November 18, 1916 



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665 



pons grown out doors; Alphonso Pe- 

 ters, palms and design work; Edw. 

 Beck, retail display tastefully ar- 

 ranged; Thomas Fries, display of 

 plants in variety; Mrs. Geo. Goldbach, 

 display of plants and chrysanthemum 

 baskets; B. F. Barr Co.. evergreens In 

 garden effect combined with potted 

 pompons for color; ('has. B. Merr, 

 specimen adiantum. 



Out-of-town exhibitors were as fol- 

 lows: The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., 

 with roses and chrysanthemums; El- 

 mer D. Smith Co., specimen blooms of 

 the newer varieties and their new 

 pompon for 1917, "Little Gem;" Chas. 

 H. Totty. large collection of pompons 

 and singles; S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Co., roses, bouvardia and orchids; The 

 McCallum Co., vase of Mrs. M. R. 

 Morgan; Richard Vincent. Jr. & Sons 

 Co., 49 varieties of pompons; .lohn F. 

 Rupp, Aristolochia Sturtevanti, and n 

 freak chrysanthemum half white and 

 half pink; S. J. Goddard. of Framing- 

 ham, Mass., new carnation "Doris." 



The judges were Wm. F. Gude of 

 Washington, Charles Grakelow and 

 S. S. Pennock of Philadelphia. 



Harry K. Rohrer was chairman of 

 the flower show committee, the other 

 members being M. J. Brlnton, .Albert 

 M. Herr, B. F. Barr, I.«mon S. Landis, 

 Elmer J. Weaver, Rudolph Nagel, A. 

 F. Strickler and David F. Rose. All of 

 the good flowers were sent to the va- 

 rious homes and charitable institutions 

 in and around the city. 



Al.TtEKT .M. Hki!i;. 



HARTFORD (CONN.) EXHIBITION. 

 The auaaal exhibition of chrysan- 

 themums, under the auspices of the 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society. 

 held on Xov. 10, surpassed anything 

 given in previous years. Alfred Cebe- 

 lius, jardenor for M. \V. .lacobus, ex- 

 hibited a standard Georgianna 

 Pitcher, bearing 275 blooms and 

 measuring five feet in diameter. -\n- 

 other specimen. Rien du .lap^n had 

 250 blooms. John F. llus.s. superin- 

 tendent for Mrs. James J. Goodv.ln 

 had an unusually fine collection of 

 large chrysanthemums. William 

 Turner, white, a wonderful specimen; 

 Mrs. Stevens, orange colored; Lady 



Second Annual Cu:\el.\nd Pi/)wkr Show. 

 Mr3. Price McKinneys Entry for the CorriSJ'n Cup. 



Hopetoun. pink; G. P. Wallace, Mrs. 

 Gibson, Nacota Odessa. Mease. La 

 Griswold, Kitty Lawrence, Ramapo. 

 Glenvlew. M. Louiseau Rousseau and 

 Lady Ludwig all came in for their 

 share of admiration. Warren S. Ma- 

 son, sum of the A. A. Pope estate 

 at Farmington. exhibited twenty-two 

 large varieties and twenty-three pom- 

 pons and singles. 



A. X. Pierson, Inc.. had a very fine 

 -eneral collection. The Yellow Wil- 

 liam Turner was a perfect specimen. 

 One of the new yellow cactus vari- 

 eties the R. M. Morgan, and Harvest 

 .Moon, were leaders in the collection 

 of some forty varieties. H. R. Hurd. 

 cf the Beach Estate, West Hartford, 

 made a fine exhibit, using good taste 

 in staging his exhibit. 



Howard Semf. J. Vidbourne, and A. 

 Righcniil were iudges. The exhibits 



of Alfred Cebelius, also these of John 

 F Huss and A. N. Pierson. Inc.. were 

 awarded first-class certificates, and 

 those of Warren S. Mason and H. R. 

 Hurd certificates of merit. 



AuKEi) DixoN, Secy. 



Cl.K\-EL.\M) FUAVEK SHOW. 

 Disphiy lit H. Itaycrs.li^itei- *.- «'" 



I'hihiclelplila. reprosciit.Ml liy .Miiitiii l!.'Uk:nit uiul 

 Sli'piien (Jrpi'ii. 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



The second annual flower show un- 

 der the joint direction of the Ohio 

 Horticultural Society, the tneveand 

 Florists' Club and the Garden t lub ol 

 Cleveland was held on ^'"^ • !*'• l^,?"f 

 19 at the new ball room ot the Hollen- 

 den Hotel and is reported to have 

 been a gratifying success in quality and 

 attendance. A large proportion of the 

 premiums were specially donated b> 

 public spirited Citizens and by various 

 horticultural trade houses. Jhe large 

 uart of the schedule was devoted to 

 competition limited to amateurs and 

 private gardeners and the entries were 

 Tumerous and of unexcelled Quality 

 Manv of the leading society names oi 

 Cleveland ai pear on the list of awards 

 We have space at this time only foi 

 the commercial awards, which were as 

 follows: 



,(K. blooms vlnUts. .1...I1.U-: .l^;- ',•' ;^^|," 



;;Va".i. V;T.^"'5'.n,'f.,,«...l..".,„^J.■ 

 ■ ■ i,,.',ii- 1st Tlif Niimiiti"" '"■• *-';>• 

 ,''1 T - i-riedhv Co.. City. « .u.y oilier 



I ,i,ia Lorraine t>pe. im. ""^ ,," ..i... 



,- itv "ncl, TUe Naimiann to.., C >l> . 



,l„w,in.h' plants J? • ' ^'^„. . ..jr,,, E. .L 

 ',;"•"•,.' Ci.v speci^Vl a: exmi.lt sweet 



\V..st. rburi: & ^oiis. Warreusvllle. O. ^t>e- 

 'lal .! srmip of ebcrrles : Carl llaKenbur- 

 "i-r. Mentor, O. 



