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NOTBMBKB 9, 1905. 



TheWeekly Florists' Revkw. 



1403 



Chrysanthemum Wm. Duckham as Shown at Madison, N. J., by A. Herrington. 



Donald McLeod, Ben "Wells, Mrs. Weeks, 

 F. S. Vallis, Janet Lady Clark, Mrs. D. 

 V. West, Guy Hamilton and Lord Salis- 

 i)ury. 



In roses, the principal prize winners 

 were Mrs. Geo. Lewis, James Ballantyne, 

 gardener; W. A. Burnham, F. Reynolds, 

 gardener; Howard Willets, White Plains, 



A. Weisenberger, gardener, and "W. D. 

 Sloane, Lenox, Mass., F. Heeremans, 

 gardener. 



In carnations, the Cottage Gardens, 

 Queens, N. Y., Frederick Potter, Mrs. 

 M. E. Sands, Ardsley, N. Y., Thomas 

 Lee, gardener; W. D. Sloane and Mrs. O. 



B. Jennings, Fairfield, Conn., Oscar Carl- 

 son, gardener, were the most successful 

 exhibitors, and the varieties most promi- 

 nent were the three Lawsons, Robert 

 Craig, Alma Ward, Victory, Pink Pat- 

 ten and Enchantress. 



In the plant classes, the principal prize 

 winners were Samuel Untermyer, Mrs. 

 J. B. Trevor, Mrs. Geo. Lewis and Jos- 

 eph Eastman. The plants, especially foli- 

 age, were exceptionally fine. 



There was an exceptionally fine dis- 

 play of vegetables and fruits. In the 

 former Martin J. Bell, Sparkill, was 

 the largest and most successful exhibitor, 

 while in fruits Samuel Untermyer, Mrs. 

 J. H. Whitehouse, Irvington, A. Fallon, 

 gardener, and Martin J. Bell were well 

 to the front. 



A feature of the second day was the 

 dinner table decoration, the contest ly- 

 ing between Thomas Lee and John 

 Woodcock. The former used crimson 

 and the latter pink. Both tables were 

 very neat and eflfective. The lady judges 

 decided on the crimson as first. 



The judges were Peter Duff, Orange, 

 N. J.; John Shore, Harrison, N. Y.; 8. 

 Carlquist and A. H. Wingett, Lenox, 

 Mass. WM. SooTT. 



ORANGE, N. J. 



The eleventh annual exhibition of the 

 New Jersey Florictiltural Society was 

 held in Berkeley Hall, October 30 and 

 31, and was a most successful affair. 

 There were some tweipty-flve exhibitors, 

 mostly the gardeners on the private es- 

 tates in the vicinity, and the show put 

 up was worthy of the increased attend- 

 ance which resulted • from keeping the 

 show open two days instead of one. J. 

 Crosby Brown was the principal prize 

 winner. Others who received awards 

 were Sidney and Austen Colgate, Wil- 

 liam Bunkle, William Barr, A. B. Jen- 

 kins, H. A. Potter, O. D. Munn, Stewart 

 Hartshorn, M. M. Brown, F. H. Presby, 

 George Smith, T. A. Gillespie and Mrs. 

 William Pierson. 



Lager & Hurrell staged a fine lot of 

 orchids, Guttman & Weber Carnation 

 Victory, and the F. B. Pierson Co. 

 a large display of dahlias, each receiv- 

 ing a certificate of merit. The awards 

 were made by Joseph A. Manda, A. W. 

 Bodwell, Edward Thomas, William 

 Reid, Detrick Kindsgrab, Malcolm 

 MacRorie, William E. Bennett, Peter 

 Duff and George Smith. 



POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 



The eleventh annual exhibition of 

 the Duchess County Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in Columbus Institute, 

 November 1 and 2. Competition was 

 close, there being as many as six en- 

 tries in some of the classes. Wm. G. 

 Saltford was the largest exhibitor and 

 principal prize winner. He had sev- 

 eral non-competitive groups and spe- 

 cial exhibits besides those in sched- 

 uled classes, and was highly commended 

 for the showing made. 



C. F. Bahret was the winner in each 



of the open classes for violets. Sloan 

 Bros, had some fine carnations. 



Premium winners among the private 

 growers were W. P. Clyde, H. Oster- 

 houdt, gardener; Archibald Rogers, 

 Thos. P. Connors and T. Talhot, gar- 

 deners; F. R. Newbold, Fred Sanger, 

 gardener; Winthrop Sargeant, F. 'E. 

 Whitney, gardener; F. .W. Vanderbilt, 

 H. J. Allen, gardener; Ogden Mills, 

 Jos. Blair, gardener; Edward Jenkins, 

 Lenox, Mass. 



The attendance was excellent and it 

 may be said that the exhibition was a 

 greater success than the most success- 

 ful of its predecessors. 



RED BANK, N. J. 



The eighth annual exhibition of the 

 Monmouth County Horticultural Societyj 

 which was held November 1 and 2, was 

 a great success in every particular. The 

 classes were all well filled, and in many 

 there were six or seven entries. The 

 blooms were beyond all expectations and 

 competent judges pronounced it one of 

 the best shows ever held in the east. 

 More out-of-town exhibitors showed than 

 on any other occasion, while the local 

 gardeners vied with each other in mak' 

 ing the exhibition most attractive. 



On thirty-six blooms, six varieties, Wil- 

 liam Turner, gardener to M. C. D. Bor- 

 den, captured the first prize and George 

 H. Hale, gardener to E. D. Adams, sec- 

 ond. The same exhibitor also scored on 

 twenty-five varieties. On eighteen blooms 

 in six varieties, N. Butterbach, gardener 

 to C. N. Bliss, was first and Mr. HaU, 

 gardener to S. B. Guggenheimer, Elbe- 

 ron, second. For twelve varieties the 

 same awards were made. On two vases 

 arranged for eflFect, Mr. Turner won 

 . first, and Mr. Hale second. On group of 

 chrysanthemum plants, Mr. Butterbach 



