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HORTICULTURE 



November 2, 1912 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The first fall exhibition of the season 

 opened in the Town Hall on Oct. 24th. 

 The exhibition was well arranged, five 

 groups on the main floor occupied the 

 premier position, the intervening space 

 being used to display the large vases of 

 chrysanthemums. The judges were 

 Wm. Kleinheinz, Thomas Logan, Jas. 

 Stewart and A. E. Thatcher. The com- 

 petition was very keen in the impor- 

 tant classes. The groups were very 

 pleasing and artistic, Fred Heeremans, 

 superintendent for W. D. Sloane, win- 

 ning the Breck silver cup with an ef- 

 fective and harmonious arrangement. 

 Second prize to Allen Jenkins, superin- 

 tendent to S. P. Schotter, using four 

 cocos flexuosa, crotons and gloxinias 

 in small pots arranged on a cork frame. 

 Third prize to Ed. Jenkins, super- 

 intendent to Giraud Foster, a massive 

 central column of foliage plants, edged 

 with nerines, clerodendron fallax and 

 Farleyense fern. The BodUington prize 

 for orchid group was easily won by A. 

 J. Loveless, superintendent to Mrs. 

 Grlswold; second to Fred Heeremans. 

 The other orchid prizes were 

 shared by A. H. Wingett, superinten- 

 dent to Chas. Lanier; E. J. Norman, 

 superintendent to Mrs. Westinghouse, 

 and J. J. Donohue, superintendent to 

 Mrs. Jesup. Thos. F>roctor, superin- 

 tendent to R. W. Paterson, staged a 

 most interesting and educational 

 orchid exhibit in a glass case, of seed- 

 ling cattleyas. The large specimen 

 chrysanthemums were probably the 

 finest ever shown at Lenox. The C. S. 

 A. cup brought out six competitors and 

 was won by C. Carlquist, superinten- 

 dent to Mrs. Winthrop, with superb 

 Mrs. J. C. Neille. Second, Allen Jen- 

 kins, same variety, and third A. Love- 

 less, with peerless Wm. Turner. For 

 24 distinct Fred Heeremans won with 

 fine blooms. Second, Allen Jenkins, 

 third, Ed. Jenkins. Twelve distinct fell 

 to A. J. Loveless including the largest 

 flower in the show, Wm. Turner (9 in- 

 ches deep). The same exhibitor 

 won a silver medal for new variety 

 named Ursula Griswold, a sport from 

 Etherington, color cream white. Thos. 

 Proctor staged superb Wm. Duckham 

 for six pink. The exhibition of vege- 

 tables is always a feature of great 

 merit and rivali-y. This year Fied 

 Heeremans captured the silver cup do- 

 nated by Mrs. Winthrop for collection 

 of IS varieties, with a superb display, 

 closely followed by Ed. Jenkins and G. 

 Thompson, superintendent to C. 

 deHeredia, for 12 varieties. C. Carl- 

 quist won the president's cup and Al- 

 len Jenkins the Stumpp & Walter cup 

 for six varieties. The single dishes of 

 vegetables were of high order especial- 

 ly the onions and mushrooms. Ed. 

 Jenkins won with fine bunches of well- 

 shouldered Barbarosso grapes. 



Trade Exhibits. 



C. H. Totty staged a fine exhibit of 

 new novelty chrysanthemums and some 

 well grown singles; also a large vase 

 of his magnificent new rose, Mrs. Geo. 

 Shawyer, which attracted much atten- 

 tion and won the society's diploma. 

 Julius Roehrs Co. put up a table of 

 choice exotics and orchids. Scott Bros, 

 staged single and pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums, also a good vase of their new 



carnation Wm. Eccles. Certificates of 

 merit were awarded A. N. Pierson tor 

 new crimson rose Milady, and to J. D. 

 Cockcroft for new carnation Northport. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The fall exhibition of this society 

 was held in the ball room of the club 

 house at Tuxedo Park on Oct. 25, 26 

 and 27. The exhibition was a decided 

 success from every point of view, the 

 exhibits were remarkably good, espe- 

 cially the bush and standard chrys- 

 anthemums shown by Mr. Richard 

 Mortimer, Carl D. Schaeffer, gardener. 

 They were the most observed in the 

 whole exhibition. The groups of mis- 

 cellaneous plants of Frank Tilford, G. 

 G. Mason and others were excellent 

 also, as were the many other ornamen- 

 tal foliage plants and ferns. The roses 

 and carnations were above the aver- 

 age. The vegetables were nothing less 

 than a revelation to the old timers fa- 

 miliar with the like of those seen at 

 shows in this neighborhood some years 

 ago. The table decorations were a 

 credit to every one of those having a 

 hand in their makeup. The fruit alone 

 was below the standard of what might 

 be expected after looking at the other 

 exhibits. The judges were Messrs. 

 Blair, Allen and MacKenzie. 



There were many trade exhibits. 

 Henry A. Dreer showed Adiantum Glo- 

 riosa, an easily grown fern of the 

 Farleyense type. The whole stock 

 was bought up in the exhibition hall. 

 Chas. H. Totty showed that grand new 

 rose Mrs. Shawyer. Scott Bros, 

 showed their new red carnation, Wm. 

