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and Visitors that come to the peurk from all over the United
States. In adding my testimonial, which you have not re-
quested, let me say that you deserve credit for this structure
the proportional and ornomental design of the whole plant and
especially the one hundred foot tower is ' exceptionally well
designed and executed in well balanced workmanship and is
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FOURTH NATIONAL
FLOWER SHOW
of the
SOCIETY o/ AMERICAN
FLORISTS and ORNAMENTAL
HORTICULTURISTS
Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901
Co-operating with
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
The American Rose Society
The American Carnation Society
Florists' Club of Philadelphia
American Sweet Pea Society
American Gladiolus Society
National Association of Gardeners
American Dahlia Society
Chrysanthemum Society of America
Florists' Telegraph Delivery
CONVENTION HALL
BROAD STREET AND ALLEGHENY AVENUE. PHILADELPHIA
MARCH 25 TO APRIL 2
1916
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
CO-OPERATING SOCIETIES
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
C. Hartman Kuhn, Phila. . President Henry F. Michell, Phila Vice-President
Robert Craig. Phila Vice-President Robt. C. Lippincott, Phila. . . . Vice-President
Wm. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa. . Vice-President S. W. Keith, Phila Treasurer
David Rust, Phila Secretary
American Rose Society
Samuel S. Pennock, Phila President Harry O. May, Summit, N. J Treasurer
Louis J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I. , Vice-President Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. , Secretary
American Carnation Society
Joseph H. HiU, Richmond, Ind President A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis, Ind Secretary
J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, III., V. -President F. E. Domer, LaFayette, Ind Treasurer
Florists' Club of Philadelphia
George Burton, Phila President David Rust, Phila Secretary
J. C. Gracey, Phila Vice-President George Craig, Phila Treasurer
American Sweet Pea Society
Wm. Gray, Newport, R. I President Harrj^ A. Bunyard, New York Secretary
G. W. Kerr, Doylestown, Pa. , Vice-President Arthur T. Boddington, New York . . Treasurer
John H. Pepper, New York .... Recording Secretary
American Gladiolus Society
C. P. Fairbanks, Boston, Mass President Henry Youell, Syracuse, N. Y Secretary
T. A. Havemeyer, New York . . Vice-President A. E. Kimderd, Goshen, Ind Treasurer
National Association of Gardeners
W. N. Craig, Brookline, Mass President James Stuart, Majnaroneck, N. Y. . Treasurer
Theo. Wirth,MhineapoHs,Muin.,F.-P7'm(fe«i M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J Secretary
American Dahlia Society
R. Vincent, Jr., WTiite Marsh, Md. .President J. Harrison Dick, New York Secretary
F. R. Austin, Tuckerton, N. J Treasurer
Chrysanthemum Society of America
Wm. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa President Chas. W. Johnson, Morgan Park, 111. ^Secretary
W. Vert, Port Washington, N. Y. , V .-President John N. May, Summit, N. J Treasurer
Florists' Telegraph Delivery
I. Bertermann, Indianapohs, Ind. . .President W. L. Rock, Kansas City, Mo Treasurer
W. F. Gude, Washington, D . C. , Vice-President Albert Pochelon, Detroit, Mich. . . . Secretary
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
EVOLUTION OF FLORICULTURE IN
AMERICA
HE grand array of Nature's finest products that will be on exhibi-
tion at Convention Hall from March 25th to April 2nd will give
flower lovers the opportunity of seeing the very latest development
of plant life.
When the Pilgrim Fathers landed on the bleak, barren shores
of New England they found very little in the way of native flowers.
They had brought with them a few seeds of Dianthus and other common
garden flowers and when these seeds had produced bloom the Pilgrims gazed
upon the entire cultivated floral wealth of America.
Among the earliest records of the cultivation of flowers in America, are the
accounts of the voyages made in 1638 and 1663 by John Josselyn.
In these accounts Mr. Josselyn made special mention of the successful
cultivation in America of Hollyhocks, Gilly Flowers, Sweet Briars and English
Roses.
From this humble beginning, Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture
have made most marvelous strides, and now in 19 16 the United States far sur-
passes any other country in the total production of glass-grown flowers.
This rapid growth has so increased the supply of Decorative Plants, such
as Palms, Ferns, etc., that the best of them are within the reach of people of
moderate means.
This rapid growth could not have been possible without the stimulus and
organized work of Horticultural Societies.
Such organizations are now^ doing good work in most of the large cities
and the smaller suburban towns. The greatest value of these organizations is
the interest which they establish in Flowers and Ornamental Plants, and the
spreading broadcast of knowledge of new varieties and latest cultural methods.
The oldest existing Society in the United States is the Pennsylvania Horti-
cultural Society which was organized in 1827, and has included in its member-
ship, from the very beginning, many of our foremost citizens. It is taking on
new vigor and is adding many to its membership. It is working in conjunction
with the S. A. F. 0. H. and other National Horticultural organizations to make
the Fourth National Flower Show the greatest Floral Exhibition ever staged
in this country.
The first greenhouse in this country was built in Boston about the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century, and in comparison with the magnificent steel
and concrete constructions of to-day, with their abundance of light and superb
heating systems, this original greenhouse was a very crude affair.
The greenhouses now built by the largest firms engaged in that business
are in points of stability, beauty and adaption to purpose of growing flowers
and plants, superior, in a marked degree, to anything of the kind in any other
country.
In America we have in Winter the finest Roses, Carnations, Sweet Peas,
and other popular flowers because of the superior construction of the houses and
the abundant sunshine, which by the way is lacking on the Continent of Europe.
A most comprehensive idea of the advance made in this great business
may be obtained by visiting the great Show to be held in Philadelphia, March
25th to April 2nd.
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS
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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS
OFFICERS FOR 1916
President
DANIEL MacRORIE, San Francisco, Cal.
Vice-President
R. C. KERR, Houston, Tex.
Secretary
JOHN YOUNG, 53 W. 28th St., New York, N. Y.
Treasurer
W. F. KASTING, Buffalo, N. Y.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Term Expiring igij
J. J. Hess, Omaha, Neb. J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, O.
Term Expiring igi8
William R. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.
W. J. Keimel, Elmhurst, 111.
Term Expiring igig
Angelo J. Rossi, San Francisco, Cal. Charles L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn.
Ex-Officio
Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass.
DIRECTORS UNDER AFFILIATION
To Serve One Year
S. S. Pennock, President American Rose Society
Joseph H. Hill, President American Carnation Society
Irwin Bertermann, President Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Henry Weston, President New York Florists' Club
George Burton, President Florists' Club of Philadelphia
Eric James, President Pacific Coast Horticultural Society
Alex. Henderson, President Chicago Florists' Club
E. G. Hill, President Florists' Hail Association of America
The Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the Society of American Florists and Orna-
mental Horticulturists will be held at Houston, Texas,
August 15, 16, 17, 1916.
NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW^
COMMITTEE
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NATIONAL
FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE
GEORGE ASMUS, Chairman
2223 W. Madison Street, Chicago, 111.
JOHN YOUNG, Secretary
53 West 28th Street, New York
WM. F. KASTING, Treasurer
Buffalo, N. Y.
THOMAS ROLAND
Nahant, Mass.
CHAS. H. TOTTY
Madison, N. J.
ADOLPH FARENWALD
Roslyn, Pa.
WM. P. CRAIG
Philadelphia, Pa.
PATRICK WELCH
Boston, Mass.
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LOCAL COMMITTEES
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PHILADELPHIA LOCAL COMMITTEES
Exhibits
William Klcinhcinz, Chairman
Joseph Heacock John Kiilin
Thomas Logan Thomas Long
Harry S. Betz Alphonse Pericat
A. T. Moore
Publicity
W. F. Therkildson, Chairman
W. Percy Mills Chas. Henry Fox
Theo. F. Pohlig R. H. Diirbin
Williamson Tate H. W. Webb
Geo. B. Donnell}^ S. R. Clark
E. Moren Babcock H. C. Sheppard
W. F. Greenwood W. Atlee Burpee, Jr.
Concessions
Louis Burk, Chairman
Henry F. Michell Walter P. Stokes
A. T. Moore
At Large
Robert Craig, Chairman
Louis Burk George Burton
Lectures
J. Otto Thilow, Chairman
Chas. E. Meehan Robert Pj'le
Printing
Samuel S. Pennock, Chairman
Fred J. Michell, Jr. Frank M. Ross
Lease, Contracts and Hall
A. Farcnwald, Chairman
W. P. Craig
S. S. Pennock
Louis Burk
W. F. Kasting
Trade Tickets
E. J. Fancourt, Chairman
Mark P. Mills E. C. Dungan
David Burpee W. K. Harris
Alfred Burton
Admission
1 John Young P. Welch W. F. Kasting
of N. F. S. Committee
and the Committee on Trade Tickets
Special Premiums
Wm. P. Craig, Chairman
Frank Ikiljcock W. F. Therkildson
Louis Burk
Information
Fred Cowjierthwaite, Chairman
H. F. Michell, 2d Dennis Keohane
John C. Gracey Harry S. Betz
John Berger D. B. Edwards
M. C. Wright L. H. Dudman
David B. Colflesh Wm. H. Engler
Anthony Waterer
Advertising
Chas. Henry Fox, Chairman
Montgomery Wright J. Otto Thilow
Wm. Warner Harper
and the Committee on Publicity
Decorations
John P. Habermehl, Chairman
William Graham Robert Kift
Special Features
Chas. H. Grakelow, Chairman
Harry S. Evans Fred Co\vperthwaite
Edward A. Stroud Harry S. Betz
Hon. W. Freeland Kendrick
Music
Leo. Niessen, Chairman-
and the Committee on Special Features
Aquariums
Frankhn Barrett, Chairman
Dr. Herman Bcrgin Flarrj^ Peters
W. L. Rosenberger Wm. Peck
Hiram Parker Robert Schaeffer
Wm. T. Innes, Jr.
Nurserymen
^^'m. ^^'arncr tlarper, Chairman
Thos. B. ]\Ieehan Adolph AiuUcr
James Krewson
Local Executive Committee
Composed of the Chairmen of Above Com-
mittees.
A. Farenwald, Chairman
A. Z. Niessen, Secretary and Treasurer
PENNSYLVANIA
HORTICULTURAL SOGIETT
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THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY
OFFICERS FOR 1916
President
C. HARTMAN KUHN
Vice-Presidents
ROBERT CRAIG HENRY F. MICHELL
WM. KLEINHEINZ ROBT. C. LIPPINCOTT
Treasurer
S. W. KEITH
Executive Council
JOHN W. PEPPER EDW. A. SCHMIDT
GEO. C. THOMAS, JR J. OTTO THILOW
THOS. W. LOGAN DR. ROBT. HUEY
R. W. MEIRS
Secretary
DAVID RUST
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HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
ADOLPH LEWISOHX
JAjMES BOYD
COUNTESS OF SANTA EULALIA
C. HARTMAN KUHN
GEORGE W. ELKINS
GEORGE D. WIDENER, Jr.
GEORGE C. TH0:^1AS, Jr.
MRS. JOHN WANAMAKER
JOSEPH E. WIDENER
MAYOR SMITH
LOUIS BURK
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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS
ITS ORGANIZATION
The Society of American Florists was born at
Chicago, III., on June 19, 1884.
Previous to this time there had been no organization of any kind among
the florists and gardeners of the country, although many of them were identified
with the various horticultural societies and a few were members of the Nursery-
men's Association. To a few far-seeing individuals it seemed that the florists
were numerous enough and their business strong enough to maintain a separate
national organization of their own. So in response to a call, about thirty or
forty gentlemen assembled in Chicago on the 19th of June, 1884, and there
laid the foundations of the Society of American Florists. One of the objects
sought to be accomplished by organization was some plan for insurance of glass
houses against injury by hail; indeed, it is doubtful if the Society had material-
ized for many years had it not been for this impetus. At the Chicago meeting
a preliminary organization was effected and an executive committee met at
Pittsburgh, Pa., in February, 1885, where the program and other arrangements
were prepared for the first annual convention to be held in Cincinnati, O.,
in the following August.
The Society was incorporated by special act of Congress, March 4, 1901.
LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN
FLORISTS
The Ladies' Society of American Florists was organized 1907 at Philadel-
phia, Pa., with a membership of 139. Since then its growth has been steady,
now numbering from 250 to 275. Its object is to promote sociability among the
ladies attending the S. A. F. and O. H. conventions. It has proved a benefit
to its own members, and a valuable asset to the main society. Officers consist
of president, two vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer, and a board of six (6)
directors.
CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF
AMERICA
The Chrysanthemum Society of America was organized at Buffalo, N. Y.,
in 1S90, with the following officers: President, John Thorpe; Vice-President,
Wm. K. Harris; Treasurer, John Lane; Secretary, Edwin Lonsdale.
Its aim and object is the cultivation and improvement of the Chrysanthe-
mum. To further this purpose an annual meeting and exhibition is held each
year in conjunction with one of the FaU Flower Shows, the 19 15 Meeting and
Exhibition being held at Cleveland, Ohio, November 10, 11,12, 13, and 14, 1915.
Examining Committees are appointed each year in New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Chicago and Cincinnati, to examine new varieties of chrysanthe-
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mums submitted to them. These committees meet every Saturday during the
months of October and November, and each variety of chrysanthemum scoring
85 points is awarded the C. S. A. certificate of merit. By this means the dis-
semination of undesirable varieties is curtailed, and to this is largely due the
high standard which the chrysanthemum has attained.
OFFICERS FOR 1916.
President, Wm. KJeinheinz, Ogontz, Pa.
Vice-President, Wm. Vert, Port Washington, L. I., N. Y,
Treasurer, John N. May, Summit, N. J.
Secretary, Chas. W. Johnson, 2134 W. iioth Street, Chicago, 111.
"SCHOOL GARDENING"
Our country is so large that to nationalize any movement is no small work,
and to hold the interest of each section in particular work or object is difficult,
but one effort to stir up common interest certainly meets with a well nigh
universal appreciation, and that is "School Gardening."
The florists of this country are in a trade that helps greatly to develop
beauty all around, and in the efforts made by the Society of American Florists
and Ornamental Horticulturists to stimulate interest in some practical labor,
by teaching in our schools a Httle gardening and floriculture, reports come from
many points which show without question that the effort is having a helpful
result.
Schools can never take the place of parental oversight and encouragement.
In one dark back yard brought to our notice, overshadowed by other buildings,
two boys came to invite us "to come see our garden." Sure enough, those
youngsters had dug up a bit of waste ground, planted it, weeded and watered
the ten or dozen feet square, which looked like an irrigated patch near Denver,
Colo., so prolific it was, and these lads were pleased. This kind of work aids
to develop American citizens of character. In many villages and small towns
improvement societies exist, and these societies are usually excellent supporters
of the florists' craft, directly and indirectly. By small prizes well distributed
children are encouraged to keep up the home yards.
School Gardening has its greatest application in our great cities. School
Gardening aims to take hold and interest the city boys. At a flower show held
in New York City in the Museum of Natural History, the school children came
in classes to view the exhibits. They are children born in congested sections
of New York, and some of them never had been in the country, and the wonder
at seeing so many flowers was expressed without reserve.
In the city of Philadelphia the school garden work is well organized, and
the back yards of the thousands of little houses reveal a taste and industry
of great importance to any one.
A truth full of vitality in the 20th Century is: "He that tilleth his land
shall be satisfied with bread. Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there
is that which is destroyed for want of judgment." — Solomon, King of Israel.
Benjamin Hammond,
Chairman School Garden Committee,
Beacon, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Society American Florists.
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PATRONESSES
Miss Ashhurst
Mrs. Thomas Ashtoii
Mrs. C. L. Borie
Mrs. Edward Biddlc
Mrs. Robert Pitfield Brown
Mrs. Matthew Baird
Miss Harriet Blanchard
Mrs. Beauveau Borie
Mrs. George Fales Baker
Mrs. Edward Bok
Mrs. Samuel T. Bodine
Miss Marian Biddle
Mrs. Andrew Blair
Mrs. Bradbury Bedell
Miss Emma Blakiston
Miss Mary Burnham
Miss E. Josephine Brazier
Miss Julia Berwind
Mrs. Archibald Barklie
Mrs. William P. Bement
Mrs. Henry Baltz
Miss Sophia Cadwalader
Mrs. Brinton Coxe
Mrs. J. Gardner Cassatt
Mrs. Edward Cope
Mrs. Henry Brinton Coxe
Mrs. Hampton L. Carson
Mrs. Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Mrs. John Cadwalader, Jr.
Mrs. George M. Chichester
Mrs. Samuel Chew
Mrs. A. J. Cassatt
Mrs. Clyde
Mrs. Harrison K. Caner
Mrs. Edward Coles
Mrs. William M. Camac
Mrs. William B. Campbell
Mrs. Edward Crozer
Mrs. Herbert L. Clark
Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, Jr.
Mrs. George Dallas Dixon
Mrs. William F. Dreer
Mrs. A. J. Dallas Dixon
Mrs. George W. C. Drexel
Mrs. Charles E. Dana
Mrs. Francis X. Dercum
Mrs. Herbert S. Darlington
Mrs. Charles B. Dudley
Mrs. WilUam H. Donner
Mrs. George W. Elkins, Jr.
Mrs. William M. Elkins
Mrs. Walter L. Eustis
Miss Elinor Earle
Mrs. Thomas Elwyn
Miss Elizabeth Wilson Fisher
Miss Adeline Worrell Fisher
Mrs. George H. Frazier
Miss Mary L. Fisk
Mrs. C. Lincoln Furbush
Mrs. F. M. Fuerstenburg
Mrs. S. G. Flagg, Jr.
Mrs. William W. Farr
Miss Mary K. Gibson
Mrs. Rodman E. Griscom
Mrs. J. Howard Gibson
Mrs. W. A. Glasgow
Mrs. John Gibbon
Mrs. Edwin C. Grice
Mrs. J. Campbell Harris
Mrs. C. Leland Harrison
Mrs. John Harrison
Mrs. Richard H. Harte
Mrs. W. W. Harper
Mrs. John J. Henry
Mrs. Samuel F. Houston
Mrs. Charles W. Henry
Mrs. Henry R. Hatfield
Mrs. J. Norman Henry
Mrs. George Q. Horwitz
Mrs. Sydney Hutchinson
Mrs. Jane H. Haines
Miss Elanor B. Hopkins
Mrs. George W. Hodge
Mrs. Bayard Henry
Mrs. Austin Heckscher
Mrs. Maurice Heckscher
Mrs. Charles E. Ingersoll
Mrs. Henry LaBarre Jaync
Mrs. Alba B. Johnson
Mrs. John S. Jenks, Jr.
Mrs. S. Lovering Jones
Mrs. William F. Jenks
Mrs. Edward M. Jeffries
Mrs. Morris Jastrow, Jr.
Miss Hilda Justice
Miss Augusta Justice
Miss Margaret Kuhl Kelly
Mrs, Charles P. Keith
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PATRONESSES
Mrs. George W. Kendrick
Mrs. Lewis Kolb
Dr. Ida L. Keller
Mrs. Sydney W. Keith
Mrs. Edward I. Keffer
Miss Kate Kelsey
Mrs. Arthur H. Lea
Mrs. Joseph S. Leidy
Mrs. John F. Lewis
Mrs. Henry Laughlin
Mrs. J. B. Lippincott
Mrs. Morris J. Lewis
Mrs. Francis A. Lewis
Mrs. Richard M. Lisle
Mrs. George H. Lea
Mrs. Theodore J. Lewis
Mrs. William M. Lycett
Mrs. Robert LeBoutillier
Miss Clara Middleton
Mrs. A. L. Marshall
Mrs. Robert von Moschzisker
Mrs. Frederick Morris
Mrs. Louis C. Madeira
Mrs. Mary L. Morris
Mrs. Richard W. Meirs
Mrs. James P. McNichol
Mrs. J. Franklin McFadden
Mrs. George McFadden
Mrs. Norman McLeod
Miss Letitia McKim
Mrs. Thomas R. Neilson
Mrs. George W. Norris
Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols
Miss Violet Oakley
Mrs. Frederick A. Packard
Mrs. T. Cuyler Patterson
Mrs. Francis L. Potts
Mrs. Louis Rodman Page
Mrs. Charles A. Potter
Miss Laura Piatt
Mrs. George Wharton Pepper
Miss Elizabeth H. Peale
Mrs. Eli K. Price
Mrs. Howard Pancoast
Mrs. Earl B. Putnam
Mrs. William B. Potts
Miss Laura Reeve
Mrs. B. F. Richardson
Miss Rosengarten
Miss Julia Rush
Mrs. Thomas Robbins
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Mrs. J. Ridgway Reilly
Mrs. Charles J. Rhoads
Mrs. Lewis Somers
Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson
Miss Ethel Smith
Mrs. Otis Skinner
Mrs. Joseph F. Sinnott
Mrs. Thomas B. Smith
Countess Santa Eulalia
Mrs. Isaac T. Starr
Mrs. Robert Sewell
Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury
Miss Sinkler
Mrs. W. York Stevenson
Mrs. Graham Shaw
Mrs. Alfred Stengle
Miss Emily K. Smith
Miss Jessie Wilcox Smith
Mrs. Edgar F. Smith
Mrs. E. Hollingsworth Siter
Mrs. Ralph Strassburger
Miss E. P. Stewartson
Mrs. William H. Sayen
Mrs. William Ellis ScuU
Mrs. Walter B. Stephenson
Mrs. George C. Thomas
Miss Anne Thomson
Mrs. George F. Tyler
Mrs. Joseph B. Townsend
Mrs. Charlemagne Tower
Mrs. Samuel H. Thomas
Mrs. Rowland L. Taylor
Miss Martha G. Thomas
Mrs. WilHam S. Vare
Mrs. Van Rensselaer
Mrs. James D. Winsor
Mrs. Charles Wheelen
Mrs. John Wanamaker
Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton
Mrs. Joseph E. Widener
Mrs. George Woodward
Mrs. Richard D. Wood
Mrs. Louis C. Washburn
Mrs. J. William White
Mrs. C. Stewart Wurts
Mrs. William T. Wright
Mrs. G. B. Wilson
Mrs. J. Edward Woodbridge
Mrs. Charlton Yarnall
Mrs. Harold Yarnall
Mrs. I. Lewis Zeigler
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THE TEA GARDEN
JOHN H. HABERMEHL
DESIGNER OF TEA GARDEN
LUDWIG J. VOLLERS
DECORATOR OF TEA GAflDEN
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THE TEA GARDEN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mrs. J. Willis Martin, Chairman.
Miss Ernestine A. Goodman, Secretary, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Charles T. Cresswell, Treasurer, 2122 Locust Street.
Mrs. R. H. Bayard Bowie, Mrs. G. G. Meade Large,
Mrs. Charles Davis Clark, Mrs. Randal Morgan,
Mrs. William J. Clothier, Mrs. Lewis Neilson,
Mrs. Andrew Wright Crawford, Mrs. John W. Pepper,
Mrs. William W. Frazier, Mrs. Charles Piatt, 3rd,
Mrs. H. Frazer Harris, Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd.
ASSOCIATIONS HAVING CHARGE
Saturday Afternoon, March 25. Flower Market.
Mrs. G. G. Meade Large, Chairman
Evening. The Civic Club. Mrs. Wendel Reber, Chairman
Sunday Afternoon, March 26. Students of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Miss Elise L. Hopkins, Chairman
Monday Afternoon, March 27. The Gardeners of Montgomery and Dela-
ware Counties. Mrs. Horace W. Sellers, Chairman
Evening. The Country Week. Mrs. E. Boyd Weitzel, Chairman
Tuesday Afternoon, March 28. The Weeders.
Mrs. Andrew Wright Crawford, Chairman
Evening. The New Century Club. Mrs. William B. Campbell, Chairman
Wednesday Afternoon, March 29. Horticultural Society of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. John W. Pepper, Chairman
Evening. The Philomusian Club. Mrs. Walter C. Hancock, Chairman
Thursday Afternoon, March 30. The Garden Club of Philadelphia.
Mrs. B. Franklin Pepper, Chairman
Evening. The Country Week. Mrs. E. Boyd Weitzel, Chairman
Friday Afternoon, March 31. The Alumni Association of Philadelphia
High School for Girls. Mrs. Charles D. Clark, Chairman
Evening. The High School Alumnee. Miss Helen M. Neher, Chairman
Saturday Afternoon, April i. The School of Horticulture.
Mrs. Thomas Wistar, Chairman
Evening. The Country Week. Mrs. Boyd E. Weitzel, Chairman
Students of the School and Directors of the Country Week will also assist
at Tea Garden.
The proceeds will be divided between The Horticultural School for
Women, Ambler, Pennsylvania, and The Children's Country Week x\ssociation
of Philadelphia.
Hardy Perennial Seeds from the garden of Miss Ellen Wilmot, Great Worley, England, for
sale at the Garden Club Table.
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
School of
Horticulture
for Women
Ambler, Pennsylvania
18 miles from Ptiladelphia
Spring Term of regular 2-year
course begins
February 14. 1916
Practical and theoretical train-
ing in the growing of
Fruits, Vegetables and
Flowers
Simple Carpentry, Bees, Poultry, Preserving, School Gardening,
Elementary Landscape Gardening
ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE, Director '^^^ demand for trained
' women to nil positions
Consultant to the Garden Club along horticultural lines,
of America is steadily growing.
WILLIAM F. KASTING CO
WHOLESALE FLORISTS
DEALERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, CUT FLOWERS
PLANTS AND BULBS
COMMISSION BUSINESS
PRICE LISTS AND CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION
LONG DISTANCE PHONE •
BELL 620 SENECA FEDERAL 21-120
383-387 ELLICOTT STREET
BUFFALO. N. Y.
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SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE FOR WOMEN
MISS ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE, Director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Miss Jane B. Haines, President, Cheltenham, Pa.
Miss Emma Blakiston, First Vice-President, Fort Washington, Pa.
Miss Mira L. Dock, Second Vice-President, Fayetteville, Pa.
Mrs. Charles W. Henry, Third Vice-President, St. Martin's, Pa.
Miss Hilda Justice, Secretary, W. Clapier St., Germantown, Philadelphia
Miss E. P. Stewardson, Treasurer, Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Mrs. Edward W. Biddle, Carlisle, Pa.
Miss J. A. Clark, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Mrs. Herbert S. Darlington, Rosemont, Pa.
Mrs. Norton Downs, Three Tuns, Pa.
Mrs. Charles B. Dudley, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Miss Eleanor Earle, Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Miss Gertrude S. Ely, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Miss Mary L. Fisk, 90 Bayard Lane, Princeton, N. J.
Mrs. C. Lincoln Furbush, 4300 Locust St., Philadelphia
Mrs. John Gribbel, Wyncote, Pa.
Mrs. Edwin C. Grice, 3308 Arch St., Philadelphia.
Mrs. John J. Henry, St. Martin's, Pa.
Dr. Ida A. Keller, Girls' High School, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Isaac La Boiteaux, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Miss Elizabeth L. Lee, School of Horticulture.
Miss Elizabeth H. Peale, Lock Haven, Pa.
Mrs. Horace W. Sellers, Ardmore, Pa.
Miss Martha G. Thomas, Whitford, Pa.
Mrs. Thomas Wistar, 51 E. Penn Street, Germantown, Philadelphia.
The School of Horticulture for Women at Ambler, Penna., was founded
for the purpose of training women in the art and practice of horticulture and
gardening. Opening in 191 1 with five resident students, the numbers have
steadily increased and there are now twenty-one full students, while more than
sixty others have, at various times, availed themselves of the special or short
courses.
During this time nine or ten States, besides, Canada and England, have
been represented among the students, thus although situated in the eastern
part of Pennsylvania, the School is truly a national institution.
The students receive two years of training in the growing of fruits, vege-
tables and flowers, supplemented by lectures and class room work in the under-
lying theory and sciences, but especial emphasis is laid on the practical work,
for "practice makes perfect."
The work now being done by the former students and graduates attests
the practical character of the training. This includes horticulture and garden-
ing in various forms, fruit growing, nursery work, floriculture, as well as work
upon private places and in school gardens.
The School has no endowment, but is partly self supporting and depends
on private gift to supplement this.
A visit to the School will be of much interest.
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOW ER SHOW
LIST OF GUARANTORS
The names in this Hst are those of members of the Society of American
Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists whose subscriptions to the Guarantee
Fund make the National Flower Show possible. The different States repre-
sented in this list are evidence, if such were required, that the show is truly
National in its conception, and promoted in the general interest of American
Horticulture.
CALIFORNIA
Daniel MacRorie San Francisco
Hans Plath San Francisco
Ant. Zvolanek Lompoc
E. James Elmhurst
COLORADO
J. A. Valentine Denver
CONNECTICUT
A. N. Pierson, Inc Cromwell
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Gude Bros. Co Washington
ILLINOIS
W. N. Rudd Morgan Park
Philip J. Foley Chicago
Kroeschell Bros. Co Chicago
Bassett & Washburn Chicago
Florist Publishing Co Chicago
Ernst Wienhoeber Co Chicago
Fred Lautenschlager Chicago
John C. Moninger Co Chicago
Emil Buettner Park Ridge
George Asmus Chicago
American Florist Co Chicago
Schiller the Florist Chicago
Poehlmann Bros. Co Chicago
C. M. Hamilton Kewanee
Vaughan's Seed Store Chicago
A. L. Randall Co Chicago
INDIANA
John A. Evans Richmond
E. G. Hill Co Richmond
Bertermann Bros. Co Indianapolis
Baur & Steinkamp Indianapolis
W. W. Coles Kokomo
KANSAS
Chas. P. Mueller Wichita
MARYLAND
John Cook Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS
Patrick Welch Boston
L. Merton Gage Natick
Harry I. Randall Worcester
A. N. Cooley Pittsfield
M. A. Patten Tewksbury
Thos. Roland Nahant
S. J. Goddard Framingham
B. Hammond Tracy Wenham
W. R. Nicholson Framingham
W. O. Jahn East Bridgewater
Horticulture Publishing Co Boston
W. H. Elliott Brighton
MICHIGAN
Philip Breitmeyer Detroit
Albert Pochelon Detroit
Chas. H. Plumb Detroit
MINNESOTA
Some Florists of Minneapolis
MISSOURI
Wm. L. Rock I'lowcr Co Kansas City
Sam'l Murray Kansas City
F. J. Fillmore St. Louis
I'^cd H. j\Ieinhardt St. Louis
C. A. Kuehn St. Louis
NEBRASKA
J. J. Iless : Omaha
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
ELslablished
1765
HEWS
Strong, Red, Porous
Incorporated
1904
POTS
Strong, Red, Porous
AND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES
Standzird Pots and Saucers, I }/g in. to 24 in.
Azalea Pots, 4 in. to 14 in.
Bulb Pans, 6 in. to 1 2 in.
Fern Pans, 4 in. to 10 in.
Orchid Pans, 3 in. to 16 in.
Cyclamen Pots, 6 in. to 8 in.
Glazed or Painted Ware, if wanted. Special Shapes and Sizes to Order
Embossed Pots and Saucers, 4 in. to 9 in.
Hanging Pots, 7 in. to 1 2 in.
Cut Flower Vases, 6 in. to 16 in.
Rose Pots, 2 in. to 3 in.
Carnation Pots, 33^ in.
Palm Pots, 3 in. to 5 in.
Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of Flower Pots in the World
A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
WAREHOUSES : Cambridge, Mass., and New York, N. Y.
