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HOETICULTURE 



November 16, 1912 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



TARRYTOWN, (N. Y.) HORTICULT- 

 URAL SOCIETY. 



The 14th Annual Exhibition of this 

 Society was held In Music Hall, Tarry- 

 town, on Nov. 6, 7, and 8, and was a 

 most gratifying success in quality and 

 extent of exhibits and in public ap- 

 preciation. A large proportion of the 

 prizes offered were by special donors. 

 Lack of space prevents our giving as 

 much room as we should like to the 

 award list. As condensed below, the 

 first name given is that of the donor, 

 then we give the class, and the names 

 of first and second winners follow in 

 sequence, the name of the gardener 

 exhibiting being given once only. 



p. K. Pierson (cup), sweepstakes — VVm. 

 Rockefeller, gard. Geo. Middleton. J. D. 

 Archbold, 12 blooms — Wm. Rockefeller; S. 

 P. Shotter, gard. Allen Jenkins. F. Her- 

 mann, 20 blooms — B. Berolzheimer, gard. 

 Wm. Jamieson; Wm. Rockefeller. A. T. 

 Boddington, 6 blooms — George Legg, gard. 

 John Elliott; Chas. Mallory, gard. Wm. 

 Sealey. C. P. Jobnson, collection of sin- 

 gles— H. Darlington, gard. P. W. Popp. 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, 3 blooms — W. Rock- 

 efeller. A. Johnson, vase 18 blooms ar- 

 ranged — S Untermeyer, gard. W. H. 

 Waite; Miss Blanche Potter, gard. Geo. 

 Wittinger. Chas. Vanderbilt, largest flow- 

 er — E. Berolzheimer. Blanche Potter (cup 

 and cash), 6 chrysanthemums, 12 roses, 12 

 carnations— W. Rockefeller; Fred'k Potter, 

 gard. W. C. Roberts. Mrs. J. B. Trevor, 

 12 blooms one variety — W. Rockefeller; S. 

 P. Shelter. .Mrs. W. C. Osborn, 36 blooms, 

 six varieties— W. Rockefeller; F. Potter. 

 W. Rockefeller (cup and cash), 18 blooms, 

 six varieties- W. Rockefeller; W. B. 

 Thompson, gard. R. L. Cushman. Chas. 

 Mallory (cup). 24 blooms, four varieties- 

 Joseph Eastman, gard. Rob't Angus. Pier- 

 son I'-Bar Co., 18 blooms, three varieties — 

 W. Rockefeller. E. D. Smith & Co., 6 

 blooms— E. Berolzheimer; F. Potter. H. H. 

 Cannon, 12 blooms, four varieties — W. 

 Rockefeller; Miss Potter. J. Speyer (cup I. 

 display of orchids— E. Berolzheimer; S. 

 Untermever. W. A. Read, table decorative 

 plants— S. P. Sbotter; J. Eastman. W .F. 

 McCord (cup), Lorraine Begonias— E. Ber- 

 olzheimer. II. Darlington, vegetables— S. 

 P. Shotter; E. L. Coster, gard. Edw. Kane. 

 Frost & Bartlett Co., apples— W. A. Reed; 

 G. J. Neubrand. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fisu, 

 dinner table decoration— S. Untermeyer 

 (cup); R. Delnfleld, gard. W. Brock; M. L. 

 Sand. Anonymous, 12 White Killarney— S 

 P Shotter; F. Potter. A. Lewisohn (cup), 

 12 Sunburst— P. W. Vanderbilt, gard. H. 

 J. Allen. Mrs. J. A. Stillman, 12 Rich- 

 mond— F. Potter. Mrs. I. N. Sellgman, 

 basket flowers— S. Untermeyer; R. Dela- 

 fleld. F. M. Warburg, center piece — S. P. 

 Shotter; E. Berolzheimer. Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co. (gold medal), 18 roses, three va- 

 rieties— F. W. Vanderbilt. R. Langle, 1.J 

 Killarnev— S. P. Shotter; !■'. Potter. Mrs. 

 H F. Os'born, 12 roses other than Beauty — 

 F' W. Vanderbilt. H. Darlington, 12 car- 

 nations— W. Rockefeller; H. J. Park, gard. 

 A L Marshall. R. C. Clowry. 36 carna- 

 tions— W. Rockefeller (cup); S. P. Shotter. 

 M. C. Ebel, basket flowers by a lady— Miss 

 Belle Scott. 



In the regular classes the wmners were 

 as follows: Chrysanthemums in pots-^S. 

