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H ORTICULTURE 



March 10, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Members of the American Rose So- 

 ciety are hereby reminded of the ap- 

 proaching meeting of. the society and 

 the annual exhibition which is to be 

 held at that time in connection with 

 the spring exhibition of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. 



Intending exhibitors will please com- 

 municate with the secretary, who will 

 forward, upon request, schedule for 

 the exhibition and entry cards as 

 called for. 



Entries must be made in all cases 

 under the schedule number in accord- 

 ance with the rules of the society. 



It is earnestly hoped that members 

 will make an effort to be present and 

 to do their part in making this meet- 

 ing a notable one. 



The exhibition will open at noon on 

 Friday, March 23, continuing until 

 Sunday night. 



The annual meeting of the society 

 will open at 7.30 p. in. on Friday, 

 March 23. 



The transaction of business will be 

 in the following order: Calling to or- 

 der; Reading minutes of previous ses- 

 sion; Reports of standing committees; 

 Reports of special committees; Miscel- 

 laneous business; Essays — Discus- 

 sions; Election of officers; Appoint- 

 ment of committees; Adjournment. 



tinder the order of essays and dis- 

 cussions, addresses will be made as 

 follows: 



"Recent Advances in the Practice of 

 Rose Growing for Cut Flowers," by J. 

 J. Curran, Elmira, N. Y. 



"The Retailer's Part in the Introduc- 

 tion of New Roses," by George Asmus, 

 Chicago, 111. 



"The Mail Order Trade," by P. J. 

 Lynch. West Grove, Pa. 



"The Deterioration of Forcing Ros- 

 es: Its Causes and Effect." A discus- 

 sion, to be opened by A. Farenwald, 

 Roslyn, Pa. 



Question — Should the Rose Society 

 issue Certificates to New American 

 Roses? 



On Saturday evening, March 24. a 

 banquet will be tendered to the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society visitors by the 

 Allied Horticultural Interests of Bos- 

 ton, under the auspices of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston, 

 al the Hotel Brunswick. 



The officers of the society are: 

 President, Alexander Montgomery, Na- 

 tick, Mass.; vice-president, Robert 

 Simpson, Clifton, N. J.; treasurer, 

 Harry O. May, Summit, N. J.; si 

 tary, Wm. J. Stewart. 11 Hamilton 

 Place. Boston. Alass. 



Executive Committee- M It. Walsh. 

 Woods Hole, Mass.; A. Farenwald, 

 Roslyn. Pa.; H. A. Siebrecht, New 

 Rochelle. N. Y.; Peter Crowe, Utica, 

 N. Y.; W. N. Craig, North Easton. 

 Mass.; John Burton. Chestnut Hill. 

 IV: P. Welch. Boston. Mass. 



Judges for Exhibition of 1906 — J. F. 

 Muss. Hartford, Conn.; S. S. Pennock, 

 Philadelphia. Pa.; J. J. Curran, El- 

 mira. N. Y. 



PHILADELPHIA FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Philadelphia was largely 

 attended, the main attraction being an 

 address on "Railroad Gardening" by 

 Paul Huebner of the Reading system. 

 Another magnet was a promise of 

 some new rose exhibits but Kate Moni- 

 tor was the only visitor. This variety 

 was staged in very good condition 

 considering that it had been on the 

 load four days. It is a silvery pink 

 with deeper center, large size and 

 good form, and looks in its color and 

 make-up somewhere between Testout 

 and La France. The stem and foliage 

 are very good and altogether it ap- 

 pealed to the experts present as a most 

 promising variety. This club does not 

 give awards of any kind else this new 

 comer would have been duly decorated 

 as it deserves. P. Joseph Lynch of the 

 Dingee & Conard Co., was most enthu- 

 siastic in praising the work of such 

 men who can give us American varie- 

 ties of this merit so far superior to 

 much that we get from Europe. A 

 general discussion on the merits of 

 other roses took place. Adolph 

 Farenwald, Stephen Mortensen, Rob- 

 ert Craig, Edwin Lonsdale. Chas. 

 Ale. nan and others took part. Antoine 

 Wintzer of West Grove gave some il- 

 luminating remarks supplementary to 

 what Mr. Huebner had to say about 

 the best varieties of cannas. Alto- 

 gether this meeting was one of the 

 most instructive and interesting ever 

 held by the club. Ladies' night was 

 announced for Thursday, March 22nd. 

 The special feature of the April meet 

 ing will be an address on Easter 

 plants by Robert Craig. Carnation 

 Glendale was exhibited by Messrs. 

