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horticulture: 



September 2S, 1907 





NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CONGRESS OF HORTICULTURE. 



The "Congress of Horticulture" was 

 held, according to announcement at 

 Convention Hall, Jamestown Exposi- 

 tion grounds, Norfolk, Va., on Monday, 

 September 23. The attendance was 

 good, there being from fifty to sixiy 

 present at the various sessions. The 

 forenoon session was presided over by 

 Warren H. Manning of Boston, instead 

 of J H. Hale, to whom this duty had 

 been assigned but who was prevented 

 from coming by illness. Under the 

 heading of Cultural Problems, papers 

 were read as follows: 



Soils, by Prof. P. H. King, Madison, 

 Wis.; Plant Diseases, by Dr. A. F. 

 Woods, Washington, D. C; Insect Ene- 

 mies, by A. L. Quaintance, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Under the subject of Breed- 

 ing and Propagation, a paper on Flo- 

 rists' Flowers by W. N. Rudd of Chi- 

 cago was read by Prof. H. C. Irish of 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



At the second session, 2 p. m., Prof. 

 L. R. Taft of Michigan Agricultural 

 College presided. Papers under the 

 heading of Commercial Growers were 

 read as follows: 



Garden Vegetables, by W. W. Raw- 

 son of Boston; Cut Flowers, by F. R. 

 Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Forest 

 Trees, by Prof. F. W. Rane, Boston. 

 Under the heading of Local Horticul- 

 tural Conditions, Prof. W. T. Macoun 

 of Ottawa. Canada, spoke for Canada, 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar of Boston for the 

 East, L. A. Goodman of Kansas City. 

 Mo., for the Central West, and Prof. 

 Irish presented the plans which are 

 on foot for associating under one cen- 

 tral head the national societies repre- 

 senting ihe various horticultural in- 

 .terests in America. 



The evening session was presided 

 over by Prof. S. A. Reach, of .A.mes, 

 la., and papers were read as follows: 

 Civic Horticulture, by Warren H. Man- 

 ning 01 Boston: Our National Florists, 

 by W. L. Hall, Washington, D. C; 

 Landscape Gardening, by John C. Olm- 

 sted. Srookline, Mass. ; Schools and 

 Experiment Stations, by Dr. A. C. 

 True, Washington, D. C; Government 

 Aid, by Dr. B. T. Galloway, Washing- 

 ton, D. C; Horticultural Press, by 

 iiConard Barron, New York; Federa- 

 tion and Cooperation, by J. C. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, 111. Mr. Atkins, 

 ■who is at present engaged In the work 

 of civic improvement at Annapolis, 

 Md., gave an account of what he is 

 doing there. Mr. Farquhar called at- 

 tendon to the splendid opportunities 

 enjoyed by the gardeners employed 

 on private estates to advance the prac- 

 tice and knowledge of modern horti- 

 culture, and commenting on Mr. 

 Vaughan's views on .general horticul- 

 tural work, as expressed in his paper, 

 ■nienticnerl the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists as an oganization entitled to the 

 highest credit for its work on this line. 

 Mr. Vaughan sharply criticised this 

 statement, characterizing the S. A. F. 

 as a body working on narrow lines. 

 Mr. Vaughan is now president of the 

 "National Council of Horticulture." 



Announcement was made of the 

 meeting of the .American Nut Growers' 

 Association to be held on the follow- 

 ing day. and the sessions of the Ameri- 



can Poniological Society, Society for 

 Horticultural Soi.-nce and Federation 

 of Horticultural Societies assigned for 

 the remainder of the week. 



An animated discussion on the well- 

 worn topic of the comparative valu.5 

 of scientific and practical education 

 ensued, and continued until a late 

 hour. Reference to this interesting de- 

 bate will be made in later issues of 

 Horticulture. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The meeting of this society, on the 

 20th inst., at Manchester, Mass., was 

 one of the best ever held. Maurice 

 ¥\\\d. secretary of the New England 

 Dahlia Society, was the lecturer, and 

 his subject was "Dahlias." He gave 

 a history of the dahlia and the origin 

 of the different classes, illustrating his 

 remarks by specimen flowers which 

 he had brought. The work of hybrid- 

 ising, and producing new varieties, the 

 culture, soils, manures, treatment best 

 suited for successful dahlia growing 

 and the lifting and storing of the 

 roots for the winter were gone into 

 in detail. The work of the N. E. 

