August 24, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



273 



sui'ed glass was reduced to scrap, by 

 a violent hail storm. 



The officers and directors especially 

 refer the members to the report ol the 

 treasurer, believing that a careful 

 perusal will secure an approval of their 

 stewardship. 



JOHN (i. KSLER, Secretary. 

 Treasurer's Report. 



Total amount I'eceived for year end- 

 ing Aug. 1, 19U7, $20..316.35; expenses 

 for 1906 and 1907, $2,481.87; losses from 

 Aug. 1, 1906 to Aug. 1, 1907, $4,527.16. 



KECAPITULATION. 



To lialaiicc on baud August, 1, 



1906 $15,150.49 



Total lecfipts foi- .vear ending 



August 1, 1907 20,316.35 



$35,466,84 



By losses paid for year ending 



August 1. 1907 $4,527.16 



Bt expenses and investments . . 6,642.74 



By balance on liand 24.296.94 



$35,466.84 

 ALBERT M. HERR, Treasurer. 



LENOX HORTICULTURALSOCIETY. 



The summer exhibition of annuals 

 and perennials under the auspices ot 

 this society was held on August 15 and 

 was very successful. Practically all 

 the cottagers attended, and in the 

 evening the hall was thronged. The 

 exhibits of perennials were remarka- 

 ble for the fine quality when the un- 

 favorable season is taken into consid- 

 eration. Never before at any of the 

 society's shows were sweet peas dis- 

 played so abundantly and so strong. 

 About two hundred vases were staged. 

 In the class for 12 vases, 12 varieties, 

 A. H. Wingett. superintendent for 

 Chas. Lanier was first, M. T. Reynolds, 

 superintendent for Mrs. E. R. Whar- 

 ton, second, A. J. Loveless, superin- 

 tendent for Mrs. John Sloane, third. 

 In the class for 6 vases, 6 varieties, 

 W. D. Curtis, M. K. Jesup and H. H. 

 Pease received the awards. Among 

 the winning collections were King Ed- 

 ward VII., Countess Spencer, Othello 

 Dorothy Eckford, Helen Pierce, John 

 Ingham, Navy Blue, Mrs. Kenyon, Nora 

 Unwin, Miss Wilmott, Lady Grisel 

 Hamilton. Annuals were well shown 

 by and first awards made to Mrs. E. R. 

 Wharton, Miss Charlotte Barnes and 

 Mrs. J. B. Alexandre, W. Jack, super- 

 intendent, in the various classes. In 

 perennials Mrs. E. R. Wharton was 

 first in 24 varieties and Miss Helen 

 Parish first in 12 and 6 varieties. Par- 

 ticularly noticeable were the large 

 vases of salpiglossis, delphinium, sca- 

 biosa and antirrhinum, and first 

 awards in these were taken by J. E. 

 Alexander, Chas. Lanier, W. D. Sloane, 

 and Miss Charlotte Barnes, respective- 

 ly. Phlox decussata was well dis- 

 played by Miss A. Kneeland, Mrs. 

 George Westinghouse, E. J. Norman, 

 superintendent, and gladioli by G. H. 

 Morgan, Thos. Page, superintendent. 

 Dahlias were not quite up to the Lenox 

 standard, but interest centered about 

 the fancy dahlia Chas. Lanier. The 

 flowers grow to be six to seven inches 

 in diameter. This will not be dissem- 

 inated for two years. 



In fruit and vegetables Chas. Lanier, 

 R. W. Patterson. Thos. Proctor, super- 

 intendent, M. K. Jesup, J. J. Donahoe, 

 superintendent, J. E. Alexander and 



John E. Parsons, carried oft the 

 honors. 



A diploma was awarded to Charles 

 Lanier for blackberry Kittatiny; a cul- 

 tural certificate to C. deHeredia for 

 collection of vegetables, and a vote 

 of thanks to Thomas Proctor for 

 melon (indoor) weighing 10 pounds, 14 

 ounces. The judges were B. Jenkins 

 and S. Carlquist. 



ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN 

 CEMETERY SUPERINTEN- 

 DENTS. 



Tlie annual convention of this As- 

 sociation opened on Tuesday morning 

 in the Masonic Temple, Providence, R. 

 1., at ten o'clock. President Cline in- 

 troduced Mayor McCarthy, who wel- 

 comed the visitors to the city. Presi- 

 dent Cline responded briefly, after 

 which S. J. Hare of Kansas City pre- 

 sented to the Association a gavel with 

 head of highly polished Tennessee 

 marble. President Cline then read his 

 address, referring to the birth of the 

 society twenty-one years ago, and the 

 first meeting at Cincinnati, m April, 

 1887. Secretary Lawson made a pro- 

 visional report, as his documents went 

 astray in transit, stating that 21 joined 

 the society at Detroit and 22 had en- 

 tered since; 11 had been dropped for 

 non-payment of dues, 6 resigned, 2 

 death.'!. At 1.30 P. M. special cars 

 were taken for the North Burial 

 Ground, where an address was deliv- 

 ered by W. K. Reynolds, Chairman of 

 the Commission. He slated that the 

 first burial recorded there was in 1710; 

 the first deed for a lot was passed in 

 184S. At 4.30 the company went to 

 Field's Point, where a genuine Rhode 

 Island clambake was served. 



