July 8, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



39 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



ROSE SHOW AT NEWPORT. 

 The postponed rose show of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society was held 

 June 27th in Sanborn Hall which is of 

 much smaller dimensions than the 

 hall usually used, but proved to be 

 large enough, as unavoidable circum- 

 stances seemed to join in preventing 

 as large a display as usual. However 

 a few of the annual exhibitors exert- 

 ed themselves with the result that for 

 quality and arrangement the show 

 was a decided success. The principal 

 exhibitors were A. L. Dorward, gar- 

 dener for Mrs. T. J. Emery, C. M. Bug- 

 holt, for Miss Fanny Foster, Hugh 

 Williamson for W. W. Astor, Wm. 

 Grey for Mrs. W. B. Leeds, John A. 

 Forbes for August Belmont, J. Robert- 

 son for Mrs. T. O. Richardson, J. B. 

 Urquhart for R. L. Beechman and Paul 

 Valquardson for Mrs. W. G. Weld. Mr. 

 Dorward was the most extensive ex- 

 hibitor and carried off nearly all the 

 first honors in the fruit and vegetable 

 classes. The competition in roses was 

 rather keen, there being three or more 

 exhibits in nearly every class and 

 most important of them was the col- 

 lection of outdoor roses in which Mr. 

 Williamson took first place with about 

 fifty varieties of well selected flowers, 

 Mr. Robertson was second with fewer 

 varieties. Next in importance was the 

 large display with arrangement to 

 count and Mr. Urquhart was easily the 

 first of three with a superb table of 

 Hybrid Teas, Caroline Testout and 

 Kaiserin A Victoria predominating. 

 Mr. Urquhart also had it all his own 

 way in the vase class of Hybrid Teas 

 and also for vase of Frau K. Druschki. 

 In the various classes for twelve speci- 

 mens of Hybrid Perpetuals the honors 

 were divided between Bugholt. Robert- 

 son and Forbes. Mr. Bugholt having 

 the best of it. The varieties mostly 

 used for those classes were F. K. 

 Druschki for white, Clio and Marga- 

 ret Dickinson for blush white, Mrs. 

 John Laing, Mme. G. Luizet and Mrs. 

 S. Crawford for pink, and Ulrich Brun- 

 ner away in the lead as a red. In the 

 Hybrid Tea class the best noted were 

 Kaiserine A. Victoria, Caroline Test- 

 out, Etoile de France and the 

 Lyon Rose. 



Sweet peas were probably never seen 

 here in better form. Three collections 

 of six vases each were staged and 

 Mr. Valquardson was awarded the 

 first prize. Mr. Grey was a close sec- 

 ond. Mr. Grey also showed the best 

 cauliflower seen here in years. The 

 usual fine display of table plants was 

 represented by one collection only but 

 they were considered worthy of the 

 first prize. J. Robertson was the ex- 

 hibitor. A new feature of the show 

 was table decorations by gardeners' 

 assistants and Hugh Meikle, at the H. 

 M. Brooks estate, was first with a very 

 neat arrangement of Mme. G. Luizet 

 roses. The second went to A. Sprin- 

 gett, assistant to Mr. Grey. Mr. Mei- 

 kle was also the winner in the class 

 for baskets of roses. The main fea- 

 ture of the show and the only one re- 

 ceiving a silver medal, the highest 

 award, was the new Begonia Alice 



Manning, a pale yellow of graceful 

 drooping habit. This was exhibited by 

 Paul Valquardson. who also showed 

 other exceptionally well-grown tuber- 

 ous begonias and gloxinias for which 

 he was awarded a liberal gratuity. 

 The judges were Richard Gardner, 

 James McLeish, James J. Sullivan, C. 

 D. Stark. Paul Valquardson and Stew- 

 art Ritchie, and their decisions were 

 received with general satisfaction. 

 Sergeant-at-Arms Smith filled his 

 usual place assisting exhibitors and 

 maintained well his reputation as being 

 the best worker of the society. 



J. R. 



JOSEPH HEACOCK. 

 President of the Florists' Club of Phila- 

 delphia. 



On July 11th. the next meeting of the 

 cluh, Mr. Heacock will celebrate hts 65th 

 birthday. We wish him many happy re- 

 turns. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



A meeting and exhibition of the So- 

 ciety were held in the Museum Build- 

 ing New York Botanical Garden, on 

 July 1st, the exhibition continuing also 

 over Sunday. July is an uncertain 

 month for an exhibition, but the in- 

 terest manifested in this one by the 

 good showing of exhibits was very 

 gratifying. The next exhibition will 

 be held in the same place on August 

 26th and 27th, and will be devoted 

 mainly to gladioli. Schedules will be 

 ready early in August, and will be 

 sent on application to the secretary, 

 George V. Nash, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, New York City. 



