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HORTICULTURE 



June 30, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held their 

 fifth annual outing at Higginbotham 

 Woods on June 24. A derailed freight 

 train caused an hour's delay in transit, 

 but when the 225 picknickers readied 

 the station James Hartshorne, of the 

 Chicago Carnation Company, was 

 waiting for them with plenty of hay 

 racks to convey them to the grounds. 

 Dinner was first in order, then the en- 

 tertainment began as per schedule. In 

 the ball game, E. E. Winterson, um- 

 pire, the Wholesalers beat the Retail- 

 ers 19 to 15 in five innings. In the 50- 

 yd. dash for married ladies no decision 

 could be reached, and prizes were 

 awarded to Mrs. L. H. Winterson, 

 Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Chas. Balluff and 

 Mrs. Weiman. The sack race was won 

 by Julius Haskins, 1st; Jas. McKeand, 

 2d; 100-yd. dash, open to trade only, 

 J. Haskins, 1st; A. E. Elling, 2d; 

 50-yds. for fat men, John Poehlmann, 

 1st; Geo. Heirle, 2d; running broad 

 jump, trade only, Henry Koropp, 1st, 

 18 ft. 2 in., Mr. Hirsch, 2d, 16 ft. 

 11 1-2 in. An extra event was the 

 Babies' race, in which the prize was 

 carried off by little Beatrice Asmus. 



Philip Foley, of the Foley Manufac- 

 turing Co., presented the prizes to the 

 winners. Everybody returned feeling 

 grateful to H. N. Higginbotham for 

 the use of his grounds at Cherry Hill, 

 and to the entertainment committee. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting was held Tues- 

 day evening in the club rooms at 

 Iroquois Hall. Vice-president Curry 

 was in the chair, and Secretary Mc- 

 Kellar promptly on hand. The attend- 

 ance was good, and every member 

 present very enthusiastically inter- 

 ested in the work of the evening. 

 After the regular business had been 

 duly disposed of the important ques- 

 tion of the evening was brought for- 

 ward for settlement — "Shall we or not 

 have a chrysanthemum show this 

 fall?" After a long and most earnest 

 discussion of the subject, from every 

 point of view, in which Messrs. 

 Reichert, Curry, Woodrow, Hills, 

 Bauman, McKellar, Faxon, Wede- 

 meyer and others took part, it was 

 voted "that this club hold a public 

 Chrysanthemum show in November 

 next, all arrangements to be left to a 

 managing committee that will be duly 

 chosen." After this matter had been 

 settled, some plans were proposed re- 

 garding prizes for the children's gar- 

 dens but as the hour was late this was 

 not acted upon. The next meeting 

 will be Monday evening, July 2, when 

 there will be a smoke talk and re- 

 freshments. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



President MacLellan has nominated 

 for judges, at the Society's exhibition 

 in August, Messrs. Bruce Butterton, 

 Alexander Fraser and Stewart Ritchie. 

 At a meeting of the executive commit- 

 tee these nominations were approved. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 Annual Rose and Strawberry Show. 



This interesting event took place on 

 June 22 and 23. There was a fair 

 showing of roses in the H. P. classes 

 but nothing really new or novel was 

 in evidence and in the varieties shown 

 the advancement, of any, over ten or 

 even twenty years ago was very small. 

 M. H. Walsh, for Miss Sarah B. Fay- 

 took most of the first prizes, includ- 

 ing that for 24 varieties three of a 

 kind, twelve varieties three of each, 

 six varieties three of each, eighteen 

 varieties one of each, six Brunners, 

 six Druschki, six Sharman Crawford, 

 six Margaret Dickson and general 

 display of one hundred bottles. Ihere 

 were nine entries in the latter class. 

 Mr. Walsh also took first for collection 

 of H. T. roses, W. J. Clemson took 

 first for twelve varieties of H. P.; 

 Geo. F. Fabyan first for six varieties, 

 Mrs. A. W. Blake first for six Roths- 

 childs, Mrs. C. C. Converse and Mrs. 

 Lester Leland first for six Laing, lk. 

 C. J. Weld first for six Jacqueminot. 

 Other competitors winning honors in 

 these classes were Wm. Whitman, 

 estate of John C. Chaffin, Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill, and Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Fine 

 displays not for competition were made 

 by Langwater Gardens, Mrs. E. A. 

 Wilkie. Walter Hunnewell, gardener 

 T. D. Hatfield, received a bronze medal 

 for a display of the new French sum- 

 mer blooming chrysanthemums. These 

 were the center of much interest. 

