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HORTICULTUBE 



October 19, 1912 



SOME VALUABLE GRASSES. 



For the above picture, and the one 

 which appeared in our issue of the 12th 

 inst., we are indebted to George C. 

 Watson of Philadelphia, who has been 

 through all departments of the seed 

 trade and, after an experience of some 

 thirty-seven years in Europe and 

 America, is now devoting himself es- 

 pecially to the natural grasses as gen- 

 eral agent for the United States and 



Canada for Messi-s. Barenbrug, Burg- 

 ers & Co., of Arnhem. The value of 

 the pictures to our readers lies in the 

 clear view they give, in compact space, 

 of the great difference in the various 

 species and varieties of the grasses 

 used in the seedsmen's formulas for 

 lawns and permanent pastures. They 

 also emphasize the point not often 

 recognized by the laymen, that the real 

 seedsman — the trained scientific seeds- 

 man, we mean, not the mere dealer in 



seeds, such as an implement dealer, an 

 ironmonger, a druggist or a country 

 merchant — does a vast amount of work 

 sifting and searching for the good, all 

 his life; and that the nations of the 

 earth owe far more to the seedsman 

 than to national or state agencies, for 

 the advancement of agrticulture and 

 horticulture, during the past four hun- 

 dred years. Most of the grasses illus- 

 trated are not grown in America but 

 are imported from abroad. 



The Exhibitions 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Annual Dahlia Exhibition of 

 this society was held Oct. 9th at Glen 

 Cove and was a great success every 

 way. Not only were dahlias shown 

 but many other seasonable flowers and 

 vegetables. A large table was taken 

 up with school children's exhibits, in 

 which visitors took a great interest. 



In the class for the Di-eer cup, best 50 

 var. dahlias, Mrs. E. -M. Townsend, gard. 

 James Duthie, was 1st; II. W. Buckiiell. 

 gard. G. Barton, 2nd. Other successful 

 exhibitors in the dahlia classes were J. 

 Kirby, H. Boettcher atid J. O'Brien. The 

 Townsend cup for roses was won by Miss 

 E. Ladew, gard J. Adler; J. S. Pratt; gard. 

 J. W. Everett. L'nd. Thorburn's cup for 

 vegetables was lieeuly contested, there lie- 

 Ing eight entries: Mrs. H. L. Pratt, gard. 

 H. (Jaut, 1st: A. G. Ilodeupyle, gard. F. 

 Patroccia, 2nd. Hodenpyle's prize Tor vege- 

 tables: Mrs. H. L. Pratt, 1st; J. II. Attley. 

 2nd. In the fruit cl.isses the winners were 

 J. T. Pratt, W. V. Hester, James Halloway 

 and Mrs. II. I/. Pratt. The special awards 

 were J. Kirby, for seedling dahlia, cert, of 

 merit; J. Halloway, dahlias, hon. mention; 

 Mrs, C. D. Smithers, dahlias, cult, cert; A. 

 G. Hodenpyle. single dahlias, cult. cert. 



In the evening the regular monthly 

 meeting was held. The programme 

 for the chrysanthemum show was gone 

 over and every one looks for the most 

 successful exhibition this society ever 

 held. 



The Chrysanthemum Show of the 

 Elberon Horticultural Society which 

 was to have been held in Asbury Park 

 on October 29, 30 and 31, has been 

 cancelled for this year. 



At the Autumn Show in London on 

 September 24th, the highest award 

 was given to Alex. Dickson & Sons, 

 Ltd., for a display which contained 

 superb examples of their own intro- 

 ductions — Mabel Drew, Duchess of 

 Westminster, Lady Grenall, George 

 Dickson, Berna Mackay, Rayon D'Or, 

 Betty, Harry Kirk, etc. The council 

 also voted awards of merit for their 

 new roses, George Dickson, Mrs. Mac- 

 kellar. and Edward Bohane. 



The monthly exhibition of the New 

 Jersey Floricultural Society brought 



out a fine exhibit of seasonable flow- 

 ers. Especially fine were roses shown 

 by John Dervan for which he received 

 certificate of merit and cultural cer- 

 tificate. Lager & Hurrell exhibited 

 the rare Cattleya Octavia. The exhib- 

 it of dahlias was especially fine, too. 

 The society voted to give a silver 

 cup to the National Flower Show com- 

 mittee to be used for any class they 

 see fit. Discussions were brought up 

 in regard to having the dahlia show 

 next year on a larger scale than here- 

 tofore and having vegetable and fruit 

 exhibits, also other seasonable flowers. 

 It was decided to have a chrysanthe- 

 mum show Nov. 8th, afternoon and 

 evening. Joseph Manda, Mrs. A. Neil 

 and Frank Drews have donated prizes 

 for some of the classes. In the month- 

 ly competition for points the follow- 

 ing awards were made: 



Emil Panuska : Catdeya labiata, 75 

 IMiints; Clcrodendron (allax, Go. Fritz Ber- 

 gluud: roses, 72; carnations, 05. Wil- 

 liam- Reid : roses, 75; carnations, 68. 

 Max Schneider: dahlias, 80. Frank 

 Drews: dahlias, 75. Max Schneider: 

 violets, 05: carnations, 60. William 

 Tricker: chrysanthemums, cert, of merit. 



