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HORTICULTURE 



January 27, 1906 



For ■'.Mrs. Patten" chaperoned 



A "Fiancee" sedately, 



While "Lady Bountiful" brought "Belle" 



And "Helen Goddard" stately. 



And 'Mrs. W. B. Mershont" 

 With "Mrs. Ward" was sitting, 

 While round about Miss "Elsa Suns-" 

 An "Octoroon" was flitting. 



And in this coterie of dames 

 Stood "Mrs. Law--. in" braining. 

 While '•.Marion Pierce" made her debut 

 With every petal gleaming. 



A "Mauley" party too was there. 

 With ■Nelson Fisher" in it. 

 Where "Robert Craig" stood up to talk 

 With "Harry Feiin" a minute. 



But one "Aristocrat" held off 



To wait another season. 



He'll be with us this time next year, 



Or have to show a reason. 



Upon our "Eldorado" fair, 

 '.'Prosperity" descended. 

 The "President" himself was there 

 By "Cardinals" attended. 



Now li.ic's to the convention guests. 

 Let's give Them an ovation. 

 Long live the Florists of this land. 

 Long life to their Carnation. 



\V. F. Kasting of Buffalo responded for 

 t lie S. A. I-\, and earnestly urged all pres- 

 ent in go to the convention at Dayton, O., 

 next August. 



E. G. Hill seconded the appreciative 

 sentiments of Mr. Marquisee on the ladies 

 coupling especially therewith the name of 

 Miim'. Lemoiue of France, who had con- 

 tributed so much to the great horticultural 

 achievements of her honored husband. 



lie Farquhar cup was then handed to 

 its winner. Win. Kleinheinz of Philadel- 

 phia; the T. F. Galvin cup to Peter Fisher; 

 i he Rawson cup and the Hews cup to 

 Win. Nicholson: the Law -on gold medal 

 to «'. W. Ward, and the Law son bronze 

 medal to F. R. Pierson, all of whom re- 

 sponded in words of appreciation. Mr. 

 Ward pleaded guilty to being as much of 

 a ladies' in, mi as Mr. Hill. He gave a 

 pleasant account of a recent visit to Luther 

 Burbank while on a trip to the Pacific 

 coast. F. F. Pierson also followed suit in 

 eulogizing the ladies, whom he was delight 

 ed to see in such large numbers at the 

 banquet, and -aid he had never known the 

 place tiie ladies occupied in horticulture 

 until he had come to Boston. J. H. Dun- 

 lop. president-elect, expressed his appre- 

 ciation of the honor conferred on him and 

 said he hoped to see tin- first carnation 

 convention outside of the United States a 

 great success, urging the co-operation of 

 all present to bring this about. 



Patrick O'Mara responded for the bache- 

 lors. He said that these "had be. mi creat 

 ed by God for the consolation of widows 

 and the hope of maidens." He eonfessed 

 i" being a "confidence man." but had 

 been unable t.> find anything green enough 

 in Boston. He created much merriment 

 by Ms enumeration of tin- artistic, sensa- 

 tional and ridiculous fakes in horticulture, 

 including in the category some of the alleged 

 achievement s of a Pacific coast celebrity 

 who had been lauded as outdoing the 

 Almighty. .1. Austin Shaw was the last 

 speaker, his topic being the power of the 

 press. He spoke a word of kindly 

 praise for Boston's latest addition to 

 the list of journals, HORTICULTURE, 

 and told of the sentiments pervad- 

 ing the entire horticultural press and their 

 activity in piomotina the best interests of 

 horticultural advancement. He elosed with 

 some amusing topical verses ami a recita- 

 tion. 



During the evening sours were delight- 

 fully rendered by Miss Wither aid Mr. F. 

 IV Carroll and by Mr. Lawrence. Toronto's 

 gifted tenor, a rousing vote of thank- 

 To the toastmaster biought to a close this 

 very enjoyable reunion. 



The banquet hall was lavishl.i rlecorated 

 \\ if h Mowers and green. 



News of the Clubs and Societies. 



WASHINGTON STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The second annual meeting of this 

 body was held in North Yakima on 

 January 9-12. Among the valuable ad- 

 dresses of the first day was that of 

 President Richards, who", in reviewing 

 the growth of horticulture in the last 

 decade stated that more than GOO cars 

 of apples were being shipped from the 

 state annually now where ten years 

 ago there were not enough to be re- 

 corded. The second day was 'devoted 

 largely to the codlin moth. Prof. 

