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H O R T I C U L T U R i: 



September 7, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



The following letter from the coun- 

 sel of the United States Express Com- 

 pany to the Secretary of the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission, a copy of 

 which has been received by the Presi- 

 dent of the Society, is self-explanatory. 



New York, August 23, 1907. 

 Mr. Edward A. Moseley, Secretary, Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Dear Sir: — We received .Tour letter ot 

 August 21, 1907. enclosing letter from Wm. 

 J. Stewart, President of the Society of 

 America^ Florists and Ornamental Horti- 

 culturists. Mr. Stewart complains tliat the 

 United States Express Company has re- 

 stricted the effect of the Commission to the 

 points named in the complaint. 



We regret to say that although the ques- 

 tion was taken up some time ago, and al- 

 though the officers of the Company decided, 

 In order to be perfectly fair, that the new 

 rates should not be confined to the points 

 in question, but should be extended 

 throughout the territory involved, at points 

 similarly situated, through a misunder- 

 standing and oversight the new rates were 

 not put in to effect. 



As soon as we received your letter we 

 took the matter up with the Traffic .Man- 

 ager, and found that through a misunder- 

 standing he was awaiting some word from 

 us before changing the rates. We regret 

 very much that this has happened, for we 

 can' assure you that the Express Company 

 did not Intend to interpret the meaning 

 of the Commission's order in a narrow 

 manner. 



We think that Mr. Stewart's suggestions 

 are being entirely covered; if, however, his 

 attention is called to any specific instance 

 where the rate is not. in his opinion, ac- 

 cording to the spirit of the Commission's 

 order, we will have the matter adjusted 

 it he will call our attention to it. 



We return the enclosure herewith, and 

 wish to thank you for thus calling the 

 matter to our attention. 

 Yours trvilv. 

 O'BRIEN, BOARDMAN & PLATT. 



This disposes finally of the contro- 

 versy which has been extended over 

 the past fifteen months and should 

 place the United States Express Com- 

 pany in a most favorable light in the 

 estimation of the flower-shipping trade. 

 The position taken by the Company is 

 at once eminently fair and cordial. 



WM. J. STEWART, President, 

 '-\, P. J. HAL'SWIRTH, Secretary. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



M. H. Walsh of Woods Hole, Mass., 

 submits for registration the following 

 Rambler Roses: 



Walsh's "Poesy," color clear daric 

 pink; base of the petals fading to pure 

 white: distinct; free flowering, strong 

 grower; flowers borne in large clusters 

 and hanging gracefully on the plani. 

 This variely raised in Woods Hole in 

 1901. 



Walsh's "Coquina," beautiful shell 

 pink; lower half of petals creamy yel- 

 low; foliage glossy ivy green; profuse 

 bloomer: single flowers. 



Wal.sh's "Cinderella," beautiful dark 

 rose; Powers double, borne in immense 

 clusters: shoots bearing from sixty to 

 one hundred blooms; when fully de- 

 veloped, flowers assume imbricated 

 form and change to a lovely shade of 

 light pink: one of the latest of the 

 ramljler class to flower. 



■Walsh's "Delight," single flowers; 

 intense carmine tipped with scarlet; 

 lower half of the petals white; most 

 profuse bloomer; flowering from every 



bud on each shoot; foliage dark glossy 

 green and a grand forcing rose. 



V.alsh's "fJvangeline." single flower; 

 two inches in diameter; large bronzy 

 glossy green foliage: most vigorous 

 grower; deliciouslv fragrant: color 

 soft pink and white, suitable either for 

 clinibing or creeping in parks or shrub- 

 beries. 



Walsh's "Paradise," single flowers; 

 borne in large clusters; hardy; pro- 

 fuse liloomer; fragrant: petals, lower 

 half white; upper half, pink; W'heu 

 fully developed the petals recurve to 

 a siiar]) \ioiut forming a perfect star; 

 centre filled with y.^llow stamens. 



Prize Essays. 



On account of the short time inter- 

 vening between the publication of Mr. 

 Murray's offer and the meeting ot the 

 Society, the Executive Committee have 

 extended the time to September 30th. 



Samuel Murray, of Kansas City, 

 offers two prizes of $30 and $20 for 

 the following essays to be presented 

 Ijy Sept. 30th 'Comparative Worth in 

 the Community and to Horticulture 

 and Floriculture." 



First; The man who is a gardener 

 and florist, having a store and con- 

 servatory in the city, conducts a high 

 class business: has greenhouses in the 

 suburbs; grov.-s plants and cut flowers 

 for his store; has a good business in 

 spring bedding plants and does all in 

 his power to increase the sale of hardy 

 perennials, setting forth to his patrons 

 on everv occasion possible the beauty 

 and charm oi the hardy flower garden 

 plants, shrubs and trees and bulbs in 

 the fall. 



