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HORTICULTURE 



February 17, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club on Monday evening, Feb. 

 12, was a tremendous one, the attend- 

 ance reaching the unprecedented num- 

 ber of 110, the hall being packed al- 

 most to suffocation with the crowd and 

 the extensive exhibits. C. W. Ward 

 gave an eloquent talk on carnations 

 with illustrations, and was followed 

 by Robert Craig and F. R. Pierson, 

 both of whom also talked entertain- 

 ingly. 



The outing committee reported thai 

 Wetzel's Grove had been chosen for 

 the club picnic, which will come off on 

 July 2. Messrs. Nugent, Kessler and 

 Shaw were appointed a committee to 

 present resolutions on the death of the 

 father of the vice-president. W. F. 

 Sheridan was appointed in place of 

 John N. May resigned, on the legis- 

 lative committee. A motion to in- 

 augurate a system of cash prizes for 

 exhibits at the meetings was laid on 

 the table. Ten new members were 

 elected and twelve more nominated. 



The exhibition comprised some 

 splendid groups of carnations from 

 noted growers. The prizes for 25 

 blooms of four varieties were awarded 

 as follows: 



First, C. W. Ward; second, F. R. 

 Pierson Company; third, Valley Farm 

 Greenhouses. C. W. Ward's vase of 

 Alma Ward was declared the best in 

 the exhibition. For preliminary cer- 

 tificate this variety scored 94 points, 

 and Elsa Struss was given 90 points. 



Among the other exhibits staged 

 were Winsome, Harry Fenn, Seedling 

 32, Variegated Lawson and Fiancee 

 from John Reimels; Red Lawson, 

 Winsor, and White Enchantress from 

 F. R. Pierson Company; Enchantress, 

 Lady Bountiful, Mrs. Patten, and Nel- 

 son Fisher from Velie Bros.; Abun- 

 dance and freesias from R. Fischer; 

 seedling from E. L. Enggren; Jessica 

 and My Maryland from H. Weber & 

 Sons; Victory from Guttman & 

 Weber; Robert Craig and Enchantress 

 from Cottage Gardens. Glendale from 

 W. J. Vesey did not arrive in good 

 condition. 



H. August Jahn showed a splendid 

 vase of seedling pinks; the individual 

 flowers were exceedingly fine and 

 ranged in color from white to dark red. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting of this so- 

 ciety, held on Feb. 12, an address was 

 given by Thomas White of Fair- 

 haven upon the subject, "What is a 

 bulb, a corm, a tuber, a rhizome?" 

 The speaker deprecated the custom of 

 calling all these things by the com- 

 mon name of bulbs; explained and il- 

 lustrated the difference in their struc- 

 ture and habits of growth; also 

 strongly recommended the application 

 of the adage, "Why not call a spade a 

 spade" in matters pertaining to horti- 

 culture as well as in things uncouth 

 or questionable. An interesting dis- 

 cussion followed the address. 



The entertainment committee re- 

 ported that arrangements were being 

 made for lectures upon the gypsy and 

 brown tail moths, and upon bulb 

 growing in Holland. The executive 

 committee reported the presentation 

 of several cups by interested friends 

 of the society for competition at the 

 annual fall show. 



THE S. A. F. PAEONY COMMITTEE. 



The S. A. F. paeony committee files 

 the following list of varieties under 

 trial under the auspices of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Washington. 

 Peter Bisset, who is the active local 

 member of the committee at Wash- 

 ington, also has installed a collection 

 at Twin Oaks and is making annual 

 records therefrom. The following list 

 of the Department of Agriculture set 

 contains 76 varieties and more are to 

 be added; 



Maria Kelway 



Agnes Mary Kelway 



Lady Curzon 



Princess Beatrice 



Mrs. Chamberlain 



Mountebank 



Festiva Maxima 



Princess Irene 



Duke of Clarence 



Lady Beresford 



Limosel 



Paderewski 



Mad. Calot 



Torquemada 



Glory of Somerset 



Prince of Wales 



Leonard Kelway 



Dorothy Welsh 



Alonzo 



Grizzel Muir 



Solfaterre 



Lottie Collins 



Kelway's Queen 



Helena 



Joan Seaton 



Princess Christian 



Princess of Wales 



Lady Gwendolen Cecil 



Mrs. Asquitn 



Stanley 



Prince George 



Cognita 



Duchess of Teck 



Autumnus 



Humei White 



Summer Day 



Moonbeam 



Reine des Fraucaises 



Whitleyi plena 



Prince Prosper 



Lady Carrington 



Sir T. J. Lipton 



Princess May 



Queen Victoria 



Miss Salway 



Bunch of Perfume 



Mlllais 



Tinted Venus 



Miss Briee 



Nomlnata 



i 'ulliphon 



Duke of Devonshire 



Baroness Senroeder 



The Bride 



Ella Christine Kelway 



Cyclops 



Sainfoin 



Venus 



Duchess of Sutherland 



.Mr. Manning 



Queen of the May 



Lady Cecilia Rose 



Viscount Cross 



Lyde 



Water Lily 



Princess Dhuleep Sing 



Cendrillon 



Alton Locke 



Argus 



Hesperus 



Amiable 



Lady Bramwell 



Cavalleria Rusticana 



Emily 



Clothos 



Opiter 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The program of exhibitions during 

 the season of 1906 is as follows: 



March 23-25 — Annual spring show 

 in connection with the American Rose 

 Society's exhibition. 



