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HORTICULTURE 



January 13, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 At the January meeting of this club 

 last Monday night, fifty members were 

 present. The new officers were in- 

 stalled, various committees presented 

 their annual reports, all being very 

 gratifying, and same were duly ac- 

 cepted. The new president, John 

 Scott, was introduced by retiring 

 President F. H. Traendly, and was 

 given a very cordial reception. In his 

 opening address he expressed appre- 

 ciation for the honor conferred on him. 

 He recognized the high standard of 

 efficiency reached by his predecessors 

 and expressed his desire to maintain 

 the same through the coming year. In 

 an outline of the practical work which 

 he hoped to see carried forward, he 

 urged that the membership list be 

 largely increased, that the system of 

 exhibiting novelties, etc., at the meet- 

 ings be encouraged, that lectures and 

 essays with free discussions be pro- 

 moted, approved the holding of small 

 public exhibitions at intervals in an 

 inexpensive way, the encouragement 

 of the social features, and advocated 

 ladies' nights and other recreations as 

 desirable to hold the interest of the 

 younger element. 



The other officers-elect all spoke 

 briefly also. Committees on legisla- 

 tion, essays, outing, awards, exhibi- 

 tion, entertainment and annual dinner 

 were appointed, and resolutions on the 

 death of Mrs. C. L. Allen were present- 

 ed. Six new members were elected and 

 eight more were proposed. The elec- 

 tion to fill vacancies on board of 

 trustees resulted in the selection of J. 

 B. Nugent for the two-year term, and 

 A. L. Miller for one year. The secre- 

 tary's report showed that thirty new 

 members had been added during the 

 year, and the average attendance at 

 the ten meetings had been sixty-two. 

 The committee on awards reported on 

 the exhibits of the evening, that car- 

 nation Robert Craig, shown by Cottage 

 Gardens, received a certificate at a 

 former exhibition, but the flowers now 

 shown showed that its qualities were 

 still fully maintained; that carnation 

 Victory had also received a certificate 

 previously; that a number of promis- 

 ing seedlings were shown by R. C. Pye, 

 also the beautiful pink variety Senator 

 Crane, to which the committee recom- 

 mended a preliminary certificate. An 

 invitation to attend the annual smoker 

 of the Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club at Madison, N. J., on the 

 evening of Jan. 10, was accepted with 

 thanks. 



The question of holding a preten- 

 tious flower show during the coming 

 season was then taken up and freely 

 discussed, Messrs. O'Mara, Guttman, 

 Jas. Scott, Wallace, Nugent, Wheeler, 

 Pepper and Ward participating. The 

 experiences of the club in past years 

 in the exhibition were rehearsed in de- 

 tail and the various phases of New 

 York patronage and facilities as com- 

 pared with those of other cities 

 analyzed. The fact that for the past 

 two years the field had been covered 

 acceptably by the American Institute 

 and Horticultural Society being recog- 

 nized it was voted that the matter be 

 referred to the board of trustees for 

 consideration and report at the next 

 meeting of the club. The suggestion 



of a free exhibition at the Newsboys' 

 Home was referred to the exhibition 

 committee. 



MADISON GARDENERS' AND FLOR- 

 ISTS' CLUB. 

 It has been said that happiness 

 was born a twin and that solitary 

 happiness is an impossibility. The 

 Madison, N. J., fraternity run business 

 on this precept, undoubtedly, and so 

 when there is a "smoker" at Madison 

 there is no dearth of company. Again 

 the annual smoker has passed into 

 history with a big credit to its name. 

 Over one hundred were in attendance 

 last Wednesday evening. Up to pres- 

 ent writing a few of them had got 

 home. The program consisted of some 

 routine business in which the treasurer 

 participated with the record of a big 

 bank balance and then a wide-open 

 good time, with recitations, banjo 

 solos, soliloquies and other diversions 

 frequently interrupted by trays of 

 viands such as no sane visitor could 

 refuse. All roads led to Madison 

 Wednesday evening and the travelers 

 thereon were all of one mind. There 

 is no rival for the Madison smoker. 

