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HORTICULTURE 



June 5, 190<» 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA. 

 The Florists' Hail Association is a 

 purely mutual, co-operalive associa- 

 tion, which was incorporated undtr 

 the laws of New Jersey on June 1st, 

 1887. No a.?eucies are established, and 

 all business is transacted through the 

 office of the secretary at Saddle River, 

 N. J. Greenhouse glass is insured 

 whether owned by market gardeners 

 or florists, but loose sash not securely 

 fastened against wind, are not insur- 

 able. 



The basis of insurance is per square 

 foot of glass, the rate of assessment 

 being S cents per hundred square feet 

 of single thick and G cents per hundred 

 square feet of double thick glass. All 

 members pay, upon joining or insuring 

 additional glass, the sum of 12.00 for 

 the first 2,000 square feet of glass and 

 SO cents for each additional thousand 

 square feet of glass. This goes into a 

 separate fund known as the reserve 

 fund which now amounts to $21,000. 

 The emergency fund is supplied by as- 

 sessments levied at option of directors 

 whenever such fund falls below 2 per 

 cent of the fixed value of all risks; 19 

 assessments have been levied in 22 

 vears. 



In case of loss the insured receives 

 5 cents per square foot for single thick 

 and 8 cents per square foot for double 

 thick glass broken, in such ratio as the 

 amount insured bears to the amount 

 owned. Extra one-half an extra whole 

 insurance is allowed, in which case 

 the insured receives a proportionate 

 increase in payment in case of loss. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



The regularly monthly meeting of 

 the Florists' Club of Washington was 

 held on the evening of June 1st at 1214 

 F street. Owing to the absence of 

 President Kramer, who was in New 

 York, Vice-President Robertson pre- 

 sided. One new name was admitted 

 to membeiship, viz.. George J. Hess 

 ■of Anacosta, D. C. - 



Ticitets are out for the annual out- 

 ing of the bowling team, which will 

 be held this year at Chesapeake Beach 

 on June 25th. Wm. F. Gude spoke 

 earnestly in support of the bowling 

 team and advocated that greater rec- 

 ognition be shown that organization. 

 He also moved that the club re-adopt 

 the plan of last summer and hold the 

 summer meetings out-of-doors, first of 

 which should be held at his hou;e. 

 This motion was unanimously accept- 

 ed. After adjournment refreshments 

 were served by Mr. Gude. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 The Jime meeting held on the 1st 

 inst. was slinily attended, coming so 

 close on the Memorial Day rush and 

 also on account of the street car strike. 

 Even the essayist of the evening failed 

 to put in an appearance. Mr. Lonsdale 

 was to have read a paper on "Bedding 

 Plants," and many came, quite a dis- 

 tance to hear him and were corre- 

 spondingly disappointed. Routine raai- 

 ' ters of the usual uninteresting kind 

 occupied most of the time. No ex- 

 hibits. The Lonsdale talk will be the 

 feature of the July meeting. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY 



The seventh annual meeting and 

 sixth annual exhibition of the society 

 will be held June 11 and 12, '09, at the 

 Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y., and all 

 consignments of flowers for exhibition 

 must be addressed to the Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., Queens, Long Island, N. Y. 



Express charges on all exhibits must 

 be prepaid, and should be so marked 

 on the boxes, as no charges will be 

 paid by the manager of the exhibition. 

 All "entries must be sent direct to 

 the manager of the exhibition, Mr. 

 R. T. Brown, Cottage Gardens, Queens, 

 N. Y., so as to reach him at least two 

 days before the exhibition. While it 

 is "not wished to debar anyone who 

 wishes to make an exhibit, compliance 

 with this rule will greatly facilitate 

 the work of arrangement. All entries 

 not staged by 1 P. M., June 11, will 

 be disqualified from any and all com- 

 petition. 



-ne society will furnish uniform 

 cards for all exhibits entered in com- 

 petition and any exhibit not so marked 

 will not oe judged in any of the 

 classes. 



The premium list includes classes 

 for commercial and amateur ex- 

 hibitors, with liberal prizes. Copies 

 may be obtained from the secretary, 

 A. H. Fewkes, Newton Highlands, 

 Mass. 



The meeting promises to be a very 

 interesting one. Mr. Ward's extensive 

 collection will be in fine condition and 

 owing to the great number of varieties 

 represented it will be worth travelling 

 many miles to see. 



All who can do so should send 

 flowers for the exhibition as the facili- 

 ties for keeping them unlU the time of 

 the exhibition are of the best and they 

 will be cared for by experienced men 

 in charge. 



