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HORTICULTURE 



June 16, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The subject for the meeting June 

 5th, was "Peonies and Other Out-Door 

 Blooms," but on entering the hall it 

 was apparent that the peony was 

 queen of the evening and the other 

 out-door blooms" but humble atten- 

 dants on her Majesty. 



The principal out-of-town exhibitors 

 were Messrs. T. Meehan & Sons and 

 H A Dreer of Philadelphia, and U 

 BetsYher of Canal Dover, Ohio. The 

 season was nearly over with Eastern 

 exhibitors, and with one of them the 

 plants had been divided and set last 

 fall so that their flowers were at some- 

 thing of a disadvantage, but they were 

 in large variety, carefully labeled and 

 pleasing colors. . 



Among the Meehan peonies Deli- 

 catissima was noted for its pleasing 

 color and Couronne d'Or, Charlemagne 

 and Marie Lemoine were notable 

 among the Dreer peonies. 



It was evidently the height of the 

 season with the Ohio peonies for almost 

 without exception they were magnifi- 

 cent hemispheres of loveliness. Ihe 

 light and rosy pink section seemed 

 the best and particularly noticeable 

 were Lady Bramwell, Duchess d 

 Orleans, Floral Treasure, Jenny Lmd, 

 Edulis Superba. 



In whites there seemed nothing bet- 

 ter than Festiva Maxima, and it was 

 something of a surprise that this 

 variety introduced to the trade m the 

 50's should still stand at the head of 

 the list The Edulis Superba also 

 shows up well with only a few pmk 

 superiors. The size and fragrance of 

 the peonies shown was a revelation to 

 many of us, and it certainly looks as 

 though the present peony enthusiasm 

 was founded upon a substantial basis 

 Schenley Park Conservatories showed 

 very fine white peonies, gaillardia, 

 pyrethrums, columbines, oriental 

 poppies, and a general collection of 

 seasonable flowers. S. J. Wolfe of 

 Emsworth showed clerodendron, pop- 

 pies, dahlias, peonies and pyrethrums. 

 F. Burki, Gibsonia, Pa., a good collec- 

 tion of peonies. 



The July meeting of the club will be 

 a business one to arrange details for 

 the annual picnic. 



H. P. JOSLIN, Secretary. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 There was a fair attendance on 

 Ladies' Night and a very pleasant 

 sociable evening was spent by the 

 members and their ladies. The 

 routine business was put through with 

 commendable expedition. Mr. Pepper 

 reported for the outing committee 

 that the indications are favorable for 

 a large party on the excursion, July 

 2. Tickets are ready and the program 

 will be completed in a few days. Mr. 

 O'Mara on behalf of the special com- 

 mittee appointed to interview the U. 

 S. Express Company, reported that the 

 officials of that company had declined 

 to comply with the request for a 

 consultation and had taken the 

 ground that the matter of express 

 rates was something that con- 

 cerned only the company and the in- 

 dividual shippers. The committee 

 would still keep working on the mat- 

 ter and would thank shippers for any 

 further information they could supply. 

 On the matter of a club contribution 

 for San Francisco the secretary was 

 authorized to communicate with the 

 secretary of the California Horticul- 

 tural Society and report later. Reso- 

 lutions were adopted extending 

 sympathy to Messrs J. B. and W. F. 

 Nugent and Peter T. DeVoy on the 

 recent bereavements in their families. 

 On the exhibition table were some 

 fine peonies from C. W. Ward and 

 Charles Lenker, the latter including 

 some superb Japanese varieties. Also 

 a collection of Cattleyas gigas, Men- 

 delli, etc., from Lager & Hurrell which 

 was awarded a cultural certificate. 

