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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOTEMBBB 12, 1908. 



sylvania chrysanthemums and sample of 

 Defiance carnation as grown by H. N. 

 Hoflfman, the table of single seedling 

 mums and vases of immense large ones 

 from C. H. Totty and from Elmer D. 

 Smith. The Smith exhibit arrived too 

 late for competition. The awards were 

 as follows: 



Cup for best undlssemlnated variety, to U. S. 

 Cut Flower Co. for a white seedling, No. 41, 

 grown by the late G. P. Itawson. 



Twenty-flve blooms one variety, H. N. Hoff- 

 man first With Pennsylvania, U. S. Cut Flower 

 Co. second with Dr. Enguehard. 



Twelve varieties, one each, C. H. Totty flxst, 

 U. S. Cut FlQwer Co. second. 



Six yellowv U. S. Cut Flower Co. first with 

 Golden Chadwlck, H. N. Hoffman second with 

 Golden Dome. 



Six whlt«, H. N. Hoffman first with Timothy 

 Eaton, J. B. Knapp, Sayre, Pa., second also 

 with Eaton. 



Six pink, U. S. Cut Flower Co. first with 

 Enguehard, H. N. Hoffman second also with 

 Enguehard) 



Six red, U. S. Cut Flower Co. first with Chllds. 



Single bloom, U. S. Cut Flower Co. first with 

 Lynnwood Hall. 



Display of carnations, U. S. Cut Flower Co. 

 first, H. N. Hoffman second, J. B. Knapp third. 



Display tea roees, U. S. Cut Flower Co. first. 



Display of American Beauties, U. S. Cut 

 Flower Co; first. 



Group lUwits, Hon. J. S. Fassett, William 

 Pursey gardener, first. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The tenth annual exhibition of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held in Music hall November 4, 5 and 6. 



a certificate of merit. This firm also 

 won a certificate of merit for a new mam- 

 moth pink seedling carnation, for which 

 the name Governor Hughes has been sug- 

 gested. 



Among the other prizes awarded to 

 the trade were the following: 



Society prize, sliver medal, new decorative 

 plant, F. K. Plerson Co., for Nephrolepls ele- 

 gantisBlma compacta. 



Fifty blooms carnations, one variety — First, 

 F. R. Plerson Co. ; second, Kretscbmar Bros. 



Vnse twenty-five blooms roses, one variety — 

 First, F. R. Plersen Co. 



Bunch 100 double blue violets — First, Richard 

 Langle. 



Bunch 100 single blue violets— First, Richard 

 Langle. 



Outside of the trade, the chief prize winners 

 were as follows: Wm. Rockefeller, Geo. Mid- 

 dleton gardener; Isaac N. Sellgman, Jobn'Brun- 

 ger gardener; Samuel Untermeyer, W. H. 

 White superintendent; Stuyvesant Fish, Hector 

 MacDonald gardener; Emll Berolzhelmer, W. 

 Jamleson gardener; Morton F. Plant, Thomas 

 Head superintendent; Joseph Eastman, Robert 

 Angus gardener; Samuel Grlgg; Frederick Pot- 

 ter, W. C. Roberts gardener; W. C. Osborne, 

 estate, James Bell gardener; Charles Lanier, 

 A. H. Wlngett superintendent; Mrs. J. B. Tre- 

 vor, Howard Nichols gardener; R. & H. Sco- 

 vUle, Walter Angus gardener; W. Jamleson, 

 George Begg assistant; W. H. Walte, T. Rich- 

 ardson assistant; Miss Blanche Potter, G'eorge 

 Wlttllnger gardener; Mrs. F. A.. Constable, 

 James Stuart gardener; John J. Rlker; F. W. 

 Howes, H. L. Hand gardener; Mrs. Henry 

 Slegel, Thos. Aitchison gardener; Miss A. B. 

 Jennings, Oscar Carlson gardener; Theo. Tre- 

 vlUian; E. H. Weatherbee, F. Milne gardener; 

 W. W. Heroy, Abraham Wynne gardener; Mrs. 

 L. P. Child, W. H. Maglnnls gardener. 



The judges of the exhibit were as fol- 

 lows: A. L. Marshall, Katonah; H. J. 



Chrysanthemum Yellow Miller. 



