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HORTICULTURE 



July 13, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



Thp meeting of the American Peony 

 Society at Ithaca, N. Y., .June 27-28, 

 was a most successful one and was at- 

 tended by more members and those in- 

 terested in the peony than ever before. 

 The first session of the meeting was 

 held on Thursday afternoon. Dean 

 Bailey being present to welcome the 

 visitors to Cornell. He gave an inter- 

 esting address, explaining the work of 

 the College of Agriculture and its con- 

 nection with the University, Owing 

 to the unusual amount of business 

 ■brought before the meeting it was 

 found necessary to adjourn to Friday 

 forenoon and again to Friday after- 

 noon. Prof. Craig presented the check- 

 list as the report of the nomenclature 

 committee, and Prof. Coit, his able as- 

 sistant, presented an extract from his 

 thesis which proved to be a very inter- 

 esting history of the peony and a 

 statement of the methods pursued in 

 the present work of bringing order out 

 of the much confused condition in 

 which the peony has been submerged. 



On Thursday afternoon carriages 

 ■were provided by Prof. Craig and a 

 ■visit was made to the trial grounds 

 -which are situated about one and a 

 quarter miles away from the Univer- 

 sity. The collection covers about two 

 and one-half acres of ground and con- 

 tains all the varieties obtainable in 

 this countn- and Europe. The plants 

 liavc made a fairly strong growth, but 

 have not arrived at perfection yet, 

 which will require at least another 

 year. An additional collection is now 

 proposed which will be made up of 

 plants selected by the donors as their 

 choice of the best varieties, with the 

 idea of eventually selecting from these 

 one hundred varieties which shall be 

 the cream. 



Two new standing committees were 

 appointed; one on the diseases of the 

 peony, and the other on new varie- 

 ties They are made up as follows: 

 Committee on diseases. Prof. H. H. 

 Wlietzel, A. H. Fewkes, W. C. Barry, 

 "W. A. Peterson, A. O. Wild and C. S. 

 Harrison: committee on new varieties, 

 A. H. Fewkes, S. G. Harris and C. J, 

 Hunn, Three new names were added 

 to the committee on nomenclature, 

 making that committee as it now 

 stands, Prof. John Craig, Prof. A. P. 

 Saunders, C. J. Maloy, John A, Charl- 

 ton. J. F. Rosenfield, A. H. Fewkes, B. 

 H. Farr, and Jos. Dauphin. It was 

 voted to return to Ithaca in 1908 as the 

 test collection will be in better condi- 

 tion, and probably will be a great at- 

 traction for several years to come. 



A very pleasant incident was the 

 visit paid by the members and their 

 friends under the guidance of Prof. 

 Craig, to the University Library, 

 where some of the old volumes were 

 examined, in which much of the early 

 history of the peony was found by 

 Prof. Coit. Old herbals of almost 

 priceless value were brought out and 

 shown to the visitors— books which 

 were written before the time of Lin- 

 naeus, presenting the most superb ty- 

 pography and hand colored plates as 

 bright and clear as though recently 

 painted. 



The Society feels deeply indebted to 

 the management of the college, and 

 particularly to Prof. John Craig and 

 his assistants, for the great interest 



taken in our worli and the courtesy 

 and kindness extended to all who at- 

 tended the meeting. 



A. H. FEWKES, Sec. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The annual June exhibition of the 

 Huntington Horticultural and Agricul- 

 tural Society was held in the Trade 

 School Building on June 27. Roses 

 and strawberries were the feature of 

 the show, and in these classes the dis- 

 play exceeded former exhibits, the 

 roses being notably of fine quality and 

 in large variety. Peonies and other 

 herbaceous flowers were also fine. 

 Principal awards were: 



Strawberries — August Hecksclier, .iclolpli 

 Alms, gardener, 1st in clause.^ for size, 

 tiiiish, shipping and ocllectiuii; Mrs. W. \\ . 

 Sbarpe, Peter Mee, gardener, 1st tor H:ivor. 

 Roses — 12 pink, Walter Jecnings, Itiehanl 

 Cartwrigjit, gardener. 12 white, August 

 Heckseher. r2 red, Wni. O'Hara. 12 au.v 

 other, A. Heckseher. 6 spra.vs moss, white, 

 Walter Jtnnings; pink, O. E. Sc-hni.dt. 

 Thos. Caley, gardener. 6 sprays cUnUni'g. 

 Wra. O'Hara. Collection, Walter Jennings, 

 1st; Wm. O'Hara, 2nd. Vase hardy flowers. 

 August Heckseher. Collection haidy Howei-s. 

 W. J. Matheson, James Klrliy, gardener. 

 Sweet Peas, W. J. Matheson. Carnatiuns. 

 A. Heckseher. Peonies, H. J. & A H. 

 Funnell. Early vegetables, W. Jennings, 

 1st; A. Heckseher, 2nd. The rooms were 

 handsomely decorated with palms from A. 

 Heckscher's consen'atory. 



Tlie season here is fully ten days 

 later than the average. 



A. H. FUNNELL, Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The floral display at the meeting of 

 this society in Orange, on July 5, was 

 unusually rich. There were many rare 

 and beautiful orchids from Lager & 

 Hurrell, .fos. A. Manda, O. A. Miller, 

 and others; gloxinias from Peter Duff; 

 hardy herbaceous flowers from Wm. 

 Reid, Max Schneider and A. T. Caparn. 

 The latter showed Romneya Coulteri, 

 which had been raised in frames in 

 light soil and had taken IS months in 

 which to reach the blooming stage. 



In the business portion of the even- 

 ing Henry Hornacker made a plea for 

 the representation of the commercial 

 man in the forthcoming fall show by 

 a special class with suitable reward. 

