January 23, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



The "January Exhibition," hi»l(l in 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Satur- 

 day, Jan. 16, was very large — probably 

 ■the most extenflvte ever held at this 

 season, although the weather was 

 very cold. The carnation display by 

 Patten & Co. and others, was most 

 creditable. Amon.g Patten's novelties 

 were Haltio Starritt yellow variegated, 

 gara Nicholson crimson and Genevieve 

 white. Mis. J. Montgomery Sears, 

 gardener W. C. Ritchie, was repre- 

 sented in many classes including 

 Primulas Kewensis, obconic>a grandi- 

 flora and ehinensds, Celsia arcturus, 

 Clerod'endron Fallax, Lorraine bego- 

 nias, cyclamens, camellias and an 

 amaryllis, 18 months from seed, o£ 

 singular beauty — a very dark crimson 

 marocn. The finest Chinese primroses 

 ever shown here came from Wm. 

 Whitman, gardener Martin SulliN'an, 

 who also showed P. sfellata and ol> 

 oonica in excellent shape. E. J. Mit- 

 ton, garciener J. l.awson, was also rep- 

 resented by grand P. Ohinensis. From 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, gardener Wm. 

 Thatcher, the primroses in all classes 

 were fine. Altogether a distinct ad- 

 vance in type was apparent in the 

 primroses, as a whole. Bellevuo 

 Gre'pnhouses showed some handsome 

 mushrooms. 



Awards were as follows: 

 Primula Kewensis — Six plants in not 

 less than five-inch pots: First, Mrs. 

 Frederick Ayer; second, Mrs. J. M. 

 Sears; third, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. 



Primula Sinensis — Six plants in not 

 less than six-inch pots: First, Wm. 

 Whitman; second, E. J. Mitton; third, 

 Mrs. J. M. Scars. 



Primula S'lellata — Six plants in not 

 IV^^s than six-inch pots: First, Wm. 

 wniitniHn; second, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. 

 Primula Obconica Varieties — Six 

 plants in not less than six-inch pots: 

 First, Mrs. J. L. Gardner; second. 

 Mrs. J. M. Sears; third, Mrs. Frederic 

 Ayer. 



Begonia Glorie de Lorraine — Six 

 plants: The second prize to Mrs. J. 

 M. S*»irs. 



Cyclamens-:- Six plants in not over 

 seven-ii'ch pots: First. Mrs. J. M. 

 Sears; second Mrs. A. W. Blake. 



Camiations — Fifty blooms of any 

 iiiamod variety not disseminated: 

 First, M. A. Patten, Sara Nicholson. 

 Four vases, distinct varieties, twenty- 

 five blooms each: First, Chas. S. 

 Strcut; second, M. A. Patten; third, 

 S. J. Gcddard. 



Gratuities — Wm. Whitman, display 

 of Primulas; Mrs. J. L. Gardner, dis- 

 play of Primulas; Chas. S. Strout, vase 

 of Carnation Winsor; Miss E. .lackson 

 Clark, vi<jlets; S. J. Goddard, Freezia 

 Purity; Mrs. J. M. Sears, display. 



Silvfe" Medal — M. A. Patten, Carna- 

 tion Sara Nicholson. 



First Class Certificate of Merit — Mrs. 

 J. M. Sears, Seedling Amaryllis. 



Honorable Mention — H. F. Woods, 

 Violet Comet; M. A. Patten, Carna- 

 tion No. 505. 



Mushrooms — Twenty-four specimens : 

 Bellevue Greenhouses. 



Forced Vegetables— Rane & Hall. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This society held a regular meeting 

 on the evening of Jan. 12 with an at- 



tendance of members that was very 

 encouraging to its officers. The regu- 

 lar business being quickly disposed of 

 some time was then devoted to the 

 exchange of ideas about the holding 

 of exhibitions tor the year. Some ob- 

 jections were rais>Jd to holding the 

 usual two shows on account of the 

 heavy expenses involved, but as the 

 society has already accepted offers of 

 several handsome premiums to be com- 

 peted tor at two seasons of the year 

 it is safe to expect that the two shows 

 will be voted for and that keener com- 

 petition than usual will be the rule, as 

 it is evident that there is a desire by 

 a majority of the members that the 

 premiums should be more equally dis- 

 tributed than they have been the past 

 tew years, and this condition of affairs 

 will no doubt tend to make the coming 

 exhibitions excel the high standard of 

 excellence which they have been re- 

 puted for in the past. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS. 



National Flower Show Committee. 



Chairman W. F. Kasting directs me 

 to call a meeting of the Committed of 

 Fifty to take place at Indiauiapolis, 

 January 2Sth, at 10.00 a. m. 



