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HORTI CULTURE 



August 10, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



For the meeting in Toronto, Thurs- 

 day, Friday and Saturday, August 

 15th, 16th and 17th, the trains and 

 rates are as follows: 



Leave Boston, by Boston, Albany 

 and New York Central at 6.02 p. m. 

 arriving in Toronto at 10.50 a. m. 

 Single fare, $12.25. 



Leave Philadelphia, by Pennsyl- 

 vaijia Railroad System at 8.25 p. m., 

 arriving in Toronto at 10.50 a. m. 

 Single fare, $11.85. 



Leave Washington, by Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad System at 7.15 p. m., 

 arriving in Toronto at 10.50 a. m. 

 Single fare, about $14.50. 



Leave Chicago, by Wabash Railroad 

 at 3.00 p. m., arriving in Toronto at 

 7.50 a. m. Single fare, $11.70. 



L/eave New York, by New York Cen- 

 tral at 8.00 p. m., arriving in Toronto 

 at 10.50 a. m. Single fare, $11.85. 



All these trains connect vrith the C. 

 P. R., for Toronto at Suspension 

 Bridge, with the exception, of course, 

 of the Chicago train, which is a 

 through train. 



Bach delegate should provide him- 

 Sfelf, at time of purchasing his ticket, 

 with a standard railroad convention 

 certificate, which upon presentation 

 at Toronto, will entitle him to a one- 

 third rate returning. 



The headquarters are Queen's Hotel ; 

 rates, thr'ee dollars per day. The bus- 

 iness sessions will be held in the City 

 Hall. 



The program as announced June 

 28th, has not been modified. We ex- 

 pfect short papers as follows: 



Theodore Wirth, "Band Concerts in 

 smaller or District Parks." 



W. J. Zartman, "Aquatic Gardens." 



John Dunbar, "Some Trees and 

 Shrubs for Park Plantings New or 

 tattle Known." 



Dr. Frank Baker. J. F. Foster. 

 F. L. MULFORD. 



Secretarj'-Treasurer. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



Owing to the illness of President 

 Heeremans. Vice-president Jack occu- 

 pied the chair at the regular meeting 

 of the above society held Saturday. 

 August 3rd. E. Jenkins was awarded 

 a certificate of cultural commendation 

 for an exceedingly well-flowered Den- 

 drobium Phalaenopsis Shroderae. It 

 was unanimously voted to have a fi.eld 

 day, the date to be decided at the next 

 meeting. The annual and perennial 

 exhibition will be held in the Town 

 Hall, Lenox, on Thursday, August 15 

 and from all accounts will be equal to 

 any heretofore held by the society. 



G. INSTONE, Sec'y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration. 



Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, B3r- 

 gen Co., N. J., submit for registration; 



Rambler Rose, Newport Fairy, Fine 

 dark pink, centre pale, very free flower- 

 ing, strong and vigorous grower. 



P. J. HAUSWIRTH. Secretarv. 



THE NATIONAL FLOWER ASSO- 

 CIATION OF THE UNITED 

 STATES, (Inc.) 

 Announcement. 

 Hartford, Conn., August 1, 1907. 

 The above-named Association so- 

 licits your co-operation in the move- 

 ment to bring about the adoption of a 

 national flower. 



The desire for a floral emblem is now 

 widely felt among the best people of 

 our country; and the universal senti- 

 ments of love of our native flowers and 

 love of our native land should find ex- 

 pression in a popular movement for the 

 final adoption of one of the many can- 

 didates which have been from time to 

 time so enthusiastically advocated by 

 the various societies and individuals 

 during the past years. 



A renewal of the movement is now 

 started and is being vigorously pushed 

 by the permanent organization of the 

 above Association, which is incorpor- 

 ated, and the funds of the Association 

 are in the hands of bonded ofllcers. 



Among the class of people who 

 should naturally be the first to become 

 interested and also benefitted are the 

 Florists and kindred branches inas- 

 much as they will be called upon to 

 furnish the seed, plants and flowers. 



A vigorous campaign is now in prog- 

 ress and your membership is earnestly 

 solicited at as early a date as conveni- 

 ent. Do It Now. 

 We have the honor to remain. 

 Respectfully yours, 

 LEVERETT K. SEYMOUR, 

 National Sec'y & Treas., Hartford, 

 Conn. 