FLORIST SUPPLY HOUSE
OF AMERICA
THE HOUSE OF NOVELTIES
Kindly call on them when you are in town
WHOLESALE ONLY
H. BAYERSDORFER & COMPANY
PROPRIETORS
1129 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
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LIST OF GUARANTORS— (Continued)
NEW JERSEY
Chas. H. Totty Madison
Hitchings & Co Elizabeth
Chas. G. Roebhng Trenton
Julius Roehrs Co Rutherford
L. B. Coddington Murray Hill
Bobbink & Atkins Rutherford
Robert Simpson Clifton
NEW YORK
Peter Henderson & Co New York
Benj. Hammond Beason
A. S. Burns. Jr Spring Valley
McHutcliison & Co New York
A. L. Miller Jamaica
W. F. Kasting Buffalo
W. J. Cowee Berlin
Chas. A. Dards New York
Jackson & Perkins Co Newark
Traendly & Schenck New York
Harry A. Bunyard New York
The Florists' Exchange New York
Moore, Hentz & Nash New York
John Lewis Childs Flowerfield
Dailledouze Bros Brooklyn
David Burgevin's Sons Kingston
F. R. Pierson Tarrytown
W. H. Siebrecht Chappaqua
Arthur Cowee Berhn
S. A. Anderson Buffalo
Chas. T. Guenther Hamburg
Lord & Burnham Co Irvington
John Young & Co New York
OHIO
C. E. Critchcll Cincinnati
H. P. Knoble Cleveland
Adam Ciraham Cleveland
Frank A. Friedley Cleveland
H. Witterstaetter Cincinnati
C. L. Humphrey Zanesville
OREGON
Martin & Forbes Portland
PENNSYLVANIA
H. F. Michell Co. . . Philadelphia
A. Farenwald Roslyn
Leo Niessen Co Philadelphia
Conard & Jones Co West Grove
S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co Philadelphia
H. A. Dreer, Inc Philadelphia
Henry Eichholz WajTiesboro
S. S. Skidelsky Philadelphia
W. Atlee Burpee & Co Philadelphia
Wm. Kleinheinz Ogontz
Joseph Heacock Co W3Ticote
John Burton Philadelphia
Walter P. Stokes Philadelphia
Alex. B. Scott Sharon Hill
Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co Pittsburgh
George Burton Philadelphia
Alban Harv^ey & Son . . Brandywine Summit
Harry K. Rohrer Lancaster
Myers & Samtman Wyndmoor
Wm. R. Gibson Philadelphia
Bell Phone-Baring 337
Plans and Estimates Free Ornamental Trees & Shrubs
E. /. Day
Landscape Horticulturist
3938 Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, Pa.
]. Wm. Colflesh. Jr. C. Benj. Colflesh David E. Colflesh
J. Wm. Colflesh's Sons
Florists
Fifty-third St. and Woodland Ave.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Both Phones
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
LECTURERS
PROF. E. WHITE
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
ROBERT PYLE
FRANK N. MYER
WASHINGTON. D. C.
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
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CONTRIBUTORS OF SPECIAL PRIZES
Advance Co., The Richmond, Tnd.
Alphano Humus Co New York, N. Y.
Ammann, J. I'" Edwardsville, 111.
Alphine Mfg. Co Madison, N. J.
Bailey. Banks & Biddle . . . Philadelphia, Pa.
Balsley, Harry Detroit, Mich.
Barclay, Hugh B Merion, Pa.
Bassett & Washburn Chicago, 111.
Battles, H. H Philadelphia, Pa.
Baur & Steinkamp Indianapolis, Ind.
Bayersdorfer, H., & Co. . . .Philadelphia, Pa.
Berning, H. G St. Louis, Mo.
Boyd, James Philadelphia, Pa.
Breitmeyer, Phihp Detroit, Mich.
Buettner, Emil Park Ridge, 111.
Burk, Louis Philadelphia, Pa.
Burki, Fred Gibsonia, Pa.
Burpee, W. Atlee, & Co. . . .Philadelphia, Pa.
Burton, Geo Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Caldwell Co., J. E Philadelphia, Pa.
Campbell, Edw Philadelphia, Pa.
Conard & Jones Co West Grove, Pa.
Cook, John Baltimore, Md.
Cottage Gardens Co Queens, N. Y.
Countess of Santa Eulalia . . . Ashbourne, Pa.
Dailledouze, Eugene Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dingee & Conard West Grove, Pa.
Doemling, Aug Lansdowne, Pa.
Dorner, F., & Sons Co La Fayette, Ind.
Dreer, Henry A., Inc Philadelphia, Pa.
Dunlop, J. H Toronto, Can.
Elliott, W. H Brighton, Mass.
Farenwald, A Roslyn, Pa.
Fisher, Peter EUis, Mass.
Flore.x Gardens North Wales, Pa.
Foley Manufacturing Co Chicago, 111.
Fox, Charles Henry Philadelphia, Pa.
Franklin, M Philadelphia, Pa.
Gimbel, Ellis Philadelphia, Pa.
Goddard, S.J Framingham, Mass.
Gude Bros. Co Washington, D. C.
Guttman & Raynor New York, N. Y"
Habermehl's Sons, J. J Philadelphia, Pa.
Hammond, Benj Beacon, N. Y.
Hart, Geo. B Rochester, N. Y.
Heacock, Joseph W3mcote, Pa.
Heller, M., S.Park Floral Co.,New Castle,Ind.
Hess & Swoboda : . . .Omaha, Neb.
Hews, A. H., & Co Cambridge, Mass.
Hill Co., E. G Richmond, Ind.
Jackson & Perkins Co Newark, N. Y.
Easting, W. F Buffalo, N. Y.
Kendrick, Hon. W. Freeland Philadelphia, Pa.
Kerr, R. C Houston, Te.x.
Krocschell Bros. Co Chicago, III.
Ladies' Society of .'\merican Florists
Lautenschlager, F Chicago, 111.
Lemon, Fred H Richmond, Ind.
Lenk, W. E Halifax, Mass.
Lewisohn Adolph Ardsley, N. Y.
Lord & Burnham Co Irvington, N. Y.
Mann & Brown Richmond, Va.
Martin & Forbes Portland, Ore.
May, H. O Summit, N. J.
McDonald & Campbell Philadelphia, Pa.
Michell Co., Henry F Philadelphia
Michigan Cut Flower E.xc. . . .Detroit, Mich.
Mortensen, S Southampton, Pa.
Muller, Henry J Philadelphia, Pa.
Nicholson, Wm Framingham, Mass.
Niessen Co., Leo Philadelphia, Pa.
Penn, Henry Boston, Mass.
Pennock Bros Philadelphia, Pa.
Pennock-Meehan Co., S. S. Philadelphia, Pa.
Peterson, J. A., & Sons Cincinnati, O.
Pierson, A. N., Inc Cromwell, Conn.
Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. . . Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pulverized Manure Co Chicago 111.
Reid, Edward Philadelphia, Pa.
Renter, L. J., & Son Westerley, R. I.
Rice & Co., M Philadelphia, Pa.
Rock, W. L Kansas City, Mo.
Roland, Thos Nahant, Mass.
Saunders, Ernest Lewiston, Me.
SchUng, Max New York, N. Y.
Scott, Robert, & Son Sharon Hill, Pa.
Simpson, Robt CHfton, N. J.
Skidelsky, S. S Philadelphia, Pa.
"Strouts" Biddeford, Me.
Sunny Side Gladiolus Gardens Natick, ]\Iass.
Thomas, Geo. C, Jr Philadelphia, Pa.
Thompson, J. D., Carnation Co. Joliet, III.
Toronto Horticultural Society Toronto, Can.
Totty, C. H Madison, N. J.
Tracy, B. Hammond Wenham, Mass.
U. S. Cut Flower Co., The. . . .Elmira, N. Y.
Vesey, W. J. & S. M Fort Wayne, Ind.
Vollers, Ludwig Philadelphia, Pa.
Waban Rose Conservatories. .Natick, Mass.
Wanamakcr, ]\lrs. John Wyncote, Pa.
Waterer, Hosea Philadelphia, Pa.
Welch, Patrick Boston, Mass.
Wheeler, Mrs. Chas Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Widener, Geo. D., Jr Ogontz, Pa.
Zandbergen Bros., . . . . Valkenburg, Holland
Zvolanek, .\nt. C Lompoc, Cal.
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
LECTURERS
J. OTTO THILOW
J. HORACE McFARLAND
MAX SCHLING
NEW YORK
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 3^
LECTURE FEATURES
EVENING LECTURES— 8 P. M.
MARCH 25th— W. N. RUDD, Chicago.
Subject: "Home Grounds." Illustrated.
MARCH 27th— PROF. E. A. WHITE, Cornell University.
Subject: "Orchids." Illustrated.
MARCH 28th— ROBERT PYLE, West Grove, Pa.
Subject: "Roses." Illustrated.
MARCH 29th— FRANK N. MEYER, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Subject: "Agricultural Explorations in China." Illustrated.
MARCH 30th— J. OTTO THILOW, Philadelphia.
Subject: "Flowers from Snow to Snow." Illustrated.
Under the Auspices of the Garden Clubs of America.
MARCH 31st— J. HORACE McFARLAND, President, American Civic
Association.
Subject: "Civics for Home and Municipality." Illustrated.
APRIL 1st— ARTHUR COWEE, Berlin, New York.
Subject: "Gladioli." Illustrated.
AFTERNOON LECTURES— 3.30 P. M.
MARCH 27th— RICHARD ROTHE, Glenside, Pa.
Subject: "Rock Gardens." Illustrated.
MARCH 28th— MAX SCHLING, New York.
Subject: "Flower Arrangement and Color Combination."
MARCH 30th— MISS CARO MILLER, Bureau of Education, Philadelphia
Subject: "School Gardening." Illustrated.
MARCH 30th— RICHARD VINCENT, President, American Dahlia Society.
Subject: "Dahlias." Illustrated.
MARCH 31st— MISS ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE, Ambler, Pa.
Subject: "School of Horticulture for Women and Its Work." Illustrated.
APRIL 1st— E. I. WILDE, State College, Pa.
Subject: "Bulbs for Summer Bloom." Illustrated.
THE PORTLAND, OREGON, ROSE CARNIVAL
will be shown in moving pictures every afternoon following the lectures.
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
LECTURERS
R. VINCENT, JR.
WHITE MARSH. MD.
MISS CARO MILLER
MISS ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE
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THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY
The first of its kind in America, was organized at a meeting held in the hall
of the Franklin Institute, Seventh Street below Market, on November 24, 1827,
in response to the following notice in the newspapers:
Philadelphia, November 20, 1827.
Those persons desirous to form a Horticultural Society are requested to
meet at the Franklin Institute, South Seventh Street, on Saturday next at
12 o'clock precisely.
(Signed.) James Mease, M. D., George Pepper, Reuben Haines, Charles
Chauncey, William Davidson, N. Chapman, M. D., John Vaughn, Joseph
Hopkinson, Horace Binney, and Matthew Carey.
At the first meeting, Matthew Carey was called to the Chair and James
Mease, M. D., appointed Secretary.
After deliberation it was ^^ Resolved, That it is expedient to establish a
Horticultural Society in the City of Philadelphia for the promotion of this
highly instructive and interesting science, and that a constitution be framed
for that purpose."
The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee to Draft a Constitu-
tion and By-Laws: Dr. J. Mease, T. Hibbert, Wm. Meredith, A. Parker, and
M. Brown.
At the second meeting, held December 14, 1827, at 173 (o. n.) Chestnut
Street, the constitution and by-laws presented by the Committee were received
and approved; the annual dues were fixed at five dollars, and life membership
at fifty dollars. It was also decided to admit honorary life members; those
applying for this privilege to be of good moral character, and to pay the fee of
one hundred dollars.
The third meeting was held June 2, 1828, at 173 Chestnut Street (o. n.).
An amendment providing for the appointment of a council of twelve members
was adopted; and the first regular election was held, resulting in the choice of
the following officers:
■C)
President, Horace Binney.
Vice-Presidents, James Mease, M. D., Matthew Carey, David Landreth,
Jr., N. Chapman, M. D.
Treasurer, William Davidson.
Corresponding Secretary, Samuel Hazard.
Recording Secretary, David S. Brown.
34 FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
MAX SCHLING
THE MAN WHO MAKES THE FASHION
IN FLOWERS IN NEW YORK
AND STILL HAS TIME TO TAKE PERSONAL CARE OF
EVERY INCOMING ORDER
I take this opportunity to thank my esteemed clients for the courtesy they have shown me on
different occasions. Many have called on me and it was always my aim to show them every
possible attention. 1 hope all those who will come to New York and have not given me the
pleasure of a call will do so in the near future.
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 35
THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY—
(Continued)
Active Committee, or Council: George Pepper, Nicholas Biddle, Thomas
Biddle, Robert Patterson, Daniel B. Smith, Moses Brown, M. C. Cope, Thomas
Astley, David Landreth, Jr., Thomas Hibbert, Thomas Landreth, Joshua
Longstreth.
EXHIBITIONS.
The Society held its first exhibition November 3, 1828, in the hall of the
American Philosophical Society, Sixth Street below Chestnut; and exhibitions
were held regularly at the monthly meeting while the Society continued to
meet in this hall.
On December 7, 1829, the Council was constituted a Committee to Offer
Premiums for Competition. On January 4, 1830, the Committee reported to
the Society, offering premiums amounting to $42.00 for vegetables, and $81.00
for fruits.
The Society continued to hold exhibitions annually, in various places.
They were always highly interesting and instructive and attracted a large
attendance, and were the means of introducing many new varieties of fruits
and vegetables now supplied to our markets.
The twenty-seventh autumnal exhibition was held under a tent in Penn
Square, the site of the present Municipal Building, September 11 and 12, 1855,
and the exhibition of 1856 was held at the same place.
The completion of Horticultural Hall was celebrated by an exhibition, held
there, opening June 6, 1867. The Society thereafter held its exhibitions in its
own hall, until the hall was destroyed by fire January 31, 1881. It was rebuilt
and used by this Society until the second destruction by fire. May 27, 1893,
when the Chrysanthemum Show was held at the Armory of the State Fencibles,
Broad Street above Cherry. The 1894 Chrysanthemum Show was held in the
Academy of Music, 1895, in the Academy of Fine Arts; the 1896 and subse-
quent exhibitions being held in the present Horticultural Hall.
This Society is the oldest in the United States devoted to the interests of
Horticulture, and was organized in the hall of the Franklin Institute, Philadel-
phia, on March the 24th, 1827. Its objects as set forth in its charter, are to
promote and encourage Horticulture and create a love and interest for Plants,
Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables. There are numerous exhibitions held during
the year, as well as meetings on the third Tuesday of each month, except July
and August.
Lectures to the members by the most prominent Horticulturists are given
in the Hall of the Society at three-thirty in the afternoon of the third Tuesday
of each month.
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FOURTH XATIOXAL FLOWER SHOW
BELLE WASHBURN
THE NEW RED CARNATION WITH AN UNBEATABLE
RECORD BEHIND IT
Winner two years in succession of the American Carnation
Societj^ Silver Medals, 1915 and 1916. Also winner of the S. A. F.
Silver Medal 1916, besides numerous first prizes and certificates at
various sho^vs in different parts of the country. This is purely a
commercial Carnation — very bright clear red, large flow^er, non-
splitable caljrx, long stem and just as free blooming as Enchantress
of which it is a seedling. Price $ 1 2.00 per 1 00 or $ 1 00.00 per 1 000.
Rooted cuttings from sand ; also after April 1 st we can furnish a
limited number of plants from 2-inch pots ready to plant direct in
the field or in the bench at the same price as the rooted cuttings.
BASSETT & WASHBURN
OFFICE AND STORE 178 N. Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL.
GREENHOUSES, HINSDALE, ILL.
Pennsylvania's Largest Wholesale Cut Flower Growers
and Florists' Supply House
220 acres devoted to the culture of Cut Flowers, 10 acres under glass.
Sales Rooms occupy 17,600 square feet of floor space.
WE SPECIALIZE IN THE PRODUCTION OF ROSES, CAR-
NATIONS, ORCHIDS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSA NANUS
PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER CO.
lie-118 SEVENTH STREET PITTSBURGH, PA.
F. BURKI, President
T. P. L ANCHANS, Sectelary \X'. A. CLARKE, TreasuTer
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
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THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY—
(Continued)
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is supported entirely by dues
from its members, and it is sending out this appeal to all those interested, in the
hope that it may increase its membership, and, thereby, greatly enlarge its
sphere of activity, not only in Philadelphia, but through the State, in promoting
educationally a love and understanding of Horticulture, Floriculture and
Agriculture.
LIST OF PRESIDENTS.
June, 1828 — November, 1828. Horace Binney.
November, 1828 — November, 1829. Zaccheus Collins.
IS29-
-IS3I.
Joseph R. Ingersoll.
1867-
-1883.
Wm. L. Shaffer.
I83I-
-1836.
George Vaux.
1884-
-1886.
J. E. Mitchell.
1836-
-I84I.
Horace Binney.
1887-
-1888.
Isaac C. Price.
I84I-
-1852.
Caleb Cope.
1889-
-1894.
George W. Childs.
1852-
-I85S.
Robert Patterson.
1895-
-1898.
Clarence H. Clark.
IS58-
-1862.
Matthias W. Baldwin.
1899-
-1901.
James M. Rhodes.
IS62-
-1863.
J. E. Mitchell.
1902-
-1908.
James W. Paul, Jr.
1863-
-1864.
Fairman Rogers.
1909-
-1913-
C. ^. Newbold.
1864.
J. E. Mitchell.
1913-
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Samuel T. Bodine.
1864-
-1867.
D. Rodney King.
1914-
-
C. Hartman Kuhn
The Main Line Florists
John J. Connelly Estate
Retail growers of Cut Flowers
Blooming, Bedding, Bulbous and
Decorative Plants. Corsages,
Baskets, Funeral Designs
F. T. D Members
1226 Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
or Rosemont Post Office
Bell Telephone
Keystone Telephone
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Manufacturers of all kinds of
Wire Designs
Florists ' Supplies
Any Wire Design at Short
Notice
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SCALE OF POINTS
BY WHICH PLANT EXHIBITS WILL BE JUDGED
Excepting exhibits in the Rose Section, which will hi' jiuiged 1)\' ihe scale
of the American Rose Society.
No. 1 — Single Specimen Foliage Plants
Size of Plant 25
Cultural Perfection 35
Distinctiveness 15
Rarity 15
Form ID
100
No. 2 — Single Specimen Flowering Plants
Size of Plant 20
Cultural Perfection 35
Rarity 10
Floriferousness 15
Color 10
Foliage 10
100
No. 3 — Group of Foliage Plants
Size ID
Distinctiveness 20
Cultural Perfection 20
Rarity 10
Arrangement or Staging 30
Color Effect 10
100
No. 4 — Group of Flowering Plants
Size of Group 10
Rarity 10
Cultural Perfection 15
Arrangement 35
(Quality of Flowers 20
Foliage 10
100
40
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 41
SECTION A
PLANTS IN FLOWER
To be staged Saturday, March 25
PRIVATE GROWERS
Class
1. Acacias, 3 plants, one or more varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
2. Acacia, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
3. Acacia paradoxa, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
4. Amaryllis, hybrid, 12 plants.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
5. Amaryllis, hybrid, 4 pots, one bulb to each pot.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
6. Anthuriums, 6 plants, not less than three varieties.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00,
7. Anthurium, specimen.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
8. Azalea Indica, 6 plants in variety, each plant not less than 2^4 feet in
diameter
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
First Prize offered by Geo. D. Widener, Jr., Ogontz, Pa.
9. Azalea Indica, specimen, white, not less than 4 ft. in diameter.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
10. Azalea Indica, specimen, pink or rose, not less than 4 ft. in diameter.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
11. Azalea Indica, specimen, any other color, not less than 4 ft. in diameter.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
12. Azaleas any other type, 10 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
13. Begonias, 6 plants.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
14. Boronias, 6 plants, not less than 2 varieties.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
15. Bougainvillea, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
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SECTION A — Plants in Flower. Private Growers — (Continued)
Class
16. Cineraria, hybrids, 6 ])lants, assorted colors.
r'irst Prize, SiK-er Cuj). Second Prize, Michell Bronze Medal.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
17. Cineraria, hybrids, (> plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00
t8. Cineraria stellata, 6 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
iq. Cineraria, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $10.00). Second Prize, $6.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
20. Cyclamen, 12 plants, not less than 8-in. pots.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
First Prize offered by Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.
21. Cyclamen, 6 plants, not less than 8-in. pots.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $25.00). Second Prize, $15.00.
First Prize offered by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia
2 2. Chorizema, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
23. Ericas, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $10.00). Second Prize, $6.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
24. Gardenias, 6 plants.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
25. Genista, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
25a. Genistas, 3 plants.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
The "Lindenhurst Prize," offered by Mrs. John Wanamaker
26. Geraniums, 6 plants of "Helen Michell" variety, one plant to a pot, not
over 10 in.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, S 10.00.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
27. Gerbera Jamesoni, 12 plants in bloom, not less than 6-in. pots.
First Prize, Silver Cup. Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
28. Heliotrope, 3 plants.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $10.00). Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SMOVV 45
SECTION A — Plants in Flower. Private Growers — (Continued)
Class
29. Hydrangeas, French, 6 plants, in 8-in. pots, 6 varieties.
First Prize, Silver Cup. Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
30. Hydrangeas, 6 plants, 6 varieties, not less than 8-in. pots.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $25.00). Second Prize, $15.00.
First Prize offered by Adolph Lewisohn, Ardsley, N. Y.
31. Hydrangeas, 3 plants, 3 varieties, not less than 8-in. pots.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
32. Hydrangea, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
33. Imantophyllum, 3 plants.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
34. Lilac, 5 plants in 5 varieties, in pots.
First Prize, $7.50. Second Prize, $5.00.
Prizes offered by Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia
35. Lilac, 6 plants, in 6 varieties, pot grown.
First Prize, Michell Silver Medal. Second Prize, Michell Bronze Medal.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
36. Lilac, 10 plants, in variety.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
37. Marguerites, 6 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
38. Marguerite, specimen.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
39. Nemesia Strumosa Suttonii, best 3 pots.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Drear, Inc., Philadelphia
40. Pansies, display of plants in bloom, covering 25 sq. ft.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
41. Primula Chinensis, 6 plants.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
41a. Primula malacoides, 12 plants.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
The "Lindenhurst Prize," offered by Mrs. John Wanamaker
46 FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
"RESULTS ARE WHAT COUNT
>?
THE HOUSE OF DICKSON HAS SPENT NOT YEARS BUT GENERA-
TIONS IN HYBRIDIZING ROSES AND THIS SYSTEMATIC
AND SCIENTIFIC WORK IS NOW SHOWING
RESULTS
The Grand Prize of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for the
Best Seedling Rose Elxhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposi-
tion was awarded to HUGH DiCKSON, LTD., of Belfast, Ireland, for a
yellow Rose entered in competition with the whole world. This variety we
will distribute in I 9 I 7, as we are his exclusive American Agent.
Our Own Exhibition of Hardy Roses was also awarded a
GOLD MEDAL at this same Elxposition.
g g ^
Dickson's Novelty Roses, which have received the
highest awards possible, m Europe, are:
NELLIE PARKER
Creamy white, beautifully tinted with pink; flowers large and of perfect form.
PRINCE CHARMING
A bedding Rose of superlative excellence; color similar to Madam Herriott but the plant
is a very much freer grower.
ULSTER GEM
A Single Rose; lovely primrose yellow; 6 inches across. The most charmmg Single
Rose ever introduced, and the eeisiest to grow.
Piices : May 1st delivery in 4" pots ; $2.50 per plant ; $25.00 per dozen : f. o. b., Madison, New Jersey.
CLEVELAND
Deep glowing pink, named in honor of the great Cleveland Ejchibition last fail.
GORGEOUS
Truly named on account of its gorgeous colorings of pink, yellow and bronze.
Prices : Two-year old ; dormant planU ; $1 .50 each ; 4" pot plants, 75 cents per plant ; $7.50 per dozen.
May 1st delivery.
^ m %
The Standard varieties of Roses are described in our catalogue
which will be mailed on request to interested parties
CHARLES H. TOTTY
MADISON, N. J.
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 47
SECTION A — Plants in Flower. Private Growers — (Continued)
Class
42. Primulas, 12 plants, not less than _] varieties.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
43. Primulas, 6 plants, not less than 2 varieties.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $5.00). Second Prize, $3.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
44. Primula obconica gigantea, 6 plants, assorted colors.
First Prize, Michell Silver Medal. Second Prize, Michel! lironze Medal.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
45*. Rhododendrons, 3 plants, 3 varieties, not less than 4 ft. in diameter.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
46. Rhododendron, Pink Pearl, i plant.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia
47. Rhododendron, specimen, any color, not less than 4 ft. in diameter.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by J. J. Habermehl's Sons, Philadelphia
48. Schizanthus, 6 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
49. Schizanthus, 3 plants.
First Prize, $12.00. Second Prize, $8.00.
50. Schizanthus large flowering, 3 plants.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
51. Schizanthus, specimen.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $5.00). Second Prize, $3.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
52. Spiraea, or Astilbe, 10 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $10.00). Second Prize, $6.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
53. Spiraea, or Astilbe, 5 plants.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
54. Spiraea, or Astilbe, lo-in. pot, Gladstone, pure white.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
Prizes offered by Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia
55. Spirtea, or Astilbe, lo-in ])ot, Rubens, pink.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
Prizes offered by Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia
56. Spiraea, or Astilbe, lo-in. pot, America, lilac rose.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
Prizes offered by Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia
48
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attendant upon Fertilizers and Insecti-
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and Foliage.
KIRKE SYSTEM : The only clean, odor-
less, positively active, easily handled, practicable, economical and
efficient method of destroying Insects or Fertilizing, requiring no
additional labor or experience.
KIRKE SYSTEM : Abolishes the use of unsanitarj' stable manure,
so objectionable, because of its disagreeable odors and the great
abundance of weed-seeds it contains.
KIRKE SYSTE.M : Abolishes the use of cumbersome hand-pumps,
hand sprayers, carts and wagons, etc., for distributing Insecticides
and Fertilizers.
KIRKE SYSTEM: is w^ithout an experimental feature— it w^ill
w^ork as w^ell for you as for the thousands all over the country
w^ho already enjoy its benefits.
KIRKE SYSTEM sprinkling can, plant food
Especially Useful for Piazza Plants, House
Plants, Cemetery Plots and Small Gardens
For Sale by all Leading SEED HOUSES; if Your Dealer cannot
Supply You, Notify Us
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Kirke Cartridge Container
Kirke Fertilizer Cartridges
.30
$1.60
$3.00
Kirke Tobacco Insecticide
.30
1.60
3.00
Kirke Hot-Hoose Special
.50
2.75
5.00
Kirke Arsenate of Lead
.40
2.30
4,50
Kirke Bordeaoz Cartridges
.30
1.60
3.00
Kirke Angle Worm Destroyer
1.50
Kirke Red Ant Destroyer
.40
2.30
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Kirke Black Ant Destroyer
.30
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.40
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.40
2.30
4.50
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30 Cents per Box (12 Tablets)
$1.60 per Carton of Six Boxes (72 TableU)
$3.00 per Carton of Twelve Boxes (144 Tablets)
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 49
SECTION A — Plants in Flower. Private Growers — (Continued)
Class
57. Spirsea, or Astilbe, lo-in. pots, Philadelphia, lavender pink.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
Prizes offered by Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia
58. Stocks, Mammoth Beauty, 3 pots in 3 colors.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00,
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
59. Flowering plant, any variety, other than above.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $10.00). Second Prize, $6.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
60. Wistaria, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
61. Group of flowering plants and bulbs, covering 200 sq. ft. arranged for effect
(Orchids excluded).
First Prize, $150.00. Second Prize, $100.00.
First Prize offered by the Alphano Humus Co., New York
62. Group of blooming plants, intermingled with foliage plants, as a decoration
to cover a space of 36 sq. ft.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
63. Group of flowering and foliage plants, arranged for effect, to cover 25 sq.
ft., the stock shown to be produced from 2500 sq. ft. of glass or less,
and the exhibitor to be a member of the Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society.
Prize donated by Hugh B. Barclay, Merion, Pa., $25.00
64. Group of flowering and foliage plants, covering 20 sq. ft., arranged for
effect.
First Prize, the Schling Gold Medal, offered by Max Schling, New York
65. Collection of hardy perennial plants in flower, covering 100 sq. ft.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
CUT FLOWERS, ETC.
66. Cornflower, Dreer's Double Blue Annual, bunch of 100 flowers.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
67. Lupines, annual, bunch of 25 spikes each, blue, white and rose.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
68. Mushrooms, best plate.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
50 FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
JOHN YOUNG GEORGE HILDENBRAND
THE GROWERS
IN PENNSYLVANIA AND CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY WOULD
FIND IT PAY THEM TO MAKE REGULAR SHIP-
MENTS TO THE NEW YORK MARKET
THE NEW YORK MARKET
absorbs and clears its daily arrival of flowers on a highly profit-
able basis. There is no uncertainty, consequently no loss.
WE CAN HANDLE THE PRODUCTS
of a few more growers of Roses, Carnations, and other staples,
readily disposing of the same through our established con-
nections, at Top New York Market Prices, which
average better than the prices in other markets.
TRIAL SHIPMENTS ARE INVITED
JOHN YOUNG & CO.
53 W. 28TH STREET
NEW YORK
TELEPHONE, 7362 MADISON SQUARE
FOURTH NATIONAL M.C)WP:R SHOW 51
SECTION B
PALMS AND FOLIAGE PLANTS
PRIVATE GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Class
75. Areca lutescens, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
76. Begonia, Rex, 6 plants.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
77. Begonia, Rex, i plant.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $5.00). Second Prize, $3.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
78. Cocos Australis or its variety, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
79. Cocos plumosus, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
80. Cycad, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
81. Crotons, 10 plants, 5 varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
82. Crotons, 5 plants, 5 varieties.
First Prize, $12.00. Second Prize, $8.00.
83. Croton, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
84. Dracaenas, 5 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
85. Dracaenas, 3 plants, not less than 8-in. pots.
First Prize, $8.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
86. Dracaena, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
87. Kentia Forsteriana, 2 plants.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00.
88. Kentia Forsteriana, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
89. Kentia Belmoreana, 2 plants.
First Prize, the McDonald & Campbell Cup, (Value $50.00).
Second Prize, $25.00.
First Prize offered by McDonald & Campbell Co., Philadelphia
90. Kentia Belmoreana, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
91. Nepenthes, 3 plants in variety.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
52 FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 53
SECTION B — Palms and Foliage Plants. Private Growers — (Con-
tinued)
Class
92. Phoenix Roebelcnii, 3 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
93. Phoenix Roebelcnii, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
94. Phoenix Rupicola, 2 plants.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00.
95. Phoenix Rupicola, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
96. Phoenix, any other variety.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00,
97. Palm, specimen, other than above.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
97a. Palms, best six specimens, six varieties.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00,
The "Lindenhurst Prize," offered by Mrs. John Wanamaker
98. Palms, best six specimens, any variety or varieties.
First Prize, $100.00.
Special Prize offered by H. H. Battles, Philadelphia
99. Bay Trees, 2 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
100. Six foliage plants, exclusive of Palms, not less than 8-in. pots, pans, or
tubs.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $50.00). Second Prize, $30.00.
First Prize offered by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa.
loi. Specimen foliage plant, other than above.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
102. Collection of new and rare plants.
First Prize, Gold Medal and $50.00. Second Prize, Silver Medal and $30.00.
SECTION C
FERNS AND SELAGINELLAS
PRIVATE GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
no. Adiantum Farleyense, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
III. Adiantum cuneatum, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
54
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
Two Views of the Magnificent New Office and Show Room of the Horticaltoral Establishment of
F. R. PIERSON COMPANY
TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON, NE^V YORK
THE FINEST FLOWER SHOP IN THE VV^ORLD
Palatial in all its appointments, representing the very highestltype of modem construction.
ROSES A SPECIALTY
We have at Scarborough, New York — where our nurseries are, — one of the largest and best
equipped rose-growing establishments in the United States, and can deliver flow^ers anywhere
in New^ York City, Philadelphia, and vicinity, direct from the producer to the consumer.
LANDSCAPE WORK
Landscape wrork is a most important feature of our business. We have superior facilities for
furnishing everything in the horticultural line for the garden or country estates, and are prepared
to design and carry out the most elaborate plans for planting private estates, either large or small.
We employ experienced draughtsmen, and will be glad to submit suggestions or plans.
