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HORTICULTUBE 



November 18, 1916 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUM SHOW. 

 New York enjoyed two shows last 

 week. The first to open its doors 

 was the American Institute Show. 

 held at the Engineering Building on 

 West 39th St., on Nov. 8. 9 and lU. 

 The exhibition was decidedly the best 

 ever given by the Institute and Sec- 

 retary Eagleson with his right bower 

 W. C. Rickards were justified in their 

 pride over the results of their labors. 

 There were eighty-eight plant and 

 flower classes in the schedule and 

 awards were made in 83 of them. 



One ot the most admiralile entries 

 was that ot new Japanese Anemone 

 seedlings by C. D. Shaeffer, gard. for 

 Richard Mortimer, Tuxedo Park. The 

 flowers were of enormous size and 

 splendid finish. A diploma was award- 

 ed. Among the big guns in the cut 

 chrysanthemum classes were Chas H 

 Totty. W. W. Vert, gard. for Howard 

 Gould, Port Washington. Robert 

 Jones, gard. for Percy Chubb. Glen 

 Cove, Ernest Robinson, gard. to Mrs. 

 M. P. Plant, Groton. Conn.. George 

 Ferguson, gard. to Mrs. Pavne Whit- 

 ney, Manhasset, Totty had six Ists. 

 Jones 13 Ists and two 2nds. Robinson 

 four Ists and seven 2nds, Vert four 

 Ists and three 2nds. Other winners 

 in cut bloom classes were. Scott 

 Bros., Elmsford, R. E. Tvson, gard 

 for Mrs. H. McKay Twombly. Convent 

 Sta.. N. J., Fred. Hitchman. gard. for 

 Ralph Pulitzer, Manhasset, Frank 

 Black, gard. for C. E. Chapman, Oak- 

 land, N. J., Max Schneider, gard for 

 Peter Hauck. Jr.. E. Orange. -X. J., 

 G. J. Wilson, supt. for C. K. G. Bill- 

 ings. Oyster Bay. Wni. Cameron, gard 

 for Thos. N. McCarter. Rumson, N. J . 

 Wra. Lackey, gard. for David Guggen- 

 heim, Elberon, N. J.. Chas. Young 

 gard. to Mrs. J. I. Straus. Mt. Kisco 

 Geo. Fisher, gard. for Morris KinHey 

 Butler. N. J., J. G. P. Kennedy, gard 

 for Mrs. Lyle Samuel, Tenafly. N. J., 

 J. Cook, Hackensack. E. D. Smith Ad- 

 rian, Mich, H. Gaut. gard. for H L 

 Pratt, Glen Cove, Wm. Brown, gard 

 for C. W. McAlpin. Morristown N J 

 and P. W. Popp, gard. for Mrs. II Darl- 

 ington. Mamoreneck. No finer blooms 

 have ever been shown in all the prom- 

 inent varieties, but the varietv Wm 

 Turner took the lead here as else- 

 where for spectacular effect 



On plants. Peter Duff was the prin- 

 cipal winner. Frederick Hitchman. 

 R. M. Johnston, gard. for W B 

 Thompson. Yonkers. A. MacDonald 

 gard. for D. E. Oppenheimer. Yonkers.' 

 F. Hitchman, and Charles "loung were 

 winners in this section. Garza still 

 holds Its precedence as a pot plant 

 air. Hitchman had a great specimen 

 or this old favorite. 



L. A. Noe, Chas. H. Totty Wm. W 

 vert and Wm. Lackev were winners 

 in rose classes. Chas. h Stanley 

 Thos. B. Wilson and Robert Grunert 

 in carnations. Wm. W. A'ert in bego- 

 nias, F. Hitchman in violets There 

 were some excellent fruit and vege- 

 tables, for which munificent prizes 

 were awarded. 