May 5 — Plants, flowers and vegeta- 

 bles. 



June 2 — Rhododendron exhibition. 

 Shrubs, hardy herbaceous flowers, or- 

 chids, vegetables. 



June — A Paeony exhibition and a 

 Rose and Strawberry exhibition, 

 dates to be announced. 



July 7 — Flowers, fruits and vege- 

 tables. 



July 21 — Sweet peas. aquatics, 

 fruits, vegetables. 



August 4 — Phloxes, annuals, fruits 

 and vegetables. 



August IS — Gladioli, China asters, 

 fruits and vegetables. 



September 5-6 — Annual exhibition 

 of plants and flowers. 



October 10-11 — Annual exhibition 

 of fruits and vegetables. 



Nov. 2-4 — Chrysanthemum show. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At the last meeting of the society, 

 on Tuesday, Feb. 6, an interesting 

 paper on "Rose Culture" was read by 

 James MacGregor grower to F. S. 

 Piatt Co 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHANY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



At the meeting of the club Tuesday 

 evening, Feb. 6, officers were elected 

 as follows: Jno. W. Jones, president; 

 E. C. Reineman, vice-president; F. 

 Burki. treasurer; H. P. Joslin, secre- 

 tary; E. C. Ludwig, assistant secre- 

 tary; P. S. Randolph, Jno. Bader, F. 

 Burki, executive committee, being with 

 the exception of the president the 

 same officers who have conducted the 

 affairs of the club for several years. 

 Mr. Jones has been for many years the 

 foreman of the Schenly Park green- 

 houses, and in this capacity has been 

 widely and favorably known among 

 florists and gardeners, and the people 

 of Pittsburg who visit the Schenly 

 Park greenhouses owe much to him. 

 He will make a good practical presi- 

 dent. While heartily welcoming the 

 new president the club remembers 

 with deep gratitude the services of the 

 retiring president, Mr. Langhans, 

 whose work for the welfare of the 

 club has been faithful and unremitting. 



The secretary's report showed a 

 membership of 153, with 26 accessions 

 for the year 1905, and a larger balance 

 in bank than ever before. 



It being Carnation Night there were 

 good exhibits from home and distant 

 growers. One member who attended 

 the recent Carnation Convention in 

 Boston and visited many of the 

 growers in the vicinity stated as a 

 curious fact that, in Massachusetts, 

 the home of the famous Lawson car- 

 nation, it is not now grown as well as 

 our Pittsburg growers are doing it. 

 Better Lawson carnations now come 

 into the Pittsburg market than into 

 Boston. On the other hand, Lady 

 Bountiful, while it does very well with 

 us, seems to be in perfection with the 

 Boston growers. 



The Jno. E. Haines carnation was 

 shown in good form, making its tnird 

 season before the club. A committee 

 appointed to pass upon it, consisting 

 of Messrs. F. Burki, P. S. Randolph 

 and C. S. Crall, voiced the prevalent 

 sentiment when they reported it as the 

 finest flower of its color, considering 

 finish, stem and commercial effect, 

 that has been exhibited at our meet- 

 ings. 



Victory was shown in good form and 

 style, and the comment was exceed- 

 ingly favorable. W. J. & M. S. Vesey 

 showed through J. B. Murdoch & Co. 

 Glendale in fine form. This drew the 

 most favorable comment of any varie- 

 gated carnation shown, but carnations 

 of the variegated type have never been 

 good sellers in Pittsburg. 



J. L. Wyland, De Haven, Pa., showed 

 Fiancee a good flower and pleasing 

 color, but bursts too much; Eclipse, 

 early, free, and a good stem; also Fred 

 Burki, Lady Bountiful, Enchantress 

 and Lawson. 



The Pittsburg Rose and Carnation 

 Co. showed among others Flamingo, 

 which does well with them, also 

 Esrelle, Fred Burki and Lady Bounti- 

 ful, and some good seedlings. 



The Blind Bros, showed Lawson. 

 The Pittsburg Florist Exchange 

 staged white and pink Lawson, Mrs. 

 Patten. Xilson, Enchantress and Pros- 