When out Motoring, Stop and See Us
Catalogue Mailed on Application
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 55
SECTION C — Ferns and Selaginellas. Private Growers — (Con-
tinued)
Class
112. AdiaiUum, any other variety, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Seccjnd Prize, $6.00.
113. Cibotium Schiedei, specimen not less than 10 ft. spread.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
114. Ferns, 6 plants, 6 varieties, not less than 8-in. pots.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
115. Davallia, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
116. Fern, any other variety, not otherwise specified.
First Prize,. $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
117. Gleichenia, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
118. Goniophlebium Subauriculatum, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
119. Nephrolepis, four plants, one or more varieties.
First Prize, Silver Vase. Second Prize, Glass Vase.
Prizes offered by the Aphine Manfg. Co., Madison, N. J.
120. Polypodium, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
121. Pteris Rivertoniana, specimen, single plant, or made up of not more than
three plants.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A, Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
122. Selaginellas, three plants.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
123. Stag's Horn Fern, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
124. Tree Fern, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
SECTION D
ORCHIDS— PLANTS
PRIVATE GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
130. Collection covering 50 sq. ft. Arranged for effect, Palms and Ferns per-
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First Prize, $100.00. Second Prize, $75.00.
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SECTION D Orchids— Plants. Private Growers— (Continued)
Class
131. Six plants, in variety.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
132. Three plants, in variety.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
133. Brasso-Cattleya, or Brasso-Lailia, i plant.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
134. Cattleya Mossiae, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
135. Cattleya Schroderae, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
136. Cattleya, specimen, any other variety.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
137- Cypripediums, 12 plants, 6 or more varieties.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
138. Cypripedium, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
139. Dendrobiums, 6 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
140. Dendrobium nobile, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
141. Dendrobium Wardianum, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
142. Dendrobium, specimen, any other variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
143. Cattleya, Laelia, or Laelio-Cattleya Hybrid, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
144. Laelia, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
145. Odontoglossum specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
146. Oncidium, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
147. Phalaenopsis, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
148. Vanda, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
149. Vanda, specimen, other than above.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $8.00.
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SECTION E
BULBS— IN FLOWER
PRIVATE GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Glass
160. Bulbs in bloom in pots, or pans, arranged for effect with foliage plants,
to occupy a table of 50 sc|. ft.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
161. Hyacinths, Lady Derby, pink, 12-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
162. Hyacinths, La Grandesse, white, 12-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
163. Hyacinths, Queen of the Blues, blue, 12-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
164. Single Early Tulips, Golden Queen, lo-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
165. Single Early Tulips, White Hawk, lo-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
166. Single Early Tulips, Sir Thos. Lipton, lo-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
167. Darwin Tulips, Clara Butt, lo-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
168. Darwin Tulips, Pride of Haarlem, lo-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
169. Darwin Tuhps, Mme. Krelage, lo-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
170. Narcissus, Glory of Leiden, 12-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
171. Narcissus Emperor, 12-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
172. Narcissus, Sir Watkin, 12-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
173. Narcissus, Poeticus King Edward, lo-in. pot or pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
174. Hyacinths, City of Haarlem, yellow, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00,
175. Hyacinths, La Victoire, pink, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
176. Hyacinths, La Grandesse, white, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
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SECTION E — Bulbs in Flower. Private Growers — (Continued)
Class
177. Hyacinths, King of Blues, blue, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5. 00. Second Prize, $3.00.
178. Darwin Tulips, Calliope, rose, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
179. Darwin Tulips, Farncombe Sanders, red, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
180. Darwin Tulips, Nauticus, rose, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
181. Darwin Tulips, Pride of Haarlem, scarlet, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
182. Darwin Tulips, Suzon, delicate rose, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
183. Darwin Tulips, Wm. Copland, lilac rose, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
184. Single Early Flowering Tulips, Brilliant Star, scarlet, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
185. Single Early Flowering Tulips, Pink Beauty, pink, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
186. Single Early Flowering Tulips, Rising Sun, yellow, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
187. Single Early Flowering Tulips, President Cleveland, pink, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
188. Single Early Flowering Tulips, White Beauty, white, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
189. Double Early Tulips, Golden King, yellow, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5. 00. Second Prize, $3.00
190. Double Early Tulips, Schoonord, white, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
191. Double Early Tulips, El Toreador, bronze and orange, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
192. Narcissus, King Alfred, yellow, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
193. Narcissus, Madame De Graff, white, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
194. Narcissus, Van Waveren's Giant, yellow, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
195. Narcissus, Olympia, pale yellow, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
196. Narcissus — Nestaz Poetaz, Aspasia, white with yellow-eye, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
197. Narcissus — Nestaz Poetaz, Irene, yellow with orange eye, 12-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
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SECTION E — Bulbs in Flower. Private Growers — (Continued)
Class
198. Narcissus — Ncstaz Poetaz, Klondykc, yellow with golden eye, T2-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
199. Lily of the Valley, 14-in. pan.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
200. Easter Lilies, 3 pots, one bulb to pot, not over 8 in.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
Prizes offered by Hosea Waterer, Philadelphia
201. Darwin Tulips, Bartigon, one pot or pan.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
202. Darwin Tulips, Princess Elizabeth, one pot or pan.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
203. Darwin Tulips, Wm. Copland, one pot or pan.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
204. Darwin Tulips, Painted Lady, one pot or pan.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
205. Cottage Tulip, The Fawn, one pot or pan.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
206. Breeder Tulip, Janne D'Alf, one pot or pan.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
Prizes offered by Zandbergen Bros., Valkenburg, near Leiden, Holland
207. The American Flag, in frame 4 x 6 ft., the design to be composed of Hya-
cinths, Tulips, or any other bulbs.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
208. Tulips, pan, not over 12-in., of Flamingo.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
209. Tulips, pan, not over 12-in., of Tea Rose.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
210. Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Pink Beauty.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
211. Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Rising Sun.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
212. Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Lucretia.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
213. Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Couronne des Roses.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
214. Double Tulips, 6 pans, 6 varieties, pans not over 10 in.
First Prize, Silver Cup; Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
215. Single Tulips, 6 pans, not over 10 in.
First Prize, Silver Cup; Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
216. Collection of 100 Tulips, 4 colors, in 4 vases of 25 each.
First Prize, Silver Cup; Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
217. Late Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Queen of Brilliants.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 65
SECTION E — Bulbs in Flower. Private Growers — (Continued)
Class
218. Late Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Wm. Copeland.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
219. Late Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Pride of Haarlem.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
220. Late Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Mrs. Farncomb Sanders.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00
221. Late Tulips, pan, not over 12 in., of Lucifer.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
222. Narcissus, pan, not over 12 in., of Golden Spur.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
223. Narcissus, pan, not over 12 in., of Poetaz Elvira.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
224. Narcissus, pan, not over 12 in., of Emperor.
Plrst Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
225. Narcissus, pan, not over 12 in., of King Alfred.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
226. Narcissus, single, 6 pans, not over 10 in., 3 varieties.
First Prize, Silver Cup. Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
227. Narcissus, collection of 100 in 2 vases, 50 Double Von Sion, 50 Single King
Alfred.
First Prize, Silver Cup. Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
228. Hyacinths, one pan, not over 12 in., of each; British Queen, white.
Enchantress, blue. Queen of Pinks, pink.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
229. Hyacinths, 6 pans, not over 10 in., in 6 varieties.
First Prize, Silver Cup. Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
230. Easter Lilies, 5 pots, not over 8 in., i bulb to a pot.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
231. Lily of the Valley, pan, not over 14 in.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
232. Callas, 2 pots, not over 8 in., white.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
233. Callas, 2 pots, not over 8 in., pure yellow.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
234. Miniature Lawn, to occupy 30 sq. ft., made from greenhouse-grown sod
produced from Michell's "Top-notch" lawn grass seed mi.xture, and
to be laid out with two bulb beds of a size to correspond with the
size of the lawn; the bulb beds may be Hyacinths, Tulips or Daffodils,
and the bulbs must be in bloom.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
First Prize, Michell Gold Medal and $10.00 in Gold. Second Prize, Michell
Silver Medal and $5.00 in Gold
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AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY
The American Rose Society was organized at New York, March 13, 1899,
the officers then elected being as follows: President, Wm. C. Barry, Rochester,
N. Y.; vice-president, Benjamin Dorrance, Dorranceton, Pa.; secretary, Paul
M. Pierson, Scarborough, N. Y.; treasurer, John N. May, Summit, N. J.
Executive Committee: E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; E. G. Asmus, West Hobo-
ken, N. J.; N. Butterbach, Oceanic, N. J.; Henry A. Siebrecht, New Rochelle,
N. Y.; Edmund M. Wood, Natick, Mass.; Robert Craig, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Society holds each year an annual exhibition in March and a Summer
exhibition in June. The first annual exhibition was held at the Eden Musee,
New York, March 27-29, 1900, and the first Summer exhibition at the same
place, June 12-14, 1900. A bulletin, the first number of which appeared in
March, 1900, is published occasionally.
ITS OBJECT
First: To increase the general interest in the cultivation and to improve
the standard of excellence of the Rose for all the people.
Second: To foster, stimulate and increase the production in every possible
way of improved varieties of the Rose suitable to our American climate and
requirements.
Third: To organize a system of exhibitions at such times and places as
this Society may from time to time decide on, to offer prizes of money, gold,
silver and bronze medals, and certificates of merit for meritorious new varieties
of Roses; also to offer prizes of money, cups, etc., for excellence of exhibits
made at shows held by this Society.
It is also proposed that the Society disseminate to its members the latest
information pertaining to the Rose, recommending new varieties of undoubted
merit, best methods of culture, how to fight insect and fungoid pests, the proper
use of manures and other information from the pens of leading experts that,
especially to amateurs, will be worth many times the cost of membership.
The Society has three classes of members, viz. : Life, Active and Associate
members.
The Associate or Amateurs the Society invites, and that is why it has the
Associate Members' class. Except voting, this membership entitles one to all
the privileges of the Society; free admission to shows, and full reports of all
proceedings as well as cultural articles of importance to Amateurs.
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SECTION F
i ROSES
The schedule covering this section is prepared by the American
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ROSES IN POTS AND TUBS
PRIVATE GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Class
250. Best display of Rose plants any or all classes arranged for effect. To
cover 100 sq. ft. of space.
First Prize, $100.00 Second Prize, $50.00.
251. 6 Climbing or Rambler Roses, 3 or more varieties.
First Prize, Silver Cup (Value $50.00). Second Prize, $25.00.
Silver Cup offered by J. E. Caldwell Co., Philadelphia
252. Dorothy Perkins, Lady Gay, or Minnehaha, specimen.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $10.00). Second Prize, $6.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
253. Tausendschon, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
254. Hiawatha, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
255. Excelsa or Crimson Rambler, specimen.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $10.00). Second Prize, $6.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
25O. Mrs. M. H. Walsh or White Dorothy Perkins, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
257. Any other single-flowered variety, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
258. Any other double or semi-douhle-tlowered \ariely, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
259. 6 plants Hybrid Perpetuals, one or more varieties.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
t)o. 6 plants Dwarf Polyanthas one or more varieties.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value Sio.oo). Second Prize, $6.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
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SECTION F — Schedule of the American Rose Society. Private
Growers — (Continued)
Class
261. 12 plants Dwarf Polyanthas, one or more varieties.
First Prize, Gold Watch, (Value $25.00). Second Prize, $12.00.
First Prize offered by Lord & Burnham Co., Irvington, N. Y.
262. Best new variety not in commerce.
American Rose Society Silver Medal.
263. Best collection of Hybrid Teas in bloom, covering 100 sq. ft.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00.
Prizes offered by Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia
CUT ROSES
PRIVATE GROWERS
To be staged Monday, March 27th
264. 12 American Beauty.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
265. 12 Mrs. Chas. Russell.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
266. 12 Killarney Brilliant.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $5.00). Second Prize, $2.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
267. 12 Killarney, or Double Pink Killarney.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
268. 12 White Killarney, or any Killarney white sport.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
269. 12 Prince d'Arenberg.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
270. 12 Hadley.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $5.00). Second Prize, $2.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
271. 12 Mrs. George Shawyer.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
272. 12 Lady Alice Stanley.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $5.00). Second Prize, $2.00.
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
273. 12 My Maryland.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
274. 12 Jonkheer J. L. Mock.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
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SECTION F — Schedule of the American Rose Society. Private
Growers — (Continued)
Class
275. 12 Ophelia.
276. 12 Sunburst.
277. 12 Mrs. Aaron Ward.
278. 12 sprays George Elger.
279. 12 sprays Cecile Brunner.
First Prize,
First Prize,
First Prize,
First Prize,
First Prize,
l-.oo. Second Prize, $2.00.
I-. 00. Second Prize, $2.00.
l-.oo. Second Prize, $2.00.
l-.Go. Second Prize, $2.00.
|..oo. Second Prize, $2.00.
.00. Second Prize, $2.00,
280. 12 sprays any other Polyantha.
First Prize,
281. 12 sprays any single Rose.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $5.00). Second Prize,
First Prize offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
)2.00.
282. 12 Any other disseminated white.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
283. 12 Any other disseminated yellow.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
284. 12 Any other disseminated red.
First Prize, $4.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
285. 12 Any other disseminated pink.
First Prize, Silver Medal. Second Prize, Bronze Medal.
These Medals are offered by the Toronto Horticultural Society, Toronto, Ont.,
Canada
THE SECRETARY'S PRIZE
Benjamin Hammond, secretary of the American Rose Society, offers a special
prize of ten dollars in cash for the prettiest exhibition of Roses, the same to be
decided by a vote of the lady visitors.
OPEN TO AMATEURS ONLY
Special. Best collection of Hybrid Teas, to comprise the following varieties,
which are suitable for outdoor cultivation: Killarncy, or double
Pink Killarney, Lady Alice Stanley, My Maryland, Jonkhcer J. L.
Mock, Ophelia, and Mrs. Aaron Ward.
Prize, $50.00.
Offered by George C. Thomas, Jr., Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Special. Best collection of climbing Roses, in flower.
Prize, $50.00.
Prize offered by George C. Thomas, Jr., Chestnut Hill, Pa.
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THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY
The American Carnalion Society was organized at Philadelphia, Pa., in
1891, for the purpose of improving the carnation and advancing its po|)ularity.
I'roni an original enrollment of 49, the membership has grown steadily until at
the ]~)resent time there are 3S0 members on the roster.
Meetings are held annually, going from city to city. In connection with
each convention, an exhibition is held, for the purpose of affording opportunity
to show the new varieties and comparing them with the standard sorts. The
public is admitted to these exhibitions free of charge, which has proven a
strong factor in popularizing the carnation. Cash prizes. Medals and Certifi-
cates of Merit are awarded at these exhibitions, the society owning dies for
striking its medals. In 1913 the Fred Dorner Memorial Medal was established,
a perpetual fund having been raised among the members, to defray the expenses
each year. The A. C. S. also takes an active part in all the National Flower
Shows, assisting in making up schedules, raising money and staging and judg-
ing the carnation exhibits.
A system of registering all new varieties has been established, which has
been the means of preventing the duplication of names and of establishing
priority in the naming of new varieties. Nearly 1500 varieties are listed on
this register at this time. Close co-operation has also been established with
the Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society of England, to prevent confusion
in nomenclature between American and European raised varieties.
SECTION G
The schedule covering this section is prepared by the American
Carnation Society, under whose supervision the
exhibits will be staged. This section
will form part of the **Jubilee
Exhibition" of this Society
CARNATIONS
PRIVATE GROWERS
To be staged Friday, March 31st
Open to all varieties, seedlings, and standard sorts.
Class
300. 25 blooms, white.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
Prizes offered by the Countess of Eulalia, Ashbourne, Pa.
301. 25 blooms, flesh pink, being those shades of flesh or salmon color.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
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SECTION G — Schedule of the American Carnation Society.
Private Growers — (Continued)
Class
302. 25 blooms, li.t^bt ])ink, being; those shades of pink verging on the true pink
and not lighter than Gloriusa, nor as dark as Mrs. C. \V. Ward.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
303. 25 blooms, dark pink, being those shades known as dark pink or cerise,
and not lighter than Mrs. C. W. Ward.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, S4.00.
304. 25 blooms, red or scarlet, to include all shades generally included in those
colors.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
305. 25 blooms, crimson, to include all shades of crimson or maroon.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, S4.00.
306. 25 blooms, variegated.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00,
Prizes offered by the Countess of Eulalia, Ashbourne, Pa.
307. 25 blooms, any other color, to include any color decidedly distinct from
the colors specified above.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, «'54.oo.
Prizes offered by the Countess of Eulalia, Ashbourne, Pa.
308. Vase of Carnations, not to exceed 150 blooms. One or more varieties
may be used. It is intended to give the exhibitor the widest latitude
in making his display. Decorative greens of any kind, including
ribbons and other accessories may be used as long as the Carnations
are the predominant feature. Vase to be supplied by the exhibitor.
Quality of blooms, artistic arrangement and general effect will be con-
sidered in making the awards.
First Prize, $25.00; Second, $15.00; Third, $10.00.
SPECIAL
The American Carnation Society's special ''Silver Jubilee Medal" will be
awarded to each winner of one or more first premiums in the above classes.
SECTION H
CLASSES OPEN TO ALL
PLANTS IN FLOWER
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
320. Lilium auratum, in l)loom, best b pots, not less than 8-in. pots, one bulb
to a pot. The Michell Silver Medal.
321. Lilium magnihcum, in bloom, best 6 pots, not less than 7-in. pots, one
bulb to a pot. The Michell Silver Medal.
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SECTION H— Plants in Flower— (Continued)
Class
322. Lily of the Valley, in bloom, best 14-iii. pan, to contain not less than 100
pips. First Prize, Silver Cup. Second Prize Michell Silver Medal.
2,2^. Easter Lilies, best 6 plants, in 8-in. pots, one bulb to a pot.
First Prize, Michell Gold Medal. Second Prize, Silver Cup.
324. Geranium Helen Michell, in bloom, best 6 plants, in 6-in. pots, not more
than one plant to a pot.
First Prize, Michell Silver Medal. Second Prize, Michell Bronze Medal.
325. Cyclamen, 6 plants, in 6-in. pots, assorted colors.
First Prize, Silver Cup. Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
326. Spirtea "America," 6 plants, in 8-in. pots.
First Prize, Michell Gold Medal. Second Prize, Silver Cup.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
327. Begonias, 12 plants, consisting of one or more of the following varieties:
Glory of Cincinnati, Melior, Mrs. J. A. Peterson; to be grown in not
less than 6-in. pots, nor more than 8-in. pots.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by J. A. Peterson & Sons, Westwood, Cincinnati, O.
CUT FLOWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
ORCHIDS
340. Display and collection of cut Orchids, each species or variety filling one
vase, arranged for effect. Cut greens of any variety permissible in
arranging of same.
First Prize, Gold Medal and $50.00. Second Prize, Silver medal and $35.00,
341. Flowering stem of Cattleya, any variety.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
342. Flowering stem of La;lia, any variety.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
Prizes offered by Henry J. Muller, Falls Rd., Philadelphia, Pa.
343. Flowering stem of Laelio-Cattleya or Hybrid Cattleya.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
344. Calanthe, si.x stems, any variety.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
345. Flowering stem Dendrobium, any variety.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
346. Flowering spray Odontoglossum, any variety.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
347. Flowering spray Oncidium, any variety.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2,00.
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Also tw^o other brands continuous length hose — Yankee and
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FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 8^
SECTION H— Orchids— (Continued)
Class
348. Flowcrinfi; spray Phahcnopsis, any variety.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
349. Flowering spray Vanda, any variety.
First Prize, I3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
350. Flowering spray of any Orchid, other than above.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
MISCELLANEOUS
360. Antirrhinum, 12 spikes white.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
361. Antirrhinum, 12 spikes yellow.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
362. Antirrhinum, 12 spikes red. First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
363. Antirrhinum, 12 spikes pink. First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, «S2.oo.
364. Antirrhinum, 12 spikes, any other color.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
365. Antirrhinum, Michell's Giant Salmon Pink, vase of 50 spikes.
First Prize, Michell Silver Medal. Second Prize, Michell Bronze Medal.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
366. Bulbous flowers, cut, in vases, not less than 10 varieties, 25 blooms of
each, best collection.
First Prize, Silver Cup. Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
367. Centaurea Cyanus (Cornflower). Bunch of 100.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
368. Centaurea Imperialis, bunch of 50.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
369. Freesia, 50 sprays.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
370. Lilac, 12 sprays white.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
371. Lilac, 12 sprays lavender.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
372. Lily of the Valley, 100 sprays.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
373. Lupines, 12 spikes.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2. 00.
374. Marguerites, yellow, bunch of 100.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
375. Marguerites, white, bunch of 100.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
376. Mignonette, 25 spikes.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, §3.00-.
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Gladiolus Bulbs
can be easily and satisfactorily devel-
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To produce such requires some know-
ledge, not only of soil conditions, but
other necessary attention such as ferti-
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Experience is a great teacher. We
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Write for Free, illustrated catalogue
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Acacias
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Ardisias
Heaths
Begonias
Hydrangeas
Crotons
Oranges
Camellias
Orchids
Cyclamen
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Ferns
Roses, etc.
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SECTION H— Miscellaneous— (Continued)
Class
377. Pansies, display of cut blooms covering 20 sq. ft.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
378. Stocks, 12 spikes, white.
First Prize, $3.00. Second T^rize, $2.00.
379. Stocks, 12 spikes, pink.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
380. Stocks, 12 spikes, lavender.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
381. Stocks, 12 spikes, any other color.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
382. Violets, bunch of 100, double.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
383. Violets, bunch of 100, single.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
384. Wallflowers, 12 spikes.
First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
Suitable recognition will be made of any flowers other than those enumer-
ated.
OPEN TO ALL
Special. To the Philadelphia exhibitor submitting the most effective floral ar-
rangement for use as a front cover for the Intaglio Pictorial Section of the Sun-
day issue of the Public Ledger. The award to be made by the Award Committee
of the National Flower Show. Points to be considered include: Arrangement
of design in the proportion of the space of the cover available for illustration,
with regard to the fact that title goes at top of page outside of dimensions named
here. Arrangement of colors to offer the best contrast for the purposes of
photography. Arrangement to include flowers. Fern or decorative foliage and
bloom of any kind. The actual size available for reproduction of the photo-
graph resulting from this contest is 16^ inches deep and 133^ inches wide.
The design offered in competition may be of any size except that this propor-
tion must be preserved.
Pictorial Prize offered by The Evening Ledger-Public Ledger. — Silver Plaque
suitably inscribed with particulars of the award
OPEN TO PRIVATE GROWERS ONLY
390. Dinner table decoration. Accessories to be supplied by the exhibitor,
and not to count in making the award.
First Prize, Gold Medal. Second Prize, Silver Medal.
OPEN TO RETAIL FLORISTS ONLY
To be staged Tuesday, March 28th
391. Dinner table decoration. Accessories to be supplied by the exhibitor,
and not to count in making the award.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by the Ladies' Society of American Florists
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Direct attention to the Special Gardening Numbers of
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Also a very complete Library of Garden Books.
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AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY
The American Gladiolus Society was organized at Boston, Mass., May 27,
igio, with a membership of 75. The object of the Society is to stimulate interest
in and promote the culture and develoi)mcnt of the Gladiolus; to establish
a standard nomenclature; to test out new \'arieties and to gi\e them such recog-
nition as they deserve; to study the diseases of Gladioli and find remedies for
same; to disseminate information relating to this flower; to seek uniformity
in awarding prizes at flower shows and to gi\c one exhibition each year.
SECTION I
GLADIOLI
The Schedule covering this Section is prepared by The American
Gladiolus Society and all exhibits are to be staged
under its direction and supervision
SCALE OF POINTS FOR JUDGING GLADIOLI
Resistance to disease 5 Form of flower 10
Texture of flower 10 Form of spike 10
Duration of bloom 10 Stem (length and stiffness) 10
Size of bloom 10 Number of flowers on spike i :^
Color of bloom 15 Vigor (aside from disease resistance) 5
GLADIOLI. FORCED BLOOMS
CLASSES OPEN TO ALL
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Class
400. Collection of large flowering varieties, to occupy 40 sq. ft.
First Prize, $20.00. Second, $10.00. Third, $5. 00.
401. Collection of named varieties (not of the Colvillei or Nanus t>pes) to
occupy 20 sq. ft.
First Prize, $15.00. Second, $10.00. Third, $5.00.
402. Collection of Colvillei and Nanus types, to occupy 20 sq. ft.
First Prize, $15.00. Second, $10.00. Third, S5.00.
403. Collection 24 spikes, not less than four large flowering varieties.
First Prize, $15.00. Second, $10.00. Third, vl;5.oo.
404. Vase, not less than 12 spikes, one variety, large flowering.
First Prize, $10.00. Second, $5.00. Third, S3. 00.
405. Single spike, any variety.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, Si. 00.
406. Vase of var. Mrs. F. Pendleton, Jr., not less than 6 spikes.
Prize, S5.00 in gold.
Prize offered by Sunny Side Gladiolus Gardens, Natick, Mass.
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SECTION I — Schedule of the American Gladiolus Society — Con-
tinued
Class
407. Vase of var. Dawn (Tracy), 12 spikes.
Prize 25 bulbs of var. Lo\'eliness.
Prize offered by B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass.
40S. Artistically arranged basket of blooms.
First Prize, $10.00. Second, $8.00. Third, $5.00.
409. Dinner table set for four, decorated with Gladioli blooms, any var.
First Prize, $15.00. Second, $10.00. Third, $5.00.
410. Centerpiece. First Prize, $5.00. Second, $3.00. Third, $2.00.
AMATEUR CLASSES
411. Collection of large-llowering varieties, to occupy 20 sq. ft.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
412. Collection of Colvillei and Nanus types, to occupy 10 sq. ft.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
413. Collection of 12 spikes, not less than four large flowering varieties.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
414. Vase, not less than 6 spikes, one variety, large-flowering.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
415. Single spike, any variety. First Prize, $2.00. Second Prize, $1.00.
416. Artistically arranged basket of blooms.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
417. Dinner table, set for four, decorated with Gladiolus blooms.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
418. Centerpiece. First Prize, $3.00. Second Prize, $2.00.
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FIG. 1
A PLANTING
OF
SWEET PEAS
SUPPORTED
BY WIRES
AND BAMBOO
STAKES
FIG. 2
A VIEW
BETWEEN
ROWS OF A
PLANTING OF
SWEET PEAS
FOR
EXHIBITION
FLOWERS
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 89
AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY
The National Sweet Pea Society of America was organized at New York,
July 7-8, iQoq, and an exhibition held in the Museum of Natural History. The
following oflicers were elected: President, Harry Turner, Port Washington,
N. Y.; vice-president, W. H. Waite; secretary, Harry A. Bunyard, N. Y.;
treasurer, William Duckham, Madison, N. J.
Objects of the Society. The objects of the Society are to encourage the
cultivation and improvement of the Sweet Pea by exhibitions, field tests, con-
ferences or in any other way the Society shall determine.
Membership. The membership of the Society consists of two classes,
namely, life members and annual members. The fee for life membership is
I25.00. The fee for annual membership is $2.00.
Privileges op Members. The members of the Society are entitled to
such reports as are published, and free entry and admission to all exhibitions
and meetings of the Society.
At the Boston convention, July 13 and 14, the name was changed to the
American Sweet Pea Society.
SECTION J
SWEET PEAS
The schedule covering this section is prepared by the American
Sweet Pea Society, and all exhibits are to be staged
under its direction and supervision
SCALE OF POINTS TO GOVERN JUDGES
Length of Stem 25
Color 20
Size 25
Substance 15
Number of flowers on a stem 15
Total 100
CLASSES OPEN TO ALL EXCEPT AS MENTIONED
To be staged Wednesday, March 29th
Class
425. 25 sprays, pink and white.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
426. 25 sprays, white.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
427. 25 sprays, deep pink or rose.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
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FIG 3
THREE SPRAYS
OF
SWEET PEAS
VARIETY
MRS CUTHBERTSON
PINK BICOLOR
EACH WITH
FIVE FLOWERS
FIG. 4
FLAT OF
SWEET PEA PLANTS
IN PAPER BOXES
SUFFICIENT
TO PLANT A ROW
100 FEET IN LENGTH
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 9£
SECTION J — Schedule of American Sweet Pea Society — (Con-
tinued)
Class
428. 25 sprays, light pink. First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $i.oo.
429. 25 sprays, cream pink or salmon.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
430. 25 sprays, blue or purple.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
431. 25 sprays, red or crimson.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
432. 25 sprays, light lavender.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
433. 25 sprays, dark lavender.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
434- 25 sprays, orange.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
435. 25 sprays, any other color.
First Prize, $3.00. Second, $2.00. Third, $1.00.
436. 50 sprays, pink and white.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, $4.00. Third, S2.00.
437. 50 sprays, white.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, $4.00. Third, S2.00.
43S. 50 sprays, deep pink or rose.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, $4.00. Third, $2.00.
439. 50 sprays, light pink.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, $4.00. Third, $2.00.
440. 50 sprays, cream pink or salmon.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, $4.00. Third, $2.00.
441. 50 sprays, blue or purple.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, $4.00. Third, $2.00.
442. 50 sprays, red or crimson.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, $4.00. Third, $2.00.
443. 50 sprays, light lavender.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, VS4.00. Third, $2.00.
444. 50 sprays, dark lavender.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, I4.00. Third, $2.00.
445. 50 sprays, orange.
First Prize, $6.00. Second, ,$4.00. Third, $2.00.
446. 50 sprays, any other color.
iMrsl Prize, $().oo. Second, S4.00. Third, '^2.00.
Prizes for the Most Successful Exhibitors in the Above Color Classes Offered by
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
A first prize to count three points, second prize to counl two poinls, tliini prize lo
count one point.
First Prize, W. Atlee Burpee & Company, Silver Cup, value $50.00.
Second Prize, W. Atlee Burpee & Company, Silver Cup, value S25.00.
Third Prize, W. Atlee Burpee & Company, Silver Cup, value $10.00.
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SECTION J — Schedule of American Sweet Pea Society — (Con-
tinued)
Class
447. Vase of 100 s[)rays, one color, arranged for effect with Sweet Pea or other
foliage.
First Prize, $10.00. Second, $7.00. Third, $4.00.
Cups Offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
Value $10.00 and $5.00, will be awarded to the first and sfCDiid i)ri/,c winners.
448. Vase of 100 sprays, comliination of two or more colors arranged for effect
with Sweet Pea or other foliage.
First Prize, $10.00. Second, $7.00. Third, $4.00.
Cups Offered by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia
Value $10.00 and $5.00, will he awarded to the first and second prize winners.
449. Vase of 100 sprays of new Sweet Pea Sensation.
First Prize, Michell Silver Medal. Second Prize, Michell Bronze Medal.
450. Vase of 100 sprays of new Sweet Pea Rose Queen.
First Prize, Michell Silver Medal. Second Prize, Michell Bronze Medal.
451. Vase of Sweet Peas without foliage.
First Prize, Michell Gold Medal. Second Prize, Michell Silver Medal.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia
452. Display of Sweet Peas, covering 100 sq. ft., quality and effective arrange-
ment to count. Foliage plants and any foliage may be used.
First Prize, $100.00 and American Sweet Pea Society's Gold Medal. Second
Prize, $50.00 and American Sweet Pea Society's Silver Medal.
453. For the best and largest collection of Winter-flowering Grandiflora and
Orchid Sweet Peas, all correctly named, 6 to 15 stems to each vase,
varieties introduced prior to 1916.
First Prize, $40.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
Prizes offered by Anton C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal.
OPEN TO PRIVATE GARDENERS ONLY
454. 6 vases Sweet Peas, 12 sprays to vase, 6 varieties.
First Prize, $12.00. Second, $8.00. Third, $5.00.
Offer Cup, by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia,
RETAIL FLORISTS' EXHIBITS
455. Table Decoration of Sweet Peas.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
456. Basket of Sweet Peas. First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
457. Bride's bouquet of Sweet Peas.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
458. Corsage bouquet of Sweet Peas.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
The Society's Certificate of Merit will be awarded for new varieties of
marked improvement over existing varieties.
