February 17, 1906 



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perity. S. J. Hatch showed a vase of 

 Lawson, Enchantress and Lady Boun- 

 tiful and fine primulas in pots. 



It was voted the meeting of the club 

 in March should be a Rose Night. 



H. P. JOSLIN. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



If it had not been for the out-of- 

 town growers the exhibition given by 

 the Cincinnati Florists' Society PeD. 

 10 would have been a failure. Roses 

 are off crop here and a week of zero 

 weather made matters worse. The 

 stock exhibited was good, but we 

 have had better shows both in quan- 

 tity and quality of flowers. However, 

 the variety displayed made up for the 

 deficiency. The show was well ad- 

 vertised by the daily press, but the 

 inclemency of the weather prevented 

 a large public attendance. Judges 

 Schwarz and Critchell made the fol- 

 lowing awards: 



American Beauty, 1st, Peter Rein- 

 berg; 2nd, Weiland & dinger. Bride, 

 1st, Gus Meiers; 2nd, Weiland & din- 

 ger; 3rd, Peter Reinberg. Bridesmaid, 

 same as Bride. Ivory and Meteor, 

 1st, Peter Reinberg. Best vase of 

 roses any other variety, 1st, Peter 

 Reinberg; 2nd, Weiland & dinger 

 (.both with Chatenay). Miss Kate 

 Moulton is the name given to a new 

 seedling rose exhibited by the Minne- 

 apolis Floral Co. It scored 90 points. 

 The rose is on the order of the 

 Chatenay and is borne on a good stiff 

 stem. It was by far the most beauti- 

 ful vase of roses in the building. Wit- 

 terstaetter had a vase of his new car- 

 nation, The Aristocrat, which was 

 greatly admired. This flower has had 

 considerable free advertising in the 

 local papers and therefore proved to 

 be a good drawing card. The next 

 exhibit will be the carnation show, 

 which will take place on Saturday. 

 March 10. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 

 The Florists' Club of Washington 

 held its regular monthly meeting on 

 February 6. It was decided, after dis- 

 cussion," that the first Tuesday in 

 March, the occasion for the regular 

 annual election of club officers, the 

 organization shall tender a banquet 

 to the incoming officials. The ban- 

 quet will be held at Freund's. The 

 arrangements were left in the hand: 

 of a committee appointed for the pur- 

 pose. 



The feature of the meeting, aside 

 from the exhibition of carnations, was 

 a lecture by Mr. Elmer C. Wood of 

 the Department of Agriculture on Hie 

 carnation and the diseases to which 

 it is subject. Mr. Wood illustrated 

 his descriptive address with stereop- 

 ticon slides, showing the manner in 

 which the wet and dry rot can be pre- 

 vented, detected and cured. 



James T. Scott, of the F. R. Pier- 

 son Co., made a brief but highly ap- 

 preciated speech, discussing the cer- 

 tification of meritorious varieties of 

 the carnation and the unscrupulous 

 methods of some dealers in trying to 

 put out unworthy sorts. 



In the report of the committee on 

 awards, Imperial scored 74 points. 

 Pink Imperial 85 points, John E. 

 Haines 85 points, Robert Craig 86 

 points and Glendale 80 points. My 

 Maryland. Jessica, Beacon, Evange- 

 line, Helen Gould, White Enchantress 

 and Winsor if shown as well at two 

 more meetings of this club will be 

 each entitled to a certificate. Certifi- 

 cates were awarded to S. C. Briggs 

 for superior culture of rose Killarney 

 and carnation Enchantress, Ley & 

 Bickings for exhibit of carnations and 

 Mrs. G. G. Hubbard for superior cul- 

 ture of rose Killarney. Mikado, Pink 

 Patten and Abundance carnations 

 were also on exhibition. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



A. C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. J., 

 submits for registration the following 

 named new Christmas blooming sweet 

 peas: 



Mrs. Alex. Wallace, seedling from 

 Florence Denzer x Lady Hamilton; 

 lavender. 



J. K. Allen, spotted pink on white 

 ground. 



Christmas Enchantress, soft pink. 



Jack Hunter, yellow, black seeded. 



Mrs. C. Wild, Zvolanek's Christmas 

 x Salopian; carmine. 



Christmas Meteor, scarlet. 



W. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



SOCIETY OF FRENCH GARDENERS 

 IN LONDON. 



At the annual dinner of this so- 

 ciety which was held at the Cafe 

 Royal, London, on January 6th, there 

 was quite a group of international 

 horticulturists both amateur and pro- 

 fessional—English, French, Belgian, 

 Japanese, and we know not how many 

 more besides. America was repre- 

 sented for the first time, Mr. Wiliam 

 Duckham of Madison, N. J., being 

 among the guest g 



The toasts were: The President of 

 the French Republic, the King, La 

 Societe Francaise d'Horticulture de 

 Londres, Our English Friends and 

 Supporters, the Bureau of the Society 

 and the English Horticultural Press. 

