March 17, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 

 The annual exhibition of carnations 

 given by the Cincinnati Florists' So- 

 ciety was held at the club rooms dur- 

 ing the afternoon and evening of Sat- 

 urday, March 10. The display was a 

 magnificent one, and it is doubtful if 

 there was ever its equal outside of the 

 exhibitions of the national society. 

 Here nearly all of the latest and best 

 varieties from all parts of the country 

 were viewed and admired by the flor- 

 ists and public as well. 



Secretary Ohmer worked hard to 

 make the show a success, and was 

 agreeably surprised at the result of his 

 efforts. The exhibitors were E. G. Hill 

 Co., Richmond, Ind.; P. R. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, N. Y.; Honaker, Lexing- 

 ton, Ky.; George Beyer, Toledo; 

 Miami Floral Co., Dayton; Weber & 

 Son, Oakland, Md.; Heller Bros., New 

 Castle, Ind.; W. C. Hill & Co., R. Wit- 

 terstaetter, George & Allen, Hunts- 

 man & Co., Wm. Murphy, Thos. 

 Windram and Frank Schneider. Two 

 new varieties were up for certificates, 

 but neither received the required 85 

 points. One worth mentioning was B. 

 G. Gillett, a beautiful red, which scored 

 86 points in '95. This variety is grown 

 by W. E. Hill of Clyde, O., and will be 

 heard from later. The other one 

 was Maybelle, grown by H. Weber & 

 Son, which scored S3 points. , At this 

 meeting, the S. A. P. medals were 

 awarded, R. Witterstaetter receiving 

 the silver medal with Afterglow, and 

 The Minneapolis Floral Co. the bronze 

 medal with their new rose, Miss Kate 

 Moulton. 



The following is a list of the prize 

 winners with varieties too numerous 

 to mention: E. G. Hill Co., F. R. Pier- 

 son Co., Honaker, the Florist, H. 

 Weber & Son and R. Witterstaetter. 

 The F. R. Pierson Co. deserve special 

 mention; considering the distance 

 their flowers were shipped, they were 

 in fine condition. Their display in- 

 cluded White, Red, Variegated and 

 Pink Lawson, and it is hard to say 

 which was the best. 



DuriDg the afternoon the out-of- 

 town florists paid a hurried visit to 

 some of our local greenhouse plants, 

 and in the evening were entertained 

 at a banquet given by the society at 

 the Burnett House. Those present 

 were: John Larsen, Wm. Hack, Henry 

 Reiman, Homer Wiegand, E. A. Nel- 

 son, John Hartje, Sidney Smith, Fred 

 Hukride, Wm. Billingsly and Irwin 

 Berterman, Indianapolis; Herbert Hel- 

 ler, New Castle, Ind.; H. M. Altick, 

 John Boehmer. Geo. Bartholomew, 

 Dayton; E. G. Hill, G. R. Gause, John 

 Evans and Geo. H. Fuller, Richmond, 

 Ind., Chas. Pommerd, Amelia, O.; Jno. 

 Weber, Oakland, Md.; Wm. Reeser, 

 Urbana, O.; O. S. Honaker, Wm. Ger- 

 lack, Lexington, Ky.; C. P. Dietrich, 

 Maysville, Ky.; F. R. Pierson, Tarry- 

 town-on-the-Hudson; Theo. Bock, 

 Hamilton. O. ; Mrs. Louis Koenig, Mrs. 

 Sanford Link, Portsmouth, 0.; C. H. 

 Kingsman, J. Wettle, Louisville; and 

 local members of the society, making 

 63 all told. President Wm. Murphy 

 served as toastmaster, and the remarks 

 of our guests were interesting and in- 

 structive. H. M. Altick, vice-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F. did not lose this 

 opportunity to boom Dayton and urge 

 all present to attend the coming con- 

 vention. After dinner the regular 

 monthly meeting of the society was 



held. E. G. Gillett was appointed a 

 committee of one to confer with the 

 Fall Festival Committee regarding the 

 floral exhibit. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular first meeting of the club 

 for March was held Tuesday evening 

 last in Iroquois Hall as usual. As the 

 very important matter of packaging 

 the flower and vegetable seeds, which 

 had been procured from the Livingston 

 Seed Company, for the school gardens 

 was in order, a goodly number of 

 members were present. It is the club's 

 custom to purchase a sufficient amount 

 of bulk seeds, to put up the required 

 number of packets of flower and 

 vegetable seeds needed for distribu- 

 tion to the scholars of our public 

 schools. As it will take several even- 

 ings to complete this work, frequent 

 meetings will be held until it is 

 finished. A letter was received from 

 Secretary William J. Stewart of the 

 American Rose Society, inviting mem- 

 bers to attend the annual meeting and 

 exhibition of this society, to be- held 

 in Boston, March 22-26 next. 



