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THE Cx A R D E X ]M A G A Z I X E 
September 1916 
j Fall Planting j 
! Little Trees I 
I Each 3'ear sees fall planting practiced 
I more extensively. Many reasons make it 
I logical and practical. There is more time 
I for planting trees in the fall than in the 
I spring. Labor is more plentiful and the 
I soil is in ideal condition for it. Trees 
J transplanted in the fall start to thrive 
I earlier in the spring and make a better 
growth during the summer. September is 
a good month to transplant Evergreens. 
So long as the ground is moist and free 
from frost, success is assured with White 
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Meetings and Lectures in September 
{The folloieing dates are tneetings unless otherwise specified) 
1. Litchfield, Conn, Garden Club. 
Pasadena, Cal. Hort. Soc. 
1, 2. Sayville, L. I. Garden Club: Flower Show. 
2, 3. Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston, Mass.: exhibit products 
Children’s Gardens. 
2-9. Cleveland. O., Florists’ Club: flower show. 
4. New Bedford, Mass. Hort. Soc. 
6. North Country Garden Club of Long Island: meet- 
ing, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Roslyn. 
8. Westchester (N. Y.) & Fairfield (Conn.) Hort. Soc., 
‘Greenwich, Conn. 
Conn. Hort. Soc., Hartford, Conn. 
8, 9. Northern Nut Growers’ Asso., Washington. D. C.: 
7th annual convention. 
7. Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y.: show. 
Marshfield, Mass. Garden Club. 
9. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.. Hort. Soc. 
9, 10. Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston, Mass.: Dahlia and fruit 
exhibit. 
11. N. Y. Florists’ Club, N. Y. City. 
Rochester, N. Y., Florists’ Asso. 
Garden Club, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
12, 13. R. I. Hort. Soc., lYovidence, R. L: exhibit. 
13. Lenox, Mass., Hort. Soc. 
Shedowa Garden Club. Garden City, L. I. : field day. y 
Nassau Co. Hort. Soc., Glen Cove, L. I. ■ 
13, 14. New Haven Co. Hort. Soc., New Haven, Conn.: fall I 
exhibit. ■ 
15. Pasadena, Calif., Hort. Soc. I 
Litchfield, Conn., Garden Club. " 
19. Park Garden Club, Flushing. L. I. 
20. R. I. Hort. Soc., Providence, R. I. 
Tarrytown, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
North Country Garden Club of Long Island : meet- t 
ing, Mrs. E. H. Townsend, Oyster Bay. ■ 
21. Worcester Co. Hort. Soc., Worcester. Mass.: grape I 
exhibit. ■ 
M^shfield, Mass., Garden Club. I 
Minnesota Garden Flower Soc.: meeting at Minne- q 
apolis, Minn. I 
22. Conn. Hort. Soc., Hartford, Conn. 
23. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston, Mass.: exhibit, new 
plants. 
25. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
26-28. American Dahlia Soc., American Institute, N. Y. 
City: exhibit. 
28, 29. Short Hills, N. J.. Garden Club: Dahlia show. 
29. Litchfield. Conn., Garden Club. 
American Sweet Pea Society Show 
T he annual meeting and exhibition of the 
American Sweet Pea Societt’ was held at 
Bar Harbor, Me., July 15 and iL Mr. Geo. 
W. Kerr, of Doylestown, Pa., was elected 
President, with Harry A. Bunyard, New York, 
Secretary and W. C. Sim, Cliftondale, Mass., 
Treasurer. 
In the color classes, the winning varieties 
were as follows: White, Constance Hinton. 
Crimson or red. Scarlet Emperor, Fiery Cross. 
Rose or carmine. Geo. Herbert, Illuminator. 
Light pink. Lady Evelyn Eyre, Lillian. Deep 
pink, Hercules. Blue, Blue Monarch, Blue 
Jacket. Lavender, Leslie Tinier, Don Alba, 
Bertrand Deal, Aster Ohn. Cream or yellow, 
Floradale Fairy, Frilled Primrose. Salmon or 
orange. May Unwin. Maroon or purple. 
Royal Purple. Picotee edged, Jean Ireland. 
Striped or flaked, Jessie Cuthbertson. And in 
“any other color,” Senator, Rosina. 
