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HORTICULTURE 



February 27, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The annual convention of tliis asso- 

 ciation at Springfield, 111., of which we 

 gave a partial account in last week's 

 issue closed on Wednesday evening 

 after a very successful meeting. Of- 

 ficers elected were E. Ci. Gullett. tin- 

 coin, president; G. B. Pranks, Cham- 

 paign, vice-president; .1. F. Ammann, 

 Kdwardsville. secretary; and F. T.,.. 

 Washburn, Blooniington, treasurer. 



T.Trl)ana was selected jis the meet- 

 ing iilace for 1910. 



The Springfield Florists' Club gave 

 an elaborate banquet to the visitors at 

 St. Nicholas hotel on Wednesday 

 evening. Charles E. Hay was toast- 

 master. The toasts were as follows: 



Beacons — On the Carnation Horizon, by 

 W. N. Rndd. 



Current Topics — Prom a Professional 

 \'io\v|ioint, by Prof. H. B. Dorner. 



Insjjirations of a Flower Show, liv George 

 .\snuis. 



Spii)iKfleIil — Past. Present and Fiitni-e. liy 

 N. U. Itolierts. 



Tlie \\eslern Fad— Is It a Perennial? by 

 Albert T. Iley. 



Snowbonnd — In a I'^i-iendly Comnmnity, 

 by George II. Angermneller. 



Aftci-glow — Of the American Carnation 

 Society Meeting, by J. F. Ammann. 



Report of The Exlilbition Judges. 



Your judges of the exhibition re- 

 spectfully report exhibits made by 

 sixteen exhibitors, as follows: 



Cblingo Carnation Co., Joliet.— Vase of 

 Carnation Continest, «R point<! fcertificate of 



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MclOllV. Wllilc I'C,'^: 1 iMll 



anil A'lhllrVV I :ll h-.^l V.I 



WMU- Kmhii --. Siirii 



FiirliMiilr.x^ iinil l.awsiin-Kiirliiiiiirr-- 



Mi.iihi I ; i-i't-nwood Cenieter\ A--.Mi,it li.ii. 

 M.iri.',iii riirk.— Vase of ( '.n i,., i hm \it. 



(Iri-riiH I. ^:ilnion iiinU. Si; |M,iiii- in-iiiii 



(•ate of nieritl; 1 r.ililr iiii'in |..r \,i^i 



of Mrs. J. C, \':ill:;li:ni . .11 lull - , ,iU,, mis.' 



Of Seedling limit i i, , ji,, .luliilnl 



Banr & Sniilli. In.lii imli-. In I \-;is,. 



Of Sliasra carnatii.ns Iwliilcl. S:i points 



(certificate of meritl. 



St. rinir Floral Co.. Relleville.— Vase of 



Seedling Carnation No. 2.) (dark pinlO. 82 



po 



Belle .Miller, Springfield.— Honoralile men- 

 tion ft,r vases of Variegated Lawson and 

 Mi-s. r, W. Lawson: vases of White Per- 

 fection, Lady Bonntiful and Wlnsor also 

 exhibited. 



Bassett .^ Washburn. Chicago. — Vase of 

 Carnation O. P. Bassett, 86 points (certifi- 

 cate of merit). 



A. C. Brown. Springfield. — Vase of 

 Superba (pink), 90 points (certificate of 

 merit); Sangamo (sih cr pinlii. R~ points 

 (certificate of merit): elm:! \l.ii. ipink), 82 

 points: Gov Deneen (piii-pliM, s] joints: also 

 vases ..f lii.se Pi-ik Fmlirint iv<s. Mrs. Pat- 



Irli 1! .] J.". - Iinrj- 



i i-i I I I'l'! ' Iicenhouses. Highland 

 I'l I ^ ' ' iiii.ition Lneille (white 



"I'll 'i. 1 ]iMil. icr). 85 points (certifi- 



c:il,. ,,f nirritl. 



.T. F. Ammann. Edwardsville. — Honorable 

 iiierifion fr>r vase of Mrs. Potter Palmer: 

 x.ns..^ i.f Uiiry roses. Rhea Reid, Killarney, 

 l^i' h.'itenay and Alice Roosevelt. 



I; ill ii Pros.. Indianapolis. Ind. — 



\.i-. ..I t.uiintion .lames Whitcomb Riley 

 (yclli H i. ST points (certificate of merit). 



Springfield Boiler & Mfg. Co.— .Model 

 Sled internally fired boiler and photo- 

 granlis. 



Wirth &■ Graup. Springfield. — Vases of 

 White I.awson. Enchantress, Lady Bonn- 

 lifnl and 'Wliite F/Uchantress. 



W. H. Gullett Sons, Lincoln. — Vases of 

 P.riil"' .mil Bridespjaid roses, honorable men- 

 tion. 



Plants. 



A. C. Brown. Springfield. — Group of 

 cinerarias, azaleas and pink geraniums. 



Carl Ranth. Sipringfleld. — Group of 

 azaleas, araucarias. palms, ferns and pans 

 of tulips. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago. — A line of 



e plants, dormauf 



Wii'heiriicr Ilrns., New York. -General 

 clisjil.iys t.r noxeltics in ribbons, etc. 



