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The Florists^ Review 



AlGlt^T 120, lyi."). 



NEWPORT GLADIOLUS SHOW. 



National Society's Animal Meeting. 



Sdiiiiil iiii|;^nii'iit \\;i> niNplav I'll Wy 

 tlif (illici'is (it tile AiiM'iicaii (llailiolu^ 

 Sdcii'ty ill its clKiitr lit' \<'\v|M)it, li. I., 

 .M-. till' jil.-icc t'di tliis yt'ai'> show, in 

 stcail dl' llic S, .\. P. <(iii\ I'lit idii i-i1,\, 

 which lias usually liccn st'lcctcil. <ihi 

 'liohis ('\|ictt- wcic ill heavy .■ittciiil 

 :iiic(' niiil cxhliiits Will' IiIliIi in (|Ual 

 ity ami laryc in iininlici-. The main 

 hall, llic sla^c, the .L:allri i.'>, the 

 |iia//as aiiil the annrxo ul tiic ('a^inn 

 were li]l(>il with liliMiiiis. 'i'lif few ilays 

 nf ihy wcatlicr ;iiii| nmcli'i atf tciii|i('ra 



line jn>t lici'dlf the n|i('iiin;^ liay nl' 

 the show, .August |s. cnalilfl tlic on- 

 liiliitor-. to •lis|ilay lilooin^ nt ~|i|riii|i'l 

 i|iiality. 



I'lic jnil^rs, .laitifs W hci'ici , ol \:i 

 tiik, Mass.; .1. Lcitfi st i atcn, nt' Saxon 

 \ ilk', .Mass.; William .Xmiicws, of Stn 

 liii;;, .Mass., ami liiiicc liii tt ci t on, 

 • lames Holiinson :iiii| Amiiew S. 

 Meikle, of \ew|ioit, h.-ol so iieaxv a 

 lasU on their iianijs that the\ were not 

 alile to c-omjilete it the Hist ilay. In 

 line rlas~. that I'm- the --iUi.i riiii nl 



llitihinL:s \ ' 'o. I'ni- the most artistif 

 ■lily a I I an.Lieil liasket or haiii|)er ot 

 lilooins i-oiit ainiiiy not more than tweii 

 i\ li\e s|iik('s. i-()ni|iet itidii was so 

 -tiiiiiL; tliat a seventh man A\as calleil 

 in to lireak the tie amon<;- tlie six 

 jihl^es. 'Die ]iri/e was finally awarileil 

 to l'>. Ilamiuoiiil 'I'lai-y, ot AVenham, 

 Mass., aiiil .1. ('•. I.eikeiis, Inc., of ^\ew 

 \'oik ami Newport, was ^ivcn a secoiid 

 |iri/e. Next ilay, however, it was foiiml 

 that .\li. Tracy's hamper coiitaini^il one 

 spike too m;niy, and so the ciiji was 

 uiven to .1. <i. Leikens. 



(ha lies I", h'airlianks. president of 

 the societv, sta;;ed a s|ileildid dis|ilay, 

 which was ;iw;irded a yold mi'ilal hy 

 the Newport Horticultural Socioty. '\'. 

 \. Ilavcmeyer also had :i fine exhibit, 

 .IS did (iovcrnoi K'. I iixiii^stoii ISeeck 

 man, who formallv opeiii'd the show 

 with a liiief .-iddress. 'IMie decollations 

 liy lii lice Hiittciton, super intendeiit for 

 i;. .1. Merwind, of Newpoit, ;idd«'d iinich 

 to the lie.aiity nf the exliiliition as ;i 

 w hole. 



'rill west upper lialcony was filled 

 with trade exhiliits. rromineiit ;im<)ii^ 

 them were those ot' .lolin l.,e\vis ('hilds, 

 111 Flow el (ielil. N, \ .: Artliiii < 'ow ee. 



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John W. Gregg. 



' C'liiiii'MNiii I'lililicilv ( nriiiiiittci' liif Ihe San 1 laiui-i" i imi\i i.Iumi 



of HerUn, N. V.; H. E. Meadcr, of 

 Dover, \. II.; Kni<i;ht & Struck Co., 

 of New York; A. E. Kiinderd, of 

 (ioshen, Ind., and C. K(Mir & Sons, of 

 llille.uoni. IIollaiKl. 



Business Meeting. 



The annual ineetiiijj of the society 

 was ludii ill tlio }j;ovc'riiors ' room iit 

 the Casino. It Avas voted to hold the 

 society's exliiliitioiis hereafter bieniii 

 ally instead of aiinually. The execu- 

 tive cominittee leconnneuded that the 

 next ineetiiifi he held in New York. 