 Among the finest varieties were 

 Mossiffi Summitense, M. virginalis and 

 M Reineckiana. H. Beaulieu showed 

 peonies and pansies, P. Neihoff his 

 rose named Columbia and H. H. Bar- 

 rows six plants of Nephrolepis Whit- 



mani. , 



Business being closed the rest ol 

 the evening was given up to entertain- 

 ment, singing, etc. An excellent colla- 

 tion was served and each lady received 

 a bunch of roses. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 



PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 

 The ninth annual meeting of this 

 association convened at the St. James 

 Hotel, Washington, D. C, at 10 A. M., 

 on Tuesday, June 12, President Theo- 

 dore Wirth in the chair and about 

 twenty members in attendance. The 

 president read his address which was 

 a well-considered and practical docu- 

 ment and was followed by the secre- 

 tary-treasurer J. W. Duncan, who pre- 

 sented his annual report showing a 

 small balance to the good and a mem- 

 bership of seventy-five. After sundry 

 committee reports resolutions on the 

 death of 0. F. Dubois of Peoria, 111., 

 were adopted. W. R. Smith of Wash- 

 ington was elected an honorary mem- 

 ber and six new annual members were 

 elected. The afternoon was devoted to 

 an automobile ride about the city and 

 through Rock Creek Park. At the 

 evening session, J. A. Pettigrew read 

 a paper on the treatment of park wood- 

 lands which proved exceedingly in- 

 teresting and instructive and was dis- 

 cussed at length. 



Officers were elected as follows: 

 President, Byron D. Worthen, Man- 

 chester, N. H.; vice-presidents, John 

 Chambers. Toronto, Ont, J. W. Dun- 

 can, Boston, F. Nussbanner, St. Paul, 

 Minn., J. F. Cowell, Buffalo, N. Y., 

 Chas. E. Keith, Bridgeport, Conn.; 

 secretary-treasurer, F. L. Mulford, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



Toronto was selected as the place 

 for the next meeting. 



Wednesday was devoted to a trip to 

 Mt. Vernon and Arlington. Wednes- 

 day evening was enjoyed as a guest of 

 a number of the Washington fraternity. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Autumn exhibition of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society will be held 

 August 13, 14 and 15 in the Casino 

 on Bellevue avenue. The Casino is 

 the best place wherein to hold such an 

 exhibition as the one in prospect 

 promises to be; not only is the mam 

 hall large and well lighted but the 

 piazzas, which are also placed at the 

 society's disposal, are exceedingly 

 well adapted for the gateway and 

 other out-door decorations which will 

 be a feature of the exhibition this 

 year The schedules were somewhat 

 delayed on account of uncertainty of 

 the dates, but they will be ready for 

 mailing Saturday of this week, and 

 can be had on application to D. Mc- 

 intosh, Ledge Road, Newport. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The club will hold its next field day 

 on Tuesday afternoon, June 19, at the 

 estates of Mr. Larz Anderson and Mrs. 

 W C Brandegee in Brooklme. Mem- 

 bers and friends are asked to meet at 

 the Soldiers' Monument, Centre Street, 

 Jamaica Plain, at 3 o'clock. 



Electric cars will leave for Horti- 

 cultural Hall at 6 o'clock, where re- 

 freshments will be served at 7.3U 

 sharp. Any members who are, from 

 any cause, unable to attend the field 

 day are invited to be present at the 

 hail' in time for the refreshments, 

 which will be specially seasonable. 



In lieu of a regular lecture at the 

 club meeting there will be a general 

 discussion of seasonable topics, an- 

 swers to queries from the question 

 box, and making arrangements for the 

 club's coming picnic. 



Contributions of peonies and hardy 

 roses, or any other flowers, are in- 

 vited for our exhibition table. 



No meetings will be held during 

 July and August. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular June meeting of the 

 club took place last Tuesday evening 

 at the headquarters in Iroquois Hall. 

 The night, although very warm, 

 brought out a goodly number of mem- 

 bers. President Stevens was in the 

 chair, and Secretary McKellar was, as 

 always, promptly on hand. After 

 much routine business had been gone 

 through with, and the treasurer's re- 

 port submitted, showing the financial 

 end to be in satisfactory condition, 

 the real business of the evening was 

 taken up. The club has two things 

 on its mind— a chrysanthemum show 

 this autumn and a bowling team for 

 Dayton this summer. Time will tell 

 its own story, as regards the latter. 

 The meeting was very enthusiastic, as 

 regards the "Mum" show. Last year 

 was the first one ever held here, and 

 resulted as follows: An admission of 

 25 cents to adults and 10 cents to 

 children was charged and something 

 like $325 was realized, with expenses 

 about $200. Of course lots of hard 

 work was done to accomplish such a 

 good showing. A committee is now 

 canvassing the craft and will report 

 at the next meeting how the trade 

 feels regarding another attempt this 

 fall. The show matter was discussed 

 by Messrs. Bauman, Hill, Faxon, Sei- 

 bert and Reicher. It looks now as if 

 35 or 40 of the craft would attend the 

 Dayton convention. The next meet- 

 ing will be Tuesday evening, June 19. 