 It is unique. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A well attended meeting of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club was held Dec. 28 

 at Handel Hall. Carnation Aristocrat, 

 recently purchased by the Chicago 

 Carnation Co., was on exhibition and 

 elicited admiring comment from all 

 present. The records of the Chicago 

 Flower Show were reviewed and 

 showed about $5000 on the right side 

 of the ledger. A number of new mem- 

 bers were installed, as were also the 

 new officers as follows: P. J. Haus- 

 wirth. president; Leonard Kill, vice- 

 president; Ed. Sanders, treasurer; 

 Geo. Asmus, financial secretary; L. H. 

 Winterson, recording secretary. Frank 

 Benthey, W. L. Palinsky, H. N. Bruns, 

 J. Reardon, J. T. Klimmer, trustees 

 for 1906. 



The next meeting will be held 

 Thursday, Jan. IS, 1906, at Handel 

 Hall. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society on Sat- 

 urday, January 6, was presided over 

 by Vice-President Walter Hunnewell 

 in the absence of President Estabrook. 

 The report of the treasurer showed 

 the invested funds of the society to 

 amount to $831,396.88. 



The first exhibition for the year 

 1906 will be held at Horticultural Hall 

 on Wednesday and Thursday. January 

 24 and 25. It will consist principally 

 of primulas, begonias, violets, and 

 vegetables, and will be held in con- 

 nection with the annual meeting and 

 exhibition of the American Carnation 

 Society. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held in their hall in the Currier 

 Building, on Tuesday, Jan. 2, a large 

 number of members being present. 

 Officers for the coming year were 

 elected as follows: Robert D. Pryde, 

 president; John H. Murray, vice-presi- 

 dent; Thomas Pettit, secretary; David 

 Kydd. treasurer. Board of Managers: 

 A. J. Thompson, F. Duffy, James 

 Moore, Richard Bell and Robert Paton. 



The treasurer's and secretary's re- 

 ports show that the society is in a very 

 flourishing condition, and that the last 

 exhibition was a financial success. 

 Scarcely a meeting passes but what 

 new members are elected. The mem- 

 bership is now about 125. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 A delegation of the reception com- 

 mittee of the Boston Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club will meet all trains at 

 the North and South terminals, the 

 Back Bay station of the New York, 

 New Haven and Hartford, and Trinity 

 Place station of the New York Central 

 railroad on Wednesday A. M., January 

 24, 1906. Members of this committee 

 will wear a red badge. 



NATIONAL NUT GROWERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The proceedings of the third annual 

 convention of this association, which 

 was held in St. Louis, Mo., October, 

 1904, is a most interesting and valu- 

 able pamphlet of 150 pages. 



It gives all of the twelve formal ad- 

 dresses, a full report of the various 

 practical discussions, important statis- 

 tical tables, reports of standing and 

 special committees, cuts of executive 

 officers, names of all officials, with roll 

 of new members and carefully selected 

 advertisements. Any one interested in 

 nut culture will find this volume a 

 most valuable and fascinating work. 



Copies can be obtained of the secre- 

 tary, J. F. Wilson, Poulan, Ga., for 

 25 cents, plus cost of postage which 

 is four cents per copy. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the above 

 society was held on Thursday even- 

 ing, Dec. 28. The chief business was 

 the election of officers for 1906. Joseph 

 Mooney, Hastings, N. Y., was elected 

 president; Howard Nichols, Yonkers, 

 N. Y., vice-president; C. W. Neubrand, 

 Tarrytown. secretary; James T. 

 Lawrie, Tarrytown, treasurer; James 

 Ballantyne, Tarrytown, corresponding 

 secretary. 



The secretary's report showed that 

 the society had 145 active members in 

 good standing, 42 honorary, and 5 life 

 members. The treasurer's report 

 showed a substantial balance in favor 

 of the society. Eleven new members 

 were elected at this meeting and four 

 names proposed for membership. 



The monthly prize donated by David 

 McFarlane for eighteen carnation 

 blooms was won by Abel Weeks. John 

 Featherstone, gardener to Samuel Un- 

 termeyer, Yonkers, showed a beautiful 

 hanging basket of begonia Gloire de 

 Lorraine, which was declared by the 

 members to be the best-flowered speci- 

 men of this popular begonia ever 

 shown in this section. At a meeting 

 of the executive committee held on 

 Tuesday evening, Jan. 2, the date of 

 the annual dinner was fixed for Jan. 

 17, to take place at the Florence Hotel, 

 Tarrytown. Tickets may be had from 

 E. W. Neubrand, secretary. 



WILLIAM SCOTT, Cor. Sec. 



