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HORTICULTURE 



September 2, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 



NEW YORK. 

 The New York Horticultural Society 



held the last of their summer flower 

 shows for this season in the Museum 

 Building of th< New York Botanical 

 Garden on August 26 and 27. The 

 highest commendations are due the 

 ol gladioli; not merely for the 

 excellence of the blooms, but for the 

 manner in which they support these 

 large and small flower shows. In the 

 !,,r largest and best collection of 

 named gladiodi, .John Lewis Childs 

 won first with 5€ vases, the most at- 

 tractive varieties being Aline. Alaska, 

 Nezinseeott. Rosella, LaGraden and 

 Princeps. Arthur Cowee came second 

 with In vases of fine flowers, among 

 which shone out Cracker Jack, Peace, 

 Lal.una. Rosella. Afterglow and Cali- 

 fornia. For best 12 varieties A. La- 

 hodny was awarded first. The most 

 prominent were Evolution. White 

 Lady, Leo Erron, Mrs. F. King, La- 

 Luna. Wild Rose, Dora Krais, Prin- 

 ceps, St. Louis and I. S. Hendrickson. 

 Second prize went to P. W. Papp. On 

 25 spikes of any white variety, first 

 prize was easilv captured by "Roches- 

 ter White," sent by Jacob Thomann & 

 Sons Rochester, X. Y., and from its 

 appearance here we classify it as the 

 best for general florists' use. Second 

 went to John Lewis Childs for vase of 

 Mine Best 25 spikes of any pink va- 

 riety went to Fascination, grown by 

 E S Miller. Wading. River. X. Y.; 

 „d to John Lewis Childs with Wm. 

 Falconer. In the class for non-com- 

 mercial growers A. Lahodny won all 

 the first prizes. In the class for 

 largest and best collection of named 

 varieties he staged about 75 vases ot 

 splendid flowers in almost as many va- 

 rieties P. W. Papp was second with 

 some pretty but smaller flowered sorts. 

 On six spikes of any white variety Mr. 

 Lahodnv won first with Reve de la. 

 Anjou, and in pink he got first with 

 Panama. E. S. Miller, in a special 

 class exhibited a collection ot 20 vases 

 in as many varieties of seedings 

 among the most beautiful of which 

 343 a vellow. which we consid- 

 the best of its color at the show; 

 41 deep rich maroon; 144. (hep crim- 

 son; ITU, light Burgundy; 59, mauve 

 with claret throat; SS, white with vio- 

 let stripe. We must not forget his 

 splendid red variety, "Stromboh. 

 Frank Banning, Kinsman. Ohio, ex- 

 hibited a vase of that grand tew pin-. 

 Panama. We were informed that it 

 arrived a little too late to compete in 

 the class calling for pink and in con- 

 sequence lost that award. In the water 

 lily section Wm. Tricker won all hon- 

 ors showing 25 varieties of nym- 

 phaeas His Nelumbiums were elegant, 

 as usual. Mr. Tricker also exhibited a 

 pretty collection of tea roses, also spe- 

 cial "displays in aquatic and semi- 

 aquatic flora. 



'Mr George V. Xash delivered a most 

 interesting illustrated lecture on 

 •Evergreens and Their Uses in the 

 Landscape • in the lecture hall before 

 an appreciative audience. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The florists of Washington last 



week were called upon to perform a 



very sad duty, that of escorting the 

 body of their friend, Joseph R. Free- 

 man, to his last resting place. At a 

 special meeting of the club, called 

 on the 23d. the following resolution 

 was adopted: 



Whereas death has robbed the Florists' 

 el,-,!, ,,r one ol its charter members who 

 has tor years been an active and loyal 

 supporter' ol our body— a man ol integrity, 

 ;> citizen ol standing and probity, "in- ot 



the former presidents of Hi ganizatlon 



and a friend ever rendj in time ol i <l : 



therefore, i"- it .„.,_.. ,.. , 



R es ,ivi d by the Florists Club ot w ash- 

 iugton n C, in special session assembled, 

 tbat we mourn the loss ol Joseph It. Free- 



,, and tender to bis bereaved family our 



sincere sympathy in their days of afflic- 

 tion ; be it further 



Resolved, That tins,- resolutions be in 

 scribed upon our minutes, a copy furnished 

 the family ol our late member, and thai 

 our organization attend the funeral set 

 vices in a body. 



Perhaps no flotist in this part of the 

 country was as popular and well liked 

 as was Mr. Freeman. Every florist of 

 this city who was in town and many 

 florists who are located outside of the 

 city attended the funeral and each 

 one of them felt that they had indeed 

 lost a dear friend. The S. A. F. & O. 

 H. was represented by Mr. Wm. F. 

 Gude its Xational representative. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of this Society on 

 the evening of August 25, the coming 

 dahlia show was discussed and prepa- 

 rations pushed along. 



President John F. Huss spoke enter- 

 tainingly of his trip through the West, 

 after attendance at the annual con- 

 vention of the American Society of 

 Park Superintendents. Mr. Huss was 

 away sixteen days. His description 

 of Minneapolis and other cities de- 

 clared them beautiful. Minneapolis, 

 one of the greatest cities in the West, 

 now has green lawns, possesses three 

 very attractive lakes, and a fine resi- 

 dential section. 'Thousands of boats 

 bearing illumination by night present 

 a fairyland which Mr. Huss likened 

 to Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. Mr. 

