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The Florists^ Review 



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—J. Lewis ChlldB, second; W. L. W. Darnell, 

 third. 



Show, twelve blooms, twelve varieties, short 

 stems— O. Louis Ailing, first; W. L. W. Darnell, 

 second. 



Hybrid show, twelve blooms, twelve varieties, 

 Short stems — W. L. W. Darnell, first. 



Decorative, twelve blooms, twelve varieties, 

 short stems — 0. Louis Ailing, first; J. Lewis 

 Ohllds, second. 



Cactus, twelve blooms, twelve varieties, short 

 stems — Alfred B. Doty, New Haven, Oonn., first; 

 O. Louts Ailing, second. 



Hybrid cactus, twelve blooms, twelve varie- 

 ties, short stems — C. Louis Ailing, first; Alfred 

 B. Doty, second. 



Peony, twelve blooms, twelve varieties, short 

 stems—John Lewis Chllds, first; C. Louis Ailing, 

 second. 



Collarette, twelve blooms, twelve varieties, one 

 vase, long stems — 0. Louis Ailing, first; li. B. 

 Linsley, West Haven, Oonn., second. 



Pompon, nine varieties, nine vases, three in a 

 vase, long stems — C. Louis Ailing, first; Alfred 

 B. Doty, second. 



Vase of white dahlias, named, one variety, 

 twelve in a vase, long stems — Sarah W. Wake- 

 man, Southport, Oonn., first. 



Vase of yellow dahlias, named, one variety, 

 twelve in a vase, long stems — Alfred B. Doty, 

 second. 



Vase of pink dahlias, named, one variety, 

 twelve in a vase, long stems — John Lewis Chiids, 

 second. 



Vase of fancy dahlias, named, one variety, 

 twelve in a vase, long stems — J. Lewis Chiids, 

 first; Sarah W. Wakeman, second. 



Best undissemlnated seedling dahlia, long 

 stem — Richard Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White 

 Marsh, Md., first; J. M. Boot, ColUngswood, 

 N. J., second. 



Vase of cactus or hybrid cactus, twenty-five 

 blooms, long stems, for effect, other foliage per- 

 mitted — W. F. Jost, East Haven, Conn., first. 



Vase of decorative or hybrid decorative, 

 twenty-five blooms, long stems, for effect, other 

 foliage permitted; Dahlia Society of California 

 silver medal — W. A. Manda, South Orange, 

 N. J., first, with Mandalana. 



Vase of peony or hybrid peony, twenty-five 

 blooms, long stems, for effect, other foliage 

 permitted — L. B. Linsley, first. 



Pot-grown dahlia — J. R. Bruce, Montclair, 

 N. J., first, with Mandalana. 



Twenty-four blooms, cactus dahlias, hybrid 

 cactus dahlias excluded — A. Daly, Leonia, N. J., 

 first. 



Decorative dahlias, largest and best display — 

 W. L. W. Darnell, first, winning silver medal. 



Peony-flowered, largest and best display — W. 

 L. W. Darnell, first, winning silver medal. 



Best five decorative dahlias In one vase, all 

 different named varieties — Sarah W. Wakeman, 

 first. 



Best five decorative dahlias, one variety, in 

 one vase — Sarah W. Wakeman, first. 



Best collection decorative dahlias, twenty-five 

 varieties, short stems — J. Lewis Chiids, first. 



J. H. P. 



AKNUAI. MEETING. 



Officers BeSlected. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Dahlia Society was held at the Hotel 

 Pennsylvania, New York, Tuesday, 

 September 28, at 11:30 a. m. The at- 

 tendance was better than at any pre- 

 vious meeting. 



Officers and committees elected were 

 as follows: 



President — Richard Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md. 



Secretary — Edward C. Vick, 205 El- 

 wood avenue, Newark, N. J. 



Treasurer — Wm. J. Bathgeber, 198 

 Norton street, New Haven, Conn. 



Vice-presidents — Geo. L. Stillman, 

 Westerly, B, L; L. P. Peacock, Berlin, 

 N. J.; E. 8. Brown, East Moriches, N. 

 Y.; W. W. Wilmore, Denver, Colo.; 

 James Davies, San Francisco, Cal. 



Executive committee — ^I. S. Hen- 

 drickson, Flowerfleld, N. Y.; F. B. 

 Austin, Tuckerton, N. J.; C. Louis Ail- 

 ing, West Haven, Conn.; Wm. Noonan, 

 Locust Valley, N. Y.; W. L. W. Dar- 

 nell, East Moriches, N. Y. 



Nomenclature committee — Prof. Geo. 

 W. Fraser, Storrs, Conn.; James Kirby, 

 Huntington, N. Y.; N. Harold Cottam, 

 Wappingers Falls, N. Y.; I. N. Failor, 

 Bichmond Hill, N. Y.; E, Stanley 

 Brown, East Moriches, N. Y.; J. B. S. 

 Norton, Hyattsville, Md.; Geo. W. 

 Kerr, Fordhook, Pa.; James Duthie, 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



Treasurer W. J. Bathgeber reported 



the finances of the society in good 

 shape, with a substantial balance in the 

 treasury. 



President Vincent's Address. 



In his address as president, B. Vin> 

 cent, Jr., rendered thanks to those who 

 had aided the society during the last 

 year and called attention to the splen- 

 did progress of the organization and its 

 flower. Begarding the staging of the 

 show he said: 



* * We have been five years in exist- 

 ence as the American Dahlia Society. 

 The first year we were under the wing 

 of the New York Horticultural Society 

 and for four years afterwards under 

 the auspices of the American Institute, 

 and, having no privileges but those they 

 granted, we did not make much progress 

 financially. 



