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HORTICULTURE 



May 19, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 The Trade Exhibit. 

 The Trade Exhibit will be one of the 

 main features of the coming annual 

 Convention of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists to be held at Dayton, Ohio, August 

 21, 22, 23 and 24, 1906. 



You have goods to sell that florists 

 use _that they must have— and being 

 progressive, are always looking for 

 something that will help you to in- 

 crease your profits. 



We feel assured that by taking 

 space and making a creditable exhibit, 

 no better medium could be offered you 

 to bring more customers, and the only 

 way through which you can present 

 directly the high character of your 

 goods to florists— live, wide-awake 

 florists— actual buyers, such as always 

 attend these conventions, ready for a 

 good thing. 



Dayton is exceptionally well located, 

 being very central, in fact superior to 

 any meeting place heretofore, and 

 offers unexcelled railroad connections 

 to all points; all of which insures a 

 large attendance from all over the 

 United States and Canada. 



The exhibition building is specially 

 adapted and arranged for the purpose, 

 and on account of its shape— rotunda 

 — with entrances on four sides makes 

 all locations equally choice, thus giv- 

 ing better opportunities for the satis- 

 factory display of wares. 



The cost for space is little consider- 

 ing its intrinsic value. Diagram of 

 exhibition hall, showing the location of 

 each department, application blanks, 

 copies of rules and all other desired 

 information will be furnished promptly 

 on application. 



Have space reserved now — it's money 

 for vou. 



HORACE M. FRANK, Supt, 

 112 So. Main St., Dayton, 0. 



Badge Book. 



In accordance with the instructions 

 voted at the convention in Washing- 

 ton last August, the secretary is now 

 preparing a "badge book" containing 

 the names of members, numbered, and 

 will issue correspondingly numbered 

 badges to those whose dues for 1906 

 are paid previous to June 1st. Mem- 

 bers in arrears for current year's dues 

 as well as all persons intending to 

 take our membership this year are 

 earnestly requested to remit now. 

 There is no advantage in waiting until 

 the convention meets, as the fiscal 

 year begins on Jan. 1, and payments 

 made at any date during the year 

 cover the interim until December 31 

 only. 



Advertising. 



The size of the badge book will be 

 about 3 1-2 by 6 inches. Advertise- 

 ments will be inserted at $5.00 per 

 page; one inch cards. $1.00 each. 

 Advertising copy must lie supplied not 

 later than June 2d. 



WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The May meeting of this club, on 

 Monday evening, 13th inst. was at- 

 tended by about fifty members. Mr. 

 J. A. Pettigrew having been unable to 

 attend and give his expected talk, the 

 evening was devoted to a variety of 

 topics and routine business. E. V. 

 Hallock brought in and presented on 

 behalf of his committee a series of 

 resolutions eloquently expressing the 

 sympathy of the club on the death 

 of August Rhotert. J. H. Pepper, for 

 the board of trustees, presented a re- 

 port of progress and asking for fur- 

 ther time on the question of the pro- 

 posed national flower show and New 

 York's possible selection as the loca- 

 tion thereof. Messrs. Wheeler, Pepper 

 and others participated in the debate. 

 Mr. O'Mara had something to say re- 

 garding the free seed matter, and 

 Messrs. Stewart, Wheeler, Butterfield 

 and Schultz talked on the topic of ad- 

 vanced express rates by the U. S. Ex- 

 press Company. A vote was passed 

 instructing the legislative committee 

 to make protest on behalf of the club 

 and take any necessary steps to se- 

 cure, if possible, the withdrawal of 

 the excessive charges. 



The San Francisco disaster was 

 taken up. and a committee appointed 

 to extend sympathy and practical aid 

 if practicable. Messrs. Traendly, Nu- 

 gent and Sheridan were appointed a 

 committee on Dayton transportation. 

 It was voted that President W. F. 

 Kasting be invited to attend the next 

 meeting of the club, in the interest of 

 the S. A. F. convention at Dayton. 

