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HORTICULTUEE 



November 9, 1912 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The Madison (N. J.) Flower Show this 

 ■year had some very noticeable features 

 — it has had some every year. The 

 Judges wereWm. Turner, Eugene Daille- 

 douze, and Albert Maillard, so every- 

 tody got what was coming to him. 

 Chas. H. Totty's bank of bush chrysan- 

 themums, perhaps a thousand of them, 

 tacked up by graceful palms, made 

 the stage of the James Hall look like 

 a fairyland. The musicians were hid- 

 den behind. The groups of chrysan- 

 themum plants, foliage, and flowering 

 plants, on a space of 50 square feet, 

 -were the best we ever had, in quality 

 of flowers, and artistic arrangement. 

 Harold B. Vyse was winner here. It 

 -was a close race, John Downing, Mor- 

 ris Plains, and A. A. Macdonald, Som- 

 «rville, getting the other honors in the 

 order mentioned. The vegetable classes 

 liad five entries, and all good. The 

 Boddington prize was won by Robert 

 Tyson, superintendent to Mrs. H. McK. 

 Twombly, who was first with one of 

 the most artistic exhibits ever shown 

 liere. A. A. Macdonald was second 

 and James Fraser of Cedar Court, 

 third. The Henderson prize was won 

 ty A. A. Macdonald. The display of 

 single chrysanthemums was fine, espe- 

 <!ially the novelties of Totty. The 

 table of orchids from Wm. Duckham. 

 staged by John Dunn, was grand. 

 John Jones of Convent had another 

 table of them, splendidly arranged and 

 of the highest grade. Lager & Hur- 

 rell's display of orchids in the novel- 

 ties was most interesting. We had 

 the following novelties in carnations 

 and not a bad one in them: Wm. 

 Eccles, from Scott Bros.; Enchantress 

 Supreme, from Dailledouze Bros.: 

 Matchless, from Cottage Gardens; and 

 Northport, from J. D. Cockcroft; each 

 had distinctive qualities. In roses, 

 Totty's Mrs. Geo. Shawyer took 

 the Badgley, Riedel & Meyer prize 

 for the best vase in the show. A. N. 

 Pierson's Milady took everybody's 

 fancy and there was a hundred special 

 features in smaller lines which space 

 ■will not permit to mention. 



The list of winner.s in the 76 reguhar 

 «hisses included such -well known experts 

 as 'Wmiam Duckham ol Madison, A. A. 

 Macdonald of Somerville, C. H. Totty of 

 Madison, Alex. Mackenzie, Harold B. 'Vyse, 

 Ernest Wild, James Fraser, Edw. ■Reagan, 

 Dudley Olcott, R. D. Foote, in cut chry- 

 santhemums; L. A. Noe, L. M. Noe Estate, 

 E H Behre, L. B. Coddington and others 

 on roses; 'Wm. Duckham, C. H. Totty, 

 Ernest Wild, S. M. and A. Colgate and 

 others on carnations; Peter Duff, H. B. 

 ■Vyse A. A. Macdonald, and C. H. Totty 

 on chrysanthemum plants ; A. A. Mac- 

 donald and E. Reagan on hot -house grapes; 

 Robert Tyson and Duke's Farm on vege- 

 tables. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At the eighth annual exhibition of 

 this society briefly described last 

 ■week the two main floors of the large 

 hall were well filled. Chas. H. Totty, 

 Madison, N. J,, showed his new pink 

 rose Mrs. Geo. Shawyer and was award- 

 ed a certificate of merit. Scott Bros.' 

 Wm. Eccles carnations also received 

 a certificate of merit as did J. D. Cock- 

 croft's Northport, Julius Roehrs Co. 



had a table of orchids which were 

 greatly admired. The chrysanthe- 

 mums of course were the chief attrac- 

 tion and the following varieties were 

 best in their respective colors: White, 

 Wm. Turner and Naomah; pink, Lady 

 Hopetoun and L. Rosseau; yellow, Chel- 

 toni and Mary Donnellan; crimson, 

 Woodmason and Pockett's Crimson; 

 any other color, Mary Mason. Wood- 

 mason carried off the honor for the 

 largest bloom, 10 inches in diameter. 

