HORTICULTURE 



July 6, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Another superb exhibition was put 

 up on June 29 and 30 at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston. Roses and strawber- 

 ries had the right of way in the pros- 

 pectus, but peonies, campanulas and 

 other seasonable material almost over- 

 whelmed them. The roses were not 

 equal In quantity or quality to some 

 former exhibitions and in some of the 

 classes there was but one competitor. 

 Prizes were awarded in tbe various 

 schedule classes to W. J. Clemson, 

 Vv'm. Whitman, W. A. L. Bazeley, Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, E. L. Lewis, Mrs. Fred- 

 erick Ayer, J. G. Wright and Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill. First prize for three blooms 

 of a variety introduced since U'03 went 

 to 'W. J. Clemson for Fiau Karl 

 Druschki and second to Mrs. H. R. 

 Foote for Mons. Louis Ricard. 



The displays of herbaceous peonies 

 were magnilicent. Conspicuous among 

 them was George Hollis' display of 

 thirty new varieties, composed of his 

 own seedlings, which was awarded 

 first prize, also a collection of Jap- 

 anese singles from the same exhibitor. 

 Dr. C. S. Minot, T. C. Thurlow Co., 

 James McKissock, E. L. Lewis, Joseph 

 S. Chase, B. J. Shayler, Mrs. R. Leeson 

 and Blue Hill Nurseries were all repre- 

 sented by large collections. R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. made a display of 

 campanulas and peonies in combina- 

 tion which attracted as much admira- 

 tion as any other feature of the 

 show. Mrs. Gardner also staged cam- 

 panulas and delphiniums in large 

 numbers, and a splendid effect was 

 produced by a group of large bougain- 

 villeas and orchids from Mrs. Leeson. 

 Blue Hill Nurseries and F. J. Rea sent, 

 as usual, interesting collections of bor- 

 der perennials. 



The folowing special awards were 

 made: 



First Class Certificates of Merit: James 

 Cartnriglit, superior cultivation of Onei- 

 dium sphacelatum; J. E. Rctliwell. Ameri- 

 can seedling CypripaJium Emil Johausson; 

 James McKissock, new Peony Rosa Bon- 

 lieur. 



Honorable Mention: J. Lawson, culture 

 of Crassula cocciuea; Wm. Whitman, dis- 

 play of Digitalis; Geo. Hollis. seedling 

 Penuv Geo. Hollis; Dr. Charles S. Minot, 

 new Peony M. Charles I.evique; F. J. Rea, 

 Iris orientalis Snow Queen; E. J. Shayler, 

 seedling Peony No. 2. 



In strawberries, G. V. Fletcher, 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, I. E. Goburn, S. H. 

 Warren and John Ward were the main 

 exhibitors. The fruit was of splendid 

 quality, the principal varieties staged 

 being Marshall, McKinley. Sample. 

 Brandywine. Haverland, Minute Man 

 and Abington, the last named variety 

 taking both first and second prizes for 

 one quart of any variety introduced 

 since 1903. In the vegetable section 

 beets, cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, 

 lettuce, peas, onions, etc., were seen 

 in generous array. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The smoker given by the St. Louis 

 Florist Club on last Saturday night to 

 celebrate its 20th anniversary was a 

 great success and the trustees, Messrs. 

 Smith, Beyer and Weber, are to be 

 congratulated for having arranged 

 such a good time for the members. 

 Seventy-five members, including a few 

 florists who are not members, attended. 



There was plenty of everything to eat. 

 drink and smoke for all. At 9 o'clock 

 J. J. Beneke who was chosen chairman 

 of the evening, opened the entertain- 

 ment with a few well-chosen remai'ks 

 and called on the band for the opening 

 overture. Then president H. C. Irish, 

 was called upon to welcome the guests. 

 Luther Armstrong followed in re- 

 sjranse, taking for his subject the first 

 meeting of this club 20 years ago. He 

 was followed by all the ex-presidents 

 in rotation, those present being F. 

 Fillmore, J. W. Kunz, E. W. Guy, C. 

 C. Sanders, J. F. Ammann and J. J. 

 Beneke. After more music and songs 

 James S. Wilson, W. C, Young, John 

 Connor, Frank Weber, H. Lohrenz, S. 

 Kehrmann, W. J. Pilcher and Ed 

 Dearker followed with short talks and 

 the rest of the evening was taken up 

 with singing and stories by FVank 

 Filmore and others. The party broke 

 up only after the clock had struck one. 

 Through the courtesy of Secretary 

 Beneke we have been furnished with 

 some valuable data regarding the his- 

 tory of this club which is crowded out 

 this week but which we shall take 

 pleasure in publishing in full in our 

 next issue. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The date of the annual meeting to 

 be held at Toronto has been changed 

 to August 15th, 16th and 17th, with 

 headquarters at Queens Hotel. The 

 business meetings will be held in the 

 City Hall. 



