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March 3. 190S 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of this Club 

 was held at W. F. Kasting's Hall, on 

 Tuesday, February 27. Officers for the 

 ensuing year were elected as follows: 

 President, Louis Neubeck; vice-presi- 

 dent. H. J. Wise; secretary, W. J. 

 Peake; financial secretary, E. C. 

 Brucker; treasurer, Chas. Keitsch. 



After a number of applicants being 

 elected to membership, and the regular 

 routine of business transacted, ad- 

 journed to the flower show which was 

 one of the best carnation exhibits at 

 any meeting of the club. The exhibi- 

 tion was in charge of Charles Keitsch. 

 There were not only carnations but 

 roses, mignonette, sweet peas and a 

 collection of cyclamens. The judges, 

 Wm. Scott, H. J. Weiss and C. T. 

 Guenther reported as follows: Winsor, 

 exhibited by F. R. Pierson Co., scored 

 92 points; Helen Gould, by the same, 

 SO; J. Haines, by the originator, 89; 

 My Maryland, by Weber & Son, Oak- 

 land, Md., SS; Jessica, by the same, 92; 

 Light Pink Lawson, by W. J. Palmer 

 & Son, 81; Glendale, by Vesey & Co., 

 84; J. A. Valentine, by the Chicago 

 Carnation Co., S4; Skyrocket by the 

 same, SO; Imperial, by the same, SS; 

 Seedling No. 49, scored S4. Outside 

 of the new varieties the Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., exhibited Mrs. Patten, 

 Glendale, Haines, Prosperity, White 

 Lawson, Red Lawson, Pink Lawson, 

 Lieutenant Peary, Cardinal, Crusader 

 and Harlowarden. Wm. H. Ehmann 

 exhibited Cardinal, Red Lawson, Nel- 

 son, Golden Beauty and Pink Lawson. 

 The Scott Floral Co., vases of carna- 

 tions and mignonette. Enchantress 

 and Lawson from White Bros., Gas- 

 port. N. Y., Governor Walcott by C. 

 T. Guenther of Hamburg, N. Y. Varie- 

 gated Lawson from F. R. Pierson Co., 

 also a collection of many varieties 

 from Theo. Venneman, gardener for 

 Geo. Urban, who had also a very fine 

 collection of cyclamen. Four vases of 

 sweet peas were received from Anton 

 C. Zvoianek, Boundbrook, N. J. The 

 Waban Conservatories sent an excep- 

 tional fine vase of Wellesley roses, 

 also a fine vase of Kate Moulton was 

 received from the Minneapolis Floral 

 Co. Carnation Melody was staged by 

 W. C. Hill Floral Company, Streator 

 111., and H. A. Hart, Rochester, sent a 

 white seedling. 



The evening was completed by a 

 banqin t at which the members heard 

 from Wm. Scott, as toastmaster. Also 

 W. A. Adams. Chas. Keitsch, President 

 Louis Neubeck, D. B. Long. Chas. 

 Rooney, Hon. Geo. Urban and many 

 others. 



ROSE NIGHT AT PHILADELPHIA. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia, will 

 be held Tuesday evening, March 6, 

 and will be known as Rose Night. All 

 the novelties or new candidates for 

 public favor among the Queen of* 

 Flowers are hoped for and expected, 

 among them "Miss Kate Moulton" and 

 "Queen Beatrice," or any other new 

 variety of merit. Please bring same, 

 or forward them prepaid by express, 

 if not convenient to come with them, 

 in care of Mr. David Rust, Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Broad Street, above Spruce, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



EDWIN LONSDALE. Secretary. 



KENTUCKY SOCIETY OF FLOR- 

 ISTS. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists 

 held the third carnation and rose ex- 

 hibition last Wednesday, with a good 

 representation, the following being the 

 exhibitors: The H. Weber & Sons Co., 

 Oakland, Md., choice blooms of Jessica 

 and My Maryland; Backer & Co., Bil- 

 lerica, Mass., mixed seedlings and 

 sports; A. B. Davis & Sons. Purcell- 

 ville, Va., Red Sport, a great shipper; 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 Glendale; The Chicago Carnation Co., 

 Joliet. 111., Skyrocket, No. 49, a good 

 red; Daybreak, Red and White Law- 

 son, Imperial, Fiancee and Glendale; 

 R. Fischer, Great Neck, L. I., Abun- 

 dance, also Freesia Purity; H. A. Jahn. 

 New Bedford, Mass., No. 49, a fine white, 

 which traveled unusually well, also two 

 good crimsons, Nos. 43 and 7; Fred 

 Boulon & Son, Sea Cliff, N. Y., Long 

 Island Beauty, a very good shipper, 

 also Princess of Wales violet; John E. 

 Haines, Bethlehem, Pa., John E. 

 Haines, the favorite in its color; John 

 Reimels, Woodhaven, L. I., Winsome, 

 a light pink, which no doubt will do 

 what its name implies; Indianapolis 

 Flower and Plant Co. and John Hartje, 

 Indianapolis, Ind., Candace, a beautiful 

 pink; Minneapolis Floral Co., Minne- 

 apolis, Minn., the rose which made the 

 hit, Miss Kate Moulton; H. R. Carlton, 

 Willoughby, O., the beautiful new vio- 

 let, Gov. Herrick; Mrs. C. B. Thomps- 

 son, violets, lilies of the valley, Beauty 

 and Chatenay roses; Louis Kirch, Mrs. 