 The attendance was large on both 

 days and the management are to be 

 congratulated on the well arranged 

 and successful exhibition. 



Special Prizes. 



Mrs. F. S. Smithers cup tor hardy 

 chrysanthemums and Bon Arbor Chemical 

 pri?e for twelve blooms, Mrs. H. L. Pratt, 

 gard. H. Gaut ; Mrs. H. L. Pratt cap for 

 table decoration, and Elmer D. Smith prize 

 for chrysanthemum Artistic Queen to H. 

 LadeiT, garrt. J. Adler; Stumpp & Walter 

 cub, Burnett Bros.' prize and Mrs. J. R. 

 Maxwell prizes for vegetables and Bod- 

 dington prize for salads to A. G. Hoden- 

 pyl, gard. F. Patroccia; Mrs. J. H. Ottley 

 cup for Killnrney roses, Mrs. Maxwell 

 prize for outdoor flowers, H. S. Shotwell 

 and H. Schultz prizes for roses to Mrs. 

 B. Stern, gard. W. D. Robinson. C. H. 

 Totty prize for group of chrysanthemums, 

 Titus & Bowne. Mrs. H. W. Bucknall, 

 Weeber & Don. E. M. Iinderhili prizes for 

 cut blooms, J. W. Gammaek and P. B. 

 Edmonds prizes for begonias, to Percy 

 Chubb, gard. A. Mackenzie; Hitchings cup 

 for plant group, M. Stapleton for bush 

 chrysanthemum, and Roehrs prize for or- 

 chids to Capt. de Lamar, gard. P. Mar- 

 shall; H. E. Smith prize for chrysanthe- 

 mums, Peter Henderson & Co. prize for 

 chrvsanthemums arranged for effect, to 

 .T. H. Ottley, gard. Jas. MacDonald ; 

 Mrs. D. Burns prize for chrysanthe- 

 mums to W. D. Guthrie, gard. H. 

 Cliff; Taogban prize for single chrysan- 

 themums. Marshall prize for hardy do., 

 and W. R. Kinncar, prize for violets to 

 John Pratt, gard. J. Everitt ; Kohler prize 

 for palm and Cottage Garden prize for 

 carnations to F. S. Smithers, gard. 'V. 

 Cleres. All the above named and others 

 participated in the regular classes in num- 

 ber too numerous to mention. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NIGHT AT 

 ITHACA. 



Chrysanthemum Night was cele- 

 brated by the Horticultural Lazy Club 

 of the New York State College of Ag- 

 riculture at Cornell University on the 

 evening of November 4th. The meet- 

 ing was held at the greenhouses of 

 the horticultural department and the 

 program consisted of the chrysanthe- 

 mum news of the year by A. C. Hottes, 

 '13; some of the older types of chrys- 

 anthemums, by Prof. A. C. Beal; 

 chrysanthemum seedlings, by Miss L. 

 A. Minns. Miss Minns had on exhibi- 

 tion some seedlings which she has 

 raised from seed secured from sev- 

 eral crosses made last year; M. Free, 

 assistant gardener, spoke on the 

 growing of chrysanthemums in Eng- 

 land. The club then adjourned to in- 

 spect the beautiful display of blooms 

 in the houses which had been lighted 

 for the occasion. There were also on 

 exhibition some of the newer varie- 

 ties sent by Elmer D. Smith. Among 

 these were Elberon, a seedling num- 

 bered 17-7-10, Smith's Sensation, 

 Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Tarrytown, 

 Hirondelle, Minta, Baby Marguerite, 

 La Purete, Fairy Queen, Julia La- 

 gravere. Mary Colladay, Anne, Sylvia 

 Slade and Hilda Wells. Refreshments 

 consisting of cider, doughnuts and ap- 

 ples were served. R. H. PATCH. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The November show of this Society 

 was held in the Museum of Natural 

 History on the 1st to 5th inst., and 

 was without a doubt from all stand- 

 points the finest and most satisfactory 

 the Society has undertaken. In point 

 of quality the exhibits were far above 

 the average and competition was ex- 

 ceptionally keen, as many as fifteen 

 exhibitors competing in one class. 

