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HORTICULTURE 



June 23, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The June meeting of this busy or- 

 ganization was held under the most 

 pleasurable conditions. In the after- 

 noon a delighful trip to two of Brook- 

 line's most elaborate and renowned 

 gardens — in the evening a splendid 

 session at Horticultural Hall with over 

 one hundred in attendance all being 

 in that merry mood consequent upon a 

 well-spent and instructive outing. 



Eighty-five of whom fifteen were 

 ladies participated in the Brookline 

 visit. At the estate of Mrs. E. N. 

 Brandegee presided over by David 

 Weir, the first place visited, and at 

 the Lars Anderson estate where Dun- 

 can Finlayson holds forth, the most 

 profuse hospitality was shown the 

 visitors; private conveyances met 

 them at the cars and refreshments 

 were served; the magnificent Italian 

 gardens were thrown open for their 

 inspection and every facility for en- 

 joyment was provided. 



A collation of strawberries and ice 

 cream was served previous to the 

 opening ot the evening session at the 

 Hall. The proceedings were mostly 

 informal, no regular program having 

 been announced. A communication 

 from the American Peony Society 

 acknowledging the club's courtesies 

 was received. Votes of thanks were ex- 

 tended to the generous hosts of the 

 afternoon. An invitation to spend an 

 afternoon with Wm. Sim, ladies to be 

 included, was accepted unanimously. 

 It was decided to hold the annual picnic 

 at Caledonian Grove in West Roxbury 

 in latter part of July. W. H. Elliott 

 presented a request from the executive 

 board of the S. A. F. that the club 

 select one of its members to present 

 a paper at Dayton on the "Ideal Gar- 

 dener and His Work," and this duty 

 was assigned to the executive commit- 

 tee. W. J. Stewart asked for a sub- 

 stantial attendance from Boston to the 

 Dayton meeting. An invitation re- 

 ceived from the North Shore Horti- 

 cultural Society to attend their rose 

 show June 27 and 28 was read. Visi- 

 tors present from a distance were C. 

 W. Ward, Queens, N. Y., J. W. Rogers, 

 supt. of parks, Cincinnati, O., and S. 

 S. Skidelsky of Philadelphia. Each of 

 these gentlemen responded to the call 

 of the chair and said a few appreciative 

 words. 



On the exhibition table there were 

 several interesting things. Alfred 

 Portsch showed a new heliotrope Prau 

 Ledele, a plant 4 months old bearing 

 enormous foliage and a flower truss 

 ten inches in diameter; also Impatiens 

 Sultani X Holstii, an excellent pot 

 plant, more compact and floriferous 

 than the parents. The heliotrope re- 

 ceived an award of merit and the 

 impatiens. honorable mention. Aspar- 

 agus plumosus var. Crawshawii from 

 James Crawshaw received a report of 

 merit. A similar award was given to 

 Chas. Sander for rose W. C. Egan, a 

 double-flowered pink hardy garden 

 variety raised by Jackson Dawson, a 

 cross between Wichuriana and Souv de 

 Wootton. Eremuruses from Mt. Desert 

 Nurseries received a report of superior 

 merit. Blue Hill Nurseries were ac- 

 corded honorable mention for Acer 



negunda Odessianum and for peony 

 Jenny Lind. The question box being 

 opened, disclosed some very puzzling 

 inquiries. Among them were, How to 

 get rid of cut worms, Where, if any- 

 where, have the large varieties of 

 narcissuses of the Emperor type be- 

 come naturalized in this country, and 

 Where can peony supports be pro- 

 cured? Various remedies for the cut 

 worm were recommended, from giving 

 him the axe to sterilizing the soil, 

 narcissi were said to be well-natural- 

 ized in one place on Cape Cod, and 

 Igoe Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y., were 

 recommended as the right parties to 

 supply peony supports. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society met in New 

 York City on Thursday, June 14. 

 President Alexander Montgomery being 

 unable to be present, vice-president 

 Robert Simpson occupied the chair. 

 The others present were treasurer 

 Harry O. May, secretary William J. 

 Stewart, Messrs. F. R. Pierson, A. 

 Farenwald, H. A. Siebrecht, W. A. 

 Manda and Peter Bisset. 



The question of the location for the 

 next meeting and exhibition of the 

 society, which has been left to the 

 committee to decide was discussed at 

 much length. An official invitation 

 from the Washington Florists' Club 

 was read by the secretary and the 

 eligibility of several other cities was 

 discussed informally, the result being 

 an unanimous vote in favor of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Wednesday, Thursday 

 and Friday, March 13, 14, 15. 1907. 

 were selected as the dates for the an- 

 nual meeting and exhibition. 



