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HORTICULTURE 



March 27, 1909 



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Ing chiefly pale tints. These are the 

 Colman varieties; some new Epiden- . 

 drums — hybrids growing G to 8 ft. high [T 

 and having blooms of various shades 

 of orange-scarlet, hybrids of Den. no- 

 bile alba mostly showing light tints. 



Mr. Cypher, orchid cultivator, Chel- 

 tenham, had several fine things, as for 

 instance Den. Apollo alba and Den. 

 Thwartsii and Odontoglossum Wig- 

 anianuni, Od. amabile and others. 



First-class certificates were awarded 

 to Cattleya Trianae Grand Monarch, a 

 flower of a rosy purple tint in all 

 Its parts, excepting the lip, which is 

 of a rich purple tint stained orange in 

 the throat. It was shown by Mr. Mon- 

 teith Ogilvie, of the Shrubbery, Ox- 

 ford. Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. got 

 a certificate for a plant of Brasso-Cat- 

 tleya. It is a light-colored bloom, 

 boldly fringed with purple. This firm 

 was also awarded a certifioate for 

 Odontioda Bradshawiae, a vivid scarlet 

 bloom. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual outing will occur on 

 July 1, 1909, at Duer's, Whitestone 

 Landing. The hustling committee in 

 charge, with H. A. Bunyard, chairman, 

 and J. Austin Shaw, secretary, an- 

 nounce details as follows: 



"Steamer Isabel starts at 10 A. M. 

 Breakfast at 12. Dinner at 6. Moon- 

 light sail 7 to 9.30. Bowling, dancing, 

 games. Prizes. Souvenir book. Fine 

 orchestra, big crowd. Gardeners' so- 

 cieties, retail organizations all asked 

 to participate. Tickets $-5.00 for lady 

 and gentleman; $2.00 for extra ladies; 

 $1.00 for children under 12. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 At the meeting March 19 the sub- 

 ject discussed was Gloxinias. A fine 

 vase of carnation iieacon was exhibited 

 by Alfred Parson, s-ardener for E. S. 

 Grew. The Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston we:-e guests of the even- 

 ing and among those present were 

 President Willi.ani Downs, .John Gueri- 

 ueau, Julius Huorlin. George E. Bald- 

 win of Carillo & Baldwin. N. J., and 

 John KirVpgaard of the New England 

 '•.'ui series, Bedford, Mass. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnations Registered. 



By Bertermann Bros. Co., Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. — "James Whitcomb Riley." 

 Color clear, golden yellow; parentage 

 Lawson and unknown yellow seedling; 

 size 3 to 3 1-2 inches; habit like Law- 

 eon but with longer stems. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Inter-Town Dahlia Association 

 held its first meeting of the season on 

 March 19, at Ansonia, Conn. 



Prof. E. P. Hitchings, state entomol- 

 ogist, delivered a lecture before the 

 Bar Harbor (Me.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety on the evening of March 18. 



The Indianapolis Florists' Club held 

 its regular monthly meeting March I'l. 

 with a good attendance. The Cltib 

 will send a bowling team to Cincinnati 

 this summer. 



PiERSoN Display of Wuite Killarney at Buffalo Meeting of American 

 Rose Society 



at the March meeting of the Dayton 

 (0.) Florists' Club: H. H. Ritter, 

 president; H. M. Frank, secretary; 

 Geo. Bartholomew, treasurer. 



George W. Cable addressed the 

 Springfield (Mass.) Amateur Club on 

 March 11 on the adornment of home 

 grounds, a subject on which the 

 Springfield people seem to be thor- 

 oughly aroused just now. 



DURING RECESS. 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., celebrated March 16 

 with an evening at the theatre and 

 supper later. 



Patrick F. Reynolds has resigned his 

 position as recording secretary for the 

 Newport Horticultural Society. lie 

 has been a most courteous and efficient 

 secretary and his resignation on ac- 

 count of other important duties was 

 very much regretted by the society. 

 He is succeeded by Daniel J. Coughiin, 

 a former secretary. 



The Chicago florists have organized 

 a bowling club to meet each Friday 

 night at IIS Monroe street. At the 

 first meeting held on the 19th, there 

 w-as a good attendance and a delight- 

 ful evening was spent. Allie Zech's 

 team carried off the honors. The ab- 

 sence of the ladies was the only draw- 

 back. All florists are invited. 



The R. I. Horticultural Society and 

 the R. I. College united in a course of 

 three lectures, which were given at 

 Providence on March 16, 17, 18. by 

 Wilfrid Wheeler on "Small Fruit 

 Growing on the Intensive Plan," H. W. 

 Collingv.'ood on "Successful Orchard- 

 ing," and J. K. M. L. Farquhar on 

 "Landscape Gardening for Home Dec- 

 oration," respectively. 



Shenandoah, la. — The Ratekin Seed 

 Co. has announced their intention to 

 erect one of the largest seed houses 

 in the West. The building is to be 

 60x150. three stories and basement, 

 constructed of brick and cement and 

 fireproof throughout. The approxi- 

 mate cost will be $.'i0.000. 



On March 18, St. Paul and Minne- 

 apolis got together once more for a 

 friendly contest on the bowling alleys. 

 Ht. Paul was very confident of winning 

 three games, then two, then one. Jlinne- 

 apolis was just the opposite; after the 

 liclMng they got sometime ago, they 

 were ready to take another dose. It 

 came out otherwise, Minneapolis beat 

 St. Paul in three successive games. St. 

 i^aul challenged Minneapolis for 

 another tournament in St. Paul in the 

 near future. 



SCORES. 



Minneapolis. 

 : VViith 111 133 106 



Boeslin 132 131 151 



St. P.iul, 



Dysinger 118 136 124 



Hangan 145 158 107 



Dill 143 102 134 



Hansen 129 120 mi 



Olsen 103 157 147 



Totals 638 673 675 Total 



Ruedl'g'r 173 166 175 

 Will 160 145 146 



Carlson 123 126 133 



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