 Eccles. Carl D. Schaeffer showed a 

 seedling anemone chrysanthemum 

 "Elenor" possessing many attractive 

 qualities. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of Oct. 25th, two new 

 members were elected, bringing the 

 roster up to its highest point, namely, 

 208. 



A handsome exhibition of chrysan- 

 themums was made; J. Alfred Weber 

 showing William Turner, white, and 

 Mrs. C. H. Kelly, red, and Alfred 

 Cebelius showing well-trained bush 

 plants. T. B. Brown of Windsor staged 

 two seedlings grown by him. George 

 B. Baker, William H. MacKenzie and 

 John Gerard acted as judges. They 

 made awards as follows: Honorable 

 mention to T. B. Brown for the seed- 

 lings; a first-class certificate to J. A. 

 Weber for the cut blooms, and a cultu- 

 ral certificate for mushrooms; and a 

 cultural certificate to Mr. Cebelius for 

 the bush plants. The secretary, by re- 

 quest, read a magazine article by Dr. 

 Edward F. Bigelow, entitled "Tlie Per- 

 fections and Imperfections of Nature." 



Mr. Gerard, in the general discus- 

 sions, advocated the idea of our na- 

 tional government granting letters 

 patent to the originators of new species 

 of flowers, vegetables and fruits — a 

 practice that obtains in all countries 

 as regards mechanical inventions. 



The next meeting, on Nov. Sth, will 

 be "Chrysanthemum Night," and a fine 

 exhibit of this favorite flower is ex- 

 pected. GEORGE W. SMITH, 



Secretary. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its exhibition at Pembroke 

 Hall, Glen Cove, N. Y., on Oct. 29th 

 and 30th. In addition to the regular 

 classes there were 42 special classes. 

 Mrs. Francis S. Smithers gave a sil- 

 ver cup for the best collection of hardy 

 chrysanthemums, grown and flowered 

 outside, not to exceed 50 varieties, 

 Mrs. Herbert Lee Pratt a silver cup for 

 the best table decoration, Mrs. James 

 H. Ottlcy a cup for 18 pink Killarney 

 roses, and among the other colonists 

 who are offering awards are Mrs. John 

 R. Maxwell, for a collection of outdoor 

 flowers and six kinds of vegetables; 

 Howard C. Smith, vase of eight chrys- 

 anthemums; Mrs. Henry W. J. Buck- 

 nail, for vase of six chrysanthemums, 

 six varieties long stems; A. G. Hoden- 

 pyl, collection of eight vegetables. The 

 judges were Robert Angus, William 

 Duckham, John MacNicoll, Howard 



Nichols. 



IVIASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE. 



The annual exhibition of chrysan- 

 themums and other flowers was 

 given in French Hall at the col- 

 lege, Oct. 26th, under the direction of 

 Prof. Edward. A. White. The horticul- 

 tural department showed 200 varieties 

 of chrysanthemums, together with car- 

 nations, roses and violets. The com- 

 petitive decorations of banquet tables 

 was given, in which 16 members of the 

 floricultuie department competed. The 

 judges were Mrs. K. L. Butterfield, Mrs. 

 E. M. Whitcomb, Miss Mabel Whitman, 

 Mre. Anna P. See and Mrs. E. K. Eyer- 

 ly, all of Amherst. The prize table 

 was decorated in buff Peter Pan chrys- 

 anthemums with asparagus. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



October Sl-November 2. 1912, Mt. KIsco, 

 N. Y.— Annual exhibition of Northern West- 

 chester County Horticultural and Agricul- 

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

 ger, chairman exhibition committee, Mt. 

 Kisco. 



November 1-5, 1912, New York, N. Y.— 

 Kxhibition, Horticultural Society of New 

 York, .American Museum of Na'tural His- 

 tory. George V. Nash, secretary, N. Y. 

 I'.ntauical Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



November 5-8. 1912. Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 i:xhlbition. Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety, norticnltural Hall. David Rust, sec- 

 retary, Horticultural Hall, Broad street, be- 

 l"\v Locust. Philadelphia. 



November G-7. 1912, New London, Conn.— 

 '"hrysanthemum and fruit show. New Lon- 

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

 gymnasium. 



November 6 S. 1912. Tarrytown, N. Y.— 

 Fourteenth annual exhibition, Tarrytown 

 norticnltural Society. Music Hall. E. W. 

 .Neubrand, secretary, Tarrytown. 



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

 .inthemum show. Chrysanthemum Society 

 "t America, Berkeley Lyceum building. 

 19-21 West Forty-fourth street. W. A. 

 Rnglesnn. secretary, 19 West Forty-fourth 

 street. New Y'ork. 



November 6-10, Buffalo, N. Y.— Fall flower 

 ?how. Buffalo Florists' Club. Convention 

 hall. William F. Kasting, chairman of show 

 committee. S83 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 



November 7. 1912, Wurcester, Mass. — 

 Chrysanthemum exhibition. Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society, Horticultur- 

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

 street, Worcester. 



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

 Second annual exhibition, Westchester and 

 Fairfield Horticultural Society. Germania 

 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.— 