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PRESTIGE, class and an apparent disregard of cost of service
to your customers will bring you business in larger territory,
where you can sell flow^ers just as easily as anyone else, if
you make deliveries promptly and efficiently. Distance and
large delivery area increases the number of your possible cus-
tomers, and prompt and high-class service holds them.
Your delivery equipment must "look, '^e part" and must "stand
up " and deliver the goods. It must cover many miles over bad
roads and stand for abusive driving so that its operation and
maintenance cost vv^ill make the services possible.
Your loads are light and the unequal proportion of your delivery ex-
penses must not be charged against a great big heavy equipment.
These are your conditions which Vim delivery cars are especially
designed to meet. Ask him who owns a Vim.
Made in Philadelphia by Vim Motor Truck Co.
Sold in 442 Cities and Towns in the United States
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 95
SECTION K
PLANTS IN FLOWER
COMMERCIAL GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Class
500. Acacias, collection, 200 sq. ft.
First Prize, Gold Medal and $150.00. Second Prize, $100.00.
501. Acacias, 6 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00-
502. Acacias, 3 plants, i or more varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
503. Acacia, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by R. C. Kerr, Houston, Tex.
504. Alocasias and Aroids, 12 plants, not less than 4 varieties.
First Prize, Gold Watch, (Value $25.00). Second Prize, $15.00.
First Prize offered by Lord & Burnham Co., Philadelphia.
505. Anthurium, 6 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
506. Azalea Indica, collection covering 150 sq. ft., arranged for effect.
First Prize, $100.00. Second Prize, $75.00.
507. Azalea Indica 12 plants, not less than 6 varieties.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
508. Azalea Indica, 6 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
509. Azalea Mollis, or Pontica, or both, 12 plants, not less than 4 colors.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
510. Bougainvillea, 6 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
511. Cyclamen, 12 plants, not less than 8-in. pots.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $35.00
First Prize offered by Harry Balsley, Detroit
512. Cyclamen, display of greatest number of varieties shown by one exhibitor.
First Prize, $10.00.
Prize offered by A. H. Hews & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
513. Ericas, Epacris, and Boronias, collection 100 sq. ft., arranged for effect.
First Prize, $75.00. Second Prize, $50.00.
514. Ericas, 6 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $25.00). Second Prize, $15.00.
First Prize offered by Ludwig Vollers, Philadelphia
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''Suggestions for Effective Planting''
^ A catalog in which botanical arrangement is
superseded for your greater convenience by list-
ing in groups, those plants best adapted to
varied uses on the quiet country place, sub-
urban grounds or for architectural effects. This
booklet will be sent at your request.
Rhododendrons, Evergreens,
Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Plants
^ "Andorra Grovirn " plants are of the highest
quality, in wide variety of species and sizes ; Large
Trees and Evergreens for immediate effect are a
specialty.
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WHOLESALE PLANT GROWERS
When the other fellow does not
have it, write us. We
sometimes do.
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 97
SECTION K — Flowering Plants. Commercial Growers — (Con-
tinued)
Class
515. Plowering and foliage, stove and greenhouse plants, arranged for effect,
200 sq. ft.
First Prize, $150.00. Second Prize, $100.00.
516. Collection of forced shrubs, herbaceous plants, arranged for effect, trees
and vines permissible, 200 sq. ft.
First Prize, $100.00. Second Prize, $75.00.
517. Genistas, 6 plants, not less than 4 ft. high.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
518. Genistas, 3 plants, not less than 3 ft. in diameter.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
519. Genista, specimen, not less than 4 ft. in diameter.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
520. Hydrangeas, 150 sq. ft., not less than 6 varieties, arranged for effect.
First Prize, $100.00. Second Prize, $75.00.
521. Hydrangeas, 6 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
522. Hydrangea, specimen, not less than 3 ft. diameter.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
523. Lilacs, 20 plants.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
First Prize offered by Gude Bros. Co., Washington, D. C.
524. Lilacs, 10 plants, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
525. Marguerites, 6 plants, not less than 2 varieties, nor less than 36 in. spread.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
526. Marguerites, 3 plants, not less than 36 in. spread.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
527. Marguerite, specimen, not less than 4 ft. spread.
First Prize, $8.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
528. Pansies, bed covering 50 sq. ft.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $8.00.
529. Primula, 24 plants in variety.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
530. Rhododendrons, collection covering 150 sq. ft., arranged for effect.
First Prize, $100.00. Second Prize, $75.00.
531. Rhododendrons, 12 plants, not less than 3 varieties, nor less than 3 ft.
spread.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
532. Rhododendrons, 6 plants, not less than 3 varieties, nor less than 3 ft.
spread.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
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\^E
Pierson's
Plants for All
Places
Last summer when you ■walked through your
friends' gardens you may have noticed some of the
newer roses, some shrubs that are not generally planted,
or a few blooming plants that are not found in the average
garden. These unusual things made that garden distinctive, and
in memory it remained v/ith you.
Cromwell Gardens grow plants for all places — the small city lot, the
grounds around the suburban home, and those that are needed for
securing effective results on the large estate. Whether your planting
requirements call for a single plant, or a complete planting, we can meet
your demands.
Roses, Flowering Shrubs, Perennials
An intelligent selection of these important garden plants will lift your
planting out of the ordinary into a class by itself.
The experience gained by years of association is
at your service and we will gladly help you
to select the varieties that will give satis-
faction to you.
Our Handbook of Garden and Green-
house Plants will be of special value; it lists
the choice Roses, Shrubs, Perennials and Bed-
ding Plants. The book has been completely
revised this year. Write for a ccpy.
*/
A. N. Pierson, Inc.
Cromwell Gardens
Cromwell
Conn.
P^'\
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 99
SECTION K — Flowering Plants. Commercial Growers — (Con-
tinued)
Class
53_^. Rhododendrons, 3 plants, not less than 3 varieties, nor less than 3 ft.
spread.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
534. Spiriea, or Astiibe, 25 i)lanls, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
535. Spira?a, or Astiibe, 12 plants.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
536. Wistaria, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
537. Metrosideros, 6 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
SECTION L
BULBS IN FLOWER
COMMERCIAL GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
550. Callas, 6 plants, one or more varieties.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
551. Lilies, 50 pots, other foliage plants may be introduced.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
552. Lily of the Valley, 20 lo-in. pans.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
553. Narcissus, 20 lo-in. pans, 6 or more varieties.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
554. Tulips, Darwin, 20 lo-in. pans, 10 or more varieties.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
555. Tulips, Early Single, 20 lo-in. pans, 10 or more varieties.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
556. Tulips, Double, 20 lo-in. pans, 10 varieties.
First Prize, $30.00. Second Prize, $20.00.
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR DEALERS AND SEEDSMEN
557. Best display of bulbs, etc., arranged as a Dutch bulb garden, covering 500
sq. ft. Appropriate accessories permitted. ()uality of bloom,
artistic arrangement, and general effect to be considered in making
award.
First Prize, Gold Medal and $150.00. Second Prize, $100.00.
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SECTION M
FERNS AND SELAGINELLAS
COMMERCIAL GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Class
560. Cibotium Schiedei, specimen, not less than 12-in. pot or tub.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
561. Ferns, 12 plants, not less than 6 varieties, nor less than lo-in. pots.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
562. Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
563. Nephrolepis, any other variety, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
564. Collection of Nephrolepis in variety, covering 100 sq. ft.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
565. Stag's Horn Fern, 3 plants in variety.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
566. Tree Fern, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
567. Fern, specimen, any other variety, not otherwise specified, not less than
lo-in. pot or tub.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
SECTION N
ORCHIDS— PLANTS
COMMERCIAL GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
570. Group of plants in variety, covering 100 sq. ft. (Palms and Ferns per-
mitted), arranged for effect.
First Prize, Gold Medal and $150.00. Second Prize, $100.00.
Prizes offered by Louis Burk, Philadelphia.
571. Twelve plants, distinct varieties.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00.
572. Six plants, distinct varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
573. Brasso-Cattleya, or Brasso-L;elia, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
574. Cattleya Mossiae, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
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How the Eternal Fitness of Things
Concerns Your Greenhouse
You are thinking of building a
greenhouse. Your architect de-
signs for it a chaste, graceful work
room; perhaps like this one above.
It is choice in every way, quite in
accord with your idea; entirely
reflective in both beauty and qual-
ity of everything else you possess.
Then comes the question of the
greenhouse that will consistently
harmonize with it, and at the same
time meet your individual stand-
ards. Were you then to look over
the rather unusual collection of
photographs of U-Bar houses, here
in our office, and learn of their
locations and owners, we are sure
you would be self convinced that
the U-Bar greenhouse fully meets
your standards.
If it is not possible for you tc
come to our office, we will gladly
bring our photographs to you.
Or send you our catalog. Or both.
U-BAR GREENHOUSES
PIERSON U-BAR CO.
One Madison Ave. New York
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWliR SHOW 103
SECTION N — Orchids. Commercial Growers — (Continued)
Class
575. Catlleya Schrodcnc, specimen.
First Prize, «1|;i5.oo. Second Prize, $10.00.
57O. Catlleya, specimen, any other variety-
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
577. Cypripediums, collection 25 plants in variety.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
578. Cypripediums, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
57Q. Dendrobium, 12 plants, in variety.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
580. Dendrobium nobile, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
581. Dendrobium Wardianum, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
582. Dendrobium, specimen, any other variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
5S3. Cattleya, Laslia, or LseHo-Cattleya Hybrid, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
584. Laelia, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
585. Odontoglossum specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
586. Oncidium specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
58 7. Phalaenopsis, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
588. Vanda, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
589. Hybrid Orchid, raised in America — Gold Medal.
Any variety, other than above.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
SECTION O
PALMS AND FOLIAGE PLANTS
COMMERCIAL GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
600. Areca lutescens, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
601. Bay Trees, 2 plants, pyramidal.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
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Is this ASPLENIUM NIDUS AVIS
Or is it not?
The Parent Plant
Wcis sent to us about five years ago.
What is your opinion? We espe-
cially draw your attention to this
plant and invite you to inspect our
stock both on exhibition at the
flower show and at our greenhouses,
and be satisfied that we have found
a gem, and also be convinced that
The Bird's Nest Fern can still be
grown vigorously and healthy and
without difficulty.
Prices Furnished on Application.
William K. Harris
Florist
55th St. & Springfield Ave.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Take Car No. 13 on Walnut Street
for the Greenhouses
Don't Fail to Visit
The Tea Garden
at the
Flower Show
Your Orders for
Atlantic City, N.J.
will be carefully filled by
GEORGE H. BERKE
1505 PACIFIC AVENUE
Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Every Visitor
should see the
Aquarium
Exhibit
The rare fish ex-
hibited here are
from some of the
most famous collec-
tions in America
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 105
SECTION O — Palms and Foliage Plants. Commercial Growers —
(Continued)
Class
602. Bay Trees, 2 plants, standard.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
603. Bay Trees, 2 plants, columnar.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
604. Box Trees, 2 plants, pyramidal.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
605. Box Trees, 2 plants, standard.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
606. Box Trees, 2 plants, bush.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
607. Box Trees, 6 trained plants.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
608. Cocos Australis, or its variety, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
609. Cocos plumosus, specimen.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
610. Crotons, group covering 100 sq. ft., arranged for effect.
First Prize, $150.00. Second Prize, $100.00.
First Prize offered by Hon. W. Freeland Kendrick, Philadelphia
611. Cycas, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
612. Dracaena, 12 plants, 6 or more varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
613. Dracaena, specimen, any variety.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
614. Ficus elastica, or variegata, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
615. Ficus pandurata, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
616. Kentia Belmoreana, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
617. Kentia Forsteriana, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
618. Phoenix Roebelenii, 3 plants.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
619. Phoenix Rupicola, specimen.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
620. Phoenix, any other variety.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
621. Palm, specimen, other than above.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
622. Stove and greenhouse plants, distinct, 6 plants. Exclusive of Palms.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00.
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SECTION O^Palms and Foliage Plants. Commercial Growers —
(Continued)
Class
623. Yew 'J'rccs, 0 Iruined plants.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00.
624. Forced shrubs and herbaceous plants, collection covering 200 sc). ft. (trees
and vines permissible), arranged for effect.
First Prize, $150.00. Second Prize, $100.00.
625. Conifers, collection of 25 plants, not less than 12 varieties, in pots or tubs.
First Prize, $75.00. Second Prize, $50.00.
626. Japan Maple in foliage, 6 i)lants, not less than 3 feet high.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
SECTION P
ROSES
The schedule covering this section is prepared by the American
Rose Society and includes the annual exhibition
of this Society
THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY'S SCALE OF POINTS
All exhibits of cut flowers will be judged by points in accordance with the
following official scales:
Competitive Novelties for
Classes Certificates, etc.
Size 15 10
Color 20 20
Stem 20 15
Form 15 15
Substance • • • 15 10
Foliage 15 15
Fragrance (for Novelties Only) 5
UislincliA'cness 10
100 100
RULES FOR JUDGING GROUPS OF ROSE PLANTS
Size of Group or Collection 20
Distinctiveness 15
Cultural Perfection 20
Number of Varieties 20
Arrangement and Fffcct 25
100
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DREER'S
Seeds, Plants and Bulbs
A BORDER OF DREER'S HARDY PERENNIALS
OUR SEED DEPARTMENTS offer the very choicest Vege-
table Seeds, Lawn Grass Seeds, Agricultural Seeds,
Flower Seeds.
OUR PLANT AND BULB DEPARTMENTS cover over 300
acres and 1 0 acres of greenhouses. Among the many special-
ties vs^hich we grow in vast quantities are Carinas, Dahlias,
Ferns, Gladiolus, Palms, Roses, Hardy Perennials, Shrubs,
Hardy Climbers, Small Fruits, Water Lilies and Aquatics, etc.
DREER'S GARDEN BOOK fully describes all of the above and is
Free on application.
DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT OUR LARGE AND INTERESTING EXHIBIT AT THE
NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
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DREER'S
Select Two-year-old Roses
HYBRID-TEA ROSE
Specially Prepared for the Amateur and will give Immediate Effect
Stock either grown at our own Nurseries, or by noted European Specialists,
plants potted and stored in cold greenhouses and cold frames during the
winter. Treated in this manner they develop in a natural way and are
superior to plants which have been forced in high temperature, or carried
over in dormant state and are sure to give immediate results.
We grow the popular Hardy Hybrid-Tea Rose in large variety, listing 239
of the most select sorts, also choice Hybrid Perpetual, Hardy Climbing
Roses, etc., all of which are fully described in Dreer's Garden Book,
together with valuable cultural information. A copy free on application.
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SECTION P — Schedule of the American Rose Society — (Con-
tinued)
SINGLE SPECIMEN ROSE PLANTS
Size of Plants 20
Culfural Perfection 25
Floriferousness 20
FoKage 15
Quality of Bloom 10
Color of Bloom 10
100
ROSES IN POTS AND TUBS
COMMERCIAL GROWERS
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Class
650. Best display of Rose plants, arranged as a Rose garden, any or all classes,
covering 500 sq. ft. Appropriate accessories permitted. Artistic
arrangement and general effect to be considered in making reward.
First Prize, $500.00. Second Prize, S400.00. Third Prize, $300.00.
The first prize is offered by Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich. ; Thos. Roland,
Nahant, Mass.; Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.; Robert Scott & Son, Sharon
Hill, Pa.; Geo. Burton, Chestnut Hill, Pa.; S. Mortensen, Southampton, Pa.;
Aug. Doemling, Lansdowne, Pa.; Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.; C. H.
Totty, Madison, N. J.; L. J. Reuter & Son, Westerly, R. I.; Robt. Simpson,
Clifton, N. J., and Harrj- O. May, Summit, N. J.
** The second prize is offered by A. Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa.; The United States
Cut Flower Co., Elmira, N. Y. ; Emil Buettner, Park Ridge, 111.; J. H. Dunlop,
Toronto, Can.; Eugene Dailledouze, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Michigan Cut Flower
Exchange, Detroit, Mich.; Dingee & Conard, West Grove, Pa.; Patrick Welch,
Boston, Mass.; Martin & Forbes, Portland, Ore.; M. Franklin, Yardley, Pa.;
Pulverized Manure Co., Chicago, 111.; Lord &jBurnham Co., Irvington, N. Y.;
Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., and others.
The third prize is offered by A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn, and others.
651. Best display of Rose plants, any or all classes, arranged for effect. To
cover 200 sq. ft. of space.
First Prize, $200.00. Second Prize, $100.00.
652. 6 Climbing or Rambler Ro;e;. 3 or more varieties.
First Prize. $75.00. Second Prize, $40.00.
653. Dorothj- Perkins, Lady Gay or ZMinnehaha, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
Prizes offered by Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y.
654. Tausendschon, specimen. First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
655. Hiawatha, specimen. First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
Prizes offered by Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y.
656. Excelsa or Crimson Rambler, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
Prizes offered by Jackson &. Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y.
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW jri
SECTION P — Schedule of the American Rose Society. Com-
mercial Growers — (Continued)
Class
657. Mrs. M. H. Walsh or White Dorothy Perkins, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
658. Any other single-flowered variety, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
659. Any other double or semi-doubled flowered variety, specimen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $6.00.
660. 25 plants Hybrid Perpetuals; not less than 6 varieties.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $30.00.
661. 12 plants Hybrid Perpetuals; not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
First Prize offered by H. G. Berning, St. Louis, Mo.
662. 25 plants Dwarf Polyanthas, not less than 6 varieties.
First Prize, the Kroeschell Gold Medal, (Value $50.00). Second Prize, $20.00.
First Prize offered by Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, 111.
663. 12 plants Dwarf Polyanthas, not less than 3 varieties.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
664. Best new variety not in commerce.
American Rose Society Silver Medal
665. 25 Rose plants in 6-in. pots, not less than 6 varieties, suitable for garden
planting.
First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
First Prize offered by W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass.
CUT ROSES
To be staged Monday, March 27th
All Roses with more than two growths (one pinch j will be discjualified,
excepting in the classes calling for displays, and for 100 or more blooms in a
vase, when two pinches will be allowed.
670. 100 American Beauty.
First Prize, $80.00. Second, $60.00. Third, $40.00.
First Prize offered by Pennock Bros., Philadelphia
671. 50 American Beauty.
First Prize, $40.00. Second, $30.00. Third, $20.00.
672. 100 Mrs. Charles Russell.
First Prize, $50.00. Second, $30.00. Third, $20.00.
673. 50 Mrs. Charles Russell.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $25.00). Second, $15.00. Third $10.00.
First Prize, Silver Cup, offered by the Waban Rose Conservatories,
Natick, Mass.
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SECTION P — Schedule of the American Rose Society. Com-
mercial Growers — (Continued)
Class
674. 100 Mrs. George Shawyer. First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $25.00).
Offered by The Florex Gardens, North Wales, Pa.
675. 50 Killarney Brilliant.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
676. 50 Killarney Queen.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
677. 50 Killarney, or Double Pink Killarney.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00-
678. 50 White Killarney, or any Killarney white sport.
First Prize, S20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
679. 50 Hoosier Beauty.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
680. 50 Prince d'Arenberg.
First Prize, S20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
681. 50 Hadley.
Ffrst Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia
682. 50 Mrs. George Sha-^'yer.
683. 50 Lady Alice Stanley.
684. 50 Radiance.
685. 50 My ]\Iaryland.
686. 50 Jonkheer J. L. Mock.
687. 50 Antoine Rivoire.
688. 50 Ophelia.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.
689. 50 Sunburst.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
690. 50 Mrs. Aaron Ward.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
691. 50 Francis Scott Key.
First Prize, $20.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
692. 50 Any other disseminated red.
First Prize, Gold Watch, (Value $25.00). Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize offered by Lord & Burnham Co., Philadelphia
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 113
SECTION P — Schedule of the American Rose Society. Com-
mercial Growers— (Continued)
Class
693. 50 Any other disseminated pink.
First Prize, Greenhouse Material (Value $25.00). Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize offered by The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.
694. 50 Blooms of any new Rose not in commerce.
Prize, $25.00.
Prize offered by The Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia
695. 25 American Beauty.
First Prize, $20.00. Second, $10.00. Third, $5.00.
696. 25 Mrs. Charles Russell.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
697. 25 Killarney Brilliant.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by Henry Penn, Boston, Mass.
698. 25 Killarney Queen.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
699. 25 Killarney, or Double Pink Killarney.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
700. 25 White Killarney, or any Killarney white sport.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by Mann & Brown, Richmond, Va.
701. 25 Prince d'Arenberg.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
702. 25 Hadley.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
Prizes offered by Gude Bros. Co., Washington, D. C.
703. 25 Mrs. George Shawyer.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by W. L. Rock, Kansas City, Mo.
704. 25 Lady Alice Stanley.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
705. 25 Radiance.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by Gude Bros. Co., Washington, D. C.
706. 25 My Maryland.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
707. 25 Jonkheer J. L. Mock.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
708. 25 Antoine Rivoire.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
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SECTION P — Schedule of the American Rose Society. Com-
mercial Growers — (Continued)
Class
709. 25 Ophelia. First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.
710. 25 Sunburst.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
711. 25 Mrs. Aaron Ward.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by S. S. Skidelsky, Philadelphia
712. 25 Any other disseminated white.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
713. 25 Any other disseminated yellow.
First Prize, Sio.oo. Second Prize, $5.00.
714. 25 Any other disseminated red.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
715. 25 Any other disseminated pink.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by Edw. Campbell, Philadelphia
716. 25 Francis Scott Key.
First Prize, $10.00. Second Prize, $5.00.
First Prize offered by John Cook, Baltimore, Md.
717. 50 sprays Cecile Brunner.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
718. 50 sprays George Elger.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
719. 50 sprays any other Polyantha.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
720. 50 sprays Single Roses.
First Prize, $5.00. Second Prize, $3.00.
Prizes offered by Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
721. 25 American Beauty.
Prize, the Michell Gold Medal.
722. 25 Mrs. Charles Russell.
Prize, the Michell Gold Medal.
723. 25 Any red Rose.
Prize, the Michell Gold Medal.
Sweepstake prize for best vase of 50 Roses of any exhibit entered.
Prize, Silver Cup, (Valued at $25.00).
Prize offered by Edward Reid, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sweepstake prize for best vase of 25 Roses of any exhibit entered.
Prize offered by A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass.
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW U5
SECTION P — Schedule of the American Rose Society. Com-
mercial Growers — (Continued)
AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES
FOR NOVELTIES
A gold medal is offered for the best new Rose not yet disseminated, whether
of domestic or foreign origin; exhibits are to be judged by the official scale of the
Society, and no gold medal is to be awarded to any Rose scoring less than 95
points.
A silver medal is offered at the same time, and under the same conditions,
for a novelty scoring not less than 85 points.
A certificate of merit is to be awarded to all novelties scoring 80 points.
RETAIL FLORISTS' EXHIBITS
To be staged Thursday, March 30th
The most artistic display, with such accessories as the exhibitor may desire.
Class
724. Corsage bouquet of Roses.
First Prize, Silver Cup, (Value $15.00). Second Prize, $10.00.
First Prize offered by Charles Henry Fox, Philadelphia, Pa.
725. Bridal bouquet of Roses. First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
First Prize offered by Geo. B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.
726. Basket bouquet of Roses. First Prize, $25.00. Second Prize, $15.00.
First Prize offered by H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
727. Table Decoration of Roses. First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00
First Prize offered by M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
728. Mantel Decoration of Roses.
First Prize, $50.00. Second Prize, $25.00.
729. Best bouquet of Miniature Roses.
Prize, Leather Traveling Bag, (Value $15.00).
Offered by M. Heller, South Park Floral Co., New Castle, Ind.
BEST DISPLAY OF CUT ROSES
COMMERCIAL GROWERS
To be staged Thursday, March 30th
730. Best display of cut Roses covering 200 sq. ft. of space, and to contain not
less than 500 nor more than 1000 blooms. Quality of bloom, artistic
arrangement and general effect to be considered in making awards.
Decorative green of any kind, including plants, permitted.
First Prize, $250. Second, $150. Third, $100.
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SECTION Q
CARNATIONS
The schedule covering this section is prepared by The American
Carnation Society and the exhibits are under its
supervision, this being the "Jubilee
Exhibition" of the Society
THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY'S SCALE OF POINTS
This scale will be employed in judging new varieties, and in all cases where
competition is close, to arrive at a decision.
Color 25 Substance 15
Size 20 Form 10
Calyx 5 Fragance 5
Stem 20
Total lop
CARNATIONS
COMMERCIAL GROWERS
To be staged Tuesday, March 28th
Open to all varieties, seedlings and standard sorts.
Class
735. Vase 100 blooms white.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by The Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia
736. Vase 100 blooms flesh pink, being those shades of flesh or salmon color.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, III.
737. Vase 100 blooms light pink, being those shades of pink verging on the true
pink, not lighter than Gloriosa and not as dark as ]Mrs. C. W. Ward.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by W. J. & M. S. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind.
738. Vase 100 blooms dark pink, being those shades known as dark pink or
cerise and not lighter than Mrs. C. W. Ward.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. Y.
739. Vase 100 blooms red or scarlet, to include all shades generally included in
those colors.
First Prize, S15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. Y.
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SECTION Q — Schedule of the American Carnation Society.
Commercial Growers — (Continued)
Class
740. Vase 100 blooms crimson, to include all shades known as crimson or ma-
roon. First Prize, Si 5.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Wm. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.
741. Vase 100 blooms variegated.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, Ind.
742. Vase TOO blooms any other color, to include any color decidedly distinct
from those speciiied abo\e.
First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00.
Prizes offered by Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, 111.
SWEEPSTAKES
The American Carnation Society's silver medal will be awarded to the
best vase shown in the above section. The bronze medal will be awarded to
the second best vase shown.
Open to all varieties disseminated prior to July, 191 5. Fifty blooms to be
shown of each variety.
743. White Wonder. First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
Prizes offered by F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.
744. Any other white.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
745. Enchantress Supreme.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
Prizes offered by F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.
746. Any other flesh pink.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
Prizes offered by F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.
747. Gloriosa.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
Prizes offered by F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.
748. Any other light pink.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
749. Mrs. C. W. Ward.
First Prize, S6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
Prizes offered by Fred H. Lemon, Richmond, Ind.
750. Any other dark pink.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
Prizes offered by Guttman & Raynor, New York
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SECTION Q — Schedule of the American Carnation Society.
Commercial Growers — (Continued)
Class
751. Beacon. First Prize, S6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
752. Any other scarlet.
First Prize, S6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
753. Pocahontas.
First Prize, S6.00. Second Prize, $4. 00.
754. Any other crimson.
First Prize, S6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
First Prize offered by F. Lautenschlager, Chicago, 111.
755. Benora.
First Prize, §6. 00. Second Prize, $4.00.
756. Any other white variegated.
First Prize, $6.00. Second Prize, S4.00.
757. Any yellow or yellow variegated.
First Prize. S6.00. Second Prize, S4.00.
758. Any other color, decidedly distinct from the colors specified above.
First Prize, S6.00. Second Prize, $4.00.
759. 12 largest Carnation blooms, one or more varieties, to be determined by
the Kroeschell ^Measuring Card.
Prize, the Kroeschell Gold Medal (Valued at S50.00).
Offered by Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, III.
To be staged Friday, March 31st
760. Best display of Carnation blooms, covering 150 sq. ft. of space and to
contain not less than 1000. nor more than 1500 blooms. Decorative
greens, including plants. wiU be permitted. Quality of blooms,
artistic arrangement and general effect will be considered in making
the awards.
First Prize, S200.00. Second, Si 50.00. Third, Sioo.oo.
First prize offered by E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.; W. E. Lenk, Halifax,
Mass.; "Strouts," Biddeford, Me.; S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.;
Ernest Saunders, Lewiston, Me.; S. J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass.; J. D.
Thompson Carnation Co., Joliet, 111.; and Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.
Second prize offered by Fred. Burki, Gibsonia, Pa., and others.
761. Best vase of Carnations, not to exceed 300 blooms. One or more varieties
may be used. It is intended to give the exhibitor the widest latitude
in making his display. Decorative greens of any kind including rib-
bons, or any other accessories may be used as long as the Carnations
are the predominant feature. Vase to be supplied by the exhibitor.
Quality of blooms, artistic arrangement and general effect to be con-
sidered in making the awards.
First Prize, S50.00. Second, S35.00. Third, S15.00.
First Prize offered by Eugene Dailledouze, Brooklyn, N. Y.
FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW i_i9
SECTION Q— Schedule of the American Carnation Society.
Commercial Growers — (Continued)
SPECIAL
The x'Xmerican Carnation Society's special "SiUer Jubilee" medal will be
awarded to each winner of one or more first premiums in the foregoing classes.
RETAIL FLORISTS' EXHIBITS
To be staged Friday, March 31st
TABLE DECORATIONS
Class
762. Carnations shall be the principal flower used, but any kind of flowers or
plants, cut or in pots, may be used as accessories. Color harmony,
adaptability, equality of stock, detail and general effect shall each
carry equal importance in making the awards. Tables will be sup-
plied by the management, accessories by the exhibitor.
$50.00 will be awarded to each table scoring not less than 90 points.
$40.00 will be awarded to each table scoring not less than 80 points.
$30.00 will be awarded to each table scoring not less than 70 points.
Only six entries will be accepted in this class.
BASKET ARRANGEMENTS
763. Carnations shall be the principal flower used, but any kind of cut flower
or foliage may be used as accessories, in the Retailers' Sections, and
only the regulation display cards as prescribed by the management
will be permitted on the displays.
$25.00 will be awarded to each arrangement scoring not less than 90 points.
$20.00 will be awarded to each arrangement scoring not less than 80 points.
$15.00 will be awarded to each arrangement scoring not less than 70 points.
Only six entries will be accepted in this class.
Immediately following the judging, the secretary will remove the entry
cards from all the exhibits in classes in the Retailers' Section, and only the regu-
lation display cards as prescribed by the management will be permitted on the
displays.
SECTION R
AQUATICS
OPEN TO ALL
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Special. Best display of Aquatics, to cover 100 sq. ft. Exhibitors to furnish
all accessories.
Prize: The Foley Silver Cup, (Value $50.00).
Prize offered by the Foley Manufacturing Co., Chicago, III.
Grand Prize S. A. F. O. H. Gold Medal
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SECTION R — Aquarium Exhibit — (Continued)
AQUARIUM EXHIBIT
To be staged Saturday, March 25th
Committee
Franklin Barrett, Chairman
William T. Innes, Jr. Hiram Parker Harry Peters
Dr. Herman Burgin Robert Schaeffer William Peck
Walter Lee Rosentberger
PRIZES
Grand Prize. Largest and best exhibit.
Silver Cup. Most artistically arranged aquarium.
Ribbon. 2d artistically arranged aquarium.
Ribbon. 3d artistically arranged aquarium.
Silver Cup. Most artistically arranged terrarium.
Ribbon. 2d artistically arranged terrarium.
Ribbon. 3d artistically arranged terrarium.
Class LION HEADS
800. Silver Cup. Best Lion Head, Scaled.
Ribbon. 2d Lion Head, Scaled.
Ribbon. 3d Lion Head, Scaled.
801. Silver Cup. Best Lion Head, Scaleless.
Ribbon. 2d Lion Head, Scaleless.
Ribbon. 3d Lion Head, Scaleless.
GRAND AS
802. Silver Cup. Best Oranda, Scaled.
Ribbon. 2d Oranda, Scaled.
Ribbon. 3d Oranda, Scaled.
803. Silver Cup. Best Oranda, Scaleless.
Ribbon. 2d Oranda, Scaleless.
Ribbon. 3d Oranda, Scaleless.
CELESTIAL TELESCOPES
804. Silver Cup. Best Celestial, Scaled.
Ribbon. 2d Celestial, Scaled.
Ribbon. 3d Celestial, Scaled.
TELESCOPES
805. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Telescope, Veiltail.
