November 11, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



633 



NEW BEDFORD SHOW. 



The sixth annual Chrvsantheinum 

 Show of the New Bedford llortit-iil- 

 tural Society, Nov. 2-3, was a marked 

 advance over previous exliihits. The 

 local florists came forward nuuli more 

 liberally than ever before and their 

 groups of chrysanthemums inter- 

 spersed with foliage phints helped 

 amazingly in breaking up the set 

 effect produced by row upon row oi 

 cut blooms. Peter Murray, H. A. Jahn, 

 R. H. Woodhouse and .lames Carthly 

 each had very attractive tables of this 

 sort, the latter producing the finest 

 effect with the smallest number of 

 plants and flowers, due, no doubt to 

 the touch of the female hand, his wife 

 taking charge of the arrangement. 

 The display of chrysanthemums and 

 foliage plants occupying 40 sq. feet of 

 space was closely contested by the old- 

 time rivals. Mr. Roy and Mr. Griffin, 

 as was the class for 18 blooms, Mr. 

 Roy winning by a narrow margin. 



Personally, I think the judging was 

 excellent in all classes provided for 

 in the schedule, but where displays 

 were not classified some of the awards 

 were lamentable. P'oUowing tlie cus- 

 tom so prevalent among the minor 

 horticultural societies, awards of 

 merit were distributed indiscrimi- 

 nately to exhibits where no award 

 whatsoever was deserved. Simply be- 

 cause no rrovisio-i is made lor certain 

 displays is no excuse tor minimizing 

 the value of this form of award. 



The displays in competition were 

 works of artistic arrangement and the 

 cut flowers, if one likes monstrosities, 

 were grand. A vase of six blooms of 

 H. E. Converse was simply great, and 

 a vase of pink of medium-sized flowers 

 attracted much attention. 



The finest blooms shown were the 

 following, ranking in the order 

 named: Mrs. A. S. Watt, Melton, Mas- 

 ter Rese, Earl Kitchener. Onvuida. 

 Lady Hopetoun. Mrs. Boggs, .Mrs. G. 

 Drabble, Daily Mail and Mrs. Mitchell. 

 Among the amateurs Louis Macy had 

 a very attractive display and F. G. 

 Tripp put up an unusual display for 

 this season of the year consisting of 

 upwards of 100 dahlia blooms in prime 

 condition. W. F. Tti:\F;u. 



days but the results of the rivalry have 

 not been communicated to us yet. 

 Most of the prizes offered were spe- 

 cially contributed. 



THE TARRYTOWN SHOW. 



Exhibitors from big estates up the 

 Hudson, including many well-known 

 New Yorkers, contributed to make the 

 eighteenth annual fiower show of 

 the Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 which opened in the Music Hall. Tar- 

 rytown, on Nov. 1, one of the best that 

 has ever been given. The Tarrytown 

 shows are not large as flower shows 

 go, but the promoters boast that they 

 are second to none in the country in 

 quality. The competitors are private 

 estates, the few commercial growers 

 who exhibit not competing. Mrs. Fin- 

 ley .J. Shepard. Sam'l Unteruieyer, 

 .John D. Rockefeller. Jr., Wni. Hocke- 

 feller, F. A. Vanderlip, David L. Luke, 

 P. M. Warburg, W. B. Thompson. F. 

 C. Luckenbacher and other names 

 widely known in the world of com- 

 merce and finance appeared on the 

 list of prize winners, through the cul- 

 tural skill of their resiiective garden- 

 ers. As usual. F. R. Pierson made a 

 superb display of his products. A 

 splendid table of hot-house fruit from 

 Mrs. F. E. Lewis, of Ridgefield. Conn., • 

 was a potent attraction. There were 

 dinner table decorations on the closing 



SEWICKLEY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Chrysanthemum Show of The 

 Sewickley, Pa., Horticultural Society 

 was held on Nov. 2-4 and was a great 

 success in every way. The attendance 

 of the public taxed the hall to the ut- 

 most for the three days and a larger 

 hall would have shown off the ex- 

 hibits to better advantage. The fol- 

 lowing are some of the awards: 18 

 blooms in S varieties won by Mrs. E. 

 M. Home, gard. Manus Curran, with 

 good flowers of Mrs. R. C. Pulling, 

 Odessa, Wm. Turner, Elberon, Meudon 

 and Daily Mail. H. L. Mason, gard. J. 

 Murphy, was 2nd and H. ,1. Heinz, 

 gard. A. .^. Leach, 3rd. Nine blooms 

 in 3 varieties, 1st, Dixmont Hospital, 

 gard. Carl Becherer: 3rd, W. P. 

 Snyder, gard. Wm. Thomson. 



Twelve blooms. 12 varieties, 1st, 

 Mrs. E. M. Home, 2nd, H. .1. Heinz, 

 3rd, R. B. Mellon. In the color classes 

 for three blooms the winners were R. 

 C. Me'lon and Jliss W. T. Thaw, gard. 

 .lohn .Jones, with Mrs. R. C. Pulling, 

 Wp\ Tu'-ner, Nerissa and W. Me'>se in 

 their respective colors. R. H. Boggs. 

 gard. R. Taylor won on pompons and 

 singles. For any variety not in com- 

 merce Mrs. E. M. Home won out with 

 a seedling from Dorothy Davis and 

 was also 1st in several other important 

 classes. On display of cut blooms Dix- 

 mont Hospital was 1st and the Mc- 

 Callum Co. won in the class for .50 

 yellows with fine Mrs. Morgans and in 

 wliite carnations with White En- 

 chantress. Winners in the rose 

 classes were H. C. Frick, gard. Jas. 