The following is a list of the awards 

 made on July 1st and 2nd: 



Collection of outdoor roses— Seott Bros., 

 first. 



Japanese iris— Scott Bros., first; Mrs. F. 

 A. Constable, James Stuart, gard., second. 



Sweet peas, 6 varieties— H. Darlington, 

 P. W. Popp, gard., first; Mrs. A. M. Booth. 

 E. Fardel, gard., second. 



Sweet peas, 100 sprays — H. Darlington, 

 first; Mrs. A. M. Booth, second. 



Flowers of herbaceous plants — Mrs. F. 

 A. '''instable, first; T. A. Havemeyer, A. 

 Lahodny, gard., second. 



Flowers of shrubs and trees — T. A. 

 Havemeyer, first. 



Japanese iris, 6 varieties — T. A. Have- 

 meyer. first. 



Sweet peas, 3 varieties — H. Darlington, 

 first ; T. A. Havemeyer, second. 



Special awards — T. A. Havemeyer, sweet 

 peas, special prize; Mrs. F. A. Constable, 

 Lilium candidum. special prize; Wm. 

 Tricker. certificate of merit for Nymphaea 

 Helen Fowler; Wm. Tricker. certificate of 

 merit for Vinca minor aurea ; L. S. Living- 

 ston, special mention for Romneya Coul- 

 teri ; Mrs. A. M. Booth, sweet peas, special 

 prize. 



The judges were David MacFarlane, 

 James Donlan and Wm. Tricker. 

 GEORGE V. NASH, 



Secretary 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The event in the history of the 

 Florist Club took place on Wednesday 

 night when the members celebrated 

 its 25th anniversary at Pechmann Ho- 

 tel with a banquet; 100 invitations 

 had been issued and 63 accepted. A 

 large U-shaped table was spread in 

 the beautiful dining room of the ho- 

 tel. The room was beautifully decor- 

 ated with plants and cut flowers. Ex- 

 president Fred Ammann was se- 

 lected as toastmaster and he was 

 at his best. After a splendid dinner 

 he called upon Mr. Geo. Asmus, presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F. and O. H., who 

 responded to a toast, The S. A. F. 

 H. B. Dorner, secretary of the S. A. F. 

 responded to the toast, The S. A. F. 

 Relationship with Florists' Clubs. John 

 M. Connon responded for The Florist 

 Club of the Present Day. Luther Arm- 

 strong spoke on the early days of the 

 Florist Club and S. A. F. C. C. Sand- 

 ers responded for The Retail Florists' 

 Association. E. W. Guy, H. C. Irish 

 and S. Kehrmann also spoke. A band 

 of music was stationed behind a 

 group of palms, who played sweet 

 strains while the members feasted. 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



On Wednesday, June 14, a most suc- 

 cessful show was held in Hollywood 

 Inn. Roses were a great feature, first 

 prize for a collection going to E, A. 

 McAlpin; gardener J. Woodcock, who 

 staged over ninety varieties. Second 

 to Mrs. J. B. Trevor; gard. H. Nichols. 

 E. A. McAlpin was awarded three 

 firsts for roses, Mrs. Trevor one first 

 and one second, and Mrs. M. E. Sand, 

 gard. T. A. Lee, one second. Mrs. 

 Trevor showed sweet peas in great 

 shape, receiving firsts for every entry. 

 She also won first on vegetables, and 

 S. P. Lilienthol, supt. H. Scott, second. 

 Adolph Lewisohn, supt. J. Canning, 

 showed vegetables of a high standard. 

 S. P. Lilienthol was placed first for a 

 collection of hardy flowers. 



The Yonkers Nursery Co. exhibited 

 hardy perennials, notably some fine 

 forms of Delphinium formosum, also 

 palms and standard bays. Julius 

 Roehrs Co. put up one of their dainty 

 orchid exhibits, fine forms of Cattleyas 

 predominating. F. Milliot exhibited 

 roses, gloxinias and Spanish iris, a 

 couple (if floral baskets serving as an 

 object lesson in the use of the latter 

 for decorative work. P. Macdonald 

 exhibited ferns and floral baskets, a 

 combination of peonies and gladioli 

 being especially pleasing. Attendance 

 was good, and the show has done 



