November 9, 1912 



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Clmlili. Glen C\iVf. g:iril. Alex. Mulveuzie; 

 H. 1,. Pratt, Gleu Cove. gard. Horii-.v Gant ; 

 MLss lilanclie Potter, 0.ssiiiiug. gard. Geo. 

 Wettllnger: Chas. JIallory. Poiicliester, 

 gard. W. J. Scaley : Fred Sturgis, Fair- 

 field. Conn., gard. Thos. Bell. In roses 

 tlure were five classes of fifty bloums for 

 oonimercial and five of lesser uunilier for 

 non-commercial, liesides a gold medal for 

 new variety not in commerce. The medai 

 was worthily won by C. H. Tolty witb 

 Mrs. Sbawypr. Tbe winners in the otber 

 classes included h. A. Noe. F K. Piersou 

 Co.. L. B. CkiddingtLn, Traendly A: Scbeuck 

 in commercial, and H. II. Tilford, Mrs 

 F. A. Constable, W. B. Tbompson and S. 

 I'nternieyer in private classes The carnation 

 classes were divided in like manner, tbe 

 winners being Traendly & Schenck witb 

 four Ists and a silver medal for best vase; 

 Scott Bros.. J. D. Cockeroft and Cottage 

 Gardens Co. in commercial, and Jliss C. 

 A. Bliss, four Ists and a bronze medal 

 for best vase: H. M. Tilford, F. R. N"ew- 

 bnld. Mrs. Griswobl. Jas. A. .Macdonald 

 and W. A. Henry in private classes. In 

 foliage and decorative plants, open to all, 

 S. I'ntermeyer. Julius Roehrs Co., Miss Pot- 

 ter, W. B. Tbompson, A. Lewisolin, F. R. 

 Pierson Co., all sported 1st prizes, and in 

 orchid plants Lager it Hnrrell secured six 

 Ists; .Tulius Roehrs Co.. one. In non- 

 commercial orchids. S. Untermeyer won tbe 

 majority of tbe prizes. In cut orchids, 

 .los. A. Manda won the prize for collec- 

 tion beautifully banked in moss, and 

 Lager it Hurrell for cypripediums. In 

 the non-commercial tbe winners were ex- 

 hibitors previously mentioned, including 

 Mrs. B. B. Tuttle. Xaugatuck. C"nn., gard. 

 M. .T. Pope. Mr. Pope also was given a 

 silver medal for Odontoglossum grandi- 

 flora. Mr. Pope is HORTICCLTURE'S 

 special orchid contributor and recognized 

 as one of the most skillful growers of this 

 specialty. A fine display of dahlias was 

 made by H. D. Darlington. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The big event of the year in Phila- 

 delphia horticulture is the Annual 

 Fall Shew. As usual this was held 

 in Horticultural Hall, opening on 

 Tuesday night and continuing until 

 the evening of Friday. On the whole, 

 it was a very creditable exhibition. 

 The quality of the flowers and plants 

 were fully up to the highest standards 

 in cultural skill. The quantity may 

 have fallen off a little from what it 

 was last year— owing to the absence 

 of several of the usual large regular 

 exhibitors — chief among whom may 

 be mentioned the Widener gardens. 

 Family bereavement (the Titanic dis- 

 aster) is responsible for the latter. 



The arrangement and the decora- 

 tions were beyond all praise, and the 

 genera! effect produced was exceed- 

 ingly artistic and effective. William 

 Graham had charge of the decorations 

 and he is a master hand. Raised plat- 

 forns with seating capacity, ranged 

 aloKg the north and south sides of 

 the hall. These had tall white pil- 

 lars at intervals, entwined with 

 bronze oak foliage and green wild 

 smilrx. From the tops of the pillars 

 swung in graceful curves ropes carry- 

 ing yellow Japanese lanterns enclos- 

 ing electric globes. Back of all and 

 higher up in the niches were palms 

 and evergreens. The stage was nice- 

 ly arranged with palms and specimens 

 of Ficus pandurata. In front of the 

 stage was the Dreer collection of orna- 

 mental foliage plants, conspicuous in 

 which was a fine showing of the new 

 Farleyense fern Glory of Mordrecht, 

 and a nice lot of variegated pineapple. 

 The main hall was as usual devoted 

 to the big specimen chrysanthemum 

 plants of which there was a very good 

 showing, indeed — better on the whole 

 than we have seen for some time. 

 Newbold, Sinnott, Hunter, and Pepper 

 were the stars in this — and creditable 

 showings were a'so made by Ellison 



ai;d Eulalia. Two fine groups of fo- 

 liage and flowering plants adorned 

 each end. and reflected much credit 

 on the Newbold and Pepper forces. 

 The center of the hall was occupied 

 by a large group of specimen crotons. 

 A big feature of the show was the 

 orchid displays. Never have we had 

 the pleasure of seeing anything richer, 

 rarer or more varied. And never have 

 we seen greater artistic skill in the 

 arrangeinent and staging — at least not 

 in Philadelphia, The great National 

 Show in Boston excepted, however, 

 the general excellence has never to 

 our knowledge been surpassed in this 

 country, Louis Burk was the bright 

 particular star — and surpassed even 

 his last year's splendid record. Joseph 

 Heacock made a great showing, as 

 also did John Wanainaker. Last but 

 not least came Alphonse Pericat with 

 a beautiful and varied collection of 

 new and rare varieties. These or- 

 chid displays were mostly in the main 

 hall, although the beautiful Heacock 

 exhibit was in the foyer among the 

 specimen foliage plants; and another 

 one was downstairs to the right of 

 the entrance. 



