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November 23, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The annual meeting for election ol 

 oflicers was held on Tuesday evening, 

 November 19, over two hundred mem- 

 bers being in attendance. The ballot- 

 ing resulted in the re-election of Presi- 

 dent Thos. H. Westwood, Secretary W. 

 N. Craig and Treasurer Edward Hatch. 

 Wm. Downs was elected vice-president 

 and Messrs. J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 Robert Cameron, Peter Miller and E. 

 Johansson, executive committee. 



Chairman F. E. Palmer reported tor 

 the special committee on boiler legis- 

 lation, that in accordance with the 

 committee's recommendation, boilers 

 used for horticultural purposes exclu- 

 sively had been exempted from ihe 

 provisions of the boiler inspection and 

 licensed fireman law passed by the 

 Massachusetts legislature. Mr. Farqu- 

 har announced that the landscape 

 study classes would start on Tuesday 

 evening, December 3rd, at Horticultur- 

 al Hall, and would meet twice a week 

 for about thirty evenings. Mr. How- 

 ard, the instructor, stated that several 

 field days for outdoor practice in the 

 operations taught in the class room 

 would be included. It was announced 

 that the club would hold a field day 

 at Framingham, on December 11, on 

 invitation of S. J. Goddard, Wm. Nich- 

 olson and J. T. Butterfield to visit their 

 greenhouses. I'. E. Palmer gave no- 

 tice of a proposed amendment to t'ae 

 by-laws, providing for the nomination 

 of officers from the floor at the No- 

 vember meeting and election to take 

 place at the December meeting. 



On the exhibition table were the fol- 

 lowing: Four vases of carnations 

 from M. A. Patten, to two of which — 

 No 133 and No. 50-24, both crimsons — 

 honorable mention was given; Boston 

 violet from Wm. Sim, which received 

 a report of superior merit, and Oncidi- 

 um ornithorhyncum from James Cart- 

 wright. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 

 The annual meeting of the society 

 was held at Horticultural Hall. Bos- 

 ton, on Nov. 16. President Weld an- 

 nounced that the trustees had allotted 

 $6,700 in prizes and premiums next 

 year, an increase of $1,200 over 

 the previous year. William H. Spooner, 

 Horticultural Society representative 

 on the Board of Agriculture, called 

 attention to the annual meeting of the 

 board, which will be held in Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Dec. 3. 4 and 5. Dr. Au- 

 gustus Henry, a famous botanist and 

 Chinese traveller and professor of 

 forestry in the Uii'voriitv of Cam- 

 bridge, who is also connected with the 

 Arnold Arboretum, was elected a cor- 

 responding member. The following 

 officers were elected unanimously: 



President, Stephen M. Weld; vice- 

 president (for two years). Walter 

 Hunnewell; trustees (for three years), 

 Walter C. Baylies, Charles W. Parker, 

 John A. Pettigrew, William Wliitman; 

 nominating committee, William H. 

 Bowker, John W. Duncan, J, Henry 

 Fletcher, David F. Roy, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The S. A. F. committee of fifty un- 

 der chairmanship of W. F. Kasting 

 met in Chicago on November 8. Sub- 

 committees were appointed as follows: 

 "American Exhibits," chairman, Phil- 

 ip Breilmeyer, Detroit, Mich.; "For- 

 eign Exhibits," E. G. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind.; "Premium List," W. N. Rudd, 

 Mt. Greenwood, 111.; "Advertising and 

 Publicity," P. J. Hauswirth, Chicago; 

 "Local Management Privileges and 

 Concessions," J. C. Vaughan, Chicago; 

 "Special Features," Otto Koenig, St. 

 Louis, Mo.;" Reception," August Poehl- 

 mann, Chicago; "Auditing," J. A. Val- 

 entine, Denver, Col. I. C. Bertermann, 

 Indianapolis, Ind.. was chosen treas- 

 urer. 



The national rose, carnation and 

 chrysanthemum societies will be in- 

 vited to co-operate and suggest judges 

 for their respective departments. Hor- 

 ticultural societies at home and abroad 

 will be invited to participate. The 

 date of the exhibition was fixed for 

 November 6-15, inclusive. Guarantors 

 will be requested to meet a 20 per cent, 

 assessment on or before December 10. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of the above named 

 society on Nov. 14, it was decided that 

 at the next regular meeting the ques- 

 tion of a chrysanthemum show for 

 1908 would be special order of busi- 

 ness. This meeting was called a week 

 earlier than usual for chrysanthemum 

 reasons and exhibitors were requested 

 to discuss their individual exhibits. C. 

