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The Florists^ Review 



NOVEMBEU 26, 1914. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 <Jounty Horticultural Society was held 

 November 11, with President Henry 

 Gaut in the chair, Mrs. G. F. Baker 

 was elected an honorary member and 

 M. J. Cartrite an act^ive member. 



Judges for the monthly exhibits were: 

 G. Ashworth, J. Adler and J. Macdon- 

 ald. First prize for three white mums 

 went to J. W. Everitt, as did that for 

 three yellow. First prize for three 

 pink was awarded to F. Honeyman. 

 The thanks of the society were given 

 J. W. Everitt for a bloom of Mrs. Gil- 

 bert Drabble and to A. Fournier for a 

 vase of the new French varieties. 



President Gaut's prizes for table dec- 

 orations, open to assistant gardeners 

 only, went in order to Kobert Jones, 

 assistant on the Percy Chubb estate; 

 Chas. Parr, assistant on the John T. 

 Pratt estate, and Arthur Cook, assist- 

 ant on the H. L. Pratt estate. The 

 tables were judged by S. Trepess, W. 

 Robertson and A. McGregor. 



Henry Gaut was awarded a certifi- 

 cate of merit for each of four vases of 

 seedling chrysanthemums, and F. 

 Honeyman a certificate of culture for a 

 vase of Radiance roses. Prizes won at 

 the fall show were presented. Mrs. 

 W. D. Guthrie's offer of a silver cup 

 to be offered as a prize for chrysanthe- 

 mums at the next fall show was ac- 

 cepted. The John Scheepers prize for 

 Darwin tulips next spring was divided 

 into prizes of $12, $8 and $5 for the 

 best collection of Darwin tulips, includ- 

 ing six flowers each of not more than 

 eighteen varieties; and prites of $3 

 and $2 in each of five classes, each call- 

 ing for a vase of distinct color, of 

 twelve flowers. The secretary was in- 

 structed to write a letter of sympathy 

 from the society to J. Austin Shaw, of 

 New York city, on the recent death of 

 his daughter. After the meeting a 

 smoker was held. 



Exhibits for the next meeting are to 

 be a vase of twenty-five mixed carna- 

 tions, one head of cauliflower and 

 twenty-five Brussels sprouts. The meet- 

 ing will be held at 2:30 p. m., and the 

 election of officers will take place. 



Harry Jones, Cor. Sec'y. 



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