In connection with the exhibition Mr. 

 W'ard wishes to have it distinctly un- 

 derstood that the Cottage Gardens Co. 

 will not be a competitor in any of the 

 classes. 



Visitors can conveniently stay at 

 any of the New York hotels, as Queens 

 is situated within the limits of Great- 

 er New York, about eleven miles from 

 Herald Square and can be easily 

 reached by the subway connecting 

 with trains every hour at the Flat- 

 bush Avenue Station, Brooklyn. Con- 

 veyances will meet all trains at 

 Queens during the two days of the 

 convention and lunch will be served lo 

 those present at the meeting. 



The regular business meeting will 

 be held at 3 P. M., on the first day. 



June 11. 



Officers. 



President, C. W. Ward, Queens, 

 N. Y. 



Vice-president, C. J. Maloy, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



Treasurer. J. H. Humphreys, Ger- 

 mantown. Pa. 



Secretary, A. H. Fewkes, Newton 

 Highlands, Mass. 



PEONY SOCIETY MEETING POST- 

 PONED. 



Owing to the prevailing cold weath- 

 er of last week, it has been decided to 

 postpone the meeting of the Peony 

 Association until June 11th and 12th. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



On the occasion of the meeting of 

 this society on Tuesday, May 18, the 

 hall at Vincent Square, Westminster, 

 was, as on the previous meeting, pack- 

 ed to overflowing with plants and 

 flowers in season. Only the orchida 

 were missing, Laelia purpurata being 

 the solitary exhibit— good examples in 

 fine bloom. 



Of new or rare plants the following 

 were noted, viz.. Verbena Princess of 

 Wales, a deep blue variety having al- 

 most globular flower head; and King 

 of Scarlets, of a very bright tint and 

 the same kind of truss. Both make 

 excellent plants for culture in pots 

 or for bedding purposes. Clorinda, a 

 geranium of a cerise red tint and hav- 

 ing fragrant foliage the shape of an 

 oak leaf, has a flower of 3 inches di- 

 ameter. It was raised from two Cape 

 species by the late Doctor Bona via: 

 plants that some nursery firms are 

 trying to force into public favor, but 

 not with much chance of success. 

 These exhibits came from H. B. May 

 & Sons of Edmonton: M. H. Correvon 

 of Geneva, the well known cultivator 

 of Alpine plants, showed many rare 

 plants, but I now only mention two 

 which compelled attention— the scar- 

 let flowering Silene Virginicum, and 

 Gentiana angulosa of a tint of blue, 

 like that of G. verna, but a better 

 expanded flower. Messrs. Bunyard ir 

 Co. of Maidstone showed the showy 

 Statice Suworowi, a plant with tall 

 compound flowerstalks and violet pink 

 flowers arrranged on spikes, ranging 

 from 3 inches to 12 inches in length: 

 the poppy-like Meconopsis integrifolia 

 with blooms of lemon yellow color and 

 Saxifraga McNabiana producing pyra- 

 mids of white blooms arranged in 

 corymbs, a good subject for greenhouse 

 decoration when grown in 5 inch pots. 

 This should be a good market plant. 

 Amos Perry of Enfleld, Middlesex, was 

 an exhibitor of various hybrids of iris 

 raised by that famous cultivator of 

 the genus, the late Sir Michael Foster. 

 There were I. Vaga. I. Kolkowi, I. 

 balcana, I. Hungaria. 1. Calypso and I. 

 Andromache, etc. The colors of the 

 blooms were of various shades of blue 

 and deep purple. 



A number of Himalayan and other 

 species of rhododendrons came from 

 the gardens of Sir E. G. Lover, at 

 Horsham, Sussex. I noted Coombe 

 Royal, Aucklandi, Kewensis, cinna- 

 barina— tv,-o plants of different shades 

 of dull red, very distinct looking 

 species, and not often met with in 

 gardens. 



Many plants of the Odier or spotted 

 varieties of pelargoniums, very orna- 

 mental for greenhouse use, but which 

 are greatly gone out of cultivation 

 here, were shown by Heath & Son, of 

 Cheltenham. Very good were the vari- 

 eties, viz. Vulcan, Marchand, Souvenir 

 de Madame Royer, M. Gaston Ailing, 

 and Negress a very dark coloied 

 pretty flower. 



Some extremely large flowered an- 

 nual chrysanthemums were shown by 

 Mrs. Bischoftsheim, the best being 

 Morning Star, the colors being lemon 

 vellnw, the disc of an orange color, 

 with a bright yellow ring around it; 