In the large collection of 100 varieties, some 
of the more notable were Fiery Cross, Presi- 
dent, Floradale Fairy, Cherub, Robert Suyden- 
ham, Margaret Madison, Mrs. J. Balmer, Il- 
luminator, Stirling Stent, King White, Royal 
Purple, Charm, Irish Belle, Orchid and Flor- 
ence Nightingale. 
The Garden Magazine Achievement 
Medal was awarded to E. Jenkins, gardener for 
Giraud Foster, Lenox, Mass. The variety 
Fiery Cross received premier honors in the 
“ 1916 Novelties.” 
Ideal Premium Lists 
T he question of “the Ideal Premium List 
for an Amateur Flower Show” is a burn- 
ing one. There are many points to be taken 
up in general, such as the proper way to make 
entries, a scale of points for judging, the nam- 
ing of varieties, the strict enforcement of rules, 
etc.; and upon all of these, and more, we hope 
to touch in later articles. But the present 
seems to call for a timely word on Dahlia 
shows. 
At the top of each and every premium list 
should stand the first Flower Show Com- 
mandment: “In judging exhibits of equal 
merit, those having the varieties correctly 
named will take the precedence.” And the 
second is like unto it: “In filling out entry 
blanks, exhibitors must abide by their own 
mistakes.” With these two general notes of 
prime importance, let us proceed to stage our 
Dahlias. 
First and most “pesky” of all comes the 
question of classification. The American 
Dahlia Society acknowledges nine classes, sub- 
divided as follows: 
1. Cactus A. Flowers fully double; petals a > 
more or less perfect tube for more than half the i t 
length. (Snowdon. T. G. Baker.) B. Hybrid ’ * 
Cactus or Semi-Cactus. Flowers fully double, I 
petals short as compared with not sharply ' 
pointed as a rule, not as tubular. (Master Carl, 
Kalif.) 
2. Decorative. Double; full to centre in early 1 
season: flat rather than ball shaped; broad, flat j 
somewhat loosely arranged petals. (Souvenir de j 
Gustave Douzon, Delice.) 
3. Ball Shaped Double. Show (which in- j 
eludes so-called “Fancy”). Double; full to centre; 
globular or ball shaped; petals more or less quilled. ■ 
(A. D. Livoni, Arabella.) B. Hybrid Show (Giant i 
Show or Colossal). Fully double; broadly hemis- iJ 
pherical and flatly globular; loosely built. (Mrs. (J 
Roosevelt, W. W. Rawson.) C. Pompon. Shape 
same as A. or B. but must be under two inches in dl- Li 
ameter. (Fairy Queen, Little Hermann.) In none a 
of the above classes should an open centre show. I 
4. Peony-flowered. Semi-double; open centre; | 
inner petals usually curled, outer ones flat and irreg- j 
ular. (Queen Wilhelmina, Geisha.) | 
5. Duplex. Semi-double; centre always ex- 3 
posed on opening of bud; petals more than 12 in | 
more than one row; broad or flat, not twisted or 
rounded. . (Merry Widow, Sensation.) 
6. Single. Open centred, small or large; 8 to 12 
petals, more or less in one circle. (Century Types, 
large; Polly Eccles, Danish Cross, small.) 
7. Collarette. Open centred; not more than 9 
petals; “collar” of smaller rays around disk. 
(Diadem, Orphee.) 
8. .Anemone Flowered. One row of large petals, 
as in Singles; each disk flower producing small tubu- 
lar petals. (Graziella, Mme. Charles Molin.) 
9. Other Sections (little used and seldom listed). 
Miniature or Pompon Cactus: Mignon, or Tom 
Thumb (for edging). Bedding (taller than Mignon): 
"Cockade, or Zonal, single or collarette with three 
distinct zones of color around centre. 
There are a few more fine points in the 
Society’s descriptions, but these abridged notes 
will suffice for any one judging an amateur 
collection, for no amateur show either desires 
to reach the cold perfection of a professional 
exhibit, or is likely to do so. By no means are 
all these sub-divisions necessary on an amateur 
premium list. The following will cover all i 
that is necessary for a good show: 
i. Collection of (6 or 12) varieties. All 
sections admitted, not more than one-half the 
collection to be of any one section. 2. Three 
blooms of Cactus Dahlia. 3. Three blooms 
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