 Fraser, Watson Estate, gard. Herman . 

 Rapp and R. H. Boggs. 



On group of 100 sq. ft. foliage and 

 flowering plants Mrs. C. E. Home was 

 winner, also on specimen chrysanthe- 

 mum and group of bush plants. Other 

 leading winners in various plant 

 classes were R. H. Boggs, Mrs. Wm. 

 Thaw, C. D. Armstrong, gard. T. E. 

 Tyler, Mrs. W. P. Snyder, gard. Wm. 

 Thomson, H. .T. Heinz. C. D. Arm- 

 strong and Farmhill Estate. On 

 vegetables Mrs. J. D. Lyon, gard. John 

 Barnet, Mrs. J. F. Byers, gard. A. E. 

 Bonsey, Mrs. J. B. Oliver, gard. John 

 Reig. 



The table decorations on Saturday 

 brought out five competitors, and the 

 winners were Jlrs. E. M. Home, gard. 

 .\r. Curran, 1st, R. H. Boggs, 2nd and 

 Mrs. J. D. Lyon. :3rd. Chas. H. Totty 

 of Madison sent an exhibit of chrysan- 

 themu.ms including White Doty, also 

 Wm. H. Waite a fine gold and reddish 

 ffower, Louis Pockett, incurved white, 

 and Golden Champion an immense 

 flower on the F{ose Pockett color. E. 

 D. Smith .f' Co. 'sfut some novelties in- 

 cluding Miss Wright, Calumet and 

 Smith's Sensation. The exhibit of The 

 Pittsl ur?h Cut Flower Co. was a great 

 attraction, outstanding being five 

 vases of roses and collection of single 

 ■'nd pompon chrysanthemums. The 

 Valley Greenhouses exhibited snap- 

 dragon Helen Walker and Wm. Allen 

 of Homewood Cemetery had on view 

 a brownish sport of Lilian Doty. 

 Farmhill Estate displayed stove and 

 flowering plants. The judges were 

 Jas. Wiseman. Fred Bnrki and Alex 

 Davidson. 



GLEN COVE SHOW. 



The twelfth annual Chrysanthemum 

 Show of the Nassau Co. Horticultural 

 Society, which was held in Glen Cove, 

 N. Y., on Nov. 2 and 3. was one of the 

 finest thi" society has ever held. The 

 cut blooms were of the very largest 

 size and finest finish, while the vari- 

 ous specimen plants and plant groups 

 showed an acme of perfection that re- 

 flected the greatest credit on the skill 

 of their growers. The roses, carna- 

 tions and vegetables were of an equal- 

 ly high quality and competition in 

 practi(^ally every class was of the 

 keenest kind. The various exhibits 

 were artistically arranged under the 

 capable direction of Show Manager 

 James Gladstone, ably assisted by 

 James Holloway and Harry Goodband. 

 There were two groups of plants 

 most tastefully arranged, one a group 

 of chrysanthemum plants by Robert 

 Jones, gardener for Percy Chubb, the 

 other a group of flowering and foliage 

 plants by Robert Marshall, gardener 

 for J. R. Delamar. The four classes 

 for double and single chrysanthe- 

 mum bush and standard were each 

 won by Robert .Marshall with James 

 McCarthy gard. for W. E. Kimball and 

 Harry Gaut gard. for Herbert S. Pratt 

 2nd respectively. Other winners in 

 the plant classes were Robert Mar- 

 shall. Geo. Ferguson, gard. for Payne 

 Whitney, and Robert Jones. In the 

 cut flower classes Robert Jones was 

 almost invulnerable. He was 1st win- 

 ner in seventeen class ana won 2n<l 

 in six. His vase of twelve flowers ar- 

 ranged for effect was probably the 

 finest in the show, immense blooms of 

 Mary Mason, perfectly finished and 

 beautifully arranged with autumn foli- 

 age. His Wm. Turner was the largest 

 flower in the show. Several 1st prizes 

 went to Henry Gaut. George Ferguson 

 and Jos. Robinson, gard. for W. R. 

 Coe. Geo. Ferguson. Robert Marshall. 

 James .McCarthv, Henry Gaut. .Tohn 

 Everitt and Thos. Flynn, gard. for J. 

 H. Ottley. were among the winners of 

 2nd honors. In the vegetable classes 

 Robt. Jones. Wm. Norman. Frank 

 Petroccia and Jos. Robinson were win- 

 ners. 



There were eleven entrants in the 

 class for the best table decoration and 

 the ladies who judged this class had 

 a (liflicult task to select a winner, as 

 all were very beautifully executed. 

 They finally decided to award the first 

 prize to George Ford, assistant gar- 

 dener for John T. Pratt. 2nd to 

 George Ferguson. 3rd to William 

 Xoonan. The rest of the exhibition 

 was judged by W'alfer Angus. Ewen 

 McKeuzio and Howard Nichols. A 

 vase of double flowering cosmos ex- 

 hibited by Harry Goodband attract- 

 ed favorable attention and was award- 

 ed a certificate of merit. Robert Mar- 

 shall received a cultural certificate for 

 a specimen chrysanthemum plant. 

 J.\s. McCaktiiv. Cor. Sec. 



Redwood City, Cal. \V. E. Egling- 

 ton won the glass and silver vase of- 

 fered by the Aphine Manufacturing 

 Co. for the best table of orchids cover- 

 ing sixty square feet, arranged for ef- 

 fect, at Forester's Hall, Redwood City, 

 at the Fall Flower Show of the Menlo 

 Park Horticultural Society, held on 

 Oct. 27, 28 and 29. 



