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HORTICULTURE 



January 23, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Tha( this orMaiiization has firown to 

 be a very strong factor in the horticul- 

 tural life of Boston was plainly evi- 

 denced in the j::vat throng of members 

 and ladies that filled tile lecture hall 

 of the Massachusetts, Horticultural 

 Society on Tuesday evening, 19th inst. 

 It was the inaugtiral meeting for the 

 new officers and. according to custom, 

 ladies night and the gathering was 

 worthy of the occasion. The retiring 

 president Mr. Westiwood opened' the 

 meeting witli a brief appreciative ad- 

 dress thanking the members, officers 

 and committees for their faithful 

 work and co-operation and bespeaking 

 the same support for his successor Mr. 

 Downs, whom he introduced in well- 

 chosen words amid much applause. 



President Downs' speech of accept- 

 ance was graceful and pertinent. He 

 made many thoughtful suggestions as 

 to the activities of the club for the 

 year to come. He advocated the 

 establishment of a hospital bed for 

 florists and gardeners overtaken by 

 sickness or injury, the offering of a 

 club trophy to be competed for at the 

 coming florists' market exhibition in 

 Horticultural Hall, a closer affiliation 

 and exchange of visits with sister 

 organizations, an employment bureau 

 for members, the enlargement of the 

 scope of the exhibition department and 

 redoubled efforts to draw into the 

 ranks every gardener and florist with- 

 in the club's jurisdiction. These 

 sentiments were all generously ap- 

 plauded and at a later hour Mr. W. R. 

 Weston was given an opportunity to 

 explain the hospital project the result 

 of which was the appointment of a 

 committee of five members to look into 

 the matter fully and report later. 



Secretary W. N. Craig's report for 

 the year showed an average attendance 

 of 170 at the meetings of the past 

 year, the largest being 325 on ladies' 

 night and the smallest 112, in May. 

 46 new members added during the 

 year. The secretary seconded the 

 president's suggestion of an employ- 

 ment bureau and favored the establish- 

 ment of life memberships in the club 

 at $25.00. Twelve new members were 

 duly proposed and elected. 



The treasurer's report was presented 

 by assistant treasurer Peter Miller and 

 showed a gain of $205 in the cash on 

 hand for the year after paying all ob- 

 ligations. The report from the land- 

 scape study class was also satisfactory. 

 The exhibition judges for 1909 were 

 appointed as follows: Eber Holmes, 

 chairman, Geo. M. Anderson, Jas. 

 Wheeler, M. A. Patten, C. Holbrow, 

 Rob't. McGorum, Kenneth Finlayson 

 and J. F. Flood. Refreshment com- 

 mittee: J. P. A. Guerineau. chairman, 

 G. W. Butterworth, W. Nicholson, Jr., 

 P. J. Turley, Messrs. Lindsey, Murray 

 and Barry. 



Alternating with the above recorded 

 business transactions were costume 

 dancing by the Stewart Sisters Quar- 

 tette, tenor solos by the famous Scotch 

 tenor, Stuart Moncur and songs by Miss 

 Hannigan— the latter already well- 



known to the members of the club. The 

 ( ntortainment was of a high order and 

 the artists were repeatedly recalled. 



The exhibits of the evening and 

 awards to same by the judges were as 

 follows; Wm. Sim, violets Baronne 

 Rothschild, Boston, Kaiser Wilhelm 

 and Princess of Wales; honorable 

 mention for Kaiser Wilhelm, which 

 Mr. Sim predicts will shortly super- 

 sede Princess of Wales. Violets 

 Baronne Rothschild from F. W. 

 Fletcher, Princess uf Wales from H. T. 

 Woods and G. Bleicken. Lady Camp- 

 bell from H. F. Woods. A handsome 

 crimson seedling carnation from Lewis 

 Small, Tewksbury; honorable mention. 

 Carnations Bay State and fine scarlet 

 seedling from A. Roper; honorable 

 mention to the latter. Yellow seedling 

 carnal ion Kanariebird, from Henry 

 Schrade, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., (a 

 cross between a pink seedling and 

 Lawson). Improved Primula Kewen- 

 sis from T. Coles. Mushrooms from 

 John F. Flood. All not otherwise 

 specified received a vote of thanks. 



President Patten of the American 

 Carnation Society extended a cordial 

 invitation to all who could do so to 

 go to the meeting of that society at 

 Indianapolis next week. 



Ice cream, cake and coffee was 

 served later in the evening. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club held its regular monthly 

 mseeting on last Thursday afternoon. 

 The meeting was an important one 

 and the attendance quite large, with 

 a tew from the suburban towns, thi.^ 

 being the first meeting since the holi- 

 lays. 