 Huss went to Omaha from Minneap- 

 olis, and from Omaha to Kansas City, 

 which has a park 100 miles square. 

 Then he saw Denver and the Garden 

 of the Gods, and Pike's Peak. So 

 beautiful was the verdure that he was 

 impelled to remove his hat. Mines, 

 irrigation and broad corn fields en- 

 tered into his description. 



Geo. W. Smith and J. A. Webber were 

 appointed to draw up and present 

 resolutions on the death of Win. B. 

 May, a life member of the Society. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 

 The following special prizes are of- 

 feied for the Annual Exhibition of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica to be held in conjunction with 

 the SL Louis Horticultural Society 

 St. Louis, Mo., November, 7, S, 9, 10, 

 11. 1911. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America Prize 

 Best L0 chrysanthemum blooms ol any 



one variety, silver cup. 



Jerome Jones Prize -10 blooms chrysan- 

 themum "Mrs. Jerome Jones." first, $15; 



1, $10. 



Elmer 1>. Smith Prize— 1- blooms chry- 

 santhemums in 1- varieties, introductions 

 of 1910 and 1911, shown iu separate vases, 

 not less thau 12-inch stem, first, $15; 

 second, $10. 



William Wells Prize — 3 blooms chrysan- 

 themum Mrs. G. C. Kelly, flrxt, gold 

 medal; second, silver medal; third bronze 

 medal. 



William Wells Single Chrysanthemum 

 Prize— 6 sprays of single chrysanthemum 

 Miss Hilda Wells, first, gold medal; second, 

 silver medal; third, bronze medal. 



Chas. H. Totty Prize — 6 blooms chrysan- 

 themum F. E. Xash. first, $15: second, .$10. 

 Henry A. Dreer Prize— 6 blooms yellow 

 seedling chrysanthemums of American 

 origin, $10. 



Philip J. Foley Prize — 6 blooms white 

 seedling chrvsanthemums of American 

 origin, '$10. 



.1 C. Vaughan Prize — 10 blooms pink 

 chrysanthemums of American origin, 

 silver cup. 



Teter Henderson Prize — 6 blooms crim- 

 son or bronze seedling chrysanthemums of 

 American origin. $10. 



Lord & Burnhaui Prize — 10 blooms any 

 color chrysanthemums never before ex- 

 hibited in this country, gold medal or 

 cash $20. Open to all American or im- 

 ported varieties. 



E. G. Hill Prize No. 1 — 10 blooms chry- 

 santhemum, Emberta, $10. 



E. G. Hill Prize No. 2—10 blooms chry- 

 santhemum, Wells Late Pink, $10. 



E. G. Hill Prize No. 3—10 blooms chry- 

 santhemum, Golden Gem. $10. 



iritohiugs Prizes — 30 blooms chrysanthe- 

 mums. 6 varieties, 5 blooms each, not less 

 than is inch stem, silver cup. 



CHICAGO CLUB'S SILVER ANNI- 

 VERSARY. 



The Chicago Florists' Club will soon 

 be twenty-five years old, having been 

 organized Nov. 3, 1886, soon after it 

 was decided to have the third S. A. F. 

 convention held there. This will make 

 the meeting of the S. A. F. here next 

 vear also a 25th anniversary. No steps 

 have been taken vet by the Chicago 

 Florists' Club to celebrate its silver an- 

 niversary, but it has planned for a 

 chrysanthemum show at its regular 

 meeting in Xovember and no doubt 

 something appropriate to the day will 

 be added. 



WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The summer meeting of the Wis- 

 consin State Horticultural Society, 

 held at Oshkosh on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, was attended by about 100 

 members and visitors. William Toole 

 of Baraboo read a paper on "Amateur 

 Floral Decorations," and Marcia How- 

 lett of Oshkosh one on "Flowers for 

 the Farmer." H. Hampson and A. 

 Martini, professional gardeners from 

 Lake Geneva, read papers on "Lilies" 

 and "Roses." C. L. Richardson of 

 Stanley gave a review of how state 

 laws affect members of the society. 

 The work done by the University of 

 Wisconsin in the line of horticulture 

 was outlined by Profs. Moore, Sanders 

 and Jones. 



Dr. Victor Kutchin of Green Lake 

 talked on "Conservation of Bird Life," 

 and Sydney Telis of Chicago spoke on 

 "Play and Playgrounds." 



There was a large and creditable ex- 

 hibition of fruit, vegetables and flow- 

 ers. J. P. Roe of Oshkosh took the 

 largest number of first premiums on 

 fruits and flowers. There was a tie 

 between Mr. Roe and Robert Mehlman. 

 Mrs. D. D. Howlett stood next in 

 number of first premiums. In vege- 

 tables, N. A. Rasmusen of Oshkosh 

 took by far the greatest number of 

 first premiums, next to him being C. 

 P. Phillipson, also of Oshkosh. 



