September 14, 1907 



HORTICULTURE, 



349 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The .September meeting of the club 

 was held at the new headquarters. Hur- 

 ray Hill Lyceum. I6fi-1H4 East 34lh 

 street, last Monday evening, nfty-seven 

 membeis being present. Among the 

 features of the evening were an in- 

 teresting address by Rev. McGee Pratt, 

 the resignation of Treasurer Wheeler 

 because of removal to California, and 

 the selection of his successor, the 

 enthusiastic reports of experiences at 

 the Philadelphia convention by llessrs. 

 fi. A. Hunyard, .lohn Young, C. H. 

 Totty, P. O'Maia. John Lirnie, Chas. 

 Lenkei', Harry Turner, J. B. Nugent 

 and otheis, and the reading of 

 a characteristic poem on the same 

 topic by J. .Austin Shaw. The 

 handsome silver cup won l)y 

 William Duckham in the Con- 

 vention Howling Tournament was 

 on exhibition. For the unexpired 

 term as treasurer W. F. Sheridan, .J. 

 K. .\llen and John Donaldson were 

 nominated. Mr. Donaldson withdrew 

 his name and Mr. Sheridan was elected 

 by the close vote of 2:1 to :>0. S. A. 

 F. President-elect F. fi. Traendly ad- 

 dressed the meeting, urging upon 

 every member the duty of taking 

 an active part in making the 

 convention at Niagara Falls next 

 summer a credit to the city and 

 state. The outing committee made 

 its final reiKUt, turning in the sum of 

 $51. 'JO to the treasury, and w-as dis- 

 charged with the thanks of the club 

 lor the manner in which they had ful- 

 filled their arduoi'.s task. .An amend- 

 ment to the by-lays was presented for 

 consideration at the October meeting, 

 establishing life membership in the 

 club at ?75.00. The treasurer's final 

 report showed a balance of $2,450.39 

 in bank to the credit of the club. 



John Lewis (;hilds sent for exhibi- 

 tion a. splendid collection of gladioli 

 blooms, including such varieties as 

 America, Alaska. Princeps, Mrs. Fran- 

 cis King and Blanche ilehose, which 

 received an award of high commenda- 

 tion from the judges. Harry Turner 

 of "Castle Goi'ld" showed a set of six 

 well-grown plants of Celosia pyramid- 

 alis in six distinct colors, which were 

 given a well-merited certificate of 

 merit. 



The new rooms of the club are 

 large and airy, with abundant light 

 and everyone was delighted with their 

 fitness for all requirements of the 

 meetings. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting of the New- 

 Bedford Horticultural Society held 

 last Monday evening, the main topics 

 for discussion were the stp.ging of 

 flowers for exhibition, with regard to 

 effect and the necessity for the im- 

 provement in the qualitj' of tire 

 dahlia by strengthening the stem — 

 led by Wm. Keith, — an;l the use of 

 Icerbaceous plants for cemetery plant- 

 ing — led by Thomas White. 



Mr. White considered, that chieHy 

 owing to their way of leaving a bare 

 or untidy spot after the blooming 

 period, the herbaceous plants were not 

 an unqualified success for cemetery 

 planting. In the discussion which fol- 



lowed, some useful information as to 

 the treatment of herbaceous plants 

 was brought out. In the monthly ex- 

 hibit a good number of dahlias and 

 gladioli w-ere shown, the main part o£ 

 tliem by amatuers. 



Owing to the slow manner in which 

 the bills are coming in the executive 

 committee were unable to make a re- 

 port upon the late exhibition. While 

 this laxity on the part of creditors is 

 somewhat provoking, it shows that the 

 ciedit of the society is good, locally 

 at least. 



THOMAS WHITE. 



PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY 

 FLORISTS' AND GARDEN- 

 ERS' CLUB. 



The members hurried through the 

 loutine business at the meeting Sept. 

 M, for it was "Gladiolus Night" and 

 all were anxious to Inspect t'ne 

 beautiful exhibits. 



Jno. Lewis Childs sent a large ex- 

 hibit of his newer sorts, including 

 Blanche, a large white flow-er in form 

 and style resembling .America, Harle- 

 quin, flaked, Los Angeles, Lydia, 

 Spot, f:onirast, a tine flower after the 

 style of 1900, but a little lighter 

 soailet and the white in the throat 

 more pronounced. Geo. B. Remsen, 

 Cardinal, Melrose, Sulphur King, Sun- 

 light, Gov. McCormick and Corsaire. 

 a very dark red, and others: a very 

 taking exhibit. 



