7i.pril 24, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



595 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



A very interesting meeting was held 

 April 14th. It being the annual "Rose 

 Night," something lilve sixty members 

 were present. Wm. G. Badgley, of 

 Chatham, read a paper on the Rose. 

 It was a vei y able effort and received 

 a rising vote of thanks. The growers 

 engaged in an entertaining and inter- 

 esting after-di.scnssion. A fact was 

 bionght out that I haven't seen in 

 print yet, which is that the American 

 Beauty grown in cement benches has 

 proved almost a failure. This was a 

 universal expression amongst the large 

 growers around here. The theory ad- 

 vanced is that, being a gross feeder, it 

 absorbs an injurious element from the 

 cement. Whatever the cause, the fact 

 remains the same and a timely warn- 

 ing was given to those thinking of ex- 

 perimenting in that line. Among those 

 who discussed this and other points of 

 the rose were David Falconer. John R. 

 Mitchell, Wm. Muhlmiohel, Wm. G. 

 Badgley, Joseph F. Ruizieha and Ghas. 

 H. Totty. 



The various exhibits were fine. In 

 novelties, F. R. Pierson Co. had White 

 Killarney in grand form, and S. J. 

 Reuter sent My Maryland. Both re- 

 ceived certificates of merit as well as 

 a vote of thanks. Cultural certificates 

 were received by the folVowing: 



Brant-Hentz Floral Co. for American 

 Beauty; Joseph F. Ruizieha for Ameri- 

 can Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid and 

 Richmond. Geo. Harvey for Bride and 

 Bridesmaid. David Falconer for 

 Bridesmaid. Wm. G. Badgley for 

 Bride, Bridesmaid and Killarney. C. 

 A. Work, gardener Wm. Muhlmichel, 

 for Richmond. Mrs. G. F. Stone, gar- 

 dener Ernest Wilde, for Killarney. C. 

 R. Hedden. gardener Alex. Michel, for 

 gloxinias. 



H. B. Vyse, gardener to A. R. Whit- 

 ney, Morristown, secured the Bunyard 

 special prize for best plant in fiower, 

 with a magnificent plant of Cineraria 

 stellata. This makes the second time 

 Mr. Vyse has captured this prize. Last 

 year a specimen of Calceolaria hybiida 

 did the work for him. 



A most unusual and attractive ex- 

 hibit of indoor grown vegetables was 

 made by Florham Farms. In quality 

 and appearance they were A No. 1 and 

 arranged with rare taste. Sweet corn, 

 peas, new potatoes, lettuce, cauliflower, 

 string beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, car- 

 rots, turnips and a number of other 

 things were in it. Besides a cultural 

 certificate the committee awarded a 

 gratuity prize of $5.00 which on motion 

 of Mr. Herrington went to the grower, 

 Percy Herbert. 



Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 27 

 and 2S next, were the days on which it 

 was decided to hold our next annual 

 Flower Show, in Assembly Rooms, 

 Madison, N. J. 



The society promised its support to 

 the new Sweet Pea Society about to be 

 organized. H. A. Bunyard is interested 

 in this. He also seeks to induce every 

 member to attend the annual outing of 

 the N. Y. Florists' Club. 



We had with us our past president, 

 John Heeremans of Bluffton, S. C, who 

 is still one of our active members and 

 a hearty welcome was given him. He 

 goes on a visit to his brother Fred, in 

 Lenox, before returning south. 



"Fertilizers" is the subject slated for 

 May. We hope to secure a speaker 



from the State Experiment Station in 

 New Brunswick. 



EDWARD REAGAN, Sec. 



MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS' AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



At the meeting on April 13. at Mer- 

 riam Park, the Fair Committee of the 

 association reported progress. If the 

 state fair management is able to get 

 an appropriation from the legislature 

 for a new Agricultural Building, then 

 our prospects are bright, for w'e'll 

 not only get about all the space we've 

 been asking for this year, but the pre- 

 mium list, submitted by the commit- 

 tee, will be accepted. If we cannot 

 get the room wanted, the premium list 

 will be cut pro rata. The question 

 came up, whether it would be advis- 

 able to lower the annual dues of the 

 society (at present $5.00), so as to 

 enable more of the employees to be- 

 come members; or if a lower rate 

 should be established for employees 

 only. The sentiment was that a 

 special lower rate would look too 

 much like charity and would not put 

 the employees on the same footing as 

 the employers. Motion was made 

 that each employer should make a 

 special effort to bring, if possible, 

 every one of his employees to the 

 next meeting and then have it dis- 

 cussed. What are they doing in other 

 organizations in regard to the above? 



Professor A. G. Ruggles, of the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, gave a 

 very interesting talk about insects in 

 general and the anatomy of caterpil- 

 lars, of which an enlarged model was 

 shown. A hearty vote of thanks was 

 given to Mr. Ruggles. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of 

 this society was held on the 19th inst. 

