November 18, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



697 



FALL SHOW IN PHILADELPHIA. 



Great efforts were made tbl year by 

 a committi 8 From tbe Peni 



iii.ri iniiini.il Societj and i loi lata' 

 Club ol Philadelphia to bi Ing th< \n- 

 niKii Pall siiuw up to the standard 

 that need to prevail a do ■ a ago 



before the tiro< honored r n s. in- 

 stitution bad Bunk into "lnocuoua des- 

 netude," or, In other words, to the point 

 where even its own elected president 

 for ih<' year called its exhibitions a 

 farce and a disgrace; and. it must be 

 aaid for the committee, that In spite 

 of every discouragement possible, they 

 succeeded tar beyond what anyone 

 could ha\ >' hope il for. The : how last 

 week is away ahead of anything we 

 have had in recent years in quantity, 

 quality and arrangement, and indicates 

 clearly that if the path mapped out by 

 the present committee is faithfully 

 followed greater things may be con- 

 fidently looked for. We think the 

 committee well deserves the full meas- 

 ure of public appreciation implied in 

 the words "well done, good and faith- 

 ful servants." 



In the brief space at our disposal 

 we can only touch on a few of the 

 chief features, and If any good tiling 

 has gone unmentioned our readers are 

 assured that any such omission is un- 

 intentional and purely an oversight. 



Baj trees and conifers were freely 

 used in front of the hall and at the 

 various doorways. A liberal con- 

 tributor to this was the W. II. Moon 

 Co. Edward A. Stroud had four fine 

 groups of hardy single chrysanthe- 

 mums massed between and at sides of 

 these entrance doorways, a most val- 

 uable attraction. These were all his 

 own seedling varieties and were worth- 

 ily honored with a silver medal. 

 Among the most striking in this col- 

 lection we may mention Mary Colla- 

 day, a pink of the Garza type. Mikado, 

 a bright yellow, and Janet Hay, a 

 lovely white. The beautiful central 



stairway was ftnelj adorned with 

 men plants ol prize « Inners, and 

 ic, i he i Ight and left of the entrance 

 iiianv Interesting things. The new 

 roses on ibis vantage point compelled 



ever] bodj to stop and I 



lb. cynosure of all ayes was the sen- 

 satlonal new one sent down by Alex. 

 Montgomery from Massachusetts, 

 Mne . ('has. Russell, the first time this 

 has ever been seen here; a glorious 

 e pink (lower, gigantic in size, on 

 four-foot si . ins. cup shaped, flagrant, 

 and as large as the best Amerlcau 

 lieauty. It has splendid dark, glossy, 

 leathery foliage. We do not know the 

 parentage, but they say that Dr. Hue] 

 i\ that it is a cross between Mrs. 

 Jardlne and American Beauty. The 

 Fennock-Meehan Co. exhibited their 

 -■ i • . 1 1 new varieties, the Double White 

 Killarney and Killarney Queen — of the 

 Budlong strain; that is of the Double 

 White Killarney. as this has sported 

 in more than one place, but the Bud- 

 long strain is vastly superior. A fine 

 new crimson-scarlet carnation. Miss 

 Dimple Widener, from the expert 

 hands of that good all-round garden- 

 er, Wm. Kleinheinz, looked like a 

 winner and worth investigating by our 

 commercial experts. 



Passing to the left before ascending 

 the stairway we come to two miniature 

 gardens — one by an amateur (Herman 

 van Gloeden), the other by a com- 

 merclal florist (Adolpb Mueller). The 

 van Gloeden design was most artistic 

 and suggestive, and contained many 

 features of a highly educational 

 nature, and well deserved the special 

 premium awarded. C. F. Krueger 

 made a good display of filled window 

 boxes in various styles, suitable for 

 mild fall and summer temperatures, 

 the plants used being mostly chrys- 

 anthemums, crotons, pandanus, ferns, 

 etc. 



The main stairway was lined on 

 both sides with specimen chrysanthe- 



f Mrs. Jerome Junes at Boston Show. 



iniinis In pots, mostl] taken from the 

 winning group liable 



plan from lar vi< wpoint, but 



confusing to the schedule Jtui 



I Bo ■'• to show ui 



differ) ace between good, b< ttei 



and best cultun we Barnum to 



the pennies or a pathfinder Bhow- 



mg the load to higher things in llor- 



If you wan! to be both at 



ame time you ought to be able to 

 devise a way ol doing II without burst- 

 ing up your groups. 



Well grown plants of Mrs. Frank 

 Thompson graced the tool of stairway 

 ; ,i eac li siih I>> the two Da- 

 vhls; David Ingram and David Aiken. 

 This Thompson variety Is outclassed 

 long ago. Let the generous donors of 

 prize offer It for a newer and bet- 

 ter variety and thus encourage im- 

 provement. 



The judges had a hard job deciding 

 between the two magnificent exhibits 

 at middle landing of stairway— 25 

 blooms with foliage, vase arranged for 

 it was nip and tuck between 

 Kleinheinz and Robertson. Both were 



alflcent Her,' also appeared the 

 be I twelve of that fine variety, Lynn- 

 wood Hall, gTown by T. Gaynor, who 

 has the distinction of being about the 

 only gardener in the show represent- 

 ing a title— his employer being the 

 Mess Santa Eulalia. Above, this 

 was massed a group of Cibotium 

 Schiedei which was awarded a certifi- 



of merit. This came from Dreer's. 

 Further up the stairway we noticed 

 some fine flowers from Tom Holland, 

 Berwyn, and a first prize vase of bronze 

 from Joseph Pratt— no name to them— 

 a grave defect not only on this but all 

 ovei the show. We have danced and 

 raved and gesticulated and hurled in- 

 sults and invective at friend and foe 

 alike for many years on this point yet 

 the supposedly intelligent multitude 

 pass on unheeding just as if they were 

 all members of a deaf, dumb and blind 

 asylum. What's an exhibition for if it 

 doesn't tell people the names of things? 

 Some day we shall buy us a meat axe 

 and use that instead of our gentle pen. 

 John Kuhn had a couple of splendid 

 vases of Yellow Chadwick not for com- 

 petition. Axel Lindroth made some- 

 thing of a name for himself in various 

 classes notwithstanding his odd patro- 

 nymic and Frank Birnbrauer sent 

 some excellent pink antirrhinum. And 

 HOW, among the tang and haze of the 

 fall chrysanthemums we come on a 

 Sunburst. This one is the Sunburst 

 rose from C. H. Totty. A big flower, 

 lovelj color like pale shiny blended 

 and shimmery with lively tints of 

 white, blush and orange, the general 

 b. ing at just before the dawn. 



ird Towill exhibited a new crim- 

 son rose — after the style of Richmond 

 but larger and more fragrant. It is a 

 between Mrs. J. B. Clark and 



mond, the former being the seed 



nt. A wonderful keeper, Mr. Towill 

 Its fragrance is delicious— al- 



i as fine as American Beat 

 thai respect Cultural certificates were 

 awarded • of Ananas sativa 



ata and Araucaria robusta com- 



i from Dreer's Fine stuff show- 



ihe higher Uon In culture. 



lertson and Batchelor distin- 



.1 th. mselves on two hardy 



anthemum groups "arranged for 



effect with foliage. Bowers and fruit. 



■ hink Robertson had the best stuff, 

 and his arrangement was more open 



