need be shown, it will be readily seen that purchases need not be on a 
large scale." 
The Garden Club of Cleveland held its Annual Flower Show 
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon V. Painter, Shaker's 
Heights, June 25th. Mr. and Mrs. Painter had offered a silver lov- 
ing cup and a silver vase to be won annually for one year for Roses. 
A marble bench and a bird bath and gazing globe for garden flowers. 
There were from twenty to sixty entries in each class. The north 
porch was a glowing mass of color. 
The president, Mrs. Andrew Squire, announced the presentation 
to Mr. and Mrs. Painter by the Horticultural Society and others of its 
gold medal as an appreciation of such splendid encouragement of the 
true spirit of gardening in Cleveland. 
On June 19th the Garden Club of Philadelphia met at Mrs. 
B. Franklin Pepper's, Chestnut Hill, when the hostess offered prizes 
for a Flower Arranging Competition, which was judged by Mr. H. H. 
Battles, according to the following rules. Flowers must be arranged 
by a member of the club: 
Color combination counted 50 points. 
Form and direction 35 points. 
Shape of receptacle 15 points. 
There were 28 entries, and the first prize was awarded to Mrs. 
Frederick W. Taylor for basket filled with Hollyhocks, Delphiniums, 
Foxgloves and Hardy Phlox. 
The second prize was won by Mrs. Charles Piatt, Jr., for a white 
bowl of Canterbury Bells, Phlox, Gypsophila and Wild Grasses. 
fall jflower Sbows 
Chrysanthemum Society of America. 
The twelfth annual exhibition of the Chrysanthemum Society of 
America will be held this year at Chicago in co-operation with the 
Horticultural Society of Chicago and the Chicago Florists' Club, at the 
Art Institute, November 5th to 7th. 
Lenox Horticultural Society. 
Fall Show, October 22d to 23d. 
Horticultural Society of New York. 
Annual Fall Show, American Museum of Natural History, New 
York, October 3 1 st to November 4th. 
