

AUGUST 17, 1916. 



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The Group of President Fairbanks^ Staged at the Boston Gladiolus Exhibition. 



lavender lines; Miss Cavell, a magnifi- 

 cent white with lavender lines; Herada, 

 (Mrs. Austin), mauve; Julia M. Fair- 

 banks (Kunderd), fine lavender; Ade- 

 lina, rose-pink, yellow throat; Bed Em- 

 peror, a magnificent red, looming far 

 above all others of this color; White 

 Glory, large pure white, great sub- 

 stance, ruffled, fine. Out of a large 

 number of new seedlings staged, much 

 the best was a large, pure white of fine 

 form and substance from T. A. Have- 

 meyer. This was much ahead of the 

 two varieties awarded prizes by the 

 judges. 



The Awards. 



The list of awards in the open classes 

 was as follows: 



Twenty-flve spikes of white, one variety — C. 

 F. Fairbanks, Milton, Mass., first, with Buropa; 

 Jacob Thomann & Sons, Rochester, N. Y., sec- 

 ond, with Rochester White. 



Twenty-flve spikes, red, one variety — C. F.- 

 Fairbanks, first, with Red Emperor; Helen D. 

 Reardon, second, with Liebesfeuer. 



Twentv-flve spikes, crimson, one variety — John 

 Lewis Chllds, Inc., Floral Park, N. Y., first, 

 with Rlchred; C. W. Brovm & Sons, Ashland, 

 Mass., second. 



Twenty-five spikes, pink, one variety — Thomas 

 A. Havemeyer, New York, A. Lahodny, gar- 

 dener, first, with Panama; C. F. Fairbanks, sec- 

 ond, with Panama. 



Twentv-five spikes, yellow, one variety — John 

 Lewis Childs, Inc., first, with Sulphur King; 

 S. E. Spencer, Woburn, Mass., second, with 

 Schwaben. 



Twenty-flve spikes, any other color, one vari- 

 ety— r. A. Havumeyer, first, with Muriel; C. F. 

 Fairbanks, second, with Mary French. 



Twenty-five spikes, any Lemoinei hybrids — T. 

 A. Havemeyer, first, with Mme. Mounet Sully; 

 John Lewis Childs, Inc., second, with Baron 

 Hulot. 



Twenty-flve spikes, any primullnus hybrids — 

 C. P. Fairbanks, first; C. W. Brown & Sons, 

 second. 



Largest and best collection of named varieties 

 —John Lewis Childs, Inc., first: C. F. Fair- 

 banks, second. The winning collection contained 

 240 varieties, mostly of the Floral Park seed- 

 lings. Some of the best were: Pride of Goshen, 

 F. L. Oakley, Velvet King. General Kuropatkin, 

 Panama, Leslie, Schwaben. Improved Octoroon, 

 Charlemagne, Loveliness, Charmer. Dazzler, Con- 

 trast, Monster, Easter Bells, Chlffonette, Legion- 

 naire, Blue Vista, Aurora, Elmwood. 



Collection of fifty named varieties— T. A. 

 Havemeyer, first; John Lewis Childs, Inc., sec- 

 ond. The winning display had a magnificent lot 

 of spikes and contained some beautiful novelties. 



Six spikes, white — T. A. Havemeyer, first, 

 with Europa; Jelle Ross, Milton, Mass., sec- 

 ond, with Europa. 



Six spikes, red — T. A. Havemeyer, first, with 

 Bed Emperor; John Zeestraten, second, with 

 Electric. 



Six spikes, crimson — John Lewis Childs. Inc., 

 first, with George Paul; Jelle Ross, second, with 



Six spike'b, pink— John Zeestraten, first, with 

 Panama: H. E. Meader, Dover, N. H., second, 

 with M\-rtle. „ ^ 



Six spikes, vellow— E. M. Smith. East Hart- 

 ford, Conn., first, with Schwaben; C. F. Fair- 

 banks, second, with Schwaben. 



Six spikes, any other color— T. A. Havemeyer, 



first, with Loveliness; C. F. Fairbanks, second, 

 with Julia M. Fairbanks. 



Six spikes, Lemoinei hybrids — H. E. Meader, 

 first, with Heliotrope; T. A. Havemeyer, second, 

 with Duval. 



Six primullnus hybrids — C. W. Brown & Sons, 

 first; John Lewis Childs, Inc., second, with 

 Concolor. 



Three spikes, white — Thomas Coggar, first, 

 with Europa; Madison C. Cooper, Calcium, N. 

 Y., second with Mrs. L. M. Gage. 



Three spikes, red — C. F. Fairbanks, first, with 

 Red Emperor; E. M. Smith, second. 



Three spikes, crimson — B. M. Smith, first; 

 Jelle Ross, second, with Rajah. 



Three spikes, yellow — Madison C. Cooper, first, 

 with Yellow Bird; E. M. Smith, second. 



Three spikes, any other color — John Lewis 

 Childs, first; E. M. Smith, second, with MjTtle. 



