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HOBTICULTURE 



October 5, 1912 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



NATIONAL DAHLIA SOCIETY 

 (ENG.) 



The annual exhibition of the Knglish 

 National Dahlia Society was held on 

 September 17 and 18 in the great area 

 in front of the Handel Orchestra at the 

 Crystal Palace, Sydenham. 



There was the usual display of am- 

 ateurs' exhibits in the various compet- 

 itive classes. Among the artistic 

 groups and exhibits provision is made 

 for tastefully arranged vases, baskets, 

 etc filled with dahlia blooms and or- 

 namental greenery, some examples of 

 which were really very attractive. In 

 the bigger competitive classes the 

 names of many well-known growers 

 were prominent as large prize win- 

 ners The classes were very attractive- 

 ly set up Of the varieties shown their 

 name is legion and would probably be 

 of no interest to our oversea readers 

 to whom perhaps many would be un- 

 familiar. , 



The big trade specialists made an 

 excellent display— in fact their lots 

 made a kind of frame-work to the 

 whole show. Cannell & Son had a 

 long table, the blooms arranged with 

 ferns and other greenery. All along 

 one side was a big array of cactus and 

 peony dahlias in fine form, on the other 

 side giant singles. Collerettes, etc 

 lined the table, the most brilliant of 

 coloring marking the display. At each 

 end was a little bit of relief m the 

 way of pompons and singles (Gold 



medal). . , 



James Carter & Co. had a circular 

 group arranged on the ground level. 

 In the centre was solidago in variety, 

 then a mass of pteris and adiantum 

 ferns; peeping out at intervals were 

 fine big blooms of cactus varieties 

 thrown into relief by stand-up vases 

 filled with peony varieties. An edging 

 of asters in pots and ferns completed 

 this altogether artistic display (Large 

 silver gilt medal). Exactly opposite 

 was a table the replica of Cannell & 

 Sons. This was sent by Mr. J. Ember- 

 son, who was awarded a silver gilt 

 medal. 



T. S. Ware had a lengthy run ot 

 tables all filled with most attractive 

 material. It was divided into three 

 sections, the first being dahlias, the 

 middle cut blooms of double flowering 

 tuberous begonias, a richly colored lot, 

 the third hardy herbaceous stuff. The 

 peony dahlias comprised all the well 

 known monsters of Dutch origin, many 

 cactus and the other sections in varie- 

 ty (Large silver gilt medal). 



J. B. Riding won a gold medal for 

 a good lot of the collerette type. It 

 was a very prettily arranged group in 

 which the flowsrs were all more or less 

 artistically graded. The lot staged by 

 J. T. West was rather heavily ar- 

 ranged, the flowers being big and fine 

 but rather crowded in the receptacles 

 used and the whole exhibit rather flat. 

 He was awarded a gold medal. 



Hobbies. Limited, put up a fine 

 show. The front of their table was 

 decorated with an edging of virgin 

 cork behind which were tall stands 

 filled with all the leading sorts of col- 

 lerette, peony and cactus dahlias in 

 ?reat profusion. Some roses in large 



wooden baskets also helped to give at- 

 tractiveness to the display. 



First class certificates were award- 

 ed to J. Burrell & Co. for Mrs. A. 

 Brown, a perfectly circular, pale yel- 

 low, single, of fine form and very 

 broad florets, and for pompon Johnnie, 

 a neatly built flower of deep maroon 

 purple. Other novelties of singles 

 were Emperor and Brightness, a vivid 

 red. J. Stredwick & Son showed nov- 

 elties of which two received first class 

 certificates, but we failed to find the 

 names. They also had a gold medal 

 for "Defiance," a cactus bloom of soft 

 golden amber, a very large, handsome- 

 looking flower. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE, 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The New Jersey Floricultural So- 

 ciety held their seventh annual dahlia 

 show in Lindsley Hall, Orange, Satur- 

 day, Sept. 2Sth. The display ot dahlias 

 this year was away ahead of other 

 years and all the blooms were first 

 class. The special prizes given by 

 Hitchings & Co., silver and bronze 

 medals by Michell's Seed House, Phila- 

 delphia, and Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 New York, brought out a great many 

 entries. The silver cup offered by 

 Stumpp & Walter Co.. New York, for 

 the best display ot vegetables brought 

 out five entries of excellent quality, 

 which all goes to show that it we 

 have the prizes to offer there will be 

 lots of competitors for them. The 

 show was well patronized by the pub- 

 lic. 



