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HORTICULTURE 



January G, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The fifteenth annual meeting and 

 exhibition of this society will be held 

 in Horticultural Hall, corner of Hunt- 

 ington and Massachusetts avenues, 

 Boston. Mass., Jan. 24 and 25, 1906. 



Address all exhibits to William P. 

 Rich, secretary. Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Express charges on all exhibits must 

 be prepaid. 



Special tallies will be provided for 

 exhibits not intended for competition. 



All entries must be forwarded so as 

 to reach the secretary, Albert M. Herr, 

 Lancaster, Pa., not later than Wednes- 

 day, Jan. 17. Exhibitors from a dis- 

 tance will please note the date and 

 mail accordingly, as a charge of $1 

 for each variety entered will be made 

 for those not entered as above re- 

 quested. 



For exhibits other than carnations 

 arrangements must be made with YVm. 

 P. Rich, secretary, as per above ad- 

 dress. 



The society provides vases of uni- 

 form size for exhibitors' use respec- 

 tively for 100, 50 and 25 blooms. It is 

 obligatory upon exhibitors to use these 

 vases in classes A, B and C, and for 

 all entries for certificates of merit. In 

 all other classes exhibitors have the 

 option of using the society's vases or 

 providing their own, as they may elect. 



The premiums up to Class E. in- 

 clusive, are the same as those of last 

 year. The new classes are as follows: 



Class F — Best general display of 

 Commercial Carnations. No restric- 

 tions as to color— but variety must 

 have been disseminated prior to April 

 1, 1905; 50 blooms to be shown to a 

 vase, and display is not to exceed 

 twenty varieties. Vases from this col- 

 lection are not allowed to compete in 

 any of the other classes. First prize, 

 $5(i; second prize, $30; third prize, ?20. 



Class G — A. H. Hews & Co., Inc., 

 silver cup valued at $25 for the best 

 collection of carnations, 4 varieties, 25 

 blooms of each, to be shown in separate 

 vases — either seedlings or named sorts 

 and no restrictions as to color. 



Class H — Thomas F. Galvin, silver 

 cup to value of $25 for 8 varieties of 

 carnations, 25 blooms to a vase. 



Class I— W. W. Rawson & Co., silver 

 cup valued at $25 for 3 varieties of car- 

 nations, 50 blooms to a vase.. 



Class J— R. & J. Farquhar & Co.. 

 silver cup valued at $25 for the best 12 

 blooms of one variety. Open to pri- 

 vate gardeners only. 



Class K— Schlegel & Fottler Co., $15 

 for the best vase of 100 blooms dark 

 pink carnations. 



Class L — Wm. Nicholson, $10 for the 

 best vase 50 blooms dark pink carna- 

 tions. 



Class M— Patten & Co., $10 for the 

 best vase 100 blooms variegated car- 

 nation, Mrs. M. A. Patten type. 



Class X — The Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston, two prizes, 1st, 

 $15; 2d, $10, open to private gardeners 

 only. For best three vases of three 

 varieties, 25 blooms to each vase. 



Papers will be read at the meeting 

 as foil ' 



Carnations From a Retailer's Point 

 of View, by Thomas F. Galvin, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



Carnation Breeding, by Prof. H. F. 

 Hall, Durham College, N. H. 



Carnations in the Rocky Mountains, 

 by J. A. Valentine, Denver, Col. 



The complete official schedule of 

 premiums, rules and regulations has 

 been issued and copies may be had on 

 application to the secretary, A. M. 

 Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 



The usual excursion rate of one and 

 one-third fare on the certificate plan 

 has been extended by the railroads. 

 When purchasing ticket to Boston ask 

 the ticket agent for a certificate for 

 attendance at the meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society, Jan. 24 

 and 25, 1906. 



WORCESTER COUNTY (MASS.) 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The program for the winter meetings 

 is out and among the subjects of im- 

 portance to be treated by the various 

 speakers are the following: Jan. 4, 

 "Horticulture, Past, Present and 

 Future," O. B. Hadwen; Jan. 11, 

 "Orchard Insect Pests and Modern 

 Methods in Spraying," George T. 

 Powell; Jan. 25, "Ornamental Trees 

 and Shrubs," J. Woodward Manning; 

 Feb. 15, "Herbaceous Plants," Edward 

 W. Breed; Feb. 22, "Vegetables for the 

 Home Garden," J. Lewis Ellsworth. 

