February 6, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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and stem a little weak. J. L. Schiller 

 exhihited a few Primula obconioa 

 Arendsi (gigantea), one of his special- 

 ties, in 4 in. pots. The plants were 

 very well gro^vn and remarkable tor 

 size of tlower. If the improvements in 

 obconica keep on, then goodbye to 

 Chinensis varieties. The Arendsi 

 shown were grown from the originii- 

 tor'p strain, and when better known 

 will be found indispensable as cut 

 flowers or pot plants. 



FLORISTS' WINDOW DECORATION IN JAPAN. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of 

 this soceity was held on the evening 

 of Jan. 29. Owing to weather eon- 

 ditions the attendance was rather 

 small. Mr. Abel Weeks, our new presi- 

 dent, occupied the chair for the first 

 time and made a promising start. 

 T'h'e secretary's repftrt on the annual 

 dinner was very favorable and a vote 

 of thanks was extended to Mrs. Dris- 

 ctvll, proprietor of the Florence Hotel 

 for her hot^pitality. The prize for this 

 meeting offered by James Stuart was 

 for two primulas, any variety, and was 

 awarded to Thomas Aitchison, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. H. Seigel, Mamaroneck, 

 who 'exhibited two fine specimens 

 which also received a cultural certifi- 

 cate. A superb vase of Wliite Killar- 

 ney rose exhibited by F. R. Pierson 

 Co. attracted much atttution and was 

 award'ed a certificate of niierit. Discus- 

 sion of exhibits brought the meeUng 

 to a close. W. JAMIESON. 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Program of meetings: 



Thursday, February 11 — Con/ference 

 on Vegetable Growing, Herbert R. 

 Kinney. 



Saturday, February 13 — Children's 

 Day — Children and Music, Adin A. 

 Hixon. 



Tliursday, February 18 — Worcester 

 County Bee Keepers Institute, 10.45 

 a. m. Speaker to bte announced. 2.30 

 p. m.. Insects in Everyday Life. Bur- 

 ton L. Gates. 



Tliursday, February 25 — Ladies' Day 

 — Music. Floriculture. Speakers to b ^ 

 auounced. 



Thursday, March 4 — Rambles in the 

 Wett, Charles W. Wood. 



Wednesday, March 10 — Annual Re- 

 union. 



Wedr.esday and Thursday. March 10 

 and 1] — Massachusetts Fruit Growers' 

 Coi'ivention. 



Thursday, March 11 — Speaker to 

 be announced. 



GHENT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



At the monthly meeting held under 

 the auspices of the Charabre Syndicate 

 des Horticulteurs Beiges, which took 

 place Jan. 3rd. certificates of merit 

 were awarded to the following orchids 

 exhibited by M. F. Lambeau: Cypripe- 

 dium imsigne Babette, C. Le?anum 

 Lakense, C. i. Lambeauianum, and C. 

 aureum Cyrus; also to CMiripedium 

 vnr. (Orphanum X Boadicea) shown by 

 M. J. Van Schoots, to Ltaelia anceps 

 alba var. Stella, and Cattleya Trianae 

 ruperba shown by M. Verdonc. 



NORTHERN WESTCHESTER 



COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 



AND AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



The Northern Westchester Horticul- 

 tural Society held its annual dinner 

 and installatifm of officers on January 

 £1, at Mount Kisco. N. Y. The visitors 

 and gufcsts were Mr. Howard F. 

 Bailey, who has done much for the 

 tiC'Ciety at previous shows, and who ha.s 

 ])romised a special for the coming fall 

 show; David MacFarland, of White 

 Plains; Dr. E. W. Brown and J. E. 

 Gorham, of Mount Kisco. M. J. 

 O'Brien, gardener for J. Borden Harri- 

 man. was toast-master. The table was 

 decorated with carnations. 



A. Li. Marshall, superintendent for 

 Col. Wm. Jay, Katonah, was installed 

 president: M. J. O'Brien, vice-presd- 

 dent; Wm. Bauley, treasurer: and H. 

 A. Spavins, secretary. 



THE CALEDONIAN HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The annua! general meeting of the 

 above society was held on Jan. 13, 

 which is also the occasion of the cen- 

 tenary of its existence. Financially, 

 the society is prospering, and the 

 treasurer's statement showed a satis- 

 factory balance. The centenp.ry w'U 

 be celebrated by a show in September 

 next, and great efforts will be made to 

 insure a full success. 



LOS ANGELES FLORIST CLUB. 



At the regular meeting of the Los 

 A.ngeles Florist Club held pn January 

 2:5, Vice-President Houghton in the 

 chair, officers for the ensuing year 

 ■^vero elected: President, J. Dietrich: 

 vice-president. Dr. Houghton: secre- 

 tary, .Jno. J. Reeves: financial secre- 

 tary-, Ohas. Winse] : treasurer, W. 

 Wern; sergeant-at-arms, G. Peterson. 

 H. E. GEORGE. 



of Plants for Forcing Purposes," by 

 Prof. William Stuart, Burlington, Vt. 



The annual ball and concert by the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society was held 

 in the Town Hall, Lenox, Mass.. on 

 January 29. The best in music, an 

 elaborate supper and finely decorated 

 hall were attractions that the large and 

 brilliant company did not fail to ap- 

 preciate. 



The Arkanisas State Horticultui-al 

 Society at their annual meeting on 

 Jan. 21, iiosK'ed a resolution asking the 

 legislature to pass a compulsory spray- 

 irg till to protect the orchards from 

 San Jose scale. H. H. Shibley, of Van 

 Buren, was elected president and J. 

 W. Vestal, of Little Rock, treasurer. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Florists' Club will be held at Shanley's, 

 42nd street and Broadway, in the "Ro- 

 man Banquet Hall," on Saturday night, 

 February 27. Fine decorations are 

 promised by the comjnittee in charge, 

 and it is said that the menu will sur- 

 pass any in the past. The ladies will 

 be present for the first time on record. 



Among the matters under consider- 

 ation by the Slate Horticultural So- 

 ciety of Colorado which convened at 

 Denver Jan. 20, that of orchard 

 heaters was promin'ent. The early 

 frosts that have appeared tor the past 

 two years have been the means of 

 io?ii\g f ouie two million dollars to the 

 fruit growers. After' an address on 

 the 3ul)ject by James L. Hamilton, 

 the society took a special car for the 

 Parfct orchards where six diftereiic 

 beaters w'cre put in operation. ^.Phe re- 

 sult will be known later. Officers were 

 eler'*ed as folio vvs: President, George 

 E. Richardson: vicf^president, 0. D. 

 Shields; secretary, Clinton Oliver, 

 Paoiiia: treasurer. Mrs. Lute Wilcox, 

 Denver. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The lecture before the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society on Feb. G, at 11 

 o'clock, will be on "The Etherization 



A STUNT FOR BURBANK. 



Scientists say th" white ant lays 

 80.000 eggs a month. Would it, we de- 

 .^ire to ask, would it be possible to cross 

 the white ant with the Plymouth Rock 

 hen?— Topeka Capital. 