Second: The man who conducts a 

 store, and conservatory in the city, 

 has a high class business, but does not 

 have any greenhouses, buying all his 

 plants and"cnt flowers at wiiolesale. 

 P. ,T. HACSWIRTH, Secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. 



The feature of the monthly meeting 

 ol: this Club was and address by 

 Charles E. Me«han on "The Philos- 

 ophv of Wholesaling". Mr. Meehan 

 handled his subject in an able man- 

 ner as will be seen from a perusal of 

 his address which will appear in full 

 in an early isssue. Sam.iiel S. Pen- 

 nock and Fred Hahman were nomi- 

 nated for president for tl* ensuing 

 voar. The election talies place first 

 Tuesday in October. Edwin Lonsdale 

 and David Rust are slated for secre- 

 tary. May the best men win. It is a 

 healthy sign to see some rivalry for 

 the respective oflices. A resolution of 

 sympathy for Joseph Heacock on ac- 

 count cf his recent bereavement was 

 passed. Four new members were 

 elected and three nom.inated. Robert 

 Craig and Edwin Lonsdale spoke on 

 the forthcoming national flower show- 

 in replv to some criticism by Adolph 

 Fahrenwald. The ladies, bowling team 

 headed by Miss Graham attended the 

 meeting and took occasion to presonr 

 to the club the cup they won in the 

 convention contest. Captain Lynch 

 favored tlve company with a song at 

 the windup and light refreshments 

 were served. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The free exhibition given under the 

 auspices of this society in Odd Fel- 

 lows Hall, during Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day and Thursday of last week (Old 

 Home Week), received such extensive 

 patronage as seldom falls to the lot of 

 a provincial flower show. It is per- 

 fectly safe to say that half the time the 

 exhibition was open, the hall was prac- 

 tically filled with visitors; while dur- 

 ing Tuesday afternoon and evening 

 the doors were kept closed and opened 

 only to admit visitors as others made 

 their exit. Great credit is due to 

 Messrs. J. Garthly, W. Keith and H. 

 A. Jahn who have worked untiringly 

 and contributed freely of their stock 

 in the effort to make the exhibition a 

 success. 



The cut flower part of the skow was 

 essentially an exhibit of dahlias 

 which, owing to the early date and the 

 grievous conduct of the weather office, 

 w-as not quite u]> to the usual standard. 

 Mrs. H A. Jahn made an extensive 

 showing and cari'ied off the main part 

 of the premiums in the open classes. 

 James Garthly was awarded a silver 

 medal for a plant of Nephrolepis- 

 Todeaoides, also first premiums for 

 group of foliage plants, group of ferns, 

 specimen palm along with several 

 other premiums. The groups and 

 specimens palms and ferns toi'med 

 very attractive features. 



\\'m. Keith of New P.edford also 

 captured first premiums for group 

 specimen fern and specimen cycas. Mr. 

 Keith also had on exhibition a gi'oup 

 which claimed a good share of atten- 

 tion from the visitors; consisting of a 

 banana, orange, lemon and pine apple 

 all in fruit. 



R. & 3. Farquhar <6- Co. contributed 

 a bench oi Lilium auratuni and other 

 lilies, also a bunch of Scotch heather 

 which was of much interest, for which 

 a bronze medal was awarded. W. W. 

 Rawson & Co , of Boston, exhibited 

 about 200 fine dahlia from their 

 Marblehead farm. Exhibits of gladioli 

 and aquatic riowers from H. A. Dreer 

 and a fine collection of gladioli from 

 J. Lewis Childs were .generally much 

 admired. 



The judges were James Farquhar of 

 Boston, and W. C. Winter of Mans- 

 field. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual summer show of this so- 

 ciety was held August 2S-29, at Man- 

 chester, Mass.. under perfect weather 

 conditions. The exhibition was ad- 

 judged to be the best ever held by the 

 society. The judges were Julius Heur- 

 lin. George Gordon, and Chas. Simp- 

 kins. 



The exhibit of annuals in compe- 

 tition for the Schlegel & Fottler silver 

 cup was exceptionally good the cup 

 being won by Fred Brasch, gardener 

 to Mrs. James McMillan, with H. 

 Shaw, gardener to Mr. Gardner Lane, 

 second. 



■ :• i-vp cor-iai prize classes brought 

 out fine exhibits and close competition. 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, had an 

 exhibnt cf aquatics, Nephrolepis 



