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Stage Decorations by Charles H. Totty at the Nineteenth Annual Autumn Show at Madison, N. J. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Flower Show. 



The nineteenth annual flower show of 

 tlie Morris County Gardeners' and Flo^ 

 rists' Society was held in the Assembly 

 hall, October 28 and 29. The heavy 

 wind and cold weather of the day pre- 

 vious to the opening of the show inter- 

 fered with the exhibits somewhat, but, 

 taken on the whole, it was equal to, 

 if not a little better than, other years 

 in the quality of stock displayed. The 

 rose entries were particularly good, as 

 were also the mum. classes. The stage 

 was, as usual, beautifully decorated by 

 Charles H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., 

 with a large collection of pompons and 

 single mums. 



Tn mupis the spectacular vase of the 

 oxhibition was Bob Pulling, a magnifi- 

 cent deep yellow, staged by Wm. Duck- 

 ham, Madison, N. J. This variety, 

 which is evidently "the variety of the 

 year," captivated everyone and will 

 undoubtedly be heard of in future exhi- 

 l)itions. He also had splendid flowers 

 of Mrs. R. C. Pulling and Mrs. G. Lloyd 

 Wigg. The twenty-four flowers of 

 twenty-four varieties ptaged by Wm. 

 Huckham were as follows: Onunda, 

 Mrs. Lopes, Bob Pulling, Hopetoun, 

 Rowland Hill, Xakota, Mrs. D. Syme, 

 F. S. Vallis, Mrs. R. C. Pulling, Fres. 

 Viger, Jas. Fraser, Beatrice May, Mrs. 

 '<■ C. Kelly, Wm. Trafford, Master Rex, 

 ^Irs. H. Stevens, Loiseau Rousseau, 

 I'aily Mail, Mrs. H. J. Jones, Mrs. G. 

 I.loy'd Wigg, Pockett's Crimson, H. E. 



• onverse, J, Lock and Joan Stratton. 



Robt. Spiers, superintendent of the 

 ^I^odel Farm Gardens, at Dalton, Mass., 

 ^' ho captured the Hitchings silver cup, 

 ' id as his twelve flowers: Wm. Turner, 

 Harry Converse, Mrs. H. Stevens, Mrs. 

 f'Opes, Beatrice May, Mrs. J. C. NeiU, 

 ^Irs. G. Drexel, Mrs. G. Lloyd Wigg, 

 ^^ary Mason, Gladys Blackburn, Pock- 



• tt's Crimson and Mrs. Crane. 



John Downing, superintendent for 

 '*r- McAlpin, Morris Plains, N. J., 

 ^^aged excellent flowers of Reginald 

 ^'allis, Wm. Turner, Beatrice May, 



Pockett's Crimson and Harry Converse. 

 It was a little early for Wm. Turner 

 to be at its best, but John Downing 

 and Percy Whitney certainly had it in 

 excellent condition. 



In the commercial classes, C. H. 

 Totty exhibited Mrs. Ernest Wild, A. 

 Baldwin, Antigone, the two latter being 

 new varieties, and Mrs. W. E. Tricker. 

 The class calling for live flowers of any 

 variety never before exhibited was won 

 hv Mr. Totty with Mrs. J. Purroy 

 Mitchell. 



Frnest Wild, superintendent for C. W. 

 Harkness, Madison, N. J., had as his 

 best flowers Mrs. G. Lloyd Wigg, Pock- 

 ett's Crimson, D. B. Crane and Lady 

 Hopetoun. 



In the rose classes, Shawyer was 

 shown in excellent condition, some ex- 

 hibitors staging it with stems six feet 

 long. Sunburst captured everything in 

 yellows. The class for novelty roses 

 was won by C. H. Totty with White 

 Shawyer. Other novelties shown by 

 this same exhibitor were Mrs. F. F. 

 Thompson, the shell-pink sport of 

 Shawyer, and September Morn. 



In carnations the finest vase on ex- 

 hibition was Princess Dagmar from the 

 Mrs. D. Willis James estate. Other 

 varieties shown in good condition were 

 Enchantress Supreme, Matchless, White 

 Wonder and Cheney. The only carna- 

 tion novelty exhibited was Laura 

 Weber, a new light pink, exhibited by 

 ('has. Weber, of Lynbrook, N. Y. 



In the table decorations Wm. Duck- 

 liam scored first; John Downing, second, 

 and Robert Tyson, third. These were 

 judged on the second day by a com- 

 mittee of patronesses and were the 

 means of drawing a large attendance. 

 The attendance this year exceeded that 

 of all previous years. 



The judges were John Canning, of 

 Ardaley, N. Y.; Aleck McKenzie, of 

 Garrison, N. Y.; Eugene Dailledouze, 

 of Flatbush, N. Y., and John T. Burns, 

 of New Canaan, Conn. 



Among the priie-winning commercial 

 growers were Chas. H. Totty, who took 

 half a dozen blue ribbons in the chrys- 

 anthemum classes and half that num- 



ber in the rose classes; Wm. Mul- 

 michael, superintendent for Chas. A. 

 Work, Madison, N. J., who also took 

 prizes in both sections; Louis A. Noe, 

 of Madison, N. J.; the L. M. Noe Es- 

 tate, Madison, N. J.; L. B. Coddington, 

 of Murray Hill, N. J.; Harry O. May, 

 of Summit, N. J.; Wagner Greenhouses, 

 of Chatham, N. J.; Madison Cut Flower 

 Co., of Madisdn; N. J.; Chatham Rose 

 Co., of Chatham, N. J., and W. H. Bar- 

 ton, of Madison, N. J., who were large- 

 ly represented in the rose classes; John 

 Heeremans, of Princeton, N. J., and 

 G. F. Neipp, of Chatham, N. J., who 

 ma<le exhibits in the carnation classes. 

 The leading prize-winners among the 

 private gardeners were Wm. Duckham, 

 superintendent for Mrs. D. Willis 

 James, Madison, N. J.; Ernest Wild, 

 for C. W. Harkness, Madison, N, J,; 

 James Fraser, for O. H. Kahn, Morris- 

 town, N. J.; Percy Whitney, for Mrs. 

 G. E. Kissel; John Downing, for Dr. 

 McAlpin, Morris Plains, N. J.; Robert 

 Spiers, of the Model Farm Gardens, 

 Dalton, Mass.; W. R. Fowkes, superin- 

 tendent for Howard Cole, Madison, 

 N. J.; Peter Duff, for Mrs. J. Crosby 

 Brown, Orange, N. J.; David Hawkins, 

 for C. W. McAlpin, Morristown, N. J.; 

 John Everitt, for J. T. Pratt, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y. ; H. Honeyman, for Percy 

 Chubb, Glen Cove, N, Y.; David S. 

 Miller, for C. G. Mason, Tuxedo Park, 

 N. Y.; Wm. Reid, for Sydney and Aus- 

 ten Colgate, Orange, N. J.; Thomas 

 Page, for Wm. Hall Walker, Great Har- 

 rington, Mass.; Louis Burkman, for 

 C. B. Alexander, Mendham, N. J,; John 

 F. Anderson, for W. H. Hammond, Ber- 

 nardsville, N. .L; Max Schneider, for 

 Peter Hauck, Jr., East Orange, N. J., 

 and David Francis, for Mrs. Paul 

 Moore, Convent, N. J. 



Chittenango, N. Y. — A. R. Ellis has 

 felt no hard times this year, but has 

 been compelled to build in order to 

 take care of his fast growing trade. 

 With his building, remodeling his heat- 

 ing system and an extra run of 'land- 

 scape work he has worked late into 

 the night all summer and fall. 



