December 7, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



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Conservatories, Natick, Mass., be- 

 comes complete; — and as no objections 

 have been filed, public notice is hereby 

 given that the registration of the 

 Cannas — Blanche Wintzer, Loveliness, 

 Jennie Walls Fahnline, Panama, Lor- 

 raine, Maid of Orleans, Sam Trelease, 

 and Wonderful, by the Conard & Jones 

 Co., West Grove, Penn., becomes com- 

 plete. JOHN YOUNG, Secretary. 

 November 23, 1912. 



YELLOW MRS. JEROME JONES. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 

 Report of Committees. 

 Exhibited at Cincinnati, Ohio, No- 

 vember 16, by Elmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Mt. Kisco, white Inc. Jap. com. scale, 

 87 points; ex. scale, 89 points. 



Exhibited at Chicago, III., Novem- 

 ber 23, by C. C. Pollworth & Co., Im- 

 proved Golden Chadwick, yellow sport 

 from Golden Chadwick, com. scale, 85 

 points. 



CHARLES W. JOHNSON, 

 Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Engelman Botanical Club will 

 hold its monthly meeting on Monday 

 night, Dec. 8, at Shaw's Garden, St. 

 Louis. 



D. F. Roy of Marion was the speaker 

 at the Dec. 2 meeting of the New Bed- 

 ford, Mass., Horticultural Society. His 

 topic was chrysanthemum culture. 



The Western New York Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold its 58th annual 

 meeting at Convention Hall, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., on December 11, 12 and 13. 

 The program bears the picture of a 

 "big red apple." in natural colors, and 

 the contents further show that this 

 society's work is exclusively con- 

 nected with the fruit industry. 

 Editor of HORTICULTURE: 



I wish to call your attention to an 

 error in HORTICULTURE of last 

 week which states that the Newport 

 Horticultural Society awarded a gold 

 medal to the new Solanum capsicas- 

 trum Melvinii. The award was a 

 bronze medal. This society gives no 

 gold medal awards. 



JAMES ROBERTSON. 



The St. Louis Florist Club will hold 

 its monthly meeting on Thursday af- 

 ternoon. December 12th, in Odd Fel- 

 lows Hall. President Vincent of the 

 S. A. F. will meet with the members 

 and talk over S. A. F. matters. The 

 trustees have completed all arrange- 

 ments to receive and entertain the S. 

 A. F, president, and the banner at- 

 tendance for the last meeting of the 

 year is looked for. 



THREE NOTABLE CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUMS. 

 His Majesty. 



I have seen this monster Jap on 

 several occasions and under varying 

 conditions. The last time was at the 

 Floral Committee where it was unani- 

 mously awarded a first class certifi- 

 cate by a full meeting. It is one of 

 the grandest novelties ever produced. 

 It is, of course, a typical Show Jap., 

 very full and double, with florets of 

 medium width, of great length and re- 

 curving. In build the flower is a heavy 

 one of massive proportions. The color 

 the deepest velvety crimson reds with 

 golden reverse. One of the cream of 

 the season. 



Mrs. Gilbert Drabble. 



Those of us who saw the capacity of 



Exhibited at Boston Show by James Xicol. Winuer of (Jane Memorial Prize. 



this giant Jap. last year at the Euro- 

 pean shows will be interested to know 

 how it behaves itself under American 

 culture. At the Paris Show it was 

 awarded the prize for the finest bloom 

 in the show. In London it also made 

 a remarkable impression. On the 

 front cover of the last issue of La 

 Vie a la Campagne, November 1st, 

 there is a fine illustration of the 

 bloom shown at Paris by Mr. T. 

 Stevenson. As the petals hang it is 

 9 '/a inches deep by 8% inches across. 

 What it would be it measured in 

 French fashion, i.e. with the petals 

 stretched out flat it would be difficult 

 to say. 



Queen Mary. 



Among the English novelties this is 

 certainly not only a colossal Jap. but 

 a flower of such substance and form 

 as will appeal to the exhibitor all the 

 world over. The petals are rather 

 broad and grooved, slightly incurving 

 and they cause the form of the flower 

 to assume a deep solid compact and 

 globular shape, reminding us in some 

 stages of the old Dragon type. The 

 color is a dead white. It will be a ri- 

 val to Mrs. Gilbert Drabble if not a 

 companion flower on the show board. 

 C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



AN OMISSION. 



In our account of the Cleveland 

 show, last week, page 745, our cor- 

 respondent failed to make mention of 

 C. H. Totty's exhibits of his sensa- 

 tional new rose. Mrs. Geo. Shawyer. 

 Mr. Totty reminds us that this rose 

 won the class for 25 blooms, the class 

 for 50 blooms and also the Sweep- 

 stakes. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, NEW 

 YORK, 1913. 



In addition to the premiums already 

 announced. Chairman C. H. Totty an- 

 nounces the following: 



A, Lewisohn of Ardsley, N. Y.. offers a 

 silver cup. value $1-50. for a display of 

 roses in pots, covering 100 sq. ft. : compe- 

 tition open to private estates onh". 



.Tohn T. Pratt, Glen Cove, N. Y.'. .$2.3 for 

 a display of gardenia plants in pots. 



Geo. T. Schuneman. Baldwin. X. Y., $25 

 for award by the American Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety, in a display chiss. 



Harry Balsley, Detroit. Mich.. .$2.j for 

 award at the discretion of the cnmmittee. 



Samuel Dntermyer. Yonkers, N. Y.. offers 

 $50 for 50 ft. of calceolarias, and .$.30 for 

 50 ft. of gloxinias, arranged for effect. 



Elberon Horticultural Society, a silver 

 cup, value $2.5. to be awarded as desired 

 by the committee. 



Chrysanthemum Societ.v of America. .$10 

 for the best specimen plant of marguerite 

 in the show. 



Southampton Horticultural Society. .$25, 

 or a cup of equal value, to be competed for 

 by private gardeners only. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, a ster- 

 ling silver cup for award in the discretion 

 of the committee. 



Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society 

 of England, offers its gold, silver gilt, and 

 silver medals, to be awarded at the direc- 

 tion of the American Carnation Society. 



Paterson (N. J.I Floricultural Society, 

 a cup, value $20, class to be announced 

 later. 



M. C. Ebel of Aphine Mfg. Co.. two cuos. 

 one $50 and the other .$25 in value, for the 

 best table decoration. 



Geo. Burnett, a silver cup. value $25. 

 class to be announced later. 



C. B. Weathered, a silver cup, value $25. 

 class to be announced later. 



The last three above mentioned prizes 

 are l^or competition bv members of the 

 National Association ol' Gardeners only. 



W. T. Carrington. Portchester. N. Y.. 

 $100 for the best display of annuals in 

 pots. 



Horticultural Club of Bo.ston, $100 for 

 the best miniature landscape garden, to 

 be worked out In living trees and shrubs, 

 and to occupy a space of 15x20 ft. 

 J. H. PEPPER. 

 Chairman Pnblicit.v Committee. 



