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HOETICULTUEE 



September 21, 1912 



the wall decorations, bringing out 

 much favorable comment. 



Competition was very keen in many 

 .of the classes, which helped further to 

 make an interesting show. The win- 

 ners of the first prizes in the more im- 

 portant classes follow: 



Group of tolhigc plniits — James Bond, 

 gardener for Mrs. H. M. Brooks. Six foli- 

 age plants — James Robertson, gardener for 

 Mrs. T. O. Richardson. Specimen areca — 

 Alex. Fraser, gardener for Mrs. H. McK. 

 Twombly. Kentia in 12-inch pot — J. Rob- 

 ertson. Keutia, any size — James Boyd, 

 gardener for Mr. Vincent Astor, Speci- 

 men Adiantum Farleyense — John B. Urqu- 

 hart, gardener for R. L. Beeclsman: this 

 plant was also awarded the silver medal 

 offered by H. F. Michell Co. of Philadel- 

 phia for the most meritorious exhibit. 

 Specimen Nephrolepis — C. M. Bugholt, gar- 

 dener for Miss Fanny Foster. Specimen 

 fern, any other variety — J, Bond. Six 

 dracaenas — J. Boyd. Six crotons — J. Bond. 

 Pandanus — .1. Bond. Dish Farleyense — J. 



B. Urquhart. Dish of other ferns— J. B. 

 Urquhart. Dish foliage plants — J. Bond. 

 25 gardenias — J. Bond. 25 outdoor roses — 

 A. Fraser. 25 indoor roses — J. B. Urquhart. 

 Collection perennial flowers — A. L. Dor- 

 ward. 25 cactus dahlias and 20 do. — C. 

 M. Bugholt. Collection 12 dahlias— W. D. 

 Hathawa.v. Vase yellow dahlias — Alex. Mc- 

 Ijellan. Single dahlias — J. Robertson, Vase 

 pinli dahlias — Sisson & Thurston. Six 

 vases flowers and arrangement — J. Boyd. 

 Collection 12 kinds vegetables— Col. Fred. 

 Mason of Taunton; second. John Fletcher, 

 gardener for Com. J. H. Dayton. 12 kinds 

 vegetables for Stumpp & Walter cup — Col. 

 F. Mason. Basket of foliage plants — Hugh 

 Meikie. 25 cactus dahlias for silver cup 

 given by Miss Fanny Foster — D. J. Cough- 

 lin, gardener for E. Rollins Morse. Mrs. 

 Goelet prize for collection of table plants 

 —J. Bond. Mrs. Goelet prize for table out- 

 door flowers — Wm. Gray, gardener for Mrs. 

 Wni. B. Leeds. 



Centre pieces and fancy baskets 

 were exhibited on the second day and 

 these brought out 20 exhibits which 

 made hard work for the judges. A. S. 

 Meikie, president of the Society, was 

 first In the centre piece class. Charles 

 Davidson in one class of baskets and 

 A. Tollefson in the other. The table 

 decorations on the third day as usual 

 brought out some good competition, 

 11 tables In all being set, and some of 

 them probably beiug set with the best 

 cut glass and silver in the city, as that 

 part of the equipment counted 50 per 

 cent in the class for the R. L. Beeck- 

 man prizes. The first in this was won 

 by Wm. Gray with an elegant arrange- 

 ment of pink cosmos and gypsophila 

 in a tall vase with a base of Far- 

 leyense fronds. This decoration was 

 also awarded the H. F. Michell bronze 

 medal. The B. Hammond Tracy prize 

 for table decoration of gladioli was 

 won by A. S. Meikie, and first for table 

 decoration of wild flowers went to A. 

 L. Dorward. The H. A. Dreer prize 

 for plants of Adiantum Farlayense 

 Gloriosa, was won by J. B. Urquhart. 

 The R. R. Barker silver cup for cactus 

 dahlias was won by Sisson & Thurston 

 with a perfect collection of about 60 

 varieties. The same firm also won the 

 R. & J. Farquhar prize for collection 

 of peony-flowered dahlias. 



Among the special exhibits was an 

 interesting collection of water lilies 

 shown by William Tricker of Arling- 

 ton, N. J., and the following varieties 

 were each awarded the silver medal of 

 the society: 



Nymphaea Mrs. Roche, a new cerise 

 pink. N. Eugenia de Land, large white 

 and pink. N. Daubiniana, a hybrid of 

 distinct new type, introduced recently 

 In the United States. Mr. Tricker was 

 also awarded a first-class certificate 

 for a new pink aster named St. Egwin. 



C. M. Bugholt was awarded a silver 

 medal for a new pink cactus dahlia 



originated by him and named "Pink 

 Lady." This is a seedling from the 

 well-known Mar Bouchon and decided- 

 ly better than that variety. 



The judges were Richard Gardner 

 and Bruce Butterton of Newport, and 

 Arthur Griflln, James Garthly, George 

 Melville and John Barr of other places, 

 and seemed to give satisfaction. 



J. R. 



VANDA SANDERIANA. 

 In the "Orchid Review" of June, 

 1912, page 190, the above species is 

 mentioned together with Vanda co- 

 crulea as "difficult species." As to the 

 coeruleas I will say that I have not 

 had the best of success. V. Sanderiana 

 has behaved better and it may be of 

 interest to some if I state how I have 

 treated it. We have three plants 

 which we got a little over two years 

 ago. They were in semi-dormant con- 



dition, with roots five to six inches 

 long. They were placed in the East 

 Indian house, but as they did not seem 

 to grow any they were moved to a 

 stove case in the stove and you can 

 see the result; the roots are nearly 30 

 inches long. There are nine flowers in 

 the bunch. The other two plants have 

 not made such good growth but are 

 doing well; they were much smaller 

 plants to start with. The temperature 

 in the case is generally 75° in winter 

 and 90° in the summer with some 

 fluctuation, but very seldom below 60°. 

 They are syringed every day once; if 

 very warm, three times. They have 

 never stopiied growing; always some 

 fresh growing tips on the roots. I be- 

 lieve this species, if in good health, 

 should alwaya shew signs of activity at 

 the roots. The slide door to the case 

 was kept open night and day about 

 20x30 Inches. I. M. ROMAN. 



Mr. Roman has charge of the green- 

 houses of Mr. George A. Joslyn, Omaha. 

 Neb., where a very good collection of 

 orchids has been acquired. — Ed. 



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