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HORTICULTURE 



February 20, 1909 



Our benches have slate bottoms and 

 ■we use fresh sand for every batch of 

 cuttings. The best modern type green- 

 houses are none loo good if you want 

 to grow superior carnations." 



The subject was discussed quite fully 

 after the close of Mr. Patien's talk. 

 Peter Fisher said that he thinlis noth- 

 ing of a seedling carnation until it is 

 at least throi \ears old, and his final 

 estimate ol its value is not made until 

 it is four or five years old. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The president's reception and anmaal 

 smoker was held at Orange on Friday, 

 February 12. An oration was delivered 

 upon the life and services of Charles 

 Darwin, whose 100th natal anniversary 

 was reached upon this date, after 

 which the evening was devoted to so- 

 cial intercourse, .^^fter President Mac 

 Rorie had welcomed his guests, ad- 

 dresses were made by Charles H. Totty, 

 Frederick and Charles Atkins of Ru- 

 thcrl'ord. Edward Iteagan, secretary of 

 the Jlon-is County Society, Charles Mc- 

 Taggert of Thorburn's, and W. E. May- 

 nai-d of the Gardeners' Chronicle. Let- 

 ters of regret were read from \V. J. 

 Stewart, A^ T. Boddington and J. Aus- 

 tin Shaw. Tht- Rickards Bros, gave 

 their characteristic songs and Andrew 

 Wilson danced and told funny stories. 

 C. B. Lust gave selections upon the 

 banjo and the Imperial Quartette a 

 number of four-part songs. Light re- 

 freshments were served. 



The room was decorated with flags 

 in honor of Lincoln's birthday, a cen- 

 tre table of orchids and greenhouse 

 climbers from Julius Roehrs Company 

 staged by Max Richter, orchids from 

 Thomas Jones, and vases of flowers 

 wherever they could be placed. A vase 

 of lilies of the valley from Roehrs was 

 declared to be the finest stocx he 

 had imported in thirty years and was 

 remarkable for size of stem, flower and 

 fragrance. The contributions from pri- 

 vate estates were as follows: 



Charles Hathaway, Max Schneider 

 gardener, narcissus, freesia, hyacinths, 

 cvclamens, violets and carnations; 

 Sydney and Austin Colgate, William 

 Reid gardener, carnations; A. C. Van 

 Gaas'beck, John J. Dervan, gardener, 

 carnations; Charles A. Munn, John 

 Hayes gardener, carnations. The 

 judges for the evening were Edwin 

 Thomas, Jos. A. Manda and Arthur T. 

 Capam. J- ^- ^• 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RAIL- 

 ROAD GARDENERS. 



The executive committee of this as- 

 sociation met in Chicago on February 

 l'2th and decided to hold the next an- 

 nual meeting at Philadelphia in Au- 

 gust. After the meeting a week's trip 

 in=pecting railwav station grounds In 

 the neighborhood of Philadelphia, 

 New York and Boston will be taken. 



Every person regularly employed in 

 the gardening department of American 

 and Canadian railroads is entitled to 

 membership; dues $1.00 per year. 



We are voung but have accomplished 

 a great deal in our field; are anxious 

 to^have every one that is eligible to 

 become members and attend the con- 

 vention. All inquiries should be made 

 of Geo. B. Moulder, Sec'y; add. ess 

 111. Cent. R, R., Chicago. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Febi-uary meeting of the Flor- 

 ist Club was the annual carnation 

 meeting and was one of the largest 

 attended the club has had for several 

 months. The announcement that it 

 was to wind up with an entertainment 

 and smoker brought out the large at- 

 tendance. The exhibition of carna- 

 tions was not large, but those that 

 were on exhibition were fine. There 

 were only three outside exhibitors: A. 

 C. Brown of Springfield, 111., who sent 

 Superba, Sangarao and Governor Den- 

 een; A. F. Longren of Des Plains, 111., 

 with a fine vase of i,ucille, and Chas 

 Knopf Floral Co., with Mrs. Chas. 

 Knopf and Ruby. 



The club members who showed 

 blooms were John Steidle with Ros?- 

 Pink Enchantress, Enchantress, Har- 

 lowarden, Beacon, Mrs. Patten and 

 White Perfection; W. J. Pilcher, with 

 Beacon and White Enchantress; Fred 

 Ammann, with a vase of mixed stand- 

 ard blooms; E. W. Guy, a fine vase of 

 White Enchantress. 



A committee was appointed to report 

 at the next meeting the best plan to 

 eliminate the "crepe pullers" who are 

 becoming so numerous and bold, going 

 so far as to use the names of leading 

 retailers. This committee consists of 

 Messrs. Windt. Brix and Schoenle. It 

 was decided to hold the Annual Rose 

 Show during the March meeting. The 

 President apiwinted Piere Schnider. 

