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HORTICULTURE 



September 21, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The first meeting of this club for the 

 new season was held in Horticultural 

 Hall last Tuesday evening. The at- 

 tendance was large — fully one hundred 

 and fifty members being present — un- 

 doubtedly attracted by the announce- 

 ment that Mr. R. G. Leavitt of the 

 Ames Botanical Laboratory would talk 

 on the interesting topic of cross-fer- 

 tilization. Mr. Leavitt evidently "made 

 good," for he held his audience so 

 deeply engrossed for nearly an hour 

 and a half that they didn't know where 

 the time had gone. Mr. Leavitt said 

 that a plant is a machine with a defi- 

 nite structure Intended to perform a 

 definite work, ynd that the hybridist. 

 to attain successful results, must first 

 understand the machine with which 

 he proposes to work. He showed how 

 mysterious laws of cross-breeding are 

 being gradually understood and codi- 

 fied, and how slow must be the work 

 of the scientist in this vast field where, 

 as yet, very few general laws have been 

 determined upon which hybridists 

 agree. The hybridist, when he starts 

 in, cannot tell what is going to happen, 

 each plant being a law unto itself. He 

 then took the specific subject of the 

 mechanism of reproduction, showing 

 by means of a blackboard to various 

 pistilate and staminate organs of 

 flowers, and the operations of pollen 

 and ovarv in the proce.~s of fertiliza- 

 iton, and explaining in detail Mendel's 

 law of hybridization. A hearty vote of 

 thanks was accorded. A vote of thanks 

 was passed expressing the appreciation 

 by the club of the many courtesies ex- 

 tended to its members by the Florist 

 Club of Philadelphia on the occasion of 

 the recent convention. 



On the exhibition tables were some 

 interestin,g- contributions, including 

 large specimen plants of S. A. Nutt and 

 La Brette geraiiiuras from Wm. Nick- 

 erson, assistant gardener with James 

 Wheeler at Elmhurst: Nymphaea Tr>- 

 on from Carl Blomberg of the Mrs. A. 

 C. Ames estate, Chatenay and Testout 

 roses from George Page of Newton 

 Highlands, Helenium autuninalis su- 

 perbum rubrum from F. ,J. Rea, and 

 begonias semperflorens, gracilis lumi- 

 nosa and Fireball from F. E. Palmer, 

 Brookline. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 was notable for the fine display of out- 

 door flowers, such as September asters, 

 cannas, dahlias, tritomas, phloxes and 

 various other seasonable subjects. The 

 exhibition of vegetables for the Bodine 

 pri.zes was also a feature and proved a 

 hard job for the judges to decide be- 

 tween the four very meritorious col- 

 lections staged. The show was free to 

 the public during Tuesday and 'Wed- 

 nesday. 



The competition in dahlias was 

 meagre, Joseph Hurley, gardener to 

 Jame? W. Paul, staging the best lot. 

 Samuel Crowther, gardener for Mr. 



Brown, also had a fair showing. The 

 season has been backward and too dry, 

 and dahlias are not yet at their best. 

 Asters reflected credit on the chief ex- 

 hibitors, Messrs. Hurley, Crowther, 

 and William Robertson, gardener ;.t 

 Fair .\cres. The latter had also a good 

 showing of hardy phloxes for the Dre^r 

 prizes, and a general collection of her- 

 baceous perennials in the same section. 

 The most exciting feature was the 

 competition for a collection of vege- 

 tables on a space 41x48 inches. Sam- 

 uel Hammond took first, Jno. McCleary 

 second, and Joseph Hurley third; out 

 it was a hard matter to tell which was 

 best. W. P. Peacock staged a good col- 

 lection of named dahlias and was to 

 have appeared personally to talk on 

 same nut was unable to attend. 



SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL 

 SCIENCE. 



Program of the fifth annual meeting 

 held in connection with the meeting of 

 the American Poniological Society at 

 the Jamestown Exposition. September 

 24, 25 and 26, 1907: — 



The Relation of the Adams' Fund to 

 Horticulture, L. H. Bailey, Cornell Uni-- 

 versity. 



Importance of Bud Variations an 1 

 Mutations in the Development of 

 Citrus Varieties, Herbert J. Webber. 

 Cornell University. 