S. S. Pennock 



Judge at Boston Rose Exhibition 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club held its 

 regular meeting March 8, with an at- 

 tendance of twenty members. This 

 being a rose meeting, the prizes were 

 awarded to the following: 



J. F. Ammann. first on Richmond, 

 and first on Bride: W. J. and M. S. 

 Vesey, first on Bridesmaid ; A. Jab- 

 lonsky, second on Bride and second on 

 Bridesmaids; H. J. Weber & Sons, 

 first on Golden Gate. There was a 

 vase of mixed roses exhibited by J. F. 

 Ammann, not for competition; also a 

 nice vase of Miss Kate Moulton, ex- 

 hibited by Indianapolis Floral Co. 



WORCESTER CO. HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society (Mass.), held its first flower 

 show of the season on March 1. The 

 collection of orchids shown by George 

 McWilliam, gardener for G. M. Whitin, 

 was exceedingly fine. Leonard C. 

 Midgeley of the Worcester Conserva- 

 tories and H. F. A. Lange had special 

 exhibits of roses. 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The first annual convention of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association was 

 held at the City Hall, Peoria, 111., with 

 an attendance of seventy-five. Mayor 

 Tolson gave the address of welcome, 

 which was responded to by J. C. 

 Vaughan. 



The morning session was devoted to 

 perfecting the organization and form- 

 ing plans for the coming year; there 

 was also a motion passed that the As- 

 sociation co-operate with the Experi- 

 mental Station at Urbana, 111. On in- 

 vitation of the Peoria Florists' Club, 

 the visitors attended a sumptuous din- 

 ner given in honor of the occasion. 



The afternoon session was called to 

 order at 2 P. M., then followed fram- 

 ing of the constitution and election of 

 officers for the ensuing year. The of- 

 ficers are as follows: President, J. F. 

 Ammann of Edwardsville, 111.; first 

 vice-president, J. C. Vaughan, Chi- 

 cago; second vice-president, H. W. 

 Buckbee, Rockford; third vice-presi- 

 dent, John Willius, Danville; fourth 

 vice-president, Albert T. Hay, Spring- 

 field; fifth vice-president, Oscar Aug- 

 spurgur, Peoria; sixth vice-president, 

 Jos. Heinl, Jacksonville; seventh vice- 

 president, A. W. Webster, Centralia; 

 secretary, Prof. H. Hasselbring, U. of 

 C. ; treasurer, Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111. 

 This body constitutes the Executive 

 Board, to have jurisdiction of and rep- 

 resent the different districts. 



Invitations were received from 

 Bloomington and Springfield, inviting 

 the association to hold their next con- 

 vention in either of the two towns, 

 but no place was decided on. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Huntington Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society held its annual 

 carnation exhibition on March 6, in the 

 trade school building, Huntington, N. 

 Y. There was a good display of carna- 

 tions, violets and spring bulbous flow- 

 ers. Awards were made as follows: 

 Carnations, Dark pink: H. T. & A. H. 

 Funnell, first with Lawson. Light 

 pink: H. T. & A. H. Funnell, first with 

 Enchantress; Geo. Ashworth, second 

 with Enchantress. White: Geo. Ash- 

 worth, first, Wm. O'Hora, second. 

 Scarlet: Cottage Gardens, first with 

 Robert Craig. Crimson: J. D. Cock- 

 crott, first with seedling; Cottage Gar- 

 dens, second with seedling; H. T. & 

 A. H. Funnell, third with Harlowarden. 

 Any variety not disseminated: J. D. 

 Cockcroft, first with seedling white; 

 F. R. Pierson Co., second with Win- 

 sor; Cottage Gardens, third with seed- 

 ling white. Assorted: J. D. Cockcroft, 

 first; Wm. Eccles, second. Tea Roses: 

 Jas. Kirby, first. Violets: H. T. & A. 

 H. Funnell, first; Wm. O'Hora, second. 

 Mignonette: Geo. Ashworth, first. 

 Specimen flowering plant: H. T. & A. 

 H. Funnell, first for Azalea; Wm. 

 O'Hora, second for Baby Rambler 

 rose. Special awards were given to R. 

 Fischer, Great Neck, L. I., for Freesia 

 Purity; to Robert Hillock for spring 

 flowers; and to Geo. Ashworth for 

 greenhouse vegetables. 



The judges were William Donald and 

 Walter Shaw. 



Among visitors present was Wm. F. 

 Ross, representing F. R. Pierson Co. 

 There was a large attendance. 



