September 16, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



399 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



After an intermission of two months 

 the New Jersey Floricultural Society 

 held their regular monthly meeting, 

 Friday evening, September 8th, in 

 Lindsley Hall, Orange. This being glad- 

 iolus night, John Lewis Childs, Floral 

 Park, L. L, offered a silver cup for 

 the best 24 spikes of gladiolus, four 

 or more varities, which was won by 

 Charles Hathaway, gardener Max 

 Schneider. A. B. Jenkins, gardener 

 Fritz Berglund was second. William 

 Tricker was present with a fine col- 

 lection of outdoor roses, Buddleya va- 

 riabilis magnifica, and vinca minor 

 aurea which attracted a great deal of 

 attention. 



John R. Le Count of Maplewood, N. 

 J., donated a handsome silver cup. It 

 will more than likely be competed for 

 at the chrysanthemum show in No- 

 vember. The Society will hold their 

 annual dahlia show afternoon and 

 evening, September 30th. 



The judges, George B. Wilson, 

 Charles W. Ashmead and Arthur T. 

 Caparn made the following awards: 



Brasso-Laelia Veitchii, Lager & 

 Hurrell, 92 points; Dendrobium formo- 

 sum, Thomas Jones, 85; Dahlias. Fritz 

 Berglund, 70; Asters, Max Schneider, 

 86. Cultural certificates to Lager & 

 Hurrell for orchids, and Max Schnei- 

 der for fruit. First class certificate 

 to Wm. Tricker for outdoor roses and 

 rare plants. WM. REID, Sec'y. 



Orange, N. J. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the meeting on Friday evening, 

 September 8, the exhibition commit- 

 tee reported on final schedule for the 

 fall show and have provided many 

 classes for the large and small grow- 

 ers with substantial prizes for both. 

 Three honorary and two active mem- 

 bers were elected and eight proposi- 

 tions accepted. B. W. Popp gave in- 

 teresting talk on his experience with 

 the culture of dahlias. J. M. Brown, 

 honorary member, entertained with a 

 review of his recent three months' 

 trip through Great Britain. M. C. 

 Ebel of Madison, N. J., was present 

 and spoke about the National Garden- 

 ers' Association and Morris County 

 Horticultural Society exhibition this 

 fall. 



The judges awarded cultural certifi- 

 cates to P. W. Popp and A. Whitlaw 

 for dahlia displays, vote of thanks for 

 a seedling Laelio-Cattleya from Car- 

 rillo & Baldwin and highly com- 

 mended a display of apples from 

 Alex Geddes. 



J. B. McARDLE, Sec'y. 



THE BERNARDSVILLE SHOW. 



The second annual exhibition given 

 by the Horticultural and Agricultural 

 Society in the Auditorium, September 

 6-7, was a complete success in every 

 way. Competition was very keen, par 

 ticularly in the classes for cut flowers 

 and vegetables. The judges, Messrs. 

 Arthur Herrington of Madison, Jos. 

 O'Brien of Mount Kisco, Wm. Walls 

 of Katonah, Robert Seymour of Ber- 

 nardsville, gave entire satisfaction. 

 The numerous entries made the work 

 of judging hard and the excellent 

 quality of both vegetables and fruit 



was very gratifying, especially when 

 the dry season is considered. 



A feature of the exhibition was 

 samples of field corn of the Long- 

 fellow variety, with stalks 14 feet long 

 carrying ears that measured 16 inches 

 in length, grown by Wm. Elias, super- 

 intendent for M. P. Bliss. 



The centre of attraction in the hall 

 was a mound of Dendrobium Sanderse 

 with foliage plants, a splendid group 

 staged by Wm. Duckham, gardener at 

 the James estate, Madison, and an 

 easy winner for the prize offered by 

 Lord & Burnham Co. — a gold watch. 



M. Linton, gardener to M. P. Bliss, 

 was first in cut flowers with a fine 

 collection of lilies, dahlias and an- 

 nuals. W. A. Manda, South Orange, 

 N. J., staged a choice collection of 

 foliage plants, not for competition. 



DURING RECESS. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



A well-attended meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Society was held on Monday at 

 the club rooms in the Flower Market. 

 An invitation from the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club was referred to the secre- 

 tary and the secretary of the bowling 

 club to find out the number of mem 

 bers who would attend and see if a 

 bowling team could be obtained for a 

 tournament there. The Flower Show 

 committee reported that they had 

 everything well in hand and stated 

 that they would like to know if possi- 

 ble, what prospective exhibitors in- 

 tend to stage. Immediately before ad- 

 journment Al. Heckman on behalf of 

 himself and the other four men, viz.. 

