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HORTICULTURE 



October 26, 1912 



The floral committee awarded two 

 first class certificates, viz.: to H. J. 

 Jones for Bob Pulling, and W. Wells & 

 Son for Mrs. G. Lloyd Wigg, both new 

 Japs. 



At the judges' luncheon Mr. Tho?. 

 Bevan presided over a comfortable 

 little party who were in the best of 

 spirits. Toasts were drunk in honor of 

 the King, the .iudges, the exhibitors, 

 the visitors. Responses were made by 

 W. Wells, Sr., who said it was the 

 finest early show he had seen, by J. N. 

 Moorman who complimented the ex- 

 hibitors on the work they had given 

 the Judges to do, and by the writer on 

 behalf of the visitors. Among those 

 present were Ga-ston Clement, presi- 

 dent of the Paris Chrysanthemum 

 Committee; Henri Nonin, son of the 

 well-known raiser, and E. Delanoue of 

 Paris. After a little turn at yarn spin- 

 ning the party broke up well pleased 

 with the day's proceedings. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE, 



chairman of the decorating committee. 

 As before, the show will be arranged 

 for comprehensive artistic effect and 

 Wm. Pitkin, Jr., and F. L. Trautmann 

 have prepared the plans. John Dun- 

 bar is president of the Association, 

 and is well supported by the entire 

 florist and nursery trade in making 

 this a record exhibition. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



October 29-.10, 1912. Olen Cove, L. I., N. 

 Y — Chrysantbemum exhibition. Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society. James Mc- 

 DonalS. corresponding secretary. 



October 29-31, 1912, Asbury Park. N. J.— 

 Chrvsantbemum show, Elberon Horticul- 

 tural Society. D. S. Miller, secretary of 

 the exhibition, ^, ^ 



October 29-?.l, 1912. Yonkers, N. Y.— An- 

 nua! cbrvsanthemum exhibition. Yonkers 

 Horticultural Society, Yonkers Armory. 

 Wni, Mills, secretary. 



October .31-NoTemiier 1, 1912, Madison, 

 N. J.— Seventeenth annual flower show, 

 Morris County Cardpners' and Florists' 

 Society, Assembly Hall, Edward Heagan. 

 secretary. Morristown, N. .T, 



October Rl-November 2, 1912. Mt, Kisco, 

 N. Y,— Annual exhibition of Northern West- 

 chester County Horticultural and Agricul- 

 tural Society, St. Francis Hall, Thos. Ban- 

 ger, chairman exhibition committee. Mt, 

 Kisco. ^, ,„ 



November 6-8, 1912, Tarrytown. N. Y.— 

 Fourteenth annual exhibition. Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society, Mnsb- Hall. B. W. 

 Neubrand, secretary, Tarrytown. 



November 6-8. 1912, New York.— Chrys- 

 anthemum show. Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America, Berkeley Lyceum building, 

 19-21 West Fortv-fourtb street. W. A, 

 Easleson. secretary, 19 West Forty-fourth 

 street. New York. „ , „ 



November 6-10, BiitTalo, N, Y,— Pall flower 

 show. Bnfl'alo Florists' Club. Convention 

 hall, William F, Kastlng, chairman of show 

 committee, 383 Ellicott Street. Buffalo, N. Y. 

 November 7. 1912, Worcester. Mass.— 

 Chrysanthemum exhibition. Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society. Horticultur- 

 al Hail. L. C. Midgley, secretary, 18 Front 

 street. Worcester. 



November 7-9. 1912, New Rochelle. N. Y.— 

 Second annual exhibition, Westchester and 

 Fairfield Horticultural Society. Germnnia 

 Hall, Anthon S, Petersen, manager. New 

 Rochelle, N. Y. 



November 7-10, 1912. Boston, Mass.- 

 Chrysanthemum show. Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society. Horticultural Hall. Wm. 

 P, Rich, secretary, 300 Massachusetts ave- 

 nue. Boston. 



November 8-12, 1912, St, Paul, Minn,— 

 Flower show. Minnesota State Florists' As- 

 sociation. Auditorium, S, D. Dysinaer, sec- 

 retary 20 West Fifth street. St. Paul. 



November 14-16. 1912, Cleveland. O.-^ 

 First exhibition. Ohio Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, Gray's Armory. John N. Stockwell. 

 secretary. 218 City Hall. Cleveland. 



November 18-2,3, 1912, Baltimore, Md — 

 Annual exhibition, Maryland State Horti- 

 cultural Society, Fifth Resriment Armory. 

 T B Symons, secretary. Cnlleffe Park Md. 



neceniber 11-13, 1912. Rochester. N. _Y.— 

 Fiftv-eifrhth annual meetins and exhibition 

 of the Western New York Horticultural 

 Society in Convention Hall. 



November 6-7, New London, Conn.— 

 Chrysanthemum and fruit show. New Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society, Y. M. C. A. 

 gymnasium. 



Active preparations are in progress 

 for the third annual flower show of 

 the Rochester Florists' Association. 

 Chas. H. Vick is again chairman of 

 the general committee, F. .T. Keller, 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, 1913. 