The following provisional program 

 has been arranged: 



August 15th, Morning. — Reception of 

 visitors and address of welcome by 

 the Mayor of Toronto. 



August 15th, Afternoon. 2 P. M.— 

 Drive through city parks, etc. 



August loth. Evening. — Business: 

 Reading of papers and discussion 

 thereon. 



August 16th, Morning, 9.30 A. M.— 

 Automobile trip. 



August 16th, Afternoon.— 2 P. M.. 

 trip by boat around Toronto Island; 5 

 P. M., luncheon at Island Park. 



August 10th, Evening. — Business 

 meeting. 



Arrangements are not fully made 

 for August 17th at this time. Papers 

 and discussions will be features of the 

 business sessions. 



F. L. MULFORD, Sec'y-Treas. 



WORCESTER COUNTY (MASS.) 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The exhibition held June 27 by the 

 Worcester Horticultural Society was 

 one of great interest, as there was 

 there shown one of the finest dis- 

 plays of peonies ever seen in the hall. 

 Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, N. 

 Y.. staged a table of standard sorts 

 which stood their journey well. The 

 winners of prizes for peonies were 

 Pres. Hadwen, Messrs. Marble, Breed, 

 Fisher and Hixon. There was also 

 a large display of perennial flowers. 



The last two exhibitions have been 

 well attended, and although the back- 

 ward season has prevented the ex- 

 hibitors from living up to the sched- 

 ule, the general display has been ex- 

 cellent. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the New 

 Orleans Horticultural Society was held 

 at Kolb's Halls on June 20th, Mr. 

 Otto Ahele presiding; C. R. Banter, 



secretary; John Eblen, treasurer, at 

 their respective stations. 



The committee on chrysanthemum 

 sliow, through Mr. E. Baker reported 

 progress, stating that at the next meet- 

 ing a detailed report would be ren- 

 dered. It was desired to dispense with 

 the annual outing this year owing to 

 the expenses incurred at the conven- 

 tion of Southern llorists. 



Nominations of officers for the en- 

 suing year were then made: for presi- 

 dent, Chas. Eble; vice-presidents, A. 

 Alost, H. Cook, C. Ory; secretary, Chas. 

 R. Panter; treasurer, John Eblen. 



Chas. Eble exhibited some fronds of 

 a new varietv of nephrolepis. A sport 

 from Anna Foster which, from samples, 

 is one of the finest of the nephrolepis 

 family. R. Eichling of the U. J. Vir- 

 gin establishment exhibited some 

 magnificent Lilium Harrisii grown 

 from cold storage bulbs. 



The next meeting of the society 

 will be held July 18, when the elec- 

 tion of officers will take place. 



CHAS. R. PANTER, Secretary. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual rose and strawberry ex- 

 hibition of this .society was held on 

 June 27 with about 100 exhibits in 

 flowers and a dozen varieties of straw- 

 berries. Walter Jennings, Richard 



Cartwright gardener, August Heck- 

 scher, Adolph Alius gardener, W. J. 

 Matheson, James Kirby gardener, led 

 as prize vdnners. George Taylor, Ed- 

 ward Gildersleevc gardener, W. W. 

 Sharpe, Peter Mee gardener, John Cart- 

 ledge, C. Kalkan gardener, Miss Cor- 

 nelia Prime, J. Merrier gardener, 

 shared the honors in strawbemes and 

 h: J. Kelley. A. Tighs gardener, Wm. 

 O'Hora, O. E. Schmidt, T. Caley gard- 

 ener, received awards prix for roses. 

 H. T. & A. H. Funnell were first with 

 peonies. Special prizes were awarded 

 to A. Heckscher for palms and Miss 

 Emma Paulding for lilies. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This society held a lose and straw- 

 berry show on June 24 instead of the 

 17th as previously arranged. Consid- 

 ering the backward season the exhibi- 

 tion was a success. The principal 

 tu-ize winners in the section for cut 

 loses were J. Kennedy, A. Grieb, W. 

 Swain, B. Wychoff, and A. Bauer. In 

 the strawberry section the winners 

 were J. Kennedy, W. Swain, A. Bauer. 

 In the classes for vegetables. H. Wood, 

 .V. Grieb, F. Dettlinger and R. Kenne- 

 ii\ were the successful exhibitors. W. 

 1>. Robertson was first for the best 

 \ase of sweet peas. 



The society will hold its second 

 annual summer show in the nevv Ca- 

 sino, Long Branch, on July 24 and 25. 

 There is every indication that the ex- 

 hibition will be a success. 



