September 23, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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ers."— Mr. C. W. Waid. New Carlisle, 

 0. 



1.30 p. m. 

 Visit to Horticultural Establish- 

 ments and Points of Historic Interest. 

 6.00 p. m. 

 Annual Banquet. 



The basement halls were used for 

 the trade exhibits and were quite a 

 centre of interest. Following is a 

 list of the exhibitors: 



Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston, 

 a fine showing of vegetables grown 

 from their seed; also garden imple- 

 ments. 



J. J. H. Gregory & Son, Marblehead, 

 Mass. A splendid table of melons, 

 squash, corn and beets, and a large 

 collection of seed samples in glass 

 jars. 



D. Iliffe, Boston, greenhouse heat- 

 ing and ventilating apparatus. 



Watts Bros., Kerrmoor. Pa. New 

 process straw mats. 



Bowker Insecticide Co., Boston. 

 Lime-sulphur and other sprays. 



Perth Amboy Chemical Works. New 

 York. Formaldehyde. 



Vreeland Chemical Co.. New York. 

 "Electro" arsenate of lead. 



Maple Ridge Farm, Constable. N. 

 Y. Langdon's Earliana Tomato. 



Johnson Seed Potato Co.. Richmond. 

 Me. "Bug Death." 



Market Supply Co.. Boston. Mar- 

 ket boxes, barrels, etc. 



Stimpson & Co.. Boston. Paper 

 and twine. 



Benj. Hammond. Fishkill-on-Hud- 

 son. N. Y. Slug Shot and other Ham- 

 mond specialties. 



A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.. Nepon- 

 set. Mass. Greenhouse building ma- 

 terial. 



The Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind. 

 Improved ventilating apparatus. 



Geo. M. Garland Co., Des Plaines. 

 111. Greenhouse building material. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago. 

 Greenhouse boilers and heating ap- 

 paratus. 



Skinner Irrigation Co.. Troy, O. 

 Sprinkling device. 



Means & Thatcher, Boston. Paints. 



American Implement & Seed Co. A 

 fine display of agricultural seeds. 



Goulds Mfg. Co., Boston. Spray 

 pumps. 



The special vegetable exhibition of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, in connection with this conven- 

 tion, which opens today (Thursday) 

 and will continue until Sunday night, 

 is the finest display of its kind ever 

 seen here. Every available space in 

 the various halls is occupied and the 

 quality of the material shown is su- 

 perb. The Boston Market Gardeners' 

 Association appropriated the sum of 

 $500 towards the prize schedule. 



Detailed account will appear in 

 next week's issue. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY DAHLIA AND PEREN- 

 NIAL SHOW. 

 The principal features of this exhi- 

 bition were the displays of W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co., in dahlias and Joseph 

 Hurley in perennials. The Peacock 

 Dahlia Farms came in at the eleventh 

 hour, and put up a good collection of 

 their best dahlias. 



In the Hurley collection we noted 

 Begonia gracilis. Besides being a good 

 bedding plant this is excel'ent as a 

 cut flower for table decoration. St. 



Bridgid anemone was also w r ell shown 

 in its various colors. Amaranthus tri- 

 color was another good thing — good 

 for decorative effects* when cut. The 

 balance of this good collection was 

 made up of fall asters, gladioli, zin- 

 nias, sage, helianthus, marigolds and 

 roses. 



Burpee put up probably the most 

 artistic dahlia exhibit that has ever 

 been seen here. It was not only artis- 

 tically arranged in flat and pyramidal 

 masses — with a background of Eulalia 

 Japonica zebrina and fall foliage, but 

 it contained quite a number of new 

 and unique varieties of dahlias that 

 have never before been seen in this 

 country. George W. Kerr, who is an 

 old experienced hand in exhibition 

 work in the great shows of the old 

 world, as well as the new, is Mr. Bur- 

 pee's expert in the growing and stag- 

 ing of these (as he has also been in 

 sweet peas and other things in the 

 past few years), and he points out 

 some wonderful new varieties which 

 we have not before seen exhibited. 

 One of the most conspicuous is Golden 

 West, a cactus, and one of the best 

 we have seen; Mrs. Reginald Bailey, 

 rich claret, cactus, rounded petals, 

 free, open and graceful — a lovely 

 flower which will yet be heard from ; 

 David Burpee, a magnificent decora- 

 tive, yellow flushed with rose. Other 

 good ones in this collection were Flag 

 of Truce and Snowden — both of the 

 cactus type. One of the loveliest 

 pinks was Mrs. McMillan and for an 

 old-rose shade Daisy Staples shone 

 out conspicuously. Of the fine old 

 English show varieties that have sel- 

 dom if ever been displayed here be- 

 fore we may mention David Saunders, 

 Mrs. John Downie and Daniel Cornish. 

 These were centers of attraction to 

 many of the old-time gardeners. While 

 tin "Golden West" variety was per- 

 haps the star attraction of this fine 

 exhibit the two varieties' at each side 

 of the center — Ethel Maule, white, and 

 Jack Rose, crimson, stood out very 

 conspicuously. The Peacock Century 

 novelties and their Dorothy Peacock 

 and others were staged in fine condi- 

 tion and received much favorable com- 

 ment. 



