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HORTICULTURi: 



April 3, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Field Day. 



The club will hold a field day on 

 Saturday, April 3, 1909, at Waverley, 

 Mass. Members and friends are invit- 

 ed to take electric car leaving Park 

 Street Station for Waverley at 1 P. M. 

 Any who cannot leave in time for this 

 car will arrive in season by taking the 

 following one. 



The establishment of W. W. Edgar 

 Co., near Waverley R. R. Station will 

 first be visited. Many of our members 

 will have pleasant reminiscences of 

 previous visits paid here. After an in- 

 spection of the stock growing here, 

 Edgar Bros, will be visited, and later 

 the establishment of Peirce Bros, in 

 Waltham. The character of the Easter 

 stock to be seen at the places named, 

 should make the visit one of peculiar 

 interest and profit, and a large attend- 

 ance is hoped for. 



Annual Banquet. 



As already announced, the annual 

 club banquet will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, on Wednesday evening, 

 April 14, 1909. From the advance sale 

 of tickets, it is evident that the com- 

 ing occasion will be more largely at- 

 tended than ever before. 



Tickets are $1.50, and can be had 

 from William Downs, .1. W. Duncan, 

 W. N. Craig, James Wheeler, Joshua 

 Lawson, Peter Fisher, J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, Robert Cameron, and Peter M. 

 Miller. Order what you need, at once; 

 positively none will be sold after Sat- 

 urday, April 10. 



Reception at 6 o'clock; banquet at 

 6.30. As toastmaster we will have 

 Judge C. W. Hoitt of Nashua, N. H. 

 There will be a few select songs and 

 readings appropriate to the occasion. 



A fine orchestra will furnish music 

 for the dancing, which it is hoped will 

 be under way not later than 9 P. M. 



All contributions of flowers should 

 be addressed to Decoration Committee, 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club, Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, not later than 3 

 P. M., on the afternoon of banquet. 



Regular Club Meeting. 



In a later circular, members will be 

 notified of the lecturer for our meet 

 ing on April 20. Sufl5ce to say now 

 that we have something interesting in 

 store. Mr. L. J. Renter, Westerly, R. 

 I., will favor us with a paper on roses. 



Paste these dates in your hat: 



Field Day at Waverlev, April 3, 1 

 P. M. 



Club Banquet, April 14, 6 P. M. 



Regular Club Meeting, April 20, 8 

 P. M. W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



WILLIAM DOWNS, President. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A special meeting of this society 

 was held Thursday, March IS, Presi- 

 dent Halsey in the chair. G. W. Gom- 

 ersall, landscape architect of Nyack, 

 addressed the meeting on the ar- 

 rangement of flower beds. His lec- 

 ture was very interesting and was fol- 

 lowed by questions and discussions. 

 CH. H. GUILLOZ. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular fortnightly meeting of 

 the society was held on the 20th in- 

 stant. President Huss presiding. About 

 forty members were present, empha- 

 sizing the need of more commodious 

 quarters, as some occasionally are 

 obliged to stand. The business pro- 

 ceedings were promptly dispatched, in- 

 cluding the accession of one new mem- 

 ber, J M. Harper, of Hartford; and 

 the extension of a rising vote of thanks 

 to Mr. Huss, and the award to him of 

 the society's diploma, for his exhibition 

 of a half-dozen beautiful specimen 

 plants of araaryllis, which were the ob- 

 jects of many flattering comments. 

 The meeting was then addressed by 

 Prof. E. A. White, of the department of 

 floriculture of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, who gave a very com- 

 prehensive view, assisted by powerful 

 lantern slides, of the g:-eat work being 

 carried on by his college in fitting stu- 

 dents for the vocations of floricultur- 

 ists, landscape gardeners, market gar- 

 deners, etc. Many modern greenhouse 

 plants were illustrated, and the tend- 

 ency toward light but strong sash in 

 greenhouse construction, to minimize 

 shade, was emphasized. The lecture 

 was greatly enjoyed and a vote of 

 thanks tendered to the lecturer. The 

 lantern was under the eflicient care of 

 Herbert 0. Warner, of Hartford. The 

 society's forthcoming banquet will be 

 held on April 12th, at Long's Hotel, 

 Hartford. To avoid Fast Day, the next 

 meeting of the society will be held on 

 April 2d, and will be favored by an 

 address by John Gerard, of New Brit- 

 ain, on "Revelations of the great seed 

 houses of Europe." 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Secretary. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held on March 18 in Kolb's hall. 