Medals were awarded as follows- 



Robt. ' E. Tyson, best collection ot 

 chrysanthemum varieties, silver med- 

 al; Frederick Hitchman, best speci- 

 it.en chrysanthemum plant, silver 

 medal; Robert Jones, best vase of 

 chrysanthemums, medal ot superority; 

 Robert E. Tyson, best collection of 

 vegetables medal of superiority. 



Many special awards were made to 

 exhibits not in schedule competition. 

 Among these were a collection of 

 pompons from R. Vincent, Jr & Sons 

 Co., Whitemarsh, Md.; E. D. Smith & 

 Co., seedling pompon Little Gem: A. 

 N. Pierson. group of chrysanthemums 

 and novelty roses; C. H Totty. dis- 

 plays of chrysanthemums and roses; 

 Wm. Tricker. Nyiuphaea Mrs Wood- 

 row Wilson: Max Schling, floral dec- 

 orations. 



The judges were Eugene Dnille- 

 uouze. John G. McNicoll. William 

 Turner, Peter Duff. George Middlrton. 

 Alex. Mackenzie. 



EXHIBITION OF THE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 

 The attendance at the big show of 

 the Horticultural Society of New York 

 in the Museum of Natural History to- 

 talled 199,993 persons for the three 

 days, thus breaking the record made 

 last year. On Sunday afternoon the 

 crush at the building was so great that 

 policemen formed the. crowd in two 

 columns and reqiiiied them to retain 

 this formation. The waiting line to 

 enter extended at four o'clock from 

 the entrance of the Museum east in 

 Seventy-seventh street almost to Cen- 

 tral Park West. Automobiles, as on 

 the previous day, were not allowed to 

 enter the driveway on account of the 

 crowd, but had to leave their iiassen- 

 gers at the street entrance. 



The central attraction was tne 

 group of trained specimen plants 

 grown by John Canning, supt. for A. 

 Lewisohn. Ardsley. These, as before, 

 were placed in the spacious rotunda 

 and roiled off. They were in 2(l-incli 

 tubs and marvels of symnietrj* and 

 size. Our judgment was that tliey were 

 even finer than last year's plants, if 

 that were possible. There were four 

 in bush form, the varieties being Lady 

 Lydia. Wells Late Pink (white sport), 

 Ella Scoville and R. F. Felton. Two 

 others were trained in the form of 

 pillars, ten feet high and two in fan 

 shape, the latter being in two colors. 

 .1. W. Smith, gard. tor F. E. Lewis. 

 Ridgefield. Conn., had some plants in 

 competition, which received 2nd prize 

 but would hav» taken 1st in any other 

 show in the country. W. J. Sealey. 

 .aard. for Chas. Mallory, Port Chester, 

 R. M. Johnston, gard. for W. B. Thomp- 

 son. Yonkers. James Linane. gard. for 

 G. D. Barron, Rye. and Robert Mar- 

 shall, gard. for J. R. De Lamar. Glen 

 Cove, were the other giants in the 

 specimen plant classes. 



In chrysanthemum cut blooms the 

 exhibits were very extensive and qual- 

 ity superb. In the commercial section 

 Charles H. Totty was supreme in all 

 classes, Scott Bros, being 2nd. Non- 

 commercial growers competed lieavilv 



in the various classes assigned to 

 them, A. Lewisohn, Duke's Farm, Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney. Fred'k Sturges, gard. 

 Thos. Bell, Farfield, Conn., G. B. 

 Schley, gard. Wm. Huckvale, Far Hills, 

 N. J., Mrs. E. S. Bayer, gard. Alex. 

 Thomson, Mt. Kisco, H. M. Tilford, 

 gard. Jos. Tansey, Tuxedo, E. L. Mey- 

 ers, gard. W. G. Ellis, Huntington, and 

 A. Iselin, Jr., gard. Jos. Tiernan, were 

 the principal winners. For dinner ta- 

 ble decoration, chrysanthemum flowers 

 only, with any appropriate foliage, 

 Mrs. Payne Whitney was 1st, W. B. 