 E. Lombard and E. Denker as judges. 

 Thev brought in the following report: 

 Mrs! Chas. Knopf, 90 points: Lucille, 

 89; Ruby, 89; Sangamo, 8S; Superba, 

 87; Gov. Deneen, 80. The latter ar- 

 rived in bad shape. Among the local 

 growers who won first and second 

 prizes were W. J. Pilcher, J. Steidle, 

 E. W. Guy and J. F. Ammann. 



There were quite a few visitors, 

 among them being A. C. Brown of 

 Springfield, 111., Martin Reukauf and J. 

 J. Karins of Philadelphia. 



At the subsequent entertainment at 

 the Bismarck, after refreshments had 

 been served President Youn.g called or- 

 der and made a good talk for the good 

 of the club, and appointed J. J. Beneke 

 toastmaster. who responded and in 

 turn called upon members and visitors 

 for short talks, to which they happily 

 responded. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



At the regular monthly meeting, on 

 Februaiy 10, the attendance was light, 

 owing to inclement weather, but the 

 monthly points competition was as 

 keenly contested as ever. G. Wilson, 

 gardener to Mr. B. Stern, showed a 

 vase of exceptionally fine gardenias. 

 S. J. Trepess exhibited a beautiful 

 specimen of C-oelog>-ne cristata. Paul 

 Reul with freesias. C. Knight carna- 

 tions, H. Gaut sw-eet peas. James Elms- 

 lie and V. Cleres carnations, and F 

 Gale tomatoes were the other competi- 

 tors in the competition. There were 

 also displays of flowers, fruit, plants 

 and vegetables from numerous sources 

 conspicuous anions; which was a col- 

 lection of indoor grown vegetables 

 from Paul Reul and a dish of lovely 

 oranges by F. Gale. 



' W. H. MACKENZIE, Cor. Sec. 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The fourth annual meeting and ex- 

 hibition of this useful Society was 

 held at Springfleld. 111., on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday of this week. The at 

 tendance from all over the State was 

 very gratifying and the exhibition, 

 which we shall report in full next 

 week, was large and comprehensive, 

 carnations especially strong. A num- 

 ber of interesting papers were read. 

 President's Address. 



After bidding a cheery welcome to 

 the members and visitors and referring 

 with feeling to the fact that the meet- 

 ing was being held in the home of 

 Lincoln and on the centennial of his 

 birth. President Hey spoke of the valu- 

 able work being done by the State Ex- 

 periment Station and the improved fa- 

 cilities recently completed tor the fur- 

 therance of this work and stated that 

 it was proposed to go before the legis- 

 lature this yeai- and ask tor an annual 

 appropriation of $17,500 to carry on the 

 work. The college officials had gener- 

 ously come foiward and donated the 

 munificent sum of $5,000 out of the col- 

 lege funds to help along and the Asso- 

 ciation should be deeply grateful. He 

 called attention to the fact that Illi- 

 nois has now taken first place in the 

 front rank for' experiment station use- 

 fulness from a floricultural standpoint. 

 Referring to the census of 1910 he said 

 that, following the plan of the Asso- 

 ciation and the committee of the S. A. 

 F. working in conjunction with the 

 Census Bureau at Washington, it is ex- 

 pected that the record in floricultural 

 statistics will be far m.ore complete 

 than it has ever bsen hitherto. Contin- 

 uing, lie said: 



"Through the efforts of this Associa- 

 tion we were enabled to make a better 

 showing at the State Fair. I called 

 vciur attention to this matter last year 

 and wish to again remind you that 

 there is still room foi improvenient. 

 The schedule needs revision to bring it 

 up to date and I think the time has ar- 

 rived when this Association ought to 

 take some action in getting an appro- 

 priate building for the Floriculture Ex- 

 hibit. I would therefore again recom- 

 mend that a committee be appointed 

 on floriculture at the State Fair. 



"I think that the Association would 

 be much benefited by having the differ- 

 ent floral centers of the State repre- 

 sented by correspondents with whom 

 the secretary or president could keep 

 in touch. As the old saying has it, 

 •What is everybody's business is co- 

 body's business,' and it has often been 

 difficult to get information that is 

 needed. I would suggest a similar plan 

 to that of our National Society and I 

 think it would prove of great value to 

 get for our records a complete statistic 

 of our business. This will be especial- 

 ly valuable in furnishing data for our 

 legislative work and other things 

 which our Association will need for its 

 future development. These correspond- 

 ents should be kept supplied with our 

 literature and other matter and could 

 aid the Association greatly in increas- 

 ing its membership. At the last con- 

 \ention the Association recommended 

 that certliicates of merit be issued to 

 all exhibits worthy of the same. It is 

 hoped that this will bring out a better 

 exhibit." , , 



Concluding, Mr. Hey recommended 



