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HORTICULTURE 



April 10, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 To avoid Fast Day (which is April 

 9th in this State), our Society's first 

 meeting of the month was held on the 

 2d instant. Owing to the slight indis- 

 position of President J. F. Huss, the 

 first vice-president, John Gerard, of 

 New Britain, presided. One new mem- 

 ber was received; namely. Otto Gubitz, 

 of Hartford. A very interesting and 

 instructive paper was read by Mr. 

 Gerard, giving a vivid description of 

 the plans and operations of some of 

 the great seed houses of Europe, whose 

 names are little known to the public, 

 because of the fact that they never ad- 

 vertise, but whose institution and great 

 activities are well known to the 

 European and even transatlantic seed 

 trade. Mr. Gerard received a vote of 

 thanks from the Society. A small col- 

 lection of choice gloxinia blooms, con- 

 tributed by T. B. Brown, of Windsor, 

 was tabled. Messi-s. James Chambers 

 and J. A. Weber were appointed to 

 judge the display. Their report was 

 of a commendatory character, and, on 

 their recommendation, a vote of thanks 

 was passed to Mr. Brown. The secre- 

 tar\' was instructed to communicate 

 with the proper officials of the New 

 Haven and New London County Horti- 

 cultural Societies, with a view to the 

 arrangement of a joint one-day's out- 

 ing, next fall, to Amherst, Mass., es- 

 pecially to see the work of the agri- 

 cultural college and the experiment 

 station there. Walter L. Goodwin 

 (State senator from this district) and 

 J. A. Weber were appointed a com- 

 mittee to use their endeavors to effect 

 the passage of a bill now before the 

 legislature of this State, appropriating 

 $9,000 (instead of $4,500, as heretofore) 

 of the State funds for the aid of incor- 

 porated agricultural societies in giving 

 premiums. If the bill be enacted, our 

 society will receive $200 annually, for 

 this purpose, instead of $100. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, 

 Secretary. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



This Society announces its second 

 annual exhibition to be held at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on September 10, 

 11 and 12, 1909. The schedule which 

 is now out provides for 12G classes of 

 which 16 are special — the others cover- 

 ing the various classes of dahlias and 

 providing for the award of ribbons and 

 diplomas. Copies of the schedule may 

 be obtained from the secretary, 

 Maurice- Fuld, 5 Union street, Boston. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The .\merican Carnation Society 

 members please take notice, that all 

 of the papers, etc., pertaining to the 

 secretary's office have been forwarded 

 to our new secretary, A. F. J. Baur, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



Dues, registrations and all other 

 matters pertaining to this office should 

 now be addressed to Mr. Baur. 

 Respectfully yours, 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



A NEW ORGANIZATION. 



On Mond:>y. March 2'.nh, at a meet- 

 ing held in the offices of the Munson- 

 Whitaker Company, New York, a new 

 organization had its birth which will 

 be known as the Employers' Associa- 

 tion of Landscape Foresters and Com- 

 mercial Entomologists. 



The rules adopted by the society are 

 very stringent, and, as indicated by 

 its name, it is exclusively for employ- 

 ers actively engaged in the business 

 and able in every way to qualify in the 

 piactice of scientific tree surgery and 

 commercial entomology. 



Its objects are to promote good fel- 

 lowship and individual improvement, 

 and, as a body, to fight the "tree 

 butchers" and fraudulent dopers, who 

 are everywhere mutilating trees and 

 imposing upon the public, and it is 

 hoped that with such an organization 

 much will be done in advancing the 

 interest of the public, through the 

 members and press, in the protection 

 of our beautiful trees from diseases 

 and the destructive work of inssct 

 pests by scientific treatment, thus plac- 

 ing the science of tree surgery and 

 commercial entomology on a higher 

 plane. 



The following charter members were 

 enrolled: John T. Withers, Jersey 

 City, president; James E. Whitaker, 

 Boston, vice-president; F. A. Bartlet, 

 Stamford, Conn., secretary-treasurer; 

 H. L. Frost, Boston and Chester L. 

 Whitaker, New York, examining com- 

 mittee; Lewis H. Wise, Jersey City, 

 and G. H. Allen, New York. 



