[July 13, 1912] 



HORTICULTURE 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The annual rose show held last 

 week showed a decided gain in favor 

 of the Tea and Hybrid Tea classes. 

 The beautiful combination colors of 

 many of the newer varieties seem to 

 be the most admired, helping much to 

 extend their popularity in comparison 

 with the Hybrid Perpetuals. 



In the H. T. collections seen here 

 the following varieties seemed worthy 

 of nqte: Laurent Carle, Mme. Sig- 

 mund Weber. Reine Marguerite d'- 

 Italie, Mme. Jenny Gillemot, Lieuten- 

 ant Chaure, Mme. Melanie Soupert, 

 Lyon Rose, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mme. 

 Leon Pain, Marquise de Sinety, Lady 

 Ashtown and Prince de Bulgarie. The 

 Miss Alice de Rothschild, winner ot 

 the Mrs. Burke-Roche prize, is a Tea 

 resembling the Marechal Niel very 

 much and has surely come to stay. In 

 the H. P. class Frau Karl Druschki Is 

 still the leader as a white and Mme. 

 Gabriel Luizet, Mrs. John Laing and 

 Mrs. Sharman Crawford the favorites 

 in pink. The new white climber Sil- 

 ver Moon, was shown in excellent 

 form by A. J. Fish of New Bedford, 

 Mass. and was awarded a certificate of 

 merit. 



A very choice display of cut orchids 

 was staged by James Garthly ot Fair- 

 haven, Mass. The varieties were C. 

 Schroderi and C. Mendelli. The most 

 attractive exhibit was a large plant of 

 Bougainvillea glabra of perfect form 

 covered with flowers, staged by John 

 Baumgartner. In the collections of 

 annual plants in flower the Clarkia 

 elegans and Schizanthus seemed to be 

 the best adapted for pot culture. Pe- 

 tunias were also good. The judges 

 were John Barr, Arthur Griflin, James 

 Garthly, Alex. Fraser, Bruce Butter- 

 ton and Richard Gardner. The com- 

 mittee of arrangements was ably 

 headed by Wm. F. Smith. 



J. R. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Hardy Rose Night. June 28, brought 

 out a fine display of cut blooms, all 

 classes. The exhibitors were John F. 

 Huss, Warren F. Mason of Farming- 

 ton, John Coombs and the Depart 

 ment of Parks (Alex. Gumming. Jr., 

 gardener). The judges (J. Alfred 

 Weber, Theodore Staudt and W. W. 

 Hunt) awarded each a first-class cer- 

 tificate. 



In discussing regarding hardy roses, 

 much information was brought out. 

 Messrs. Gumming, Hunt and Staudt, 

 who had been appointed for this serv- 

 ice, after conference, brought in the 

 following list of the 12 best hardy 

 roses tor general culture: 



Six best bybrid perpetuals: Frau Karl 

 Druscbkl, pure wbite: Mrs. John Laingr, 

 light pink ; Ulricb Brunner. cherry red ; 

 HuRh Dickson, bright red: Prince Camille 

 de Rohan, crimson; Paul Neyron. pink. 



Six best hybrid teas: Rladani Cnnline 

 Testout, satiny pink ; Gruss nn Teplitz, 

 cherry crimson : Kaiserln Augusta Victoria, 

 creamy white; Hhea Reed, red; Ceneral 

 MacArthur. red; Grace Molvneaux. whitish 

 pink. 



President Huss, in his remarks, said 

 that the hybrid perpetual rose season 

 passed very quickly this year. Few 

 bugs harmed them, but some mildew 



- developed, partly on account of the 

 cold nights and warm days. He com- 

 mended the hybrid teas as of longer 

 duration, as they can be cut down and 

 will bear a second lot of blooms. Mr. 

 Staudt strongly advocated propagat- 

 ing roses on tlieir own roots, instead 

 of by grafting. 



No further business meetings will 

 be held until the fourth Friday of 

 August, when it is expected that vig- 

 orous preparations will be commenced 

 for the Dahlia Exhibition to be held 

 at Hartford on Sept. 19-20, at Unity 

 Hall. The usual chrysanthemum 

 show will be omitted this year. The 

 Dahlia Show will include all season- 

 able flowers, as well as vegetables and 

 fruits. A very liberal premium list is 

 in preparation. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Sec'y. 

 Melrose, Conn. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Trades Exhibition at Convention. 