 R. Panter presented a sport of V. H. 

 Hallock which had been grown for the 

 past five years by its originator, Fred 

 Dormoy for whom it is named. It has 

 all the characteristics of the parent 

 plant with the exception of color which 

 is a combination of buff, straw, and 

 salmon. 



Metairie Ridge Nursery Co. exhibited 

 some fine chrysanthemums, American 

 Beauty roses, etc.. C. W. Eichling, B. 

 M. Wichers, J. St. Ward and M. M. 

 Laponyade also contributed. 



SCRANTON (PA.) FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the monthly meeting of the tj. 

 F. C. on Nov. 7 there were note- 

 worthy exhibits by John E. Hainec, 

 Nathan Smith & Son and J. D. Cock- 

 roft, all of whom received special com- 

 mendation. Among other displays 

 1 . B. WcClii'.tock had attractive design 

 work; Wm. McDonald, chrysanthe- 

 mums; I. G. Mawr, carnations; J. L. 

 Dillon, floral basket. 



New officers were elected as follows: 

 President, Edgar McConnell; vice- 

 president, William Clark; secretary, 

 T. B. McClintock; assistant-secretary, 

 Mrs. T. B. McClintock; treasurer, Wil- 

 liam McDonald; trustees, D. D. Schul- 

 theis, J. Rodham, J. L. Hill, W. Mc- 

 Donald and B. E. Cokely. 



A set of silver knives and forks was 

 presented to Mrs. McClintock, who has 

 for three years served as assistant sec- 

 retary. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



On Wednesday night, Nov. 13th, 

 the Horticultural Society entertained 

 the visitors at a banquet in one of tire 

 large rooms in the show building. All 

 the visitors responded and the execu- 

 tive committee of the society. F. W. 

 Brockman was chosen toastmaster. He 

 called for speeches from Harry Young 

 chairman of the executive committee, 

 P. J. Hauswirth, Leonard Kill, J. S. 

 Wilson, E. H. Mann, W. A. Manda, H. 

 W. Buckbee, August Poehlmann, A. G. 

 Koenig, F. H. Meinhardt and others. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



On Thursday afternoon, November 

 14th, the St. Louis Florist Club ex- 

 tended an invitation to all visiting 

 florists to meet with them at their 

 regular monthly meeting. President 

 W. C. Young presided. 35 members 

 and ten visitors were present and 

 took great interest in the proceedings, 

 especially the questions that came up 

 for answers. After the meeting ad- 

 journed the entire party were taken in 

 hand by the trustees to a cafe in the 

 building for supper, after which Presi- 

 dent Young called on the visitors for 

 a few remarks. The speakers were 

 Phil. J. Hauswirth, W. W. Coles, 

 George Asmus, S. S. Skidelsky, J. J. 

 Karins, Emil Schray, J. F. Ammann, 

 F. H. Weber, A. J. Bentzen. 



BLOOMINGTON FLORIST CLUB. 



The Bloomington, 111., Florist Club 

 held their November meeting at A. 

 Washburn & Son's store on the even- 

 ing of Nov. 14. There was a good 

 attendance. There were several good 

 talks aboiit chrysanthemums. P. Ij. 

 Washburn read a paper on varieties, 

 also some notes of the Chicago flower 

 show. 



Prof. Beal of the University of Illi- 

 nois talked about insects and the vari- 

 ous diseases of the chrysanthemum. 

 Prof. Beal will be in Bloomington a 

 part of the season experimenting with 

 insects and diseases that trouble the 

 florist, and we expect to have him in 

 our midst at most of our meetings. 

 V. RAY SMOCK, Sec'y. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 16th, Miss Sadie 

 Stremler, light yellow, sport of Queen, 

 exhibited by T. L. Metcalf, Hopkins- 

 ville, Ky., scored 72 points, commer- 

 cial scale. 



Philadelphia. Pa., Nov. 16th, Lyn- 

 wood Hall, white, Jap. Incurved, ex- 

 hibited by Wm. Klienheinz, Ogontz, 

 Pa., scored 89 points commercial and 

 86 points exhibition scale. 



DAVID FRASER, Sec'y. 



A CORRECTION. 



Frank E. Witney calls our atten- 

 tion to the fact that the first prize for 

 table decoration at the Poughkeepsie 

 e.vbilMtion was won by Winthrop Sar- 

 gent, and not by the Saltford Flower 

 Shop as given in our issue of last 

 week and" that the latter won second 

 prize. 



