July 1, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



grel in n"t being with i ou all at Plill 

 |,hi.i and Fordhook, I remain, 



Yum- for i '"mi 'I Progress in 



SWEET PEAS 



Just as our forms arc closed a tele- 

 gram from Secretary Bunyard sta es 

 that the exhibition and opening session 

 Thursday afternoon are a great suc- 

 lu the absence of President Bur- 

 pee, Vice-Presidenl Win. Sim occupied 

 the chair. An address of welcome was 

 made by Robert Craig and J. K. M. L 

 I';:ri|iihai responded. 1 he Morse Cup 

 was won by Burpee with a magnificent 

 exhibit. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual rose and strawberry ex- 

 hibition came off last Saturday and 

 Sunday at Horticultural Hall, Boston. 

 There were excellent displays in both 

 srii ions. Roses showed the freshen- 

 ing effect of recent rains and the 

 strawberries and other seasonable 

 fruits were never better in quality. 

 The show was free, and attracted an 

 attendance of about 2,000 visitors. 

 Among the special attractions was an 

 extensive general display of shrub 

 bloom, peonies, etc., from R. & J. Far- 

 quhar & Co. The awards for flowers 

 are as follows: 



Hardy roses: 1st, Miss s. I!. Fay. John 

 C. I'li.itlin Fund it'.n' amateurs only): 

 'thill' blooms of any white perpetual rose: 

 1st. Robert Seaver, Fran Karl Druschki. 

 Three blooms any pink hybrid perpetual 

 rose: 1st. Robert Seaver, Mrs. John 

 Laing; 2d, the same for Mrs. It. G. Slur- 

 man Crawford. Three blooms any nil 

 hybrid perpetual rose: lsf, Robert Seaver, 

 rirh'h Brunner; 2d, the same, for Gen'l 

 Jacqueminot. Three blooms of any new 

 hybrid perpetual ruse not offered in any 

 American catalogue previous to 1900: 1st, 

 Rohert Seaver, Fran Karl Druschki. Hy- 

 brid perpetual ruses, twelve named varie- 

 ties, three of each; 1st. Miss S. B. Fay. 

 six named varieties, three of each: 1st, 

 Miss S. B. Fay: I'd. W. J. Clemson. Six 

 named varieties, one of each: 1st, Miss S. 

 B. Fay. Best collection of hybrid tea 

 roses, not less than twelve varieties: .Miss 

 S. I!. Fay. Best three blooms of a variety 

 introduced since 1905: Robert Seaver, J. 

 It. Clark. Six blooms of Fran Karl 

 Druschki: 1st, Miss S. It. Fay: 2d, W. J. 

 Clemson. Six blooms of Mrs. It. (1. Shar- 

 man Crawford: 1st, Miss S. B. Fay: 2d, 

 W. .1. Clemson. six blooms of Margaret 

 Dickson: Miss S. B. Fay. Six blooms of 

 Ben Cant: 1st. Miss S. B. Fay: 2d, I T. 

 Butterworth. General display; 1st. Miss 

 S. B. Fay. Sweet Williams — display: 1st, 

 Win. Whitman; 2d, George Page; 3d, Win. 

 Whitman. Herbaceous Pennies: T. C. 

 Thurlow & Suns Co. Collection of twelve 

 named varieties, double: 1st. T. C. Thur- 

 low's Suns Co. Specimen bloom, double: 

 1st. Wm. Whitman; 2d, T. C. Thurlow's 

 Suns Co. Collection of six named double 

 varieties, white: 1st. T. C. Thurlow's Suns 

 Co. Vase of twenty-five blooms, double, 

 pink or ruse: 1st, T. C. Thurlow's Suns 

 Co. Vase of twenty-five blooms, double, 

 red or crimson: 1st. T. C. Thurlow's Suns 

 Co. Campanula Medium collection : 1st, 

 Win. Whitman: 2d, iteorge Page; 3d, Wm. 

 Whitman. 



Honorable mention was given to .1. T. 

 Butterworth for three hybrid orchids; I: & 

 ■I. Faripihar & Co., fur hybrid Digitalis; 

 also for collection of peonies: E. J. Shaylor, 

 collection of peonies; also for peony Tourn- 

 i^alle. 



In strawberries the varieties most 

 prominent in the prize winning were 

 Black Beauty, Marshall, Downing 

 Bride, Heritage, Abington, Barrymore, 

 Minute Man, Parson's Beauty. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 CHICAGO. 



The executive committee of the 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago has 

 voted not to hold the usual fall flower 

 show in the Coliseum building this 

 year, but to hold a big exhibition next 

 March in its stead. A dahlia and 



astir show will be held at the Art In- 

 stitute in September, the exact date 

 to be determined by the seasonable 

 conditions. A premium schedule for 

 this exhibition is now being printed 

 and will be issued shortly. 



A premium schedule for the spring 

 show next March is being prepared 

 by a special committee. It will offer 

 prizes as large as usually given in 

 the fall show at Chicago. It is hoped 

 in the spring exhibition to obtain a 

 more varied display, and to arouse re- 

 newed public interest in the flower 

 show. J. H. BURDETT, 



Secretary. 



