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HORTICULTURE 



September 23, 1911 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This Society held its autumn exhi- 

 bition Sept. 16, 17 and 18, and in 

 spite of adverse conditions of the sea- 

 son many excellent exhibits were 

 staged. The main exhibitors were 

 James Boyd, gardener for J. J. Astor; 

 C. M. Bugholt for Miss Fanny Foster, 

 Wm. Grey for Mrs. Wm. B. Leeds, 

 John A. Forbes for August Belmont, 

 John Mahan for H. D. Auchincloss, 

 John Fletcher for Captain P. W. 

 Hourigan, S. Speers for W. B. Green, 

 Wm. Barclay for H. A. C. Taylor and 

 J. Robertson for Mrs. T. O. Richard- 

 son. 



James Boyd was the most extensive 

 «xhibitor, especially in the classes for 

 plants, and had to his credit the first 

 prize in the classes for specimen 

 palm, collection of table plants, six 

 dracaenas, twenty-five gardenias, six 

 nectarines and six peaches. C. M. 

 Bugholt was the main exhibitor in the 

 dahlia classes and was awarded the 

 blue card in almost every exhibit, his 

 collection of twelve cactus varieties 

 being noteworthy. They were as fol- 

 lows: Glory of Wilts, Snowdrift, Aus- 

 tralian, Joliannesberg, Marathon, C. 

 H. Curtis, H. H. Thomas, Mrs. T. W. 

 Willis, Snowstorm, Rev. T. W. Jamie- 

 son, Lady Fox and Gwendolin Tucker. 

 Sisson & Thurston, representing the 

 •commercial growers, had also an ex- 

 cellent collection of fifty varieties for 

 •which they were awarded the R. & J. 

 Farquhar prize. Single dahlias were 

 also well represented by J. Robertson. 

 A new white variety named "The 

 Bride" was said to be the best seen 

 here. John A. Forbes was the winner 

 of the Mrs. Goelet prize for a table of 

 outdoor flowers tastefully arranged, 

 and was also first in other important 

 classes. The silver cup offered by 

 Henry A. Dreer for collection of 

 hardy perennial flowers was awarded 

 for the second year to John Mahan, 

 ■who also won the Joseph Breck & 

 Sons' silver cup for best collection of 

 annuals. The silver cup donated by 

 •Stumpp & Walter Co. for collection of 

 twelve species of vegetables was 

 awarded to Wm. Grey, John Fletcher 

 being a close second in the class. Mr. 

 'Grey was also the winner of the E. J. 

 Berwind prize of $25 for a table dec- 

 oration showing originality. His flor- 

 al arrangement was a representation 

 •of a May pole with the base and top 

 widened out and decorated with as- 

 paragus Sprengeri, Clematis panicu- 

 lata, stemmed flowers of the Mrs. 

 Francis King gladiolus and streamers 

 of narrow pink and white ribbon, all 

 bringing out an effect that caused 

 much favorable comment. The table 

 decorations for the R. L. Beeckman 

 prizes proved to be the hardest task 

 the judges had to decide on, they tak- 

 ing over an hour to select a first out 

 of four that all seemed nearly perfect 

 in every detail, one being equipped 

 with a gold service valued at several 

 thousand dollars with a centre piece 

 of cactus dahlias nearly matching in 

 color; . but another with a brighter 

 setting of silver and china and a cen- 

 tre piece of the pink single dahlia 

 Imperialino was finally awarded the 

 blue card, the first described taking 

 second place. Mrs. Herbert Coles is 

 the winner of the first prize and her 

 husband the second: the third was 

 -won by Hugh Meikle. assistant gar- 

 dener at the H. M. Brooks estate. 

 Other first awards are as follows: 



For table decorations by commercial 



florists, Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy. 

 Dish of Adiantum Farleyense, John 

 A. Forbes. Dish of foliage plants, J. 

 A. Forbes. Kemtia in twelve-inch pot, 

 J. Robertson. Centre piece of dahlias, 

 Jas. Sharkey, gardener for Mrs. E. H. 

 G. Slater. Fancy basket of dahlias, 



A. S. Meikle. Fancy basket of out- 

 door flowers other than dahlias, Mrs. 



B. H. Tracy. Six vases outdoor flow- 

 ers, Mrs. B. H. Tracy. Collection 

 seedling dahlias, A. Alderson. Collec- 

 tion seedling dahlias by amateurs 

 Harry V. Mayo. 



Special awards — First class certifi- 

 cate of merit to B. Hammond Tracy 

 for display of gladioli. Honorable 

 mention for display of gladioli and 

 first class certificate for gladiolus 

 Panama to J. Lewis Childs. Certifi- 

 cate of merit for Asparagus elongata 

 to J. Robertson. Cultural certificate 

 for eighteen varieties of apples and 

 bronze medal for vegetables to W T m. 

 Barclay. Cultural certificate for col- 

 lection of peaches to H. Thurston. 

 Cultural certificate for collection of 

 southern fruit to Charles Newton. 

 First class certificate for white seed- 

 ling cactus dahlia "Danny Boy" to C. 

 M. Bugholt. Honorable mention for 

 seedling dahlias to Alex. MacLellan. 

 Among the visitors were: Maurice 

 Fuld, representing the H. Michell Co.; 

 Joseph Manda, P. J. Van Baarda, Mr. 

 and Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy and 

 John Lewis Childs. 