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SECTION R— Aquarium Exhibit— (Continued)
Ql^^^ TELESCOPES— (Continued)
806. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless Telescope, Veiltail.
807. Silver Cup. Best Black Telescope, Veiltail.
Riljbon. 2d Black Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Black Telescope, Veiltail.
808. Silver Cup. Best Calico Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Calico Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Telescope, Veiltail.
8og. Silver Cup. Best Blue Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Telescope, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Blue Telescope, Veiltail.
810. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Telescope, Ribbontail.
811. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless Telescope, Ribbontail.
812. Silver Cup. Best Black Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Black Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Black Telescope, Ribbontail.
813. Silver Cup. Best Calico Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Calico Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Telescope, Ribbontail.
814. Silver Cup. Best Blue Telescope, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Telescope, Ribbontail
Ribbon. 3d Blue Telescope, Ribbontail.
JAPS
815. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Jap, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Jap, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Jap, Veiltail.
816. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless Jap, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Jap, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless Jap, Veiltail.
817. Silver Cup. Best Calico Jap, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Calico Jap, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Jap, Veiltail.
818. Silver Cup. Best Blue Jap, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Jap, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Blue Jap, Veiltail.
819. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Jap, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Jap, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Jap, Ribbontail.
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SECTION R — Aquarium Exhibit — (Continued)
Qg^g JAPS — (Continued)
820. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless Jap. Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Jap. Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless Jap. Ribbontail.
821. Silver Cup. Best Calico Jap, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Calico Jap, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Jap. Ribbontail.
822. Silver Cup. Best Blue Jap, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Jap, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Blue Jap, Ribbontail.
ny:\iphs
823. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Nymph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Nymph. Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Nymph, Veiltail.
824. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless N^Tnph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless N\Tnph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless N}Tnph, Veiltail.
825. Silver Cup. Best Calico Nymph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Calico Nymph. \'eiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Nymph, Veiltail.
826. Silver Cup. Best Blue Nymph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Nymph. \>iltail.
Ribbon. 3d Blue Nymph. Veiltail.
827. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Nymph. Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Nymph, Ribbontail.
828. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless N>-mph. Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless N^-mph, Ribbontail.
829. Silver Cup. Best Calico N}-mph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Calico N^Tnph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Nymph, Ribbontail.
830. Silver Cup. Best Blue Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Nymph. Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Blue Nymph. Ribbontail.
TELESCOPE NI'MPHS
831. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Tel. Nymph, \'eiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Tel. Nymph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Tel. N>Tnph, \'eiltail.
832. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless Tel. Nymph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Tel. NA-mph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless Tel. Nymph, ^'eiltail.
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SECTION R — Aquarium Exhibit — (Continued)
QY^^^ TELESCOPE NYMPHS— (Continued)
833. Silver Cup. Best Calico Tel. Nymph, Veiltail.
Rihl^on. 2cl Calico Tel. Nymph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Tel. Nymph, Veiltail.
834. Silver Cup. Best Blue Tel. Nymph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Tel. Nymph, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Blue Tel. Nymph, Veiltail.
835. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
836. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
837. Silver Cup. Best Calico Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Calico Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
838. Silver Cup. Best Blue Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Tel. Nymph, Ribbontail.
COMETS
839. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Comet, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Comet, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Comet, Veiltail.
840. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless Comet, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Comet, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless Comet, Veiltail.
841. Silver Cup. Best Calico Comet, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Calico Comet, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Comet, Veiltail.
842. Silver Cup. Best Blue Comet, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Comet, Veiltail.
Ribbon. 3d Blue Comet, Veiltail.
843. Silver Cup. Best Scaled Comet, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaled Comet, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaled Comet, Ribbontail.
844. Silver Cup. Best Scaleless Comet, Ribbonlail.
Ribbon. 2d Scaleless Comet, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Scaleless Comet, Ribbontail.
845. Silver Cup. Best Calico Comet, Ril)b()ntail.
Ribbon. 2(1 Calico Comet, Ribl)onlail.
Ribbon. 3d Calico Comet, Ribbontail.
846. SiKer Cup. Best Blue Comet, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 2d Blue Comet, Ribbontail.
Ribbon. 3d Blue Comet, Riblionlail.
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SECTION R— Aquarium Exhibit— (Continued)
Ql^.^ TAILLESS JAPS
847. Silver Cup. Best Tailless Jap.
Ribbon. 2d Tailless Jap.
Ribbon. 3d Tailless Jap.
848. Silver Cup. Four best Lion Heads.
849. Silver Cup. Four best Orandas.
850. SUver Cup. Four best Celestials.
851. Silver Cup. Four best Scaled Telescope Veiltails.
852. SUver Cup. Four best Scaleless Tel. VeiltaUs.
853. Silver Cup. Four best Black Telescope Veiltails.
854. Silver Cup. Four best Calico Telescope Veiltails.
855. Silver Cup. Four best Blue Telescope \'eiltails.
856. Silver Cup. Four best Scaled Jap Veiltails.
857. Silver Cup. Four best Scaleless Jap Veiltails.
858. Silver Cup. Four best CaUco Jap Veiltails.
859. Silver Cup. Four best Blue Jap Veiltails.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Telescopes.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Japs.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of N}-mphs.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Comets.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Lion Heads.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Orandas.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Celestials.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Shubunkins.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Wild Fish.
Silver Cup. Largest and best exhibit of Tropical Fish.
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SPECIAL CUPS
1. Silver Cup, presented by Franklin Barrett, for the Fish scoring the highest
number of points.
2. Silver Cup, presented by Dr. William Peck, for the best yearling Black
Telescope.
3. Silver Cup, presented by Jacob Hope, for the longest tail Comet.
4. Silver Cup, presented by Jacob Cassel, for the best collection of Blue
Shubunkins.
5. Silver Cup, presented by Jacob Cassel, for the best collection of yearling
Telescopes.
6. Silver Cup, presented by Cugley & Mullen, for the best arranged 24-inch
aquarium for house ornamentation.
7. Silver Cup, presented by Cugley & Mullen, for the best American-bred
Scaleless Fringetail.
8. Silver Cup, presented by the Germantown Horticultural Society, for
aquarium showing best plant life.
9. Silver Cup, presented by Dr. Herman Burgin, for the best yearling Calico
Telescope.
10. Silver Cup, presented by L. J. Staunton, for the best yearling Jap.
STAGING DAYS
SATURDAY, MARCH 25
Classes to be Staged Are
Plants in Flower — Private Growers. Nos. i to 65 inclusive.
Cut Flowers — Private Growers. Nos. 66, 67.
Palms and Foliage Plants — ^Private Growers. Nos. 75 to 102 inclusive.
Ferns and Selaginellas — Private Growers. Nos. no to 124 inclusive.
Orchids, Plants— Private Growers. Nos. 130 to 149 inclusive.
Bulbs, in Flower — Private Growers. Nos. 160 to 234 inclusive.
Roses in Pots and Tubs — Private Growers. Nos. 250 to 263 inclusive.
Flowering Plants — Open Classes. Nos. 320 to 327 inclusive.
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STAGING DAYS— (Continued)
Cut Flowers — Open Classes. Nos. 340 to 391 inclusive.
Gladioli. Nos. 400 to 418 inclusive.
Plants in Flower — Commercial Growers. Nos. 500 to 537 inclusive.
Bulbs in Flower — Commercial Growers. Nos. 550 to 557.
Ferns and Selaginellas — Commercial Growers. Nos. 560 to 567.
Orchids, Plants — Commercial Growers. Nos. 570 to 589.
Palms and Foliage Plants — Commercial Growers. Nos. 600 to 626.
Roses in Pots and Tubs — Commercial Growers. Nos. 650 to 665.
Aquatics — Special Class.
Aquarium Exhibits — Nos. 800 to 859 inclusive.
MONDAY, MARCH 27
Roses, Cut — Private Growers. Nos. 264 to 285 inclusive.
Roses, Cut^Comraercial Growers. Nos. 670 to 723 inclusive.
TUESDAY, MARCH 28
Carnations — Commercial Growers. Nos. 735 to 759 inclusive.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29
Sweet Peas — Nos. 425 to 458 inclusive.
THURSDAY, MARCH 30
Retail Florists' Rose Exhibits. Nos. 724 to 729.
Display of Cut Roses — Commercial Growers. No. 730.
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
Carnations — Private Growers. Nos. 300 to 308 inclusive.
Display of Carnations — Commercial Growers. Nos. 760 and 761.
Retail Florists' Carnation Exhibits — Nos. 762 and 763.
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FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH DELIVERY
The Florists' Telegraph Delivery is an organized section of the Societ\' of
American Florists composed of florists in different cities and communities who,
through their organization, make possible the interchange of orders by wire
covering the delivery of flowers and floral designs in their respective localities.
For instance: a person in Philadelphia may desire to have presented at a
New York address a floral birthday offering. The order is placed with a
Philadelphia member of the organization, who transfers it to a New York
member, who makes prompt delivery in accordance with instructions. Dis-
tance is no object, a New York-San Francisco transaction being equally simple.
The only additional charge for the service is the actual cost of the telegraphed
message, and this is kept at the minimum through the use of a telegraph code
in the possession of all members.
The members of the organization are all reputable business men, and a
patron can rely on the fulfilment of an order in a manner as satisfactory as
though it were to be actually executed by the florist at first hand.
OFFICERS
President, Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis, Ind.
Vice-President, W. F. Gude, Washington, D. C.
Treasurer, W. L. Rock, Kansas City, Mo.
Secretary, Albert Pochelon, Detroit, Mich.
AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY
This Society was organized in New York on May lo, 1915, and by the
close of the year its membership roll carried about 200 names. The objects of
the Society are : To stimulate interest in, and promote the culture and develop-
ment of the Dahlia; to establish a standard nomenclature; to test out new
varieties, and to give them such recognition as they deserve; to study the
diseases of the Dahlia and find remedies for same, and to disseminate informa-
tion relating to the flower; to secure uniformity in awarding prizes at flower
shows, and to give exhibitions where deemed desirable.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
GARDENERS
This Association has been in existence for some years. In 191 1 it became
incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, since which time it has
greatly increased its membership, and is now a strong factor in the aff'airs of
horticulture and floriculture in this country. The object of the Association is
to elevate the profession of gardening, to arouse a greater interest in horticulture
and floriculture, and to develop a closer relationship between the estate owner
and the gardener.
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THE FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA
This Club was organized on October 5th, 1886.
For a year previous there had been a temporary organization to prepare
to entertain members of the Society of American Florists at their Annual
Convention to be held August, 1886.
After the Convention, there being quite a sum of money left over, and as
the meetings of the temporary organization had such a good influence on all
concerned, the organization was made permanent. In the resolutions pertaining
to the permanent organization are these words: "This Club as a permanent
organization is destined to be of great service to the Society of American Florists
and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society." The first officers were:
Robert Craig, President,
Chas. D. Ball, Vice-President,
Thomas Cartledge, Treasurer,
Edwin Lonsdale, Secretary.
The Club decided at its inception not to hold exhibitions or offer prizes,
leaving these entirely to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. And in
return for the assistance given, and in recognition of the work of the members
of the Club, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society provided the Florists'
Club with a Club Room in the basement of Horticultural Hall.
The Florists' Club has been a very successful organization and has done
much to distribute knowledge of Horticultural subjects. As from the start
of the Club, it has been the custom to have some one prominent in the pro-
fession to give an essay at each meeting.
The Club has a membership of 320. The officers for 19 16 are:
Geo. Burton, President,
John C. Gracey, Vice-President,
George Craig, Treasurer,
David Rust, Secretary.
California Privet and
Berberis Thunbergii
Largest growler in the country. Can supply you with any quantity
or grade you wish. Stock first class in every particular.
Do not fail to get my prices, it will pay you.
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ASPLENUM NIDUS AVIS
ASPLENUM NIDUS AVIS
THE BIRD'S NEST FERN
BY J. W. P.
One of the most beautiful Ferns adapted to house culture is the Bird's
Nest Fern, Asplenum nidus avis. The fronds or leaves are produced around
the center of the plant. Now the center is filled with a fibrous substance re-
sembling very much a nest through which the young fronds unfold, looking
as they first appear, like the eggs in the nest. While the plant was brought from
India as long ago as 1820, it is only in later years that it is grown in quantity
for the European markets, and still more recently for the American. It is
now becoming known as one of the best plants for the home, growing well
vmder adverse conditions and retaining its own peculiar beauty a long time.
The Bird's Nest Fern can readily be distinguished from all other Ferns by its
beautiful light green undivided leaves, which on full-grown specimens are from
two feet to four feet long and from three inches to eight inches broad, making
an altogether beautiful plant, but one that must be seen to be appreciated.
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LECTURERS
ARTHUR COWEE, BERLIN, N. Y.
SUBJECT: •■GLADIOLI"; APRIL 1. See Page 31
E. I. WILDE. STATE COLLEGE, PA.
SUBJECT: "BULBS FOR SUMMER BLOOM": APRIL 1. See Page 31
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131
SUNBURST ROSE
ROSES IN THE LANDSCAPE*
BY CHARLES DOWNING LAY
Editor "Landscape Architecture"
When I tell people that I propose to plant roses near the house or along
the drives it is often hard to make them see what I mean, for roses are to most
people objects for personal adornment or for table embellishment.
* It has been assumed that the rose outdoors is a garden plant only, and in catalogues or
books treating of landscape effect it is usual to find the statement that the rose is not useful in
the shrubbery or the border. As a landscape architect in active practice, and treating the rose
wholly on its merits, Mr. Lay here shows an unsuspected value for it. It may not be amiss to
say that certain of the newer climbers with persistent foliage form splendid objects in the
border with but a little training, while the rugosas have also a definite shrub value when
properly placed. — Editor American Rose Annual.
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The Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, and other garden types are indeed of little
value or interest except in the house, for if the flowers are left outdoors they
open too fast and too far, and soon wilt and fade in the sun. The growth, too,
is either puny and thin, or tall and spindling, and the foliage has little beauty.
They have been so bred for flowers that their appearance as a whole has suffered.
It is different, however, with the common roses of the thickets, which have
mostly been neglected by the rosarian and the hybridizer, and which retain
the simple delicacy of single flowers together with the rugged constitution which
means thrifty growth and pleasing foliage. These common wild roses can be
used with other shrubs in any thicket, or they may be planted in masses, each
variety by itself, or several varieties may be associated in a plantation. They
fruit abundantly, and the haws are of considerable beauty and interest in the
winter landscape. This is a matter of great importance, for the shrubbery
in winter should be as beautiful though less showy than in summer. Indeed,
I often think our native shrubs are more beautiful in winter, when the brilliant
luxuriance of full foliage has given place to the more subtle hues of the bare
branches. These bare branches are full of delicate misty colors when seen
in mass, and these colors have a wide range, from pale green to rusty greens,
bronzy reds, and quiet crimson.
The roses show remarkable variation in height and in habit of growth,
so that they can be used in many different situations. They are easy to suit
as to soil, and can be grown along meadow streams, on rocky hillsides, or on
the sandy beach, often appearing voluntarily where few other plants will live.
Their use in the landscape is important, for the native varieties are char-
acteristic of much of our eastern scenery, and when planted in quantities they
give that appearance of natural wildness which is more and more coming to be
the ideal in parks and country places.
The wild roses, as they must continue to be called to distinguish them from
the hybrids, are found in New England pastures associated with bayberry, red
cedar, elder, arrow-wood and other shrubs of the fields. Along the coast they
are commonly found in such desert places as support the beach plum, bayberry,
goldenrod and beach-grass. They gain from association with these wild
neighbors. They are especially useful for holding steep and rocky banks, since
their stolons grow in every direction and form a perfect mass of shoots and roots
which hold leaves and soil.
I doubt if any shrub makes as good a cover for birds, winter or summer.
They are difl&cult for cats to penetrate, and a thicket of Rosa multi flora and R.
setigera is impassable for man or boy. The rose thicket needs no care when well
started, except to cut out seedling trees which may appear. In fact, they are
so thorny that care of the ordinary sort is impossible, and even the most
Teutonic gardeners will cease in disgust their efforts to mutilate a rose shrub-
bery'.
The wild roses cannot be tamed; they will never make good specimens for
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the lawn, and planted with such sophisticated things as Hydrangea paniculata
grandiflora they will either succumb or smother the hydrangea. Viburnum,
barberry, sumac, witch-hazel, hazelnut and other shrubs of the fields they will
endure and live peaceably with, and sometimes a specimen or two of Forsythia
is not amiss.
Along the coast, whether rocky or sandy, Rosa lucida is probably the best.
Under these hard conditions it may be only a few inches high, but it will bloom,
hold the falling leaves and the drifting sand, and gradually by its mere presence
ameliorate the conditions. On the rocks also it may be dwarfed, but it will still
bloom and prevent washing of soil.
In wet meadows, Rosa Carolina will probably be best, growing tall and
strong, and showing its head above the elder, the blackberry and the viburnums.
The plants can be used in any naturalesque landscape, even close to the house
or the terrace walls, if the intention be to bring the naturalesque landscape
to the boundaries of the kept grounds, thus making it appear that a site nat-
urally adapted for the house was utilized.
Their season of bloom stretches over a long period, and if native and
foreign roses are used together the plantation will have color in spots for si.x
weeks or so. This mixture of varieties has great advantages for the roses, for
they seem to help each other, the good foliage of one hiding the thinness of its
neighbor's dress. Such a combination of varieties prevents overdoing the
rose color which in too large masses is always tiresome in the landscape.
There are fifty varieties of roses described in the 1900 edition of Bailey's
"Cyclopedia of American Horticulture," some of them probably being of little
value. Among the most useful for general landscape planting are the following:
Rosa hlanda. Height 2 to 4 feet. The earliest to bloom of the native
species, and the handsomest 'n winter. The branches are smooth, shiny and
deep red.
Rosa Carolina. Height i to 8 feet. Prefers swampy and wet ground.
Rosa cinnamomea. Height 3 to 4 feet. The common Cinnamon rose of
old gardens. Like the lilac, it outlasts many houses, and is frequently found
around old cellars growing in the grass. The flower is small, semi-double, pink,
fragrant. It increases by stolons and can be used with our native wild roses or
with other shrubs.
Rosa damascena. Height 3 to 4 feet. The old Damask rose. It is rather
pleasing with other roses or in the shrubbery where its foliage is not much seen.
Rather large, double, fragrant flower.
Rosa humilis. Height 6 inches 6 feet. The common wild rose of the in-
terior, and the least interesting of the native roses.
Rosa lucida. Height 4 feet. The common rose of the northeastern coast.
Pale pink flowers; thick-lustrous leaves, reddish stems and plentiful spines.
Rosa lucida alba. Height 4 feet. White-flowered form of the above; has
greenish branches.
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Rosa muUiflora. Height 15 feet. Forms a roundish dense shrub when
growTi alone. It vdW climb on trees or other shrubs. It has clusters of small
white flowers with yellow stamens, a delicious spicy fragrance, and small red
or orange fruits. It is very spiny, and makes an impenetrable thicket.
Rosa nitida. Height 2 feet. Called our most beautiful native rose.
Short stems, covered wdth bright red prickles. Always dwarf. The flowers
are darker than the other natives. Useful for steep banks, or in the front of a
bed of other roses.
Rosa rubiginosa. The Sweetbrier. This should be planted singly, wdth
other tall roses such as multiflora or setigera, as its foHage is not very good
although the variety is indispensable because of the fragrance of the new shoots.
The Lord Penzance Hybrids of the Sweetbrier are charming plants with
exquisite salmon, pink and coppery single blossoms. These, too, should be
planted sparingly in every rose thicket.
Rosa ruhrifolia (R. ferruginea) . Height 6 to 7 feet. Is useful because of
the reddish tinge of its foliage. It is not a strong grower, and should be planted
with other roses. The flowers are small, wdth a delicate sort of beauty and an
unusual pink color. The haws are good.
Rosa rugosa. Height 6 feet. A trifle exotic in appearance because of its
rough, dark green, shiny foliage. Stems are thickly covered with gray prickles.
Flowers large, single, in some seedlings an ugly shade of rose, followed by large
orange or red haws. The hybrids of this rose are better in flower and foliage
and look less exotic, particularly Mme Georges Bruant and Arnoldiana.
Rosa setigera. The Prairie rose. Height 4 to 6 feet. Large single flowers
in clusters, opening one at a time. Gracefully arching branches. The foliage is
good, and turns dark bronzy red in the fall. It can be planted with other roses,
or in masses by itself back of lower roses, such as nitida or even Wichuraiana.
Rosa Wichuraiana. Trailing over the ground and growing shoots perhaps
10 to 1 2 feet long. This, unhappily called the " Memorial rose, " has the flower
and habit of a sublimated dewberry. Its green spiny stems with spiny leaves
sprawl over the ground and are happier so than when on a support. The
flowers are pure white with a large circle of yellow stamens and are followed by
interesting fruit. It will grow over banks, over rocks, hang down on stone walls
and persists even in the grass. The hybrids of this rose are numerous and
include many of upright growth, such as W. C. Egan and Lady Duncan, which
can be planted singly among other roses, though it must not be forgotten that
these roses when in bloom have as yet a somewhat strange look in wild places
and are likely to give an over-dressed appearance, especially when used too
generously (as they have been along railroad embankments). Notable
among these hybrids are Sargent, called one of the handsomest roses that has
been raised in the United States. Jennie Dawson is probably the best white.
The wild rosarian, as he might be called, will be interested in trying some
of the oriental roses recently established in the Arnold Arboretum. Some of
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these whicli promise to be most valuable because of their color (especially the
whites) and habit are
Rosa caudata. From western China. Pink flowers 2 inches in diameter
in large clusters; fruit orange-red, i inch long. Perfectly hardy.
Rosa HelencE. Height 5 to 6 feet. Flowers white, i]4 inches in diameter
in clusters; fragrant.
Rosa Hugonis. From Western China. Clear yellow single flowers and
neat pale foliage.*
Rosa Jackii. From Korea. Flowers white, 2 inches in diameter, in clus-
ters; lustrous foliage.
Rosa miiUibracteata. Innumerable small pink solitary flowers. One of
the last Chinese roses to bloom.
Rosa setipoda. Large vigorous shrub with broad, many-flowered clusters
of dark pink flowers.
Rosa spinosissima var. altaica. Tall, wide bush. Numerous, large, single,
white flowers, faintly tinged with yellow.
It would be difflcult to imagine a more lovely plantation than a long thicket
of our native roses, bordering a road for instance, beginning with nitida in
front, then blanda, lucida and lucida alba; these in turn broken by masses of
multiflora interspersed with setigera, rubiginosa, rubrifolia, etc. The w^hole to
be backed up by other families of the rose order, such as the native hawthorns,
plum, flowering cherries and flowering apples. This would not be without some
bloom from the time of the earliest plum blossom to the last blow of the setigera,
for probably three months or more; and such a planting can not be surpassed
in delicacy of autumn and winter beauty.
* Referred to with much interest elsewhere in the Annual, particularly by Dr. Van Fleet
and Mr. E. H. Wilson. — Editor American Rose Annual.
THE VIOLIN RUBBER
(FICUS PANDURATA)
BY ROBERT KIFT
Do you know this uniciue plant? It belongs to the rubber family. Its
given name is Pandurata, which means "lyre-shaped," its large leaves being al-
most exactly the shape of a violin. With its dark green foliage strikingly
marked with white cord-like veins, it is one of the most decorative house plants.
This city will be afforded an opportunity at the National Flower Show to see
the grandest collection of plants and cut flowers ever brought together in this
country. Convention Hall, the largest building in the United States, will be
taxed to its utmost to house this great display.
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CYTISUS RACEMOSUS
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CYTISUS RACEMOSUS
THE GOLDEN BROOM
BY ROBERT KIFT
This wonderfully beautiful flowering plant, with its clouds of yellow blos-
soms, is most conspicuous in all groups of Easter plants, at which season it is
seen in all its glory. Being of rapid growth its pliable branches can be trimmed
to any form. In its natural bush form with every branch full of flowers, it is
a golden glow; it can be trimmed to a perfect globe in shape and presents the
appearance of a gilded ball. The illustration shows a standard form. The
stem of this plant is allowed to grow to the desired height, the lower shoots
being removed to provide for a straight center stem; when the desired height is
reached the end of the shoot is "pinched" or removed, which causes it to
branch out from the next lower buds. These in turn are "pinched" until finally
there is a heavy head of branches which are trimmed to a round head and which
produce quantities of their golden tassel-like blossoms.
Splendid examples of this beautiful plant will be seen at the great National
Flower Show, to be held in Convention Hall beginning March 28th and open
every day and evening until April 2nd. Twenty-five thousand dollars in prizes
is offered, and florists from all the large Eastern cities will send their best
plants to compete for the large offerings.
A MOST MERITORIOUS VINE
BY ADOLPH MtJLLER
By far the most superior vine now growing and known is the Evergeen
Bittersweet {Euonymus vegetus).
This plant keeps its leaves in perfect green color all through the winter and
spring months and the summer season, and is most conspicuous in the fall and
winter months, when its rich dark foliage is covered and decorated as it were
with many clusters of scarlet berries. This red among the green gives the
whole plant an effect of rare distinction that no other vine possesses. It is
indeed a rare plant and one that will receive a world-wide popularity once
the public can see it in use.
What to the eye of the traveler can be more beautifully entrancing than to
see a railroad embankment covered with these vines? Any exposure is right
for them — either the north, south, west or east. Good subjects to plant against
are garden walls of brick or stone, trellises, fences, terraces, old trees and any-
thing a vine can grow upon.
It is perfectly hardy and without question the most Ijcautiful decorative
vine ever planted.
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EUONYMUS VEGETUS
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HO OSIER BEAUTY ROSE
THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY— ITS
AIMS AND PURPOSES
BY S. S. PENNOCK, President
This Society was organized in New York under auspicious circumstances
in March, 1899, with the object of increasing pubUc interest in the Queen of
Flowers. From the by-laws then adopted are presented the purposes of the
organization.
1. To increase Ihe general interest in the cultivation and improve the standard of excel-
lence of the Rose for all the people.
2. To foster, stimulate and increase the production in every possible wa}- of imjiroved
varieties of the Rose, suitable to our American climate and requirements.
3. To organize a system of exhibitions at such times and places as this society nia>',
from time to time, decide on; to offer prizes of money, of gold, silver, and bronze medals, and
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certificates of merit for meritorious new varieties of Roses; also to offer prizes of money, cups,
etc., for excellence of exhibits made at shows held by the Society.
It is also proposed that the Societj' disseminate to its members the latest information
pertaining to the Rose, recommending new varieties of undoubted merit, best methods of
culture, how to fight insect and fungoid pests, the proper use of manures, and other informa-
tion from the pens of leading experts that, especially to amateurs, will be worth many times
the cost of membership.
Since then the Society has grown and prospered, until today we have a
membership comprising most of the leaders in rose-growing, both in a pro-
fessional and an amateur way.
To help each member, whether professional or amateur, is the aim of the
Society. We desire to disseminate useful literature, and in every way to pro-
mote rose-groTving, either under glass or in the open. We seek to provide rose
information from the pens of the best wTiters in the country — information that
will cover every phase of the subject.
We cherish the hope that we can eventually gi\-e our members help of at
least as much real value as that supplied in England by the National Rose
Society, which sends out literature that is invaluable to its members. With this
object in view, we have this year undertaken to publish the annual Bulletin
with a much broader scope than heretofore, and, of course, at more cost. It is
planned to make it a reference book of value, as well as to present interesting
rose reading; to have it, in truth, The American Rose Armual.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Rose Society
held in Philadelphia during the summer of 19 15, this matter of improving our
publications was discussed with Mr. J. Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
who kindly consented to help us, in agreeing for three years to act without com-
pensation as editor of this Annual. In thus placing the matter in his hands,
we have had the satisfaction of believing that he would carry the work through
with ability, giving the commercial and amateur lovers of roses a book of
interest.
This first American Rose Annual, succeeding the Annual Bulletins which
have been so capably handled by our indefatigable Secretary, Mr. Benjamin
Hammond, is therefore offered as an earnest of the intentions of the American
Rose Society.
For a number of years the society has worked mostly on commercial lines,
and as such it has probably heretofore appealed more strongly to the com-
mercial man than to the amateur. The commercial rose industry of this
country is a large industry, and it serves to set most exacting standards of
rose attainment. Yet the amateur has not been lost sight of. He is a more
important factor of rose progress each year. Not only does he benefit and
inspire the commercial man, but he is popularizing the rose as no other means
can or will.
It is to the amateur I feel we must look, as the years go by, to increase the
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love for and the knowledge of roses. He will spur on the commercial grower
to bring his productions nearer perfection. The amateur grower is certain to
influence the cut-flower grower to try more varieties, and to try in the green-
house those varieties that are doing well in the garden. There are probably
many garden varieties of roses in existence today which could be to advantage
forced under glass, if brought to the attention of the commercial grower.
Commercially, there are too few varieties being forced. The more varie-
ties we have, the more opportunity there is of placing them before the public.
How many books would be sold if there were but four or five titles available?
So it is with roses — the fewer varieties, the fewer sales. People get tired of one
thing; they want variety; they call for something new. So to the commercial
man I propose that he broaden out in work with the amateur to increase the
number of good roses grown and forced; and the selling field will correspond-
ingly expand.
The amateur's work, to my mind, is far more fascinating than is the com-
mercial end. My experience as an amateur in garden roses is very small, but
it has been a source of great pleasure and recreation to me. Looking around
among my friends, both amateurs and professionals, I can see the interest in
garden roses growing. The commercial rosarian is now realizing that the
garden rose is and will be a tremendous factor in the future of the rose in
America.
The American Rose Society, in establishing test-gardens in various parts
of the United States is thus working out a feature that will become a most
valuable and far-reaching asset to rose-growing. These test-gardens are now
firmly established in Washington, in Hartford, at Cornell University (Ithaca,
N. Y.), and in Minneapolis.
A committee has been appointed to look after and take charge of each
garden. The plan is to establish in these test-gardens at least five plants of a
kind, in the case of Teas, and two of a kind, in the case of Climbers, of every
known variety that can be obtained, not only from this country, but from for-
eign countries as well. Accurate records are to be kept as to how they flourish,
the climatic conditions, the amount of bloom, and whatever statistics as to tem-
perature, soil, etc., that may be deemed necessary by the committees in charge.
Anyone contemplating the growing of a certain variety — for instance, in
the same climate as Washington — might refer to the appropriate test-garden
reports, and see how that variety had behaved — whether it was hardy, whether
it was able to stand the hot summer, and so on. These records as summarized
each year in this Annual, will become invaluable.
It has been my pleasure to go over three of the four test-gardens already
established, thus enjoying some of the most pleasant days of my experience, and
learning more about roses than one would be able to pick up in a month of
ordinary inspection. I believe I am safe in saying that everyone who visits
these test-gardens feels that the time has been well spent.
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Probably we owe more to our ex-President, Mr. Wallace R. Pierson, for
pushing these test-gardens, than to any other one individual. In encouraging
this work Mr. Pierson has been far-sighted, and has realized what the gardens
will mean both to the commercial man and to the amateur.
Any society or horticultural organization in the United States or Canada
which holds an annual exhibition of roses can affliate with the American Rose
Society, and upon afl&liation imder our rules will receive annually one silver and
two bronze medals, to be offered at local exhibitions. Further, each aflBIiated
society will receive The American Rose Annual for each one of its members. __
These annual shows, as held by the various societies over the country — -^
not only by present afl&liated societies, but by those we hope to have afl&liated
with us in the future — are to my mind likely to prove the greatest advertisers
for the rose that we can have. So far as I know, wherever a show has once
been held, it is continued year after year, each being larger and better, with
more interest taken.
At a little show held annually at Lansdowne, Pa., last June an old Quaker
friend of the writer came to him, and after looking the exhibition over, being
very much interested in the flowers — not only the roses, but the other flowers
as well — said: " I think that kind of work is good for the community; and when
the people are busy with flowers, they are out of mischief." We certainly ele-
vate the standards of our communities when we succeed in creating a love for
roses; for if a man really loves the rose, he will surely love his neighbors!