Originating New Fruits, G. B. Brack- 

 et!, U. S. Pomologist, Washington, 

 D. C. 



The Origin and Improvement ni' 

 Some Horticultural Varieties in Ohio. 

 W. R. Lazenby, Columbus. Ohio. 



Mendelian Characters in Tomatoes, 

 V. P. Hedrick and N. O. Booth. New 

 York State Experiment Station. 



Mendell's Law Applied in Tomato 

 Breeding. A. G. Craig, Pullman, Wash- 

 ington. 



On Methods of Breeding for Disease 

 Resistance, W. A. Orton, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



The Plan and Side Issues, C. S. Cran- 

 dall, Urbana, Illinois. 



Plant Breeding as a University 

 Course, John Craig. Cornell University. 



Seasonal Influence in Carnation 

 Crossing Relative to Seed Production. 

 William Stuart, Burlington. Vermont. 



The Technique of Hybridizing the 

 Potato, E. M. East, New Haven, Con- 

 necticut. 



Experiments in StrawJjerry Breed- 

 ing, S. W. Fletcher, Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Michigan. 



Breeding to Overcome the "Little 

 Peach" Disease, L. R. Taft, Agricul- 

 tural College. Michigan. 



Variations in Swayzie Apple Seed- 

 lings, W. T. Macoun, Ottawa, Canada. 



Xenia in Apples, C. P. Close, College 

 Park, Maryland. 



Meetings will probably be held in the 

 Court of the States Exhibit Palace. 

 The time of meeting will be announced 

 at headquarters at the Inside Inn. 

 where reduced rates have been secured 

 for members of the society. This hotel 

 will also lie headquarters for the other 

 horticultural societies which convene 

 during the week of September 23-28 

 It is quite likely that some of the 

 meetings will be held jointly with the 

 -American Poniological Society. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



President Loveless has announced 

 the committees to examine seedlings 

 and sports on dates as follows: Sept. 

 21-28, Oct. 5-12-19-26, Nov. 2-9-16-23 

 and 30, 1907. Exhibits to receive atten- 

 tion from the committees must in all 

 cases be prepaid to destination, and the 

 entry fee of $2.00 should be forwarded 

 to the secretary not later than Tuesday 

 of the week preceding examination, or 

 may accompany the blooms. Special 

 attention is called to the rule requiring 

 that sports, to receive a certificate, 

 must pass three committees. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge, chair- 

 man; John Westcott. William K. Har- 

 ris. Ship flowers to' chairman, 1514 

 Chestnut street. 



Cincinnati — R. Witterstatter, chair- 

 man; James Allen. William Jackson. 

 Ship flowers to Jabez Elliot Flower 

 Market, care of janitor. 



Chicago — J. B. Deamud, chairman; 

 Andrew McAdam. George Asmus. Ship 

 flowers to chairman, 51 Wabash Ave. 



Boston — Elijah A. Wood, chairman; 

 W^illiam Nicholson, James Wheeler. 

 Ship to Boston Flower Market, lA 

 Park St.. care of chairman. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze, 

 chairman; William Duckham, A. Her- 

 rington. Ship flowers to New York 

 Cut Flower Co., care of chairman, 55- 

 57 West 26th street: all flowers to be 

 on hand by 2 p. m. on day of examina- 

 tion. 



Official scales of the C. S. A. are as 

 follows: 



The following named gentlemen have 

 been secured to pass on the exhibits at 

 the New York show, to be held No- 

 vember 6 to 8, 1907: Eugene Daille- 

 douze of Flatbush, N. Y., James Wheel- 

 er of Brookline, Mass., William N. 

 Craig of North Easton, Mass. The 

 show promises to be the best the so- 

 ciety has ever held. Make your ar- 

 rangeni'^uts so that you w'ill not be 

 obliged to miss it. Send to the secre- 

 tary for a list of premiums and try to 

 recall if your dues for 19ii7 are paid. 



Work of Committees. 



Cincinnati. Sept. 7th. — Golden Glow 

 (Japaiiesel exhilnted liy .X'athan Smith 

 & Son. .\drian. Mich . scored 90 points 

 commercial scale. The judges siieak 

 very highly of this variety, and say 

 it is O. IC. in very way, and will be a 

 valuable addition to the early flower- 

 ing varieties. It was shown in Pitts- 

 burg. Sept. 3rd, in fine shape. 



D.WID ERASER, Sec'y. 



