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The Florists^ Review 



AuauHT 26, 1915. 



NEWPORT GLADIOLUS SHOW. 



National Society's Annual Meeting. 



Sound judgment was displayed by 

 the oflScers of the American Gladiolus 

 Society in its choice of Newport, ^. I., 

 as the place for this year's show, in- 

 stead of the 8. A. F. convention city, 

 which has usually been' selected.- Gla- 

 diolus experts were in heavy attend- 

 ance and exhibits were high in qual- 

 ity and large in number. The main 

 hall, the stage, the galleries, the 

 piazzas and the annexes of the Casino 

 were filled with blooms. The few days 

 of dry weather and moderate tempera- 

 ture just before the opening day of 

 the show, August 18, enabled the ex- 

 hibitors to display blooms of splendid 

 quality. 



The judges, James Wheeler, of Na- 

 tick, Mass.; J. Leiterstraten, of Saxon - 

 ville, Mass.; William Andrews, of Ster- 

 ling, Mass., and Bruce Butterton, 

 James Robinson and Andrew S. 

 Meikle, of Newport, had so heavy a 

 task on their hands that they were not 

 able to complete it the first day. In 

 one class, that for the silver cup of 



Hitcliings & (Jo. for the most artistic- 

 ally arranged basket or hamper of 

 blooms containing not more than twen- 

 ty-five spikes, competition was so 

 strong that a seventh man was called 

 in to break the tie among the six 

 judges. The prize was finally awarded 

 to B. Hammond Tracy, of Wenham, 

 •Mass., and J. G. Leikens, Inc., of New 

 York and Newport, was given a second 

 jtrize. Next day, however, it was found 

 that Mr. Tracy's hamper contained one 

 spike too many, and so the cup was 

 given to J. G.\Leikens. 

 - Charles F. Fairbanks, president of 

 the society, staged a splendid display, 

 which was awarded a gold medal by 

 the Newport Horticultural Society. T. 

 A. Havemeyer also had a fine exhibit, 

 as did Governor R. Livingston Beeck- 

 man, who formally opened the show 

 with a brief address. The decorations 

 by Bruce Butterton, superintendent for 

 E. J. Berwind, of Newport, added much 

 to the beauty of the exhibition as a 

 whole. 



The west upper balcony was filled 

 with trade exhibits. Prominent among 

 them were those of John iL«ewifl_ Childs, 

 of Flowerfiehi, N. Y.; Arthur ~Cowee, 



John W. Gregg. 



(Cliaimian Publicity Committee tor the San FranclHco Conrention.) 



of Berlin, N. Y.; H. E. Header, of 

 Dover, N. H.; Knight & Struck Co., 

 of New York; A. E. Kunderd, of 

 Goshen, Ind., and C. Keur & Sons, Of 

 Hillegom, Holland. 



Business Meeting. 



The annual meeting of the society 

 was held in the governors' room at 

 the Casino. ' It was voted to hold the 

 society's exhibitions hereafter bienni- 

 ally instead of annually. The execu- 

 tive committee recommended that the 

 next meeting be held in New York. 

 Votes of thanks were given to Bruce 

 Butterton for his work in staging the 

 exhibition and to T. A. Havemeyer for 

 his work in promoting the show. Pro- 

 fessor Massey, of Columbia university, 

 New York, gave an address on gla- 

 diolus culture and gladiolus diseases, 

 illustrating it with specimens, which 

 occupied a table in the Casino. ! 



The officers elected were as follows: 



President — Charles F. Fairbanks, 

 Boston. 



Vice-president — Theodore A. Ha'^^- 

 meyer. New York. 



Secretary — Henry Youell, Syracuse, 

 N. Y. 



Treasurer — A. E. Kunderd, Qoshen, 

 Ind. 



Executive committee — Theodore A. 

 Havemeyer, M. Chamberlain, Arthur 

 Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. 



ThA Awards. 



In addition to the awards in the 

 scheduled classes, C. M. Bergholt, gar- 

 dener for Miss Fanny Foster, Newport, 

 was awarded a cultural certificate for 

 a specimen of Europa. 



First class certificates were awarded 

 L. Merton Gage for his seedling, Mrs. 

 Dr. Norton, and John Lewis Childs for 

 Newport. Honorable mention was 

 awarded John Scheepers & Co., New 

 York, for new yellow seedling No. 

 3-7229; Chamberlain & Co., Wellesley, 

 Mass., for general display; A. E. 

 Kunderd, for primulinus hybrids; W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, for 

 seedlings; Knight & Struck Co., for 

 general display; 8. E. Spencer, 

 Woburn, Mass., for general display; 

 T. A. Havemeyer, for general display, 

 and T. E. Cogger, Melrose, Mass., for 

 display of seedlings. 



Votes of thanks were given for gen- 

 eral displays^ to H. A. Dreer, Inc., 

 Philadelphia; the A. H. Austin Co. 

 and Munsell & Harvey. 



Two exhibits arrived on the second 

 •lay of the show, too late to be judged. 

 One came from Munsell & Harvey, of 

 Ashtabula, O., and included specimens 

 of Hazel Harvey, a dark red. The other 

 was from the A. H. Austin Co., of Way- 

 land, O. 



The awards in the open classes were 

 as follows: 



six Rpilces wlilto— CliarleR F. Fairbanks, flnt; 

 Albert Laliodney, gardener for T. A. Havemeyer, 

 <;i<'n Head, N. Y., second. 



Six spilies plnlt— C. F. Fairbanks, first; R. W. 

 Swett, Saronylile, Mass., second. 



Sir spikes yellow — Artbur K. Griffin, Marion, 

 Mass., first; A. Lahodney, second. 



Six spikes blue or lavender — C. F. FVlirbanks, 

 first; A. Lahodney, second. 



Six spikes red— K. W. Swett, first; C. F. Fair- 

 banks, second. 



Six spikes any other color — B. H. Tracy, first; 

 Madison Cooper, Calcium, N. Y., second. 



Collection of ten varieties, six spikes of each — 

 B. H. Tracy, first. 



Vase of white or light seedling, new — Clark W. 

 Brown, Ashland, Mass., first. 



Six spikes Golden West— C. W. Brown, first. 



Three spikes A. W. Clifford — Madison Cooper, 

 first. 



Twelve spikes Black Beauty — Madison Cooper, 

 first. 



Twelve spikes Lucille — Madison Cooper, first. 



Twelve spikes Michigan— Madison Cooper, 

 first. 



