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HORTICULTURE. 



December 28, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



TORONTO GARDENERS' AND FLOR- 

 ISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



Regular meeting of the above asso- 

 ciation was held on Dec. 17. the new- 

 ly-elected president W. A. Houle in 

 the chair, a large number of members 

 being present. It was voted to send 

 a letter of condolence to the widow of 

 the late Geo. Vair whose sudden death 

 took place last week. The sorrow and 

 sympathy of all the members was ex- 

 pressed by the mover, Thomas Man- 

 ton, who said the association has 

 lost a member and true friend 

 whose sterling character and late prac- 

 tical ability will long remain in ihe 

 memory of those who knew him. 



The following officers were elected 

 for the coming year: President, M. A 

 Houle; first vice, E. Graham; second 

 vice, J. Mathew; treas., Geo. Mills; sec 

 retary, E. F. Collins; assistant secre- 

 tary. Colin Nesbit; executive commit- 

 tee. T. Manton, Geo. Douglas, W. Jay, 

 W. H. Foold, W. Wilshire, W. H. 

 Wright, P. Adam. The treasurer's re- 

 port was read and showed the associa- 

 tion to be in a sound financial con- 

 dition. The secretary's report showed 

 a membership roll of 102 in good stand- 

 ing, 19 members having been elected 

 during the past year, and urged the 

 members to push forward some scheme 

 whereby the association may gain 

 more influence in matters relating to 

 horticulture in the city. The secretary 

 read a letter received from the mayor 

 of the city of Toronto, expressing his 

 pleasure at being able to lay before the 

 council the resolution of confidence in 

 Park Commissioner John Chambers 

 which had been sent from the associa- 

 tion. 



A program for meetings during the 

 closing year was discussed and one 

 plan which was adopted will be for 

 every member to bi-ing to the meet- 

 ing some production of his own grow- 

 ing, when points will be awarded, and 

 totalled up at the end of the year, when 

 a gold medal will be presented to the 

 exhibitor gaining the highest number. 

 Geo. Mills kindly consented to defray 

 half of the cost of the medal. 



Thos. Manton exhibited a fine plant 

 of Moscbc.sma riparium, whose fine 

 appearance and excellent qualities 

 were freely commented upon as mak- 

 ing a most desirable decorative plant 

 for all purposes. By a unanimous vote 

 Mr. Manton was awarded a certificate 

 of merit, it being the first specimen of 

 this plant exhibited in this city. 



E. F. COLLINS, Secretary. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Regular meeting of the above named 

 society was held Thursday, Dec. 19th. 

 The following members were appointed 

 on the finance committee for the en- 



suing year: Messrs. Paul Abele, Rich- 

 ard Eichling, and R. Lockerbie. 



A general discussion on the advis- 

 ability of giving a chrysanthemum 

 show then took place and it was or- 

 dered that the secretary should com- 

 municate with the New Orleans Ladies' 

 Floral Society to see what assistance 

 they would render. Richard Eichling 

 of the U. J. Virgin establishment ex- 

 hibited narcissus and Roman hya- 

 cinths. 



President' Eble announced that his 

 neice. Miss Carrie Eble was married on 

 December 18. She had been in his em- 

 ploy for the past four years as his 

 floral artist. Mr. Eble's store must be 

 a lucky store for young ladies to work 

 in, as this is the third of his employes 

 that has been married since he has 

 been in business. Miss Leon Marthe, 

 a former employe, has taken the place 

 of Miss C. Eble. Business, in spite of 

 the depression of the money market, 

 is up to the usual standard. 



C. R. PANTER, Sec'y. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The above society held its regular 

 meeting, December 20th, Pres. Mc- 

 Gregor in the chair. Mr. A. E. Par- 

 sons read a paper on carnations, cover- 

 ing the subject in a very able manner. 

 Commencing with the propagating 

 bench and the cutting Mr. Parsons 

 took his audience through the succes- 

 sive stages of its growth, briefly re- 

 ferring to watering, ventilating, feed- 

 ing and the various diseases and in- 

 sect enemies which menace Its exist- 

 ence and which the successful grower 

 must overcome until he turned out the 

 finished flower. Cutting and packing 

 the blooms then followed. Mr. Par- 

 sons had on exhibition some superb 

 blooms of Beacon, Enchantress and 

 Lady Bountiful. James Salter followed 

 the speaker with a few remarks on 

 the same subject. 



Mr. Parsons was awarded a certi- 

 ficate of merit for his carnations and 

 a vote of thanks for his interesting 

 and instructive paper. 



Next meeting and election of officers 

 January 3d, 19(iS. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Resolved, by the Chicago Florists' 

 Club: 



In the death of Philip J. Hauswirth 

 every florist in Chicago has lost a 

 loyal friend and horticulture has lost 

 one of the most devoted and ablest 

 workers for its advancement. 



With him the common good was al- 

 ways first; he was ever ready to sacri- 

 fice his own interests to work for the 

 interests of all. If he had a fault, it 

 was that in his generosity he some- 

 times sacrificed himself too much. 



For time and ability given freely in 

 aid of their common welfare, the flor- 

 ists of Chicago and of the whole coun- 

 try are indebted to him more than 

 can ever be repaid. 



As an acknowledgement of this 

 debt, as a tribute to his character and 

 as a token of the grief we feel at his 

 sad death, these resolutions shall be 

 engrossed and presented to his family. 

 J. C. VAUGHAN, 

 WILLIS N. RUDD, 

 FRANX F. BENTHBY, 



Committee. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The inaugural meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 year 1908 will be held at twelve o'clock, 

 noon, on Saturday, January 4, at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston. 



The business of the meeting will be 

 the hearing of an inaugural address 

 by the President, the report of the 

 Board of Trustees, the reports of of- 

 ficers, and the reports of the chair- 

 men of the various committees. 



WILLIAM P. RICH, Secretary. 



Boston Horticultural Lectures. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety has issued its program of winter 

 lectures on horticultural subjects 

 which are to be given at Horticultural 

 Hall, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Bos- 

 ton, Saturday mornings at eleven 

 o'clock, beginning January 4, 1908. 

 The list is as follows: 



January 11. The Concord Grape and 

 Its Originator. By Wilfrid Wheeler, 

 Concord. 



January 18. Opportunities for Com- 

 mercial Apple Growing in New Eng- 

 land. By Prof. F. C. Sears, Amherst. 



January 25. Annuals and Biennials. 

 By Robert Cameron, Cambridge. 



February 1. Treatment of Home 

 Grounds. By Frederick Law Olmsted 

 Jr. 



February 8. Vegetable Growing Un- 

 der Glass. By William Turner, Oce- 

 anic, N. J. 



February 15. Hardy Conifers for 

 Private Grounds. By John Dunbar, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



February 29. The Private Gardener. 

 By Robert Craig, Philadelphia. 



March 7. Agricultural Education in 

 the Public Schools. By Pres. Kenyon 

 L. Butterfield, Amherst. 



March 14. Development of Disease 

 Resistant Varieties of Plants. By 

 Prof. H. S. Jackson, Newark, Del. 

 (The John Lewis Russell Lecture.) 



March 21. Spring Flower Show. 



March 28. Conference on Grape 

 Growing. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The second bi-monthly meeting of 

 this society was held Thursday, Dec. 

 19, President Clark in the chair. 

 Among those present were some of 

 the expert potato growers of thi^ sec- 

 tion. Walter L. Jagger, an expert on 

 the subject of potato growing, read 

 a very interesting paper. The next 

 regular meeting will be held Thursday, 

 Jan. 2, when officers will be elected 

 for the ensuing year. U. G. AGER. 



