March 24, 1906 



HORTICULTURE. 



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Flowers bright scarlet, large size and 

 firm texture; foliage bronze tinted, 

 shaded amber red. It is self cleaning; 

 early and continuous bloomer; flowers 

 often 5 to G inches across. 



Canna Ottawa, formerly No. 2060. 

 Flcwers bright carmine; stems 7 to 

 71-2 feet high; green foliage 5 1-2 

 feet; flowers 5 to 6 inches across. 



W. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 About 100 members were in attend- 

 ance at the meeting on Tuesday even- 

 ing, March 20. The committee appoint- 

 ed to report on a class in landscape 

 gardening outlined a plan for its con- 

 duct. About 25 members signified their 

 desire to join such a class, and it was 

 voted that the committee be continued 

 in order to perfect their plan and that 

 the class start in October. A letter 

 from President John H. Dunlop was 

 read, thanking the club for the many 

 courtesies that were extended to the 

 Carnation Society on their visit to Bos- 

 ton. Eleven members were elected, 

 making the number at present 296. It 

 was announced that there would be a 

 club banquet on April 25. 



A paper was read by D. Lumsden on 

 plants and bulbs most in demand for 

 Easter trade which we hope to publish 

 in the near future. 



A lively discussion followed. W. N. 

 Craig thought Lilium candidum should 

 be grown more than it is for Easter in 

 preference to Harrisii. Mr. Farquhar 

 had said that the deterioration of the 

 bulbs was due to their being procured 

 from Italy and Turkey; that when the 

 bulbs were procured from the north of 

 France there was no trouble with 

 them; but their cultivation had gradu- 

 ally been forced back to Italy and 

 Turkey, and no good bulbs could be 

 raised there. Jackson Dawson said one 

 reason was they were lifted at a time 

 when they ought to be making their 

 winter leaves; they should be kept in 

 pots one year. 



Mr. Cameron recommended that 

 more novelties be grown, such as 

 ericas, several varieties of hydrangeas 

 and epacris. 



Mr. Duncan suggested that the 

 growers in the vicinity of Boston do 

 not grow enough novelties, and when 

 the stores want them they are obliged 

 to go to New York; the Boston grow- 

 ers ought to manage to grow them as 

 well as they do in New York. Mr. 

 Palmer seemed to think people in Bos- 

 ton did not care to buy such. Mr. El- 

 liott said that the rose Killarney was 

 very desirable because it shows so 

 many colors; that a rose got a black 

 eye that was perfectly even in color. 

 Mr. Montgomery retorted that Mr. El- 

 liott was a wholesaler; that he would 

 take a Jacqueminot rose that had 

 turned a purplish blue and sell it for 

 a new color. 



A discussion followed on the best 

 boiler for general heating purposes, in 

 which Messrs. Montgomery. Elliott 

 and others took part. 



On the exhibition table were a well 

 grown plant of Cattleya Trianas, ex- 

 hibited by James Cartwright of New- 

 ton; Schizanthus, by Wm. N. Craig; 

 . Lathyruus pubescens, a new perennial, 

 by Frederick Rea of Norwood. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The meeting of March 14 was Car- 

 nation Night, with a full attendance 

 of members, as well as many outsiders. 

 A fine lot of carnations were staged. 



F. R. Pierson Co., represented by 

 Mr. Ross, showed four vases of Win- 

 sor and three vases of Lawson. Win- 

 sor got a certificate of merit, and the 

 Lawsons honorable mention. Cottage 

 Gardens Co. showed Alma Ward, Elsa 

 Struss and Robert Craig. The first 

 two received certificates of merit. Craig 

 had been certificated before and bore 

 out its previous reputation. F. Bou- 

 lon's Long Island Beauty, a real 

 beauty, got honorable mention. Pat- 

 ten & Co.'s Pink Patten and Mikado 

 suffered in transportation and could 

 not compete. The judges "would like 

 to see them again." John E. Haines' 

 namesake was there in grand shape. 

 It had been certificated on a former 

 occasion. Guttman & Weber's Victory 

 also had been certificated; "previous 

 judgment fully upheld." H. Weber & 

 Sons sent Jessica, My Maryland, and 

 Mabelle. The first two had previous 

 certification, which was fully main- 

 tained. Mabelle got honoroble men- 

 tion. A. B. Davis' Red Sport received 

 honorable mention. R. Fischer's 

 Abundance received a vote of thanks. 

 Freesia Purity also received a certifi- 

 cate of merit. 



Among the members, A. H. Seeker 

 staged one vase each of Flamingo, 

 Enchantress, Harlowarden, Lawson 

 and Prosperity; all were superb, re- 

 ceiving a certificate of merit. R. 

