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horticulture: 



November 16, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



MARYLAND HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



More than ordinary interest is being 

 manifested in tlie tentti annual meet- 

 ing of tlie Maryland Horticultural So- 

 ciety, which will be held in the Fifth 

 Regiment Armory, in Baltimore, De- 

 cember 3rd and 4th. This organiza- 

 tion is a very active one, embracing 

 the fruit growers, florists and truckers 

 and at the coming meeting every phase 

 of horticulture will be discussed by 

 prominent men from different parts of 

 the country. 



The large exhibits of fruit, flowers 

 and vegetables which is planned to 

 cover 50,000 sq. ft., or the whole Fifth 

 Regiment Armory, will be a special 

 feature, and it is hoped to be the 

 largest show of its kind ever held in 

 Maryland. A large sum of money has 

 been offered as premiums for the 

 special exhibits. 



A floor plan of the exhibits will be 

 sent to any prospective exhibitor. 

 Space will be subject to reservation 

 for exhibits of all kinds of spraying 

 machinery, fruit packages, greenhouse 

 appliances and other horticultural ap- 

 paratus. 



Following is the program of the 

 meeting: 2.00 P. M., Invocation, Rev. 

 William Paret, Bishop of Mary- 

 land. Organization and announce- 

 ments. Address of welcome, His 

 Honor, J. Barry Mahool, Mayor of 

 Baltimore. Response, Hon. Henry 

 Holtzapfel, Hagerstown, Md. Report 

 of secretary and treasurer. Prof. T. 

 B. Symons, College Park. Reports of 

 standing committees — orchards, vine- 

 yards, stone fruits, small fruits, vegeta- 

 bles, flowers, ornamentals, entomology, 

 ornithology, botany, plant pathology, 

 nomenclature, new fruits, packing, 

 storing and marketing fruits, trans- 

 portation. President's annual address, 

 Hon. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 

 Appointment of committees on resolu- 

 tions, obituary and auditing, treasur- 

 er's account. 



Tuesday, December 3rd, 7:45 to 

 9:30 P. M. 

 Question box. Announcements and 

 miscellaneous business. Report of 

 State Forester. Prof. F. W. Besley, 

 Baltimore, Md. Water gardening, 

 Peter Bisset, President Washington 

 Florists' Club, Washington, D. C. 

 Sketches of the peach industry in the 

 United States. Prof. John Craig, Cor- 

 nell University, Ithaca, New York. 

 Wednesday, December 4th, 9:00 A. M. 

 to 12:00 M. 

 Question box. Announcements and 

 miscellaneous business. Report of the 

 State Pathologist, Prof. J. B. S. Nor- 

 ton, College Park. Forty years In the 

 apple orchard, Mr. U. T. Cox, Proctor- 

 ville, Ohio. Maryland Agricultural 

 College, Pres. R. W. Silvester, College 

 Park. Marketing fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, Mr. Walter Snyder, e.x-Pres. Na- 

 tional Shippers' Ass'n, Baltimore, 

 Maryland. 



Wednesday, December 4th, 2:00 P. M. 



to 5:00 P. M. 



Question box. Announcements and 



miscellaneous business. Report of 



State Horticulturist, Prof. C. P. Close, 



College Park. Growing small fruits 

 for market, Mr. C. F. Hale, Shelby, 

 Michigan. Maryland Experiment Sta- 

 tion. Director H. J. Patteison, College 

 Park. Election of ofiicers. Reports 

 of select committees. General busi- 

 ness. 



Wednesday Evening, December 4th, 

 7:45 to 9:30 P. M. 

 Commercial floriculture, C. S. Ward, 

 New York, N. Y. Report of State En- 

 tomologist. Prof. T. B. Symons, College 

 Park. Miscellaneous business. Ad- 

 journment. Banquet. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Philadelphia. Nov. 4th. No. 1, cream 

 white, Jap. Incurved; exhibited by 

 Gordon Smirl, Rosemont, Pa.; scored 

 S5 points commercial and 85 points ex- 

 hibition scale. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 4th. No. 2, ma- 

 genta, light reverse, Jap. Incurved; ex- 

 hibited by Gordon Smirl; scored 79 

 points commercial and 81 points exhi- 

 bition scale. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 2nd. (No name), 

 redlsh bronze, Japanese; exhibited by 

 Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich,; 

 scored 79 points exhibition scale. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 2nd. Mary Donel- 

 lan, yellow; exhibited by Nathan Smith 

 & Son; scored S3 points commercial 

 and 87 points exhibition scale. 



New York, Nov. 6th. N. Moir, .lap. 

 Incurved; exhibited by C. H. Totty. 

 Madison, N. J.; scored 92 points com- 

 mercial and 94 points exhibition scale. 



