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HORTICULTURE 



June 19, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 A full attendance was had at the 

 closing meeting of the season last 

 Tuesday evening. There was no regu- 

 lar speaker or subject, but a big list 

 of questions and miscellaneous topics 

 of general interest and the meeting at 

 no time laciied in liveliness. The ques- 

 tion of the annual picnic brought out 

 some amusing episodes and much ora- 

 tory. After the dust had cleared away 

 It was settled that 50 cents should be 

 charged for men's tickets, women and 

 children should be admitted free, the 

 latter to include boys under 16 years, 

 that there would be plenty of games 

 and lots of prizes and that the time 

 and place should be selected by the 

 executive committee. 



There was a splendid display of bril- 

 liant flowers on the exhibition stage 

 The committee, consisting of VvMnO. 

 Wheeler Kenneth Finlayson, M. A. 

 Patten and J. F. Flood reported hon- 

 orable mention for seedling peony 

 Snowdrift from George HoUis; report 

 of cultural merit to Bber Holmes for 

 Killarney roses; vote of thanks to each 

 of the following: Blue Hill Nurseries, 

 collection of herbaceous perennials; 

 Geo HoUis. for ten varieties of peo- 

 nies- Old Town Nurseries, herbaceous 

 perennials; Wm. Thatcher. Platyclinis 

 filiformis; J. W. Duncan, collection of 

 hardy loses; R. & J- Farquhar & Co., 

 herbaceous perennials; Duncan Finlay- 

 son, aquilegias; T. D. Hatfield Dimoi^ 

 phoetheca aurantiaca; E. F. Dwyer & 

 Son, collection of irises. 



Briefly stated, the subjects various- 

 ly discussed brought out the facts that 

 Rosa cinnaraomea, blanda. altaica and 

 lucida alba are valuable roses for 

 massing effects in borders, m addition 

 to rugosa. Wichuraiana and setigeia, 

 that in selecting garden roses the H^ 

 T are now indispensable; that tne 

 Dawson and Carmine Pillar are among 

 the earliest blooming climbing roses 

 and should be in every list; that \ a- 

 porite is a good insecticide for cut 

 worms but must be put under surface 

 of soil to be effective— m drills 2 in. 

 deep and 3 in. apart was recommend- 

 ed- that cut worms will not touch vio- 

 let's or carnations that have been 

 spraved -nith Disparine; that Sulpho- 

 naphthol, half pint to 12 gals, of water 

 is effective against red spider; that in 

 spraying mixture for fruit trees it is 

 judicious to have an excess of lime 

 to neutralize the copper sulphate as a 

 protection against burning the foliage; 

 that Anemone ?ap. alba. Phlox Miss 

 Lingard, Achillea The Pearl. Campa- 

 nula Medium and C. persiciflora, As- 

 tilbe Gladstone, Coreopsis grandiflora, 

 also peonies, irises, candidum lilies, lily 

 of the vallev, g\psophilas and tritomas 

 shovld be grown for their value as cut 

 flowers by every florist having avail- 

 able ground. , ,. . 



On Thursday, the 17th, the club vis- 

 ited the peony gardens of E. J. Shaylor, 

 where they found a gorgeous display 

 of Mr. Shaylor's specialties— peonies— 

 and were hospitably entertained by 

 that gentleman. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held June 5 and was largely at- 

 tended. President A. Jenkins in the 

 chair. Messrs. J. Cant, J. Green, W. 

 McGregor and L. C. Peters were elect- 

 ed active members. An exhibit on 

 which special praise was bestowed 

 was a magnificent vase of extra fine 

 varieties of Odontoglossum crispum, 

 exhibited by A. J. Loveless. The 

 flowers were remarkable for their size 

 and substance, several of the spikes 

 being fully three feet in length, and 

 we question if a finer exhibit has ever 

 been seen in Berkshire County. They 

 were awarded the society's highest 

 award— a first-class certificate and cul- 

 tural commendation. Mr. Loveless 

 gave a short talk on their culture 

 which was greatly enjoyed. E. Jen- 

 kins was awarded a diploma for a fine 

 vase of Gladiolus Golden West. 



We were all pleased to welcome 

 back George Foulsham, who has late- 

 ly been appointed to take charge of 

 Mr. W. B. 0. Field's estate at Lenox, 

 and he gave us an interesting descrip- 

 tion of his sojourn in Savannah, Ga., 

 and also spoke of his recent visit to 

 Messrs. Charlesworth's Orchid Nurser- 

 ies, England. 



The following firms have generously 

 donated premiums to be competed for 

 at the fall exhibition: A. T. Boddmg- 

 ton R. & J. Farquhar & Co., W. W. 

 Rawson, Scott Bros., Bay State Nur- 

 series Bon Arbor Chemical Co., Pier- 

 =on U-Bar Co., Howard & Morrow, 

 Hews & Co., Lager & Hurrell, Peter 

 Henderson & Co , W. E. Marshall Co., 

 Chas H. Tottv and Julius Roehrs Co. 

