July 15, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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will be a boys' ball game in the morn- 

 ing before luncheon; in the afternoon 

 races for all classes, tug of war, 

 bowling and baseball. Official pro- 

 gram will be ready within a few 

 days. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Following the Boston Flower Show, 

 the Secretary of the American Rose 

 Society suggested the desirability of 

 preparing an accurate list of the roses 

 of American origin for permanent 

 record. One of the roses exhibited at 

 Boston and which has been filed with 

 us is the Madison, originated during 

 the year 1906, the parentage being a 

 cross between the Pearl, Bride and 

 Meteor. 



There will be a general meeting of 

 the Rose Society at Baltimore at the 

 Society of American Florists' Conven- 

 tion in August. There are some mat- 

 ters that cannot be settled until that 

 meeting, pertaining to the prize 

 awards at Boston. The certificates of 

 merit have been forwarded to A. N. 

 Pierson, F. R. Pierson Co., and Robert 

 Scott & Son. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND. 

 Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The weekly exhibit of the Worces- 

 ter County (Mass.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety on June 22 was strong in small 

 fruits, peonies and herbaceous peren- 

 nial flowers. 



The Rhode' Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual Rose and Straw- 

 berry Show in Elysium Hall, Provi- 

 dence on June 20th. The quality of 

 the exhibits was excellent throughout. 



The Bar Harbor Horticultural Socie- 

 ty held a very fine midsummer flower 

 show at Bar Harbor, Me., last week. 

 The many fine private estates were 

 well represented by the high class 

 products of their expert gardeners, in 

 plants, flowers and fruit. 



A RHODODENDRON SHOW. 



Our cover illustration this week gives 

 a view of the rhododendron show by 

 John Waterer & Sons in the hall of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, Lon- 

 don, a few weeks since. 



As seen in the picture, the main 

 interest of the show was rhododen- 

 drons. Of these there were upwards 

 of 1,000 plants, and it was estimated 

 there were upwards of 50,000 blooms; 

 and in probably as good condition as 

 it is possible to show them. About 

 100 different varieties were staged, 

 and the principal sorts exhibited were 

 Pink Pearl (which formed the centre 

 of the two beds arranged in the mid- 

 dle of the hall right and left of the 

 main entrance) set up in a mass re- 

 lieved by the foliage of Japanese 

 Maples, and as a contrast to them 

 were plants of fine red varieties such 

 as Michael Waterer, Fred. Waterer, 

 Prometheus, Doncaster, etc. Opposite 

 the main entrance was a mass of the 

 beautiful old variety, Lady Eleanor 

 Cathcart, one plant of which was 

 about eleven feet high. Underneath 

 this was a fine group of Gomer Wat- 

 erer, which promises to take its place 

 as one of the finest hybrids in culti- 

 vation. Associated with, these was a 

 splendid mass of the new "Alice," a 

 variety raised from Pink Pearl, and 

 considered by many to be superior. 

 Mr. Waterer has a great opinion of it 



as a florists' plant. In color it is a 

 lovely tint of pink rather deeper than 

 Pink Pearl, and while the flowers are 

 not quite so large individually as those 

 of Pink Pearl the truss is about the 

 same, and being more compact in form 

 it lasts longer in its full beauty. 



All the well-known varieties, such as 

 Michael Waterer. Francis B. Hayes, 

 Strategist, Mrs. Tom Agnew, John 

 Henry Agnew, etc., etc.. were shown 

 in small groups, broken up with a 

 few very fine specimens of Japanese 

 maples, hollies, yews, conifers, etc. A 

 particularly pretty effect was obtained 

 by the use of the lovely semi-double 

 Rhododendron Fastuosum flore pleno, 

 in conjunction with the variety, Ever- 

 estianum. and others of similar 

 shades of lilac mixed with white sorts 

 such as Sappho, Madame Carvalho, 

 etc. 



The exhibition was a considerable 

 undertaking, and the plants were sent 

 by rail practically in full bloom, up- 

 wards of sixty two-horse vans being 

 required to take them from the rail- 

 way to the hall. Besides rhododen- 

 drons, there were two fine masses of 

 Kalmia latifolia, and a very pretty bed 

 of Rhododendron azaleaoides or odora- 

 tum, as well as various other plants 

 such as Himalayan rhododendrons, 

 rare pines, pittosporums, Viburnum 

 plicatum, many varieties of vitis such 

 as Coignettiae, Henryii, flexuosa, etc. 



The exhibition created a great in- 

 terest, and will doubtless lead to 

 others of a similar nature. Many visi- 

 tors said they had never seen the hall 

 look so beautiful. 



During Recess 



Chicago Florists' Picnic. 