New Y'ork, Nov. 6th. LynnwooJ 

 Hall, Jap. Incurved; exhibited by Wm. 

 Kleinheinz. Ogontz. Pa.; scored SC 

 points commercial scale. 



Chicago. Nov. 9th. Sadie May Strem- 

 ler, yellow (sport of Queen) ; exhibited 

 by Metcalf's Greenhouses, Hopkins- 

 ville, Ky.; scored 64 points commercial 

 scale. 



The variety No. 4, exhibited by 

 Frank E. Wetney before the New York 

 committee, has been named Grace Wet- 

 ney. DAVID ERASER. Sec'y. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society 

 held its second annual meeting on 

 November 4th, President W. D. Robert- 

 son in the chair. The various ofiicers 

 read their reports which showed the 

 society to be in a flourishing condi- 

 tion. 



In the competition for points at the 

 meetings held during the last year, 

 Peter Murray was awarded the gold 

 medal with an average of 89; A. Bauer, 

 silver medal, with an average of 88; 

 J. Kennedy, third, with an average of 

 86. In the class for those without 

 greenhouses A. Griel was first with 

 an average of 81. 



Rickards' Bros., of New York, were 

 present at this meeting and offered a 

 silver cup to be competed for at the 

 meeting during the next year. A. Griel 

 donated a silver cup also for a simi- 

 lar purpose. A. Rickards installed' the 

 newly elected officers into their re- 

 spective positions. 



GEORGE MASSON, Sec'y. 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The meeting November 5 was a re- 

 cord breaker in point of attendance 

 and the high average quality of the 

 blooms exhibited. It was chrysanthe- 

 mum Bight. Of the blooms sent by 

 The E. G. Hill Co., Mme. Delizy was 

 well spoken of in a commercial way 

 also Mary Mann and, for exhibition, 

 Mme. Mouncey. The Pittsburgh Rose 

 & Carnation Co. showed a good lot in- 

 cluding Mme. A. Detroyat, Morton F. 

 Plant, Golden Wedding, Appleton, Be- 

 atrice May, Wm. Duckham, Chadwick, 

 Balfour and others. H. C. Frlck, Da- 

 vid Fraser, gardener, showed Miss 

 Clay Frick and Mile. Ogizl. Phipps 

 Conservatories, J. Jones, foreman, aa 

 usual staged a very fine collection. 

 Their leaders were Mary Ann Pockett, 

 May Seddon, Thos Carrington, Golden 

 Age. The difference in color In Wm. 

 Duckham blooms from early and late 

 buds was very noticeable. Western 

 Penitentiary, Walter James gardener, 

 showed a good vase. 



Godwin Bros., Brldgevllle, Pa., H. S. 

 Price, gardener for Mr. Laughllns, 

 Thos. Jenkinson, gardener for A. R. 

 Peacock, with Miriam Hankey the 

 leader, Mr. Westhoff, with White Bon- 

 naffon and in particular a vase of 

 Robt. Craig carnations that would 

 have been prize winners in almost any 

 company, Mrs. R. H. Rogers, G. & J. 

 W. Ludwlg with Perle, Mme. de Watte- 

 vllle. Ivory and Bride roses, were all 

 prominent exhibitors. There was also 

 shown by H. L. Blind & Bros, a gal- 

 vanized iron hotbed sash, provided 

 with little gutters for the delivery of 

 the drip outside the hotbed. 



The chrysanthemums displayed 

 showed conclusively that Pittsburgh 

 florists and gardeners can produce the 

 highest grade of blooms despite their 

 disadvantage of soot, smoke and fog. 



Subject of next meeting is to be an- 

 nounced later. 



H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of the New- 

 York Florists' Club, on the evening of 

 November 11, was attended by over 

 one hundred, of whom a goodly num- 

 ber were ladies, a special Invitation 

 having been extended to them and pre- 

 parations for their entertainment duly 

 made. The main event of the even- 

 ing was a talk, illustrated by photo- 

 graphic views, by Henry Saxton Adams 

 of Wellesley, Mass., on the subject of 

 school gardens. Mr. Adams talked 

 very entertainingly and his addrrs? was 

 received with much pleasure and ap- 

 probation. He spoke of the children's 

 garden movement from the point of 

 view of the educator, the florist, the 

 public, and touched upon all phases of 

 the benefits to result from the training 

 of the young in garden work. Favor- 

 able comment was made by Patrick 

 O'Mara, who instanced the great boon 

 that Peter Henderson's book on Gar- 

 dening for Profit had been to the coun- 

 try — especially to the South after the 

 war. and made a strong jilea in behalf 

 of popular education in the tilling of 

 the soil, an employment which devel- 