 Vince staged one vase each of Fiancee, 

 Dorothy Whitney, Enchantress and a 

 crimson seedling of great promise. He 

 received the congratulations of the 

 judges. His Fiancee showed up fine. 

 No split calyx or other defect. Mr. 

 Vince received a certificate of merit 

 for a batch of this variety he showed 

 last fall. He believes it has a future, 

 and intends to keep on growing it a 

 while longer. H. L. Hand had a grand 

 vase in variety. A cultural certificate 

 was awarded. The judges were A. 

 Herrington, Wm. Duckham and C. H. 

 Totty. 



Among those who have something 

 promising in the way of sports and 

 seedlings are Wm. Duckham, R. Vince, 

 H. L. Hand, W. H. Thomas and Mar- 

 shall Crissman. An essay by Mr. 

 Seeker completed the entertainment. 

 It was well received and well backed 

 up by his exhibit. A rising vote of 

 thanks was tendered him. 



NATIONAL COUNCIL OF HORTI 

 CULTURE. 

 Acting upon a request from the land- 

 scape designer of the Jamestown Ex- 

 position for advice and co-operation, 

 the National Council of Horticulture, 

 at its last meeting, designated different 

 committees for this purpose. These 

 committees have since been approved 

 by Mr. Warren H. Manning, landscape 

 designer of the Exposition. The mem- 

 bers are as follows: 1. Classification, 

 Prof. L. R. Taft, Agricultural College, 

 Mich.; Prof. S. B. Green, St. Anthony 

 Park, Minn. 2. Awards, L. A. Good- 

 man, Kansas City, Mo.; Phillip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit, Mich. 3. Standards of 

 Excellence, Prof. W. W. Tracy, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. 

 C. ; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 

 4. Preparation of Call for National 

 Congress, H. C. Irish, Missouri Botani- 

 cal Garden, St. Louis, Mo.; J. C. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, 111. 5. Special 

 Events and Programmes, Phillip Breit- 

 meyer. L. R. Taft, W. W. Tracy, L. A. 

 Goodman. H. C. IRISH, 



Secretary. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 CHICAGO. 



The preliminary list of premiums 

 offered by the Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago to be awarded at the annual 

 exhibition in November next has been 

 received. The show will last six days. 

 Special displays are provided fo. as 

 follows: Monday, chrysanthemums 

 and plants; Tuesday, roses and or- 

 chids; Wednesday, carnations, violets. 

 lily of the valley, and bouquets; 

 Thursday, private gardeners' day; 

 Friday, American Beauty roses, new 

 chrysanthemums, new carnations; Sat- 

 urday, floral arrangements, carnations. 

 Copies of the schedule may be had on 

 application to E. A. Kanst, assistant 

 secretary, 5700 Cottage Grove Avenue, 

 Chicago. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Even a foot of snow on the ground 

 did not at all interfere with a large 

 attendance at the special meeting 

 called by President Stevens for Tues- 

 day evening, March 13. This meeting 

 was made necessary by the large num- 

 ber of requests for the one cent pack- 

 ages of flower and vegetable seeds 

 which our club annually puts up for 

 the children of the Columbus Public 

 Schools. Our members are very much 

 at earnest in this matter of school 

 gardens, also home gardens for the 

 children; and a grand work is being 

 done here. Not only did the members 

 work a long evening packing these 

 seeds, but several of their wives gave 

 an evening also. The next regular 

 meeting will be held Tuesday evening. 

 March 20, when this seed work will 



CHICAGO WHOLESALERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



A meeting of the Chicago Whole- 

 salers' Association was held at the of- 

 fice of E. C. Amling, March 19th. The 

 purpose of the meeting was to perfect 

 plans of the association. The follow- 

 ing members were then nominated for 

 office to be elected at next regular 

 meeting: President, F. F. Benthey of 

 Benthey-Coatsworth Co.; vice-presi- 

 dent, C. M. Dickinson, of E. H. Hunt; 

 secretary, John Risch, of Weiland & 

 Risch, and John P. Degnan of Chicago 

 Rose C<>-: treasurer, E. C. Amling, of 

 E. C. Amling Co., and Leonard Kill of 

 Peter Reinberg. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



A regular meeting of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society was held Tues- 

 day evening last, President MacLellan 

 in the chair. Four men were elected 

 members of the Society. The treas- 

 urer, Col. McMahon, submitted a re- 

 port which was considered very satis- 



ry. Mr. Gibson also reported. 



showing a substantial amount in his 

 hands. A resolution was introduced 

 and unanimously passed to the effect 

 that the Society make it known to the 

 State's representatives in Congress 

 it is opposed to the free distribu- 

 tion of seeds, the members of the So- 



