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HORTICULTURE 



May 29, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual free May exhibition was 

 heln at Horticultuial Hall, Boston, on 

 Saturday and Sunday, 22nd and 23rd 

 inst. It was an excellent and fairly 

 representative show for the season, 

 which is quite backward. Spring flow- 

 ering shrubbery, bulb flowers and 

 other early border bloom were abun- 

 dant. Fl-oin Robert Cameron of the 

 Botanical garden came a most inter- 

 esting selection of the best of the old 

 and new narcissi and Darwin tulips. 

 W. W. Rawson & Co. were represent- 

 ed by a very extensive collection of 

 Darwin and Cottage tulips, said to 

 comprise over 300 varieties. The Bos- 

 ton Park Department made a big dis- 

 play of tree and shrub flowers such as 

 red and white flowering dogwood. 

 Azalea Vaseyi, pyruses, etc. The larg- 

 est exhibitor in this section was R. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co., who staged great 

 masses of lilacs, tulips, pansies, violas 

 and other showy material among 

 which the brilliant orange Trollius 

 Japonica Excelsior attracted genei-al 

 attention. Francis Skinner showed 

 fine trusses of Rhododendron gi.gan- 

 teum and received honorable mention 

 therefor. 



Among the exotic displays the 

 groups fiom Julius Roehrs Co., Ruth- 

 erford, N. J., were particularly worthy. 

 In the orchid group was a fine speci- 

 men of Laelio-eattleya Canhamianum 

 var. Rex to which a first class certifi- 

 cate was awarded. The Pescatorei 

 odontoglossums were the best-bloomed 

 we have seen in a long time. Other 

 atractions were a pure white Cattleya 

 Mendelli and superb specimens of 

 Phalaenopsis Rimestadtiana. A bronze 

 medal was awarded for this display. 

 The Roehrs group of stove plants also 

 contained many gems, including 

 Tradescantia Regina which was ac- 

 corded honorable mention. J. T. But- 

 terworth staged two specimen plants 

 of Cattleya Mossise which won for him 

 a silver medal. They bore upwards of 

 fifty perfect flowers each and were 

 constantly the centre of a group of ad- 

 miring gardeners. W. A. Riggs won a 

 cultural certificate with some pyramid- 

 al trained ivy geraniums and Clero ten- 

 dron Ealfourii, the latter with unusu- 

 ally heavy flower trusses. A group of 

 profusely bloomed plants of Calceolar- 

 ia rugosa Golden Queen, from E. J. 

 Mitton was much admired. Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner had a fine table of cattleyas, 

 cypripediums, miltonias, etc. Iq the 

 large Farquhar group previously men- 

 tioned a quantity of forced material 

 was included. Particularly interesting 

 weie some neat little Cactus dahlias 

 blooming in 2%-inch pots. Among 

 them were Rosa, Glory of Baam, Gari- 

 baldi, Duke Henry and others. A new 

 deep-blue hydrangea from Nikko, Jap- 

 an and some forced rhododendrons 

 were also among the Farquhar con- 

 tributions. 



The Bellevue Nurseries sent, among 

 other interesting forced hardy plants. 



oriental jioppies blooming in 2i2-inch 

 pots. Campanula Moerheimi, etc. Old 

 Town Nurseries were awai'ded honor- 

 able mention for a display of Doroni- 

 cum excelsum. From Mrs. F. Ayer 

 came a gorgeous display of bloom of 

 Campanula Medium, all colors, and a 

 specimen Queen Alexandra daisy, pink 

 flowered. Zonal pelargouiums fiom W. 

 Whitman^ carnations from M. A. Pat- 

 ten, pansies from Mrs. A. W. Blake, 

 and a varied display from Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill complete the list. A bronze medal 

 was awarded to the Park Department 

 for their shrub group, a fiist-class cer- 

 tificate to Mrs. Ayer for pink Marguer- 

 ite and honorable mention to R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. and W. W. Rawson & 

 Co. in addition to the special awards 

 already mentioned. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The above society met May 20, at 

 their headquaiters in Kolb's Hall. The 

 committee on last outing reported a 

 good time at A. Alost's handsome 

 place on Gentilly Road, and that the 

 host had suri>assed himself in his ef- 

 forts to entertain the members and 

 guests. Votes of thanks were tendered 

 the Steckler Seed Co. and the Metairie 

 Ridge Nursery Co. for the loan of 

 vehicles to convey the members and 

 guests to Mr. Alost's hospitable domi- 

 cile. It was decided not to have the 

 annual outing to Grand Isle this year, 

 but instead to hold the July meeting at 

 one of the suburban resorts, have elec- 

 tion of oSicers and tenninate the event 

 with a banquet. 