 Untermever, three Ists. Other plants- 

 Jos Eastman, one 1st. one 2nd; Miss 

 Blanche Potter, one 1st ; A. Lewisohn, gard. 

 John Canning, one 1st; W. Kastberg. two 

 Ists- W. P. Thompson, one 1st: E. Ber- 

 olzheimer. one 1st; Thos. Trevillian, 

 Claude Wilson. W. A. Read, Hugh Hill, 

 gard R. Grieve, each one 2nd. Cut Chrys- 

 anthemums— W. Rockefeller, four Ists; \N . 

 B Thompson, one 2nd; F. Potter, two 

 2nds; W. R. Harris, gard. H. M. Blanche, 

 one 2nd. Violets— Miss Potter. R. Langle. 

 X) K Oppenheimer and S. Untermeyer. 

 Roses— F. R. Pierson Co., 1st on 25: F. W. 

 Vanderbilt, S. P. Shotter, F. Potter. Ists 

 on 12 Carnations— Scott Bros., 1st on 25; 

 H T Park F Potter and Wm. Rockefeller 

 winning Ists on 12s. W. E. Marshall* 

 Co prize for vegetables— S. P. Shotter, 

 1st'- Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. 2nd. Peter 

 Henderson & Co. for vegetables— 1st to H. 

 E Rogers, gard. C. L. Fisher, and 2nd to 



W. L. Sand, gard. T. A. Lee. finishes the 

 schedule. 



Certiticates of merit were awarded as 

 follows: E. Berolzheimer for dinner table 

 decoration; C. H. Totty for rose Mrs. Geo. 

 Shawyer ; A. N. Pierson for rose Milady ; 

 W. Rockefeller for carnation Rockwood 

 Hall. Cultural certificate to W. R. Harris 

 for plumed cockscombs. Honorable men- 

 tion to F. R. Pierson Co. for exhibits of 

 ferns, roses and chrysanthemums. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The second annual fall show of this 

 society was held in Germania Hall, 

 New Rochelle, N. Y., Nov. 7, S and 9, 

 and members may well be proud of its 

 great success. The hall, cne of the 

 largest in the country, was well filled 

 up, the chrysanthemums, of course, 

 being in the majority; quality and 

 quantity could be seen in all the differ- 

 ent classes, causing the visitors to 

 wonder at those marvels of nature, 

 products of the skill of the best gar- 

 deners in the country. James Stuart's 

 group of foliage and flowering plants 

 was simply splendid, well deserving its 

 blue ribbon; orchids, staged by John 

 P. Burns, won first honors; a table of 

 orchids, staged by the Geo. E. Baldwin 

 Co., Mamaroneck, was awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit. Northport, J. D. 

 Cockroft's new carnation, Mrs. George 

 Shawyer, Chas. Totty's new rose, and 

 Milady, A. N. Pierson's new rose, all 

 received a certificate of merit. Scott 

 Bros, and Traendly & Schenck also 

 won first prizes with 50 blooms each of 

 their sterling carnation novelties. A. S. 

 Peterson was awarded a certificate of 

 merit for his splendid display of ever- 

 greens. Special mention was awarded 

 to Thos. .Meehan & Son for display of 

 pompon chrysanthemums, also to S. 

 Pendorf for "display of palms. Honor- 

 able mention to C. H. Totty for new 

 single chrysanthemums, P. W. Popp 

 for splendid vase of Dahlia Geisha. 

 Other winners were: 



W. J. Leahy, one 1st and one 2d ; E. Mac- 

 kenzie, seven Ists, four 2ds; James Aitchi- 

 son, five Ists, eight 2ds; Thos. Aitchison 

 silver cup, bronze medal, seven Ists, nine 

 2ds ; A. Bieshcke, gold medal, two 3ds ; 

 James Stuart, eight Ists. two 2ds: A. Pat- 

 erson, seven Ists, two 2ds; T. F. Burns, 

 silver medal, bronze medal, four Ists, five 

 2ds: G. C. Allan, one 1st, one 2d; W. Ma- 

 ginnis, one 2d: A. L. Marshall, five Ists, 

 two 2ds; J. B. Roy, one 2d: Th. Ryan, one 

 1st, three 2ds: N. Stentiford, one 2d ; James 

 Foster, two Ists, two 2ds; P. W. Popp, 

 three Ists, one 2d and bronze medal; Th. 

 Bell, one 1st, two 2ds; Wm. Smith, one 

 1st- R. Allen, two Ists; Wm. Cohen, 

 one 1st ; D. S. Miller, two silver cups, 

 gold and silver medals, two Ists, 

 one 2d; Oscar E. Addor, one 1st; A. E. 