The Executive Committee will meet 

 the same day at 2.00 p. m. 



The business of the Committee will 

 be wound up finally. 



J. H. nURDETT, Secretary. 



Chicago, January 15th, 1909. 



Ladies' Society of American Florists. 



A meeting of all members of tn'e 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists 

 attending the Carnation Convention at 

 Indianr.polis, Ind., is called for Wed- 

 nesday morning, .Jan. 27, 1909, at 10 

 a. m., in Exhibition Hall. 



MRS. J. C. VAUGHAN, Pres. 



MRS. CHAS. H. MAYNARD, Sec. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held on the 19th inst. Dr. Henry Skin- 

 ner, professor of entomology, gave an 

 illustiatcd lecture on diseases caused 

 by insects, and the remedies. His lec- 

 ture was along the lines of civic im- 

 provement, the abatement of swamps, 

 mosquitoes, malaria', yellow fever, etc., 

 and was very interesting and instruc- 

 tive. The first prize for Primula 

 Ohinensis went to Wm. Fowler, gar- 

 dener for Mrs. Geo. B. Wilson, for vase 

 of Laelia ancrps alba; and to Jas. 

 Goodier, gardener to C. G. Roebling, 

 for Cypripedium aurenum Roeb- 

 lingiana and Cattleya Trlanae alba. 

 The annual spring show will take place 

 March 23rd, 24th and 25th. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



A meeting was held on the evening 

 of January 9, at the office of William 

 Murphy, for the purpose of arranging 

 local details for the convention of the 

 Society of American. Florists to be 

 held in Cincinnati n'ext August. An 

 executive committee was appointed, 

 consisting of President J. A. Peter.son, 

 Vice-President C. E. Grilchell, Secre- 

 tary A. Sund'erbrunh, Treasurer D. 

 Rusconi, G. Adrian, E. A. Forder, Wil- 

 liam Murphy, J. W. Rogers. Richard 

 Witterstaetter and E. G. Gillett. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana, met at Indianapolis, on Jan- 

 uary 12. The officers were re-elected 

 for the coming year. 



January 28, E. W. Breed, of Clinton, 

 will speak on the Value of Trees, be 

 fore the Worcester County Horticultu- 

 ral Society, Worcester, Mass. 



The Detroit Florists' Club will hold 

 a carnation show, Febrtiary IS, and 

 possessors of novelties are invited to 

 send exhibits to the Michigan Cut 

 Flower Exchange. 



Tbe new entertainment committee 

 of the Milwaukee Florists' Club, Gus 

 Roesch, Will Zimmerman and Eugene 

 Oe*treicher, appointed on January 7, 

 already have plans on foot for a dance 

 early in February. 



The Sedgwick Oounty Horticultural 

 Society of Kansas, at their last meet- 

 ing endorsed thte bill of Representa- 

 tive Matson, providing for the punish- 

 ment of dealers selling fruit trees 

 under false labels. 



The Rhode Island Horticultural 

 Society's annual meeting was held at 

 Providence on January 20. Secretary 

 Rich and Wilfrid Wheeler were pres- 

 ent as guests, representing the Massa- 

 chusetts' Horticultural Society. 



At a meeting of the executive board 

 of the American Civic Association, 

 held December 4, Richard B. Watrous. 

 of Milwaukee, was elected to the 

 position of secretary made vacent by 

 the resignation of Clinton R. Wood- 

 ruff. 



The next lecture in Horticultural 

 Hall in the course by the Massachu- 

 setts Hoiticultural Society will be 

 given on January 23, at 11 o'clock, by 

 Prof. El a. ■\Vhite; subject. Orna- 

 mental Gardens and Garden Materials; 

 with steropticon illustrations. 



Tlie American Association of Park 

 Superintendents arc arranging a series 

 of photographs of park views and eoa- 

 structdon work to be exhibited at the 

 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. The 

 park superintendents hold their next 

 meeting in Seattle and the opportunity 

 for emphasizing the work they are ac- 

 complishing seems opportune. 



'Vhe State Florists' Association will 

 meet at Springfield, 111., on February 

 16 and 17, in Arion Hall. The 

 Florists' Club has appointed a com- 

 niittee to take charge of the exhibition 

 and issued a circular regarding space. 

 W. T. Homburg, 829 South Second 

 Street is secretary of the club and will 

 give further information to all in- 

 terested. 



Conservation of our national re- 

 sources was the topic under considera- 

 tion at the first meeting of the year, 

 January 13, of the Worcester County 

 (Mass.) Horticultural Society. Arthur 

 J. Marble was the principal speaker. 

 His address was vigorous and his de- 

 nunciation of certain people in public 

 life and their unpatriotic course on 



