March 13, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



364a 



PITTSBURG FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The meeting of ilaieh id Wiis well 

 aUeiided. Pies. Burkl annoimced the 

 committees having in charge Uie 

 necessaiw arrangements for the Car- 

 nation Convention of 1910, the chair- 

 men being as follows: 



Finance, E. C. Reineman; exhibition. 

 A. W. Smith. Jr.; reception, C. S. 

 Ciall; press, Wm. Falconer; decora- 

 tion, E. J. F. Zibger. 



P.ulbous Plants and Flowers was ilu- 

 topic for the meeting, with a competi- 

 tive display by the private gardeners. 



In the forced bulbs class, the prize 

 donated by W. C. P.eckert, was won 

 by Fred W'issenbach, gardener for W. 

 L. Melliii. In the class for forced 

 plants in flower other than bulbs, N. 

 C. Mad.seu, gardener for K. H. Boggo 

 received cultural certificate for three 

 pans of very hue cyclamens. Other 

 exhibitors were Frank Crook, gardener 

 for J. H. Park, who showed pots of 

 tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, plant of 

 Eranthemum pulchellum, Amai-yllis 

 and Clivia miniata; North Side Park 

 Conservatories, Jas. Moore, foreman, 

 who showed two pots of Chorozema 

 varia; E. C. Ludwig, with vase oi 

 mixed bulbous flowers; Phipps Conser- 

 vatories, Jno. W. Jones, foreman, who 

 showed a large table with tulips, hy- 

 acinths, daffodils and clnerias. ilr. 

 Jones also showed for the first time 

 before the Club Narcissus Elvira, a 

 cross between Narcissus poeticus or- 

 natus and Narcissus Tazetta, the ten- 

 der flowering narcissus of which 

 Paper White is au example. The 

 cross, Elvira, as shown, had a little 

 smaller flower than Ornatus, au agree- 

 able perfume, flowers in clusters like 

 the tender type and will force like the 

 tender type but is perfectly hardy out 

 of doors. It attracted considerable 

 attention, and it was thought it would 

 make a place. 



The South View Floral Co., per H. 

 C. Buecheler, manager, showed a large 

 vase of Rose Piuk Enchantress, cut 

 on Saturday and holding up well 

 Tuesday night. At the preceding Club 

 meeting much complaint was made of 

 the non-lieeping qualities of Rose Pink 

 Enchantress, and the present exhibitor 

 wished to show that when conditions 

 were favorable it would keep all right. 

 This brought out considerable discus- 

 sion with the result that it seems that 

 Rose Pink Enchpjitress if grown cool 

 keeps well, but tlie quantity of flowers 

 produced is lessened. 



The retailers ascribe many com- 

 plaints of the non-keeping qualities of 

 carnations, to the universal use of 

 natural gas in Pittsburg, and where 

 there is imperfect combustion, as fre- 

 quently happens, the fumes are very 

 harmful to carnations. 



Subject for next meeting Raster 

 Plants and Flowers. 



H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



This club held its regular monthly 

 meeting on March 4th with a good 

 attendance. The first business was the 

 election of the following new members 

 whose names were proposed at the last 

 meeting: 



Chas. Bemisch, George Armbrust, P. 

 Merker, D. P. Simons, Chas. Zai>fe, 

 P. Krause, P. Haage, F. Ayers, Paul 



Tausendschon 



New Hardy Rambler; no liinit to its 



.?alp 



Kubish. Emll Maerz, Chas. S. McCon- 



ley. 



The following names were proposed 

 for membership: 



W. F. Scofield, Walter Adams, Geo, 

 Piser, Michael Fink, Max Ringler. 

 Michael Matcher, R. E. Kurowski. S. 

 W. Baker, John Bell and P. Olsen. 



Pres. Asmus added Ollle Beck to the 

 committee on sports and pastimes. 



The commi;tee on revision of the 

 by-laws were granted further time. 

 The secretary called attention to the 

 general desire which seemed to pre- 

 vail among the members for the club 

 to decide upon holding a flower show 

 in tlie fall of 1909. The question was 

 discussed at length by E. F. Winter- 

 son. V,. N. Rudd. J. P. Klimmer and 

 others after which the matter was re- 

 ferred to a committee consisting of E. 

 F. Wlnterson, Walter Scott and P. J. 

 Foley, who should consult with the 

 board of directors of the Chicago Hor- 

 ticultural Society with the object of 

 obtaining the support or that society. 

 Immediate action will then be taken 

 by the Board of Trustees of the club. 



It was voted that a ladies' night be 

 held during the month of March and 

 an appropriation was made to cover 

 the cost. The question of life mem- 

 bership came up for discussion with 

 the result that the president will, in 

 the near future, appoint a committee 

 of three to take up the subject and 

 make the proper recommendations. 

 Chas. Morton, formerly of Chicago, 

 now of California, was present and 

 gave an interesting talk on the clubs 

 in his section and the good work they 

 were doing. 



The sudden death of E. V. Halloc!:, 

 of N. Y.. was mentioned with re- 

 gret and the secretary was instracted 

 to telegraph an order for a floral 

 wreath to be sent as a token of es- 

 teem from the Chicago Florists' Club. 

 J. H. Pepper, F. F. Benthy and J. C. 

 Vaughan were appointed committee to 

 draw up resolutions and send to the 

 bereaved family. 



Sec'y J. H. Pepper tendered his resig- 

 nation with regret, and the club as re- 

 luctantly accepted it. Mr. Pepper stated 

 that his recall to N. Y. city had neces- 



sitated his action. Louis H. Winter- 

 son was elected recording secretary 

 liy acclamation to fill the vacancy and 

 the thanks of the Cluu were tendered 

 to Mr. Pepper for his faithful services. 



DOBBS FERRY HORTICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



A meeting of the Dobbs Ferry Horti- 

 cultural Association was held in Odd 

 Fellows' Hall, Feb. 27, at which some 

 very creditable exhibits of roses, car- 

 nations, sweet peas, violets, etc., were 

 displayed. The judges, Messrs. Knod- 

 el. Lindsay and Riley, awarded first 

 prize to J. Holgerson. gardener to Mr. 

 H. T. Seidenberg, and second to Robt. 

 Boreham, gardener to McComb estate; 

 for the best four species of cut flow- 

 ers cultural certificates were awarded 

 to Messrs. Keeling, Lee and Harmes; 

 and to H. Kastberg. gardener to the 

 Misses Masters, for two bunches of 

 single and double violets. The prize 

 for the next meeting will be for the 

 best flowering plants. 



JOHN ERUNGER, Cor. Sec. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 will hold their spring exhibition in 

 the Odeon, March 22-25. O. G. Koe- 

 nig is secretary. 



Prof. Sears of Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College will lecture before the 

 Houghton Horticultural Society, Lynn, 

 Mass., on April 7. on "Fruit Growing 

 from a Commercial Standpoint." 



The annual convention and flower 

 show of the National Association of 

 Gardeners will be held in Scheffel Hall, 

 17th and 3rd Ave.. New York City, 

 March 17 and 18. The annual dinner 

 takes place on the evening of March 

 17. 



Jackson Dawson of the Arnold 

 Arboretum was to deliver the last 

 lecture in the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society's course on March 6, but 

 owing to his illness his paper was 

 read by Secretary Rich. His theme 

 was "Methods of propagating plants." 

 An unusually large audience was la 

 attendance. 