LOUISVILLE WANTS THE S. A. F. 

 IN 1912. 

 Fifty florists from Louisville and 

 New Albany met last night at a din- 

 ner at the Louisville Hotel as guests 

 of the Louisville Convention and Pub- 

 licity League for the purpose of ar- 

 ranging plans to secure for Louisville 

 the 1912 convention of the National 

 Society of Florists. — Louisville (Ky.) 

 Courier Jowniul. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The regular meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club will take place at the 

 Union Restaurant July 6. Walter S. 

 McGee of the Wizard Brand Fertilizer 

 Co. will read a paper on fertilizers. 



A committee, consisting of J. C. 

 Quinette, P. A. Chopin and Paul Abele 

 has been appointed to look out for the 

 interest of the florists when the so- 

 called "fly ordinance" comes up for 

 passage. 



The Syracuse Rose Society held their 

 first show on the 15th and 16th. It 

 was not a success in any way. The 

 exhibits were not as large as expected, 

 and the public did not patronize it as 

 some anticipated. 



Arrangements for an outing, which 

 is an annual affair with the members 

 of the New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety, have been started. A commit- 

 tee of three, consisting of Messrs. 

 Baker, Panter and Eble, was appointed 

 to see to the arrangements. No defi- 

 nite date has been set for the outing, 

 but it is proposed to have it about the 

 middle of July. 



A HIGH HONOR AWARDED. 

 The H. H. Hunnewell triennial pre- 

 mium for the most tastily laid out and 

 planted estate, in a competition ex- 

 tending over three years, has been 

 awarded to Col. Harry E. Converse of 

 "The Moorings," at Marion, Mass. The 

 garden committee of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, which has the 

 duty of the bestowal of this honor, 

 visited "The Moorings" on Monday, 

 June 26, and were escorted over its 

 various attractions by Col. Converse 

 and his superintendent, D. F. Roy, to 

 whose skill as a gardener, industry 

 and judgment, the credit is due for the 

 splendid development of this 300 acre 

 estate. Great advancement has been 

 made during the past twelve months, 

 of which we shall have more to say 

 later on. 



June 28, 1911. 

 HORTICULTURE. Enclosed please 

 find $1.00, my subscription to HORTI- 

 CULTURE, which has been a valuable 

 asset in the past, hoping it will be 

 even greater in the future. 



O. A. H., Conn. 



Obituary. 



Peter Ott. 

 Petei <itt, head florist for the Bal- 

 timore & Ohio railroad at Mansfield, 

 O., and -aid to be the oldest florist in 

 the city, died at his home on June 11. 

 He had been employed by the road 

 twentj seven years. 



Edward B. Voorhees. 

 Dr. Edward B. Voorhees, a well 

 known authority on fertilizers, director 

 of the New Jersey Agricultural Ex- 

 pi i 'internal Station and professor of 

 agriculture at Rutgers College, died 

 June 6, at New Brunswick, N. J. 



Richard Metcalf. 

 Richard Metcalf, florist, died at his 

 home, loll Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., June 18. He was born in Ripon, 

 England, in 1841, coming to this coun- 

 try while a young man. In recent 

 years he has conducted three establish- 

 ments in Brooklyn. 



Louis Magin. 

 Louis Magin, a retired florist, was 

 run ' over and killed on the railroad 

 near his home in Maplewood, St. 

 Louis, Mo. He was 60 years old and 

 president of the social club in Maple- 

 wood called the Greenhouse Club. He 

 leaves a widow and three children to 

 mourn his loss. 



Mrs. Frank McMahon. 

 A telegram has been received an- 

 nouncing the death on Tuesday night, 

 June 27, of the wife of Frank Mc- 

 Mahon, rose grower, of Seabright, N. 

 J. Details are lacking, but we take op- 

 portunity to express our deep sym- 

 pathy with Mr. McMahon in his great 

 sorrow. Mrs. McMahon was a lady of 

 rare and lovable personality. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Rockton, III. — Joseph H. Farnsworth 

 has purchased the greenhouses of 

 Roscoe Gammon. 



Lima, O. — Adolph Fruck will now 

 do business under the name of Adolph 

 Fruck & Son, as he has taken his son 

 into partnership. 



Gouverneur, N. Y. — The Brainard 

 greenhouses have been leased by 

 John T. Humphrey of Rome, N. Y., 

 and he will take possession about 

 Oct. 1. 



Omaha, Neb. — C. C. Colie has been 

 appointed manager for the Stark 

 Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co. He 

 was formerly their representative at 

 Carthage, Mo. 



West Grove, Pa. — American Pillar 

 roses are now in full bloom at The 

 Conard & Jones Company nursery. 

 One lot was planted last June, an- 

 other on July 12th, from 2%-inch pots, 

 both a mass of bloom. Anyone seeing 

 these plants can easily understand 

 why this variety created such a sensa- 

 tion at the Temple Show, London, last 

 year. It would be interesting for rose 

 lovers to note and see the difference 

 between this and other varieties. 

 Philadelphia is also showing up grand. 

 The recent rains have brought out the 

 color wonderfully. 