 Arrangements for the annual picnic 

 of the Chicago Florists' Club, July 

 23rd, are now well under way. Two 

 trains on the Wisconsin division of 

 the Northwestern leave the new de- 

 pot at 11:00 and 12:15 and return at 

 8:29 and 9:28 p. m. Baseball will be 

 a feature and the wholesalers and the 

 retailers will strive against each other 

 for the honors. No printed programs 

 will be issued, but there will be rac- 

 ing, dancing and various sports with 

 prizes. 



Chicago Baseball. 

 The Chicago Carnation Co.'s base- 

 ball team has been getting in some 

 effective work and doing credit to 

 their fine new suits of blue and white. 

 July 4th they won a return game with 

 M arley, score 14 to 8, and July 9th 

 defeated the Frankfort team 10 to 5. 



Michell-Dreer Baseball Game. 

 The second game of the Seedsmen's 

 League series was played at Riverton, 

 N. J., on the Sth inst., resulting in a 

 victory for Michell. The Michells 

 took their opponents by surprise in 

 the first innings, and before the Dreer 

 boys had woke up scored four runs. 

 After that it was nip and tuck until 

 the seventh when Dreers got in two 

 runs and another in the eighth. Both 

 teams are above the average for ama- 

 teurs, and both played well. Pitching 

 on both sides fine. Michells appeared 

 to have the best of it on the stick, 

 and the steal and infielding, but not 

 much. The umpiring was something 



fierce. Ask any of the players. The 

 score follows: 



MICHELL. 



R H PO A E 



Frank Michell, ss 1 2 2 2 



Deakyne, c 1 9 2 



Henrj J. Michell, 31).... 1 1 2 3 



Mil :. ii 2 3 1 4 



.1. Mi.1,,11. ll> 8 1 



Miller, If 2 3 10 



Seller rli, nil. I'll 3 4 



Eadon, rf 2 



Wintzer, cf o 1 1 



Moore , r 10 



Hlrshhorn, rf 1 J) 



Totals 1 11 2T 18 1 



DREEK. 



Winkelspeeht, c. . 



Richmond, p 



Bernieker, lb 



Murphy, 2b 



Dingee, 3b 



Ilorton, ss 



Bowker, If 



Smith, cf 



Faunee, rf 



R H PO A E 



19 2 

 10 3 1 



1 1 10 1 

 112 2 

 13 1 

 2 4 

 110 

 

 2 



Totals 3 4 27 15 2 



Inniugs ....123456789 



Michell 4 1 2 0—7 



Dreer 2 1 0—3 



Batteries: Michell— Deakyne and Mit- 

 chell; Dreer — Winkelspeeht. Umpire — 

 Hampton. 



The next game of the series will be 

 Craig vs. Michell, at the Michell trial 

 grounds, Andelusia, on Saturday, 15th, 

 at 3 p. m. We hear that the Craig 

 boys snort at the idea of losing a 

 game to a bunch of city folks. We are 

 also privately informed that "those 

 West Philadelphia farmers will have 

 to get a move on if they don't want 

 a goose egg." "You pays your money 

 and you takes your choice." Better 

 come out and see the fun— in any 

 event. 



Bowling at New York, July 7, 1911. 



Kakuda 156 156 157 Ch'wick 153 178 161 

 Shaw 158 146 139 Manda 149 160 167 



Notes. 



Members of the New York and New 

 Jersey Plant Growers' Association to 

 the number of sixteen enjoyed an out- 

 ing to Coney Island on the night of 

 July 5. 



A fishing trip is being organized be- 

 tween the two Boston flower markets, 

 and a special boat will be chartered 

 for July 21. Any florist desirous of 

 taking this trip please notify W. A. 

 Hastings at the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change not later than Wednesday 

 next. This will be one time, plenty 

 to eat, and no one should miss it. 



The baseball team composed of 

 salesmen of the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change played the team from Thos. 

 Roland's in Nahant on July first. The 

 game was an exciting one, and at the 

 fifth inning the score stood 9 to 2, 

 after which the Flower Market team 

 piled up the runs, the final score being 

 12 to 13 in favor of the Flower Market. 

 •In tht last inning a double play for 

 the Market was an exciting feature. 

 The battery for the Market was James 

 Murray and Elliott Filsou; first base 

 Green, second Frank Edgar, third 

 Matthew Ruane, short stop Walter 

 Aylward, right field Jacob Brennan, 

 left Wm McAlpine, center Wm. Pat- 

 terson. Umpire, Thos. H. Carr. 



Following the game both teams were 

 the guests of Mr. Roland at lunch on 

 the estate. 



Providence, R. I. — A new office 

 building is being erected at the green- 

 houses of Timothy O'Connor, Black- 

 stone Boulevard. 