R. & G. Rosbach of Pemberton, N. 

 J., staged a nice little collection of 

 some fifty varieties, these being under 

 the personal supervision of Mrs. Ros- 

 bach. W. F. Bassett of Hammonton, 

 N. J., sent in eight of his new seed- 

 lings. These were mostly single. Tho 

 best one was a crimson edged with 

 gold, medium size, magnificent texture 

 and substance, fine form and charm- 

 ing color; ought to make a good ship- 

 ping variety — therefore, valuable com- 

 mercially, and that after all is the 

 final test. Some of the loveliest pro- 

 ductions of flower breeders have gone 

 by the board for lack of this great 

 essential. 



In the aster exhfbit, Semple, Peer- 

 less, and Electric were the principal 

 varieties. They call for no special 

 comment as none of them were De- 

 yond the average in any way. Messrs. 

 Morrow, Little and Aiken were the 

 chief prize winners. 



Roberts took first for zinnias of the 

 new Haageana type. This was a Dreer 

 premium. Can't see much in this 

 Haageana thing, but have great re- 

 spect for Dreer's and Roberts' judg- 

 ment. If we can enthuse later if we 



see it better — nobody will be more 

 enthusiastic than yours truly. John 

 McCleary sent a collection of vege- 

 tables. They won a prize. 



There was very little competition 

 in this show. Many of the classes were 

 not entered for at all. Maybe it was 

 the season. Maybe anything. Any- 

 way, we have told the story and leave 

 comments to those better informed 

 than your correspondent. If it hadn't 

 been for Burpee and Peacock and 

 Hurley it would have been no show 

 at all. What's the matter with Phila- 

 delphia, horticulturally? We leave the 

 answer to Robert Craig and J. D. 

 Eisele. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The interior of Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, presented a scene of remark- 

 able beauty to the crowds who vis- 

 ited the fourth annua! exhibition of 

 the New England Dahlia Society, 

 which was opened on the afternoon of 

 Friday, September 15. and closed 

 on Sunday night. There were many 

 fine displays not in competition which 

 do not appear in the list of awards. 

 Altogether the show was a very credit- 

 able one considering the very unfav- 

 orable weather this season. 



J. K. Alexander of East Bridge- 

 water showed nearly 1400 blooms. 



The Fottler, Fiske Rawson Com- 

 pany had a fine showing of seed- 

 lings, and other exhibitors were 

 George L. Stillman of Westerly, R. I., 

 George H. Walker of North Dighton, 

 the Henry F. Michell Company of 

 Philadelphia, whose exhibit was raised 

 "ii the Peacock Dahlia Farms, E. F. 

 Dwyer of Lynn. Mrs. L. A. Towle of 

 Everett. Henry R. Wirth of Provi- 

 dence and James M. Adie of Marble- 

 head. 



Following is the list of awards: 



PROFESSIONAL (LASS 



Twelve Named Cactus Dahlias— First, 

 George L. Stillman : second, E. P. Dwyer. 



Twenty-Four X.n 1 Cactus Dahlias— 



First. George L. Stillman; s nrl. c Lind- 



vall & Co. 



Twelve Named I> -afire Dahlias — First 



W. D. Hathaway; second, C. Lindval] & 

 Co. 



Twelve- Named Show Dahlias— First 

 George L. Stillman: second. Mrs L A 

 Towle: third, C. Lindvall & Co. 



Twenty-Four Named Show Dahlias— First, 

 W. D. Hathaway; second, George L Still- 

 man. 



Twelve Named Pompon Dahlias— First 

 George L. Stillman. 



Vase of Eighteen Blooms Red Cactus 

 Dahlias— First. C. Lindval] & Co. 



Vase of Eighteen Blooms Cactus Dahlias 

 "Mary Service"— Second, C. Lindval] & Co. 



General Display of Dahlias, all Classes 

 Admissible— First, J. K. Alexander; second 

 Mrs. L. A. Towle. 



Award of recognition for new seedling 

 dahlias, f..r Henry 1{. Wirth and E. F 

 Dwyer. 



First-class certificate of merit for new 

 seedling dahlias— Mrs. L. A. Towle. for 

 white decorative dahlia. "Ernest E. Towle" - 

 c.eorge R GUI, for red cactus dahlia. "Mrs". 

 K M. Gill." 



AMATEUH CLASS. 



Six Named Cactus Dahlias First, Her- 

 man L. WlDter: second, Parker A. Mans- 

 lield : third, John E. Stokes. 



Twelve Named Cartas Dahlias— First. 

 Herman L. Winter. 



Six Named Decorative Dahlias— First. 

 Herman L. Winter: second, Parker A. 

 Mansfield: third. John E. Stokes 



Six Named Show Dahlias— First Parker 

 A. Mansfield; second. John E. Stokes. 



Vase of Twelve Bloom Red Dahlias — 

 First, George B. Gill; third, Herman L. 

 Winter. 



Vase of Twelve Bloom Maroon Dahlias — 

 lirst. Herman L. Winter. 



Vase of E ! g'nteen Blooms fa combination 

 r classes and colors) -First. George B. 

 Gil]; third. Herman I. Winter 