It is surprising to note how many amateurs who attend these small shows
possess much general information on roses — in fact, far more than the average
commercial grower, who knows his own varieties very well, but whose knowl-
edge outside of what he is growing may be limited.
A rose show, whether it is an amateur show, or whether it is one of the
large shows fostered by the Society of American Florists, is an education to
everyone who attends.
In each succeeding Rose Annual we want to have set forth some of the
history of the rose, by the leading rosarians of the country; history that wiU be
interesting in more ways than one; including the experience of both the com-
mercial and the amateur grower. It is gratifying to know that this first
American Rose Annual presents thus some papers of permanent value — as, for
instance, Mr. Wilson's account of the species, Dr. Van Fleet's interesting
suggestions as to hybridizing, and the story of "Gurney" Hill's rose half-
century.
At a meeting of the American Rose Society held in Boston, August 20
19 14, when Mr. M. H. Walsh was presented with the Hubbard gold medal,
this same Mr. Hill, in making the presentation, said among other things : — •
" Now another thought. I hope some day that this medal will go to a man who will take
up our native species and from some of our best and hardiest Hybrid Teas produce roses which
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shall be free from what we call black spot, and which will flourish in our American gardens.
I believe that that can be accomplished. I believe some day it will be done. But, let me tell
you, someone will have to do it who is disinterested, who is not always looking at the dollar at
the end of the accomplishment; for up to this date there has been but very little money to any
man who has raised a rose for the embellishment of our gardens."
There are a number of enthusiastic breeders of roses working toward these
ends, and we hope to have in the next few years some very good results; results
that will revolutionize the garden planting of roses. In addition to those who
are thus working, we have a number of commercial men making rose history.
The American Rose Society is organized to serve as a clearing-house for
rose workers. In its ranks will be found those interested in new varieties, in
protecting roses from insects and diseases, in knowledge of soils, fertilizing,
pruning, planting, and cultivating. It is because of these various advantages
which the American Society now has to offer, that we appeal to each member
to help rose progress through it, by increasing its membership, by adding to
its literature, by promoting shows and interchange and by working for rose
prosperity. We may thus have a Rose Society that will be better, larger and
more far-reaching, of which it will be a real honor to be a member.
NOTES ON CROTONS
Indigenous to East India Islands and China, in their native state only
those with green and yellow foliage are found. By cross-fertilization in the
past thirty years more than three hundred distinct named varieties have been
obtained. Some of these new varieties when first obtained are worth from
one hundred dollars to five hundred dollars for a single small plant to multi-
ply for commercial purposes.
Crotons are more brilliant in coloring than any other species. They are
grown in green, yellow, red, pink, bronze, crimson, white and all intermediate
shades and combinations of color. They are beautiful in the conservatory in
winter and unexcelled for bedding out-of-doors in full sun in summer. They
are a conspicuous feature of the bedding around Horticultural Hall, Fair-
mount Park, and in the fine summer beds at Girard College. Crotons should
not be planted out before the tenth of June, as they require at all times temper-
ature not lower than 70 degrees at night.
Plants one to three feet high of the bright red and yellow varieties par-
ticularly, are largely used at Christmas time for jardiniere and smaller ones for
window-boxes, hampers and other combinations so popular in the florists'
shops at the Christmas holidays. The finest collection ever shown in America
will be at the National Flower Show.
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GETTING BETTER ROSES*
Elsewhere in this Annual will be found notes as to the relation of the
European war to rose-production, and in Dr. Van Fleet's paper on "Possi-
bilities in the Production of American Garden Roses," Ave are informed that
136 varieties were imported in one year. Of this number, barely a dozen
might be expected to show sufficient value in the United States to warrant
their continued growth. It is not to be understood that this small proportion
is due to poor quality or to low standards among the foreign hybridizers, but
rather that it indicates the lack of adaptability to American conditions in most
of the rose varieties coming from abroad.
The United States has not been prominent in rose-hybridizing, as may
be vuiderstood when it is noted that out of 588 varieties of roses listed in the
1 9 14 Ofi&cial Catalogue of the National Rose Society of England, covering the
good roses of all the world, but twenty-sLx are of American origin — less than 5
per cent!
That roses of American origin are likely to be better adapted to American
conditions need not be argued. The notable successes scored by the few hy-
bridizers who have worked in the United States — as A\dtness the Walsh, Van
Fleet, Hill and Cook productions, for instance — indicate the possibility of
notable advances, particularly in garden roses, when American rosarians,
properly encouraged, really get to work.
The resources now at command in the species collected in west China
by E. H. Wilson, and the greater knowledge of how desirable rose characters
may be transmitted, indicate that the present is a most favorable time to pro-
mote the getting of better roses. The checking of European endeavor, in con-
sequence of the Great War, adds another inducement to go forward in rose-
hybridization.
It is for these reasons that an especial endeavor has been made to gather
for The American Rose Annual all available information and experience in
relation to American rose origination. The governing principles are set forth,
and a carefvil reading of the papers in this section will enable an aspiring hy-
bridizer of roses to save years of time, for he may have thus at command the
conclusion of experience.
In order to indicate the work already done, a list of roses originated by
hybridization in America is added. This hst is probably far from complete,
although much effort has been made to make it so. Some capable workers
seem disinclined to answer letters, and in one case the desired information came
only after a half-dozen letters and one telegram had been followed up through
mutual friends. It is intended to carry the hst along from year to year, adding
to it as may be possible. Let us have American roses for America I
* Editor's Introduction in the .American Rose Annual.
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THE SWEET PEA— EVERYBODY'S FLOWER
BY EDWIN JENKINS.
"The Sweet Pea has a keel that was meant to seek all shores; it has wings
that were meant to fly to all Continents; it has a standard which is friendly to all
nations; and it has a fragrance like the universal Gospel, yea, a sweet prophecy
of welcome everywhere that has been abundantly fulfilled."
Rkv. W. T. Hutchins.
Surely the Sweet Pea has a better claim to the title of "Everybody's
Flower" than any other flower that is grown! What other plant will give us
such a profusion of flowers, such returns for our love and labor, such airy grace-
ful blooms of exquisite shades and lovely fragrance? It is a flower of such
tremendous possibilities in artistic decorative work that it meets the most
exacting demands liable to be made upon it. It is so inexpensive that the
poorest may well enjoy its beauties. It is easy to grow. It may be grown in
a tub or a box in a city yard, or it may be planted alongside a wall, or to hide an
unsightly fence; and while it loves the full sunshine, it is so accommodating
that it will tolerate a considerable amount of shade and still do well. Many
another fine flower, like the Rose and the Carnation, have lost some, or all, of
their sweet fragrance under the plant breeders' hands, but not so with our
Sweet Pea, the finest kinds are still Sweet (scented) Peas.
Many who have seen the wonderful Sweet Peas exhibited in Great Britain
— stems a foot and a half long, surmounted by four, and often five large flowers
— have marveled, and wished that such Sweet Peas could be grown here in
America. The writer believes it quite possible to grow this beautiful flower
with equal success here on the Eastern coast, but to do so we must accommodate
our methods to meet the climatic conditions.
If the seed is sown in October or November, and the plants carried through
the winter in pots in a cold frame, or a very cool greenhouse, then planted out,
as soon as the frost is out of the ground, on well prepared soil, given plenty of
room, well staked and liberally treated in the matter of watering and feeding,
as well as being disbudded to two or three growths per plant, we should secure
quantities of fine Sweet Peas until the advent of the hottest weather. The stems
and blooms produced under these conditions would be as superior to the ordinary
grown Sweet Peas as are the finest Roses seen in the florists' stores to the com-
mon garden flower. However, the foregoing methods are not within the reach
and possibilities of "everybody," and it is as a flower for everybody that we are
dealing with the Sweet Pea just now.
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS
Get your seed from a reliable seedsman — and get the best varieties. The
best time to sow the seed, to meet the requirements of the average grower, is
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about the end of February or the beginning of March; and the surest way to
get a good percentage of germination is to sow the seed about a half-inch deep
in sand.
CHIPPING THE SEED.
Seed of all the reds, crimson or scarlet sorts will germinate quicker and
more surely if a small piece of the hard seed coat is cut off. Do this with a sharp
knife on the side opposite the bud or growing point. This chipping enables the
seed to soak up moisture and may well be practised on all the colors, though it
is more essential to the colors mentioned.
In a temperature of fifty-five to sixty degrees, the seed should germinate in
about a week, and must then be potted in soil, or planted out in boxes to grow
along in a temperature of about 55 degrees, until weather conditions will allow
of out-door planting. This out-door planting must be done as early as possible,
and the plants protected at nights from frost. A good way to protect the
plants in the row is to nail two boards together, so as to form an inverted V
and set it over the plants at night until danger from hard frost is past.
Do not despair of raising good Sweet Peas if you are without a greenhouse,
or even a cold frame ; much may be accomplished by a Uttle forethought and a
little ingenuity. Figure 4 on page 90 shows a flat twenty-four inches long
by twelve inches broad. It takes up but two square feet of room, and may be
set in a house window. It is easily moved from place to place, holds about one
hundred plants in paper pots (which are four inches deep) and will give the
plants plenty of room until they can be planted out. Now, these plants are
enough to plant a single row one hundred feet in length, or a double row fifty
feet long, which is as much as many people can handle. Further, they will
bloom longer and give superior flowers to any that may be planted closer; in
fact, a good sturdy plant set out in fairly rich soil will fill the space if planted
two feet apart.
The question may be asked, why go to this trouble of sowing seed inside
in sand and transplanting afterwards, when we can sow outside in the open
ground? The reason is: first, to ensure germination; secondly, to develop a
healthy, sturdy root system before the plants make much top-growth; and,
thirdly, because that great teacher, experience, has taught us that it is the
better method, and the only sure way of getting satisfactory results.
PREPARATION OF THE SOIL
The Sweet Pea is not a fussy plant as to the exact nature of the soil, so long
as it is sweet and wholesome, and contains a good measure of fertility. Septem-
ber or October are, perhaps, the ideal months for soil preparation, but if your
ground was not made ready last fall, dig it over as deeply as possible, without
incorporating too much of the infertile subsoil. This depth seldom exceeds
one foot. Add a heay>^ dressing of well rotted farm-yard manure, and thor-
oughly mLx it with the whole mass of soil. Don't put the manure in the bottom,
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as is sometimes advocated. If you are going to plant only one single or double
row, dig a space of at least two feet on each side of the centre of the row, and if
you are going to plant parallel rows, set five feet apart from centres, then you
will dig and manure the whole space. After the ground is dug, and before it is
raked, add one pound each of ground boncmeal and air-slaked lime to each
three square yards of ground.
PLANTING
While Sweet Peas may be planted in groups, or in various other ways, yet
where the main consideration is the production of flowers for house decoration,
double rows, with the plants set alternately about a foot apart either way, and
five feet from centre to centre if several rows are planted, will be found to give
the best results.
Take all precautions to avoid checking the growth of the plants. Be sure
that they are always supplied with water while growing in the pots or boxes,
and select a cloudy day for transplanting to their permanent growing place-
Do not expose the roots any longer than you can help when planting, and firm
the soil thoroughly around the plants when they are planted. The importance
of a firm soil is very often overlooked by beginners.
SUPPORTS
Look ahead in this matter of supports and determine what you are going
to use before you actually need it. Forethought in this, as in most of the other
affairs of life, will pay a large interest. If you find that two inch wire netting
six feet high is the only material you can use, get it in place before the plants are
set out. We prefer good brush to the wire netting, and this may also be placed
first, and then the plants have something to get hold of right away. Nothing
so appals the young Sweet Pea plant as to find itself without any visible means
of support, and to be allowed to sprawl on the ground in a helpless manner.
Sometimes it is necessary to give the plants a tie to start them up the supports,
and the enthusiastic grower will not begrudge this little extra work.
SPECIAL SUPPORTS FOR EXHIBITION PEAS
The ordinary methods will hardly do if the very finest exhibition flowers
are the aim of the grower. The method here evolved is to use bamboo canes,
eight foot long, to each shoot, and to restrict the number of shoots to three or
four per plant. In using the canes for support, it is necessary to have good firm
posts at both ends of the rows and to run a wire from end to end, tying the canes
firmly to the wire (see Figure i, page 88). It is even advisable to use such
post and wires where brush is used, as it will prevent the brush from swaying
too much in strong winds. Growing on bamboo canes involves a great deal of
tying, and cutting away the tendrils — but nothing that is "worth while" is
accomplished in this world without lots of work.
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MULCHING AND WATERING
After the plants have started well into growth and the sun has warmed up
the soil, a good mulch of strawy litter and half-decayed leaves will be of the
greatest benefit to them, both in conserving moisture, by cutting off evapora-
tion, and in keeping the soil from baking and getting too hot. Be liberal in the
amount of space you cover on either side of the plants with the mulch, but do
not put it on too heavy, about three inches is enough. Watering must be
attended to as regularly as the soil appears to be on the dry side; and when it is
done be sure to be thorough and give a good soaking. Half measures are worse
than nothing at all.
FEEDING
Assuming that the ground has been well manured, as advised in the prepa-
ration of the soil, no great amount of feeding otherwise will be necessary, except
that after the plants have been flowering for a week or two and the stems begin
to show signs of shortening, a little stimulant, such as a light dose of nitrate of
soda, or a dusting of dried blood well watered in, will be very beneficial ; and as
a tonic which will brighten up the colors of the flowers, and generally do good,
a dusting of soft-coal soot about every ten days over the whole soil is well
worth while.
PESTS
About the worst pests that afflicts the Sweet Pea is the fungoid disease
called "mildew." Fortunately, this does not come until the season is well
advanced. Good culture, and spraying with an anti-fungoid spray which has
copper-sulphate as a base, are the best measures to ward it off. There are other
diseases of a fungoid nature, such as "streak," but the only known way of
combating them is to try and prevent them by maintaining the health and vigor
of the plants unimpaired as long as possible.
Of insect pests, the only one that calls for special mention is "green fly,''
or "aphis." This is easily killed by any good nicotine spray. You must keep
a good look out for this pest, as, owing to its protective coloring, it is liable to
escape attention and get in lots of damage before it is discovered.
PICKING THE FLOWERS
As one of the chief characteristics of the Sweet Pea is that the more you
pick the more you have, the sprays should be gathered every day as soon as all
the flowers are developed, and to do this, use a sharp knife and cut them close
to the base; plucking the stems out by force is rather unkind treament and
apt to injure the vines.
SHADING
A light covering of cheese-cloth, or some other light material, must be
put over the salmon and orange shades if you would get these most beautiful
colors at their best, because a very little sunshine bleaches them out completely.
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Constance Hinton — White
R. F. Felton — Lavender
Don Alvar — Lavender
Leslie Imber — Bicolor lavender
Rosabelle — Rose shade
Scarlet Emperor — Scarlet
Maud Holmes — Crimson
Hercules — Pink
George Herbert — Rose pink
Lady Evelyn Eyre — ^Light pink
Dobbies' Cream- — Cream
King Manoel — Maroon
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Illuminator — Rich cerise pink
Mrs. Cuthbertson — Pink bicolor
Royal purple — Purple
Blue Picotec — Blue and white,
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Loyalty — Blue and white, Striped
Edrom Beauty — Orange salmon
Robert Sydenham — Orange
Blue Jacket — Dark blue
Sincerity — Cerise
Jesse Cuthbertson (Spencer) — White
and pink, striped
Bertrand Deal Improved — Pale
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CHRYSANTHEMUMS FOR THE GARDEN
BY CHAS. H. TOTTY
Are you foregoing the pleasure of having a showy bed of Chrysanthemum
flowers in the fall, thinking perhaps that they are too difficult to grow? In
these few notes we are not going to speak of varieties that will do weU under
glass, but varieties that can be grown by everyone who has a few feet of space
at their disposal.
The culture of the Hardy Chrysanthemums is simple: they will grow in
any good garden soil and should be set out in the spring about eighteen inches
apart with twelve inches between the rows. Pinch the plants back, once or
twice during May or June to keep the plants dwarf, as some varieties are in-
clined to grow straggly instead of spreading into bush form. If the center
shoots are pinched out once or twice as suggested, this will cause the plants
to branch out into bush form.
Bud selection, which is of such paramount importance in growing green-
house varieties, does not enter the cultivation of the hardy types at all ; unless
one wishes particularly large flowers on their varieties. If they do, the plants
should be disbudded the latter part of July in order to concentrate the strength
of the plant into the blooms. As a rule Hardy 'Mums are wanted for decorative
effect in the garden, and the long graceful sprays are much more desirable for
this work.
If a choice of sites is available I would suggest a location that has a pro-
tection of buildings or trees, from the north and west winds. Of course, this is
not imperative, but it will help furnish an ideal condition.
The Early Flowering 'Mums have developed so tremendously the past
few years that unless one has kept close track of them, they would be bewildered
by the long list of varieties offered by dealers in this type of plant; all of which
are warranted to give good satisfaction. The place of honor for outdoor 'Mums
must be given the type known as Early Flowering. August Nonin of Paris,
France, has done more than anyone else to perfect this type of plant, and today
we have over one hundred varieties tested under American conditions that are
guaranteed to flower the last week in September and during October, and give
a wealth of bloom during this period; something that was impossible, a few
years ago. Among the best of this type would be the following:
White: Dorothy; Debutante; Marie Dufour; Petite Jean and Normandie.
Yellow: Cranfordia: Carrie and Etoile d'Or.
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Fink: Bcaurepairc; Eclcn; Cranford Pink and Miss Burchfell.
Red mid Bronze: Nellie Blake; Vesuve; A. Barham and Billancourt.
These Early Flowering 'Mums are duplicates ol' ihe large flowering types;
otherwise known as greenhouse varieties; only they are dwarfer in habit and
do not come ciuite as large, save in one or two instances, such as Cranfordia.
This latter, closely disbudded will make a wonderfully large flower.
I mention the selection above, so that anyone who has not grown Early
Flowering 'Mums, need not be bewildered by a large list but can be assured
of satisfactory results if an)- or all of the above are grown.
SINGLES
which are also of comparatively recent introduction are wonderfully effective
outdoors. It is true a great many of these Singles are not early enough to give
good satisfaction flowering outdoors, but the following varieties flower in
splendid condition outdoors from October 15 onwards:
White: jMrs. Chas. C. Mickle; Gladys Duckham; Mensa and Snowflake.
Pink: Ivor Grant; Stanley Ven; Mrs. Buckingham and Louise.
Yellow: Polly Duncan; Golden Mensa and Marion Sutherland.
Crimson and Bronze: Excelsior; Mrs. Hogben; and Margaret Walker.
A variety that occupies a class for itself is " Mrs. Francis H. Bergen." This
is the same type as the Early Flowering but does not come into bloom until the
last of October, when most of the Early Flowering types are through blooming.
"Mrs. Bergen," is creamy white with Rose-pink shadings and one of the most
noteworthy on account of its cast-iron hardiness. Mr. Bergen the originator
of this varietv told me he had this varietv blooming in his garden until No-
f, ixx ^.xx^ ^t
vember 20 in good condition.
POMPONS
or the Button T>'pe, is perhaps the best known of the entire 'Mum family,
and the latest and hardiest of the types, but they are handicapped by the fact
that they bloom so late that the frost has destroyed all their foliage before the
flowers develop. These Pompons are the favorite of a great many people and
the following would be our selection of the very very best varieties.
Lillian Doty is quite the largest Pompon e\-er sent out. This is a beautiful
clear pink in color. There is a white sport of this called "White Doty," being
introduced this year, that is a wonderful acquisition to the Hardy Garden.
White: W^hiteDoty; Queen of the Whites; Jas. Boone; Waco and Myer's
Perfection.
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Pink: Lillian Doty; Donald and Minta.
Yellow: Jeanette; Wm. Sabey; Golden Climax and Zenobia.
Crimson and Bronze: Julie Lagrevere ; Urith and Tiber.
After the plants are through flowering they should be cut down to six or
eight inches from the ground and let the leaves drift around them. When they
are well covered with leaves place some dry cedar boughs over the leaves to
keep them from blowing away. In this way they should come through the
winter in perfect condition, if they are planted in a dry location. If the plants
are situated in low ground, where the water will cover the crowns or roots stand
in water; it would be better to lift the roots in the fall and store them in a
cold-frame ; cellar or back shed ; as the plants will die if left standing in water
during the winter.
In the spring when it is time to set out the plants again, break up the
clumps into individual plants, and plant in new soil, or a new location. In this
way you will have even better success the second year.
The Rose is truly called the "Queen of the Garden," but the Chrysanthe-
mum still holds its own as "Queen of the Autumn," carrying its message of
hope and cheer far into the fall when all other flowers are faded and dead!
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AQUATICS
FOR THE
AMATEUR
BY WILLIAM TRICKER
as "amateurs."
There has been much dispute as to who or what persons are rightly classed
Webster says, "One who cultivates a study or art from taste,
without pursuing it professionally." It has been my privilege to meet many
such persons who have grown aquatics through taste or love for these most
enchanting of flowers, and I am proud to say growers in this class have done
more to popularize these flowers than professionals.
Some 30 years ago a medical doctor living at Yarmouthport, IVIass., had
a grand assortment of these flowers, long before such plants were listed in
catalogues in this country. Another popular man in Springfield, Mass., who
had a reputation for making the best skates in America, had also a fine col-
lection of Water Lilies, and later donated a park to the city. Another medical
doctor, living at Salem, N. C, was the first to grow a Victoria regia outdoors
without artificial heat. I would also mention such gentlemen as John N. Gerard,
John McElvery, S. C. Nash, W. W. Lee, and others, but I fail to find as many
in the field of professionals who have done such work. Many of the worthies
I have mentioned are still with us, and we are greatly indebted to them for
what they have done to advance interest in aquatics.
The persons mentioned are exceptional, it is true, but there are hundreds
of others, amateurs, interested in their gardens, who are making special study
of certain plants and flowers until they are successful. To be successful in
growing any particular plant or plants, some knowledge must be acquired as
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to their habitat, how and where they grow, climatic condition, etc. All our
cultivated plants are the progeny of original species, growing in the wild. You
find Water Lilies, commonly called Pond Lilies, in a wild state all over the
country, and other species in other lands, all growing under like conditions?
that is, ponds, where the water is stagnant, or a very slow sluggish stream,
where there is an accumulation of silt and humus that is continually being
added to by constant showers. and decaying vegetable matter. Underneath
there is often a stiff clay, or heavy sub-soil. Such places are usually in the full
sunshine, seldom, if ever, in shady spots or in the woodland. These simple facts
will indicate what course to pursue in cultivating these lovely flowers under
artificial conditions.
Let us glance at the different species. The native species are Nymphaea
odorata, and N. tuberosa, of which there are several forms, white and occa-
sionally pink. Florida has a yellow species, not hardy in the northern States.
The former are vigorous growers, with rambling root-stock ; the flowers produce
seeds very freely, and where grown, usually these species take possession of a
whole pond. The European species are entirely different; the rhizome is thick
and not of a rambling nature, plants compact and bushy, flowers plentiful, pro-
ducing little seed, and the hybrids none. These qualifications render the Euro-
pean varieties, especially the Hybrids, better adapted for general culture by
the amateur, who can only find room for a small pond, or a few tubs.
Where space will permit, a pool four, five, or six feet in diameter will prove
more serviceable than three or four tubs, for tubs are subject to decay, hoops
will rust, etc., although they answer a good purpose while they last. A concrete
pool may be constructed by an intelligent laborer, and the size can be regulated
by each individual want or wish. It may be constructed by excavating the
ground to the desired depth, and size. If the sides are to be nearly straight,
make a form of light lumber, the same shape the pool is to be, but twelve inches
less in size. This placed in the excavation will allow a space of six inches for
the wall. Before running the concrete, have heavy chicken-wire netting
arranged, so that when the concrete is set the wire will be in the centre of the
wall. Such a re-enforced pool will be indestructible, waterproof and frostproof.
Pools of different shape can be constructed of concrete by using forms, as
is done in other concrete structures.
Another form of pool is constructed without forms, and is worth consider-
ing. Make the excavation with sloping or flaring sides, and on this arrange
the wire netting, making it secure before applying the concrete.
As to materials, the following have proved satisfactory: two bags Port-
land Cement, three barrows of sand, five barrows of gravel or fine broken stone.
The wall need not be more than four inches thick. Have the work done thor-
oughly and the re-enforcement carefully attended to.
For small pools and tubs, the soil may be placed in the bottom, ten to
twelve inches deep, covered with about an inch of coarse sand. The soil should
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be rich. Com[)ostcd sods and cow manure is as good as can be desired, but do
not use the materials fresh. Where such is not to be had, the next best thing
is good garden soil, with an addition of rotted manure, or sheep manure.
For large pools, use l^oxes for planting in. I prefer a box three feet by
three feet by one foot. This will hold nine cubic feet of soil.
The water supply is no small matter, but any source can be utilized. Before
planting, have the boxes in place, and water in the pool, not necessarily more
than six inches over the boxes. This is deep enough to plant in. Allow the
water to stand a few days before planting, but do not change it; it may ferment
and a scum form on the surface, but this will settle, or it can be washed off
with the garden hose.
After the concrete work is finished, and before the soil or the boxes are put
in, the pool should be washed out, to carry off all caustic properties of the
cement, as such is injurious to plant life.
The planting of Water Lilies should not be attempted before the weather
is warm and growth is accelerated. This applies to hardy varieties. Tender
varieties should not be planted before summer weather is assured, about the
first of June to the middle of the month, according to location, either North
or South.
The Nelumbium, or Egyptian Lotus, is a most desirable plant. Do not
plant early; the weather should correspond with such as recommended for
tender Nymphaeas. Much failure can be attributed to early planting and the
roots being chilled. The Nelumbiums require a limited space, but plenty of
rich soil, or they will take possession of the whole pond.
The after work and attention of the water garden consists chiefly of filling
up with water as it evaporates. The plants will be benefited by an occasional
spraying during hot, dry weather, especially during a drought, when plants are
likely to be covered with dust.
It is quite necessary to have a few gold fish in the water, for they will help
to keep the plants clean as well as to destroy all larvae of mosquitoes.
The margin of the pond can be planted with subaquatic plants, both hardy
and tender. There is a large assortment of such plants, suitable for small
ponds, or lakes, as the case may be.
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TWENTY YEARS OF ROSE GROWING IN
AMERICA
BY GEORGE H. PETERSON
When one has a hobby or cherished caUing, it is most gratifying to look
backward, and from that point forward, re\dewing the progress — ^the advance-
ment made ^vith the passing of the years. And so, as I bring before me the
recollections of more than twenty years in which the Rose has been so much to
me, both as an amateur and professional grower, it is with the keenest pleasure
that I note its ever-increasing hold upon the people of our country, not only
those who love the flower itself, but the yearly increasing number who find that
they can grow Roses, as well as buy them.
It is quite generally conceded that from the time when
'■ Homer praised its form of grace,
Horace its richly tinted face."
the Rose, in the floral kingdom, has held first place in the heart of mankind;
and while for many years this countr}^' has led the world in the production of
forcing Roses, it must be conceded also that we have been far behind European
countries in the production of garden Roses. During the past decade, however,
an awakening interest in outdoor Rose growing has been quite apparent, and
it has been sho'mi that with reasonable preparation and care, we can, at least
in certain seasons and periods of the year, grow and delight in quite as wonder-
ful Roses as are grown under the more favorable climatic conditions of European
countries.
Doubtless, there are various reasons why this flower has of late taken so
great a hold upon our hearts and interests, but it must be conceded that the
chief contributing element is the marvelous development of the class of roses
known as '"Hybrid Teas," a class which gives us, here in the North, continuous
bloom from June to October, inclusive.
Obviously, in an article of such limited length as this must necessarily be,
I can touch but briefly upon the cultural phase of Rose gro\\-ing, but there are
several excellent and helpful works on the subject, one of which, at least, the
beginner should procure. The progressive professional growers of today give
in their catalogs the most essential cultural points, and usually in simple, easily
understood language; and while there is no "royal road" to Rose growing,
yet, if one but starts right, he will be surprised to find how easily good Roses
may be grown, even, where necessar}^-, within the limits of a city yard.
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Dean Hole, in the most delightful and scholarly book on the Rose e\'er
written, declares that, "To have beautiful Roses in one's garden, one must have
beautiful Roses in one's heart." Whether or not this is really essential, I am
not prepared to admit — parenthetically, I must observe that I have seen most
beautiful Roses growing in the gardens of none-too-pleasant people, — but it is
at least a beautiful thought to start with. Keep in mind that the flower of our
affection delights, and does its best, in a somewhat cool, rather moist — not
heavy rains — atmosphere. Consequently, do not expect as fine Roses during
the middle of summer as you get in the early summer and in the autumn,
except, perhaps, during a spell of damp, dark weather.
While good Roses can be successfully grown in any well-enriched garden
soil, they will succeed best in a rather heavy, clayish loam, to which add an
equal combined quantity of stable manure and finely chopped old sods. Thus:
in making a bed two feet deep, you will have one foot of soil and six inches each
of sods and manure, preferably cow and horse manure combined. A good
sprinkling of ground bone, or bone-meal, and air-slaked lime will be helpful,
but is not necessary. Mix all together very thoroughly from top to bottom — •
but do not use a sieve. The broken sods will tend to keep the soil open and
porous. Make bed from fifteen inches to three feet deep, according to your
purse and the material available.
Place your Rose bed in the open, or where it will get at least a half day's
sun, and have it well away from over-hanging trees and shrubbery.
WHEN TO PLANT
Differing from the practice in Europe in this respect, most of the Rose
planting in this country is done in the spring, although under certain conditions
fall planting has its advantages. I shall assume that you are going to plant
dormant, field-grown stock, which is almost exclusively used in Europe, and
which ten years of amateur growing convinced me is unquestionably the best.
Do not wait until planting time to order, but get your grower's catalog as soon
as it is issued, if possible, and send in your order for immediate booking. You
will thus get better plants and get them at the right time to plant, which is
just as soon as the ground is lit to work, or as soon as the farmer plants early
potatoes in your vicinity. The Roses will come to you packed in moss, and
care should be exercised to see that the roots do not get dry. As soon as planting
is accomplished, the ground should be firmed over the roots with foot pressure,
and the wood pruned back at least half. A moderate pruning usually yields
a greater number of blooms, at the expense, however, of size. A close pruning
yields fewer but larger flowers, and on longer stems.
When planting is done early, and while the ground is moist, no watering
will be necessary until plants are started well into growth, or the ground be-
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comes quite dty. A mulch, or even stirring of surface soil, will aid in keeping
the soil moist beneath, where moisture is needed.
BUDDED OR OWN-ROOT ROSES
The leading, or most successful amateur Rose growers agree, that while
own-root plants are best in theory, yet, when it comes to results, properly
budded stock is in every' way superior. Results in growth and bloom are the
chief things to consider, and, with but few exceptions, own-root Roses, grown
out of doors, particularly in the north, will not give anywhere near the results
that budded stock will. The one real objection to budded stock is its liability
to send up wild suckers from the roots, but this can easily be guarded against,
and, if planted properly, a very small percentage will sucker. Even this objec-
tion wiU soon be done away with by the most progressive growers, since they
are now beginning to bud on a stock which throws up practically no suckers,
and which infuses wonderful vigor into the cultivated Rose.
INSECTS AND DISEASES.
Lack of space prevents my going into detail on this subject, but, usually,
insects and diseases can be readily overcome, and the intelligent grower of
today has little to fear from this phase of Rose growing. A good soil, and strong
vigorous plants to start with will tend to reduce troubles of this nature to a
minimum. Remember, in both plant and animal Hfe, it is the strong that have
little to fear and that the weak are usually the first to be attacked and the
quickest to succumb.
CLASSES AND VARIETIES.
I shall here be unable to touch upon more than the two chief classes of
Roses today — Hybrid Perpetuals and Hybrid Teas. In the former class we get
Roses of unusual vigor and hardiness. We also get flowers of the largest size,
and it is in this class that we get the most fragrance — but, unfortunately, much
cannot be expected in the way of bloom after the main season in June, with a
few exceptions.
