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HORTICULTURE 



October 7, 1911 



THE VINCENT DAHLIA SHOW. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., 

 oi White Marsh, Md., held their fifth 

 Annual Dahlia Show Sept 26-29, 1911. 

 The first day was known as Maryland 

 Horticultural day and there was a 

 good attendance of members of the 

 State Society. In addition to dahlias 

 there was a good exhibition of farm 

 and garden products. These were 

 judged by Prof. Thomas Symons, Geo. 

 O. Brown and Alex H. McCormick. 

 Wednesday, Sept. 27, was Gardeners' 

 & Florists' day, and large delegations 

 of the Baltimore and Washington 

 clubs were present. The mayor of Bal- 

 timore and other politicians were on 

 hand Thursday. The Messrs. Vincent 

 have 40 acres of dahlias, and the va- 

 ried colors present a most beautiful 

 sight. Fifteen acres of eannas, with 

 eight or ten rows of the different col- 

 ors planted side by side across the 

 fields make a mammoth high-colored 

 ribbon effect contrasting effectively 

 with their foliage backgrounds. 

 Crowds went down on the extra trains 

 daily, and they were people who ap- 

 preciated the wondrous sight. Rich- 

 ard Vincent, Jr., was simply delighted 

 to see the people enjoying themselves. 

 Thousands returned home with a huge 

 armful of dahlias. The immense pack- 

 ing and potting rooms were trans- 

 formed into a spacious flower show, 

 exclusively of dahlia blooms in end- 

 less varieties, effectively arranged. Be- 

 side those with stems, shown in vases, 

 there were blooms bedded close to- 

 gether in masses of one color, in boxes 

 holding 20 or more blooms. These 

 showed to perfection the types and 

 charming colors. Among some of the 

 most striking specimens were Cactus 

 dahlias, Alpha; Aurora, Britiannia, 

 Countess of Lonsdale, Fairy, Flora- 

 dora, and Juliet, Mrs. F. Gremsted, 

 Mrs. G. Stevenson, Mrs. H. J. Jones, 

 Phoenix (a wonderful production). 

 Royal Scarlet, Thuringia. Among 

 decorative varieties: Fire Rain. Jack 

 Rose, Jean Charmant, John Elitch, 

 Madam TJvan den Dael, Mme. A. Lu- 

 mier, Sour deGustave Douzan. Show 



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A Dahlia Field at Vincent's 



varieties: Bon Ton, Cuban Giant, Da- 

 vid Johnson. Among the many singles 

 shown the writer considered Ami Ba- 

 rillet, St. George, Rebecca Mayhew 

 and John Downie wonderful varieties. 

 Of the fancy varieties Fern-leaf Beau- 

 ty and Olympia were greatly admired. 

 Of the numerous "Centuries" and "Col- 

 larettes" there were so many grand 

 ones it was difficult to express prefer- 

 ences. 



A GARDENER HONORED. 



Herbert Clark, formerly at West Man- 

 chester, Mass., has returned after sev- 

 eral years at Southampton, Long 

 Island, to take charge of the Denegre 

 estate, a place on which, by the way, 

 he had been the first superintendent. 

 On Friday night of this week a warm 

 greeting was extended to Mr. Clark by 

 his old and new fellow-gardeners of 

 the North Shore Horticultural Society 



at their regular meeting in Manches- 

 ter. 



Last week Saturday, previous to his 

 departure from Southampton, Mr. 

 Clark was tendered a farewell banquet 

 by the Southampton Horticultural So- 

 ciety, of which he was a founder and 

 its first president, and a loving cup 

 suitably inscribed was presented to him 

 with many cordial and sincere wishes 

 for his prosperity. Among the lead- 

 ing addresses was one by Peter M. Mil- 

 ler, of the firm of Thos. J. Grey Co., 

 Boston, president of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston. 



Part of Flower Display in Vincent Dahlia Show 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Registration of Roses. 

 Public notice is hereby given that 

 Jackson & Perkins Company, of New- 

 ark, Wayne County, N. Y., offer for 

 registration the roses described be- 

 low. Any person objecting to the reg- 

 istration or to the use of the proposed 

 names, is requested to communicate 

 with the Secretary at once. Failing 

 to receive objection to the registrar 

 tion, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Descriptions. 



ORIOLE. — Seedling from Yellow 

 Rambler, crossed with pollen from an 

 unnamed seedling which was itself the 

 result of the crossing of Multiflora 

 with various Tea Roses. Holds Its 

 yellow color better than any other yel- 

 low Rambler in commerce. Remon- 

 tant. 



GENEVIEVE CLARK. — Deep pink 

 when the flowers first open, changing 

 to a clear shell-pink as they grow 

 older; the covered and shaded por- 

 tions of the petals being almost white. 

 For bedding and forcing in pots. 



SUNSHINE.— Yellow Dwarf Polyan- 

 tha; same habit of growth and bloom 

 as Mrs. Cutbush; deep golden yellow 

 in bud. changing to a lemon yellow 

 as the flowers open. 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 



September 28, 1911. 



