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HORTICULTURE 



March 17, 1906 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Ladies' night, Monday evening, Mar. 

 12, was probably the largest attended 

 meeting in the club's history, over 

 two hundred being present, of whom 

 fifty were ladies. Among the visitors 

 were Messrs. Fred Sander and T. 

 Mellstrom, Peter Crowe and Phil. 

 Breitmeyer. 



Mr. Nash's lecture was illustrated 

 by beautifully colored orchid slides 

 loaned by Mrs. Cornelius Van Brunt. 

 Mr. Sander made a felicitous address. 

 Songs were rendered by Mrs. J. P. 

 Cleary, Miss Nugent, Rickard Bros., 

 James Sage and others, all of whom 

 did well; but to Mr. Sage must be 

 given the laurel wreath for his "old- 

 time" songs, which were the hit of the 

 evening. The event certainly was a 

 rousing success in every respect. 

 Lager & Hurrell and Julius Roehrs Co. 

 exhibited orchids; H. Metz, a basket 

 of Asparagus Sprengeri, and Guttman 

 & Weber, a vase of carnation Victory. 

 The business of the evening was 

 quickly disposed of. The secretary 

 was instructed to write the members 

 of Congress representing New York 

 City, protesting against the "free 

 seed" distribution by the government. 

 Thirteen new members were elected 

 and six proposed. Everything else ex- 

 cept recreation was laid over for the 

 April meeting. An ample supply of 

 dainties for the ladies and solids for 

 the gentlemen had been prepared by 

 Mine Host Nugent and were distrib- 

 uted by that gentleman in his custom- 

 ary lavish manner. Dispersed about 

 midnight. 



ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY. 



NASSAU COUNTY (N. Y.) HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held at the usual place 

 on the 7th inst., President Harrison 

 in the chair. The attendance of mem- 

 bers was large, making a record for 

 such. Five new members were elect- 

 ed to active and seven nominated to 

 active membership; also two to hon- 

 orary membership. 



The chief business was the drafting 

 of a schedule for the coming fall 

 flower show. It is the earnest en- 

 deavor of the society to make this ex- 

 hibition a thorough success. Some 

 good prizes are already forthcoming. 

 The silver cup by Mrs. Percy Chubb 

 has been placed upon carnations, call- 

 ing for 50 carnations in 6 varieties 

 ( standard) arranged for effect. Gen- 

 erous gifts as prizes have also been 

 given by Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, Wee- 

 ber & Don. Stumpp & Walter, and 

 Vaughan's seed store. 



The floral exhibits by members at 

 the meeting were many, diverse, and 

 highly interesting, showing through- 

 out superb cultivation. Alex. Mac- 

 kenzie staged a lovely table contain- 

 ing a vase of mixed carnations, bunch 

 of Princess of Wales violets, a beauti- 

 ful pan of white hyacinths, vase of 

 rcses, pots of cyclamens, Primula stel- 

 lata, Forbesii, and a gorgeous collec- 

 tion of Primula obconica, all being ex- 

 ceedingly well grown and of beautiful 

 colors; also some fine bunches of 

 greenhouse tomato, Stirling Castle be- 

 ing the variety. S. J. Trepass staged 

 an equally beautiful table of cut 



President of the American Rose Society. 



flowers, flowering and foliage plants. 

 He had a fine vase of mixed carna- 

 tions, also pots of cyclamen, cineraria. 

 Primula obconica, and a grand pan of 

 yellow tulips. F. F. Meyers had on 

 his table some good carnations, a nice 

 flowering bush of white lilac, and some 

 superb spikes of antirrhinums. H. 

 Matz showed a well-grown pan of As- 

 paragus Sprengeri. F. Mense had a 

 lovely bunch of one hundred Princess 

 of Wales violets. 



The Mackenzie prize for the best 

 flowering plant was won by T. Harri- 

 son with a basket of Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine, which was the admira- 

 tion of all present. 



S. J. Trepass' new seedling carna- 

 tion, "Maxwellton," a grand white, 

 with Lawson blood, received the so- 

 ciety's certificate of merit, scoring 

 87 1-2 points. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, 

 showed a vase of their grand new car- 

 nation, "Winsor." 



JOHN F. JOHNSTON. 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



This club met on March 7 and had 

 an interesting session. Talks on 

 forced circulation by Mr. Dodson, and 

 on hot water heating by Mr. Taylor, 



were on the program. The latter gen- 

 tleman read some letters which he 

 had received from a Cleveland firm, 

 but seemed unfamiliar with the points 

 on which they touched. Although he 

 spoke of a saving in fuel to the extent 

 of 20 to 25 per cent., he was at a loss 

 to demonstrate the cause of such. He 

 submitted the diagram to Mr. Dodson 

 for explanation, who, after a few min- 

 utes' reflection, called for a black- 

 board. He then went on to show the 

 workings of the system to which he 

 did full justice. 



After the several discussions on Mr. 

 Taylor's system, Mr. Dodson took the 

 floor in his own behalf, explaining 

 the use of the pump in promoting cir- 

 culation. The ordinary hot water sys- 

 tem being based entirely upon gravity 

 as the circulating force, is often too 

 slow in movement to ensure uniform 

 or economical heating. The best way, 

 according to Mr. Dodson, to overcome 

 this is to assist gravity by use of a 

 pump, which hurries the circulation 

 so as to allow a drop of not more than 

 20 per cent, in the temperature of the 

 return water. 



The kind of coal more suitable for 

 firing was another topic taken up. the 

 majority being in favor of soft coaL 