 'C. H. Totty. chairman of the Nation- 

 al Flower Show Committee, announces 

 the following special premiums in ad- 

 dition to those already announced: 



The Nassau County (N. Y.) Horti- 

 cultural Society will donate a silver 

 cup, value $50, to be used as the com- 

 mittee thinks best, but for competition 

 by private gardeners only. 



"The Westchester (N. Y.) and Fair- 

 field (Conn.) Horticultural Society will 

 donate a silver cup value $50, and will 

 leave the disposition of same to the 

 committee. 



The Morris County (N. J.) Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Society offers a prize 

 of $50 in cash, to be offered as the 

 committee sees fit. 



Henshaw & Fenrich offer a silver 

 cup, value $25, class to be announced 

 by the committee. 



John Waterer & Sons, of Bagshot, 

 England, offer $100 for a group of rho- 

 dodendrons covering 100 ft. 



For full information, schedules, space for 

 trade exhibits, etc, write to: John Young, 

 Secretary and Manager for Trade Exhibi- 

 tion, 54 "W. 28th St., New York City. 



The American Institute of the City 

 of New York offers the following med- 

 als of the Institute for award as the 

 committee sees fit: The special medal 

 of silver; the bronze medal of superi- 

 ority; the bronze medal of excellence; 

 the bronze medal of merit. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. of- 

 fers a $25 silver cup, to be awarded 

 for twenty-five blooms of the best pink 

 forcing rose not yet disseminated, 

 either of domestic or foreign origin. 



The Yokohama Nursery Co., New 

 York, offers a prize of $20 to be used 

 in the discretion of the committee. 



John I. Pratt offers a prize of $25 

 in the class for gardenias. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety offers one gold medal and three 

 silver medals for award in classes to 

 be announced later. 



The New Jersey Floricultural Soci- 

 ety offers a silver cup. value $25, for 

 competition in any class the commit- 

 tee desires. 



The Lenox (Mass.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety offers a silver cup, value $25, tor 

 a vase of twenty-five roses, any one 

 variety except American Beauty, the 

 competition to be open to private gar- 

 deners only. 



J. H. PEPPER, 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



PLANT QUARANTINE RULES. 



Circular of Information to Importers 

 of Nursery Stock. 



Under the plant quarantine act, ap- 

 proved August 20, 1912, the impoiter of 

 nursery stock must attend to the fol- 

 lowing conditions of entry: 



(1) He must take out a permit there- 

 for in advance. This permit should 

 preferably be taken out by the person 

 who is to receive the goods at final 

 destination. A broker or commission 

 merchant may take out a permit in his 

 own name, if he imports for his own 

 account, or he can act as agent for ar.d 

 take out the permit in the name of the 

 actual purchaser. 



(2) He must see that each package 

 on arrival bears the proper certificate 

 of foreign inspection. (See Regulation 

 6.) 



(3) He must see that each package 

 is marked in accordance with Section 

 3 of the act. As a matter of conven- 

 ience, this marking should also con- 

 tain the additional information called 

 for in Section 4, to avoid the trouble 

 of remarking before the goods can be 

 delivered for interstate shipment. The 

 certificate and marking should prefer- 

 ably be on the goods before they leave 

 the foreign port. 



(4) After December 1, 1912, each 

 shipment must be accompanied wi h 

 the consular declaration called for in 

 Regulation 9. This declaration must 

 accompany the consular invoice and Is 

 not to be attached to the individi al 

 container. 



What the importer or broker must 

 do before the goods can be shipped or 

 removed from a port of entry: 



(1) He must immediately (befors 

 shipping or removal) advise the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture and State Inspec- 

 tors in accordance with Section 2 and 

 Regulation 8. 



(2) He must see that each container 

 is marked in accordance with Section 

 4; that is in addition to the informa- 

 tion in the label of entry, each con- 

 tainer must bear the name and address 

 of the consignee at destination, wher« 

 the stock is to be inspected by the 

 State, territorial or district ofllcial. 

 (See Section 2 and Regulation S.) 



Importers are warned that failure 



to meet the requirements of the law as 



outlined above subjects them to th» 



penalties fixed in Section 10 of the act. 



Federal Horticultural Board. 



Approved: James Wilson, Secretaiy 

 of Agriculture. 



Terra Bella, Cal.— The Tokio Nur- 

 sery has been purchased by George A. 

 H. Farmer, of Portersville. 



A BIG CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



I think the biggest bloom of a chrys- 

 anthemum I ever saw was a F. S. Val- 

 lis, shown a few years ago at the Paris 

 show by Dubuisson-Foubert. It meas- 

 ured from tip to tip 46 centimetres. 

 This now amiears to have been beaten 

 by a Miss Dorothy Goldsmith, recent- 

 ly grown bv a French amateur. Albert 

 Cuisin. At a meeting of the French 

 Association of Amateurs the bloom 

 was examined and measured by the 

 committee who certify to its being 52 

 centimetres in diameter— that is about 

 211/, inches across, the petals, of 

 course, laid out flat. Albert Cuisin 

 therefore holds the record and the 

 prize of 100 francs, or $20 in American 

 money C. HARMAN PAYNE, 