The judges were Richard Gardner, 

 James McLeish, J. J.. Sullivan, C. D. 

 Stark, Stewart Ritchie and Paul Val- 

 quardsen, and Mrs. B. H. Tracy as- 

 sisting in judging table decorations. 



The attendance was somewhat bet- 

 ter than at some previous exhibitions 

 and fine weather favored all. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York held a small but most interest- 

 ing exhibition of autumn flowers in 

 the Museum building of the Botanical 

 Gardens, on Sept. 16 and 17. Stormy 

 weather for several days previous and 

 on the morning of the opening day 

 was responsible for many absentees, 

 both as regards exhibits and atten- 

 dance, nevertheless, 'twas well worth 

 seeing from many points. James 

 Stuart of Mamaroneck, N. Y., won five 

 first prizes in the classes for asters. 

 They formed a pretty table of well- 

 grown blooms. P. W. Popp, also of 

 Mamaroneck, won eight first prizes in 

 dahlias. They were a remarkably 

 fine lot of flowers considering the sea- 

 son we have had, and Mr. Popp de- 

 serves much credit for the quality, 

 variety and extent of his exhibit. Mr. 

 Stuart won a first for his vase of 

 single dahlias. John Lewis Childs put 

 up a good exhibit of dahlias, tritomas 

 and montbretias, not for competition, 

 and there was a very interesting ex- 

 hibit of berried shrubs and hardy 

 flowers from the grounds of the 

 Botanical Gardens. Richard Richter 

 was manager of the show. A meeting 

 of the society was held in the after- 

 noon and plans perfected for the 

 chrysanthemum Show to be given in 

 1'iber. 



George Y. Nash delivered a splendid 

 illustrated lecture on the fruit or- 

 chards of the northwest. Mr. Xash 

 lias recently returned from an exten- 

 tour of the orchards of the state 

 of Washington, and is well ah I 

 describe them from every point of 

 view. There was a large attendance. 



ROCHESTER (N. Y.) FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



The attitude of the Rochester pub- 

 lic toward the flower shows that have 

 been given by the Rochester Florists' 

 Association has caused some doubts 

 to arise in the minds of some of the 

 members as to the advisability of 

 holding a show this year. The matter 

 is left in the hands of the Exhibit 

 Committee. 



Should this committee, which is 

 made up of C. H. Vick, F. J. Keller, A. 

 H. Salter, E. P. Wilson, E. R. Frey, 

 F. R. Schlegel, J. M. Keller, R. Ballan- 

 tyne. C. B. Ogston and Charles Suhr, 

 decide that the association will again 

 undertake a show, then it will be held 

 in November. The committee will 

 meet this week and will report to the 

 association at a special meeting to be 

 called within two weeks. 



Last year 28,000 people attended the 

 show during the five days it lasted; 

 the year before 22,000 attended during 

 three days. The first figure should 

 read 40,000, if the Rochester people 

 were doing what they should. If the 

 committee could be convinced that the 

 40,000 mark could be reached this year, 

 it would probably have no hesitancy 

 in declaring itself in favor of a 1911 



show. 



THE VINCENT FLOWER SHOW. 



The Maryland State Horticultural 

 Society on September 26 will hold a 

 meeting at the Vincent Farm, Cowen- 

 ton, Md., in connection with the Fifth 

 Annual Dahlia and Flower Show given 

 by Mr. Vincent. 



The whole of the property will be 

 thrown open to the inspection of the 

 guests. They will be able to see forty 

 acres of dahlias in full bloom, ten 

 acres of cannas and five acres of per- 

 ennial phlox. In addition an inside 

 exhibition of dahlias will be given, 

 showing effects in arrangement, ana 

 there will be displays of farm and 

 household produce. The show will 

 continue to September 29. The follow- 

 ing schedule of trains are given for the 

 information of those desiring to at- 

 tend: Special trains will leave Cam- 

 den Station at 12.40 p. m., stopping at 

 Mount Royal and Gay Street stations. 

 Returning, leave Cowenton 6 p. m. 

 Regular trains will leave Camden 

 Station 8.15 a. m., 2.10 and 5.00 p. m. 

 Last train will leave Cowenton for 

 Baltimore at 7.17 p. m. Train No. 517 

 leaving Philadelphia S.15, Wilmington 

 8.50, Newark, Del., 9.09, will stop at 

 Cowenton at 10.27 each day of the 

 show. Cowenton is located on the 

 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. line. The 

 show will be open daily until 8.00 p. m. 

 with the exception of September 29, 

 when the closing time has been set 

 for 10.00 p. m. 



EXHIBITION SCHEDULES RE- 

 CEIVED. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society. — 

 Chrysanthemum Exhibition, Putnam 

 Phalanx Hall. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 

 8-9, 1911. Secretary's address, George 

 W. Smith, Melrose, Conn. 



Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society, Sixteenth Annual 

 Flower Show, Assembly Hall, Madi- 

 son. X. J.. Thursday and Friday, 

 October 26 and 27, 1911. Secretary. 

 Edward Reagan. 



Huntington Horticultural and Agri- 

 cultural Society. — Ninth Annual Ex- 

 hibition, Trade School Building. Hun- 

 tington. L. I., N. Y.. September 29 and 

 30. 1911. Secretary, A. H. Funnell. 



