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HORTICULTURE 



November 9, 1912 



N. Y., gard. W. 11. Macbean ; George 

 Sclilegel, Bay Ridge, gard. Stephen Milloy ; 

 Mrs. J. Crosby Broom, Orange, N. J., gard. 

 Peter Du£f; Clarence C. Chapman, Oakland, 

 N. Y., gard. Frank Black; Robert K. Sco- 

 Telle, Chapinville, Conn., gard. W. Angus; 

 Percy Chubb, Glen Cove, L. I., gard. Alex. 

 Mackenzie; C. K. G. Billings, Fort Wash- 

 ington, gard. Jas. Ball; Chas. Hathaway, 

 Orange, N. J., gard. Max Schneider; Mrs. 

 J. S. Lyle, Tenafly, gard. J. G. P. Kenne- 

 dy; C. W. Harkness, Madison, N. J., gard. 

 Ernest Wild: E. D. Adams, Rumson, N. J., 

 gard. Geo. H. Hall; R. Mortimer,, Tuxedo 

 Park, N. Y., gard. C. D. SchaeCfer; J. H. 

 Oltley, Glen Cove. L. I., gard. J. Macdou- 

 ald ; Harry E. Converse, Marion, Mass., 

 gard. D. F. Roy; Paul Dana, Glen Cove, 

 Ij. I., gard. J F. Johnson: H. Darlington, 

 Maraaroneck, N. Y., gard. P. W. Popp. 



YONKERS (N. Y.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The exhibition of this Society was 

 held on October 30, 31 and November 

 1st at the Armory and was a very ' 

 pleasing success. The classes as a 

 rule were well filled, and although 

 the judges could never have been in 

 any difficulty, the competition was, 

 nevertheless, pretty keen. There is 

 plenty of room in the Armory and the 

 admirable way in which the exhibits 

 were arranged so as to give the idea 

 of a "full house" reflects great credit 

 on Mr. Milliot and those who assisted 

 him in the work. The most attractive 

 features in the show were, of course, 

 the chrysanthemums in pots and cut 

 blooms. In the former for single 

 specimen plants, Adolph Lewisohn, 

 Ardsley, N. Y., gard. J. W. Canning. 

 was first in the two classes, with 

 Samuel Untermeyer, gard. W. H. 

 Waite, second. For group of chrysan- 

 themums and foliage plants, 50 square 

 feet of space, W. B. Thompson, gard. 

 R. L. Cushman, was an easy first. For 

 24 cut blooms, Mr. Untermeyer was 

 well to the front with a grand lot of 

 flowers, J. Eastman, Tarrytown, being 

 second. For 12 blooms, Arthur Bod- 

 dington's prize. Miss G. H. Dodge, 

 Riverdale, N. Y., gard, \Vm. Wright, 

 was first, and M. L. Sand, Ardsley, 

 gard. T. H. Lee, second. The best 

 collection of pompons was staged by 

 H. Darlington, Mamaroneck, gard. P. 

 W. Popp, a tastefully arranged lot of 

 good flowers, second going to C. Mal- 

 lory, Portchester, gard. W. J. Scaley. 

 A fine vase of American Beauty roses 

 obtained the Macdonald silver cup 

 for Mr. Untermeyer and Mr. Fred Pot- 

 ter was first for 12 whites, staging 

 grand fiowers of Kaiserin A. Victoria. 

 The Stumpp & Walter cup, for vege- 

 tables, was won by S. L. Coster, Ir- 

 vington, gard, Ed. Kane. The trade 

 exhibits were from Julius Roehrs, or- 

 chids and foliage plants; Scott Bros., 

 carnation Wm. Eccles; Chas. H. Totty, 

 new rose Mrs. George Shawyer; Jas. 

 Cockcroft, carnation Northport; Louis 

 Milliot, palms; H. A. Dreer, Adian- 

 tum Farleyense gloriosa. 



are a memory only. In their place 

 are other attractions, including the 

 pretty single and semi-double chrys- 

 anthemums in their graceful sprays 

 and pure colors and there are grand 

 groups of decorative plants from the 

 conservatories to fill the gap. Most 

 noticeable are the efforts of the re- 

 tail florists in their exemplification 

 of floral decorative art. We are glad 

 to see this new interest displayed by 

 a section of the floral craft that, until 

 now, held aloof, much to the disad- 

 vantage of their business progress. 

 There are no less than eight dinner 

 tables in competition and all are very 

 elaborate and attractive. The yellow 

 and bronze idea is in the majority by 

 far, there being only two others — wiui 

 the old favorite white anemone Mer- 

 za for a central idea. There are 

 also big baskets, four or five feet 

 high, in competition and some of 

 them displaying brilliant decorative 

 skill. The prettiest effect in any 

 of the work seems to be obtained by a 

 combination of Major Bonnaffon with 

 the yellow Baby Pompon chrysanthe- 

 mum and ribbons to match. There is 

 one very fine entry in the class for ta- 

 ble of fruit arranged for effect. There 

 are some fine orchid groups, that by 

 Wheeler & Co. being beautifully ar- 

 ranged. Alex McKay shows some fine 

 Lorraine begonias and George Melvin 

 his new solanum. Two magnificent 

 groups of stove and greenhouse plants 

 by Ed. MacMulkin and W. W. Edgar 

 Co. fill one side of the large exhibition 

 hall. Thomas Roland's display of 

 flowering plants — cyclamen, erica, ce- 

 losias, begonias, etc., filling one entire 

 end of the lecture hall is a striking 

 feature. The only trained specimen 

 chrysanthemum plants are from the T. 