 On the exhibition table were exhibits 

 of rose Columbia, by Paul Nichol, 

 which received a vote of thanks; Cat- 

 tleya gigas superbissima, from Lager 

 & Hurrell, which was accorded honor- 

 able mention, and Nephrolepis Whit- 



manii. which came under special per- 

 sonal care of H. H. Barrows — the old 

 man himself — and which received 



much interested attention. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



At the monthly meeting on Tuesday 

 evening there was an exceptionally 

 fine exhibition. Awards were made 

 by the judges as follows: 



Blue Hill Nurseries; report of merit 

 for Aruncus astilboides var Kneiffei. 



George Page; honorable mention for 

 gladiolus Blushing Bride, rose Climb- 

 ing Kaiserin and Iris hispanica. 



R. T. McGorum; honorable mention, 

 for candytuft Giant White Perfection. 



H. L. Cameron; honorable mention 

 for seedling geranium H. L. Cameron. 



J. T. Butterworth; cultural certificate 

 for specimen Cattleya Mossise. Certi- 

 ficate of superior merit for Cattleya 

 Mossise var. Reineekiana with 15- 

 flowers. 



H. A. Stevens Co.; vote of thanks 

 for phloxes, stocks and doronicums. 



Blue Hill Nurseries, vote of thanks 

 for collection of perennials. 



Alfred Poetsch; vote of thanks for 

 Impatiens Holstii x sultani. 



MORRIS CO. (N. J.) GARDNERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



An unusually large number of the 

 members assembled in their meeting 

 rooms in Madison on May 11th to 

 listen to a paper on hardy shrubs by 

 Arthur Herrington, superintendent of 

 Florham Parks. Like all of Mr. Her- 

 rington's efforts, it was of a high or- 

 der and was well received by the so- 

 ciety. As is the custom, considerable 

 time was given to after discussion. 

 Many questions regarding selection of 

 sorts, hardiness of new klnas, etc., 

 etc., were asked by members and 

 cheerfully answered by the speaker. 

 A very striking feature was the large 

 number of Japanese species and 

 hybrids that were to be seen, this be- 

 ing the occasion of the regular month- 

 ly show, which was hardy shrubs in 

 flower. The room was literally filled. 

 Mr. Herrington. alone, put up thirty- 

 six species and varieties, which was 

 a remarkable thing for this time of 

 year. Mr. Herrington's i. Idress is 

 published in this issue. 



E. REAGAN. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 At the meeting held on May 7 the 

 show committee reported that the 

 rose show would be held in Norwich 

 in June, the dahlia and gladioli show 

 in the same place, the summer show 

 in New London, but the place for the 

 chrysanthemum show and the dates 

 for the other shows were not decided. 

 A number of cash prizes had been of- 

 fered for the chrysanthemum show, 

 but none for the others. The speaker 

 of the evening was J. H. Slocombe of 

 New Haven, whose subject was "Dah- 

 lias and Gladioli: Their Varieties and 

 Culture." 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the New 

 Bedford Horticultural Society was 

 held in the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. 

 building on Monday evening. May 14. 

 In the absence of an address, the ques- 

 tion box was brought into requisition, 

 and a profitable and interesting even- 

 ing was spent in discussing the culti- 

 vation of dahlias, the laying down, 

 fertilizing and care of lawns. A prom- 

 inent manufacturer of bone meal, who 

 was present, impressed upon the au- 

 dience the fact that for horticultural 

 purposes generally "there is nothing 

 like leather." T. WHITE. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Lenox Horticultural Society, 

 Lenox, Mass., will hold their annual 

 rose and strawberry show on June 26. 



C. L. Burr was chosen president of 

 the Springfield Amateur Horticultural 

 Society (Mass.), at their meeting on 

 May 4. 



American Paeony Society. The an- 

 nual meeting and exhibition of this so- 

 ciety are scheduled to take place at 

 Boston. June 14th and 15th. A very 

 extensive exhibition is promised. 



The Worcester County Horticultur- 

 al Society (Mass.) held an exhibition 

 on May 10. Pelargoniums exhibited 

 by F. A. Blake and magnolia and Jap- 