 Tow-nsend, two Ists, three 2ds; A. 

 Wynne, two Ists, two 2ds: A. Ped- 

 erson. one 1st, one 2d: A. Geddes, three 

 Ists, three 2ds; M. Glendon, one 2d; A. 

 \llins two Ists. one 2d; Henry Gaut. one 

 2d- W. S. Hitchcock, silver medal, one 1st, 

 one 3d ; Paul Dwenger. one 2d ; Mrs. Pitt, 

 silver cup. two Ists: Miss Rixen, one 3d; 

 Mrs. L. Richard, one 2d. 



The special feature of the show was 

 the table decorations by gardeners on 

 Nov. Sth, Th. Aitchison winning first 

 with a "dream"— the only way you can 

 discribe his simple but splendid dis- 

 play. Henry Gaut was a good second. 

 On Nov. 9 the ladies' amateur table 

 decorations, Mrs, Pitt winning with 

 a most beautifully arranged center of 

 colored leaves and berries: Mrs. Rich- 

 ard second with berberry; Miss Rixen 

 with roses. 



THE ST. PAUL SHOW. 



This widely advertised event open- 

 ed on Friday night, Nov. Sth in a 

 most brilliant manner. The opening 

 exercises included speeches by Mayor 

 Keller and Governor Eberhart both of 

 whom spoke proudly of the exhibi- 

 tion and its good influence. The af- 

 fair was well patronized by all classes 

 of society, the attendance on the 

 opening day being about 8000. Much 

 enthusiasm was manifested in the 

 drawing of a name for a new chrysan- 

 themum submitted for this purpose by 

 Elmer D. Smith. A procession of 

 this season's debutantes was formed. 

 A large basket filled with chrysan- 

 themums was placed on a pedestal in 

 the center of the improvised stage. 

 Walking up to the flowers two by two 

 the debutantes each picked up one of 

 the ribbons to which the flowers were 

 attached and drew one. Miss Lucille 

 Quinlan drew the one to which the 

 card was affixed and the flower was 

 named after her. The young ladies 

 remained clustered around the flowers 

 as Miss Quinlan. after the established 

 custom baptized it with a bottle of 

 wine. The orchestra struck the open- 

 ing chords of "America," the audience 

 rose, a beautiful bouquet of the Lu- 

 cille Quinlan chrysanthemum was 

 placed on the pedestal where the 

 others had stood, and the girls, two 

 by two, left the scene of the cere- 

 mony. 



Saturday was "Rose Day," and the 

 evening was especially devoted to the 

 Elks and traveling men and every 

 lady who attended was given a chry- 

 santhemum. Monday was "Carnation 

 Day." In the evening J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, of Boston gave a lecture 

 with stereopticon views, on the gar^ 

 dens of Japan and there was a grand 

 chorus of 150 voices by the United 

 German Singing Societies of St. Paul. 

 Tuesday had table decorations as a 

 special feature and Mr. Farquhar lec- 

 tured again in the evening, on the 

 gardens of Italy, the United Scandi- 

 navian Singing Societies contributing 

 the vocal music. 



The Sweepstake cup offered by the 

 Pioiirrr Prefi-i (nul Drxpritrh, for the 

 most meritorious exhibit was won by 

 Holm & Olson with a magnificent 

 group of decorative plants, orchids, etc. 

 The second prize, the A. H. Stem 

 cup went to the Merriam Park Floral 

 company. The Minneapolis Park 

 Board was given special honors for a 

 group of Celosia Pride of Castle 

 Gould. For 12 roses, not yet in com- 

 merce— C. H. Totty's, "Mrs. George 

 Shawyer," 87 points; A. N. Pierson's 

 "Milady," 85 points; both received 

 certificate of merit. 



Holm & Olson won first in many classes, 

 including Lilium auratum. L. speoiosum, 

 basket of roses, window bix. cvflamen. 

 Lorraine begonias, specimen blooming 

 iibint orchids, pi int b 'Sl-et. twelve i lasses 

 of chrvsanthenium plants and three classes 

 clirysa'nthemuni blooms, 1.50 sq. ft. of deco- 

 rative plants, specimen kentia. phoenix, 

 palm any other variety, pandanus. 100 sq. 

 ft of ferns, .50 ft. ferns, specimen ferns, 

 araucarias. and group of bay trees. Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. won first on 100 Beauties, 

 100 Richmonds, 100 yellow roses, 100 White 

 Killnrnev, 100 any other variety. Illy ol 

 the valley. 35 so. ft. blo-ming and foliage 

 plants, pompon chrysanthemums. Holton 