The following are the awards of the 

 judges: 



Tliirtv bloomsi dahlias, show, decorative 

 and cactus— 1st, silver cup by Hitctdngs 

 & Co., won bv Walter M. Gray; 2ud, silver 

 medal bv Miihell's seed house, won by 

 .rohu DeVvau: 3rrt, pair brass bound oak 

 jardeuiers, VauKhau's seed store, N. Y., 

 Hon by Wm. Reid. The Michell bronze 

 uiedal for 5(1 sinyle dahlias was won by 

 Frank Drews. Tlie Stumpp & Walter cup 

 for display of vegetables was won by Da- 

 vid S. Miller, sjard. for G. G. Mason of 

 Tuxedo Park, with a grand collection of 

 48 varieties. Special prize by H. J. Skern 

 for best display of annuals for school chil- 

 dren only, won by M. B. Killingbeck, Jr. 

 The winners in the "Cottage Garden" ron- 

 test for the best kept garden are as fol- 

 lows: 1st, Miss Mabel Neil; 2d, I)<inald 

 JiIcGowan; 3d, W. B. Killingbeck, Jr. In 

 the regular dahlia classes, W. M. Gray won 

 five firsts, D. Kindsgrab two seconds, E. 

 I'aunska three firsts, one second; G. B. 

 AVilson two seconds, W. Reid two firsts, 

 one second; Geo. Wraight six firsts. Max 

 Schneider two seconds, F. Berglund one 

 first, one sectnd. Certificates of merit for 

 various exhibits were awarded to G. B. 

 Wilson. Geo. Wraight, W. M. Gray. E. 

 I'aunska. L. II. Cortelyou, Wm. Tricker 

 and I.aner i: lliirrell. and cultural certifi- 

 cates to Frank Drews. S. H. High. Max 

 Schneider and W. A. Manda. 



The judges were Messrs. Geo. W. 

 Strange. Edward Eccles and Peter 

 Duff. 



WILLIAM REID, Sec. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual autumn show of the 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 

 held in Providence, September 24-25, 

 surpassed in quality and quantity, any- 

 thing that the society has ever held. 

 The arrangement of the show was as 

 near perfect as human skill could 

 make it and this contributed in a large 

 measure to the unqualified success of 

 the exhibit. The value of the exhibita 

 was greatly in excess of previous 

 years, and although not as large as 

 Boston, visitors who had viewed the 

 exhibition at the Hub say that the 

 Rhode Island show was superior in 

 quality. Eugene A. Appleton of Provi- 

 dence was superintendent of the hall 

 and the artistic manner in which the 

 various classes were assigned won for 

 him many well earned congratu- 

 lations. The scheme followed brought 

 the plants and flowers on a graduated 

 scale and permitted a person entering 

 the hall to get a bird's-eye view of the 

 complete exhibit. The dahlia exhibit 

 was immense, this class being the fea- 

 ture of the show. There were fully 

 10,000 blooms shown and 1500 speci- 

 mens were exhibited in single bottles. 

 The rose exhibit was very good, the 

 display of H. Howard Pepper attract- 

 ing much attention. A miniature 

 landscape garden shown by J. Apple- 

 ton was an interesting feature. Dis- 

 plays of chrysanthemums, pansies and 

 snapdragon added to the attractive- 

 ness of the general appearance. The 

 committee in charge of the general 

 arrangements and exhibits was com- 

 posed ot the following members: Eu- 

 gene A. Appleton, Richard M. Bowen, 

 Arthur C. Miller, and Thomas Hope, 

 all of Providence; Joshua Vose of 

 Pontiac; E. K. Thomas of the Exten- 

 sion Department of the State College; 

 Henry V. Mayo of East Providence, 

 and Miss Addle F. Holland of Auburn. 



Due to the extremely wet weather of 

 the past week, the flower, fruit and 

 vegetable show to be held by the 

 Brookland Brotherhood has been post- 

 poned until October 8. The show will 

 be held in Lord Memorial Hall, Brook- 

 land. D. C. 



BRONX PARK SHOW. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York was most unfortunate in having 

 so few exhibitors at Bronx Park on 

 the 28th of September, and possibly 

 this falling off *as in great measure 

 due to the show being so closely on 

 the heels ot the three days' fair at the 

 American Institute. Of the exhibitors 

 it is sufficient to say that H. Darling- 

 ton, Mamaroneck, N. Y.. gard. P. W. 

 Popp, was the principal prize winner, 

 his contributions of dahlias being of 

 sterling merit. There was also a fine 

 display ot flowering herbaceous plants 

 staged from the society's gardens. 



The visitors would naturally be dis- 

 appointed at the small quantity of 

 flowers on show but were compensated 

 by the excellent lecture delivered by 

 Geo. v. Nash on "The Upper Delaware 

 Valley and its Flora," which was il- 

 lustrated by lantern slides. The at- 

 tendance numbered 160. 



