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HORTICULTURE 



December 7, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Executive Committee of tile 

 American Rose Society met pursuant 

 to call at the Hotel Martinique, New 

 York City, on Monday, November 25th, 

 President Robert Simpson in the chair. 



Ex-President F. R. Newbold, of 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., brought to the 

 Society an invitation to hold a June 

 show in connection with the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York at Bronx 

 Park, New York city, in June, 1908. 

 There will be various prizes offered 

 at this show, of considerable value. 

 This is a popular show, which it is 

 estimated that thousands of people 

 will visit daily and is a part of the 

 usefulness of the Society planned from 

 the beginning. The invitation was for- 

 mally accepted and there will be of- 

 fered medals of the Society to exhibi- 

 tors. 



Mr. August Poehlmann, of Chicago, 

 stated that the secretary of the Flor- 

 ists' Club would report in full to the 

 American Rose Society concerning the 

 action of the Chicago Florists' Club 

 and that Chicago would certainly be 

 glad to have the American Rose So- 

 ciety make the best show both in size 

 and quality that had as yet been 

 made; that Chicago was the Hub of 

 a big wheel, the spokes of which ran 

 in all directions and that the people 

 in the west meant to do their part to 

 make the annual exhibition one which 

 would leave a name behind it as to 

 what Chicago can do. 



It was resolved to is.sue the schedule 

 of prizes of the American Rose So- 

 ciety without delay, so that all contribu- 

 tors to the show may know what is 

 required, at a date early enough for 

 them to make full preparation. The 

 cash premiums for exhibitors at the 

 present time reach the sum of $700. 

 There are two prizes amounting to 

 $300 in cash from Philip Breitmeyer 

 and A T. Boddington for out-door 

 roses; $25 in cash for the best twenty- 

 five blooms of La Detroit; $25 from 

 W. A. Manda for the largest and most 

 varied collection of cut roses of all 

 classes, only one bloom in a vase, the 

 variety to count 65 points; The E. G. 

 Hill Co., of Richmond, Ind., offers a 

 prize of $50 in cash; Alexander Mont- 

 gomery, of Natick, Mass., a silver cup 

 valued at $25 for the best fifty blooms 

 of any variety of American origin now 

 in commerce and four other cups were 

 also promised. 



The new life membership certificates 

 were authorized to be issued and 

 signed, also certificates of merit for 

 the roses exhibited in Washington, 

 which were as follows: F. H. Kramer, 

 Washington, D. C. for Queen Beatrice; 

 Myers & Samtman, Wyndmoor, Pa., 

 for Wyndmoor; The E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., for Rhea Reid; M. 

 H. Walsh, Wood's Hole, Mass., tour 

 certificates for Paradise, La Fiamma, 

 Delight and Juniata. 



The following topics have been 

 named to be presented to the conven- 

 tion: "Practical Rose Growing in the 

 Middle West," "The Raising of New 



Roses," "What is the Proper Size of a 

 Greenhouse to Grow Roses for Com- 

 mercial Purposes," "Twelve Best Gar- 

 den Roses," "Roses in the Far West," 

 "Forcing Roses in Pots for Easter," 

 "Roses from the Retailer's Stand- 

 point." Yours respectfully, 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec'y. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the 

 T. H. S. was held on Friday evening, 

 Nov. 29, President Howard Nichols 

 presiding. The monthly prize was 

 won by Howard Nichols with a fine 

 vase of Golden Gate roses. The very 

 able essay on out-door vegetables by 

 President Nichols, winning the Peter 

 Henderson prize at the November ex- 

 hibition, was read. Mr. James Ballan- 

 tyne will open a discussion on green- 

 house roses at the December meeting. 

 The secretary reported that upwards 

 of $600 in prize money was won at the 

 November exhibition besides five sil- 

 ver cups, one silver pitcher, and a 

 silver medal. Nomination of officers 

 for the coming year was made, elec- 

 tion to be at the December meeting. 