The exhibits were numerous and of ex- 

 cellent quality. The principal novelty 

 on display was the new White Killarney 

 rose of the F. R. Pierson Co., awarded 



Osterhoudt, New Hamburg; W. C. Rus- 

 sell, Millbrook; Thos. Page, Lenox, 

 Mass.; George Saltford, New York city; 

 Robert Walker, Great Neck. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its fourth annual exhibition 

 in Pembroke hall. Glen Cove, November 

 5 and 6. The hall was tastefully deco- 

 rated and the exhibits effectively placed, 

 giving a good view from all sides. It 

 was one of the best exhibitions given by 

 the,, society, both financially and other- 

 wise. A special feature of the exhibi- 

 tion was two pieces of fretwork, by Mr. 

 Ingram, Oyster Bay, which received hon- 

 orable mention. J. F. H. Matz, Glen 

 Cove, had an elaborate flower piece, in 

 the shape of a harp, standing four feet 

 high. The columns were composed of 

 pink roses and orchids, while the strings 

 were lily of the valley, and the base of 

 Easter lilies, which received a certificate 

 of merit. James D. Cockcroft, of North- 

 port, sent for exhibition twenty-five 

 blooms of his new white carnation, Geor- 

 gia, which received a certificate of merit 

 and got a good deal of attention from 

 visitors. Music was supplied each even- 

 ing by Miller's otchestra. The judges 

 were George Hales, Seabright, N. J., 

 and Robert Angus, Tarrytown. Repre- 

 sentatives from several of the New York 

 seed houses were present. 



A few of the gardeners prominent 

 in former shows were missing this year. 

 The principal exhibitors and premium 

 winners were: A. McKenzie, gardener 

 to Percy Chubb; S. Trepass, gardener to 

 J. R. Maxwell; Valentine Cleres, gar- 

 dener to F. S. Smithers; George Wil- 

 son, gardener to B. S. Roslyn; Paul 

 Reul, gardener to Walter Gibb; H. F. 

 Matz, J. Ingraip; Henry Grant, gar- 

 dener to H. L. Pratt; F. Petroccia, and 

 Adolph Alius. 



POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 



The fourteenth annual exhibition of 

 the Dutchess County Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in the State armory, in 

 this city, on Thursday and Friday, Oc- 

 tober 29 and 30. 



There were a large number of entries 

 in all classes and competition in some 

 of them was close, the scale of points 

 having to be resorted to in several in- 

 stances, noticeably in carnations. There 

 were not so many groups of ornamental 

 foliage plants as usual, but there were 

 enough to furnish a good setting for the 

 unusually large entry of carnations,, 

 roses and chrysanthemums. 



The list of awards follows: 



Twelve plants of mums, distinct varieties, 

 with single stem and in 6-lnch pots, Archibald 

 Rogers, Hyde Park, N. Y., P. Connor gardener, 

 first; W. P. Clyde, New Hamburgh, N. Y., H. J. 

 Osterhoudt gardener, second. 



Six plants, distinct varieties, three or more 

 blooms, pots not to exceed eight inches, Osborne 

 Estate, Garrison, N. Y., James Bell gardener^ 

 first; W. P. Clyde, second. 



Round ta])Ie of ornamental and flowering 

 plants, arranged for effect, Saltford Flower 

 Shop first; A. Rogers second. 



Group of ornamental foliage plants, arranged 

 for effect, A. Rogers first, Saltford Flower Shop 

 second. 



Group of mums, to occupy seventy-five feet> 

 A. Rogers first. 



Six decorative foliage plants, distinct varie- 

 ties, A. Rogers first, Osborne Estate second. 



Six ferns, distinct varieties, 12-inch pots, 

 F. R. Newbold, Poughkeepsle, N. Y.. Fred 

 Saenger gardener, first. 



Table of decorative foliage plants, W. P. 

 Clyde first, A. Rogers second. 



Specimen plant of asparagus, A. Rogers flrst. 



Specimen fern, F. R. Newbold first, with one 

 of the best specimens of Adiantum cuneatum 

 ever seen. 



Thirty-six blooms of mums, six varieties, six 

 of each. In six vases, Ogden Mills, Sloatsburg, 

 James Blair gardener, first; F. W. Vanderbllt, 

 Hyde Park. N. Y., H. J. Allen gardener, sec- 

 ond. 



Twelve white mums, Osborne Estate first. 



Twelve yellow mums, F. W. Vanderbllt first, 

 Osborne Estate second. 



