July 13, 1907 



HORTICULTURi: 



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ing his flfteentU year as secretary, with 

 F. H. Meiuhardt, treasurer. New trustees 

 were; Carl Jleyer, Frauk Weber and F. J. 

 Fillmore; under the new liy-laws. Mr. 

 Beyer is to seive three years; Frank 

 Weber, two, and Fillmore, one. 



In Aujiust. 1906, the present olEcers were 

 elected. H. C. Irish, president: John Con- 

 non, vice-piesident, and J. J. I3ei/eke, sec- 

 retary; A. G. Bentzen. treasurer, with 

 Wm. C. Smith as a three year trustee; 

 the membership of the club at the present 

 time is 101. 



The club in its twenty year* of existence 

 has had seventeen presidents, sei eu treas- 

 urers and four secretaries, and has enter- 

 tained two S. A. F. conventicns. the first 

 in 1S93. and the other during World's Fair 

 year, 1904. 



J. M. Jordan, the club's flist president, 

 served the S. A. F. as its president in 

 ISiHi. when the convention Mas held in 

 Boston, Mass. 



Prof. William Trelease ser^'ed the S. A. 

 F. as vice president in 1S93. and J. J. 

 Beneke in lOOJ. 



The club at the present tinie is in the 

 most prosperous condition, with all of its 

 members woi'kin^ in perfect harmonv. 

 greetings have never been sa well attend- 

 ed as at the present time. Its meetings 

 are held on every second Thursday after- 

 noon at U o'clock. The annual Vleition 

 will take place Aug. 11th, when a new 

 set of othcei's will be elected to serve the 

 ensuing year. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the New Bedford Horticultural Socie- 

 ty last Monday evening, although the 

 rose show had been abandoned owing 

 to the lateness of the sea,son and oth- 

 er circumstances, the I'ose formed the 

 main feature in the exhibition of 

 plants and flowers. James Garthly of 

 Fairhaven had a collection of over 100 

 fine roses, composed mainly of Frau 

 Karl Druschki, Baroness Rothschild, 

 Paul Neyron, and Cleo. M. Garthly 

 also showed a vase of Baby Rambler. 

 Other exhibits were a fine vase of del- 

 phiniums by A. J. Jahn and a small 

 vase of annual wall flowers by T. 

 White. The latter was of interest, as 

 the seed fi-om which the flowers were 

 grown was sown last March. 



There is a possibility of the date of 

 the fall exhibition of the New Bedford 

 Hoi^icultural Society being changed. 

 Schedules have been printed and all 

 arrangements made for an exhibition 

 upon Sept. 12, 13, and 14. 



Overtures having been made by the 

 executive committee of the Old Home 

 M'eek celebration regarding the hold- 

 ing of a horticultural exhibition during 

 that week, a special meeting of the 

 Horticultural Society was held on 

 .lune 27, when a committee was ap- 

 pointed to obtain estimates of the cost 

 of holding a free exhibition in the city 

 hall. If the Old Home Week commit- 

 tee will grant a sufficient sum from its 

 funds to cover expenses, including the 

 offering of prizes as inducements lor 

 growers to exhibit their goods, the so- 

 ciety will hold the exhibition. 



The city hall was gutted by fire last 

 November, but the Old Home Week 

 committee are anxious to use the shell 

 of it during the celebrations, and they 

 realize that no organization would be 

 able to cover the scars so neatly and 

 put the old building into such happy 

 service as the Horticultural Society 

 could. 



At its next meeting the society will 

 probably decide whether it will change 

 the date of the fall exhibition to the 

 last week in August, or retain it as at 

 present arranged and hold the exhibi- 

 tion during Old Home Week as an 

 a('.ditional enterprise. 



THOMAS WHITE. 



FLORIST CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The feature of the regular monthly 

 meeting of this club held on the 2nd 

 inst. was the animated discussion on 

 the convention entertainment pro- 

 gram. A further meeting of the exec- 

 utive committee will be held on the 

 11th iiist., and a special meeting of the 

 club will take place on the 16th inst. 

 to hear their report and take final ac- 

 tion. Thos. J. Oberlin read an inter- 

 esting paper on flower culture in the 

 waste spots of the upper crests of the 

 Berks County hills. While no financial 

 returns to speak of have been real- 

 ized in this connection, so far the out- 

 look is encouraging, and the improve- 

 ment in the general aspect is gratify- 

 ing and fully compensates for the 

 trouble and expense. 



