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HORTICULTURE 



April 24, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



It lias been noted that the atten- 

 dance at the April meeting of this 

 club is invariably the smallest of the 

 entire year. The fact is readily ex- 

 plained, of course. Still, seventy-five 

 is not a bad audience, especially when 

 the quality grades high, and that was 

 the number approximately which 

 turned out last Tuesday evening to 

 greet Louis Renter and listen to his 

 excellent paper on Roses, which ap- 

 pears in another part of this issue of 

 HORTICULTURE. 



Mr. Renter's talk was listened to 

 with close attention and its close was 

 the signal for a regular "field night" 

 of debate, participated in by W. H. 

 Elliott, Eber Holmes, Kenneth and 

 Duncan Fiulayson, J. W. Duncan and 

 other war horses and lasting until the 

 participants had to scurry for the last 

 trains home. 



In answer to questions Mr. Renter 

 said that all his roses are grafted 

 stock with the exception of Chatenay 

 and a few of My Maryland. Regarding 

 the latter he said that the grafted 

 stock seemed more inclined to take a 

 winter rest than the own-root plants 

 and for this and other reasons he is 

 disposed to favor the own-root system 

 for this variety. He will, however, ti-y 

 a few more grafted stock the coming 

 year, with a little higher temperature 

 and will also give this promising vari- 

 ety a trial for summer blooming. 



"w. H. Elliott suggested that the ag- 

 gregate results fiom a section of 100 

 running feet of bench would be a bet- 

 ter basis for comparison of profit than 

 the record of the number of flowers 

 cut. His experience had lieen that 

 Richmond, Bride and Bridesmaid, had 

 yielded scarcely one-half of the results 

 which Killarney had given him. Rhea 

 Reid had been a disappointment at 

 the finish but it just narrowly missed 

 being a big success and he proposed to 

 hold on to it for another trial. Eber 

 Holmes pronounced Killarney to be the 

 best paying rose grown. Bridesmaid 

 better than Bride. He advocated low 

 benches — 12 to 18 inches — for economy. 

 He spoke of the risk of allowing 

 blooms of new varieties to get out of 

 the introducers' hands and instanced 

 how certain parties had propagated 

 White Killarney surreptitiously from 

 fragments of stems and said that the 

 wise man would keep his novelties ab- 

 solutely under lock and key. He es- 

 timated that in the hands of a clever 

 propagator with adequate facilities, a 

 single eye might be increased to a 

 quarter million rooted cuttings within 

 two years. 



On the exhibition table were some 

 superb exhibits, including Khododen- 

 dron priecox from Robert Cameron, 

 snap-dragon from Wm. Swan, semi- 

 double rose pink larkspur from W. N. 

 Craig, My Marj'land rose from 3. J. 

 Renter & Son, alpine plants from Mr. 

 Cole and roses in variety from Mont- 

 rose Greenhouses. 



Rhododendron praecox is one of the 

 deciduous species which blooms before 

 the foliage appears. It is a hybrid be- 

 tween R. ciliatum and Dahuricum, the 

 flowers crimson pink. Mr. Swan said 

 that his antirrhinums had lieen raised 



tioni cuttings last June from seed 

 which he had been selecting tor seven 

 years and kept at 40 deg. to 45 deg. 

 during the winter. Four to five spikes 

 were left on each plant. These spikes 

 were of extraordinary size — nearly two 

 feet of flowers and buds. Mr. Craig 

 stated that his larkspur had been 

 sown in late November. The flowers 

 keep fully ten days in water. In a 

 discussion concerning Canna Tarry- 

 town it was asserted by Mr. Holmes 

 and others that it is quite distinct 

 from Canna Admiral Dewey. 



An invitation was received from B. 

 J. Shaylor for the club to visit his 

 peony gardens in June. 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The fourth annual spring flower 

 show of Pasadena Gardeners' Associa 

 tion was held on April 1, 2 and 3, 

 the show being opened by Mayor 

 Tlromas E^arley, who gave a brief ad- 

 dress. Three years ago this show was 

 held for the first time in the Audito- 

 rium, which was a small hall over one 

 of the business houses. Step by step 

 it has grown, and the promoters found 

 it necessary to erect two large tents 

 near the famous Hotel Green, 



The tropical effect and appearance 

 presented a most impressive spec- 

 tacle. The exhibit of Henry E. Hunt- 

 ington was a grand sight. Tree ferns, 

 Cocos plumosa and many other palms 

 of the like nature mingled with rare 

 flowering shrubs, and a fine plant of 

 Bougainvillea lateria by E. H. Rust 

 made a fine spectacle. Howard & Smith 

 also had a very interesting exhibit of 

 fiowering plants and Japanese shub- 

 bery, illuminated at night by Japanese 

 lanterns. Some very fine water lilies 

 were exhibited by E. D. Sturtevent. 

