72d 



HORTICULTURE 



May 22, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Au invitation has been extended to 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica to hold their next annual conven- 

 tion and exhibition under the P. H. S. 

 auspices in Philadelphia next Novem- 

 ber, on the dates fixed for the regular 

 local exhibition, Nov. 9th to 12th. 

 William Kleinheinz made a report 

 from the executive committee of the 

 Gardeners' Society in regard to the 

 prizes for the spring show. Thirty- 

 two cups have been donated so far 

 and these will be awarded for meri- 

 torious exhibits other than the usual 

 subjects covered by the P. H. S. prize 

 list. The latest offering is a gold 

 medal by the Lord & Burnham Com- 

 pany which will be awarded to the 

 best group of foliage and flowering 

 plants. A silver gilt cup will be given 

 to winner of the most prizes, the 

 award to be made on points— three for 

 firsts, two for seconds and one for 

 thirds. The peony exhibition will 

 be held afternoon and evening of May 

 27th. All exhibits to be staged before 

 three o'clock. The date for the rose 

 show will be announced later. 



Certificate of merit for culture was 

 awarded to Samuel Batchelor for an 

 exhibit of May-flowering tulips; special 

 mention to William Prowler for two 

 varieties of tree peonies, Countess of 

 Clews and Christine Kelway; certifi- 

 cate of merit to Henry A. Dreer for 

 Ampelopsis Lowi, a new and graceful 

 variety with small foliag'e. 



Prize list for the peony show can be 

 had on application to the secretary, 

 David Rust, Broad and Locust St., 

 Philadelphia. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



This society held its regular month- 

 ly meeting on Wednesday evening, 

 May 14th, in Pembroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y. Piesident Everett occu- 

 pied the chair. There was a good at- 

 tendance, about fifty members being 

 present. 



Messrs. Johnston, Duthie and Mac- 

 kenzie acted as judges at the month- 

 ly exhibition. Paul Reul led in the 

 points competition with a meritorious 

 exhibit of mixed antirrhinums which 

 stood about 6 feet high, with about 

 2% feet of flower stem. The awards 

 were as follows: P. Reul, antirrhin- 

 ums, 90 points; G. Wilson, carnations. 

 80 points; H. Gaut, culinary peas, 86 

 2-3 points; O. Cleres, Asparagus 

 Sprengeri, 83 1-3 points. 



There was, as usual, a very good dis- 

 play of flowers and vegetables for ex- 

 hibition, noteworthy amongst which 

 ■was a vase of Gladiolus Blushing 

 Bride, staged by E. Fardell, Great 

 Neck. Blushing Bride is a fine thing 

 and ought to be more widely grown 

 than it is. A. Reidenbach was award- 

 ed a cultural certificate for a vase of 

 sweet peas, as were also V. Cleres and 

 H. Gaut for cauliflower and Lima 

 beans, respectively. 



A. Mackenzie read a very able paper 

 on "Growing Chrysanthemums for Ex- 

 hibition." The Society accorded Mr. 



Mackenzie a vote of thanks tor his ex- 

 cellent paper. 



Mr. Johnston, who a few weeks ago 

 returned from a three months' visit to 

 Scotland, has promised to give an ac- 

 count of his travels at the June meet- 

 ing. 



The Society holds its Rose Show on 

 June 23rd. 



WM. H. MACKENZIE, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



COMIVIERCIAL FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION OF ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



This hustling association is planning 

 for a flower show to be held November 

 2, 3 and 4. It is expected that every 

 florist in Rochester will have an ex- 

 hibit and in addition there will be 

 choice displays from the gardens of 

 prominent Rochester and neighborhood 

 amateur florists. The show will be 

 unique in so many ways that it is ex- 

 pected to attract the attention of mem- 

 bers of the trade in all parts of the 

 country. It will be original in that 

 there will not be a vase or table in the 

 exhibit. Convention Hall, where the 

 show is to be given, v.'ill be laid out 

 as a garden and the exhibits will all 

 be placed on the floor. Instead of 

 walking up and down betw-een flower 

 laden tables, spectators will pass along 

 beautiful walks, under arbors, through 

 palm forests, and to a cascade that 

 will have its origin back on the stage 

 at one end of the hall. The garden 

 idea will be carried out from plans 

 already prepared by a well known 

 landscape artist. Ceilings and side 

 walls will be hung with southern 

 smilax. 