In the Hybrid Teas we have a class of Roses which give us continuous
bloom throughout the entire season, and it is this class which has been developed
so largely during the past fifteen years.
I doubt if it would be possible to get two rosarians to agree as to " the best "
Roses. In fact I could not well agree with myself on this subject one year after
the other, but the following list of one and one-half dozen Hybrid Perpetuals
and two dozen Hybrid Teas wiU be found exceptionally worthy, and successful
over a large area, under the varying conditions of soil and climate which are
found in this vast countrv.
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HYBRID PERPETUALS.
Baroness Rothschild — Light pink
Capt. Hayward — Red
Clio — Blush
Frau Karl Uruschki — White
George Arends — Light pink
George Dickson — Deep crimson
Hugh Dickson — ^Red
J. B. Clark— Red
Magna Charta — Pink
Madame Gabriel Luizet — Silvery pink
Margaret Dickinson — -Blush white
Marshall P. Wilder— Red
Mrs. John Laing — Pink
Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford — Light
pink
Paul Neyron — Pink
Prince Camille de Rohan — Deepest red
Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi — Deep
pink
Ulrich Brunner — Light red
HYBRID TEAS.
Dean Hole — Light pink
Duchess of Wellington — Deep yellow
Etoile de France — Red
Florence Pemberton — Blush white
General McArthur — Bright red
Gruss an Teplitz — Red
Jonkheer J. L. Mock — Pink
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria — White
Killarney — Pink
Lady Alice Stanley — -Pink
Lady Ashtown — Pink
La France — Light pink
Laurent Carle — Red
Lyon-Rose — Salmon pink
Mad. Caroline Testout — Pink
Mad. Jules Bouche — White
Mad. Ravary — Yellow
Mad. Segond Weber — Pink
Mrs. Aaron Ward — ^Yellow
Mrs. A. R. Waddell— Yellow
Pharisaer — White
Radiance — Pink
Souv. de Gustave Prat — ^Yellow
Souv. du Pres. Carnot — Blush white
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BY J. OTTO THILOW
The effort and time required for the preparation of so great an event as
the National Flower Show is hardly within the grasp of the average person,
even though a flower lover. More than a year ago the area of glass, 9000
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square feet, as shown above, was set apart and consigned to the care and culture
of plants for this great display of flowers and plants.
At the nurseries of one of our leading firms can be seen the great array of
Roses which have reached full growth under the most vigilant care and cod-
dling to bring them into matured size. Clothed in their garments of glowing
color, they simply await the day of transfer from their congenial surroundings
to the display grounds of Convention Hall, that the public may see and com-
pare the labyrinth of color with that of other flowers on exhibition, proving
that the newer Roses of latter-day introduction are decked with tones of color
far beyond even the dream of the most critical.
One of the most novel and altogether new features of horticultural inter-
est will be the evolution of the Fern, showing the birth of the Fern spore to its
fructification and its transformation into the minute growth, followed by its
development into plants which begin to show their identity, and then into
specimens of the most beautiful and graceful forms. As an item of educational
value this will without doubt be a most pleasing feature of the show.
This firm, upon the first note of the advent of the National Flower Show
to be held in Philadelphia, made extensive preparations to produce a large
area of color in flowers growing naturally upon the plants, and to give an effect
equal or better than one can expect only under the best outdoor conditions and
with the best care.
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ORCHIDS FOR AMATEURS
BY JOHX E. LAGER.
Fortunately the days are over when orchids could only be acquired or
growTL by very few. The price of these plants in late years has reached a point
where they are within the reach of all.
This is, to a great extent, the result of more sound knowledge of how to
treat these plants, for while the slogan went around that orchids were super-
latively difficult to grow, ^-ery few persons ventured to buy or grow them, hence
limited numbers only could lind sales. Since the nature of orchids has been
better understood — in reality it is not different from other plants — the demand
has increased greatly, larger quantities are imported yearly from the tropics,
and the prices are low, so low indeed that anyone with a little greenhouse or
conservatory can afford to grow some.
The variety of orchids is so great that selections may be made for any pur-
pose. The amateur who possesses only a very small greenhouse or conservatory,
a space of a hundred square feet or less, say, can grow a few orchids just as well
as anything else, as the fundamental principles are the same as with other
plants — a certain amount of heat, light, water and fresh air, and also a moderate
shading.
A frequent and erroneous idea is that orchids require a high temperature,
and continuous saturation with water. True, there are species requiring a high
temperature, but they are comparatively few; and as to water, a good rule
to go by is to treat them like other plants, that is, let the plants drs^ out before
giving them more water. The time for the maximum amount of water to be
administered is while the plants are in growth, or while the plants are making
their new shoots, which time is easily recognized by anyone. After the new
shoots have completed their growth and the pseudobulbs are finished, the plants
require less water.
Fresh air should be admitted on all favorable occasions, A^ithout lowering
the proper temperature.
The glass should be moderately shaded throughout the year, except during
November, December and January, when it may be left clear. In a greenhouse
where the temperature is maintained at 60 degrees at night and 65 to 70 degrees
in the daytime, a surprisingly large number of species of orchids may be grown;
practically all the Cattleyas and a larger number of the Laelias, Oncidiums,
Dendrobiums, Vandas and other things may be successfully cultivated here.
If C^-pripediums are added, they should be placed by themselves on a bench,
for they require more water than most orchids, inasmuch as they are never
at rest but grow continuously.
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Those mentioned aljove are the most showy and at the same time most
useful for cut flowers, l)ut there are also other things highly interesting to an
amateur, things that are odd both in shapes and colors. Stanhopeas are very
interesting, with their large pendant clusters of flowers, and the several kinds
of Platychlinis; Peristeria elata (Holy Ghost Orchid); Oncidium Papilio and
Krameriana, or "Butterfly Orchid"; Aerides and Saccolabiums; Coelogynes, such
as Dayana and Massangeana, with their large pendant infloresens; also Renan-
thera Imshootiana, which grows and flowers almost under any treatment and
I'c wards the cultivator with its very large, many flowered racemes of red; and
many more.
If for some reason it is more desirable to have the greenhouse at a tem[)cra-
ture of say 55 to 58 degrees at night, and 60 to 65 degrees by day, the foHowing
may be grown: Cattleya Citrina (Tulip Orchid); Lycaste Skinnerii; Coel-
logyne Cristata; the handsome "Baby Orchid," Odontaglossum Grande; Odon-
taglossum Citrosmum and pulchellum; the sweetscented Maxillaria lutea-alba;
several Miltonias, such as Candida, Clowesii, Morelliana, and the handsome
large Pansy-shaped M. Vexillaria, with pink flowers. Cypripedium Insigne and
its many handsome varieties may be grown in this house.
Other things that will do well here are Laelia Anceps and its varieties
including the albino forms of same ; Dendrobium Nobile and its varieties, and
the handsome Dendrobium Thyrsiflorum, with its large bunches of primrose-
colored flowers.
The potting of all the above is very much the same. They should be potted
in Osmunda fibre (peat) with a very slight addition of live sphagnum moss, with
a few lumps of charcoal and crocks worked in here and there, excepting Vandas,
Aerides and Saccolabiums, which should be potted in one part moss and one
part peat. The same holds good with the Cypripediums, except that for all
greenleafed kinds a small part of fibrous loam may be added.
The kinds of receptacles to be used is immaterial. If pots or pans are used,
plenty of drainage should be placed in the bottom. If baskets are used, a few
pieces of crocks in the bottom is sufficient. It is very important that these
plants should be potted firmly; they wall not thrive if loose in the pots
or baskets.
As a parting word, I would say, "grow orchids." They are the most fas-
cinating plants in creation apart from their beauty, and if you begin to grow
these plants and watch them as they develop, you will find you have a hobby
that is equalled by few other things. I would advise all beginners to commence
with species, and as these are mastered hybrids may be added to the collection,
the treatment of which in no wise differs from the species, but it opens up the
entire treasure house of the orchid Kingdom, which in this way is well nigh
limitless.
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THE GLADIOLUS—" THE PEOPLE'S
FLOWER"
BY ISAAC S. HENDRICKSON
The Rose has its champions by the legion, because everyone loves the Rose
— as a Rose, but not everyone can grow the Rose with a pleasing degree of suc-
cess. Any flower we might name has its lover, or lovers, but for a flower for the
people, the common people as well as the elect — a flower that rivals any other
as to colors and lasting qualities; a flower that can be grown by the millions
having small or large gardens; a flower that for ease of culture is supreme; a
flower that is in reach of short or long purse — the GLADIOLUS is indeed "the
people's flower."
The Gladiolus has at last come into its own, and however we pronounce
the name, the flower itself stands conspicuous at the top of the list as one
of the most useful, beautiful and satisfying of all our garden flowers; and bloom-
ing, as it does, during August, when there is a dearth of flowers, makes it doubly
valuable. Some of the late productions of varieties are really wonderful, and
as their propagation has become so general among "growers of flowers for sale,"
the finest varieties have become within reach of all.
AS TO CULTURE
If you know Gladioli, which term includes the family of varieties, you
know how simple their culture is ; but for those who are going to try them for
the first time, a few words of advice may be appropriate. The bulbs may be
planted anytime after the ground is settled in the spring, and by planting at
different times, say every fifteen days up to June, a succession of flowers can be
had from July until frost. The bulbs require twelve to fourteen weeks to come
into bloom.
Spade the ground deep, the deeper the better, and if manure is used, let it
be old and very well incorporated with the soil. Then dig a trench, or furrow,
and plant the bulbs about four inches apart, either in single or double rows,
according to the size of the bulbs, and about four to six inches deep, according
to the character of the soil, whether light or heavy. The rows should be about
two feet apart, which will permit of easy hoeing, and cutting of the spikes, and
I presume you will want to cut the spikes, as the Gladiolus is essentially for
cutting flower. Cut the spike when the first bud shows color, the balance will
open fine in the house, and show a better color than when left in the sun.
If preferred, the bulbs can be planted promiscuously among shrubs in the
hardy border, but they really like a little more "stirring of the earth" than is
generally possible in a mixed border.
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Almost every seed house now handles Gladiolus bulbs, and they can be
procured either under name or in mixtures, the mixtures usually being a little
cheaper. By buying named kinds, you get just the color you want; but if you
are not particular about this, buy mixtures and enjoy the surprises that await
you as each bulb unfolds its treasure. The bulbs are not hardy, and should be
lifted in the fall and kept in a frost-proof cellar for the winter.
While the Gladiolus originated in Africa, it has now almost become "the
flower for the people of the world, " as there is hardly a place where it will not
grow and flower. But to America belongs the credit for the high development
of the flower at the present time, and while Holland, Germany and England
have given us some good things, I firmly believe that America leads the world
in the production of vigorous, healthy Gladioli. Some of the best under names
are the following:
Shades of White
Augusta A
Blanche A
Peace A
White Glory A
Blue Vista A
Shades of Yellow
Canary Bird A
Schwaben E
Victory A
Sulphur King A
Niagara A
Shades of Red
Dazzler A
Nezinscott A
Negerf urst E
Fire King A
Princeps A
War A
Shades of Blue
Baron Hulot E
Viola A
Shades of Pink
America A
Cowee's Dawn A
Tracy's Dawn A
Fascinator A
Panama A
Haley E
Wild Rose A
Taconic A
Variegated
Mrs. F. Pendleton A
Scribe A
Prince of India A
The letter "A" denotes American production, and the letter "E" European
production. Every dealer offers you the "best mixture to be had," so I cannot
give any advice to you in this direction. But if you are fond of the dainty
Nasturtium colors, be sure to try some "Primuhnus Hybrids mixed," now
being offered by nearly every seed house. These Hybrids run mostly from
yellow to orange colors, including some salmon pinks, rosy buffs, creams, etc.,
in short, every conceivable shade of orange and yellow. The stems are long and
graceful, lending themselves to very artistic decorations where "art shades"
are desired. These Hybrids arranged in a vase with Baron Hulot (blue) or
Fire King (red), present a very striking decoration. Try them and you will be
anxious to enlist in the ever increasing army that is fast making the Gladiolus,
or "Sword Lily," in reality "the people's flower."
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THE GARDEN TO ENJOY
f
BY MAURICE FULD
There is not a soul in this wide, wide world of ours which does not, for the
ultimate goal in life, reach out for that condition of mind which spells "happi-
ness." We simply differ as to how best to reach it.
I claim that the most perfect happiness in life can easily be obtained
through the pursuit of gardening; and the fact that gardening is more popular
than ever before is because so many men and women have discovered this very
secret. Yet I claim that most persons have still to reach the inner sanctum
in the realm of gardening, where is to be found the joyous thrills which make
happiness complete. When the great host of gardeners once reach this inner
sanctum, gardening will no longer be considered a popular fad, but an absolute
necessity for a complete and perfect life. I assert that this supreme goal will
be reached, and very soon.
This prediction I found on facts — facts so unmistakable that even the
blind can "read the writing on the wall."
Why is there to-day such a thirst for knowledge of practical gardening?
What is the cause of that miraculous growth of the Garden Club movement?
What is it that brings thousands of men and women to theatres to listen to a
talk on "Practical Gardening" — and, mind you, they pay for admission?
Do you know that there are three garden clubs in America which are com-
posed entirely of male members?
What has made it possible to give successful flower shows, with attendances
unheard of in the past?
All this interest is not because we take hold of gardening, but because
gardening takes hold of us.
It is my aim in this humble effort, to present a vision to the "blind" — to
those who do gardening, and those who do gardening but imperfectly — and
there are very many in this latter category — so as to convince them that there
is something of infinite value below the surface of our "fad," something
worth all the struggles of the past; and to inspire them with energy and courage
to strive on until they, too, sit at that fountain of joy, rest in its refreshing
presence, and sip, from its unceasing flow, the precious drops of the elixir of life.
Did you say, dear reader, "Please stop — let me ask you a question?" I
knew that you were ready for that question long ago, and to prove to you that
I know it, I'll ask it for you: "It is very well for you to say that there is joy
in gardening, but how can I, an unexperienced layman, reach the goal you hold
before my vision?"
Very well, I will tell you:
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No one is ever successful in gardening at first. We gain knowledge through
our failures and mistakes. But with each successful step — naturally, each one
more successful than the previous one — we begin to realize that we are gradu-
ally mastering the secrets of nature. We approach the threshold of that stage
where we become attached to our gardens, attached to each individual little
plant, which we watch with greater interest, begin to learn its needs and wants,
and finally its life is an open book to us.
No real parents were ever taught how to care for their young, because they
have lived with it every hour, from the moment of its birth, and from its mere
gestures and appearance can they instantly tell what it needs for its sustenance.
Here is the whole secret of successful gardening: Just as soon as we really
live with our plants, we nurse within our hearts an instinctive love through
which the plant becomes attached to us, so much so that it is part of our life.
By a single glance we can instantly tell just what it needs, and the fact that
it responds to our treatment and progresses is the first proof that our attach-
ment to the plant is not one-sided, but is reciprocated in a much stronger
measure.
You must, and will experience this very feeling, and through it comes to
you the first thrill of joy. No man ever put the truth in sweeter words than
Dean Hole, when he said: "He who would have beautiful flowers in his garden
must have beautiful flowers in his heart. He must love them well and always.
He must not only possess the glowing admiration, the enthusiasm and the
passion, but the watchfulness, the tenderness and the reverence of love."
It goes without saying that you must be your own gardener; you must
do the little things yourself that mean so much to the successful life of a plant.
A pail of water, the pulling of a few weeds, the gentle stirring of the soil, a little
better food once in a while. All these things mean so much to your children
in the garden, for children they are.
Did you ever notice that some are cjuite misbehaved, at least they don't
do just as you expect them to do? But for all that, you love them.
When you have reached the stage when you know your plants, the thrills
of joy will be frequent. You will find that you can play with your plants, for
they are playful. They will look for your daily visits with the eagerness of a
child, they will laugh and chat with you — silently but unmistakably. They
will be always grateful, and will work for you with a passion that knows no
limit.
These are not delusions or mere fancies, dear reader, but everyone of these
revelations must surely come to you also, if you do your gardening in the right
way.
Only recently, while visiting a flower lover I was shown with pride a large
pot of Lilies of the Valley, which had been in perfect bloom for five weeks and
were as handsome as ever. When the owner told me that it was the flower she
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loved most, and that there was not a single bell on all the plants with which
she was not intimately acquainted, I said to her, "Do you know, then, why
these flowers perform such wonderful work for you?" Instantly, the answer
came back; "Yes, indeed, their love for me is just as strong as is my love for
them, and they dislike parting from me just as much as I would dislike to lose
them."
While, so far, I have only shown you the pleasing side of gardening, I
know its pitfalls and disappointments equally well, and I would consider it
unfair to keep them hidden. But here again, I claim, not all of our failures
should occur, but they do occur, because there is too little practical guidance
and help offered to the beginner in gardening by those who know. And this is
not said with any intent of criticism, but merely to show facts as they are. I
have discovered that we who know a little — please note that I classify myself
amongst those accused, but now strive to atone for past errors — have not
realized how very, very little the beginner knows, and for fear of hurting his
feelings by telling him things he does know, so that he says "Do you think I
am devoid of intelligence?" we have invariably made valueless our efforts in
guiding others.
It would be much better, to-day, to teach the elementary principles of
gardening to adults than to children, and I am sure it would bear better fruit.
To prove that my heart is in the right spot, I will forego the pleasure of
dwelling further on the sentimental side of gardening — and here, again, I prove
that I can read the minds of my readers, for they have wished it long ago — and
now devote the remaining space to the more practical side of the story.
The garden to be really attractive to its owner must be his or her own
handiwork, and most of the plants in it must be there on account of individual
effort.
Individualism is a wonderful thing. Instantly, upon approach you can
tell when a garden has been designed with individual critical taste. No doubt
the most elaborate gardens of to-day are those designed by landscape artists,
but the individual garden is always the loveliest. There is something about it
that appeals to the artist's eye.
What the average gardener is most proud of, is the plant that he can truly
call his own, and for this reason I am anxious to show him ways by which he
can enjoy more of such things in his garden.
Do you love the Hardy Phloxes? "Yes" you say, and so I want to show
you a way by which you can increase a variety at least a hundredfold in a sea-
son, from a single clump in your garden, without sacrificing the clump. Go
to your garden next October, lift the clump which you wish to increase, wash
every bit of soil from its roots, and cut off the long hairlike roots to within an
inch of the growing crown. Then set the old plant back again in the ground
and it will never know that it has been lifted. Next year it will produce the
same results as in the past. The roots which have been cut from the old plant
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place on a board and cut them up, like noodles, in pieces about two inches long.
Then prepare your coldframe, rake and smoothe it. Upon the surface sow
thickly the cut-up rootlets and cover them with an inch of pure building sand.
When freezing weather approaches, cover the sand with dry leaves complete
to the sash, place the sash on the frame, and then forget it all until the next
March. At that time remove the leaves, but retain the sash, and water the
sand gently every morning. It will not be long before that sand is alive with
young phlox plants, which will soon form a perfect green carpet. Just as soon
as the sun becomes stronger, remove the sash during the day but replace it
again in the evening. About May ist carefully lift the young plants and set
them out in the garden, in straight rows about a foot apart, and by the middle
of July every plant will be in full bloom, but only about 15 inches high. The
plants will continue to bloom right through to the fall. Then they should be
lifted and placed in their permanent locations. The following year these plants
will produce from four to eight healthy shoots, growing to their natural height,
and at no other time can one see more luxuriant or healthy plants. And what
is more important of all, every plant will be an exact reproduction of its parent.
In a single season you have produced more plants than you know what to
do with, and so you have an excellent opportunity of making some of your
friends happy.
Now, would you like to increase some of your choicer Oriental Poppies
in your garden? I knew you would say "Yes." Well, here is the story:
Directly after your plant has ceased blooming in July, lift it carefully,
so as to bring to the surface all of its roots. They are quite different from those
of the Phloxes, as they are fleshy and more like young horseradish. Cut these
roots, in lengths of about two inches, up to within an inch of the heavy carrot-
like root, and plant these pieces directly in the spots where you wish the Poppies
to grow, about two inches below the surface. By September you will enjoy
a healthy plant above the ground wherever you have planted a piece of root,
and the following spring you will have the finest crop of flowers — and, mind
you, you need not sacrifice the old plant either, for set back into the ground after
the thin roots have been removed, it will live on and replenish the part which
you have removed.
Exactly the same operation can be performed with the lovely Anchusa.
A single plant of each of the foregoing should produce an increase of from
ten to twenty-five of a kind.
Have you a clump of Michaelmas Daisies in your garden? If so, just lift
it, in April, and you will find that instead of possessing one plant you have 25
perfect little plants, each one with a perfect set of roots; and if you plant each
one of these youngsters, allowing them a liberal space, at least two feet each,
they will give you a veritable cloud of color in the fall.
Have you ever grown Stocks, and enjoyed looking upon a huge cabbage-
like plants with the most luxuriant foliage, and until about five minutes before
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frost no sign of a flower? Of course, you expected flowers in July, and }-ou would
have had them if you had, just before setting the plants into the garden, broken
off a little of their hea\^^ roots; in other words, pruned their roots. Try it next
spring and watch results.
Is any one of my readers growing a Wistaria which was planted several
years ago and has never flowered? Were you ever in an audience where the
speaker asked this question, and did you notice how many held up their hands?
It is a common occurrence, and yet no literature is found that treats of it.
Let me teU you how you can get flowers on that plant of yours. Early in April,
lift your plant entirely from its present location, and before setting it back
cut back some of every heavy root; in other words, root prune it. The follow-
ing year you will have flowers.
Do you grow Dahlias, and fail with them? Be assured you are not the
only one, but let me suggest to you a novel scheme: WTierever you wish to
plant a Dahlia, dig a hole fifteen inches square and deep, and fill up to ■v\dthin
three inches of the surface with small pebbles. Set upon these your tubers, and
fill in the balance of the hole with more pebbles. Just as soon as the plants
are up a foot, spray them ever\' other evening after sundown with a fine mist
of "Death to the WTiite Fly" and also moisten the ground with it. You will
be amazed at the results.
I could go on forever in this strain, and perhaps you would not object, but
the space allotted to me does not permit more.
So by way of farewell, I hope that my few remarks may have fallen as
seeds on fertile ground, and may be instrumental in making you a happier
gardener.
M
NIKOTEEN
Manufactured by NICOTINE MFG. COMPANY, 117 N. Main St., ST. LOUIS, U. S. A.
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POLYANTHA ROSE
ROSE BREEDING
BY E. A. WHITE
Professor of Floriculture, Cornell University
In his excellent book on "Roses: Their History, Development, and Culti-
vation," the Rev. Joseph H. Pemberton gives a clear and concise analysis of
species. In commenting on this table, Mr. Pemberton remarks: ''If we ex-
amine the table we shall notice two things: (i) the distance removed from the
original species of the hybrid teas, and (2) that there are many species from
which little, if any, advance has been made. . . . Does not this fact indi-
cate the wide field still open to hybridists for the production of new roses?"
Until within comparatively recent years, little was known regarding the
laws governing heredity in plants, and much yet remains to be learned. In the
past, the results which have been attained by hybridists have been largely
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those of chance. With the re-discoA'ery of the so-caUed ^Mendel's laws in 1900,
new light was shed on heredity. Since that time hybridists have conducted
their work on a more scientific basis, and wonderful results have been attained
with some species of plants. Corn, wheat, tomatoes, and other so-called eco-
nomic crops have been largely experimented with, and the results to the con-
suming world have been beneficial in the extreme.
Less systematic breeding has, however, been done with ornamental plants,
with which, therefore, there seems a vast field for investigation and experimenta-
tion.
There ne^•er was a greater need for breeding work with roses than at the
present time. People are demanding novelties in all lines of florists' flowers,
but especially is there a demand for unusual varieties of roses. This is especi-
ally true regarding those varieties gro"v\Ti under glass, or the "forcing" varieties.
In this field, the Bride and Bridesmaid held for many years a dominant place;
but with the coming of KiUarney in its many colors, the older varieties were no
longer grown. There is probably no more popular rose today than Ophelia;
yet other varieties are close competitors, and newer types are placed on the
market each year. The present popularity of the small cluster roses, like Cecile
Brimner, George Elgar and Baby Tausenschon, shows a changed public opinion
and the Teas and Hybrid Teas no longer hold non-competitive places in com-
mercial gro-^ing.
]Many men have realized the need of systematic breeding in the rose family,
but few have had the perseverance and determination necessary to get results.
A few men, however, have given us some desirable varieties of roses, and to
these men present-day rosarians owe much. There is a demand for species of
roses adapted to American conditions, and these must necessarily be American-
bred. The soil and climatic conditions in European coimtries are quite differ-
ent from those in America, wherefore many of the species originated in Europe
are imsuited for use in this countr}'. We need strains of American roses which
correspond to the tj^e of the American carnation.
More breeding work has been done in America on varieties of hardy roses
than on the types grown under glass. Rosa Wichnraiana and Rosa rugosa
have, within recent years, furnished a starting-point for breeding experiments
which have been a pronoimced success. There is still a demand for improved
^•arieties in these groups, but there is even a greater demand for improvement
in those varieties which are "forced'" under glass.
Breeders of roses certainly have many difficulties to solve. The family is
a large one, and contains many species. Among these species there already
exists a large number of hybrids, and the blood is so mixed that it is difficult
to begin with pure blood of any particular species.
The science of genetics is based on heredity, and while environment and
training influence the development of an indi\ddual, heritage or "blood" is
largely responsible for the traits of character most prominent. Early studies
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of plant-breeding were based largely on a study of individual plants. It has
been within recent years that interest has arisen in unit characters in individual
plants and animals; but with the realization that these characters do occur in
all individuals to a greater or less degree, and that they are transmitted to off-
spring in a rather definite ratio, there has arisen a clearer conception of methods
for reproducing desirable characters in the offspring.
It has been stated that in breeding roses there is much complexity. There
are many unit characters which must be transmitted to the offspring, and
therefore simplicity of action is impossible. Among these unit characters are
color, fragrance, size of flower, substance of petals, strength of stem, resistance
to disease, character of foliage, and hardiness. To combine all these desirable
qualities in one individual, requires most careful selection of parents and
painstaking breeding which must necessarily extend over a considerable period
of years. The color factor alone is exceedingly complex, as is shown in a most
carefully prepared paper on "Heredity of Color in Phlox Drummondii," by Dr.
A. W. Gilbert, Department of Plant Breeding, at Cornell University and pub-
lished in the "Journal of Agricultural Research," July 15, 1915. The general
principles which govern heredity of color in phlox govern color in roses, although
their application is much more complex in the latter case.
The rose is, therefore, not an easy plant to breed and get marked improved
results. The period of "watching and waiting " is a long one. In other words,
it is a plant of "frequent generations" as are many other species of ornamental
plants. After the parents have been crossed, it takes a long time for the seed
pods to mature, and after the seeds have ripened they are difficult to germinate.
It requires the most careful treatment to get even a fair percentage of germina-
tion. The blooming period of the offspring does not follow quickly, and the
hybridist has to wait a long period for results. Even when the work has been
carried out along modern scientific lines and careful attention has been paid to
all principles of genetics, the results are often discouraging.
However, our American men of science are awakening to the possibilities
which lie in the rose family, and the future of this plant is promising. Plant-
breeders have found corn and wheat wonderfully plastic under scientific de-
velopment, and the belief is strong that the rose may, in the near future, be de-
veloped into tyi^es far superior to those of today.
The Lectures
By Men Who Know Will be Interesting
Don't Fail to Hear Them
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THE BEST OF THE NEW INTRODUCTIONS
FOR OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING
BY GEORGE C. THOMAS, JR.*
Author of "The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing"!
RED RADIANCE ROSE
*It should be noted that Mr. Thomas is devoting the most careful attention to the im-
partial testing of roses in his extensive private gardens near Philadelphia. His conclusions
are impartial, and are, therefore, of especial value. No amateur in America is more earnest
or painstaking in working with the rose. — Editor American Rose Annual.
fCopyright 1916, by George C. Thomas, Jr.
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In giving a list of new roses of most promise, one should understand that
new European \arieties are shipped to America as such small |)lanls that a
two-years' test is recjuired. Sometimes these weak plants will not do well until
the third year, and when they winter-kill, duplicates must be tested. For these
reasons we cannot recommend the growing of new varieties by the average
amateur.
During 1915 we have tested all new varieties issued in Europe by [prom-
inent growers. Owing to foreign conditions, some 1914 varieties did not reach
us until April, 1915, making the tests less conclusive than usual. Roses of
1912-1913 have been thoroughly tested; data regarding them is conclusive.
The color descriptions which follo\v are, in most cases, the introducer's.
It will be realized that the following descriptions are for the roses as grown
near Philadelphia.
VARIETIES INTRODUCED IN 1912
C. IF. Cowan. (Alex. Dickson.) H. T. Good growth, hardy; good foliage^
fine stem; medium size, good form, fair lasting qualities; color "warm car-
mine cerise," tea-rose perfume; thirty blooms in 1915.
Freifrau Ida von Schubert. (P. Lambert.) H. T. Good growth, hardy;
fine foliage, good stem; medium size, fair form, lasts well; color "warm crim-
son-red," delicious perfume; thirty blooms in 19 15.
Grange Colombe. (P. Guillot). H. T. Good growth, very hardy; good
foliage and stem; medium size, form very good, lasts well; color "creamy
white with salmon-yellow-fawn center," fifty-seven blooms in 1915.
Louise Catherine Breslau. (Pernet Ducher.) H. T. Good growth, hardy;
beautiful foliage, lost early, fair stem; medium size, fair form, fair lasting
qualities; color distinct "coral-red to shrimp-pink, shaded reddish coppery
orange and chrome-yellow"; thirty-three blooms in 191 5.
Mrs. David Baillie. (Hugh Dickson.) H. T. Good grow'th, very hardy;
fair foliage, good stem; spring blooms large, perfect form, lasts well; color
"madder-carmine"; fifty-two blooms in 1915.
Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth. (Alex. Dickson.) H. T. Growth good, hardy;
good foliage and stem; medium to large size, lasts well; color "ecru on milk-
white, " tea-rose perfume; thirty blooms in 1915.
Ophelia. (Wm. Paul.) H. T.* Growth good; fine foliage, stem good;
perfect form, lasts well; color beautiful — "salmon-flesh, shaded wdth rose";
twenty-seven blooms in 19 15.
Sunburst. (Pernet Ducher.) H. T.* A collector's rose. Fair growth,
not hardy ; beautiful form ; color ' ' cadmium-yellow with yellow-orange center ; ' '
thirteen blooms in 191 5.
*Ophelia is the rose introduced to the commercial trade by the E. G. Hill Co., which is
having a notable success as a cut-flower variety. Sunburst is also found to be worth while
forcing. — Editor American Rose Annual.
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Among the Dwarf Polyanthas may be noted:
Ellen Poulsen. (Poulsen.) " Dark brilliant pink."
Rddhdtte. (Poulsen.) "Clear cherry-red."
VARIETIES INTRODUCED IN 1913
Elli Hartniann. (Nicola Welter.) H. T. Very good growth, very hardy;
good foliage and stem; medium size, blooms well, fair form, lasts well, tea
perfume; color "old golden yellow."
Killarney Queen. H. T. Sport of the well-known KiUarney; slightly
brighter, but having some characteristics; thirty-four blooms in 1915.
Lady Dunleath. (Alex. Dickson.) H. T. Has improved greatly since
1914. Good growth, hardy; good foliage, fair stem; medium size, blooms
well, beautiful in bud form, lasts well; color " ivory-cream- white to egg-yolk,"
delicately perfumed.
Madame Charles Duhreuil. (P. Guillot.) H. T. Strong growth, good
foliage and stem; medium size, good form, lasts well; color "salmon-rose;
shaded carmine"; thirty-nine blooms in 1915.