 This is a step in the right direction, 

 and with the thousands of visitors, 

 who during the four days took such 

 an interest in the magnificent display 

 it should have good effect and be the 

 means of giving that stimulus to hor- 

 ticulture which our societies are so 

 much in need of. Chief interest was 

 centered in the specimen bush chrys- 

 anthemums, which were the feature 

 of the show. The three magnificent 

 plants sent by Adolph Lewisohn, Ards- 

 ley, obtained first prizes in their re- 

 spective classes and were also award- 

 ed a special gold medal. The varie- 

 ties were Lady Lydia, white. Wells' 

 Late Pink, and R. F. Felton, yellow. 

 The latter plant was 11% feet in diam- 

 eter, surely a record for this or any 

 other country! Grand plants also 

 came from Samuel Untermeyer and W. 

 B. Thompson, Yonkers. Of the latter 

 gentleman it is interesting to note 

 that although this is his first year of 

 exhibiting he was successful in no less 

 than nine classes, taking six firsts and 

 three second prizes. Roses and car- 

 nations were largely shown and in 

 excellent form, but the staging of 

 many exhibits left much to be de- 

 sired, the careless way the fiowers 

 were placed in the vases giving one 

 the idea that they were there under 

 protest. 



The Exhibition Committee of the 

 show were F. R. Pierson, chairman; 

 George V. Nash, secretary; and T, A. 

 Havemeyer, I. S. Hendrickson, J. E. 

 Lager, J. A. Manda, John Canning, and 

 James Stuart. 



List of Awards. 



In the bush plant classes. A. Lewisohn. 

 Ardsley, gard. John Canning, won three 

 Ists and two 2nds, and the silver medal 

 sweepstake for liest plant in the show; 

 S. Untermeyer, Yonkers, gard. W, H. Waite, 

 six Ists and three 2nds; W. B. Thompson, 

 gard. R. L. Cushman, one 2nd; Geo. 

 Schlegel, Bay Ridge, gard. S. G. Mulvey, 

 two Ists; C. Hathaway, E. Orange, N. J., 

 gard. Max Schneider, one 2nd. ; H. M. Til- 

 ford. Tuxedo Park, gard. J. Tansey, 

 one 1st. ; Mrs. Myron I, Borg, Stamford, 

 Conn., gard, .Tas. Aitchison, one 2nd. In 

 the cut bloom section for commercial 

 grow-ers, the class for vase of 2o arranged 

 for effect was won by Traendly & Schenck, 

 and the silver medal for six new varieties 

 not in commerce was won l>y C. H. Totty, 

 the varieties being G. 40, incurved, red 

 ■nith yellow reverse; H. 10. light pink, 

 curly petals; Gertrude Peers, reflexed dark 

 red with bronze reverse; F. 83, an enor- 

 mnns liroad petalled incurved, copper red 

 with yellow reverse; Chicago, incurved 

 dark red with yellow reverse; H. 3, lemon 

 yellow reflexed. Other awards in this sec- 

 tion were Traendiv & Schenck, Rowayton, 

 Conn., tliree Ists.; C. H. Totty. Madison, 

 N. J., two Ists.. two 2nds. ; Scott Bros., 

 Elmsford. one each 1st and 2nd. ; C. A. 

 Rice, Roselle Park. X. J., one 2nd. In 

 the non-commercial cut bloom section 

 the principal winners were Miss M. P. 

 Cockcroft. Saugatuck. Conn., gard. A. 

 Peterson ; W. B. Thompson ; Mrs. W. E. S. 

 Griswold, Lenox, Mass., gard. A. J. Love- 

 less; Miss C. A, Bliss. New Canaan. Conn,, 

 gard. J. T. Burns: Mrs. F. A. Constable, 

 Mamaroneck, gard. Jas. Stuart; Percy 