Twelve varieties, distinct — Iristhorp Farm, 

 first, with superb spikes of Sulphur King, Pride 

 of Goshen, Hallev, America, Panama, Peace, 

 Pink Perfection, Mrs. P. Pendleton, Mrs. F. 

 King and Augusta; H. E. Meader, second. 



Twenty-five spikes, artistically arranged — 

 Jacob Thomann & Sons, first, with a charming 

 basket of Rochester "White; Eugene Fischer, sec- 

 ond. 



C. F. Fairbanks' special, best seedling — John 

 Lewis Childs, Inc., first, with Seedling No. 2, 

 white, pale yellow throat; T. A. Havemeyer, 

 second, with a good golden yellow seedling. 



Ten varieties, six spikes each — Jelle Ross, 

 first, with Mary Fenneli, Glory of Holland, Le 

 Trlomphe, Glory, Herada, Halley, America, Pan- 

 ama, Baron Hulot, Schwaben. 



Twelve spikes, Golden King — S. E. Spencer, 

 first; E. M. Smith, second. 



Primullnus hybrid seedling, new. yellow, pur- 

 ity of color and size to count — H. E. Meader, 

 first; C. W. Brown & Sons, second. 



Five varieties, three spikes each— E. M. 

 Smith, first, with Mrs. J. Lancashire, Schwaben, 

 Winsome, Miss Lucille, Pink Perfection; H. E. 

 Meader, second; C. F. Fairbanks, third. 



Collection of Kunderd's varieties, plain and 

 ruffled — C. W. Brown & Sons, first. 



Basket or hamper of blooms, artistically ar- 

 ranged, not more than twenty-flve spikes — Jacob 

 Thomann & Sons, first. 



Six spikes, mauve, one variety — Madison 

 Cooper, first. 



Six spikes, Rose Wells — John Lewis Childs, 

 Inc., first. • 



Twenty-five spikes, Pink Perfection — S. E. 

 Spencer, first. 



Competition among amateurs was 

 light. C. F. Fairbanks had the best dis- 

 play for growers with over 1,000 bulbs. 

 Madison C. Cooper was second. There 

 was little competition in the classes for 

 amateur growers with less than 1,000 

 bulbs. 



The most noteworthy displays were 

 the non-competitive ones. C. F. Fair- 

 banks secured the gold medal of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 

 his large arid artistic group, which in- 

 cluded about 100 large vases or baskets. 

 The Brooklands Gardens, S. E. Spencer, 

 owner, had a large group of magnificent 

 spikes, among which Peace, Mrs. F. 

 Pendleton, Glory of Nordwijk, Scars- 

 dale, primullnus hybrids, Empress of 

 India, Niagara, Panama and King 

 Arthur were particularly fine. 



Eugene N. Fischer received a certifi- 



cate for the new seedling, Henry C. 

 Goehl. A fine collection came from the 

 Chautauqua Flower Fields, Mayville, N. 

 Y.; also from Raymond W. Swett, 

 Saxonville, Mass.; C. W. Brown & Son 

 and L. Merton Gage, Natick, Mass. The 

 vase of Mrs. Dr. Norton in the lat- 

 ter 's collection was one of the most ad- 

 mired in the show. John Lewis Childs, 

 Inc., received honorable mention fbr 

 Evelyn Kirtland and C. W. Brown & 

 Sons, for Evaline. The Blue Hill Nur- 

 series, South Braintree, Mass., had a 

 nice table of primullnus hybrids. 



In other classes of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society the Blue Hill 

 Nurseries took first for best collection 

 of herbaceous phloxes; T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons Co., second. Weld Garden was 

 first for six tuberous begonias. The 

 Blue Hill Nurseries had a fine collec- 

 tion of herbaceous plants and R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. loaned quantities of 

 evergreens in tubs for decorating halls 

 and vestibules. There were fine dis- 

 plays of seasonable fruits and vege- 

 tables. W. N. Craig. 



POINSETTIAS DAMPING OFF. 



Will you kindly let me know the 

 cause of the enclosed poinsettias dying 

 off in the stem? They were in perfect 

 condition when in 2-inch pots, but three 

 days after being repotted into 3-inch 

 pots they were affected in this way. 

 The soil used was three barrow loads 

 of loam, two loads of cow manure, a 

 6-inch pot of blood and a little sand. 



S. T.— Pa. 



The plants were completely rotten on 

 arrival, which is to be expected during 

 the most torrid part of the year. Your 

 compost was hardly suitable for poin- 

 settias, and the mere addition of dried 

 blood was sufficient to account for the 

 plants dying off. Dried blood is a pow- 

 erful and rather quick-acting fertil- 

 izer. It is one I never have dared to 

 use in potting compost. Possibly some 

 vigorous-habited plants might stand it, 

 but certainly not poinsettias. It is 

 useful as a light top-dressing. You also 

 used far too much cow manure in your 

 soil. There are few even of the most 

 vigorous pot plants which need more 

 than one-third of manure in the soil. 



A more suitable compost for your 

 poinsettias would be one consisting of 



