November 18, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



700c 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 Prize schedule for the exhibition at 

 Detroit, Jan. 10, 11, 12, 1912. Division 

 A.- Display of Cut Roses covering not 

 less than 200 square feet of space, and 

 not to contain less than 200 blooms, 

 quality of blooms and effect to be con- 

 sidered, and decorative green of any 

 kind, including plants, permitted: first 

 prize, $150.00; second, $100.00; third, 



$75.00. 



Division B.— 50 American Beauty, 

 first prize, $50.00; second, $30.00; third, 

 $20.00; 50 Killarney; 50 Dark P.nk 

 Killarney; 50 Double Pink Killarney; 

 60 White Killarney; 50 Double White 

 Killarney; 50 Richmond; 50 My Mary- 

 land; 50 Mrs. Jardine; 50 La Detroit; 

 50 Mrs. Aaron Ward; 50 Lady Hilling- 

 don; 50 Melody; 50 Radiance; 50 Rose 

 Queen; 50 Prince of Bulgaria or An- 

 toine Ri voire; 50 any other dis- 

 seminated variety, first prize, $25.00; 

 second $15.00, in each class. 



Division C. — 25 American Beauty, 

 first prize, $25.00; second, $15.00; third, 

 $10.00; 25 Killarney; 25 Dark Pink 

 Killarney; 25 Double Pink Killarney; 

 25 White Killarney; 25 Double White 

 Killarney; 25 Richmond; 25 My Mary- 

 land; 25 Bride; 25 Bridesmaid; 25 

 Golden Gate or Uncle John; 25 Sun- 

 rise or Sunset; 25 Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria; 50 Bon Silene; 25 Cardinal; 

 25 Rhea Reid; 25 Chatenay; 25 Mis. 

 Potter Palmer; 25 any other dis- 

 seminated variety, first prize, $10.00; 

 second, $5.00 in each class. 



Division D. — For New Roses not in 

 Commerce — 50 Blooms — first prize, 

 $50.00; second, $25.00. 



Division E. — Retailers' Prize. For 

 Artistic Display of Cut Roses, and 

 with such accessories as the exhibitor 

 may desire, first prize, $100.00; second, 

 $50.00; third, $25.00. 



Division F. — Open to private garden- 

 ers and amateurs only. For collection, 

 not less than 12 blooms of each. Amer- 

 ican Beauty, first. $6.00; second, $4.00; 

 Killarney; Dark Pink Killarney; 

 Double Pink Killarney; White Killar- 

 ney; Richmond; My Maryland; Bride; 

 Bridesmaid; Golden Gate or Uncle 

 John; Sunrise or Sunset; Bon Silene; 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria: Cardinal; 

 Rhea Reid; Chatenay; Mrs. Potter 

 Palmer; any other disseminated 

 variety, first, $4.00; second $2.00 in 

 ■ ach. 



Special Prizes.— In this section the 

 prizes offered are for special exhibits, 

 by one and another friend, who wishes 

 to encourage rose culture or is an ad- 

 mirer of the "Queen of Flowers." and 

 the list grows up to the opening of 

 the exhibition, and is always a sub- 

 sequent list to the general list and 

 usually embraces a considerable num- 

 ber. The secretary will be happy to 

 receive notice from any one so dis- 

 posed. 1. The Society of American 

 Florists' silver medal may be awarded 

 for best grown Rose plant or group 

 of plants, should there be an exhibit 

 of sufficient merit. 2. The Dorrance 

 Challenge Prize for the largest and 

 best display of Cut Roses, offered by 

 Benjamin Dorrance, Dorranceton, Pa., 

 a valuable silver medal properly en- 

 graved. 



For the best new Rose of American 

 or foreign origin not yet disseminated, 

 the soe'etv's medal or certificate. 



BEN.T. HAMMOND, Secretary. 

 Nov. 11th. 1911. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting on Mond ulng, 



Nov. L3, was a verj Interesting one, 

 with about 150 present including la- 

 dies, it being "Ladies' Night." The 



great event < • I the < \ .nil.- wa an 

 lustrated lecture by .1. Otto Thilow, 

 who was at his very best, which 

 amounts to saying he was inimitable. 



Officers were nominated for the com- 

 ing year, as follows: President. J. IS. 

 Nugent, Jr., Joseph A. Manda, I. S. 

 Hendrickson: Vice-President, Philip 

 Kinsman and John Rasbach; Secre- 

 tary, John Young, W. G. Badgley; 

 Treasurer. W. C. Rickards, Jr., W. II. 

 Siebrecht, Jr., C. W. Scott; Trustees. 

 Philip Kessler, John Donaldson. Win 

 Duckham. R. G. Wilson. F. A. Bolles. 

 Harry Turner. 



There was an interesting showing of 

 novelties on the exhibition table. The 

 list and awards was as follows: Car- 

 nation Wodenethe. from C. H. Totty, 

 vote of thanks; carnation seedling 310. 

 from J. D. Cockcroft. 84 points; rose 

 Improved White Killarney, from S. J. 

 Reuter & Son, 85 V-i points and prelim- 

 inary certificate; carnation Brooklyn, 

 from Charles Weber, vote of thanks: 

 carnation seedling No. 46, from C. H. 