Another meeting will be held some 

 time in April to complete the organiza- 

 tion. A special meeting will be called 

 by the president in the near future to 

 enroll new members. A number of 

 applications have already been re- 

 ceived. A convention will be held 

 annually to discuss scientific matters 

 in connection with the profession and 

 to enlighten the public in the care and 

 preservation of our beautiful trees. 



After the meeting a banquet was 

 held in the fashionable "barn room" 

 at Mouquins, Sixth avenue. After the 

 genial president had welcomed the 

 guests he introduced Mr. H. L. Frost 

 as Toastmaster, who very ably filled 

 that position. Dr. George E. Stone, 

 Ph. D., botanist and pathologist of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Amherst, Mass., was the chief speaker 

 of the evening and gave some interest- 

 ing reviews in connection with his ex- 

 perience in the use of wood preserva- 

 tives in the treatment of cavities. Ad- 

 dresses were made by Messrs. Leona'rd 

 Barron. W. E. Maynard and H. L. 

 Jones. George H. Wyckoff and W. B. 

 Pratt gave interesting talks on the 

 value of oils and leads for the destruc- 

 tion of our insect enemies. Mr. Wyck- 

 off's partner, Mr. Rose, John P. Marion 

 and Alex Guttraan, all made entertain- 

 ing remarks and Addison T. Hastings, 

 City Forester and Park Superintendent 

 of Jersey City, outlined the extensive 

 work being done in that city. The 

 floral decorations of the table, gener- 

 ously contributed by Mr. Guttman, 

 were veiT beautiful. 



K. 



A PROPOSED SWEET PEA ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The following letter which has been 

 widely distributed among sweet pea 

 specialists, is self explanatory: 



April 3rd, 1909. 



Dear Sir — Acquiescing in the desire 

 to start a National Sweet Pea Asso- 

 ciation, on the lines of other kindred 

 societies, I write to ask you for your 

 support in an effort to stimulate a 

 general acceptance of the idea, and to 

 give impetus to the good seed that has 

 fallen, so that it may bring forth a 

 hundred fold and blossom into a live 

 and useful organization. 



The Sweet Pea is the poor man's 

 Orchid, easy of culture and loved by 

 all, is becoming more popular every 

 year and can be seen in flower prac- 

 tically all the year round, thanks to 

 the so called Christmas varieties. 



President Harry Turner of the New 

 York Florists' Club, will lend his in- 

 fluence to the project, insomuch that 

 the June meeting (with the consent of 

 the club) will be set aside for a Sweet 

 Pea exhibition; on this date. June 14th, 

 it is proposed to organize the National 

 Sweet Pea Association and to arrange 

 a program for future action. 



The exhibition will be a modest first 

 effort. W. Atlee Burpee writes that 

 "he would be pleased indeed to offer a 

 cup and contribute towards the ex- 

 penses of establishing such a society." 

 Arthur T. Boddington also promises a 

 cup and any necessary contribution. 



Won't you help the cause along 

 either by your good wishes and moral 

 support or other manifestations of 

 good will and interest? It is going to 

 be a success — it must be a success. 

 Awaiting your kind reply. 

 Truly yours, 



HARRY A. BUNYARD, 

 Secretary pro tern. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Registration of Begonia. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 J. A. Peterson, of Westwood, Cincin- 

 nati Ohio, offers for registration the 

 plant described below-. Any person ob- 

 jecting to the registration of this plant 

 or to the use of the proposed name is 

 requested to communicate with the un- 

 dersigned at once. F'ailing to receive 

 objection to the registration the same 

 will be made three weeks from this 

 date. 



Name President Taft. — Description — 

 A sport from Begonia "Agatha"; it 

 originated in our greenhouse about 2 

 years ago. In growth it is much 

 stronger and sturdier than Agatha or 

 Gloire de Lorraine, to which class it 

 belongs. In color a beautiful shade of 

 soft rosy-pink, deeper and richer than 

 Agatha or Gloire de Lorraine. The 

 flowers more than cover a silver dollar. 

 It is a free and continuous bloomer 

 from November to April. Height 

 about 15 to 18 inches. Foliage large, 

 shining, dark green. 



W. N. RUDD, 



Date— April 2, 1909. Secretary. 