 After routine business, the subject of 

 beautifying the city was taken up and 

 upon suggestion of Secretary Panter a 

 motion was made and unanimously car- 

 ried that the services of the society be 

 tendered to the city officials to assist 

 them in beautifying the city. Several 

 rare orchids were exhibited by J. A. 

 Newsham, who gave some interesting 

 facts regarding them. P. A. Cbopin 

 spoke of the Harrisii lilies from St. 

 James as being superior to the Ber- 

 muda lilies. E. Baker read a paper on 

 "Elementary horticulture in public 

 schools," which received a vote of 

 thanks and the indorsement of the so- 

 ciety. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



A special meeting of the club was 

 well attended and started the ball to- 

 wards a fall show next Nov. 10, 11, 12, 

 13. The Wayne Pavilion is a most 

 suitable place measuring 200 x 110 ft. — 

 quite a size but not one whit too large 

 to hold all the enthusiasm the mem- 

 bers are showing. 



ROCHESTER (N. Y.) FLORISTS- 

 ASSOCIATION. 



At the last regular meeting of the 

 Rochester Florists' Association action 

 was taken and decided upon to hold a 

 plant and flower show this fall. That 

 the exhibition committee is out for all 

 there is to it, is noticeahle on account 

 of the calling of a special meeting tor 

 the purpose of enlarging this commit- 

 tee to twenty members. Our member- 

 ship has grown by leaps and includes 

 all the prominent nurserymen, seeds- 

 men and supply house representatives, 

 and from the boundless enthusiasm 

 which exists, this— the first Rochester 

 flower show — promises to be a hum- 

 mer. Chairman Chas. Vick of this 

 committee has assured us of the very 

 liberal support of the business men 

 here in the matter of prizes and of 

 their desire to see such a floral show 

 a complete success. 



SCRANTON (PA.) FLORIST CLUB. 



The second annual show of this club 

 was held on March 27. 28, with flue 

 exhibits from local florists and novel- 

 ties from a distance. T. B. McClintock, 

 William MacDonald and Schultheis & 

 Co., were largely represented among 

 the prize winners in numerous classes; 

 G. R. Clark competed successfully in 

 the various rose classes, taking "flrst 

 in all except White Killarney when 

 F. R. Pierson Co. was flrst and second 

 went to him. Among the exhibits not 

 for competition A. N. Pierson had a 

 vase of rose My Maryland, Joseph 

 Heacock Co. sent carnation Dorothy 

 Gordon, J. W. Webster oi Avoca, Pa., 

 had a fine display of ferns and flower- 

 ing plants. The judges were George 

 Payne, Dover, N. J., Paul Mader, 

 Stroudsburg. and William ClarK 

 Scranton. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY, 



Carnations registered — By Dana R. 

 Herron, Clean, N. Y. — "Glean." Paren- 

 tage, Winsor and unknown seedling of 

 Winsor growth; color, pink; size of 

 flower, 3 1-2 inches; habit, long, stiff 

 stems with perfect calyx; a very full 

 and fragrant flower. 



ALBERT M. HERE. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Tiie Pasadena Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion (Calif.) will hold their annual 

 spring show on April 12 and 13. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington, D. C., 

 which would have been held next week, 

 has been postponed till the second 

 Tuesday after Easter to prevent its 

 conflicting with the Easter rush. 



The Milwaukee Florist Club have 

 named Nov. 14 to IS as the dates for 

 their flower show, in order not to con- 

 flict with the shows in the large cities 

 in the West. They hope with a pre- 

 mium list of $5000 to secure exhibits 

 from all sections of the country. 



The Tri-City Florists' Club at the 

 last meeting at Davenport, la., elected 

 the following officers: President, C. 

 O. E. Boehm; vice-presidents, H. Pauli, 