Miscellaneous. 



I. N. riUsbnry, Galesburg. — Va.se of split 

 carnations mended with tlie Pillsbnry 

 slaple.s, «lii(h we consider a very good 

 thing. 



American Blower Cn.. Hclniil, Mich.— 

 Model steam trap. 



loiua iDtlcry Ci... Ionia, .Mich. -General 

 Iliiw'i-r pots, vases, wire 

 ml w ire designs. 

 il lii-s Plaines, 111.— Seo- 

 ■ >li"xving new truss work, 



!. Co.. Chicago. — Model of 



WASHINGTON STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL ASSOCIATION. 



J. L. Duma.s, of Dayton who was 

 elected to the presidency of the Wash- 

 ington State Horticultural Assocation 

 at the annual meeting in Spokane, is a 



.T. I,. Dumas 



practical horticulturist and has made a 

 success of apple growing. Mr. Duma.? 

 is a n."^Live of Missouri, born in Clarli 

 county in lS(i2. Ho left the old home- 

 stead to become a teacher, coming to 

 Washin.gton in ISSi:, when he entered 

 Whitman College at Walla Walla. 

 After worlTing his way through col- 

 lege he went to Oswego, N. Y., where 

 he attended the Normal and training 

 school, graduating in 1S90. He then 

 went to Hawaii as principal of the 

 Honolulu Normal and Training school, 

 and while there h^, served as lieuten- 

 ant in the Citizens' Guard during the 

 reconstruction period and was made a 

 citizen under the government without 

 fcresweaiiug his allegiance to the 

 VTnited States. He returned to Was-Ii- 

 ington in 1.^97 and bought 140 acres of 

 land in the Touchet valley. Since then 

 he has served as superintefident of the 

 ])ublic schools at Pullman. He was 

 president of the Washington State Ed- 

 ucational Association in 1903-4 and was 

 a member of the Slate I'.oard of Educa- 

 tion from 1900 to 1902. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 



AND AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



This society will hold its fifth an- 

 nual carnation exhibition in Sammia' 

 Hall, Huntington, L. L, Friday after- 

 noon and evening, March 5, 1909. The 

 exhibition committee is composed of 

 .John R. McCulloch (chairman), Walter 

 Shaw, John D. Schwier, Mrs. W. H. 

 Sto\le, Mrs. F. W. Shadbolt, Mrs. G. 

 W. Totten, Joshua Hurd, Adolph Alius, 

 Richard Cartwright and A. H. Funnell. 

 secretary. 



Prizes consisting of certificates and 

 diplomas will be awarded for Carna- 

 tions as follows: 25 Lawson or other 

 dark pink, 25 Enchantress or other 

 light pink, 25 white, 25 scarlet, 25 

 ciimson. 25 any other variety, 25 as- 

 sorted, 25 any variety not disseminat- 

 ed: for Roses, 12 Teas, 12 any other 

 variety: for Violets, 100 double, 100 

 single; for 25 freesias, 25 sweet peas, 

 12 mignonette, specimen blooming 

 plant (orchids excluded), specimen or- 

 chid, specimen foliage plant, spring 

 bulbous or other flowers, greenhouse 

 vegetaliles. 



Plants should be at the hall in the 

 morning. Cut flowers not later than 

 2 p. m. on day of exhibition. Exhibits 

 sent by express should be addressed in 

 care of .lohn K. McCulloch. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The .Schedule Committee and the 

 Executive Committee of the American 

 Rose Society held joint session last 

 Friday in New York City. President 

 I'oehlmann apnointcd a committee to 

 consider the examination end require- 

 ments of new roses. Robert Simpson 

 of Clifton, N. J., was appointed Chair- 

 man. Application for recognition by 

 the Society of three different roses was 

 lirought up. The Schedule Committee 

 reiiorted upon their work in revising 

 the schedule, a preliminary copy of 

 v^fhich has been published; a report 

 was also given on the awarding of 

 special prizes. The value of the prizes, 

 as computed by Mr. Pierson, is equal 

 to $1000 at the present time. Several 

 l.ersons have advised us that they 

 would lil-e to put up special prizes 

 for the Buffalo Exhibition and these 

 l)rizLS have not yet been received. The 

 Iroquois Hotel will be the headquarters. 

 Papers are being prepared by five dif- 

 ferent persons upon matters of perti- 

 nent interest. Leonard Baron has of- 

 lered to give an illustrated lecture 

 upon this occasion. All entries from 

 a distance may be sent in care of 

 Vice-President Wm. F. Kasting. 3s:> 

 EllicotI Si. The Exhibition will open 

 Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'cIock, 

 March 17, and continue over the ISth 

 and 19th. 



BENJ. HAMMOND, Secretary. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BALTIMORE. 



The regular semi-monthly meeting 

 was held on Febmary 22nd. At the 

 next meeting, .Match Sth the election 

 of officers for the ensuing year will 

 take place, followed by a banquet at 

 The Hotel Caswell, cor. of Baltimore 

 and Hanover streets. 