 Melander of the State College, stated 

 that he estimated the value of the 

 apple crop annually destroyed by the 

 codlin moth as $200,000. In the lengthy- 

 discussion which followed it was gen- 

 erally conceded that the pest could not 

 be eradicated. On Thursday officers 

 for the ensuing year were elected as 

 follows: President. W. H. Paulhamus 

 of Sumner; vice-presidents. J. F. Lit- 

 tooy. Everett, and W. S. Phillips. 

 Wenatchee: treasurer. W. N. Just, N. 

 Yakima; secretary, L. G. Monroe, 

 Spokane. The committee on resolu- 

 tions urged earnest work for the pas- 

 sage of the bill appropriating money 

 for state experimental purposes. Ever- 

 ett was selected for the convention of 

 1907. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting was held 

 January 20, Vice-President Heeremans 

 in the chair. Pres. Carlquist. while 

 walking to the village, slipped on the 

 ice and broke his arm, and was not 

 able to attend. 



A scale of points for judging vege- 

 tables and fruits at our exhibition has 

 been drawn up, and was unanimously 

 adopted. The ball committee re- 

 ported progress; have engaged Gart- 

 land's Tenth Regiment orchestra of 

 Albany and the ball will be given 

 February 0. A paper on "Greenhouse 

 Heating and Boilers" by Charles W. 

 Cary. secretary of the Greenhouse 

 Heating Fitters' Association of New 

 York and vicinity, was read and was 

 esteemed by all present to be very 

 valuable. After adjournment a social 

 hour was enjoyed. 



GEORGE FOULSHAM, Secretary. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration. 

 The United States Nursery Co.. S. 

 W. Crowell, manager, Rich, Miss., 

 submits for registration a new rose. 

 Helen Good, a sport from Maman 

 Cochet; identical with the variety in 

 growth, foliage, size and shape of 

 flower; differs only in color which is a 

 shell pink, suffused with golden yel- 

 low. Very distinct. 



W. J. STEWART. Secretary. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At the last meeting of this society 

 the question of having a large show 

 in November was discussed and the 

 decision was unanimous in favor of it. 

 The program for the year is as follows: 



February 0. — Rose Culture Under 

 Glass. — J. MacGregor. 



February 20. — The Chrysanthemum. 

 — \V. Angus, Chapinville, Conn. 



March fi.— Cut Flowers.— J. N. Cham- 

 pion. 



March 20.— The Carnation.— H. Cliff. 

 Fairfield. 



April 3. — Flower and Vegetable 

 S.'.'ds. — R. Veitch. 



April 17. — Trip to Jamaica. — E. F. 

 Coe. 



May 1.— Pansy Culture.— A. J. 

 Thompson. 



May 15.— The Begonia.— William 

 Ferrier. 



June 5. — Landscape Gardening. — P. 

 Keane. 



June 19. — Heather. — E. Carroll. 



July 7. — Perennials. — J. H. Murray. 



July 17.— The Cactus.— W. Koella. 



August 7. — Gladioli. — J. H. Slocombe. 



August 21. — Grape Culture Under 

 Glass.— D. Kydd. 



September 4. — Water Lilies and Gold- 

 fish.— F. Duffy. 



September 18. — Dahlias. — J. H. .Mac- 

 Donald. 



October 2. — Vegetables. — H. Grove. 



October 16. — Boston Ferns and Com- 

 mercial Plants. — F. Rehbein. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting was held on 

 Monday, January 22, with the larg- 

 est attendance since the society was 

 formed. One new member was ad- 

 mi! ted. A paper, "Carnation Cul- 

 ture," was read by G. Masson. which 

 was ably written, favorably comment- 

 ed on, and much enjoyed. 



OMAHA FLORIST CLUB. 

 This club, which was formerly 

 known as the Nebraska Florist So- 

 ciety, held its first meeting of the year 

 on Jan. 11. It was decided to hold a 

 flower show in the fall, and A. Dona- 

 hue. W. R. Adams. J. J. Hess, L. Hen- 

 derson and J. F. Wilcox were appointed 

 to arrange for it. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



At the annual meeting held in Con- 

 cord on January 17, the following offi- 

 cers were elected: President, C. C. 

 Shaw, Milford: vice-president, John T. 

 Harvey, Milford: secretary. W. D. 

 Baker, Quincy: treasurer, T. E. Hunt, 

 Lakeport. It was voted to hold the 

 annual summer meeting with Prof. J. 

 W. Sanborn on Wilson Farm. Gilman- 

 ton, June 27. 