As the date of the convention draws 

 near, greater interest is being mani- 

 fested, and the balance of available 

 space is being rented rapidly. During 

 the week large blocks ot space have 

 been reserved by the following named: 



Detroit Flower Pot Co., Detroit, Mich.: 

 W. A. Manda, So. Orange. N. J.: Knight 

 & Struck, New York; Cushman Gladiolus 

 Co., Sylvania. O.; E. E. Stewart. Rives 

 Junction, Mich.; Mead & Suydam, East 

 Orange, N. J.; Superior Machine & Boiler 

 Works, Chicago; H. N. Bruns, Chicago; 

 George P. Limbert Co., Chicago; Illinois 

 State Association, Illinois; Florists' Ex- 

 change, New York; Universal Portland Ce- 

 ment Co., Chicago; Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 Chicago (additional space); American 

 Blower Co., Detroit. Mich.; Burlington 

 Willow Ware Shops, Burlington, Iowa. 



There will also be a fine display of 

 modern ice boxes and refrigerators 

 for florists' use, by the leading manu- 

 facturers of the country. This will be 

 one of the attractive features of the 

 exhibition. 



JOHN YOUNG, 

 Supt. of Trade Exhibition. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Henry F. Michell Co., 518 Market 

 street, Philadelphia, Pa., offers for 

 registration the following new geran- 

 ium (Zonal Pelargonium). Any per- 

 son objecting to the registration or to 

 the use of the proposed name, is re- 

 quested to communicate with the Sec- 

 retary at one. Failing to receive ob- 

 jection to the registration, the same 

 will be made three weeks from this 

 date. 



Raiser's description. — Variety orig- 

 inated with John L. North, Sewell, N. 

 J., cross between Jean Viaud and Al- 

 phonse Ricard. Habit semi-dwarf, 

 bushy and erect in growth; bears from 

 4 to 5 clusters of immense flowers on 

 well-grown 4-in. pot plants; color in- 

 tense scarlet, without any tendency to 

 scald in bright sunlight, and showing 

 no traces of pink. A great Improve- 

 ment on all scarlet varieties. 



Name: "Helen Michell." 



JOHN YOUNG, Secretary. 



June 2Sth, 1912. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Sweet Pea Show of the above 

 Society, held on Tuesday, July 2nd, was 

 a very good one, over 200 vases being 

 staged. The principal prize winners 

 were: Frank West, gard. to John 

 A. Brown & Son, who staged the best 

 collection of sweet peas taking first 

 prize in the class of 12 vases, fifty 

 sprays to a vase. Robert J. Morrow, 

 gardener to Mr. George I. Bodine, 

 Chestnut Hill, took first for 15 vases, 

 and Walter Scott, gardener to Mr. W. 

 W. Frazier, first for 10 vases, twenty- 

 five sprays to a vase. William Fowler, 

 gardener to Mrs. Charles Wheeler, 

 carried away all the first prizes in the 

 classes of one vase of fifty blooms. 

 His flowers were probably the best 

 ever staged here by a private gard- 

 ener; the stems being 14 to 16 inches 

 long. A new exhibitor was Mrs. C. 

 Murdock Kendrick, Strafford, an ama- 

 teur. She staged her own exhibits, 

 which consisted of all the new Spencer 

 varieties and was one of the prize 

 winners. Joseph Hurley, gardener to 

 Mr. Thomas P. Hunter, took first on 

 25 varieties of Japanese iris, also on 

 12 species of out-door cut flowers. 

 David Aiken, gardener to Mr. George 

 H. McFadden, was first on 12 species 

 of hardy perennials. 



It was noticed among the exhibits 

 of sweet peas that the majority of the 

 gardeners seemed to prefer the Grand- 

 iflora type. Two of them, being asked 

 for their reason in doing this, stated 

 "that they found the cut-flowers of 

 the Grandiflora type to last longer 

 than those of the new Spencers. The 

 most noticable of the newer varieties 

 which seemed to be in favor were: 

 Lord Nelson, Irish Belle and Florence 

 Nightingale. The well-known variety, 

 Helen Pierce, was staged in every col- 

 lection shown. 



The flower stems this year were 

 probably shorter than usual, with the 

 one exception mentioned above. All 

 the sweet peas shown were spring 

 sown and in the one exception where 

 long stems were produced we found 

 that the exhibitor had used a large 

 quantity of native guano, mixing this 

 with the soil in the trench before 

 sowing. 



The exhibits were all kept intact 

 for the Florists' Club meeting, which 

 took place on the evening of the same 

 day, and were greatly admired by the 

 large audience which attended that 

 meeting. The collections of out-door 

 cut flowers and hardy perennials at- 

 tracted special attention from the 

 members of the trade. 



Dr. Robert Huey had on exhibition 

 the new hybrid tea rose Robert Huey, 

 which is a Dickson seedling. This is 

 certainly a great acquisition to the 

 out-door rose class. The flowers 

 staged had stems IS to 24 inches long; 

 the flower is a very pleasing shade of 

 deep pink, and those now before us 

 (which were cut three days ago), are 

 expanded to flve inches in diameter, 

 but the center remains full. Dr. 

 Huey informs us that it is a very free 

 bloomer, and last year flowered con- 

 tinuously until frost came. 



DAVID RUST. 



