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horticulture: 



April 21, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS- AND SOCIETIES. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The April meeting of this club was 

 of the usual interesting character, and 

 was well attended, considering the 

 busy times for all hands, there being 

 upwards of eighty members present, 

 and the number of new applicants for 

 membership being twenty-seven. The 

 principal business of the evening was 

 to listen to a paper by J. A. Pettigrew, 

 on Street and Wayside Planting. This 

 was identical with the address deliv- 

 ered by Mr. Pettigrew in March of last 

 year before the North Shore Horti- 

 cultural Society, and which we pub- 

 lished in full in our issues of April 8 

 and April 15, 1905. We have on hand 

 a few copies of those numbers, which 

 we can spare for those of our readers 

 who would like to peruse Mr. Petti- 

 grew's admirable lecture. After the 

 paper, an hour or two was spent in 

 discussing the various topics touched 

 upon. On the exhibition table were 

 the following: 



Ixias, from A. E. Shedd, Bussey In- 

 stitution; Crinum Moorei. from E. P. 

 Morse, Dedham; Anemone coronaria 

 The Bride; and Anemone fulgens, 

 from W. N. Craig; mignonette, from 

 Alex. Downs; carnation Maxwelton 

 (Enchantress x Mrs. T. W. Lawson), 

 from S. J. Trepess, Glen Cove, N. Y.; 

 antirrhinum, from an unknown exhib- 

 itor, all of which were awarded hon- 

 orable mention by the judges. It was 

 announced by President Wheeler that 

 the banquet and sociable to be held on 

 April 25 would be a record-breaking 

 event in the club's history and that at 

 the May meeting a talk would be given 

 by E. O. Orpet, on the subject, The 

 Making of a Gardener." 



the several branches of horticulture, 

 ultimate success still depends on the 

 man himself. The lecturer received a 

 hearty vote of thanks for his address. 

 A discussion took place as to the 

 advisability of amalgamating our Flor- 

 ists' Club with the Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Society, and this important 

 step will be considered at a future 

 meeting. ALEX. CUMMING. 



HARTFORD FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of this club 

 took place on Friday evening, 13th 

 inst., President Huss in the chair. 

 Owing to the rush of work incidental 

 to Easter, the attendance was not 

 large. Francis Canning, instructor of 

 horticulture at the State Agricultural 

 College, Amherst, Mass., was present 

 and gave an interesting address on 

 the work conducted there. Mr. Can- 

 ning explained clearly the scope of the 

 curriculum in the various branches as 

 taught at Amherst, and compared the 

 methods of imparting instruction with 

 those which generally obtain in Eu- 

 rope. 



Considering that, at the various 

 State Agricultural Colleges, a general 

 education is given, with special train- 

 ing along horticultural or agricultural 

 lines, ami that fur manj operations the 

 student is paid a regular wage, the 

 h of the United States have oppor- 

 tunities and advantages not usually 

 Obtained in Europe. Mr. Canning 

 1 his remarks with the truism 

 that, notwithstanding the facilities of- 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The State Horticultural Society met 

 at Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 5 

 and listened to interesting addresses 

 lrom the president, Thomas Judd, and 

 others. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 

 Ant. C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook. N. 

 J., submits for registration the follow- 

 ing blooming sweet peas; 



1. Mrs. J. F. Hannay, pink, self 

 color, seedling from Mrs. William 

 Sim x Mrs. E. Wild. 



2. Marion Staniford, standard ma- 

 roon, wings blue, seedling from Christ- 

 mas Captain x No. 93. 



3. Miss Jossie Riedley. lavender 

 pink, seedling from Florence Denzer x 

 Mrs. Alex. Wallace. 



The sweet pea registered by A. C. 

 Zvolanek as Mrs. T. J. Dolansky 

 should be Mrs. F. J. Dolansky. 



WM. J. STEWART. Secretary. 



FLOWER SHOW AT PASADENA, 

 CAL. 