 E. Proctor estate, gard. James Marl- 

 borough. 



NOTES. 

 In the great exhibition at San Fran- 

 cisco which closed on October 26th, 

 the big winners in the trade were 

 MacRorie-McLaren Company, Peli- 

 cano, Rossi & Co., Julius Bppstein, H. 

 Plath and A. O. Stein. Golden Gate 

 Park contributed a magnificent dis- 

 play of stove and greenhouse plants. 



A very laudable innovation among 

 several that have been put in opera- 

 tion for the St. Paul Flower Show 

 this week is an Information Commit- 

 tee of ten members, who are on the 

 fioor at all times to answer questions 

 by visitors regarding the variety, care, 

 cultivation, etc., of the flowers and 

 plants shown. 



Clubs and Societies 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



As we go to press the annual chrys- 

 anthemum show of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society is just receiving 

 its finishing touches at Horticultural 

 Hall. With it is combined the Apple 

 Show, which, in itself, is quite a draw- 

 ing card. Both large halls are occu- 

 pied by the floral display, which, by 

 the way, is far from being an exclu- 

 sive chrysanthemum show. The stu- 

 pendous specimen plants that gave dis- 

 tinction to the Boston show in former 

 years are no longer in evidence and 

 the long ranks of specimen blooms 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Minnesota State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation will give a banquet on Mon- 

 day evening, November 11, in honor 

 of visiting members of the trade. 



The annual meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 election of oflScers for the ensuing 

 year will be held at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, at 12 o'clock, noon, on 

 Saturday, November 16, 1912. Also 

 several proposed amendments to the 

 by-laws are to be voted upon at this 

 meeting. The voting will be by Aus- 

 tralian ballot and the polls will be 

 open continuously between the hours 

 of 12, noon, and 4 in the afternoon. 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar is the regular 

 nominee for the office of president 

 and we hope his many friends will 

 attend and roll up a big vote for him. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The meeting of the club held on the 

 5th inst. was rather slimly attended 

 on account of the flower show and 

 election night. Only routine business 

 was transacted. The following com- 

 mittees were appointed: 



Club Room: Fred Hahman, D. T. Con- 

 nor, J. Westcott, G. Burti.n, G. Craig. 



Games: Andrew Graham, Jno. H. Dodds, 

 U. V,. Rowley, Theo. Shober. 



Novelties : Robert Craig, E. A. Stroud, 

 W. Klelnheinz, H. S. Betz, A. M. Campbell. 



Essay : Edward Reid, E. A. Stroud, Al- 

 fred Burton. 



Membership: H. F. Michell, Chas. E. 

 Meehan, Arthur Niossen. 



Exhibits: Robert Kift, A. Farenwald, 

 John F. SiI)Son. Leo Niessen. 



New Committee on Publicity: S. S. 

 Pennock, Robert Kift, E. A. Wohlert, 

 George C. Watson, Montagu C. Wright, 

 Robert E. Pyle. E. A. Stroud, Parker 

 Thayer Barnes, Robert Craig, Howard M. 

 Earl, J. D. Eisele, C. H. Fox. A. M. Herr, 

 Thos. B. Meehan. Adolph Muller, David 

 Rust, S. S. Skidelsky, J. Otto Thilow. 



S. S. Pennock as convener of the 

 latter committee has issued a call to 

 meet Monday, November 11, 3 P. M. 



Ex-Mayor Smith was reported seri- 

 ously ill and as this is the first fall 

 show he has missed the club decided 

 to send him a fine offering of flowers 

 and the big official of the Scottish 

 Rite Temple will take them down in 

 his auto to Jersey on Wednesday. S. 

 S. Pennock was entrusted with the 

 duty of making up this token of good- 

 will and esteem for an old friend of 

 the club and the society. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS- 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The annual banquet and dance 

 which will on this occasion celebrate 

 the club's twenty-fifth, anniversary, 

 will be held at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, on Monday evening, November 

 11, 1912, at 6 o'clock. There will be 

 a fine array of speakers, including the 

 Governor of Massachusetts and Mayor 

 of Boston, in addition to many noted 

 horticulturists from a distance. There 

 will be a splendid entertainment, fol- 

 lowed by a dance. There has already 

 been a large sale of tickets, and any 

 member who has not procured any 

 should do so at once. As near as can 

 be estimated, 300 will attend the ban- 

 quet. Secure tickets from William 

 Sim, H. H. Bartsch, P. M. Miller, Wil- 

 liam J. Patterson, W. J. Kennedy, Rob- 

 ert Cameron, Peter Fisher, S. J. God- 

 dard, or Secretary W. N. Craig, North 

 Easton, M.ass. 



Next Monday evening, November 11, 

 will be Ladies' Night and Chrysanthe- 

 mum Night at the New York Florists' 

 Club. Frank H. Traendly will have 

 charge of the catering and Charles 

 Schenck will manage the vaudeville 

 entertainment. The nominating com- 

 mittee will report lists of officers to be 

 voted on at the December meeting, tor 

 1913. 



The forty-second annual meeting of 

 the Michigan State Horticulutral So- 

 ciety is to be held in Grand Rapids, 

 November 12, 13, and 14. This date 

 and place was selected so that the 

 meeting might be held in conjunction 

 with the apple show. The Michigan 

 State Horticultural Society, like many 

 others in the west is, practically, an 

 organization in the interests of com- 

 mercial fruit growing. 