 GEORGE H. INSTONE, 

 Secretary. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 

 Convention Preparations. 

 The annual meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society -was called to or- 

 der by President Peterson, Saturday 

 evening, at 8.30 p. m., about 20 mem- 

 bers being present. The finance com- 

 mittee reported favorable progress m 

 getting in the money subscribed for 

 the entertainment fund. Committee on 

 sports reported progress and by the 

 next regular meeting, which occurs 

 Julv 10th, everj'thing will be in readi- 

 ness for 'the entertainment of the S. 

 A F This being the annual meeting 

 the election of officers was necessary, 

 and resulted in the re-election of the 

 present officials, viz.: J. A. Peterson, 

 Pres.; C. E. Critchell, Vice-Pres.; Al- 

 bert Sunderbruch, Secretary; D. Rus- 

 coni. Treasurer, and Gustave Adrian, 

 Associate Director. 



The members of the Cincinnati Flor- 

 ists' Societv extend a very cordial in- 

 vitation for all florists in the United 

 States and Canada who possibly can 

 so arrange to attend the Silver Jubi- 

 lee of the "Mother Lodge," the S. A. 

 F. We certainly extend to you the 

 glad hand and bid you welcome. Those 

 who have never visited Cincinnati will 

 lind a beautiful city whose suburbs 

 are unequalled by any city in the 

 United States. Come! 



E. G. GILLETT. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The special meeting held on the 15th 

 inst. to consider the advisability of 

 selling the Hall property resulted in a 

 vote entirely favorable to the bond- 

 holding syndicate, who seemed to have 

 their forces much better marshalled 

 than the opposition. In fact, it it had 

 not been for Joseph Heacock, it ap- 

 peared that there was no opposition. 

 Clement B. Newbold, the president of 

 the society, was in the chair for the 

 fiist time and his keen handling of any 

 timid protests that arose, said much 

 for his standing as a millionaire. Con- 

 gressman Morrell and Dr. Mears also 

 added their eloquence at critical points, 

 and when the clinching of the nail was 

 required George Vaux, a keen lawyer 

 and one of the Schaffer trustees, made 

 a speech. So that when a vote was 

 taken it was a foregone conclusion. 

 The disinterested members of the so- 

 ciety hope that the end is not yet; 

 but there seems very little hope for 

 the ancient and honorable P. H. S. 

 when their property is coveted by a 

 lot of hungry capitalists. The beauti- 

 ful building, the crowning masterpiece 

 of the splendid artist, Frank Miles 

 Day, seems in a fair way to be pulled 

 down and be replaced by some soap- 

 box hotel. The society may get a few 

 dollars out of the wreck and can look 

 for some other borne. They will never 

 get one anyway comparable as to loca- 

 tion or beauty to the one they have 

 this day been roped out of — with hard- 

 ly a protest. The principal speakers 

 before mentioned (excepting Mr. Hea- 

 cock) seemed to think the P. H. S. 

 stood condemned because it was not a 

 money-making institution. Which 

 shows that there is something funda- 

 mentally -n'rong in their conception of 

 the functions of a horticultural so- 

 ciety. They must be money mad. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



Harry A. Bunyard, secretary pro. 

 tem. sends the following list of ad- 

 ditional prizes offered for the National 

 Sweet Pea Society Exhibition: 



Class F. Henry A. Dreer. $10.00 in 

 gold for the best ten vases of Sweet 

 Peas Spencer or Unwin flowered in 

 ten varieties. 



Class G. Henry F. Mitchell Co. 

 Largest and best vase Mixed Sweet 

 Peas $5.00. 



Class H. W. A. Burpee. For the 

 best vase of waved or Spencer type 

 Sweet Peas introduced 1909. 1st, $5.00. 

 2nd, $3.00. 3rd, $2.00. 



Class I. J. M. Thorburn Cp. For 

 the best 15 vases Sweet Peas. 1st, 

 $10.00. 2nd, $7.50. 3rd, $2.50. 



Class J. Watkins & Simpson, Lon- 

 don, England. For the best 3 vases of 

 Sweet Peas disseminated in 1909. 1st, 

 $5.00. 2nd, $3.00, 3rd, $2.00. 



Class K. F. R. Pierson Co. Three 

 vases Sweet Peas. Three distinct col- 

 ors. 1st, $5.00. 2nd, $3.00. 3rd, $2.00. 

 Class L. John Young. Best vase 

 Sweet Peas, crimson. 1st, $3.00. 2nd, 

 $2.00. 3rd, $1.00. 



Class M. Jerome B. Rice. Best 

 vase Sweet Peas, white. 1st, $3.00. 

 2nd, $2.00. 3rd, $1.00. 