On Wednesday at 10 A. M. cars were, 

 taken for Swan Point Cemetery, where, 

 after an address by President Alfred 

 Stone, lunch was served and business 

 taken up. In the evening a trip by 

 steamer was made to Vanity Fair. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The village improvement society of 

 Easthampton, Mass., held a flower show 

 on August 16. 



The Denison Civic Improvement 

 League. Denison. Texas, will hold their 

 flower show on November 6, 7, 8. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 will hold their fall show on September 

 17, IS, 19, in Masonic Hall. 



The New York Florists' Club will 

 hold its next meeting in the Murray 

 Hill Lyceum, 160-164 E. Thirty-fourth 

 street, between Third and Lexington 

 avenues. New York City, on the night 

 of September 9th. 



The program for the chrysanthe- 

 mum show to be held in Washington, 

 D. C. at National Rifles Armory on 

 November 12, 13 and 14 is now out 

 and can be had from Secretary McCau- 

 ley at ISth and Kearney Sts, N. E. 



The preliminary schedule of the 

 seventh annual exhibition ot th6 New 

 Haven County Horticultural Society is 

 out, and can be had upon application 

 to Walter Koella, 58 Bishop St., New 

 Haven, Ct. November 0, 7. and 8 are 

 the dates; Music Hall the place for the 

 show. 



The annual outing and clambake of 

 the Utica Florists' Club was held on 

 August 14 at Ilion, N. Y. The Albany 



Florists' Club were their guests, and 

 among those in attendance were Pat- 

 rick Hyde, W. C. King, J. Haggarty, 

 W. C. Gloeckner, F. A. Danker, J. C. 

 McAllister and J. A. Howe, Jr. 



The fifth annual fall show of the 

 Huntington Horticultural and Agricul- 

 tural Society, Huntington, L. I., will 

 be held in September, and the commit- 

 tee request those who intend to donate 

 money or prizes to give the matter 

 their early attention. All communica- 

 tions or contributions should be ad- 

 dressed to J. R. McCulloch, chairman 

 of committee, or A. H. Funnell, secre- 

 tary. 



The eighteenth annual banquet 

 under the will of the late Henry Shaw 

 to the gardeners, florists and nursery- 

 men by the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 was given on August 14 at the South- 

 ern Hotel, St. Louis. Plates for 150 

 were laid and the tables were beauti- 

 fully decorated. Dr. William Trelease 

 acted as toastmaster and responses 

 were made by President Dunlap of the 

 Apple Growers' Congress. Park Com- 

 missioner P. C. Seanlan, AV. C. Young, 

 Walter Retzer, Prof. M. B. Waite, N. J. 

 Coleman. L. A. Goodman. J. C. 

 Vaughan. Among the members of the 

 St. Louis Florist Club present were 

 H. C. Irish, J. J. Beneke, C. A. Kuehn, 

 J. F. Ammann, Carl Beyer, J. F. Fil- 

 more, W. C. Smith. A. J. Bentzen. John 

 Connon, A. S. Halstead, G. H. Auger- 

 inuller, J. W. Dumford, 



NEWS NOTES. 



The Foster Floral Co., are now In 

 their new quarters at 909 Olive street, 

 St. Louis. 



The Alpha Flower Co., Des Moines, 

 la., has leased the store at Seventh 

 and Walnut streets. 



The business of George F. Brehmer 

 of Chillicothe, O., who died recently, is 

 to be sold to close the estate. 



T. D. Brown, Adams, Mass., is mak- 

 ing extensive improvements in his 

 greenhouses, putting in new boilers, 

 etc. 



Geo. W. Davis, of Detroit, Mich., has 

 filed a petition in bankruptcy; liabili- 

 ties $2,013.87; assets, $1,150, claimed 

 iis exempt. 



F. P. Dilger, of Milwaukee, Wis,, 

 has announced the engagement of his 

 daughter Charlotte to Charles Bondey 

 of Kewaunee, 111. 



The three large greenhouses of the 

 Lewis place in Longmeadow, Mass., re- 

 cently purchased by Col. Phipps of the 

 U. S. Army, retired, have been sold to 

 J. W. Adams & Co., of Springfield, nur- 

 serymen, and taken down and removed 

 to this place. 



The greenhouse on the Ames estate, 

 one ot the landmarks of Chicopee, 

 Mass.. and said to have been the third 

 greenhouse erected in the state, where 

 the late Dextei- Snow was for a long 

 time gardener, is being taken down. 

 When first put up there were twenty 

 and thirty visitors from out of town 

 some days, who would come to see 

 what it was like. The ventilators were 

 of cast-iron 2x3 ft. and weighed about 

 70 lbs. each. 



The family have a fine Cycas revo- 

 luta, once the property of George 

 Washiu.gton, and which has been in 

 liossessiou of the present owners for 

 97 years. 