 Thomas Chisholm of the Pasadena 

 Nursery presented a fine display of 

 dwarf Japanese shubbery and ferns. 



The regular prize list was lengthy, 

 comprising carnations, roses, antirrhi- 

 nums, pansies, nicotiana, schizanthus. 

 phloxes, stocks, sweet peas, violets, 

 marguerites, Gerbera Jamesoni, del- 

 phiniums and a general list of annual 

 garden flowers, besides callas, irises, 

 watsonias and bulbous stock; also 

 peonies and other herbaceous stock 

 and shrub bloom. The winners w'ere 

 equally numerous, the list of winners 

 of firsts numbering between 25 and 30 

 exhibitors, mostly amateurs, among 

 which the names of Mi-s. S. W. Aller- 

 ton, C. H. Garvey, Mrs. E. M. Fowler. 

 D. R. Cameron and W. F. Kendall 

 were most often repeated. A number 

 of special awards and certiflcates of 

 merit were also distributed. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Advisory Committee for the S. A. F. 

 Trade Exhibition at Cincinnati. 

 President Valentine has appointed 

 the remaining two members of the 

 Advisory Committee for the Trade 

 Exhibition. The committee now 

 stands: Albert McCullough, chair- 

 man; R. Witterstaetter, E. G. Gillett. 

 W. N. RUDD. Secretary. 

 April IC, 1909. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held in Pembroke Hall, 

 Glen Cove, on Wednesday evening, 

 April 14th, with a good attendance. 

 Messrs. Holloway, MacKenzie and In- 

 gram acted as judges at the monthly 

 exhibition. G. Wilson was again lead- 

 er in the points competition and now 

 has a substantial lead in the fight for 

 the gold medal. 



The judges' awards were as follows: 

 G. Wilson, Frau Karl Druschki roses, 

 93. Paul Reul, antirrhinums, 86 1-3. 

 Valentine Cleres, carnations, 86 1-3. 

 Henry Gaut, sweet peas, 86. James 

 Elmslie, carnations, 81 1-3. Some of the 

 flowers and plants for exhibition were 

 also worthy of note. Especially fine 

 was Miltonia Bleueana nobilior, shown 

 by Julius Roehrs Co. of Rutherford, for 

 the first time in America. The judges 

 awarded it a certificate of merit. 



E. Fardell was awarded a cultural 

 certificate for a vase of Queen Alex- 

 andra stock. A pan of Salvia Zurich 

 shown by Paul Reul was much ad- 

 mired. 



J. Ingram read a paper on orchids. 

 Previous to starting business as a land- 

 scape gardener, Mr. Ingram grew or- 

 chids extensively and successfully in a 

 private establishment. His essay there- 

 fore was interesting and instructive. 

 The essayist dealt briefly with the cat- 

 tleya fly, but offered no suggestion as 

 to how it could be entirely eradicated. 

 It can be kept in check, he said, by 

 persistent fumigation and by cutting 

 out infected eyes or buds. 



Ou leauest Mr. Roehrs explained the 

 origin of Miltonia Bleueana. He said 

 it originated in France about fifteen 

 years ago and is a cross between M. 

 vexillaria and M. Roezlii. M. Bleue- 

 ana is still scarce as it is difficult to 

 grow. Mr. Wilson and E. Fardell 

 gave brief talks on how they grew 

 their respective exhibits. 



W. H. MACKENZIE, Cor. Sec'y. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the above 

 society was held on April 15. In the 

 absence of President R. Sleekier, Vice- 

 president H. Scheuermann presided. 

 Trade reports were made by several 

 members, in which it was shown that 

 the Easter business was a great deal 

 better than last year, many florists 

 having a larger demand than they 

 could accommodate. 



An invitation to the members of the 

 society to attend the annual barbecue 

 given by A. Alost of Rose Villa, Gen- 

 tilly Road, on May 2 w^as received and 

 accepted with pleasure, and a commit- 

 tee on transportation, etc., consisting 

 of J. Steckler, P. Abele and P. A. 

 Chopin was appointed. 



R. Eichling, grower for the U. J. 

 Virgin establishment, exhibited some 

 fine specimens of snap-dragon, Spanish 

 iris, and sweet peas. J. A. Newsham 

 exhibited some carnations which he 

 had grown out of doors, which were as 

 good as and in better condition than 

 those brought here from the North, 

 and he found that they last longer 

 than northern grown carnations. 



CHAS. R. PAXTER, Sec'y. 