 Thompson, 2nd, Thos. Aitchison 3rd. 

 Of exceeding interest and beauty 

 were the groups of greenhouse foliage 

 and flowering plants, 150 sq. ft. W. B. 

 Thompson won 1st with a lovely ar- 

 rangement in which lilies and crotons 

 were prominent components; 2nd was 

 awarded to Mrs. F. A. Constable, gard. 

 Jas. Stuart, whose arrangement was 

 also a gem, with spray orchids, bego- 

 nias, lilies, fuchsias, etc. 



Next in interest and value were the 

 crchids. In the commercial classes 

 Julius Roehrs Co.. were 1st with a 

 noble collection and got a silver 

 medal for novelty not shown here be- 

 fore with Cypripediuin Alma Gaewart. 

 J. A. Manda won on twelve plants and 

 six plants and Lager & Hurrell with 

 fine collection of cypripediums. In 

 the noncommercial exhibits there 

 were some beautful things. The 

 Clement Moore special was won by A. 

 N. Cooley, Pittsfield. Mass.. with 

 Laelio-cattleya Firminii. This plant 

 also won the sweepstakes prize as the 

 best orchid plant in the show. Clem- 

 ent Moore, gard J. P. Mossman. Sam'l 

 Untermyer, gard. Geo. H. Janes, were 

 orchid winners also. 



In the commercial classes for roses, 

 Chas. H. Totty won the silver medal 

 for variety not in commerce. Other 

 winners in various rose classes were 

 F. R. Pierson {^o. and L. A. Noe. Cot- 

 tage Gardens Co.. won the silver med- 

 al sweepstakes and <liploma for finest 

 vase and nev.- vaiiety of carn:itions. 

 Tlie non-commercial rose and carna- 

 tion classes were hotly competed for 

 ly a large number of private garden- 

 ers. On vase of fifty roses arranged 

 for effect Rudolph Heidkamp, gard. 

 for Mrs. Pauline Boettger, Riverdale, 

 was the winner. Unfortunately our 

 space is insufficient to record the va- 

 rious classes in this section and in 

 decorative foliage and flowering 

 plants. A large number of "specials" 

 \-ere awarded, of which the follow- 

 ing are some of the most important. 



.Iciliii Si-lu'fpcrs iV: Co.. Inc.: superb col- 

 Ifciioii (if winttT-floworing begonias, gold 

 nii'iliil 



.Vibilph Lcwisiibii : group of bush chrys- 

 .inllii'iiiiHii |)laii'-;. gold iiiciUil. 



.VIImmi CiMiir. Stninfonl, Conn., gard. 

 .Mcx. (Jcddes; cDlioc-tion of .'^codling chrys- 

 Mnllii'iiinnis. i-eriilicnte of merit. 



IT. (Jaut. (Jlen r'ove. N. Y. : seedling 

 (■lir.Vb;niilliomuiiis. ccrtiflfatc of merit. 



1!. Mortimer. 'I'uxicln Park. N. Y., gard. 

 <'arl I>. Seliaeffor : .Ijipanese anemone seed- 

 Ihigs. eertiflcate of merit. 



Mrs. Wm. liarr. Wesl Orange. N. .T.. 

 gard. Kinil Painiska: seedling ohrysantlie- 

 iiinms. certifjp.'ilc of merit. 



(ii'orge (iiall.is: .Veplirolepis King Coti- 

 sf.iiiline. cerliti.ale of merit. 



Mrs. H. narlinglon: di.splay of dalilias. 

 silver medal. 



Vonng \- .Xngi'Ml: basket, diploma. 

 Imkes l-'arm: grapes and melons, silver 



lrli-d;il. 



The judges were: Win. Robertson, 

 W. H. Waite. Wm. Mackay. Geo. Foul- 

 sham, Alex. Robinson and Thos. Wil- 

 son. 