 T. W. Lawson, Lady Bountiful, En- 

 chantress and Flamingo; C. H. Kunz- 

 man, Mrs. T. W. Lawson, Prosperity. 

 Lady Bountiful, Enchantress and some 

 very good seedlings, also lilies of the 

 valley; Leo Zoeller, Enchantress, Mrs. 

 Joost. Mrs. E. A. Nelson, Mrs. T. W. 

 Lawson, also some white; August R. 

 Baumer, Mrs. T. W. Lawson, Enchant- 

 ress and Nelson Fisher; Jacob Schulz, 

 Cardinal, Enchantress, John E. Haines, 

 Mrs. IT. W. Lawson, Variegated Law- 

 son, Lieut. Peary, Lady Bountiful, 

 Bride and Bridesmaid roses, forget-me- 

 nots, mignonette, Marguerites, lilies of 

 the valley, antirrhinums, sweet peas, 

 and pansy plants. 



The next meeting of the Society will 

 be held Tuesday. March 6. 



NASSAU CO. (N. Y.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The February monthly meeting of 

 this society was held on Wednesday, 

 7th inst., at the usual place. Presi- 

 dent Harrison occupied the chair. The 

 meeting was well attended. Two ac- 

 tive members were elected and three 

 proposed, also one honorary member. 

 Preparations for a fall flower show 

 were begun. Already one silver cup 

 has been presented for competition, to 

 be placed on carnations. 



A choice assortment of well-grown 

 carnations was exhibited by S. J. Tre- 

 pess, Glen Cove, also two pots of 

 cyclamen, which were exceptionally 

 fine, receiving the society's certificate 

 of culture. The same gentleman ex- 

 hibited a vase of his fine seedling 

 carnation, "Maxwellton." It is a pure 

 white, of good size, substance and 

 •shape, and looks like a "taker." More 

 will certainly be heard of it. Mr. 

 Conine, Connecticut, was a visitor and 

 made some appropriate remarks. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular second meeting for 

 February took place last Tuesday 

 evening in the club's rooms at Iroquois 

 Hall. The attendance was very credit- 

 able, and the members present were 

 very much interested and took active 

 part in the various matters under dis- 

 cussion. Vice-President V. P. Curry 

 was in the chair, and Secretary James 

 McKellar attended as usual to the 

 records. The topic of the evening, in 

 which the greatest interest centered, 

 was the arranging for the annual dis- 

 tribution of flower seeds to the chil- 

 dren of our public schools. It is the 

 custom of the club to annually pur- 

 chase suitable flower seeds for school 

 gardens and home use, and through 

 the head masters of the schools dis- 

 tribute them to the children who show 

 an interest in things horticultural. 

 The children pay one cent for each 

 packet of seed they receive. The plan 

 works famously, and is doing much 

 good in our city. Last year the chil- 

 dren of nineteen schools were supplied 

 with seeds, and this season the demand 

 seems steadily growing. The matter 

 of a chrysanthemum show this fall was 

 discussed; our members are very en- 

 thusiastic over it, as last autumn's 

 success was so encouraging. There 

 was a free discussion on this subject, 

 and the members seemed to be in the 

 fullest accord in the matter. Messrs. 

 Stevens, Curry, McKellar, Woodrow 

 and Seiber gave their views. 



TOLEDO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Great interest was shown at the last 

 meeting of the Florists' Club in the 

 forthcoming big quarterly meeting of 

 March, with which a small exhibition 

 of cut flowers, etc., is to be connected. 

 It was first intended to have this ex- 

 hibit in the club room, but after more 

 consideration it was thought advisable 

 to find an unoccupied store in a rush- 

 ing neighborhood, so the public may 

 have a chance to look at it. President 

 Bayer was chosen to hunt up a place. 

 A special meeting will be called soon 

 to settle all final arrangements. Mr. 

 Hasselman staged Candace, the new 

 Dorner & Son sent a box of White Per- 

 fection; both were much admired, but 

 when Krueger Bros, of our town un- 

 folded their new pink sport of En- 

 chantress, of which they have just two 

 plants, it was a genuine surprise. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 A meeting of the society was held 

 on Tuesday evening, Feb. 20th, in their 

 hall in the Courier Building, with a 

 very large attendance of members. 

 The feature of the meeting was a 

 paper, read by Walter Angus of 

 Chapinville, on the chrysanthemum. 

 Mr. Angus went thoroughly into his 

 subject, from the cutting bench to the 

 exhibition specimens. After the close 

 of the meeting a smoker was enjoyed 

 by the members. Ralph Booth, the 

 comedian, entertained with songs and 

 stories and there was several songs 

 and addresses by the members. The 

 meeting closed with all singing "Auld 

 Lang Syne." At the next meeting, 

 March 6th, John N. Champion will 

 give an address on cut flowers. 