 On March 14 and 15 the Massachusetts 

 Fruit Growers' convention will be held 

 and on the latter date Prof. F. A. 

 Waugh will speak on "The Results of 

 Some Experiments in Pruning." 



PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The meeting held on the evening of 

 Jan. 2 was one of the pleasantest of 

 the season. Possibly the reason for it 

 may be found in the exceptionally 

 good holiday season, in which all the 

 trade shared. There was a variety of 

 exhibits. H. S. Price, gardener for G. 

 M. Laughlin, showed an exceptionally 

 fine strain of Veitch's primulas, and 

 some long-stemmed tulips, which he 

 gets by covering the pots thickly with 

 moss and letting the tulips force their 

 way through. The Pittsburgh Florists' 

 Exchange had a vase of Queen of 

 Edgely roses. The Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co. had an interesting variety 

 of exhibits, including the Mme. Cusin 

 rose, which they prefer to the Bride 

 or Bridesmaid, on account of its free- 

 dom of growth and uetter keeping 

 qualities. A vase of the Bon Silene 

 rose in bud was shown. The attention 

 of the club was called to some very 

 fine sweet peas, but bunched without 

 any foliage, to the detriment of the 

 grower's purse. 



Five new members were elected. 

 The nomination of officers for 1906 re- 

 sulted in the ticket for 1905 being put 

 in the field, with the exception of 

 President Langhans who, to the great 

 regret of the club, absolutely refused 

 to accept a renomination. Jno. W. 

 Jones, foreman of Schenley Park con- 

 servatories, received the nomination 

 for president. 



Carnations will be the subject of the 

 February meeting of the club. 



H. P. JOSLIN. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The next meeting of the club will 

 be held on Jan. 16, at Horticultural 

 Hall. The newly elected officers will 

 be installed, and will make addresses. 

 Messrs. M. A. Patten, William Nichol- 

 son and Peter Fisher will, it is ex- 

 pected, speak on the carnations of the 

 past, present and future, respectively. 

 A number of new varieties will be on 

 exhibition, and there will be other 

 attractive features. 



As this meeting just precedes the 

 convention of the American Carnation 

 Society, important matters pertaining 

 to it will be discussed, and a large 

 attendance of members is hoped for. 

 W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual ball of the Wholesale 

 Florists' Employes will be held at the 

 Amsterdam Opera House, 344 West 

 44 th street, New York, on Saturday, 

 Jan. 13. The price of tickets is within 

 the reach of all. 



On Wednesday, Jan. 10, the garden- 

 ers and florists of Madison, N. J., will 

 have their annual smoker. Extraor- 

 dinary preparations are being made to 

 have this affair beat the record — some- 

 thing not easy to do. 



There is a movement on foot to 

 form a horticultural association in 

 Fairfield County, Conn., and all those 

 interested in the same are requested 

 to send their names to Charles W. 

 Neth, Ridgefield, or Frank E. Conine, 

 Stratford, Conn. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



George D. Clark of the Henry A. 

 Dreer Company was taken suddenly ill 

 in New York, December 23rd. He has 

 been confined to his home in Phila- 

 delphia since, but at last accounts was 

 improving. 



Turnford Hall begonia is a pretty 

 flower but it is not a seller like Lor- 

 raine. "It will sell in a made-up 

 basket with the pink one" says Edwin 

 Lonsdale. Which is severe from such 

 an optimist. 



Etiphorbia fulgens (jacquiniaefiora) 

 has been considerably in evidence at 

 the fashionable flower stores this sea- 

 son. There is room for more of this 

 good old favorite. Like the poinsettia 

 it is coming into popularity again. 



Mr. Darlington, of the Burpee Seed 

 Farms at Doylestown, Pa., presented 

 his views of "California and its 

 Climate" at the last meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia, Jan. 2. 

 Albert M. Herr of Lancaster, Pa., will 

 give a review of the Boston show at 

 the February meeting. This club in- 

 tends to post its delinquents on the 

 bulletin board from now on. We had 

 great faith in laws, but are generally 

 "agin" enforcement. 



Dear Sirs: — 



I find I am short No. 14. Vol. 2, of 

 Horticulture, and would ask you to 

 send me a copy of the same by mail, 

 as I wish my files of this increasingly 

 good horticultural paper complete. — ■ 

 M. J. W 



