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HORTICULTURE 



March 17, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Intending exhibitors at the annual 

 exhibition in Boston, March 23-24, are 

 requested to make prompt application 

 for space, specifying the classes in 

 which they propose to compete. Entry 

 cards, schedules, etc., can be obtained 

 from the secretary. All entries must 

 be in by Thursday, March 22. 



Those wishing to compete in the 

 mantel and table decorations are noti- 

 fied that tables and mantels will be 

 provided by the society for all who 

 make definite entry by Tuesday, 

 March 20. Tables will be of uniform 

 size, limited to eight plates. 



The Program. 



We repeat the program of the meet- 

 ing at Boston as published last week. 

 A paper by Dudley M. Pray of the 

 Eastern Chemical Company, Boston, 

 on "Soluble Fertilizers" has since been 

 added. 



The annual meeting of the society 

 will open at 7.30 p. m. 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. 



Under 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, 

 at the Hotel Brunswick. 



WM. J. STEWART, Sec, 

 11 Hamilton Place, Boston. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The spring flower show of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, which 

 will open at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, on Friday, March 23, promises to 

 be one of the notable events of the 

 present season. 



In connection with it will be held the 

 annual exhibition of the American 

 Rose Society, which will afford a rare 

 opportunity of witnessing the perfec- 

 tion of bloom and beauty attained in 

 the cultivation of this queen of flowers 

 by the principal growers throughout 

 the country. 



Other features of the combined ex- 



hibition will be a magnificent display 

 of spring flowering bulbs and Easter 

 plants, together with Indian azaleas, 

 orchids, and carnations. There will be 

 in addition collections of winter ap- 

 ples and vegetables. 



The schedule of the Massachusetts 

 Society offers 210 prizes to the value of 

 $1200, in addition to medals, while the 

 Rose Society's list aggregates 1SS 

 prizes, ranging from $5 to $250 each. 



The exhibition will open on Friday, 

 March 23, at 6 o'clock p. m., continuing 

 Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 

 25, from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. 



The Brookline Band of twenty-five 

 instruments will give concerts on 

 Saturday evening from 7.30 to 9.30 and 

 on Sunday afternoon and evening from 

 3 to 5 and 7.30 to 9.30. 



WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



J. F. Huss 



Judge at Bostan Rose Exhibition 



HARTFORD FLORIST CLUB. 



The regular meeting of the club was 

 held on Friday evening, 9th inst., 

 President Huss in the chair. The an- 

 nual election of officers took place, 

 with the following result: President. 

 J. F. Huss (third term); vice-president, 

 Joseph Vidbourne; treasurer, Robert 

 Scrivener; secretary, Alex. Cumming. 

 President Huss exhibited two plants of 

 a new type of Impatiens, introduced by 

 Lemoine, and two fine specimens of the 

 new hybrid Cineraria stellata, for 

 which he was awarded a certificate of 

 merit. 



The club as a body recorded its re- 

 gret at parting with its late efficient 

 secretary. C. N. Ruedlinger. Mr. Rued- 

 linger has been appointed forester on 

 a large estate near Minneapolis, Minn., 

 and will leave for the West in a few 

 days. As a proof of the esteem in 

 which he has been held the club mem- 

 bers and other friends presented Mr. 

 Ruedlinger with a gold watch chain 

 and appendage. He leaves Hartford 

 with the best wishes of the entire 

 horticultural community. 



ALEX. CUMMING. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 regular meeting in Handel Hall March 

 8, P. J. Hauswirth presiding. 



The meeting was largely attended by 

 members in and out of Chicago. The 

 trustees reported they had leased the 

 hall for another year, and re-leased it 

 to the Retail Florists' Association for 

 their meeting nights. 



Mr. Wilson, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on exhibits, presented the re- 

 port of the annual Carnation Show. A 

 vote of thanks was extended to Hild 

 Bros, for their fine vase of stocks. 



Papers were read on carnations by 

 J. D. Thompson and Jos. F. Klimmer. 



After the reading of these papers 

 preparations were made to attend the 

 first annual convention of the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association at Peoria, 

 111., Friday, March 9. 



The Carnation Show. 



The annual Carnation Show held 

 under the auspices of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, Thursday, March 8, 

 while not so large as in former years, 

 was far better attended than the ex- 

 hibitions of the past two years. The 

 exhibits which attracted the most at- 

 tention were Seedling No. 49, grown 

 by Chicago Carnation Co. of Joliet, 111.; 

 Robt. Craig, grown by Thompson Car- 

 nation Co. of Joliet, 111.; Seedling No. 

 55, grown by Wietor Bros, of Chicago, 

 111.; stocks of unusual size, fine flow- 

 ers on stem 4 to 5 feet in length, 

 grown by Hild Bros., private garden- 

 ers at Lake Forest, 111. 



Other exhibitors were: Chicago 

 Carnation Co., Prosperity, Enchant- 

 ress, Lieut. Peary, Glendale, Varie- 

 gated Lawson, Fiancee, John E. 

 Haines, Mrs. Patten, Skyrocket, White 

 Lawson, J. A. Valentine, Lady Bounti- 

 ful, Cardinal, Daybreak Lawson or 

 Melody, Delight, Lawson, Imperial, 

 Harlowarden; H. Luedtke, May wood, 

 111., Enchantress Sport; Fred Stielow, 

 two seedlings, Belle, Lorna; 'Wietor 

 Bros., White Lawson, Seedling No. 55, 

 Fred Burki, Estelle, Harlowarden, 

 Lawson, Lady Bountiful, Lieut. Peary, 

 Enchantress, Nelson Fisher; Anton 

 Then, Enchantress, White Lawson, 

 Cardinal, Lawson, Lady Bountiful, 

 Winnemac; Jensen & Dekema Carna- 

 tion Co., Nelson Fisher, Walcott, Pat- 

 ten, Enchantress, Lawson, Boston 

 .Market; Chicago Rose Co., new rose, 

 Miss Kate Moulton; Weiland & Risch, 

 rose Killarney; R. Fischer, Great Neck, 

 N. Y., Carnation Abundance, Freesia 

 Purity; Geo. Field, Washington, D. C, 

 new rose, Tom Field; Laisle Floral 

 Co., Keokuk, Iowa, a creamy white 

 rose which was pronounced a sport 

 from the Bride. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next meeting of the club will 

 be held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on March 20. The lecture of the even- 

 ing will be by David Lumsden, on 

 "Plants and Bulbs Most in Demand 

 for the Easter Trade." There will be 

 other attractions, and none can afford 

 to miss this meeting. 



W. N. CRAIG. Secretary. 



