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HORTICULTURE 



May 12, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The May exhibition at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, on Saturday afternoon, 

 fifth inst, brought out some superb 

 exhibits of calceolarias and fancy 

 pelargoniums from that invincible 

 grower, James Stuart, gardener for 

 George F. Fabyan of Brookline. The 

 varieties represented in the pelar- 

 gonium collection were the following: 

 Bridegroom, Mrs. Ashley, Nellie Hayes, 

 Miss Henderson, Lady Duff, Mabel, 

 Alice Love, Duke of Portland, Mme. 

 Thibaut, May Queen, Purity and H. 

 M. Stanley, a list comprising a re- 

 markable variety of colors. Two 

 plants of Calceolaria Golden Gem, 

 each four feet across, from Dr. C. G. 

 Weld, gardener W. C. Rust, also came 

 in for gTeat admiration. The long 

 tables were loaded with spring flowers 

 including a splendid variety of 

 Alpines from the Botanic Garden, 

 tulips in wide assortment from several 

 exhibitors, a great collection of nar- 

 cissi from Longwater Gardens, gar- 

 dener W. W. Craig, which received a 

 silver medal; pansies, and other cut 

 bloom. A cultural certificate was 

 awarded to W. N. Craig for fine 

 Lilium candidum, eight to twelve 

 flowers on a spike. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



John E. Lager on Orchids was the 

 attraction at the monthly meeting on 

 May 4. The lecture was amply illus- 

 trated with flowers from Lager and 

 Hurrell and the Julius Roehrs Co., and 

 the private collections of Henry 

 Graves and William Barr, many of 

 which had never been outside their 

 glass houses before. 



Two Medinella magniflca requiring 

 special carrying facilities were brought 

 from the Colgates and John Crosby 

 Brown, flowered by William Reid and 

 Peter Duff, and the usual array of 

 American Beauty, fine carnations, 

 antirrhinums, calceolarias, gladioli, 

 from skilled hands. Collections of 

 vegetables from Mrs. William Pierson, 

 Chas. Ashmead. gardener, and Chas. 

 Hathaway, Max Schneyder, gardener. 



An engrossed and illuminated copy 

 of resolutions were presented to 

 Malcolm MacRorie treasurer of the 

 society for many years in recognition 

 of services rendered, feelingly re- 

 sponded to by the recipient. Louis 

 Piker was elected to membership and 

 a committee appointed to co-operate 

 in the societies' part in the forth- 

 coming floral parade, June 15. 



J. B. DAVIS. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held Satur- 

 day, May 5, President S. Carlquist in 

 the chair. This society held an in- 

 stitute with the Housatonk Agricul- 



tural Society and their president, F. 

 W. Heath, introduced Dr. B. L. Hart- 

 well of the Rhode Island Experiment 

 Station, who gave a very instructive 

 lecture on "How Plants Grow." He 

 explained from large charts the chem- 

 ical structure of the leaves, stems 

 and roots of plants, also many of the 

 chemical experiments that are being 

 made at Kingston, R. I. 



A committee was appointed to 

 (li aw up resolutions of condolence, 

 to be sent to the wife of our esteemed 

 and former active member, the late 

 Wm. Woods. 



GEO. FOULSHAM, Secretary. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



On account of the inability of Mr. 

 Pettigrew to be present next Monday, 

 the evening will be devoted to the 

 members, who are requested to bring 

 up discussions as to what would be 

 the best thing to do to advance the 

 interests of the club, and to take some 

 action regarding the increased ex- 

 press rates on cut flowers. 



The annual outing is scheduled to 

 take place on July 2, at Witzel's Point 

 View Grove, Long Island. The pro- 

 gram is now well under way in the 

 hands of a very efficient committee. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The following varieties have been 

 registered: 



"Winsome." By John Reimels. 

 Woodhaven, N. Y. Scott shade of 

 pink and about the same growth as 

 Scott when it was first introduced. 

 It blooms freely and the flowers 

 measure from three to three and one- 

 half inches. 



