

 specimen orange tree. In the potted 

 chrysanthemum classes the chief win- 

 ners were W. J, Sealey. .gard, for 

 Chas, Mallory; Thos, Ryan, gard, for 

 .lohn Downey; .lohn Orr: G. D, Sulli- 

 van, gard, for Mrs, W, G, Nichols; C, 

 Hankenson, gard, for A. G. Smith; J. 



B. Andrew, gard. for Mrs. L. C. Bruce; 

 Wra. Whitton, gard, for Mrs, J. H, 

 Flagler; Fred Metzler. gard, for Mrs, 

 A, M, Zabriskie: FVed. Lagerstam, 

 gard. for F. .4, Topping, In the cut 

 flower classes the most successful 

 were Mrs, Flagler; Mrs. Ernest Iselin, 

 gard. Duncan Mclntyre; Mrs. E. C. 

 Converse; Mrs. .1. D. Barron, gard. Jas. 

 Linane; A. G. Smith; Geo. Lowther, 

 gard. Emil .lohnson. In the pompon 

 and single classes the honors were 

 shared by Adrian Iselin, Jr.. gard. Jos. 

 Tiernan; Mrs. H. Darlington; Mrs, E, 



C, Converse; Mrs. F. A. Constable, 

 gard. Jas. Stuart, In the carnation 

 classes the principal winners were 

 Mrs, Converse, Robt, Grunnert. Mrs, 

 Nathan Strauss and J, B. Couu. In the 

 rose classes Chas, Smith, gard, .\nton 

 Pederson; Mrs, Oliver Hoyt. gard, Jas, 

 Foster, and Mrs, Flagler, In the mis- 

 cellaneous cut flower classes the 

 prizes were divided by Robt. Grunnert 

 and P. W. Popp; in the orchid classes 

 E. C. Benedict, Mrs. Darlin.gton, Mrs 

 Oliver Hoyt. Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 

 J, B, Cobb and Mrs. F, A, Con- 

 stable, On ferns and palms the win- 

 ners were Mrs, O, Hoyt, Robt. Mallory, 

 Mrs. Havemeyer and John Orr, Fruit 

 and vegetable and classes for ama- 

 teurs were all well filled, 



P. W. Pori'. Cor. Sec. 



NORTHAMPTON (MASS.) FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



The fourth annual flower show of 

 the Northampton and Holyoke Flor- 

 ists' and Gardeners' Club opened in 

 city hall on Nov. 1. when Mayor and 

 Mrs. William H. Feiker were pre- 

 sented by President A. C. Butler with 

 a handsome bouquet of flowers. The 

 Mayor responded in a gracious man- 

 ner and the show was declared oflBcial- 

 ly opened. The show this year was 

 the biggest and best ever held here. 

 Some wonderful large blooms were ex- 

 hibited, William Turner carrying off 

 the honors. Not even at the Boston 

 show were there to be found such 

 blooms, not only of Turners, but of the 

 other exhibition chrysanthemums. 

 -Although the show was much smaller 

 than the Boston show, its quality was 

 decidedly better and in all classes 

 there was keen competition. James 

 Whiting, foreman of the greenhouses 

 at the Mass. Agricultural College, re- 

 ceived first award, the Skinner cup, 

 for a vase of twelve blooms of William 

 Turner. The class for the best speci- 

 men bloom was captured by F. D. 

 Keyes & Son of Florence. An ex- 

 ceptionally good display was shown in 

 the carnation classes, with Butler & 

 Ullman leading. This firm also carried 

 off the honors in the rose classes and 

 for group of decorative plants. The 

 latter was arranged with strips of 

 l)ark, artificial moss, water feature, 

 begonias "Gloire de Chateleine," and 

 adiantum, with a tew palms and a 

 centre of Cibotium Scheidei. 



In the basket classes there were a 

 large number of entries and the work- 

 manship and choice of materials was 

 remarkable. Several dinner tables 

 also added attractiveness to the show, 

 tlie winning talile being one of yellow 

 and wliite pompon chrysanthemums, 

 arranged by G. S, Sinclair 'of Holyoke. 

 In the class of wedding flowers Gal- 

 livan Bros, of Smith's Ferry carried 

 off first honor. Special mention should 

 be made of the exhibit of evergreens 

 by E. J. Canning and also the exhibit 

 of economic plants by the Smith .-Col- 

 lege greenhouses. 



Winning exhibits other than those 

 mentioned were various plant groups 

 by G, S, Sinclair & Son. R. S, Carey, 

 F, D, Keyes & Son. Butler & Ullman, 

 Mass. Agri. College, Smith College and 

 Gallivan Bros. Chrysanthemum blooms 

 were well staeed by James Whiting, 

 liutler & Cllmaii, G. S, Sinclair & Son, 

 P. D. Keyes & Son, and Gallivan Pros 

 The carnation winners were substanti- 

 ally the same exhibitors. 



Special exhibits were made of roses 

 I y H. M. Robinson & Co., Boston, F. • 

 P. & P. M. Pierson, Scarboro, N. Y., 

 and A. N. Pierson, Cromwell. Conn., 

 also carnations by S. J. Godnard. 

 Other exhibitors were D. 0. Mac- 

 Gregor, gard. for H. R. Lyman estate, 

 Geo. Strugnell, gard. for C. E. .Mackin- 

 tosh estate, Carl Hammond, gard. at 

 State Hospital and Alex. Parks. 