 The chair was taken by Mr. John Har- 

 rison of Leicester, and the speakers 

 were Mr. George Schneider, Mr. Har- 

 man Payne, Mr. Thomas Bevan, Mr. 

 Verboonen, Mr. B. Wynne. 



This was the 17th anniversary. The 

 proceedings were partly in French 

 and partly in English, it being a not 

 uncommon thing for some of the 

 Frenchmen to speak English and some 

 of the English speakers to do their 

 part in French at these very interest- 

 ing gatherings. 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



At the meeting on February 2, plans 

 were completed for a three days' 

 flower show on April 5, 6 and 7. 

 Messrs. Hanson, Blake and Thompson 

 afterward waited on the Board of 

 Trade and secured their hearty en- 

 dorsement and promise of assistance. 

 It is planned to hold the show in the 

 Y. M. C. A. auditorium. At this sea- 

 son the flowers will be at their best, 

 and it is anticipated that such an ex- 

 hibition will be a strong force in pro- 

 moting an interest in horticulture 

 throughout Southern California. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next meeting of the club will be 

 held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on 

 Tuesday evening, Feb. 20, at 8 o'clock. 

 The lecturer of the evening will be 

 Robert Cameron of the Harvard 

 Botanic Gardens, on his recent tour 

 through the West Indies. Some very 

 choice and interesting exhibits are 

 promised, which alone will be worth 

 coming to see. Applications for mem- 

 bership are still coming in, and it 

 looks like 300 members before May 1. 

 There will be music, refreshments and 

 other attractions as usual. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The St. Louis Florists Club's car- 

 nation meeting was held Thursday, 

 Feb. 8, with a good attendance. The 

 exhibits which took prizes were as 

 follows: Twenty-five red, 1st, W. J. 

 & M. S. Vesey, Red Sport of Glendale; 

 2d, Theo. Klockenkemper, Flamingo. 

 Twenty-five white, 1st, H. Weber & 

 Sons Co., My Maryland; 2d, W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey, Lady Bountiful. Twenty- 

 five light pink, 1st, Wm. Winter, En- 

 chantress; 2d, D. C. Noble, Light Pink 

 Lawson. Twenty-five dark pink, 1st, 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey, Lawson; 2d, J. F. 

 Ammann. Lawson. Twenty-five varie- 

 gated, 1st, Wm. Winter. Patten; 2d, H. 

 Weber & Sons Co., Jessica. 



The Indianapolis Floral Co. exhibited 

 a nice vase of Candace; John Steidle 

 a sport qf Enchantress, the color dark- 

 er than Enchantress; the Minneapolis 

 Floral Co. a vase of the new rose Miss 

 Kate Moulton, which was awarded cer- 

 tificate of merit; W. J. & M. S. Vesey 

 sent a vase of sweet peas, which re- 

 ceived honorable mention. 



The judges were E. W. Guy, Max 

 Herzog, F. H. Ude, Jr. 



It was decided to make the next club 

 meeting, March 8, a rose meeting, the 

 club to offer five dollars for 1st and 

 three dollars for 2d best 25 white, 25 

 pink, 25 red and 25 any other color. 

 The trustees will take charge of all 

 flowers sent, the same as for the car- 

 nation meeting. 



STATE FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION 

 OF INDIANA. 

 The regular meeting was held on 

 Feb. 6 at the State House at Indian- 

 apolis. The chief business of the 

 evening was in regard to holding a 

 spring show, and after some discus- 

 sion Messrs. A. F. J. Baur, H. W. 

 Rieman and George Wiegand were 

 appointed a committee to arrange for 

 a show in April. J. E. A. Haugh of 

 Anderson was present and addressed 



the meeting. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The last regular meting was held 

 on Monday evening, February 12. A 

 general discussion was held regarding 

 a carnation show and it was finally 

 decided to hold one on February 26 at 



8 P. M. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 Thi- twelfth annual ball of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was given on the 

 evening of February 6, in the Town 

 Hall, which was handsomely decorated 

 with palms, potted plants and greens 

 for the occasion. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists 

 held its regular meeting at Joseph 

 Wet tie's home Tuesday night. It was 

 decided that on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 

 thej hold an exhibition of carnations 

 ami roses. Anyone having anything 

 of interest to exhibit should send same 

 to Secretary Fred L. Schulz. This 

 year the public will be given an oppor- 

 tunity to see the show. 