The specimen cut blooms of chrys- 

 anthemums were arranged mostly on 

 the stairways and upper landings and 

 passageways. Some magnificent flow- 

 ers were shown, especially the three 

 big vases, assorted colors, at the cen- 

 ter and sides of the first landing 

 where they were the cynosure of all 

 eyes and attracted the greatest ad- 

 miration. The much coveted honors 

 in this contest went to the Countess 

 Eulalia, and Clement B. Newbold, the 

 president of the Society. Pepper came 

 out on top with the best fifty, his va- 

 rieties being Mary Mason. Wm. Duck- 

 ham. Mrs. D. Syme, Glenview. Merza, 

 R. Vallis. Fair Acres. Smith's Sensa- 

 tion, Beatrice May, and B. H. Brom- 

 head. Wheeler had first in single 

 stem, six-inch, yellow, and any other 

 color. There were two exhibits of 

 Lady Carmichael, but the show was 

 about a week too early to see these 

 at their best. Mrs. Frank Thomson 

 was again on view, passe as ever. Not 

 in it, any more, and distinctly an ob- 

 ject lesson as to what not to grow. 

 The writer knows peifectly well why 

 the travesty is kept up; but the pub- 

 lic does not, and an educational so- 

 ciety should never give first prizes 

 to poor flowers. What it should strive 

 to do is encourage perfection — not 

 to try to galvanize dead horses. 



In the lower hall were the seeds- 

 men's and nurserymen's displays. Mi- 

 chell, Dreer and Waterer put up excel- 

 lent exhibits of bulbs and sundries. 

 Burpee, Michell and Meehan had fine 

 showings cf hardy chrysanthemums. 

 Edward A. Stroud was also conspicu- 

 ous in the hardy chrysanthemum ex- 

 hibits — his showing being perhaps the 

 largest, most varied and most beauti- 

 ful of all the fine collections of this 

 leading and growing popular class to 

 be seen in the hall. Lord & Burnham 

 Co. put up one of their model green- 

 houses, which was an object lesson 

 in completeness and finish; and Mon- 

 tagu Wright and his corps of assis- 

 tants were kept busy demonstrating to 

 a large and interested audience all the 

 time. 



Chas. H. Totty was on hand with a 

 fine vase of the new rose Mrs. Shaw- 

 yer; and nearby appeared Montgom- 

 ery's Mrs. Chas. Russell, exhibited by 



the Pennock-Meehan Co., and a vase 

 of Milady sent by the A. N. Pierson 

 Co. Mr. Totty also had two fine ear- 

 nations, Northport and Commodore, 

 and a collection of hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums. Frank Birnbrauer showed a 

 beautiful vase of pink snapdragon, un- 

 usually fine for this season of the 

 year. 



The Moon Co. sent several big 

 wagon loads of specimen evergreens; 

 big and little; carefully named; care- 

 fully and artistically arranged about 

 the entrances to the hall; a very beau- 

 tiful and educative display. One of 

 the conifer groups had five families 

 and thirteen varieties; another eight 

 families and twenty-six varieties. 

 There were eleven varieties of spruce; 

 nine varieties of juniper; and eleven 

 varieties of pine. We consider this 

 Moon showing one of the finest and 

 most interesting features of the exhi- 

 bition. The only improvement we 

 could suggest would be to have the 

 names stand out better so that each 

 plant might be better identified. 



There was an interesting display 

 of amateur paintings of Mallow Mar- 

 vels, for which Thomas Meehan & 

 Sens had offered prizes. 



We congratulate the officers of the 

 Society, the committees, and the ex- 

 hibitors; all of whom it is evident 

 must have worked like beavers for 

 weeks to produce this splendid show. 

 It is a great credit to them all, indi- 

 vidually and collectively. 



G. C. WATSON. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America held their exhibition at the 

 Berkeley Lyceum. New York, on the 

 6th-8th insts. There was a very- 

 excellent collection of the gardeners' 

 best efforts, the chrysanthemums be- 

 ing superb and compared very favor- 

 ably with the giants at last week's big 

 show. The specimen plants, standard 

 and bush, made a grand show, and 

 with the great size added to perfect 

 color of the c"t blooms the exhibition 

 as a whole will not be surpassed this 

 year. C, H. Totty of Madison took 

 premier honors as prize winner and in 

 a non-competitive group he staged up- 

 wards of 100 vases in variety. He 

 was also showing the new rose Mrs. 

 Shawyer, in its usual fine form. A. N. 

 Pierson also put up a fine display of 

 chrysanthemums with a centre vase of 

 their new rose. Milady, not for competi- 

 tion. The other roses on show were 

 Lady Alice Stanley from F. W. Van- 

 derbilt. Hyde Park on Hudson, N. Y., 

 Henry J. Allen, gard. Irish Fire 

 Flame from S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 Philadelphia, for distribution in spring 

 of 1913. Mrs. Charles Russell from 

 Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, 

 Mass.. for distribution in spring of 

 1913; a creamy white sport from My 

 Maryland from E. H. Behre, Madison, 

 N. J., and Bulgarie, Sunburst and Ra- 

 diance caine'from Traendly «& Schenck, 

 Rowayton, N. Y. This firm were 

 also showing excellent examples of 

 carnations Pink Delight, Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward, White Perfection and the new 

 Salmon Queen. Some of the finest 

 chrysanthemums staged came from 

 the amateurs, of whom the most suc- 

 cessful were ; 



Howard Gould. Port Washington, gard. 

 V\'. Vert ; Mrs. Stnyvesant Fish, Garrison^ 



