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HORTICULTURE 



May 8, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL MEET- 

 ING. 



Ikirty-flist Biennial Conference, St. 

 (':itlieriues, Ontario, Canada, September 

 1410, 1909. 



The E.xecutive Committee of this 

 national organization has accepted a 

 joint invitation tendered by the On- 

 tario Fruit Growers' .■Association, the 

 Niagara District Fruit Growers and 

 the St. Catherines Horticulture So- 

 ciety to meet at the city of St Cath- 

 erines this year. Arrangements are 

 rapidly progressing for a reunion of 

 unusual valtJe and interest at this at- 

 tractive place on September 14-16, 

 1909. 



An unusual feature lies in the fact 

 that the Ontario government has re- 

 cognized the importance of the com- 

 ing of this society to Canada by plac- 

 ing a substantial sum of money at 

 the disposal of the committee on ar- 

 rangements. This committee includes 

 representatives of the provincial as 

 well as local societies. 



The secretary of the Pomological 

 Society was invited to meet with this 

 general committee on arrangements 

 at a conference recently called at St. 

 Catherines for the purpose of organ- 

 izing such a systematic campaign 

 making for instruction and entertain- 

 ment as would place the success of 

 the convention beyond all peradven- 

 ture. He was greatly impressed by 

 the business-like and energetic way in 

 which the main and important fea- 

 tures involving preliminary arrange- 

 ments were adjusted. The sub com- 

 mittees are attacking with vigor and 

 enthusiasm the respective pieces of 

 work assigned to them 



The secretary is glad to report that 

 an unusually large number of state 

 horticultural societies have appointed 

 delegates to attend the St. Catherines 

 meeting. This will insure a wide rep- 

 resentation and a diversity of inter- 

 ests which will present exceptional op- 

 portunity for considering in a satis- 

 factory way legislative questions of 

 inter-state significance. It is also to 

 be noted that a great exhibition of 

 Canadian-grown, Lake Ontario fruits 

 will be in progress at the time of the 

 meeting affording a splendid oppor- 

 tunity for a study of these northern 

 varieties. 



The fruit region between Niagara 

 and Toronto is the most intensively 

 cultivated region in Canada. Excur- 

 sions through this famous section will 

 be arranged for the pleasure and prof- 

 it of the visitors. 



The program may be expected to in- 

 clude the latest and best in the en- 

 tire field of pomology. Arrangements 

 are now making for the presentation 

 of subjects of present-day importance 

 by the leading authorities. 



Early September is a delightful peri- 

 od in the Lake Ontario section. All 

 members of this historic society 

 should arrange to attend this con- 

 vention, new members are welcomed. 

 Full particulars will be issued later 

 by circular direct to each member, but 

 In the meantime a note should be 



made of the time and place, and all 

 members should plan accordinglv. 

 • L. A. GOODMAN, President. 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



JOHN CRAIG, Secretary. 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The schedule of prizes offered for 

 the June and August exhibitions of 

 this society, at Manchester, ilass., for 

 1909, has been received. For the Rose 

 Show, June 30 and July 1, there are 

 no less than eighteen special prizes 

 lor flowers and live for vegetables, 

 including several cups and medals. 

 Theie are, besides, forty-eight regular 

 classes. It is the sentiment of the so- 

 ciety to welcome competition from 

 outside its immediate territory, and 

 exhibitors from a distance will re- 

 ceive attention. Eric H. Wetterlow 

 is chairman of the show committee 

 and John D. Morrison, from whom 

 copies of the prize list may be pro- 

 cured, is secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Two remarkable specimens of pelar- 

 goniums were shown by Samuel 

 Batchelor at the monthly meeting oi 

 the Club, held on the 4th inst. These 

 were in 8 in. pots, three feet high and 

 the same in diameter and covered 

 with flowers. Resolutions of sympa- 

 thy were adopted for David Beam and 

 John A. Shellem, both of whom had 

 been long active and esteemed work- 

 ers in the membership of the Club. 

 Routine matters occupied the balance 

 of the evening. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the next meeting of the N. Y. 

 Florists' Club, Monday evening, May 

 10, Patrick O'Mara will reaJ a pape.- 

 prepared by the venerable Chas. L. 

 Allen of Floral Park on "Plant Devel- 

 opment." As Mr. Allen is. unfortunate- 

 ly, at present in ill health, it will be 

 impossible for him to attend the club 

 in person and read the paper himself; 

 hence Mr. O'Mara has kindly consented 

 to read the paper at that meeting. 



JOHN YOUNG, Secretary. 



THE WINNIPEG FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



This association had a most success- 

 ful year. We held one flower and 

 vegetable show which was bofh so- 

 cially and financially a grand success, 

 and this year we are making arrange- 

 ments for a much better one, every 

 member working hard to that end. 

 A. R. KING, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, Ind., 

 registered new- carnation Shasta. 

 Parentage pink seedling x Enchan- 

 tress; color, pure glistening white at 

 all times; bloom well formed and 3 to 

 3% inches in size; extra free and 

 early in blooming and does not crop; 

 does not split its calvx. 



A. F. J. BAUR, Sec. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 

 'Ihe regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington was held 

 at Gude's Hall on the night of May 

 ith. There was a fair attendance of 

 members and the greater part of the 

 meeting was consumed in discussing 

 the desirability of holding a flower 

 show in Washington next fall and the 

 plans for same. Peter Bisset, John 

 Robertson and O. A. C. Oehmler spoke 

 warmly in favor of it. No definite 

 plans were formulated. 



NEWPORT JUNE SHOW. 



The premium list for the June E.x- 

 hibition of the Newport Horticultural 

 Society has been issued. There are 56 

 classes covering decorative plants in 

 groups and specimens, cut flowers — 

 mainly roses— fruit, vegetables, chil- 

 dren's exhibits, etc. Mrs. Goelet offers 

 two special premiums of $25 each 

 which are sure to excite some lively 

 competition. One is for best table of 

 flowering plants, size 6x6 ft.— 50 per 

 cent, for plants, 50 per cent, for ar- 

 rangement. The other is for best vase 

 of cut flowers, with the same specifi- 

 cations. Copies of this schedule can 

 be had on application to the secre- 

 tary Daniel J. Coughlin, Newport, R. I. 

 James Robertson is president of the 

 society. The show will open on the 

 afternoon of June 23 and close on the 

 evening of the 24th. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Rhode Island Legislature has 

 recently appropriated $1,000 for the 

 Newport Horticultural Society, $1,000 

 for the Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and $800 for the Woonsocket 

 Horticultural Society. 



At the April meeting of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society, Manches- 

 ter, Mass., president James Salter led 

 the discussion on vegetables, a topic 

 in which much interest was mani- 

 fested. Resolutions were adopted on 

 the death of Mrs. Charles Head, an 

 active supporter of the society. 



At the exhibition of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society, London, on April 20, 

 Messrs. Paul & Son exhibited several 

 new Wichuraiana hybrid roses. One 

 of these, named Iceberg, has a double 

 flower of a diameter of four inches, 

 and is white; Agate is another of this 

 race, smaller and less double; Sea 

 Shell is a pink, single flower. 



J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., among a va- 

 riety of plants in pots, showed Clero- 

 dendron myrmecophilum, a plant 

 with dark green lanciolate leaves of a 

 leathery texture, and pyramidal spikes 

 of oi-ange colored, small flowers; Mal- 

 vastrum hypomadarum, a plant ex- 

 tremely floriferous, flowers white and 

 stained at the base of the petals with 

 purple. 



Lenox, Mass. — The Lenox Horticul- 

 tural Society has contributed $180 to 

 the fire relief fund. 