The trustees reported that they had 

 not yet found a new meeting hall, but 

 hoped to report on one by the next 

 raefeting. The Smoker Committee re- 

 ported that they would hold the 

 Smoker on the evening of the next 

 club meeting, February 11th. A very 

 important letter was read from Presi- 

 dent Valentine of the S. A. F., which 

 will receive proper attention from the 

 president in due time. The chair ap- 

 pointed Messrs. Aramann. Beneke and 

 Augeiinuller to draft resolutions on 

 the death of C.arew Sanders, which 

 read as follows: 



Whereas, Our beloved friend and fellow- 

 member.s, Carew S.inders has been called 

 to his eternal rest; and 



Whereas, In our association with him 

 for many years we found him a loyal 

 friend to the interest of this club and 

 possessed of that noble spirit which en- 

 dears a man to his fellowmen; therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved, That we hereby re^'ord our 

 sense of the inexpressible loss which this 

 club and all branches of our profession 

 have sustained in the removal of Carew 

 Sanders from the scones of his earthly la- 

 bors and our grateful reoosrnltlon of his use- 

 ful services in the cause of horticulture. 



The club voted to hold its annual 

 carnation meeting February 11th, and 

 the Siiioker will take placie the same 

 evening in another hall clope by. A 

 general discussion then ensued as to 

 the holiday trade in plants and flowers 

 which it appears, was about 25 per 

 cent. letter than anj^ previous 

 :'!hristn.as. 



The meeting then adjourned to a 

 nearby cafe where a general good time 

 was had and refreshments served. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held in Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y., on Wednesday, January 15, the 

 new president, Mr. John Everett occu- 

 pying the chair. There was an un- 

 usually large attendance, nearly sixty 

 members being present. The result 

 of the monthly points competition was 

 as follows: Mr. Kni.crht, poinsettias, 

 95 2-3; Trepess, mignonette, 77 2-3; 

 Reul, Enchantress carnations, 75; 

 Gale, do., 81 2-3; Cleres, Winsor carna- 

 tion, 84; Elinslie, Beacon carnations, 

 83 1-3: Wilson, Princess of Wales vio- 

 lets, 80 1-3; Gaut, moschosma, 89 1-3. 



There was also a fine display of 

 flowers and plants for exhibition, the 

 most conspicuous of which was a mag- 

 nificent plant of Eucharis .\mazonica 

 shown by Mr. Knight who received a 

 cultural certificate. Mr. Trepess 

 showed a carnation seedling which 

 was much admired. The president 

 appointed Messrs. Jaenicke, Matz, Hol- 

 loway, Ashworth, Garrett and Duthie 

 to do duty as judges at the monthly 

 exhibition doring the ensuing year. 

 Threte new members were elected amd 

 two proposed. 



Messre. Matz, Meyer an-d Jaenicke 

 were appointed as committee to ascer- 

 tain if a suitable lot could be acquired 

 upon which a horticultural hall could 

 be built, 'live N. C. H. Society is noth- 

 irg if not ambitious. On behalf of 

 Thorturn & Co., New York, Mr. Mc- 

 Taggart offered a prize of $10 for 

 twelve dishes of vegetables grown 

 from Thorburn's seeds, the prize to 

 be corr.peled for at the fall show. 



The society's annual dinner takes 

 place this month. With "Jed" Everett 

 as chairman of the entertainment com- 

 mittee a good time is assured. 



WM. H. MacKENZIE, Cor. Sec. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



Harry I'hilpot gives us the follow- 

 ing report. The Executive Board of 

 tlic Canadian Horticultural Assooia- 

 tion met at Toronto, January 12. All 

 of the offirers and ail but two of the 

 Executive Committee were present. 

 The chief businef^s transacted was the 

 completing of arrangements for the 

 annual meeting of the society which 

 ■■.vill be in Toronto in November, at 

 the time of the Chrysanthemum Show 

 in the same place. They are i)erfect- 

 ing arrangements to invite and enter- 

 tain the S. A. F. at Montreal in 1910, 

 ,f that society can be induced to ac- 

 cept. They expect to send a strong 

 dfelegatinn to Cincinnati. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At the last meeting of this society 

 the following officers were elected for 

 the current year: President, John H. 

 Murray; vice-president, Walter Koella; 

 treasurer, David Kydd; secretary, F. 

 H. MMrtz; board of managers, Ernest 

 Carrol, Thomas Pettit, Wm. Beattie, R. 

 Bell, Wm. Symons. At the next meet- 

 ing John H. Slocombe will give a talk, 

 the subject to be announced later. 



F. H. Wirtz, Sec'y. 