 D. McFARLANB. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 23rd, No. 74-5-06. 

 Pink, Jap. incurved, exhibited by 

 Nathan Smith & Son, scored !S3 points 

 commercial and S(l points exhibition 

 scale. 



The variety exhibited by C. H. Totty 

 before the New York Committee Oct. 

 12th, as No. 20, has been named A. Mc- 

 Kendry. 



The variety exhibited by Gordon 

 Smirl before the Philadelphia Comrait- 

 lee as No. 1 has been named Mrs. 

 Giraud Foster. 



DAVID FRASER, Sec. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The second bi-monthly meeting of 

 the Society was held Nov. 25, President 

 Clark in the chair. There were sev- 

 eral very interesting discussions, the 

 principal one being the best method of 

 growing dahlias from cuttings. As the 

 Society has outgrown its present meet- 

 ing room, it was decided to secure 

 Odd Fellows' Hall, in which future 

 meetings will be held. The Society 

 has at present 75 active members. 

 U. G. AGER. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Chairman Kasting of the National 

 Flower Show Committee has appointed 

 Mr. S. S. Skidelsky as chairman of the 

 travelling representatives of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show. 



P. J. HAUSWIRTH, Sec. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



This club has had the wholesalers' 

 point of view before it in the Meehan- 

 McKissick talks recently, and the 

 monthly meeting on the 2nd inst. 

 proved a fitting opportunity for the re- 

 tailer to have his innings. C. H. 

 Grakelow was the leader of the dis- 

 cussion. The wholesale men came 

 back with good logic, upholding their 

 customers (especially in regard to the 

 fakir trade), and made this hardy 

 perennial subject blossom anew for the 

 benefit of the younger generation. Leo 

 Niessen, Edward Reid, W. H. McKis- 

 sick, Robert Kift, and many others 

 took pait in the discussion. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The program for the annual meet- 

 ing of the Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society, to be held In Agricultural 

 group. University of Illinois, Decem- 

 ber 11-13, has been issued, and shows 

 an attractive list of speakers. 



At the November meeting of the 

 Omaha Florists' Club, Nebraska, of- 

 ficers for the year were elected as fol- 

 lows: President, J. J. Hess; vice- 

 president, S. Faulkner; secretary, L. 

 Henderson; treasurer, G. Swoboda. 



The landscape gardening classes of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston began work on Tuesday even- 

 ing, December 3, with a goodly num- 

 ber of pupils. J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 on behalf of the committee, made a 

 few introductory remarks, which were 

 received with appreciative applause, 

 and a number of club officials and 

 members were on hand to see the start. 

 The advanced class will be under the 

 Instruction of Mr. B. K. Howard and 

 the beginners will be in charge of Mr. 

 D. A. Clarke. 



PERSONAL. 



We are glad to chronicle the return 

 to health of George Waldbart, Jr., son 

 of Alex. Waldbart of St. Louis. 



W. N. Rudd, of Mt. Greenwood, 111., 

 has been appointed secretary pro. teni. 

 WM. J. STEWART, President. 



Peter Bisset, president of the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Washington, who has been 

 seriously sick as result of a nervous 

 breakdown, is up and recuperating. 

 We extend to him our best wishes for 

 an entire recovery. 



Louis Boeglin, florist in the Park De- 

 partment of Minneapolis, will leave 

 New York on the 10th of this month 

 for a two- months' trip to his home in 

 Alsace, where his father still lives. 

 He will also visit some of the im- 

 liortant florists in Germany and 

 France, and will probably bring back 

 a nice collection of novelties. At the 

 World's Fair in Paris Mr. Boeglin was 

 in charge of the floral display for the 

 German Government, and was after- 

 wards engaged to do the work at the 

 exhibition in St. Louis, but, after get- 

 ting there, did not care for it for vari- 

 ous reasons, and switched over to the 

 French Government, where he took 

 charge of their bedding. 



