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HORTICULTURE 



October 5, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MARYLAND HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



Ill tlie l.'pantilul Coun of the States 

 I'ilxhibit Palace, JanioHtowu Exposition, 

 the summer moeting oi the Maiylanrl 

 Hortlcultuial Society was called 

 to order by Preslilent Orlando 

 Harrison, who in iiis introduc- 

 tory remarks expressed to the 

 members his appreciation of the first 

 l)rivilege of presiding ovf-r their delib- 

 erations, and congratulated the Society 

 on the large attendance. Pres. M. St. 

 George Tucker delivered the address 

 of welcome. After music by the Ex- 

 position band, President Harrison in- 

 troduced Hon. W. McCnlloch Brown, 

 who made a pleasing response, thank- 

 ing President Tucker for his warm 

 welcome, and expressed the apprecia- 

 tion of the members of the Society to 

 the Exposition authorities for setting 

 aside a day to be known as the Mary- 

 land Horticultural Society Day and lor 

 providing such a pleasant place for the 

 meeting. At the conclusion, of this ad- 

 dress, the band played "Dixie." 



The regular jirogram was then fol- 

 lowed and President Harrison intro- 

 duced Prof. R. \V. Silvester, of the 

 Maryland Agricultural College, whose 

 address jnay be considered the feature 

 of the morning session. Pres. Silvester 

 iai an eloquent manner discussed "The 

 great benefit to be derived from the 

 annual meetings and exhibits of the 

 Society," and expressed in no uncertain 

 terms the necessity of the horticul- 

 turist as well as the agriculturist to or- 

 ganize in order to protect themselves. 

 He cited some of the great results ob- 

 tained by similar organizations in 

 other ])arts of the country to secui-e 

 their just rights in the sale of their 

 products. He also discussed horticul- 

 tural education and the great work the 

 agricultural colleges and experiment 

 stations are doing in this country. 



The next speaker was Julias .1. Hein- 

 rich, on "The Troubles of a Landscape 

 Gardener at an Exposition." This 

 address proved veiy interesting Prof. 

 h. R. Taft of Michigan was then intro- 

 duced and he discussed "The Possibili- 

 ties of the feach, Michigan vs. Mary- 

 land." Prof. Taft brought out the 

 great success of the peach in Michigan, 

 rnd cited conditions applicable to 

 Maryland. He stated that of course 

 the yellows were found here and there, 

 but the up-to-date orchardist made it 

 a point never to let a diseased tree re- 

 main for a day after the detection. 

 Prompt action in destroying the trees 

 will prevent severe injury. He ably 

 discussed the manner of selection and 

 caring for a peach orchard. 



"The possibility of nut growing in 

 Ma-yland" was ably presented by Prof. 

 M. E. Va.v. Deman. Many members of 

 the Society were surprised to know the 

 great nrofit of the various kinds of 

 nuts that can be grown in the State. 



The last address on the program was 

 by Prof. C. P. Close, who discussed 

 "Some of the .Newer Strawberries in 

 lf)07." Prof. Close brought out many 

 points of interest in connection with 

 the new varieties of strawberries and 

 cited the great success that the Experi- 

 ment Station is having in this work. 



The Secretary, Prof. Thomas B. Sy- 

 nions, then called the attention of the 



members to the annual meeting of the 

 Society, which will be neld in Balti- 

 moi e, itec. 3rd and 4th, in the Piitu 

 Regiment Armory. He pointed out 

 that there would be over 60.000 sq. ft., 

 to cover with exhibits, and stated that 

 it was the desire of the officers to maki; 

 this the greatest horticultural show 

 ever held in the East. The large 

 amount offered in premiums should be 

 an incentive to all to compete. He 

 urged that members send fruit to the 

 cold storage, and that the florists grov/ 

 special plants for the show. Prof. 

 Symons thanked the members for their 

 cordial support in making the Horti- 

 cultural Exhibit at Jamestown Exposi- 

 tion, and stated that he realized the 

 great difficulty in their sending fruit 

 this off year in the State. 



Alter the meeting the members of 

 the Society visited the Horticultural 

 Exhibit. Many were greatly surprised 

 to see the fine peaches and apples 

 shown this year. The fine exhibit of 

 cauliflower also attracted great atten- 

 tion. 



The space was beautifully decorated 

 with roses, carnations and a large ex- 

 hibit of many varieties of dahlias from 

 R. Vincent, Ji., & Sons, of '\\ hite 

 Marsh, Maryland. 