"When the trustees of the American 

 Institute notified us in February that, 

 on account of finances, they could not 

 give us any help to run the dahlia show, 

 things looked rather blue for a time, as 

 our society had no funds but those 

 which came from the members who paid 

 their dues. We were receiving only a 

 limited amount to send out circulars, 

 publish bulletins, etc., using practically 

 all funds coming in. But we are living 

 in hopes that the present show will not 

 only pay expenses, but also give suf- 

 ficient funds to the society so that more 

 regular or larger bulletins can be sent 

 to members. 



"When we held our annual spring 

 meeting this year, at the time of the 

 flower show at the Grand Central Pal- 

 ace, the question was brought up as to 

 what we were going to do. It was 

 quickly decided that we must hold a 

 show as usual in New York city, it be- 

 ing the home of the society. The ques- 

 tion was, where could we hold itf Sev- 

 eral offers from department stores were 

 talked about, but none seemed to meas- 

 ure up to our requirements. So the com- 

 mittee named to select a suitable situa- 

 tion accepted the offer from the Penn- 

 sylvania Hotel management to rent us 

 the roof garden for three days, Septem- 

 ber 27 to 29. The question was, could 

 the society manage to give a show with- 

 out there being a deficit? Some stated 

 that they were satisfied that we could 

 not stage a show as laid out without 

 loss, and there was every probability of 

 our being $1,000 to the bad. One mem- 

 ber stated that if that was going to be 

 all he would put up $100 or more, if 

 there were nine to meet it. The reply 

 was, 'Let the show go on; we will back 

 that member up. ' ^e show is going on 

 and at the present time everything looks 

 favorable. 



Trial Grounds at Storrs, Conn. 



"Too much cannot be said in favor 

 of Prof. Geo. W. Fraser. His work from 

 the beginning has been no easy task, 

 and this year's work with the new va- 

 rieties under test, giving evidence of 

 magnificent management in the way the 

 varieties have been g^own and handled, 

 and their splendid condition at the date 

 of judging, shows a love of the work and 

 an up-to-date way of growing dahlias 

 so as to get the most out of them. Any- 

 one who has varieties at Storrs cannot 

 find fault with the growing and han- 

 dling in case the judges ' award was not 

 up to what he expected, and we sin- 

 cerely hope that it ma^ be the privilege 

 of the American Dahlia Society to have 

 this good work continued under Profes- 

 sor Fraser 's management for years to 

 come. 



"We have several affiliated societies 

 that are working with us and have beea 

 of great help. More cooperation would 

 have been had but for various reasoBs 

 which I do not care to state. But with 

 a working body and a secretary who has 

 floriculture completely at heart, we will 

 look f orwdrd to his work for an in«rease 

 in the number of affiliated societies and 

 a successful year. Our motto is, '(}et 

 everybody to love dahlias.' Talk and 

 write about them, grow them, induce 

 others to do the same and to become 

 members of the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety. The east has got to be up and 

 doing, as our sister society on the Pa- 

 cific coast will be one of the best pro- 

 ducers of new varieties and types, and 

 in tlie east we have got to watch our 

 step or be left behind in the race. Good 

 luck to them! Honest rivalry will do 

 no harm. The thing is, instead of the 

 Old World sending over new varieties 

 and capturing our shekels, we shall be 

 able to turn the tables shortly, and if 

 they want real up-to-date dahlias they 

 will be sending their gold over here for 



ours. 



Pests Discussed. 



There was little business to come be- 

 fore the meeting. A great deal of time 

 was taken up with a discussion of ways 

 and means of fighting the tarnished 

 bug. Of all the remedies suggested for 

 the inroads made by this insect, the 

 best seemed to be one offered by George 

 W. Kerr, who said that in his experience 

 kerosene emulsion sprayed weekly 

 when the plants were from four inches 

 high until completion of flowering was 

 most satisfactory as a repellent, and 

 lime on the soil at planting time was 

 also effective in driving the insects 

 away. Nothing seemed to destroy them; 

 all one could hope to do was to repel 

 them. 



The borer was another pest consid- 

 ered. A member told of an effective 

 method to combat this. It is easy to 

 see where a borer began its depreda- 

 tions, a deposit at entry usually being 

 plainly visible. If a tobacco stem is 

 inserted in the opening, within a day 

 or so there will be no trouble from the 

 trapped borer and the plant will not 

 suffer. 



Some discussion took place as to the 

 practice of willful substitution of va- 

 rieties by unscrupulous dealers in dah- 

 lia roots. A motion, by Professor 

 Fraser, was carried that in cases re- 

 ported, where a grower failed to make 

 reparation, his name should be pub- 

 lished in the society's bulletin. 



J. H. P. 



NEW YORK TO INDIANAPOUB. 



The transportation committee of the 

 New York Florists' Club has made ar- 

 rangements for the party attending the 

 meeting of the F. T. D., at Indianapolis 

 October 12 and 13, to leave New York 

 on the Pennsylvania railroad on the 

 train departing from the Pennsylvania 

 Terminal Sunday, October 10, at 4:50 

 p. m. eastern standard time, and arriv- 

 ing at Indianapolis next day at 11 a. m. 

 Philadelphia florists can board this 

 train at North Philadelphia station at 

 6:41 p. m., and those from Baltimore 

 and Washington at Harrisburg at 8:40 

 p. m. The rate from New York, includ- 

 ing lower berth and war tax, is $43.83. 

 Reservations may be made with O. 

 Lowther, 438 West Thirtv-eeventk 

 street, New York. , J. H- P. 