 The temper of the meeting was to 

 grant this, and $6 and $9 for the best 

 twenty-five cut blooms, open to the 

 trade, was ordered to be placed upon 

 the schedule. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



On July 2 the annual show of this 

 society opened with a display fully 

 equal to that of any previous year. 

 Among the exhibits were roses and 

 carnations by S. J. Reuter of Wester- 

 ly; Boston ferns by A. K. Anderson, of 

 the M. F. Plant estate; hydrangeas, 

 gladioli and conifers by Otto Ernst; 

 palms from the Geduldig estate; Ham- 

 burg grapes and cucumbers by J. P. 

 Soreiison. Awards were made to Gus- 

 tave Neumann, gardener for Mrs. Al- 

 fred Mitchell, for iris, herbaceous 

 flowers, peonies and strawberries; and 

 T. W. Head secured a round dozen of 

 prizes on vegetables. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 

 The St. Louis Florist Club recently 

 celebrated its 20th anniversary with a 

 smoker, as related in last week's issue 

 of HORTICULTURE. The following 

 statistics of the organization have been 

 kindly furnished by Secretary J. J. 

 Beneke. 



The St. Louis Florist Club was organ- 

 ized June 28, 1887, in the rooms of the 

 Mercantile Club, there were present at the 

 first meeting, the following florists: J. M. 

 Jordan, S. Kehrmann, L. Armstrong, J. S. 

 Wilson, Wm. Ellison, Chas. Connon, Chas. 

 A. Jufugel, E. W. Guy, R. Frow, H. 

 Michel, Alex. Waldbart, Wm. Schray. and 

 Julius Koenig, Sr. Of these live are dead. 

 J. M. Jordan, Chas. Connon, H. Michel, 

 'Wm. Schi-ay and Julius Koeuig, Sr. ; (our 

 are still members of the Club: they are: 

 J. S. Wilson, Chas. Juengel, E. W. Guy, 

 and Mc*si-s. Frow, Kehrmann, Armstrong, 

 Ellison and Waldbart are still among the 

 living but not membti-s at present. 



The first officers were: J. M. Jordan, 

 president; H. Michel, vice president; L. 

 Armstrong, secretary; and A. Waldbart, 

 treasurer. Messrs. Kehrmann, Connon and 

 Juengel, trnslces The Club continued to 

 meet in the rooms of the Mercantile Clnb 

 until May Vi, 1S90, with a membership of 

 17, afterwards in tjie Odd Fellows' build- 

 ing. 



In 1888 Charles Connon was elected 

 president, the secretary, vice-president, 

 and treasurer holding over, the club now 

 having increased its membership to 23. 



In August, 1SS9, H. Michel was elected 

 president; William Schray, vice-president; 

 S. Kehrmann, secretary; the treasurer 

 holding over. 



April Sth, 1890, H. Michel resigned 33 

 president, and J. M. Jordan was elected 

 to fill out the vacancy. 



August, 1890, Charles Connon was again 

 elected president, the other oflicers hold- 

 ing over. . , . 



August 1891, Eugene H. Michel was 

 elected president; Julius Koenig. Sr., vice- 

 president; Emil Schray, secretary, and 

 Alexander Waldbart, treasurer. 



In 1892 John Young was elected presi- 

 dent: R. F. Tes.son. vice-president; the sec- 

 retary and treasurer holding over. 



The following year, 1893, Alex. Wald- 

 bart served as president; Julius Koenig, 

 Sr., vice-president; F. C. Weber, treas- 

 urer, and Schray, secretary. The trus- 

 tees were: Beneke, Jordan, Michel. 



The following vear Alex. Waldbart was 

 re-elected as president; Frank J. Fillmore, 

 vice-president; Emil Schray. secretarj-, 

 and John Young, treasurer, and the mem- 

 bership had now increased to 35. 



In 1895 Frank J. Fillmore was elected 

 to fill the chair with C. A. Ki.ehn as vice- 

 president, the other oflicers holding over. 

 The following year. 180ij, John W. Kunz 

 was elected president; Frank J. Fillmore, 

 vice-president, secretarv and trea.surer the 

 same as last year, the membership having 

 now increased to 40. ,, , » j 



The following vear Dr. A. S. Halsted 

 served as president, with F. W. tide, Jr., 

 vice-president, secretaiy and treasurer 

 holding over. , ^ , ■ 



In 1S9S C. C. Sanders was elected presi- 

 dent; Max. Herzog. vice-president; E. 

 Schray, secretary, and J. J. Beneke, treas- 



" The following year, 1899, J. F. Ammann 

 .served as president; C. A. Knehn, vice- 

 president; secretary and treasurer thi 



E W. Guy occupied the chair in 190[J, 

 witli Charles Juengel as vice-president; E. 

 S'hray, secretary, and J. J. Beneke, treas- 



In 1901 Fred H. Meinhardt was elected 

 to presidenoT, with F. M. Ellis as vice- 

 president, secretarv and treasurer holding 

 over, the club now having a membership 



" In August, 1902, J. W. Dunford -was 

 elected president; George B. ■Windier, vice- 

 president, officers of secretary and treas- 

 urer holding over. „ , , .«j 



August. 1903. J. .T. Beneke was elected 

 president: William Winter, vice-presiddit: 

 1; Schray, secretary, and Otto G. Koenig, 

 treasurer"; this year the membership was 

 increased to 100. , _ „ 



In August, ISO-i, Chas^ A. Juengel ■teas 

 elected president, with W. J. Pilcher, vice- 

 president: F. H. Meinh.ardt, treasurer, and 

 E Schrav, secretary. 



The following year, 190>. J. F. Amniann 

 i.-rved his second term as president: John 

 «teldel vice-president, and E. Schray serr- 



