September 14, 1912 



HORTICULTUEE 



377 



International Exhibition at Bruges 



Views in the Outdoor Section Described in Our Issue of Sept. 7. 



Lower Right Hand Picture Shows F. Sander & Son's Group of Bays. 



teniber 14, 15 and 16. The annual ball 

 of the society will be held on Tuesday 

 evening, September 17, in Masonic 

 Hall. 



The fifth annual convention of the 

 Vegetable Growers' Association of 

 America was held at Rochester, N. Y., 

 en September 4, 5 and 6. Many valu- 

 able papers were read and discussed 

 and the reports of the various ofRcers 

 showed the organization to be in a 

 very flourishing condition. There was 

 an excellent exhibition of vegetables 

 and supplies for market gardening. 



is exhibits of apple, pear, peach and 

 plum trees, all in fruit, growing in 

 twelve-inch pots. The exhibition is 

 free and will be open Friday from 12 

 M. to G P. M., Saturday, from 10 A. M. 

 to 6 P. M., and Sunday from 2 to 6 

 P. M. 



A regular meeting of the Tuxedo 

 Horticultural Society was held in the 

 Parish House, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., 

 September 4. The executive committee 

 reported the following gentlemen had 

 kindly consented to act as judges at 

 the fall show, to be held October 25: 

 Alex. McKenzie, Edwin Jenkins and 

 Harry J. Allen. A new scale of points 

 was adopted for judging the veg- 

 etables. 



The first meeting of the Horticul- 

 tural Club of Boston for the season of 

 1912-13 was held at Young's Hotel on 

 Wednesday evening, September 11. The 

 old officers were re-elected, viz: J. K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, president; F. R. Pier- 

 son, vice-president; E. H. Wilson, hon- 

 orary secretary, E. Allan Peirce, treas- 

 urer. Mr. H. A. Barnard of London 

 was a guest and made some very in- 

 teresting remarks. Apart from strict- 

 ly business matters of the organiza- 

 tion, many topics of general applica- 

 tion to the best interests of American 

 horticulture were informally discussed. 

 James B. Shea the new superintendent 

 of Boston parks was elected a mem- 

 ber to fill the vacancy left by the 

 death of J. A. Pettigrew. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society's 

 regular meeting was held on Monday 

 evening at the club rooms. There was 

 considerable enthusiasm, particularly 

 among the growers on the question of 

 the selling price of geraniums. All 

 feeling that this product as now dis- 

 posed of is not nearly yielding proper 

 returns. Messrs. Henry Schwartz, F. 

 Dellar and R. Witterstaetter read in- 

 teresting papers on the same. 



Dahlias and fruits fill the tables at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, Friday, 

 Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13, 14, 15, 

 the annual September exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 A special feature of the fruit display 



THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, 

 NEW YORK, 1913. 



The National Flower Show Commit- 

 tee is now working on the final sched- 

 ule. The committee respectfully re- 

 quests of business houses or individ- 

 uals who may be considering the offer- 

 ing of special prizes that they make 

 decisions at once, so that they may re- 

 ceive due publicity and the growers 

 have a chance to grow specimens for 

 the prizes offered. 



Since publication of our last report 

 the following special prizes have been 

 offered: 



In addition to previous generous do- 

 nations, the H. F. Michell Co., of 

 Philadelphia, offers $50 in cash for a 

 first prize, a silver medal as a second, 

 and a bronze medal as a third, for the 

 best single stem plant in a 4-inch pot 

 of Geranium Helen Michell, a new 

 variety the company is distributing at 

 the present time. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., of 

 Philadelphia, offer the Pennock-Mee- 

 han Cup for the best red forcing rose 

 not yet disseminated, whether of do- 

 mestic or foreign origin, 12 blooms. 

 Exhibits to be judged by the official 

 scale of the American Rose Society. 

 The cup is valued at $25. The Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Cup, value $25, is also 

 offered for 12 blooms of the best forc- 

 ing rose, any other color, not yet dis- 

 seminated, whether of domestic or for- 

 eign origin, exhibits to be judged by 

 the official scale of the American Rose 

 Society. 



The Leo. Niessen Co., of Philadel- 

 phia, offer a silver cup, value $30, 

 class to be announced later. 



The Lord & Burnham Co., New 

 York, has taken up Class 28 of the 

 Preliminary Schedule for one speci- 

 men plant azalea, not less than 4 feet 

 in diameter, first prize $20 in cash, or 

 a gold medal. 



Everything points to the fact that 

 horticulturists are fully aware of the 

 great importance of these expositions 

 and that they are determined to as- 

 sist by all the means within their 

 power to make the Third National 

 Flower Show the grandest exhibition 

 ever held in this country. 



J. H. PEPPER, 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



