November 30, 1912 



HOETICULTUEE 



745 



THE EXHIBITIONS 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The accompanying pictures are from 

 photographs of the first of a series of 

 flower shows to be held in Portland, 

 Oregon, occurring probably about ev- 

 ery three months. The show just held 

 was given in the interest of charity 

 and was largely attended. A few ama- 

 teuis made exhibits, but the display, 

 as a whole, was assembled by profes- 

 sional florists, seedsmen and nursery- 

 men. A new red carnation, the "J. N. 

 Teal," was named in honor of one of 



quality. The main exhibitors among 

 Baltimore florists showing plants, 

 flowers, designs, etc., were Hamilton, 

 Cook, Moss, Graham, Welsh and 

 Quicl?. Geo. Morrison, manager for 

 Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs won the ma- 

 jority of prizes on chrysanthemums 

 with Philip B. Welsh pushing him 

 hard for all the honors. Roses not nu- 

 merous but Messrs. John Cook and Jas. 

 Hamilton each had magnificent dis- 

 plays. Messrs. Hamilton, Cook, Moss 

 and Morrison had splendid collections 



View i.\ the Portland Show 



OHfO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cleveland's big flower show proved 

 to be a pronounced success. The at- 

 tendance for the three regular days 

 was 9.500 people and on the fourth 

 day, which was an extension of the 

 original time, 4,000 more visitors were 

 counted. The managers are naturally 

 very much elated over the outcome of 

 their efforts, and the Ohio Horticul- 

 tural Society announces that in con- 

 sequence of this most encouraging 

 start shows are to be held semi- 

 annually hereafter. Among the sen- 

 sational exhibits were the new roses 

 Mrs. Chas. Russell from Waban Rose 

 Conservatories, Natick, Mass., and Mi- 

 lady, from A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, 

 Conn. 



The gold medal and silver cups of- 

 fered as sweepstakes prizes were dis- 

 tributed as follows: 



Chrysantliemums, gold itedal offered by 

 Harry F. Mitchell of Philadelplila, won by 

 Charles H. Totty of Madison, N. J. The 

 same man won the Cowell & Hubbard Co. 

 cup for the best fifty rose blooms and the 

 Charles A. Otis cup for the best twelve 

 blooms of various varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



The Webb C. Ball cup for carnations and 

 the William E. Telling cup for another 

 brand of carnations were both won by John 

 D. Cockcroft. 



The Waban Conservatories, Natick, Mass., 

 took the Bowler & Burdick Co. cup and H. 

 (1. Hill won the Morehouse Co. cup. Elmer 

 D. Smith of Adrian, Mich., was awarded 

 the Harry Balsley cup of Detroit. 



J. M. Gasser Co. of Cleveland, the only 

 local florist to take a cup, received two 

 trophies, the Sigler Bros, cup for roses, 

 and the J. C. Moninger, Chicago, cup for 

 the dealer who made the greatest number 

 of entries. The Advance Co., Richmond, 

 Ind., cup was won by Carl Hagenburger 

 of Mentor, O. F. R. Williams Co., Hart 

 Bros.. Knoble Bros., C. W. Wagner and 

 Jones Russell Co.. all of Clpvelaiid, Poehl- 



Portland's prominent citizens, and an 

 exhibit that attracted much attention 

 was a chrysanthemum grown by Louis 

 W. Hill which had thirty or more vari- 

 eties on one plant. 



The Portland Commercial Club of 

 which C. H. Williams is Press Bureau 

 Manager, is active in promoting these 

 commendable horticultural enterprises. 



MARYLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SHOW. 



The exhibition of the Maryland 

 Horticultural Society, held last 

 week, was of unusual interest 

 and the attendance was about 

 15,000. The exhibit of fruit showed 

 that the growing of apples is becom- 

 ing a great industry. Experts from 

 abroad declared finer York Imperials, 

 Ben Davis. Grimes' Golden, Gano, 

 Rome Beauty and Rhode Island Green- 

 ings have never been shown than at 

 this show. All sections of the state 

 had apple displays and the tide-water 

 counties of Southern Maryland where 

 only a few years ago it was thought 

 apples could not be grown, made the 

 finest showing, more than equaling the 

 famous mountain apple districts of 

 Western Maryland. Potatoes of won- 

 derful excellence from various parts 

 proved that the state is becoming fa- 

 mous in growing the potato. It was 

 quite a revelation and means that po- 

 tato growing is to become an important 

 crop in this state in the near future. 



The flower exhibit did not equal 

 some previous shows in quantity or 



View ix the Portla.xd Show 



of rare plants which added interest 

 and beauty to the show. 



The park board, under the direction 

 of Jas. Boone contributed the center 

 decorations, which consisted of mam- 

 moth rare palms and other tropical 

 plants effectively grouped. The exhi- 

 bits of Dairy and Bee Keepers' socie- 

 ties and Granges were distinctive fea- 

 tures that added much to the credit of 

 the show. 



E. P. Cohill was elected president. 

 Robt. L. Graham was elected vice- 

 president and I. B. Symons re-elected 

 secretary. 



mann Bros., Morton Grove, 111., and 

 Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, III., were 

 also well represented in the list of awards 

 in various elapses. 



The 46th annual meeting of the Min- 

 nesota State Horticultural Society will 

 be held in Minneapolis on Dec. 3, 4, 5 

 and 6, in the Court House, with a fruit 

 show annex. Provision is made for 

 discussions on all branches of horticul- 

 tural industry. The program is a 

 splendid one and should bring out a 

 large attendance. The annual banquet 

 will be held on Thursday evening, 

 Dec. 5. 