 On account of the bad weather, ex- 

 hibits were very limited. A motion 

 was passed inviting the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners to hold their 

 convention and exhibition during the 

 society's spring exhibition. March 15, 

 16 and 17, 1910. William Kleinheiuz, 

 gardener for P. A. B. Widener. is the 

 president of the association this year, 

 and stated that already fifteen cups 

 were offered for competition in vari- 

 ous classes. Resolutions were passed 

 on the death of Persifor Frazer, who 

 held the position of professor of chem- 

 istry for the society for many years. 

 A committee was appointed to ar- 

 range the dates, etc., of the annual 

 sweet pea, peony and rose exhibitions. 

 This committee consists of Messrs. 

 Lonsdale, Long, Batchelor, McLeary, 

 Kleinheinz and Hurley. Several ad- 

 ditional prizes will be offered for Hy- 

 brid Tea roses — this class being now 

 of commanding importance and be- 

 coming more popular every year. 

 The dates of the shows mentioned 

 cannot be fixed ahead, as it all de- 

 pends on the earliness or lateness of 

 the season. At least ten days' notice 

 will be given to intending exhibitors. 



The Grand River Valley Horticultur- 

 al Society met at Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 on April 13, and the subject of prim- 

 ing was under discussion. W. L. Cii- 

 kerski, former superintendent of parks, 

 spoke on pruning of ornamentals in 

 an interesting manner. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



An extensive exhibition took place 

 at the Society's Hall, London, on April 

 6, at which orchids formed the chief, 

 attraction, and narcissi, forced hardy 

 shrubs, carnations and cinerarias the 

 next iteins of interest. Conspicuous 

 in the display of Messrs. Armstrong 

 & Brown were Dendrobium nobile Vir- 

 ginalis. D. Alice Bound — a largely 

 magnified D. Wardianum, D. Bryan — 

 a white flower with an orang'e-colored 

 stain in the throat traversed by crim- 

 son lines, D. Rubens grandiflorum, D. 

 Cybele nobilius, D. Artemisia — a fine 

 spike of flowers with rose colored 

 sepals and petals — and a rich velvety 

 patch on th'e lip, and the pure white 

 flowered D. Jamesianum: the yellow- 

 flowered Laelio-Cattleya Mercia, Bras- 

 so-Cattleya Madame Hye, Odontoglos- 

 sum Rolfeae, 0. Ossulstonii, etc. Messrs. 

 Charlesworth & Co. show-ed among 

 other orchids of merit Laelio-Cattleya 

 Elinor, a bloom of a bright orange tint, 

 Phaius Normanii the blooms of which 

 are of a light pink tint and the lip of 

 a lurid purple with a few golden yel- 

 low lines running down it. L. C. 

 Dominiare was a gorgeous flower, and 

 the truss consisted of five large 

 blooms. Odontioda Lutetia — and a 

 Brasso-Cattleya Marathon were attrac- 

 tive hybrids. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons showed 

 Brasso-Cattleya Veitchi, the conspic- 

 uous feature of the bloom being the 

 purple colored throat stained with 

 orange and striped with crimson. 

 Cj^mbidium insigne Sanderi has fiesh 

 pink sepals and petals and a lip 

 densely spotted with crimson. H. S. 

 Goodson, Putney, showed a Sophro- 

 Laelio-Cattleya, a nice plant bearing 

 threte expanded flowers, and Odontioda 

 Ernest Henry (Odontoglossum Queen 

 Alexandra x Cochlioda Noetzliana). 



A. W. Jansen was exhibitor of a 

 variety of Cattleya Schrodera^ under 

 the name of Irene, a large bloom with 

 a much fringed lip and yellow stain- 

 ing in the throat, the general color 

 of the flower a light mauve. From 

 Sander & Sons came the beautiful 

 Cattleya elata (C. Trians and C. Law- 

 renceanum) and a handsome Odonto- 

 glossum Dreadnaught for which an 

 award of merit was bestowed; Odon- 

 toglossum Angele. a grand spike with 

 eight expanded blooms— award of 

 merit. Lieut. Col. G. H. Holford re- 

 ceived a like award for Od. Sylvia, a 

 cross of O. cirrhosum and O. Rolfeae. 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, president of the 

 society, was awarded a botanical cer- 

 tificate for the curious orchid Mega- 

 clinium bufo which has a black-brown 

 knifeblade-like spike up which min- 

 ute flowers appear to creep in single 

 file. 



Miss Clara Mangles showed cross 

 bred Himalayan Rhododendron Rose 

 Mangles whose blooms are slender, 

 campanulate in shape, outwardly rose 

 pink as regards the lower shaft; and 

 inside the tube, and at the edges of 

 the flower of a pale pink tint. White 

 flowered R. campylocarpum and R. 

 Hookeri Rose Queen were other no- 

 table varieties shown. 



Messrs. Paul & Son were the ex- 

 hibitors of the new Wichuraiana rose, 

 Lady Godiva, a sport from Dorothy 

 Perkins, a blush colored bloom, very 

 pretty and free; and a hybrid musk 