 Proctor, vote of thanks; seedling petu- 

 nia, A. T. Boddington, honorable men- 

 tion: rose White Killarney, Robert 

 Simpson, vote of thanks. The com- 

 mittee on awards reported having 

 visited C. H. Totty's place on October 

 25, to see the new rose Sunburst grow- 

 ing and awarded it 90 points. 



The musical program which had 

 been prepared was curtailed on ac- 

 count of the lateness of the hour. Mrs. 

 Maurice Glass and J. Hayes contrib- 

 uted solos. The house committee 

 looked after the inner man (and wom- 

 an) in fine style. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society announce the 

 following list of committees of the so- 

 ciety for the year 1912: 



Finance— Walter Hunnewell, chair- 

 man. Arthur F. Estabrook, Stephen M. 

 Weld. 



Prizes and Exhibitions— John A. 

 Pettigrew, chairman, Robert Cameron, 

 William Downs, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 M, A. Patten, Wilfrid Wheeler. 



Plants and Flowers— T. D. Hatfield, 

 chairman, Arthur H. Fewkes, William 

 Nicholson, Thomas Roland. William 

 C. Rust. William Sim. 



Fruits— Edward B. Wilder, chair- 

 man. William Downs, Wilfrid Wheeler. 

 Vegetables — Duncan Finlayson, 

 chairman, W. N. Craig, Edward Par- 

 ker. 



Gardens— Charles W. Parker, chair- 

 man, Jackson Dawson, Arthur II. 

 Fewkes, Ihomas J. Grey, T. D. Hat- 

 field, William Nicholson, William P. 

 Rich. David F. Roy, Charles Sander, 

 William Thatcher. Wilfrid Wheeler. 



Library — Charles S. Sargent, chair- 

 man. Ernest B. Dane. George B. Dorr, 

 Charles S. Minot. 



Lectures and Publications— Robert 

 Cameron. J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Ed- 

 ward B. Wilder. 



Children's Gardens— H. S. Adams, 

 chairman. Joseph Clark. H. S. Rand, 

 William P. Rich, B. Hammond Tracy. 

 James Wheeler. 



WM. P. RICH. Sec'y. 



SWEET PEA EXHIBITION FOR 1912. 



The following committees have been 

 appointed in connection with the 

 i Pea Society's Exhibition to be 

 held in Boston in conjunction with the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society's 

 Show, July 13th and 14th, 1912. 



Executive Committee — John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Chairman; W. A. Burpee, A. 

 C. Zvolanek. 



Manager of the Exhibition— Robert 

 Cameron. 



Schedule Committee— James Wheel- 

 er, Chairman; Wm. N. Craig, Sidney 

 Hoffman. 



Committee on Medals— Thomas Ro- 

 land. 



Commercial Growers' Committee on 

 Prizes and Rules— James Wheeler, 

 Chairman. 



Gardeners' Committee on Prizes and 

 Rules— Wm. N. Craig, Chairman. 



Retailers' Committee on Prizes and 

 Rules— Sidney Hoffman, Chairman. 



Seedsmen's Committee on Prizes 

 and Rules — H. E. Fiske, Chairman. 



Other committees will be announced 

 later. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Report of examining committees 

 follow: 



Exhibited at New York, Nov. 1, by 

 Chas. H. Totty Madison, N. J., Ram- 

 opo, Yellow, Jap. Inc., com. scale 87 

 points; Wm. Turner, White, Jap. Inc., 

 com. scale 93 points Ex. scale 93 

 points; by A. C. Van Gaasbeck, 

 Orange, N. J., Seedling No. 1, Pink, 

 Jap., com. scale. 85 points. 



Exhibited at Chicago, Nov. 4, by 

 Ilartje & Elder, Indianapolis, Ind., 

 Seediing No. 59, Pink, Pompon. 93 

 points; at Cincinnati, Nov. 4. Seedling 

 No. 59, Pink, Pompon, 93 points. 



Exhibited at Chicago, Nov. 4, by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich, 

 Clea, single, 85 points. 



Exhibited at St. Louis, Nov. 9, by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Manhattan, 

 Light Pink, Jap., com. scale 86 points, 

 Ex. scale S3 points. 



CHARLES W. JOHNSON, 



Secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Committees for 1911-1912, appoint- 

 ed Nov. 7, 1911. 



Club Room.— Fred Hahman. chair- 

 man; D. T. Connor, John Westcott, 

 Burton, John H. Dodds. 



Games. — Geo. Anderson, chairman; 

 Wm. Robertson, W. G. Rowley, Theo- 

 dore Shober, Geo. Craig. 



Novelties. — Robert Craig, chairman; 

 i: \ Stroud, Wm. Kleinheinz, Harry 

 S. Betz, Alfred M. Campbell. 



Essay. — Arthur Niessen, chairman; 

 Geo. C. Watson, Chas. E. Meehan. 



Membership.— Henry F. MichelL 

 chairman; Leo Niessen, Edward Reid. 



Exhibits— Robert Kift, chairman; A. 

 Farenwald, J. F. Sibson. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 Department of Registration. 

 Objections having been withdrawn. 

 Ic notice is hereby given that the 

 nation of the Rose, "Oriole," fcy 

 son & Perkins Company of New- 

 ark, Wayne County, N. Y., becomes 

 complete. 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 

 November 9, 1911. 