 Dahlia Society was also referred to; 

 their chief work being the classifica- 

 tion of the flowers. Herman Thie- 

 mann followed, on the same subject, 

 interspersing his remarks with his 

 usual wit and humor, advocating the 

 formation of a national dahlia society, 

 whose judgment in all matters relat- 

 ing to dahlias should be accepted by 

 growers in the United States as final. 

 A vote of thanks was extended to 

 both gentlemen. The attendance was 

 good and the speakers were listened 

 to with close attention. 



President McGregor had on exhibi- 

 tion two tables of very fine seedling 

 single and anemone flowered dahlias 

 of his own raising. w. T. 



MORRIS CO. (N. J.) GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The main business at the Septem- 

 ber meeting was the final arrange- 

 ment for the show, which takes place 

 in Madison on October 31st and No- 

 vember 1st next. Chrysanthemums, 

 roses and carnations in this neighbor- 

 hood are better than usual at this 

 time, and a fine show seems assured. 

 Over $500 in cash is devoted to pre- 

 miums. 



A prominent Morristown man gives 

 .$50 in one prize for best 24 chrysan- 

 themum blooms in 24 varieties, and 

 another offers a silver cup for six 

 white and six pink blooms. The cup 

 is for members only: the other prize 

 is open to all. 



Geo. H. Hunt, superintendent to 

 Robt. D. Foote, is to read an essay 

 on orchids at the October meeting, 

 and Lager & Hurrell are to put up an 

 exhibit to illustrate the essay. 



John Heeremans. superintendent at 

 Glimpsewood Manor. Morristown, an- 

 nounced that he has resigned his posi- 

 tion to accept one of larger magnitude 

 and greater opportunities. Mr. Heere- 

 mans has been connected with this 

 society for a number of years, having 

 been presiding officer for two terms, 

 continually serving on committees 

 and working indefatigably for the in- 



terest of the club, besides being a 

 most successful exhibitor at the club 

 shows. A set of resolutions of re- 

 gret, showing the esteem in which he 

 is held by his brother members, was 

 adopted by a rising vote. A copy 

 was ordered engrossed and presented 

 to him. He retains his membership 

 and hopes to for many years to come. 

 We all wish him success in his new 

 field. E. R. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Field Day at Marblehead. 



Warm and summer-like weather fa- 

 vored the cUib outing to W. W. Raw- 

 son & Co.'s dahlia farms at Marble- 

 head on Saturday, September 21. 

 Two well loaded special cars left the 

 North Terminal Station at 12.44, car- 

 rying over 100 club members, their 

 wives and friends. On arrival, the 

 party, which had been largely in- 

 creased, at once proceeded to the 

 dahlia grounds, where a first-class 

 luncheon was served and very much 

 enjoyed by the large company. 



An inspection of the extensive 

 dahlia grounds was then in order, 

 and nearly three hours were spent in 

 closel.v scrutinizing the extensive col- 

 lection of hundreds of varieties. The 

 cactus and decorative section were 

 most largely represented and came in 

 for the greatest admiration, but the 

 peony, collarette, single. Twentieth 

 Century, show and fancy classes were 

 all very much in evidence. 



Some of the sportive spirits in- 

 dulged in a baseball game after in- 

 specting the flowers, the married men 

 proving too much for the singles on 

 this occasion. Before separating. 

 President T. H. Westwood. in a few- 

 suitable remarks, voiced the thanks 

 of the company for an afteruoon's 

 delightful entertainment. Maurice 

 Fuld suitably responded on behalf of 

 the firm. Regret was expressed at 

 Mr. Rawson's absence, that gentleman 

 having gone to Jamestown to fill a 

 lecture engagement. Boston was 

 safely reached on the return journey 

 at 7 o'clock after a very pleasant and 

 profitable outin.g. 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion will hold their 3rd annual conven- 

 tion in the city of Springfield on Feb- 

 ruary next, 190.S. This will be the 

 greatest convention of the florist and 

 kindred trades that has ever been held 

 in the State of Illinois. Already many 

 inquiries have been made regardin.g 

 space for trade exhibits. The under- 

 si.gnecl ccmmittee appointed by the 

 Springfield Florists' Club to look up 

 the matter of exhibits take this opiwr- 

 tunity to issue this circular to all in- 

 terested, and ask them to send in their 

 wants. We can give you all the space 

 you want, whether it be for advertis- 

 ing, banners to hang up, or space on 

 the floor for any and all kinds of ex- 

 hibits belonging to the trade, and ask 

 your hearty co-operation in making 

 this convention a record breaker. 



Springfield, the capital city of Illi- 

 nois, is located in the center of the 