 There was the usual fine display of 

 sweet-williams, prizes being awarded 

 to Wm. Whitman, Dr. Weld and 

 Wilfred Wheeler. Peonies were shown 

 in less number but better form than at 

 the peony show a week earlier, there 

 being many contributors and George 

 Hollis received a certificate of merit 

 for his seedling Lucy E. Hollis, one 

 of the thirty-three he had on exhibi- 

 tion. A certificate of merit was also 

 awarded to Oakes Ames for Cypripe- 

 dium I'Ansonia (C. Rothschildianum x 

 C. Morganae) and honorable mention 

 was given Walter Hunnewell for dis- 

 play of rose Rublin. Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 and Mrs. A. W. Blake showed groups 

 of splendid Canterbury Bells in pots. 

 W. N. Craig showed several varieties 

 of Gladiolus nanus which he pro- 

 nounced synonymous with G. cardi- 

 nalis. Blue Hill Nurseries and Mt. 

 Desert Nursery were represented by 

 fine collections of herbaceous flowers. 

 Strawberries and early vegetables 

 were, as usual, excellent. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Kentucky Society of Florists 

 will hold their regular monthly meet- 

 ing on July 3d at Fred Haupt's. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Back Reports Wanted. 

 The secretary would like to pro- 

 cure for the use of the society, copies 

 of the annual reports of the follow- 

 ing years: 1885, Cincinnati; 1886, 

 Philadelphia; 1887. Chicago; 1888, 

 New York; 1892, Washington; 1896, 

 Cleveland; 1900, New York. Mem- 

 bers having spare copies of any of 

 these will confer a great favor by 

 sending them to 



WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 

 11 Hamilton Place, Boston. 



The R. I. Horticultural Society held 

 a rose and strawberry show in Provi- 

 dence on June 21. A new seedling 

 strawberry from the State experiment 

 station, shown by Prof. F. W. Card, 

 attracted much attention. 



The New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Society, (Conn.), at its meeting 

 on June 19 had a fine exhibit of roses 

 by R. Bell, gardener to Miss Dana; 

 John C. Morton; David Kydd, gardener 

 to Mrs. Frances Wayland; J. H. Mur- 

 ray, gardener at Yale Botanic Gardens; 

 John Sloeombe and W. Beattle. Ernest 

 Carroi read a paper on Heather. 



The Huntington Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society (N. Y.), held its 

 annual rose and strawberry show on 

 June 21. with its usual fine display. 

 George Ashworth, gardener for Walter 

 Jennings, took first prize for a vase of 

 cut (lowers. The prizes for roses were 

 secured largely by William O'Hara and 

 James Kirby, and for strawberries by 

 August Heckscher and Roland Conklin, 

 of Rosemary Farm. 



The second rose show of the New 

 London County Horticultural Society 

 at Norwich, Conn., on June 19 and 20 

 was a great success. The judges were 

 David Bordon and John Fowler of 

 Eastern Point, John Barron, gardener 

 for Mrs. F. A. Roth. The display of 

 palms and ferns by F. L. Osgood and 

 the exhibits by Mrs. F. A. Roth and 

 the Geduldig estate attracted much 

 attention, as did also the collection of 

 nymphaea and water lilies by H. A. 

 Dreer of Philadelphia. 



The next show and conference of 

 the French National Chrysanthemum 

 Society will be held at Caen, Novem- 

 ber 7, 8 and 9. A list of questions to 

 be discussed has already been drawn 

 up, to which we may refer later in 

 the season. Among the very useful 

 publications that have been brought 

 out under the auspices of this so- 

 ciety are Dr. Chifflot's book on "The 

 Maladies and Parasites of the Chrys- 

 anthemum," and his large colored 

 plate of the insects and diseases, with 

 the remedies for each appended. 



The great spring show of the 

 National Horticultural Society of 

 France was opened May 19, and in 

 spite of rather indifferent weather 

 was a great success, for the patron- 

 age of the public was very lavishly 

 bestowed upon it. The new President 

 of the French Republic attended in 

 person and after inspecting the show 

 distributed, as is customary upon 

 such occasions, various decorations 

 to those gentlemen whose labors were 

 considered most worthy of special 

 recognition. The late President of 

 the French Republic, M. Loubet, has 

 been nominated Honorary President 

 of the National Horticultural Society 

 of France on account of the deep 

 interest he took in the welfare of the 

 society during his term of office as 

 Chief of the State. 



