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HORTICULTUR£ 



March 20, 190» 



200-202-204 Franklin Street 

 NEW YORK 



THE FRUIT AUCTION COIYIPANY 



ANNOUNCES jjAILY SALES AT AUCTION 



of FOREiaN AND DOHESTIC GROWN Roies, Shrubs, Evergreens, etc., Bulbs of every description, Flower 



ing Plants. Palms, Bedding Stock, etc., etc., from leading growers and importers. 



Catalogues Mailed on Request. Correspondence Invited 



SPECIAL.— On Tuesday, March 2"d, we "ill cpITit a 

 Evergreens, etc. Also a coiisi^'imieiit of Tiibenis.-.. 



Thereafter every day (except M -. 



TERMS CASH JOHN P. CLfiARY, Auctioneer PROMPT DELIVERY 



Growers and dealer, will please note that aeconnt sales with remittance Is rendered IMMEDIATELY AFTER AUCTION. 



THE FRUIT AUCTION CO., 200-202 204 Franklin St., New York 



pQ 3^^ ^^„ UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE SALES BEGIN AT 10:30 A. M. Telephone ISlS Franklin 



.i.tioual assortment of Holland Rose.s, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Shrubs, 

 i.'li. Canna Roots. Dahlias, etc., in all sizes— true to name. 

 ) thnniphout the season. 



Weathered then extended an invitation 

 from the Hortletiltural Society of 

 New York and the New York Florists' 

 Club, respectively, to hold the next 

 meeting in New York City at the Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, and present- 

 ed a formal invitation from Secretary 

 Leonard Barron of the Hortitultural 

 Society. The invitation was accepted 

 by unanimous vote. 



Other Business. 

 Wm. F. Kasting on behalf of the 

 Buffalo Florists' Club invited the 

 visitors to a banquet in the Iro- 

 quois Hotel on Thursday evening. 

 The discussion of the disposition 

 of special prizes unawarded at any 

 show was participated in by the 

 debating giants of the society, and the 

 qtiestion was finally referred to Messrs. 

 Pierson, Valentine and Farenwald for 

 consideration. Harry A. Barnard of 

 London was here discovered in the au- 

 dience and called upon for a talk 

 which gave much pleasure, especially 

 when referring to the quality of 

 flowers on exhibition; he said "the half 

 had not been told," and he made some 

 pertinent comparisons between condi- 

 tions existing here and in England, 

 adding an eloquent plea for the out- 

 door rose as a subject for the cottage 

 garden. 



The Judges' Report. 

 The judges' report recommended 

 that a committee of three be constitu- 

 ted to examine all entries for exhibi- 

 tion hereafter, to see that exhibits con- 

 form strictly to the requirements of 

 the rule, that long stemmed flowers 

 be placed on the floor or on tables not 

 higher than fifteen inches, and provide 

 for uniformity in size and style of 

 vases in each respective class. The 

 latter brought out a debate that will 

 long be remembered, and the whole 

 report was referred to the executive 

 oommittee with full power. 



Election of Officers. 

 Election of officers was next in or- 

 der and resulted as follows: 



President, August Poehlmann; vice- 

 president, Frank R. Pierson; secre- 

 tary, Benjamin Hammond; treasurer, 

 Harrj' O. May; executive members for 

 three years, Peter Bisset and Wm. F. 

 Kasting. Walter W. Coles then read 

 his paper. 



The Exhibition. 

 The exhibition was pronounced su- 



perior to last year's. Among the fin- 

 est things were the decorative group 

 of seven tall vases of White Killarney, 

 fifty flowers in each, also vases of new 

 sports and seedling carnations and 

 fern novelties from The F. R. Pierson 

 Co., Tarryfown; twenty cyclamen 

 plants of extraordinary perfection from 

 Charles Sandiford; the Killarneys and 

 Richmonds from A. Farenwald, which 

 have never been excelled, and the 

 White Killarneys from Waban Conser- 

 vatories. Mrs. Jardlne from several 

 exhibitors was better than ever shown 

 before, and My Maryland was in fine 

 shape. 



Special Aw^ards. 



The A. N. Pierson vase for 100 Rich- 

 mond was won by A. Farenwald. For 

 12 roses (American Beauty barred) 

 W. H. Greaves was first, E. A. Slat- 

 tery, second. Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories took the Welch Bros.' cup with 

 25 White Killarney. The Farenwald 

 prize for 36 My Maryland went to 

 Robert Simpson, who also took the 

 Cook prize and the Special Prize of- 

 fered by the Lakeview Rose Gardens. 