"Pink Imperial." By John E. 

 Haines. Bethlehem, Pa. Pure pink 

 of immense size and unusual long 

 stems all season through. A strong 

 grower and free bloomer. 



"Abundance." By Rudolph Fischer. 

 Great Neck. L. I. A pure white of 

 fair size and an unusually free 

 bloomer. 



"Crimson Glow." By Dailledouze 

 Bros., Flatbush. N. Y. A glowing 

 crimson of medium size, perfectly 

 stiff stem, an excellent calyx, of good 

 healthy habit and a free and con- 

 tinuous bloomer. 



"Avalanche." By Robert C. Pye, 

 Nyack, N. Y. Pure white flower 

 three and one-half inches in diameter 

 on a stiff wiry stem twenty inches in 

 length. Habit resembling Lawson. 

 its seed parent, but without the short 

 stems of that varietv. 



ALBERT M. I1ERH. Secretary. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 



ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 



HORTICULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Duncan Finlayson. Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass., submits for registration Den- 

 drobium nobile Mrs. Larz Anderson. 

 Flowers, nearly four inches across; 

 extra fine form; sepals and petals pure 

 white the extreme apex of each being 

 slightly colored with pale amethyst^ 

 labellum pure white; disc of darkest 

 maroon purple. 



WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHANY 

 FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 

 The meeting of the Club on Tuesday, 

 May 1st, was well attended considering 

 the season, for as the warm days of 

 late spring and early summer draw on 

 the attendance is always less than in 

 the winter months. One new member 

 was elected, and a number who were 

 in arrears for their club dues for two 

 years, and had made no favorable 

 response to reminders, were dropped 

 from membership, it not being the 

 policy of the Club to carry dead tim- 

 ber. 



Bedding plants and Palms, was the 

 topic assigned for this meeting, and 

 H. L. Blind & Bros, of West View, led 

 off with a large assortment of bedding 

 plants, of which some fine double 

 tuberous-rooted begonias and cannas 

 drew the most attention. It was 

 brought out that the Henderson was 

 the best seller among the cannas, but 

 that the purely foliage varieties such 

 as Black Beauty did not take well. 



Mr. H. C. Burchler, for the Valley 

 Greenhouses, Sewickley, showed a very 

 attractively staged collection of thrifty 

 stock, the vincas and fuchsias being 

 especially noticeable. 



S. J. Hatch, for D M. Clemson, also 

 showed bedding plants in variety, good 

 stock. 



Jno. Bader of Troy Hill, from his 

 large collection of palms and tropical 

 plants showed a few specimens of 

 pandanuses, draca?nas, variegated box 

 elder and palms in variety. 



The chief feature of the exhibit of 

 Schenley Park Greenhouses was the 

 exceedingly fine calceolarias. Every- 

 one was a specimen fit for a prize 



The subject for the June meeting is 

 Pieonies and other outdoor flowers 

 This promises to be a very interesting 

 meeting as one of the largest parony 

 specialists in the country will make an 

 exhibition. h. P. JOSLIN 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 At the meeting of the New Haven 

 horticultural society held on May 1 

 a committee was appointed to consider 

 the expediency of having a rose show 

 in June. Plans for the big show in 

 September was also discussed. Presi- 

 dent R. D. Pryde presided. F C 

 Thompson of West Haven read a- paper 

 on pansies and exhibited a large col- 

 lection of rare and beautiful speci- 

 mens. K 



The Massachusetts Highway Asso- 

 ciation held its spring field-day at 

 Boston on Tuesday, May 8. It took 

 our tally-lios to carry the party 

 through the park system, Charlesbank 

 the Charles River dam, now in course 

 of construction, Back Bay Fens 

 Franklin Park and Franklin Field 

 being visited under escort of Mr Pet- 

 tigrew and Mr. Shea. Lunch was 

 served at Franklin Field. The various 

 features of the boulevards and parks 

 were inspected with much interest 



On every tongue— Horticulture's re- 

 markable success. 



