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HORTICULTURE 



January 9, 1909 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington was 

 held on the evening of Jan. 5. It was 

 known as Ladies' Night, and there 

 was a large attendance of florists with 

 their wives and friends. The busi- 

 ness session was unusually short and 

 the formal committees' report from 

 the flower show was held over till 

 next meeting. Gude Bros, showed a 

 very fine vase of My Maryland rose. 

 The Awards Committee, consisting of 

 Peter Bisset, Jno. Robertson and 

 George Cooke, awarded it a first-class 

 certificate. The roses were afterward 

 distributed among the talent of the 

 evening. 



There will be the regular yearly 

 nomination of ofhcers at next meeting, 

 the election to take place in March. 

 Willis Serfrass, representative of the 

 firm of Poehlmann Bros., of Chicago, 

 was a visitor of the evening. After 

 the adjournment of the business ses- 

 sion, the rest of the evening was 

 given over to a musical hour, which 

 was followed by dancing and refresh- 

 ments. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 Dorothy Gordon, the Joseph Hea- 

 cock Co.'s new pink carnation, was 

 . the center of attraction at the regular 

 monthly meeting of the 5th inst. A 

 special committee had visited the 

 home of this variety the previous 

 Thursday and reported as follows: 

 "Dorothy Gordon resembles Pink En- 

 chantress in color and form but is 

 superior to that variety in being of a 

 more uniform color, also larger and 

 of greater substance, apparently as 

 free a bloomer and of stronger consti- 

 tution and stitfer in the stem. We 

 find on test the keeping qualities to 

 be good, the flowers kept in an ordi- 

 nary rotting shed being salable four 

 days after being cut." (Signed) Ed- 

 win Lonsdale, J. Wm. Colflesh, Robt. 

 Craig. Alphonse Pericat of CoUing- 

 dale exhibited a superb collection of 

 Cattleya Trianae of unusual size and 

 fine colors. Robert Kift and others 

 addressed the meeting on the Christ- 

 mas trade. Among out-of-town visit- 

 ors were C. Keur, Holland, and P. T. 

 Barnes of Harrisburg. 

 NORTH SHOReTToRTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 At the regular meeting Jan. 1, of 

 the Xovth Shore Horticultural Society 

 at Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., the 

 following officers were elected: Presi- 

 dent, James Salter; vice-president. Dr. 

 W. H. Tvler; secretary, John D. Mor- 

 risson: "financial secretary, Herbert 

 Shaw; treasurer, James McGregor; 

 librarian, George Duncan; executive 

 committee. A. E. Parsons, J. W. Car- 

 ter, James B. Dow, Joseph Clark, Wil- 

 liam Swan. . 



The annual banquet of the Society 

 will be held in the Town Hall, Mait- 

 (;hpst«^r Mass., on Wednesday evenint;, 

 Feb. 10 at 6.30 o'clock, followed by 

 an entertainment and dance. Tickets 

 limited to 105. Members desiring 

 tickets will please notify the secretary 

 of the committee, Robert A. Mitchell. 

 All tickets unsold Feb. 5 will be 

 offered to the public. Last years' 

 banquet was voted the best yet. The 

 committee are bestirring themselves to 

 make this year's affair up to the 

 standard or better. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETV. 



.At the regular meeting of the Tarry- 

 fown Horticultural Society held Thurs- 

 day evening, Dec. 31st, the following 

 gentlemen were elected to ofiice for 

 this year: President, Abel Weeks; 

 vice-pivsident, John Woodcock; treas- 

 uier, Edward W. Berrien; secretary, 

 E. W. Neubrand: corresponding sec- 

 letary, Wm. Jamieson. Executive com- 

 mittee: Wm. Scott, J. W. Smith, J. 

 l^runger, Ilobert .\ngus, Alex. Mali- 

 land, Wm. Jamieson, Robt. Ballantyne, 

 Thos. A. Lee. Directors: F. R. Pier- 

 son, Isaac Kegua, Wm. Scott, Dr. R. 