At the meeting on August 6 there 

 will be an exhibition of the new 

 Amerpohlii fern for the W. P. Craig 

 prizes: 1st, JIO.OO in gold; 2d, $7.50; 

 r;d, S.T.OO. The contest is on invitation 

 of Mr. Craig who distributed three 

 plants each of the new fern among 

 nine local growers last spring for 

 trial. The winner of first prize will 

 be allowed to retain his choice of his 

 three plants. The judges will be Ed. 

 Lonsdale, W. H. Taplin and Robt. 

 Kift. There will be a special enter- 

 tainment of songs, music and refresh- 

 ments. 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The meeting of this club July 2d was 

 mainly to make arrangements for the 

 annual July picnic, .and for the S. A. F. 

 convention at Philadelphia. 



Thp picnic committee was appointed 

 as follows: E. J. McCallum. W. H. 

 Carney, G. W, Marshall, Edw. Blind, 

 Julius Ludwig. E. C. Reineman was 

 appointed a committee of one to ar- 

 range transportation for those mem- 

 bers desiring to go in a body in special 

 cars to Philadelphia. It was decided 

 not to hold a club meeting in August, 

 but at the usual time for notices of 

 the August meeting, the secretary will 

 write the members advising of no meet- 

 ing and to communicate with Mr. 

 Reineman in regard to transportation 

 in a body to Philadelphia. 



The Phipps Conservatories, Schenley 

 Park, made a display of out door 

 grown stock in variety, being especial- 

 ly strong in roses. The club adjourned 

 to meet again at the July picnic, and 

 at the S. A. F. convention, before the 

 next regular meeting in Septertlber. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 

 The rose show on the afternoon of 

 July 9 was a splendid success not only 

 roses in all classes but decorative fo- 

 liaged plants, ferns, hardy herbaceous 

 flowers, etc.. being contributed in lav- 

 ish profusion by the gardeners repre- 

 senting the many fine private estates. 

 A certificate of merit was awarded 

 Mrs. Wm. G. Weld for rose Trier. The 

 names of Vanderbilt, Astor, Richard- 

 son, Goelet and Belmont figured large- 

 ly in the list of prize winners. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



The Florists' Club of Washington 

 held its July meeting at Gude's Hall 

 on Tuesday, July 2nd. There was very 

 little business of importance trans- 

 acted. A few financial matters were 

 adjusted. It was decided that the an- 

 nua! picnic be an afternoon trip to 

 the Great Falls of the Potomac, some 

 time during the third week In July. 

 The florists with their families will 

 have a delightful trolley ride and wind 

 up with dinner at the hotel. The sub- 

 ject of holding a chrysanthemum show 

 here in the fall, which has been held 

 in abeyance some time, was finally de- 

 cided upon at the meeting. A commit- 

 tee on arrangements, consisting of 

 Geo. Cooke, Geo. Field and F. H. 

 Kramer, was appointed by Pres. Bis- 

 set. The show will be held on Tues- 

 day, Wednesday and Thursday of the 

 week of Nov. 15th. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A two days' sweet pea and hardy 

 perennial exhibition was held here 

 this week and brought out some of the 

 best exhibits we have seen in years. 

 Pepper, Elkins, Bodine, Walker, Paul, 

 Morrell, Lippincott, Ellis, and other 

 gardens were represented and had a 

 fairly good showing of prizes to take 

 home and tack up in the packing shed. 

 But more important was the public in- 

 terest and appreciation of the show 

 which will undoubtedly bear fruit in 

 the future. The first prize in sweet 

 peas was not well arranged. Another 

 set of judges would have thrown it 

 out and given it to a poorer lot of 

 flowers better staged. Half the charm 

 of the sweet pea is lost when its airy, 

 graceful poise is lost sight of. Henry 

 G. Michell, Henry A. Dreer, Samuel T. 

 Bodine, Harrison & Schrieber and C. 

 S. Ridgway donated the prizes. The 

 hardy perennials were excellent and 

 very interesting. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The summer meeting of the Minne- 

 sota Horticultuial Society was held at 

 Armory Hall. State Experiment Sta- 

 tion, St. Anthony Park on Tuesday, 

 July 2. 



The American Pomological Society 

 will hold its 31st annual meeting at 

 the Jamestown Exposition on Septem- 

 ber 24, 25, 26. A large attendance 

 from remote places is expected. 



The Sweet Pea Exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticuitiiral Society 

 will he held at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, on Saturday and Sunday, July 

 20 and 21. This is one of the most 

 interesting of the mid-summer shows 

 and will well repay a visit. 



Tlie annual picnic of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club will take place on July 

 21 at Morton Grove. Those who know 

 the ringleaders in fun making in the 

 Chicago Club — and who doesn't — need 

 no argument to convince them that 

 there will be a "high old time" on 

 this occasion. 