 Vesey of Fort Wayne. Jno. E. Haines 

 sent his new scarlet carnation and also 

 a number of promising seedlings. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The carnation exhibit of this club 

 was in every way successful, inas- 

 much as the flowers were the finest 

 yet shown. The committee. Adam 

 Graham, Ed. George and M. J. Meyer, 

 reported on the stock in very favor- 

 able terms. Wm. Brinker showed a 

 vase of 25 each of Fred. Burki. Lady 

 Bountiful. Flamingo and Enchantress, 

 sent by Fred. Burki of Pittsburg, that 

 were exceptionally fine: Merkle & 

 Son, Mentor, O.. a vase of the finest 

 colored Lawson there, also some very 

 good Enchantress; Bate Bros., a vase 

 each of Cardinal, one of their own 

 seedlings. White and Red 1 awson and 

 Enchantress; John Blechschmidt, 

 Lawson and Enchantress; Asher Coe 

 exhibited some Albertina; Roman 

 Wasco and H. Carlton, violets Prince 

 of Wales and Gov. Herrick. Mr. Carl- 

 ton was complimented on the good 

 keeping dualities of his Gov. Herrick. 

 fohn Kelly, a vase of Princess Nar- 

 cissus; G. M. Nauman, a vase of very 

 large cyclamen. The finest blooms 

 were undoubtedly those of the Ohio 

 Floral Co.. Enchantress. Flamingo and 

 Lawson carnations, with stems at 

 least 3o inches long and flowers 4 to 5 

 inches across, also two vases of 

 Bridsemaids and Golden Gates, con- 

 ceded to be the finest flowers yet 

 shown. 



A DAYTON SYMPOSIUM. 



The executive board of the S. A. F., 

 meeting in Dayton this week, was en- 

 tertained on Monday evening at an 

 elaborate banquet, the hosts being 

 Vice-President Altick and a number of 

 the local florists and supply people. 

 The banquet table was resplendent 

 with flowers contributed by Dayton 

 florists and the E. G. Hill Company, 

 and tastefully arranged by Mr. Shaeffer. 

 The menu cards were green and 

 gold, cut in the form of the rose leaf 

 badge of the S. A. F., and very pretty. 



Vice-President Altick presided. He 

 expressed the hope that this meeting 

 of the committee might be the prelude 

 to the most successful convention in 

 the society's history, successful for the 

 society and beneficial to the commun- 

 ity where it was meeting. He spoke 

 of the favorable prospects for an out- 

 door exhibition in connection with the 

 convention and referred to, other ex- 

 isting conditions in Dayton that would 

 contribute to making the convention 

 unique in many ways. President Kast- 

 ing was the first guest called upon. 

 He made a witty, jovial speech, com- 

 plimenting Dayton on its fine streets 

 and prosperous business aspect, and 

 predicting a widespread interest on be- 

 half of the coming convention. Ex- 

 President J. C. Vaughan spoke in com- 

 plimentary terms of Dayton's example 

 and influence in the home-adornment 

 movement and the opportunity to 

 make the program fit the possibilities 

 of these surroundings, which the so- 

 ciety should grasp, and urged that the 

 organization should draw away from 

 questions of mere merchandizing and 

 take stand on higher ground. 



Secretary Wm. J. Stewart followed 

 with complimentary allusion to the 

 hospitality extended the visitors and 

 the many avenues open for co-opera- 

 tion between the local people and the 

 society officers to achieve an unprece- 

 dented success this year on broader 

 lines than ever before. E. V. Hallock 

 spoke of Dayton as a grand example 

 <>t the enterprising modern town and 

 urged that every florist in the section 

 should enroll himself as a member of 

 the S. A. F. If small, he would grow; 

 if young, he would learn something, 

 and if old, the society might learn 

 something from him. W. H. Elliott 

 gave a brief account of a recent visit 

 to Havana and the primitive florists' 

 cultural methods in vogue there, but 

 submitted that sometimes the best 

 lessons are learned from unexpected 

 sources, and instanced a marvellous 

 phenomenon in rose-growing he had 

 seen in the old Spanish city. 



E. G. Hill prescribed "Opportunity, 

 ability, and faith." as a good motto for 

 the S. A. F.. and said that if the flor- 

 ists of America will only wake up to 

 their opportunity there is a heritage 

 within their reach, for the civic im- 

 provement sentiment is spreading like 

 a prairie fire, and there is a growing 

 demand for ornamental shrubs and 

 herbaceous stock in vast quantities, 

 and the cut-flower men are called up- 

 on to wake up and do their share in 

 the onward movement. P. J. Haus- 

 wirth and F. H. Traendly next con- 

 tributed some characteristic Haus- 

 wirthisms and Traendlyisms with 

 pleasing effect. George Asmus gave a 