 E. ALEXIS TAYLOR, President, 

 Forestville, Conn. 

 WM. J. STEWART 1st Vice-President, 

 Editor Horticulture, Boston, Mass. 

 J. C. VAUGHAN, 2d Vice-President. 

 Pres. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, 

 111. 

 A. N. PIERSON. 3d Vice-President, 

 Florist, Cromwell, Conn. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its regular meeting 

 on the 2d inst., President McGregor in 

 the chair. Certificates of merit were 

 awarded for the following exhibits: 

 Lilium Canadense by James Scott; 

 sweet peas, hybrid sweet William and 

 Celsia Arcturus by Herbert Shaw; 

 pentstemons, asters and the new mari- 

 gold Sunburst, by James Salter; gladi- 

 oli and four seedlings of Chrysanthe- 

 mum maximum x Marguerite, by Eric 

 Wetterlow. At the meeting on August 

 16 the discussion will be on perennials. 



W. T. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



Owing to the dry weather the exhi- 

 bition on August 3 and 4 at Horticul- 

 tural hall, was not so large as usual, 

 although the displays were very beau- 

 tiful, and there were fine exhibits of 

 seasonable annuals and phlox. W. W. 

 Rawson & Co., had a good display of 

 dahlias. Owing to the popularity of 

 the Sunday exhibitions, the society has 

 decided to make them permanent fea- 

 tures. Many old-home week visitors 

 were in attendance. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The exhibition at Norwich by this 

 society, on July 30. was very success- 

 ful, especially in the display of sweet 

 peas, the collection of these flowers 

 from the Morton F. Plant estate com- 

 piising 48 varieties. The same ex- 

 hibitor staged herbaceous flowers. 

 The gold medal contributed by Lyon 

 & Ewald for the best exhibit of peas 

 was presented to Thomas W. Head, su- 

 perintendent of the Plant estate. Aug. 

 Newman, gardener at the Alfred Mit- 

 chell estate also made a fine exhibit 

 in various classes. The Geduldig es- 

 tate, Mrs. W. C. Lanman and C. Lippit 

 were represented by handsome exhib- 

 its of floral design work. There were 

 some twenty other exhibitors mainly 

 amateurs. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The schedule of premiums for the 

 September show of the Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society is now in the printers' 

 hands and will be ready tor distribu- 

 tion in a few days. There are 77 

 classes in this schedule embracing 

 plants, flowers, fruit and vegetables as 

 well as many classes for made-up work 

 including the decoration of tables with 

 everything complete. There are quite 

 a number of special prizes offered by 

 friends of the society which include 

 premiums for miniature flower gar- 

 dens by Mr. Emery. Dahlias will be 

 a prominent feature of this show. The 

 exhibition will last three days and 

 there will be some new attraction for 

 each day. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTU RAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held at the society's rooms on August 

 2. The display included choice or- 

 chids from Julius Roehrs Co. and 

 Joseph A. Manda, the latter showing a 

 new variety of coelogj'ne; salpiglossis 

 and the new sweet william, Annwell, 

 by C. Hathaway; peaches by John 

 Crosby Brown, Peter Duff, gardener; 

 grapes by the Colgates; zinnias and 

 vegetables by St'ewart Hartshorne; 

 orchids and rudbeckia by S. Dickson. 

 J. A. Manda, A. T. Caparn and Edwin 

 Thomas were the judges. Mr. McTag- 

 gert of J. M. Thorburn & Co., was 

 present and pledged $10 in the name of 

 the firm for a prize at the forthcoming 

 show. Chas. Schweinfurth was also 

 a visitor. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The incorporators of this society in 

 their petition for incorporation state 

 that their aim is to conduct flower 

 shows in St. Louis, to hold State ex- 

 hibitions, establish a bureau of infor- 

 niatiou and provide a lecture course on 

 horticulture. The following are the 

 officers: Edward Mullinckoodt, presi- 

 dent; Otto G. Koenig. secretary; F. C. 

 Weber, treasurer. Besides these the 

 others mentioned in the application are 

 Andrew Meyer, Jr., Fred H. Meinhardt, 

 Theo. Miller, A. Jablonsky, Harry 

 Young, Emil Schray, J. H. Gimalach 

 and F. W. Brockmann. 