Pasadena's first annual flower show, 

 held on April 5, 6 and 7, was a most 

 gratifying success, the exhibits count- 

 ing up into the hundreds and the at- 

 tendance of the public excellent. The 

 mayor opened the show with a short 

 address. Sixty-one classes had been 

 provided for. but many extra and 

 special entries came in late, which 

 made a number of additional classes 

 necessary. Among the exhibitors 

 winning first prizes were the follow- 

 ing: 



Wright Flower Shop. American 

 Beauty (silver cup); J. W. Wolfskill, 

 25 carnations (silver cup), bouquet; 

 Woods Floral Co., Watsonia Ardernei 

 (silver cup) stocks, scabiosa; Park 

 Nursery, palms, rex" begonias, flower 

 ing begonias, Asparagus plumosus, 

 collection of economic tropical plants; 

 Hotel Green, decorative plants, Aspara- 

 gus Sprengeri, ornamental plants; F. 



E. Wilcox, J. Augestine, gardener. 

 lilacs, cinerarias, collection of flower- 

 ing plants; E. C. Sturtevant, water 

 lilies (silver cup); Mrs. Fowler, J. 

 Blake, gardener, 12 carnations (silver 

 cup) calendulas; Dr. Schiffman, or- 

 chids, adiantums; C. H. Hovey, gera- 

 niums; L. Newman, P. J. Jannock, 

 gardener. Bride roses, verbenas; Smith 

 Bros., poppies, bulbous cut flowers; 



F. T. Holder, bougainvillea, antirrhi- 

 nums; Mrs. Singer, foliage plants; 

 Mrs. Watson, acacia; H. Bournder, 

 cacti; .1. Ainton, Shasta daisies; M. 

 Bookdorf, violets; L. Hurlbut, pan- 

 sies; L. Lambert, sweet peas; Mrs. 

 Clark, iris; Mrs. Fitzgerald, mar- 

 guerites. 



C. L. Simons, who for the past four 

 years has been president of the Ama- 

 teur Horticultural Society of Spring- 

 field, Mass.. resigned his office at the 

 meeting on April 6. 



The State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana held its annual exhibit at the 

 State House, Indianapolis, on April 9. 

 Glendale among the carnations and 

 Richmond in roses attracted marked 

 attention. 



The Home Gardening Association of 

 Cleveland, O., has opened an addi- 

 tional exchange garden on East 115th 

 street for its work this season. 

 Through the assistance of florists and 

 others 20,000 plants and shrubs were 

 distributed to schools and small home 

 gardens last year. 



A Florists' Club has been organized 

 in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the fol- 

 lowing officers: President, Charles 

 Alt; vice-president, L. M. Law; secre- 

 tary. Charles Butchart; treasurer, W. 

 H. King; sergeant-at-arms, Fred 

 Laker. It starts with a membership of 

 over 20. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 The greenhouses of A. P. Calder of 

 Stoughton, Mass., were partially de- 

 stroyed by fire on April 15, which 

 caught in the engine room. Loss will 

 be from $500 to $800. 



Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash., 

 has received a large consignment of 

 rare South American plants and seeds 

 through the courtesy of Mrs. W. B. 

 Gibbons, a former resident of the 

 city but a native of Valparaiso. 



William Woods, gardener at Inter- 

 laken, the estate of Cortland Field 

 Bishop at Lenox, Mass., disappeared 

 on the night of April 5. He had noti- 

 fied the superintendent that he would 

 complete his duties on the 15th, and 

 it is thought by his wife that he has 

 gone to Canada, his former home, in 

 search of a position. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 

 W. J. Schoonman has established a 

 florist and nursery business on the 

 Lewis Gleason place, Danielson, Conn. 



Edward Sceery of Paterson, N. J., 

 has opened a branch store in Passaic, 

 corner of Bloomfield and Main 

 avenues. 



The Ansonia Floral Company, which 

 has extensive greenhouses on North 

 Main St., in Ansonia, Ct., has opened a 

 branch store at 70 Elizabeth street, 

 where all orders for cut flowers, plants 

 and funeral floral offerings will be 

 promptly attended to. The company 

 has built up a large business in a 

 neighboring city and now opens a store 

 here to meet its trade, which has con- 

 stantly been increasing in Derby. 