 N'otes of thanks were niven to Hnice 

 liiitteitou for his work in staj^iiifi; the 

 exhibition and to T. A. Haveiiieyer for 

 his work in ])roiiiotinff the show. Pro- 

 fessor JMassey, of Columbia university, 

 .New Y'ork, (^ave 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. 



\'ice-presideiit — Theodore A. llave- 

 nu'ver, New York. 



Secretarv — Henrv Youell, Syracuse, 

 .V. Y. ■ ' 



Treasurer — A. E. Kiinderti, Gosiieii, 

 Ind. 



Kxecutive <-ominittee — Theodore A. 

 Ilavemever, M. Chamberlain, Arthur 

 Co wee, Berlin, N. Y. 



The Awards. 



Ill addition to the awards in the 

 scheduled classes, C. M. Kergholt, gar- 

 dener for Miss Fanny Foster, Newport, 

 was awarded a cultural certificate for 

 .•I sjieciinen of Europa. 



First class certificates were awarded 

 L. -Merton Gage for his seedling, Mrs. 

 Dr. Norton, and .lohii ]>ewis Childs for 

 Newport. Honorable mention was 

 awarded .John Schecpers & Co., New 

 York, for new yellow seedling No. 

 .'{-7229; (Jhamberlain & Co., Wellesley, 

 Afass.. for general display; A. E. 

 Kunderd, for ]irimuliiius hybrids; W. 

 .\tiee Eurpee & Co., Philadeljihia, for 

 se<'dlings; Knight ^ Struck i"o., for 

 general display: S. K. Spencer, 

 Wobiirn. Mass., for general display; 

 T. A. llavemeyer, for general display, 

 .and T. i;. <'ogger, .Melrose, Mass., for 

 display of si'edlings. 



Votes of thanks were given for gen 

 iral displavs to H. A. Dreer, Inc., 

 I'hila.](dpliia; the A. 11. Austin Co. 

 .and Munsell Sc Harvey. 



Two exhibits .arrived on the second 

 day of' the show, too Iat(! to be judged. 

 One came from Munsell & Harvey, of 

 Asht.aliida, ( >.. .and included specimens 

 ol Ila/(d JIarvcy, a d;irk red. The other 

 was fioiii the A. II. .Austin < 'o., of Way- 

 land. • ». 



Till' ;i wards in the o[ieii (d.asses were 

 .•I- fiillows: 



s,\ -|.iki'- vviiin I h.'iili- r I .lirliMiiKs. lirsl : 



All..' I l..ili.i.|iic\ . L;.iri|.iii-i r..i' T. A. Iliivc vi-i . 



l.i. I. I|.;hI. \. v.. >!■... II. I. 



Six -|.iIk.- |.ii'K I'. 1 . I'.iiil. links, tirst ; I!. \V. 

 SvM'll, S.i \ii|H il ic. M.l~~ , M'...||.|. 



.S|\ ~|.iK.'~ vclliiw Villmr ]. HiiHiri. M:ii'ii>li. 

 Vl;i->.. Iii-vi : A |.:ili,..lii.> . -.•.■..!,. I 



Si\ -.|.ik..-. I.I I l:i\.n.|ii I'. 1". I'iiil.;uik>-. 



In -I : A. l.:ilM..lr.'V . si. oinl. 



Si\ -|.ik.< ir.l i:, W. Svs.-lt. lir-l: ('. I'. V:\\r 

 h.ii.k-. -.•.•..ml. 



Sl\ ^j.ikcs :iliv iilliiT ci.|..r 1! II. 'I'f.'i,^.\ , lirst : 

 M.MJN.iM Ciioiii'i-. Calcjiiiii. N. v., ■^cc.ithI. 



< '..lie. I lull III' ti'ii variciii'>. si\ >|iiUcs nf cacli - 

 i: 11. 'lr.ic>. Ihst. 



\a-<- 111 Hhilc i.r liL'ht ^icilliii;;. new Clarli W. 

 Ht..\mi, .Vslilaml. Mass.. Iil■^t. 



Si\ >|iikc^ la.Mcii Wc^t C. W. I'.r.iwii. tir^t. 



'lliiiT spikes .\. \\. ClilTiinl \l;i.lis.iu (■.iii|ii'r. 

 rn>l. 



'Iwelve ^|iikis Hlack I'.iaiily Maili-...]! ('iiii|iei, 

 lirst. 



'I vvclve spikes Lucille Mailis..ii ( .i.iper. first. 



'I'vMlve spikes Mieliiuaii .Ma.lisun t'o^iKT. 

 Iii~l. 