J. A. Newsham exhibited fine flow- 

 ers of Cattleya Mendelli and Laelia 

 Digbyiana, and R. Eichling, of the U. J. 

 Virgin Co., showed several specimens 

 of the Japanese flowering beans, which 

 are very ornamental for shade pur- 

 poses and for cut flowers in the sum- 

 mer. 



A letter was received from the sec- 

 retary of the Crop Pest Commission 

 of the state, inclosing circulars rela- 

 tive to the brown-tail moth and calling 

 attention to the law which makes it 

 obligatoi-y to report to the Commis- 

 sion any importations of foreign 

 plants. 



C. R. PANTER, Sec. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The summer exhibition of this sa- 

 ciety will be held in the Museum build- 

 ing. New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, New York City, on Satur- 

 day, June 5th, 1909, and will remain 

 open to the public on Sunday, June 

 6th. Liberal premiums, open to all 

 competitors, are offered by the New 

 York Botanical Garden, to be awarded 

 by the exhibition committee of the 

 council of the Horticultural Society of 

 New York. Peonies, hardy roses, 

 shrubs, rhododendrons, irises, etc., are 

 specially provided for and the exhibi- 

 tion committee has at its disposal a 

 sum of money which may be awarded 

 for any meritorious exhibits of hardy 

 plants or flowers not specified in the 

 schedule. Exhibits under this class 

 are specially solicited. 



MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The attendance at the meeting which 

 was held at .Meriani Park, .May 18, was 

 rather small, owing to the rush of the 

 spring business. The committee on 

 fall flower show will report later as 

 to whether if held the show will be 

 in Minneapolis or in St. Paul. Messrs. 

 Holm, A. Swanson, Nagel and Rued- 

 linger were appointed a committee to 

 arrange for a picnic in July. Otto 

 Will, who returned lately from his 

 wedding tour around the world, gave 

 a short but very interesting talk on 

 Japan and China and promised to give 

 an illustrated lecture next winter. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Mrs. Gertrut'e Hubbard, a lady of 

 Washington, D. C, has established a 

 Gold Medal fund for the American 

 Rose Society, by placing the sum of 

 two htmdred and fifty dollars in the 

 treasury of our society, the interest 

 accruin.g from which shall each five 

 yeai-s be used for a gold medal, to be 

 awarded to the most promising new 

 rose of American ori.gin. Mrs. Hub- 

 bard all her life has taken much in- 

 terest in stimulating and encouraging 

 people young and old, to make attrac- 

 tive homes and keep surroundings 

 pretty. She was created the first hon- 

 orary member of the Rose Society. 

 Peter Bisset, superintendent of "Twin 

 Oaks," Washington, was Mrs. Hub- 

 bard's agent in the matter. 



Doubleday, Page & Co., New York 

 City, have submitted a proposition of 

 interest concerning the awarding of a 

 series of medals, which will be acted 

 upon at the next meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive committee. 



Roses are being planted out this 

 year more extensively than common, 

 and if the rose bush growers are wise, 

 they will throw their support to the 

 American Rose Society by becoming 

 active members. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec. 

 Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., May 24, '09. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The next meeting of the American 

 Peony Society will be held at Cottage 

 Gardens, Queens, N. Y., on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, June S and 9. 



The Tri-City Florists' Club met on 

 May 13 with H. Pauli at Davenport 

 Iowa, and transacted routine business 

 Refreshments were served later. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Manchester, Mass., was addressed 

 on May 23, by Samuel B. Crombie of 

 Los Angeles, Calif., on "Horticulture 

 in California." Mr. Crombie is a na- 

 tive of Manchester. 



At the meeting of the State Floral 

 Society of San FVancisco on May 14, 

 President Plath reported that over 

 $1,250 had been contributed for cash 

 prizes for the October flower show; 

 also that an attractive display of 

 fruits would be made. 



The New London County Horticul- 

 tural Society met at Norwich on May 



