October 26, 1912 



HOETICULTURE 



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DREER'S 



New Importation of 



BAY TREES 



Our importation of twelve car-loads of 

 Standard and Pyramid Bay Trees has just 

 arrived. Splendid stock, clean, thrifty, and of 

 rich green color and the best values we have 

 ever offered in the fall of the year. 



If you are interested write us for special 

 offer of same. 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc. 



714 Chesti\m Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



A large and attractive premium list 

 has been arranged with prizes aggre- 

 gating $6,000 or more in value. A class 

 for amateurs has been provided tor as 

 well as a special class for pho- 

 tographs of lawns and gardens. 

 A large number of cash prizes 

 and trophies are offered by mem- 

 bers of the trade and its allied in- 

 dustries throughout the country. The 

 St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press and 

 the St. Paul Daily News both offer 

 valuable silver cups, while a number 

 of cups and other trophies will be of- 

 fered by the St. Paul merchants. The 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 offers an affiliation cup. The Minne- 

 sota Rose Society has sent out a letter 

 to all its members urging attendance 

 at the show and competition in the 

 photographic contest. It is expected 

 there will be keen competition in all 

 classes and with weather as favorable 

 as other conditions this show should 

 be a record-breaker. 



The following gentlemen will serve 

 as judges: W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, 

 111.; J. S. Wilson, Des Moines. la.; W. 

 L. Rock, Kansas City, Mo., and J. J 

 Hess, Omaha, Neb. 



S. D. DYSINGER, Sec. 



bronzy, subdued tones of which shong 

 out in delicate contrast with the bril- 

 liant tones of the flowers. 



We must, however, pass over the.=e 

 purely competitive classes, meritorious 

 as they were, and devote a few lines to 

 a superficial review of the most inter- 

 esting features of the miscellaneous 

 trade displays which were the most at- 



NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SO- 

 CIETY, LONDON. 



On the second and third of October 

 the above society held its first show of 

 the season at the Crystal Palace, 

 Sydenham. The usual competitive 

 classes were well filled with blooms 

 of excellent quality. In the classes for 

 six and for twelve cut blooms of Jap- 

 anese varieties there were some re- 

 markably fine exhibition flowe:s. 

 Table decorations were niimeiO'L's, 

 baskets, vases and epergnes in the 

 decorative section were nicel> and ar- 

 tistically set up in most cases; choice 

 effects being often obtained by the ju- 

 dicious use of autumn foliage, the 



TiitoUOKh. WlRIH, 



Superintendent of Minneapolis Park 

 System. 



tractive part of the show in the eyes of 

 the ordinary visitor. 



First and foremost comes Norman 

 Davis' beautiful g»ld medal group ar- 

 ranged on the ground level. A long, ir- 

 regular oval edged with a layer of fern 

 fronds enclose a choice selection of 

 fine cut blooms of chrysanthemums and 

 Michaelmas daisies, right in the mid- 



dle a huge sheaf of solidago. At inter- 

 vals round the group were tall 

 vases containing huge show blooms, 

 one variety in a vase. 



William Wells & Son also received a 

 gold medal. If variety is charming 

 then Wells' lot is entitled to be so de- 

 scribed. There were all types, the 

 whole brightened up by the addition 

 of delphinium, Michaelmas daisies, 

 autumn foliage, etc. 



H. J. Jones set up a run of about 50 

 feet of excellent stuff the whole en- 

 closed in a winding border of adian- 

 tum. A gold medal was awarded to him 

 also. Here again the judicious em- 

 ployment of Michaelmas daisies did 

 much to improve the tout ensemble of 

 the group. 



A silver gilt medal was awarded to 

 P. S. Ware & Son. They showed 

 dahlias in infinite variety with heleni- 

 ums, pyrethrums, rudbeckia, tritoma, 

 etc. 



J. B. Riding is a dahlia specialist 

 who is rapidly making headway with 

 the new Collerette section. He had an 

 enormous run of beautifully grown 

 and nicely shown flowers of this type, 

 and the silver gilt medal he received is 

 well deserved. 



James Carter & Son received the 

 same award. Their group was sui-- 

 mounted by a kind of floral canopy. 

 Pteris ferns were used as an edging, 

 then a row of asters. At the corners 

 Michaelmas daisies, the filling in be- 

 ing done with cactus dahlias and more 

 greenery. The arms or supports of the 

 canopy were decorated with glass 

 bowls of asters. 



F. Brazier got a small silver gilt 

 medal for a composite lot of early 

 chrysanthemums and Michaelmas 

 daisies and autumn foliage. 



A. H. Coll contributed floral designs 

 (small gold medal), Cragg, Harrison & 

 Cragg, market chrysanthemums (silver 

 medal), and H. B. May an excellent 

 collection of ferns and begonias. 