Madame Edouard Herriot {Daily Mail). (Pernet Ducher.) Pernetiana;
sometimes listed as a Hybrid Austrian Brier. The greatest novelty; fine
growth, very hardy; very beautiful foliage, lost early, stem good; medium
size, good form, lasts weU; color distinct — "coral-red shaded yellow and bright
rosy scarlet, passing to prawn-red;" twenty-five blooms in 1915.
Mevrouw Dora Tets. (M. Leenders.) H. T. Collector's rose. Hardy,
fair growth; fair form, shy bloomer; most distinct shade of " deep velvety crim-
son."
Mrs. Forde. (Alex. Dickson.) H. T. Good growth, very hardy; fair
foliage, good stem; medium to large size, blooms well, good form, lasts well,
fragrant; color "deep carmine-rose, on delicate rose-pink, clear chrome-
yellow at base of petals."
Mrs. T. Eillas. (Pernet Ducher.) H. T. Fair growth, hardy; fair fol-
iage, good stem; medium size, fair bloomer, beautiful form, lasts well; color
" chrome-yellow."
Primerose. (Soupert & Notting.) H. T. Fair growth, hardy; good fol-
iage and stem; large size, beautiful form, lasts well; color distinct — "melon-
yellow during summer, early spring and fall having apricot shadings;" ten
blooms in 1915.
Queen Mary. (Alex. Dickson.) H. T. A collector's rose. Weak growth;
beautiful color — "zoned deep bright canary-yellow, crayoned deep pure car-
mine," very fragrant; eight blooms in 19 15.
Willowmere. (Pernet Ducher. ) H. T. Fine growth, hardy; fair foliage,
good stem; medium size, beautiful form, lasts well; color "rich shrimp-pink,
shaded yellow in center"; twelve blooms in 1915.
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The novelties of 19 14 which promise best are:
Dolly Varden. (Paul & Son.) H. Rugosa. "Light apricot-pink to
yellow."
Cecile Custer s. (M. Leenders.) H. T. "Lilac-rose to deep rose-pink."
Countess ClanwllUam. (Hugh Dickson.) H. T. "Delicate peach-pink,
edged with deep cherry-red."
Frail Bertha Kiese. (Kiese & Co.) H. T. "Pure golden yellow."
Frau Math. Noehl. (N. Welter.) H. T. "Lemon-yellow."
Josephine. (Paul & Son.) H. T. "Rosy flesh to salmon-yellow."
Killarney Brilliant. H. T. Sport of the well-known Kiilarney; much
darker in color, but having same characteristics.
Lady Plymouth. (Alex. Dickson.) T. " Deep ivory-cream, faintly flushed."
Margherita Croze. (Ketten Bros.) H. T. "Carmine-purple, changing
to purple-rose, shaded deep rose-pink."
Mrs. Charles Reed. (E. J. Hicks.) H. T. "Pale cream, tinted deep
peach, to soft golden yellow."
Urania. (M. H. Walsh.) H. P. "Bright crimson."
Waltham Scarlet. (Paul & Son.) H. T. "Crimson-scarlet."
The latest novelties in Climbing Hybrid Teas are Climbing Richmond
(Alex. Dickson) ; Climbing Madame Melanie Soupert (J. Burrell & Co.) ; and
Climbing Gruss an Teplitz (Conard & Jones).
The newest of the other Climbers are Mary Lovett, one of Dr. Van Fleet's
seedlings, "pearly white;" Walsh's America, "delicate pink shading to white";
and Purity, a white climber introduced by Hoopes Bro. & Thomas Co.
We have tested some few 19 15 roses for six months. Most promising are:
Jacque Poscher. (Pernet Ducher). H. T. Light yellow.
Madame Colette Martinet. (Pernet Ducher.) H. T. "Old-gold-yellow,
shaded orange-yellow."
In addition, there are two seedlings of Chateau de Clos Vougeot: H cosier
Beauty (Dorner), H. T.; and Admiral Ward (Pernet Ducher), H. T. We hope
that the latter will prove as good a dark rose as the well-known Mrs. Aaron
Ward has proven a yellow. Constance (Pernet Ducher), A. B., has been well
recommended.
For two years a number of climbers have been introduced which are
claimed to be perpetual bloomers. One of these flowered here — Pemberton's
Moonlight, giving good June bloom and a number of blooms thereafter; but the
foliage mildews; color here, pure white; single. Pemberton has also intro-
duced the following as everblooming climbers: Ceres, Galatea and Winter Cheer.
Paul, Leenders and Lambert catalogue new everblooming climbers, which of
course are not yet tested.
There are several new men working on hybridization, but Father George
Schoener, of Portland, Oregon, is doing splendid work. We trust to see his
creations on the market.
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TIME FOR JUDGING
AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY
PRIVATE CUT ROSES-Monday, March 27, 2 P. M.
Messrs: Admiral Aaron Ward, Roslyn, L. I., N. Y.
Eugene Dailledouze, Flatbush, N. Y.
Victor Groshens, Roslyn, Pa.
COMMERCIAL GROWERS— Monday, March 27, 2 P. M.
Messrs: Emil Buettner, Park Ridge, 111.
John H. Dunlop, Toronto, Ontario.
William L. Rock, Kansas City, Mo.
25 CLASS— Monday, March 27, 2 P. M.
Messrs: Frank H. Traendley, New York City.
Fred. Burki, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Robert Craig, Philadelphia, Pa.
PLANTS— Saturday, March 25, 1 P. M.
Messrs: Philip Brietmeyer, Detroit, Mich.
Alex. B. Scott, Sharon Hill, Pa.
George C. Thomas, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROSE DISPLAY AND RETAILERS— Thursday, March 30, 2 P. M.
Messrs: A. B. Cartledge, Philadelphia, Pa.
James Forbes, Portland, Oregon.
W. J. Pahner, Buffalo, N. Y.
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MUSICAL ATTRACTIONS
HUMMEL
AND HIS VETERAN CORPS BAND
SILAS E. HUMMEL, Conductor BERTHA BRINKER D'ALBITES, Contralto
SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH -AFTERNOON
1. Overture, Orpheus in Der Unterwelt Offenbach
2. Suite in Four Parts (Atlantis) Safranek
1. Nocturne and Morning Hymn of Praise.
2. A Court Function.
3. The Prince and Aana.
4. The Destruction of Atlantis.
3. Selection from Carmen Bizet
4. Polonaise— Masken Faust
5. Contralto Solo (Love, Here is My Heart) Silesu
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
6. Popular March, Along the Rocky Road to Dublin Grant
7. Fantasia (Arabesque) Olker
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8. Czardas' Last Love. (A theme on an old Hungarian Song) . .Brahms
9. Concert Waltzes, Wedding of the Winds Hall
10. March, The Glory of the Yankee Navy Sousa
SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH-EVENING
1. Overture. Concert in F Kalliwoda
2. Suite de Ballet (Antony and Cleopatra) Gruenwald
(a) In the Arbor. (c) Solo Dance.
(b) Dance of the Nubians. (d) Antony's Victory.
3. Gems from Tannhaeuser Wagner
4. American Sketch (Down South) Myddleton
5. The Merry Lark (A love episode in Flowerland) Bendix
6. Contralto Solo (Carmena) Wilson
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
7. The Dying Poet Gottschalk
8. Airs from the Comic Opera (Sweethearts) V. Herbert
9. Caprice (The Awakening of the Lion) Kontski
10. March, Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa
SUNDAY, MARCH 26TH-AFTERNOON
1. Overture, Stabat Mater Rossini
2. The Dragon Fly Strauss
3. Gems from the Bohemian Girl Balfe
4. Hymns sung in the American Churches Beyer
5. Scenes Pittoresques Massenet
1. Marche. 3. Angelus.
2. Air des Fleurs. 4. Fgte Boheme.
6. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
7. Excerpts from Maritana Wallace
8. (a) Hearts and Flowers Tobani
(b) Celebrated Minuet Paderewski
9. Potpourri, Bouquet of Melodies Meyrelles
10. March, The Philanthropist Theis
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SUNDAY, MARCH 26TH-EVENING
1. Overture, Beautiful (lalatea Suppe
2. Gems from the Popular Comic Operas Arr. by Moses
Red Hussars, Paul Jones, and Poor Jonathan
3. Five Characteristic Dances Sarakowski
1. Hungarian. 4. Slavonic.
2. Polish. 5. German.
3. Spanish.
4. Fantasia, Ein Marchin Bach
5. Airs from the Red Mill V. Herbert
6. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
7. A Summer's Night in Norway Willmers
8. Gloria from Twelfth Mass Mozart
9. Madschen und der Spule Suppe
10. March, National Spirit (New) Hummel
MONDAY, MARCH 27TH-AFTERNOON
1 . Overture (William Tell) Rossini
2. Melodies from Faust Gounod
3. Patrol, The Blue and the Gray Dalby
4. Gems of Stephen Foster Tobani
5. Musical Scenes from Switzerland Langey
1. Rustic Pictures. 3. The Alphorn.
2. Peasant Dance. 4. The Yodler.
6. Gems from the Opera, La Traviata Verdi
7. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
8. Mazurka de Concert, Memories of Vienna Bendix
9. Medley of Popular Songs Remick
10. March, The Philanthropist Theis
MONDAY, MARCH 27TH-EVENING
1. Overture, Jubel Weber
2. Tone Pictures from the North and South Bendix
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3. Concert Waltzes from The Singing Girl V. Herbert
4. Wotan's Abschied unci Feuerzauber, Die Walkiire Wagner
5. Selection from the Comic Opera The Firefly Friml
6. Contralto Solo (Love, Here is My Heart) Silesii
Bertha Brixker d'Albites
7. Suite de Ballet (Coppelia) Leo Delihes
1. Fanfare et Marche, de la Cloche. 5. Intro, et Valse, de la Poupee.
2. Valse des Heures. 6. Marche des Guerrieres.
3. Musique des Automates. 7. Czardas.
4. L'Hymen.
8. Characteristic, The Milage Bells La Vore
9. Dance of the Skeletons Levire
10. March of the Veteran Corps Harris
TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH-AFTERNOON
1. Overture, Fest Leutner
2. Gems from Rigoletto Verdi
3. (a) Intermezzo, Ariadne Voelker
(b) Paraphrase, Loreley Nesvadba
4. Descriptive, \illage Life in Ye Olden Time Le Thier
Night. The Cock Crows. Sunrise. Astir in the Village. Children
going to School. The Blacksmith Shop. The May Queen. The
Maypole Dance. The Curfew Bell Rings. The Village Choir Sings.
And the Moonlight Lovers get Serenaded.
5. Original Fantasia, Gypsy Life Le Thier
6. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brixker d'Albites
7. Selection, His Honor the Mayor Edwards
8. Concert Waltzes, Lnder Palms and Flowers Stasny
9. Gems from the Opera Aida Verdi
10. March, Our Xavy Gaugler
TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH-EVENING
1. Overture, Morning, Xoon and Night in \'^ienna Suppe
2. Ballet Music from La Reine de Saba Gounod
3. Airs from the Comic Opera Wonderland Herbert
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4. Concert Waltzes (Blue Danube) Strauss
5. Descriptive, A Day at West Point Bendix
1. Six A. M. 6. Benny Haven's.
2. Assembly. 7. Tai)s — Lights Out.
3. Devotional Exercises. 8. Maestoso Grandioso.
4. Adjutant's Call. 9. Yankee Doodle.
5. Dress Parade.
6. Contralto Solo — Maritana, Gay Gitana Levey
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
7. A Hunt in the Ardennes Marie
8. (a) Dance of the Bayaderas, from F"eraniors Rubinstein
(b) Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda Piinchielli
9. Fantasia, Hungarian Moses
10. Popular March Snyder
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH -AFTERNOON
1. Overture, Stabat Mater Rossini
2. Scenes Pittoresque Massenet
1. Marche. 3. Angelus.
2. Air de Ballet. 4. Fete Boheme.
3. Patrol, The Blue and the Gray Dalby
4. Gems from II Trovatore Verdi
5. Concert Waltzes, The Skater Waldteufel
6. Contralto Solo (Love, Here is My Heart) Silesu
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
7. Selection from Samson and Delilah Saint- Saens
8. Novelette (Chanticleer Cackles) Alford
9. Before the Footlights Bendix
10. Popular March, Circus Day in Dixey Gumble
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH-EVENING
1. Overture, Hunting for Luck Suppe
2. Dance Suite Tschakoff
1. Sambo's Holiday. 3. Pekoe Dance.
2. Cossack Revels. 4. Valse Russe.
3. Selection (Maid Marian) De Koven
4. Waltzes, On the Beautiful Rhine Keller Bela
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5. Contralto Solo (Selected) Silesu
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
6. The Mouse and the Clock Whitney
7. Airs from the Musical Fantasy Woodland Luders
8. Intermezzo, Pas des Fleurs L. Delibes
9. Gems from Amorita Czibulka
10. March, Washington Grays GrafuUa
THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH -AFTERNOON
1. Overture, Fra Diavolo Myrelles
2. Grand Selection (Mefistofele, from A. Boito's Opera) Tohani
3. Invitation a la Valse Weber
4. Caprice, Blue Violets Eilenberg
5. Suite — Espagnole, La Feria Lacome
1. Los Taros. 3. La Zarzuela.
2. Serenade, La Reja.
6. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
7. Songs of the Nation Lampe
8. Gems from C. N. von Weber's Opera Previosa Kitschner
9. Introduction and Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) Wagner
10. March, La Fornarinette Valverde
THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH-EVENING
1. Overture, Semiramide Rossini
2. Waltzes "Genee" (From the Soul Kiss) Levi
3. Reminiscences of Ireland Godfrey
4. Polonaise, Presidential Sousa
5. Scenes Descriptive of a Young Man's Call on His Girl Reeves
Synopsis: The young man goes to see his girl, whistling gaily on the
way. Arriving at the house, he rings the bell. "Why, how do you do? "
"Very well, I thank you ; how are you? ' ' Cordially greeting, they indulge
in a little waltz. More greeting. He sings, " Believe Me, of All Those
Endearing Charms." An unexpected serenade. The serenaders
invited in and have a jolly time, including a clog dance on the kitchen
floor. After they retire, she sings," I Cannot Say Good-bye;" he joins
in a duet. One more kiss, interrupted by the steeple clock. The old
man appears; consternation and rapid exit.
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6. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker D'Albites
7. The Dance of the Serpents Boccaasi
8. Medley of Popular Songs Fiesi
9. Concert Polonaise Beissig
10. Gems from Pixley and Lauder's Musical Comedy King Dodo . . Mackie
FRIDAY, MARCH 31ST-AFTERNOON
1. Overture, Crown Diamonds Auber
2. Second Mazurka Godard
3. Selection, The Monks of Malabar De Koven
4. Spanish Dances Maszkousky
5. Gems from II Trovatore Verdi
6. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker D'Albites
7. Ballet music from Faust Gounod
8. Descriptive Fantasia (A Vision of Salome) Lampe
9. Concert Waltzes, Wild Roses Childs
10. Popular Medley of Songs Fiest
FRIDAY, MARCH 31ST-EVENING
1. Overture, The Siege of Rochelle Balfe
2. Grand Selection of Scotch Medodies Godfrey
3. Concert Waltzes, La Reine de la Mer Sousa
4. Scene from the Niebelungen Ring Wagner
5. Patriotic Airs from Two Continents RoUison
6. Contralto Solo (Love, Here is My Heart) SUesu
Bertha Brinker D'Albites
7. Gems from Simon Boccanegra Verdi
8. Polonaise (On Mountain Heights) Kiesler
9. Melodies from the Comic Opera Foxy Quiller De Koven
10. March, The Occidental Sousa
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SATURDAY, APRIL IST-AFTERNOON
1. Selection from Maronco's Ballet (Excelsior) Millards
2. Concert Waltzes (Artist Life) Strauss
3. Popular Songs Remick
4. Gems from Tannhaeuser Wagner
5. Characteristic Suite Gruenivald
1. Pomposity. 3. Coquetry.
2. Simplicity. 4. Sincerity.
6. Contralto Solo (Carmena) Wilson
Bertha Brinker D'Albites
7. American Sketch (Down South) Myddleton
8. Scene de Procession Volker
9. Overture, Better Schmall Weber
10. Ballet Egyptien Luigini
SATURDAY, APRIL IST-EVENING
1. Overture, Daughter of the Regiment Donizetti
2. Selection from Faust Gounod
3. Humoresque (Aux Trois Suisses Polka) Bonnechope
4. Airs from Comic Opera (Sweethearts) Herbert
5. Concert W^altzes, Wilhelmina Hall
6. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker D'Albites
7. Invocation to Battle (Rienzi) Wagner
8. Echoes from the Opera Tobani
9. Gavatine from the Barber of Seville Rossini
10. Hummel's Military March Giroux
SUNDAY, APRIL 2ND-AFTERNOON
1. Overture, Rossini's Stabat Mater Rossini
2. Selection from Doris Cellier
3. Popular Largo Hcendel
4. Gems from the Bohemian Girl Balfe
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5. Religious Meditation (In the Great Beyond) Brooks
6. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker D'Albites
7. (a) Musical Scenes from Spain Langey
(b) Characteristic, On Tiptoe Ilosmer
(c) Polka Caprice Perlet
8. Gloria from Twelfth Mass Mozart
9. Fantasie Arabesque Olker
10. March, National Spirit Hummel
SUNDAY, APRIL 2ND-EVENING
1. Grand Pastoral and Hunting Fantasia (Le Fremersberg) Godfrey
Synopsis: The Margrave's horn echoed by the mountain is heard
summoning the huntsmen. The fanfare, heard for the first time in
the distance, draws nearer, indicating their approach. Signal for the
hunt to commence. During the rustic scene which follows the horns
are heard both near and in the distance. Song of the country folk
(solo with refrain and dance). During dance a storm approaches; wind
rises, and the peasants' dance becomes more animated. A peal of
thunder stops the dance. The peasants rush shrieking away to seek
shelter. The lightning flashes; the storm grows in intensity. At last
it bursts forth in full fury — rain falls in torrents ; thunder crashes.
The Margrave, who has been overtaken by the storm, is heard crying
for help in vain; the noise of the storm drowns his appeal. Overcome
by weariness, the Margrave falls to the ground. Suddenly he hears
the Monastery bell and the chant of the monks. Following the sound,
he finds the Fremersberg. The storm ceases, and the retainers, who
have been seeking the Margrave, find him in the Monastery, All join
joyfully in the Te Deum.
2. Suite de Concert, L' Arlesilum Bizet
1. Prelude. 3. Adagietto.
2. Minuetto. 4. Le Carillon.
3. Selection from Faust Gounod
4. The Dying Poet Gottscluilk
5. Hymns Sung in American Churches Beyer
6. The Flying Artillery Bergenholtz
7. Contralto Solo (Selected)
Bertha Brinker D'Albites
8. Concert Waltzes, Morning Journals Strauss
9. Ecce Sacerdas Arr. by Harris
10. March (The Picadore) Soiisa
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LIST OF JURORS
Mr. Z. D. Blackistone. . . .Washington, D. C. Mr.
JSIr. Leonard Barron .... Garden City, N. Y. Mr.
Mr. E. Beckett Purchase. X. Y. Mr.
Mr. S. Prestiss Baldv^-in. . . .Cleveland Ohio. Mr.
Mr. H. A. Bunyard New York. Mr.
Mr. H. Brou-n Richmond, Va. Mr.
Mr. Emil Buettner Pare Ridge, 111. Mr.
Mr. Xicholas Butterbach, New Ro helle,N.Y. :\Ir.
]Mr. J. Ballentyne Rids^efield, Conn. Mr.
Mr. Wm. Brock Tuxedo Park, N. Y. Mr.
Mr. Robert Cameron Cambridge, Mass Mr.
Mr. Geo. H. Cook Washington, D. C. Mr.
Mr. W. X. Craig Brookline, Mass. Mr.
Prof. H. B. Domer Urbana, III. Mr.
Mr. W. DowTis Chestnut Hill, ]\Iass. Mr.
Mr. Jno. Dolandson Patchogue, X. Y. ]\Ir.
Mr. Peter Duff Orange, X. J. Mr.
Mr. Wm. Duckham Madison, X. J. Mr.
Mr. Wm. Eccles Oyster Bay, X. Y. Mr.
Mr. John Everitt Glen Cove, X. Y. Mr.
Mr. Wm. Falconer Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr.
Mr. Wm. Fisher Akron, Ohio. Mr.
Mr. Chas. Feast Baltimore, Md. Mr.
Mr. Wm. F. Gude Washington, D. C. Mr.
]Mr. Robt. Graham Baltimore, Md. Mr.
Mr. C. F. Guenther Hamburg, X. Y. Mr.
Mr. Arthur Herrington Madison, X. J. Mr.
Mr. Wm. Hertrich San Gabriel, Cahf. Mr.
Mr. J. F. Huss Hartford, Conn. ]Mr.
Mr. F. Heeremens Lenox, Mass. Mr.
Mr. E. Jenkins Lenox, Mass. Mr.
Mr. J. F. Johnson Glen Cove, X. Y. Mr.
Mr. F. J. KeUer Rochester, X. Y. Mr.
Mr. ^lichael Keller Rochester, X. Y. Mr.
Mr. Edward Kirk Bar Harbor, Maine. Mr.
Mr. Chas. Knight Oakdale, X. Y. Mr.
Mr. Otto Koenig St. Louis, Mo. Mr.
:Mr. Wm. F. Kastings Buffalo, X. Y. Mr.
Mr. A. J. Loveless Lenox. Mass. Mr.
Fred. ZMeinhardt St. Louis, Mo.
W. P. :\Iahan Jericho, X. Y.
Jos. Mills Lakewood, X. J.
Jas. Macmachan. . .Tuxedo Park, X. Y.
David ]\Iiller Tuxedo Park, X. Y.
Geo. Morrison Baltimore, Md.
Donald McKenzie . Chestnut Hill, Mass.
D. MacRorie San Francisco, Calif.
Samuel McClements. . . .Pittsburgh, Pa.
Geo. T. Moore St. Louis, Mo.
Samuel Murray Kansas City, Mo.
Harry Papworth .... Xew Orleans, La.
P. W. Popp Mamaroneck, X. Y.
Wm. Plumb Havana, Cuba.
W. J. Pahner Buffalo, X. Y.
Edw. Reagen Morristo^^m, X. J.
Samuel Redstone Philadelphia, Pa.
Geo. A. Robinson. . .^Montreal, Canada.
Wm. L. Rock Kansas City, Mo.
Robt. Scott Buffalo, X. Y.
Chas. Sandiford Buffalo, N. Y.
Edw. Sceery Paterson, N. J.
J. L. Smith Beachbluff, Mass.
Jas. Stuart Mamaroneck, X. Y.
F. Traendly New York.
E. P. Tracy Albany, N. Y.
Robt. Tyson Convent, N. J.
A. E. Thatcher Bar Harbor, Me.
Wm. Turner Mendham, N. J.
Jos. Tansy Tuxedo Park, N. Y.
Wm. Vert Port Washington, N. Y.
Chas. Vick Rochester, N. Y.
J. Verner Drexel Hill, Pa.
Ernest Wild Madison, X. J.
J. S. Wilson Des Moines, Iowa.
A. H. Wingett Lenox, Mass.
Theo. Wirth Minneapolis, Minn.
Henr\' Weston Hempstead, X. Y.
Robt. Walker Bridgeport, Conn.
WM. J. BAKER
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LIST OF EXHIBITORS
The following representative firms of the country have reserved liberal space
in the trade section of this show and are arranging to make attractive exhibits.
Advance Co., The Richmond, Ind.
Alphano Humus Co New York
Andorra Nurseries Philadelphia, Pa.
Arnold, A. A., Box Co Chicago, 111.
Bayersdorfer & Co Philadelphia, Pa.
Betz, Harry S Philadelphia, Pa.
Bobbink & Atkins Rutherford, N. J.
Buick Motor Co Philadelphia, Pa.
Boas, Wm. J., & Co Philadelphia, Pa.
Bon Arbor Chemical Co Paterson, N. J.
Burpee, W. Atlee, & Co. . .Philadelphia, Pa.
Cloche Co New York
Coldwell Lawn Mower Co. Newburgh, N. Y.
Conard & Jones Co West Grove, Pa.
Cowee, Arthur BerUn, N. Y.
Craig Co., Robert Philadelphia, Pa.
Davey Tree E.xpert Co Kent, O.
Dillon, J. L Bloomsburg, Pa.
Doubleday, Page & Co. Garden City, N. Y.
Dreer, Henry A., Inc Philadelphia, Pa.
Edwards Folding Box Co. .Philadelphia, Pa.
Evans, John A., Co Richmond, Ind.
Farquhar, R. & J., & Co Boston, Mass.
Floral Nurseries Edgely, Pa.
Florists' Exchange, The New York
Galloway Terra Cotta Co. . Philadelphia, Pa.
Gracey, John C Philadelphia, Pa.
Grakelow, Charles Philadelphia, Pa.
Gude Bros. Co Washington, D. C.
Habermehl's Sons Philadelphia, Pa.
Hammond, Benjamin Beacon, N. Y.
Harris, W. K., Jr Philadelphia, Pa.
Harrison's Sons, J. B Berlin, Md.
Heacock, Joseph, Inc Wyncote, Pa.
Hitchings & Co Elizabeth, N. J.
Ideal Power Lawn Mower Co. Lansing, Mich.
Japanese Floral Perfume Co New York
Kapteyn, B. D., & Son . Sassenheim, Holland
King Construction Co. N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
Kirke Chemical Co Brooklyn, N. Y.
Knight & Struck Co New York
Kroeschell Bros. Co Chicago, III.
Kuhn, John Philadelphia, Pa.
Lager & Hurrell Summit, N. J.
London Flower Shop Philadelphia, Pa.
Lord & Burnham Co New York
Meehan, Thomas, & Sons,
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.
Metropohtan Material Co. .Brooklyn, N. Y.
Michell Co., H. F Philadelphia, Pa.
Miniature Buildings Co New York
Moninger, John C, Co Chicago, 111.
MuUer, Adolph Morristown, Pa.
National Florists' Corporation . . . New York
Neidinger, Joseph, Co Philadelphia, Pa.
New York Stable Manure Co.
Jersey City, N. J.
Peacock Dahlia Farms Atco, N. J.
Pearce, H. V Detroit, Mich.
Pennock-Meehan Co Philadelphia, Pa.
Pennsylvania Lawn Mower Co. Philadelphia
Peterson, J. A., & Sons Cincinnati, O.
Pierson, A. N., Inc Cromwell, Conn.
Pierson, F. R Tarry town, N. Y.
Randall, A. L., Co Chicago, 111.
Rice, M. Co Philadelphia, Pa.
Richmond Cedar Works . . . .Richmond, Va.
Roehrs, Julius Rutherford, N. J.
Scheepers, John, & Co New York
Schloss Bros New York
School of Horticulture for Women,
Ambler, Pa.
Skidelsky, S. S., & Co Philadelphia, Pa.
Skinner Irrigation Co., The Troy, O.
Spencer Heater Co Scranton, Pa.
Smith, A. W., Co Pittsburgh, Pa.
Stillman, George L Westerly, R. I.
Strafford Flower Farm Strafford, Pa.
Supplee-Biddle Hardware Co. . Philadelphia.
The Pfaltzgrafif Pottery Co York, Pa.
The Touraine Co Philadelphia, Pa.
Totty, Chas. H Madison, N. J.
Townsend, S. P., & Co Orange, N. J.
Tracy, B. Hammond Wenham, IMass.
Vaughan's Seed Store Chicago, 111.
Vollers, Ludwig P Philadelphia, Pa.
Voltax Paint & Varnish Co. . . Philadelphia.
Waterer, Hosea Philadelphia, Pa.
Wertheimer Bros New York
Women's National Agricultural and Horti-
culture Association New York
Woodcraft Shops, The . . . Morristown, N. J.
190 FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
INDEX TO CLASSES
Page
Plants in Flower: Private Growers 41 to 49
Commercial Growers 95 to 99
Open Classes 77
Cut Flowers : Private Growers 49
Open Classes 79, 81
Cut Flower Arrangement 83
Palms and Foliage Plants: Private Growers 51. 53
Commercial Growers 103 to 107
Ferns and Selaginellas: Private Growers 53, 55
Commercial Growers loi
Orchids, Plants: Private Growers 55, 57
Commercial Growers loi, 103
Orchids, Cut Flowers: Open Classes 79, 81
Bulbs in Flower: Private Growers 59 to 65
Commercial Growers 99
Dealers and Seedsmen's Special Class 99
Roses, in Pots and Tubs: Pri\'ate Growers 69, 71
Commercial Growers 107 to 1 1 1
Retail Florists' Classes 115
Roses, Cut: Private Growers 7ii 73
Amateurs 73
Commercial Growers in to 115
Carnations: Private Growers 75, T]
Commercial Growers 116 to 119
Retail Florists' Classes 119
Table Decorations: Private Growers 83
Retail Florists 83, 89, 115, 119
Open Classes 85, 87
Amateur 87
Gladioli : Open Classes 85, 87
Amateur Classes 87
Sweet Peas : Open Classes 89 to 93
Private Growers 93
Retail Florists 93
Aquatics: Open Class 119
Aquarium Exhibit 120 to 123
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LIST OF ADVERTISERS
Page
AcU'uncc Co., The 86
Albany Cut Flower Exchange 44
Alphano Humus Co 106
Andorra Nurseries 96
Aschmann Brothers 66
Bader, John, Co 96
Baker, Wm. J 188
Bassett & Washburn 36
Baycrsdorfer & Co 26
Bennett, C. A 128
Berke, Geo. H 104
Bobbink & Atkins 24
Burpee & Co., W. Atlee Cover
Caldwell & Co., J. E 58
Carbone, P. L 18
Childs, John Lewis 96
Coldwell Lawn Mower Co 149
Colflesh's Sons, J. Wm 27
Conard & Jones Co 56
Connelly Estate, John J 37
Cowee, Arthur 82
Craig Company, Robert 74
Dards, C. A 16
Davey Tree Expert Co 14
Day, E. J 27
De La Mare Ptg. & Pub. Co., A. T. . . . 60
Dieges & Clust 82
Doubleda}', Page & Co 84
Dreer, Henry A., Lie loS, 109
Florex Gardens 124
FoLtler-Fiske-Rawson Co 70
Grasselli Chemical Co 92
Gude Bros. Co 66
Ilabermehl's Sons 82
Hammond's Slug-Shot 76
Harris, W^m. K 104
Hart, George B 68
Hews & Co., Inc., A. H 26
Hill Co., E. G 86
Hires Turner Glass Co 100
Ilitchings & Co 64
Hold Walton 18
Kasting, W. E 22
Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., The . . 52
King Construction Co Cover
Kirke Chemical Co 48
Komada Bros 37
Kugler's 100
Page
Lager & Hurrell 66
Lavino & Co., E. J 76
Lord & Burnham Co Cover
MacRorie-McLaren Co 42
Maltus & Ware 38
McFarland Publicity Service 92
Michell Co., H. F 72
Moninger Co., J. C 52
Montreal Floral Exchange 44
Morse, Leonard & Norman K 155
Myers & Co 56
Nicotine Mfg. Co 170
Niessen Co., Leo 62
Peacock Dahlia Farms 152
Pennock-Meehan Co., S. S 74
Pierson, F. R 54
Pierson, Inc., A. N 98
Pierson U-Bar Co 102
Pittsburg Cut Flower Co 36
Pulverized Manure Co 7^
Pyle Co., Rakestraw S^
Quaker City Rubber Co 80
Rice Co.,M ■ ■ 40
Richie & Keyser 66
Roland, Thomas 82
Schiller— The Florist 192
School of Horticulture for Women 22
Schling, Max 34"
Skidelsky, S. S 87
Skinner Irrigation Co 70
Standard Thermometer Co 87
Stearns Lumber Co., A. T -. . . . 78
Slillman, George L 56
Supplee, Norman 92
Totty, C. FI 46
Vick's Sons, James 62
Vim Motor Truck Co 94
Vollax Paint & Varnish Co., The 159
Watcrcr. Hosea 100
Welch, P 44
Young & Co., Inc., John 50
Zvolanek, A. C 76
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