Florists and nurserymen who are in- 

 terested in the show, which has been 

 under consideration since the florists 

 held their banquet last winter, met 

 last Saturday night at James Vick's 

 Sons' offices for the purpose of going 

 over the floor plans and perfecting 

 other details. Every one present was 

 enthusiastic. Charles H. Vick is chair- 

 man of the g'eneral committee and H. 

 B. Stringer is secretary. The sub- 

 committee are: Floor and decoration 

 — F. J. Keller, E. P. Wilson, R. G. Sal- 

 ter, G. B. Hart. Finance— W. L. Kel- 

 ler, Wm. C. Barry, Sidney R. Clarke. 

 W. H. Dildine, A. H. Salter. Exhi- 

 bitions and awards — J. M. Keller, Am- 

 brose Seeker, F. W. Vick, F. R. Schle- 

 g'el, C. B. Ogsten. Music — F. W. 

 Vick. Advertising — Sidney R. Clarke, 

 Thomas F. Brown, A. H. Salter, Wil- 

 liam Pitkin, Charles J. Brown. 



DAYTON FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The last meeting of this club was 

 with J. F. Young. After the prelim- 

 inary business was over, E. E. Schaef- 

 er spoke on the subject, "Would a co- 

 operative supply house be a benefit to 

 the florist?" and the discussion that 

 followed showed that the florists were 

 generally in favor of buying their sup- 

 plies as they were required. Mrs. Ber- 

 tha Hendricks' remarks on "Giving 

 away flowers," favored making a gift 

 to a good customer when paying a bill, 

 but the donation of flowers in quantity 

 to churches, lodges, etc., was depre- 

 cated by all who took part in the after 

 discussion. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



Prof. Lipman, of the New Jersey 

 Agricultural and Experiment Station 

 of New Brunswick, N. J., gave a lec- 

 ture before the Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society on the 

 evening of May 12 on "Soils and Fer- 

 tilizers." Fifteen years of hard work 

 at the station in this line eminently 

 fitted the professor for giving us an 

 interesting and instructive talk, and 

 the fifty-two members who heard him 

 got up as one man to give him a ris- 

 ing vote of thanks. To enable the 

 farmer and the gardener to work In- 

 telligently is the aim of the station, 

 and all over the state experiments are 

 carried on with this object in view. 

 "To produce the most at the minimum 

 of cost in the aim of us all, and to do 

 this older methods have to be laid 

 one side, and changing conditions 

 have to be met. Soils are not what 

 they were, and so we are learning to 

 supply just what is needed for our 

 crop," said the doctor. 



Many questions were asked, and 

 Professor Lipman was always ready 

 to discuss a point and throw light on 

 little understood problems. 



We had quite an informal exhibi- 

 tion. Wm. Duckham had a collection 

 of flowering shrubs, hardy herbaceous 

 flowers and spring bulbs. Alexander 

 Brown, gardener to Geo. Macculloch 

 Miller, had a tine lot of antirrhinum. 

 G. F. Neipp of Floral Hill Gardens, 

 Chatham, had a fine collection of tu- 

 lips, and so had Alexander Michel, 

 gardener to Chas, R. Hedden, Madi- 

 son. John Dunn, Alfred Neipp and 

 Wm. Wilschrey were elected to mem- 

 bership. The annual flower show for 

 this year is to be held in Madison on 

 Oct. 27 and 28, Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day. The schedule is nearly revised 

 and next meeting will complete it. 

 During July and August there will be 

 no meeting, as has been the custom 

 for some years. 



E. REAGAN, Sec'y. 



ENGELMANN BOTANICAL CLUB. 

 The Engelmann Botanical Club of 

 St. Louis held Its annual field meeting 

 Saturday, Jlay 8, at the old U. S. 

 Grant farm, which is owned by the 

 Adolphus Busch estate. L. P. Jenson, 

 head gardener for the Busch estate, 

 had charge of the meeting and saw to 

 it that the members were made com- 

 fortable during their stay. The vis- 

 itors roamed over the fields all day, 

 gathering wild flowers of all kinds, 

 and a fine spread was served after 

 the meeting. The club held its regu- 

 lar meeting the following Monday, May 

 10, in the Central High School build- 

 ing, where all the flowers and plants 

 from the field meeting were displayed. 

 The meeting was a well attended, 

 very interesting one, especially the 

 discussion on the flowers of Arkansas 

 and south western Missouri, there be- 

 ing several noted visitors present 

 from kindred societies. 