Frank Banning, Kinsman, 0., dis- 

 played Augusta. America, No. 5, a 

 beautiful unnamed i)in'ii seedling of 

 large size, Canary Bird, Klondyke, 

 Princeps, Mephisr.opheles, Octoroon, 

 May. and Niagara, a very fine white, 

 snaded yellow. This entire display 

 was remarkable for the large spikes 

 and thrifty appearance. 



Nathan Smith <fe Son showed chrys- 

 anthemum Golden Glow. Buds taken 

 July 1st, cut Sept. 1st. 



Jro. F. .'i'immerman. gardener at 

 Dixmont Hospital, showed hibiscus, 

 early flowering cosmos, scabiosa, zin- 

 nias, phlox, and other border plants. 



Schenley Park, J. W. Jones, fore- 

 man, showed some good psters. One 

 of the park employes declined to tell 

 the composition of a solution used by 

 him to keep the aster beetle from the 

 flowers. This was the Rrst time in the 

 history of the club that any one pres- 

 ent at a meeting has kept secret when 

 questioned, any thing that would be 

 for the good of the craft in general, 

 and it created some little sensation. 



M hen we took up the S. A. P. con- 

 vention at Philadelphia, there was just 

 one voice and that was of unstinted 

 praise for Philadelphia hospitality. 



Subject for the October meeting — 

 Ferns. li. P. lOSLIN, Secretary. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



For the meeting and exhibition in 

 Washington. D. C, Jan. 2Sth to 31st, 

 inclusive, ir<OS, the Henry F. Michell 

 Co., Philadelphia. Pa., offer a silver 

 A-ase, value S40.0f', for the best 100 

 blooms of carnations in four vaiieties, 

 25 blooms to a vase; competition open 

 to private gardeners only. 



AT>BERT M. HERR, Sec. 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Bulletin of the American Rose 

 Society with the proceedings of the 

 year, embracing the very able papers 

 of Theo. Wirth, E. G. Hill and M. H. 

 Walsh, is now in press and these 

 papers with the discussions which en- 

 sued, in which some of the ablest men 

 took part, including Messrs. W. C. 

 Barry, W. H. Elliott. John Cook, Wm. 

 A. Manda, Adolph Farenwald, E. G. 

 Hill and P. O'Mara are well reported. 



The certificates to be sent to life 

 members and the certificates for ex- 

 hibitors of new roses, will soon be 

 mailed. 



The Chicago people are already 

 astir with promise of everything that 

 can be asked for to boom roses in 

 every shape at the next meeting and 

 the western people say to the eastern 

 folk "Join us with both hands." 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 

 The New England Dahlia Society 

 held its first annual meeting in Hor- 

 ticultural Hall. Boston, on Sept. 4. 

 These officers were elected: President, 

 Henry F. Burt, Concord; vice-presi- 

 dent, William F. Turner, New Bed- 

 ford; secreta'-y, Morris Fuld, 5 Union 

 street, Boston; treasurer, N. Allen 

 Lindsay. Marblehead. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The September meeting of the New- 

 Jersey Floricultural Society held at 

 Orange on the 6th instant, was called 

 to distribute the schedules of the 

 Dahlia show planned for Oct. 1. 

 There were but six exhibits and a 

 scattering attendance. 



The directors of the Arkansas State 

 Floral Society have arranged to give 

 prizes each year for the three most 

 laeautiful yards in Little Rock. .A 

 first, second and third prize will be 

 given, the judges to be selected from 

 the directors of the society. Appear- 

 ances from the front of the yard to the 

 middle of the street will be considered 

 in awarding the prizes. Everyone can 

 enter this contest, as the awards will 

 be made on the artistic taste shown 

 and the care exercised rather than on 

 the money expended. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston will hold its first meeting for 

 the season on Tuesday evening, 

 September 17, at 8 o'clock. Robert G. 

 Leavitt of the Ames Botanical Labora- 

 tory, North Easton will deliver a 

 lecture on hybridization. Mr. Leavitt 

 is an expert on scientific topics as 

 evidenced by the communications 

 from his pen which have from time to 

 lime appeared in HORTICULTURE. 

 Exhibits of geranium plants from 

 young gardeners for prizes offered last 

 fall will be made at this meeting. 

 Other exhibits are also expected. 

 The next "field day" of the club will 

 be September '21. when a visit will be 

 made to the dahlia farm of W. W. 

 Rawson & Co., of Marblehead. Mr. 

 Rawson will have a special car on the 

 12.4.3 train at North Station for Mar- 

 blehead. Members and friends are in- 

 vited to ta'fe this train; transporta- 

 tion will be free. Lunch will be served 

 on arrival at Marblehead. 