This concluded the program, and af- 

 ter passing the following resolutions, 

 the meeting adjourned' 



"Inasmuch as the press of Baltimore 

 City and Counties of the State as well 

 as the press of Norfolk have from time 

 to time freely published accounts of 

 the .Maryland Horticultaral Exhibit at 

 the Jamestown Exposition, thereby ad- 

 vertising the great horticultural possi- 

 bilities of Maryland; 



Resolved; That the tnanks ar.d ap- 

 preciation of the members of the Mary- 

 land State Horticultural Society be ex- 

 pressed through this resolution to all 

 editors in the State as well as in Vir- 

 ginia and to various horticultural and 

 agricultural journals for the cordial 

 support in promoting the aims of the 

 .-Association in bringing to the pulilic's 

 attention, the great opportunities for 

 this industry in Maryland. Be it fur- 

 ther 



Resolved: That the members of tiie 

 ;\raryland State Horticultural Society 

 are very much gratified with the good 

 work done by Prof. Thos. B. Symons at 

 the Jamestown Exposition, especially 

 when we take into consideration the 

 small amount of the appropriation he 

 had to do it with, and ask that he ba 

 commended in all that he is doing for 

 our "Gvand Old State of Maryland." 

 Be it further 



Resolved: That the members of this 

 .'Association extend to the officers of 

 the Jamestown Exiiosition their great 

 appreciation for setting aside Septem- 

 ber 24th to be known as Maryland 

 Horticultural Society Day and various 

 courtesies in furnishing music at the 

 opening of our session, and providing 

 a most pleasant place for the meeting. 

 Re it further 



Resolved: That as the Jamestown 

 Exposition has received so much ad- 

 verse comment by earlier visitors that 

 would tend to discourage future visi- 

 tors from the Exposition, that the 

 members of this Association hereby 

 testify to their fellow citizens in the 



State that the Exiiosition in its com- 

 plete form is more than worth a visit 

 i)y every Marylander, and we urge 

 ui)on every one In the State that has 

 not visited same to not miss this great 

 opportunity of viewing a picturesque 

 as well as most edifying Exposition. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held Sep- 

 tc'.iiber 21st, vice-president W. Jack 

 in the chair. Messrs. E. Jenkins, A. 

 K. Wingett and A. J. Loveless were 

 appointed finance committee for the 

 chrysanthemum exhibition. A Jen- 

 kins gave a description of his recent 

 visit to England among the most in- 

 teresting features being Wolverhamp- 

 ton and Shrewsbury summer exhi- 

 bitions. 



A magnificent cup was presented to 

 the society by Henry A Dreer of Phil- 

 adelphia for competition at the fall ex 

 hibition, and should prove an incentive 

 for more members to compete in the 

 miscellaneous group of plants. The 

 following questions were found in the 

 box: What is the best soil for sweet 

 peas? What are the best varieties? 



A very interesting discussion fol- 

 io A'ed, the consensus of opinion being 

 that a soil well enriched with barn- 

 yard manures and deeply spaded, and 

 upon which no similar crop had been 

 grown for some time, was the best 

 suited for sweet pea culture. 



With most growers sweet peas have 

 done remarkably well this season, and 

 the following list of varieties were 

 considered the best in their different 

 colors: King Edward, Countess Spen- 

 cer, Gladys Unwin, Miss Willmott, 

 Helen Pierce, Lady Grisel Hamilton, 

 Othello, Mrs. E. Kenyon, Dorothy Eck- 

 ford, Nora Unwin. White Wonder, 

 Navy Blue. The novelties such as 

 Frank Dolby. Mrs. Castle and others 

 were grown only in a limited way and 

 it was a general impression that they 

 would have to show a marked im- 

 provement before displacing any of 

 the above list. 



G. H. INSTONE, Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The annual meeting of this club was 

 held on the 1st inst. and was largely 

 attended. A spirited contest developed 

 in the election of officers for the en- 

 suing year. The new board is as fol- 

 lows: President, Fred Hahman; vice- 

 president, William Graham; secretary, 

 David Rust; treasurer, George Craig. 

 An excellent paper was read by W. E. 

 McKissick on the commission man's 

 relations to the salesmen and the store- 

 keeper which we hope to find room for 

 in an early issue. Some well finished 

 carnal ions of standard varieties were 

 shovn by William Kkinheinz of the 

 Widener conservatories, who explained 

 to ihe members his cult.iral methods 

 in securing such fine results at this 

 ea,rlv season. A vase of the new pink 

 rose Mrs. Jardine. was exhibited by 

 Robert Scott & Son and excited much 

 favorable comment. The color is a 

 bright rosy pink, shading in the outer 

 petals to salmon pink. It is lovely in 

 form and substance and very fragrant. 