The president-elect, Robert Simp- 

 son, was authorized to appoint a com- 

 mittee with power to prepare a 

 schedule and the exhibition rules 

 were revised so that all exhibitors 

 not members of the Society shall pay 

 an entrance fee of three dollars, same 

 to be applied as membership initiation 

 fee. 



Mr. Bisset, representing the Wash- 

 ington Florists' Club, as its president, 

 informed the committee that it is the 

 intention of that organization to give 

 a general horticultural exhibition in 

 connection with the American Rose 

 Society's show. Arrangements were 

 then made, subject to ratification by 

 the Washington Florists' Club, for a 

 joint schedule and joint participation 

 in the net profits, if any, after the 

 expenses of the exhibition had been 

 paid. 



WM. J. STEWART. Secretary. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The regular meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held June 

 16, President S. Carlquist in the chair. 

 Wm. Henry, gardener to Grenville 

 Winthrop, was awarded a diploma for 

 a grand display of peonies. H. 

 Schmieske brought up, on behalf of 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle of America, 

 the matter of building a home for aged 

 gardeners, which was thoroughly dis- 

 cussed, but nothing definite arrived at, 

 as detail seemed to be lacking. Every- 

 thing promises well for a good show 

 on the 26th. 



GEO. FOULSHAM, Secy. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual peony show, in connec- 

 tion with the exhibition of the Ameri- 

 can Peony Society, held on June 15 

 and 16. filled the large hall, mainly 

 with peonies, and partially filled the 

 smaller halls. There were numerous 

 exhibits, large and small, and the 

 number of varieties included was very 

 large. As a rule the blooms were 

 tiddly up to standard, although some 

 individual blooms and groups of 

 blooms were very fine. In many in- 

 stances the flowers wilted badly, "those 

 coming from a distance suffeiing most 

 in this respect, so that on the second 

 day much of the show was seen at a 

 disadvantage. Nothing sensational or 

 strikingly novel was noted among the 

 varieties, old and new. Marguerite 

 Gerard, shown by Mr. Shaylor, was 

 again, as last year, the most generally 

 admired variety in the hall. The sin- 

 gle and Japanese varieties attracted 

 cons : uerable attention, being shown in 

 greater number than heretofore, but 

 on the second day many of the singles 

 shed their petals. 



Outsid- of the peonies there was 

 much to be seen. A tank of handsome 

 aquatics from Mrs. Oliver Ames, a ta- 

 ble of gloxinias, profusely flowered, 

 from Mrs. J. L. Gardner, a remarkable 

 display of great flower spikes of 

 eremurus in several varieties from Mt. 

 Desert Nurseries, gladiolus cardinalis 

 in three handsome varieties from W. 

 W. Rawson, an extensive display of 

 hardy herbaceous flowers elaborately 

 labeled and described from the Blue 

 Hill Nursery, and a group of Miltonia 

 vexillaria of rare beauty from Lang- 

 water Gardens, W. N. Craig, gardener 

 — these were among the most notice- 

 able exhibits. 



The Kelway silver gilt medal was 

 won by Wm. Whitman, and the bronze 

 by George Hollis for collection of 

 eighteen named varieties of peonies. 

 Other prizes were awarded respect- 

 fully as follows: Thirty or more 

 varieties, Wm. Whitman, H. A. Stev- 

 ens Co., James McKissock. George 

 Hollis, T. C. Thurlow & Co.; twelve 

 double, Wm. Whitman; specimen 

 bloom, Dr. C. G. Weld, T. C. Thurlow 

 & Co.; twelve single, T. C. Thurlow, 

 Wm. Whitman; Japanese single. Geo. 

 Hollis; vase of blooms on long stems. 

 Dr. C. G. Weld, E. L. Lewis, E. B. 

 Wilder; six double white, A. H. 

 Fewkes, T. C. Thurlow, H. A. Stevens 

 Co.; six rose pinks, A. H. Fewkes, 

 H. A. Stevens Co.; red, T. C. Thurlow 

 & Co., H. A. Stevens Co.; twenty-five 

 white, H. A. Stevens Co.; pink or 

 rose, T. C. Thurlow & Co.; red, Wm. 

 Whitman, H. A. Stevens Co. A silver 

 medal was awarded to Wm. Miller of 

 .Mt. Desert Nurseries for eremuruses. 

 Honorable mention was given to W. 

 W. Rawson for gladiolus Cardinalis 

 Ackermani. and to F. J. Rea for An- 

 chusa Italica var. Dropmore. W. N. 

 Craig got a cultural certificate for 

 miltonias. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Peony Society was held in Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Friday p. m., 

 June 15. Among the members present 