 B. Coutant, J. W. Smith, Hon. I. i'. 

 Willard. D. McFarlane, Robt. Angnis. 



The monthlv prize was for twelve 

 best carnations, offered by Wm. Jamie- 

 son, aJid was awarded to James Stuart, 

 gardener to Mrs. F. A. Constable, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y.; also special men- 

 tion for a vase of Euphorbia 

 Jacquiniaefiora, which was greatly ad- 

 mired. 



The committee appointed to arrange 

 for the annual dinner of the society, 

 have selected the Florence Hotel for 

 Wednesdav evening, Jan. 13th, 19U9, at 

 7 45 P. M. An invitation is extended to 

 representatives of florists' and local 

 papers and kindred societies, and we 

 hope to see some of our fi lends with 

 us on the above date. „„,,, 



L. A. MARTIN. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the New Lon- 

 don County Horticultural Society was 

 held at Buckingham Memorial Hall, 

 Norwich, Conn., Jan. 4, l'J09. The fol- 

 lowing officers were elected: President, 

 S A Gilbert: vice-presidents T. W. 

 Head Re\. N. P. Carey; secretary and 

 treasurer Frank H. Allen; librai-iau, 

 Chas T. Beaslev: board of directors, 

 T W. Head, N. P. Carey, Otto Ernst, 

 Alfred Flowers, R. R: Willcox, H. F. 

 Parker F. H. Allen, S. A. Gilbert, G. 

 Neumann and O. E. Ryther: show 

 committee. Otto Ernst, R. R. Willcox, 

 H P. Parker, N. P. Carey, F. H. Allen, 

 S A Gilbert, G. Neumann, Chas. T. 

 Beasley, Oswald Lange, J. Stevens, M. 

 Shea and W. W. Ives. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The Cleveland Florists' Club at its 

 last regular meeting. Dec. 2Sth, decided 

 to hold its Annual Carnation Exhibit 

 in its club rooms, 2G10 Detroit avenue, 

 on Feb. Sth. All out-of-town exhibits 

 must be sent to above address, in care 

 of Isaac Kennedy, Secretary, and must 

 be prepaid. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The officers for 1909 in the Kentucky 

 Society of Florists are: Fred L. 

 Schulz, president; Robert Miller, vice- 

 president; H. Kleinstarink, secretary; 

 Joseph Wettle, treasurer. 



The first lecture of the season under 

 the auspices of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society will be given by W. 

 H. Bowker of Boston, in Horticultural 

 Hall, on January 9, at 11 o'clock. Sub- 

 ject, "The Yeast of the Soil." 



THE L. E. MARQUISEE GREEN- 

 HOUSES SOLD. 



Mrs. Marquisee has sold to Harry 

 and James Bellamy the greenhouses 

 and stock of the late Louis B. Mar- 

 quisee. The brothers have been asso- 

 ciated for many years with the late 

 Mr. Marquisee. They are men of long 

 and large experience in the florist busi- 

 ness, and have hosts of friends, both 

 amongst the craft and outside, who 

 wish them success in their undertak- 

 ing. They are men of the strictest in- 

 tegrity, and anyone doing business 

 with them will have no cause to regret 

 it. 



The greenhouses will' remain till 

 July 1st. A permanent location has 

 not been selected, but no time will 

 be lost in doing so, and the grounds 

 prepared for an early start. Orders 

 for the new white carnation Mar- 

 chioness, are coming in, and will be 

 filled in rotation. 



The firm will be known as Bellamy 

 Bios., successors to L. E. Marquisee. 



•■MARCHIONESS" ORDERS. 



HOKTICFLTURE: 



Gentlemen: — The late Mr. Louis B. 

 Marquisee before he died stated that 

 he had received several orders for his 

 new white seedling carnation "Mar- 

 chioness." His papers have been 

 searched, but so far no memoranda ol 

 same can be found. 



Will you kindly allow us to ask those 

 who gave their orders to Mr. Marquisee 

 to communicate with us at once, there- 

 by avoiding disappointment and delay? 



Thanking you in advance, 

 Respect fuUv yours, 



BELLAMY BROS. 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



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