 C. E. Critchell, Capt. Wm. Schumann, 

 Al Horning and R. C. Witterstactter, 

 who formed the team that represented 

 Cincinnati at the recent convention at 

 Baltimore, presented Chas. H. Hoff- 

 meister with a silver shaving set as 

 a token of their appreciation for his 

 part in getting the team together to 

 go East and for his successful manage- 

 ment of the outing and bowling the 

 past year. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



On Friday, September 8, Christopher 

 Clarke of Northampton entertained a 

 party of members of the Eastern 

 Branch of the American Association 

 of Park Superintendents at the Sum- 

 mit House on top of Mt. Holyoke, 

 Mass. 



The annual meeting of the Bar Har- 

 bor Horticultural Society was held 

 Thursday evening, Sept. 7, in the Main 

 street store of the Mt. Desert Nurse- 

 ries, when the following directors 

 were chosen for the coming year: Hon. 

 Francis Burton Harrison, John H. Stal- 

 ford, Clarence E. Dow, Edward Kirk 

 and A. E. Chilman. At the meeting of 

 the board of directors, held immediate- 

 ly afterwards, the following officers 

 were elected: Hon. Francis Burton 

 Harrison, president; Louis B. McCagg, 

 first vice-president; William Miller, 

 second vice-president; William T. Bur- 

 ton, third vice-president; Charles 

 Shand, recording secretary; Clifford F. 

 Came, financial secretary; William T. 

 Burton, treasurer; and John H. Stal- 

 ford, sergeant-at-arms. The reports 

 of the officers and standing commit- 

 tees were all very satisfactory and 

 showed an excellent condition of the 

 affairs of the association. There are 

 now 160 members in good standing. 



Chicago Bowlers. 

 The Chicago Florists will open the 

 bowling season Sept. 27th, at the new 

 Bensinger's Alleys, 29 W. Randolph 

 street. The new place is very desir- 

 able, having a seating capacity of 500. 



New York Bowlers. 



On Monday afternoon, September 

 11, previous to the meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club the following 

 scores were recorded: 



Mauda, 144 17C Ebel, 129 125 



Scott, 118 128 Roehrs, 112 106 



A. Rlckards, 147 109 Shaw, 



Chadwick, 177 158 



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St. Louis Bowlers. 

 Reports have been making the 

 rounds that a bowling league will be 

 organized composed of the employes 

 of the four wholesale houses and the 

 four bosses, Messrs. Kuehn, Smith, 

 Berning and Augermuller will be 

 asked to donate prizes and assist 

 them in organizing the teams. Those 

 eligible are: Will Ossick, G. Schriefer, 

 P. Patton, Al. Gums, Arthur Meyer, 

 H. Schlechter, Fred. Alves, F. Wind- 

 ier, Otto Bruening, Oscar Kuehn and 

 Wm. Mitthoefer. This will promote 

 good fellowship and a pleasant time 

 at least one night each week. 



Bar Harbor Outing. 

 The annual field day of the Bar Har- 

 bor (Me.) Horticultural Society was 

 held on Sept. 5, at Robin Hood Park 

 and there was a big attendance of 

 gardeners and their wives and families. 

 This event has been a regular one 

 looked forward to with expectation by 

 the club members and everybody was 

 out for a good time. A programme of 

 all sorts of sports was arranged and 

 the speedy as well as the muscular had 

 an opportunity of proving their 

 prowess. Last year the sports were 

 held at Eden, but this year it was de- 

 cided to hold the affair a little nearer 

 home. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



Alex Johnson, the Wellston florist, 

 has added two new greenhouses to 

 his already large plant. He is using 

 his cut at his Wellston retail store. 



Miss Matilda Meinhardt has re- 

 turned from her summer trip in Eu- 

 rope. The Ladies' Home Circle of 

 which she is secretary, met in her 

 honor at Chautauqua, 111., on Tues- 

 day, Sept. 12. 



A young man by the name of E. R. 

 Methudy reports that he will start to 

 build a greenhouse plant on his 65- 

 acre ground in St. Louis County with 

 at least 20,000 feet of glass for a 

 starter. Mr. Methudy's present ad- 

 dress is 5943 Eastern Ave. 



Andrew Frick, foreman at the C. 

 Young & Sons' greenhouse plant on 

 Waterman Ave., shot and killed him- 

 self and wife one day last week. It 

 is said that he was crazed by the 

 heat. They leave five children. They 

 came here from Paducah, Ky.. a few 

 years ago. 



Harry Young & Son will open a re- 

 tail flower store at 4651 Maryland 

 Ave. Mr. Young was until recently 

 connected with the firm of C. Young 

 & Sons at the greenhouses. He is 

 treasurer of the St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society and well-known in local 

 trade circles. 