 The Michell tray for 50 Killarneys 

 went to A. Farenwald, and the Pulver- 

 ized Manure Co.'s prize for 25 Amer- 

 ican Beauties went to Edward Towill. 



A special prize was awarded to Fred 

 Burki for 36 Pink Killarney. The Sil- 

 ver Medal and Certificate of Merit were 

 awarded to Waban Rose Conserv.ito- 

 ries for White Killarney, which scored 

 S7 points. 



Among the exhibits not mentioned 

 above were Mrs. Jardine from Robert 

 Scott & Son, not for competition; 

 Cherokee and South Orange Beauty 

 from W. A. Manda; carnations Doro- 

 thy Gordon from Joseph Heacock Co., 

 Shasta from Baur & Smith and O. P. 

 Bassett from Bassett & Washburn. 



List of Awards. 



,W lilc.oni^ KillaiiMV .\. Farenwald. 1st: 



BassctI ,^ \\-:i-lilinrii, :j.l. 



.-(I 1.1 :. Kirliin 1 lildW. TOWill. 



■T) 1.1c s Aimricnii Beaut.v — Bassett & 



Washlmrn. 1st; Edw. Towill, 2d. 



2."> Bride — Poehlmann Bros. Co., 1st; Fred 

 Bnrki. 2d. 



25 Bridesmaid— Peter Crowe, 1st; Fred 

 Burki, 2d. 



'>3 Cardinal — Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



25 Rhea Reid— W. H. Elliott, 1st: Peter 



2."i M.v Maryland — Robert Simpson, 1st; 

 A N. Pierson," 2d. 



25 Mrs. Jardine — Robt. Scott & Son, 1st; 

 Mvv. Towill, 2d. 



25 Mrs. Potter Palmer — Poehlmann Bros. 



25 Mme. Abel Chatenay— Robert Simpson. 

 1st: Poehlmann Bros. Co., 2d. 

 25 Ivory— U. S. Cut Flower Co. 



25 Killarney — I'oehlniann Bros. Co., 1st; 

 Peter Crowe, 2d. 



25 Wellesley— Gude Bros. Co. 



25 Richmond— Edw. Towill, 1st; W. H. 

 Elliott, 2d. 



Collection of Teas and H. T s, six or 

 more varieties, not less than 12 of a kind— 

 Gude Bros. Co. 



Thursday Morning's Session. 



The judges' report was presented 

 and accepted. 



A telegram was received from Mrs. 

 G. M. Hubbard, Twin Oaks, Washing- 

 ton, offering to establish a permanent 

 fund to provide a gold medal to be 

 awarded once in five years to raisers 

 of American varieties of worthy new 

 roses. The offer was accepted and on 

 motion of W. J. Stewart, Mrs. Hubbard 

 was unanimously elected to honorary 

 membership. 



F. R. Pierson reported for the special 

 committee recommending that no spe- 

 cial awards be hereafter advertised in 

 the schedule until they have been de- 

 posited with the society, and that all 

 special premiums offered shall be ac- 

 cepted only on condition that they go 

 to the premium fund of the society if 

 not awarded, unless the donor other- 

 wise specifies. 



Geo. D. Leedle then read a paper on 

 '■Roses as Popular Home Flowers and 

 how they are grown," for which a vote 

 of thanks was recorded. Leonard Bar- 

 ron then made the offer on behalf of 

 The Garden Magazine to place in the 

 hands of the society's officers gold, sil- 

 ver and bronze medals to be awarded 

 not in competition but as honorariums 

 for progressive achievement by work- 

 ers in behalf of the rose. This offer 

 was accepted with the thanks of the 

 Society. The paper of J. F. Huss on 

 "The Rose Garden" was then read by 

 President Poehlmann and ordered by 

 vote to be given the widest possible 

 dissemination. 



Thursday Evening. 



On Thursday evening the banquet 

 was held. Resolutions were read on 

 the death of Louis M. Noe and E. V. 

 Hallock; also final resolutions thank- 

 ing the local people for their generous 

 courtesy and hospitality. 



Mr. Barron presented his stereopti- 

 con lecture with slides showing the 

 different purposes for which garden 

 roses can be used, emphasizing the de- 

 sirability of working along the Ram- 

 bler lines and urging that the process 

 of development in future must be along 

 the production of varieties from use 

 of species hitherto not used by hybrid- 

 ists. 



