December 28, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



851 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The twelfth annual smoker ot the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Society will be held at Masonic Hall, 

 Madison, N. J., on the evening ot 

 January 8. 



At the annual meeting of the Illi- 

 nois State Horticultural Society, held 

 at Bloomington, December 13, officers 

 were elected as follows: President R. 

 O. Graham; vice-president, J. M. Tan- 

 ner; secretary, W. B. Lloyd; treasurer, 

 J. W. Stanton. 



TWO PRESIDENTS. 



In connection with the Iowa Horti- 

 cultural Society the Iowa Plant Breed- 

 ers' Society has been organized and 

 officers elected as follows: president, 

 C. G. Patten, Charles City; vice-presi- 

 dent, Professor Beach, Ames; secre- 

 tary, Prof. Irwin, Ames. They will 

 meet jointly every year with the 

 parent society. 



The Detroit Florist Club held a very 

 well attended meeting last Wednesday 

 discussing freely the proposition of an 

 exhibition next February. Arguments 

 led to other propositions, such as an- 

 nual spring and fall exhibitions, and 

 finally it was decided that Pres. Scrib- 

 ner should appoint a committee of one 

 to make a recommendation to the club. 



In an address delivered before the 

 Springfield Florists' Club (Ohio), P. M. 

 Cartmell offered $100 to any block four 

 hundred or more feet square now 

 fenced in an established part of the 

 city, which will entirely remove fences 

 from its front lawns. It has been 

 further suggested that if the owners 

 of the block should appropriate the 

 money for the planting of ornamental 

 trees, the custom would become gen- 

 eral throughout the city. 



At the monthly meeting of the 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society on 

 December 9, E. H. Burlingame gave an 

 interesting account of a visit to the 

 Maine Pomological Society, and said 

 "There are many acres of land in this 

 State, some of which are but a very 

 short distance from this city, on which 

 apple raising might be tried with suc- 

 cess. There is money in raising ap- 

 ples if some of the farmers who de- 

 vote their time to other things only 

 knew it." An interesting discussion 

 followed the address. The annual 

 meeting will be held on January 15. 



PERSONAL. 



J. P. A. Guerineau, representing T. 

 J. Grey of Boston, has returned from 

 a very successful business trip to New- 

 port, R. I. 



George Walnwright of Trenton, N. 

 J., a well known rose grower, has suc- 

 cessfully undergone an operation which 

 has restored his sight, of which he had 

 been deprived for three years by catar- 

 acts. Mr. Wainwright is 82 years old, 

 and the physicians were fearful of the 

 effects of the operation. 



W. Jack 



President-elect Lenox Horticultural 

 Society. 



In our issue of last week part of 

 the edition went out with the portrait 



Percv Herbkrt 



rre.siclent-eloet Morris Co. Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Societ.v. 



ot one ot the gentlemen whose pictures 

 appear herewitli wrongly named. We 

 have got them right this time. 



WINTER FLOWERING CARNATION 

 SOCIETY. 



The above-named society held its 

 third annual show in the Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, Regent's Park. London, 

 on Dec. 11. There was a large num- 

 ber of competitive classes, with prizes 

 varying from 50 cents to $10.00, ac- 

 cording to the requirements. In Class 

 1, Mr. W. H. Page was first for a 

 table, 10 ft. by 4 ft. of carnations, ar- 

 ranged in vases. Among his flowers 

 were fine clusters effectively set up 

 of Mrs. T. W. Lawson, Beacon, My 

 Maryland. Melody, Gov. Roosevelt. 

 White Mrs. Lawson. Lady Bountiful, 

 White Perfection, Helen Gould, etc. 



The second prize winner in this im- 

 portant class was Mrs. Mortimer, who 

 staged a fine collection, which in- 

 cluded among others Victory, Fair 

 Maid. Jessica, Adonis, Nelson Fisher, 

 Rose Pink Enchantress and others. 

 There were seven classes tor 36 

 blooms ot any variety according to 

 color thus: White, blush, light pink 

 or salmon, deep pink or rose, crimson, 

 scarlet, any other color or fancy. 

 Then similar classes for 18 blooms In 

 the same colors. In most of these 

 classes there was good competition 

 and we need only refer briefly to the 

 flowers chiefly shown which, besides 

 these above mentioned, include Presi- 

 dent. Harlowarden, Britannia, Robt 

 Craig. White Enchantress, My Mary- 

 land, Enchantress, Imperial, Mikado, 

 Winsor, Fair Maid, Royalty, Floriana. 

 Vases of carnations, bouquets, sprays 

 and buttonholes were also provided 

 and many interesting exhibits were 

 staged. Class 2G was for the best col- 

 lection on a table space 8 ft. by 4 ft. 

 Sir R. Baker was the winner of the 

 first prize with a fine lot set up in 

 glass vases. 



Classes for plants in bloom were 

 also provided, but in these the compe- 

 tition was less severe. The remain- 

 ing classes in the competitive section 

 were for three blooms in the various 

 colors as already indicated in the big- 

 ger classes and these were well filled. 



Among the miscellaneous exhibits 

 we must lecord that set up by Mr. H. 

 Burnett, who, on a long table, ar- 

 ranged a fine and varied display of 

 cut blooms in large clusters. Mar- 

 mion. Sensation, Aurora, Jessica, Ajax, 

 Lieut. Peary. The President and 

 others, were in fine form. G. Lange 

 had another fine lot, and was awarded 

 a silver gilt medal. A gold medal was 

 awarded to Bell & Sheldon, who had 

 an artistically arranged display min- 

 gled with ferns, smilax. etc. To John 

 Peed & Son a large silver medal was 

 awarded for a nice collection. C. 

 Englemann staged a group on the 

 ground level more in the Continental 

 style than any of the preceding. There 

 was a great variety shown in this col- 

 lection, and among them were several 

 not shown by other exhibitors. Ma,- 

 belle Aristocrat, Pink Imperial, Red 

 Lawson, Queen Louise, Victory and 

 John E. Haines were some ot them. 



A large silver gilt medal fell to the 

 lot exhibited by Hugh Low & Co. 

 This exhibit was about 40 feet long 

 and contained many choice varieties 

 daintily set up in tall bamboo stands 

 and vases. Britannia. Enchantress, 

 Mr« Burnett. Flamingo, Wliite Perfec- 

 tion Helen M. Gould, were grand. 

 Other noteworthy flowers were Mau- 

 viand Floriana, Oriflamme. Beacon 

 and Rose Pink Enchantress for the 

 last two of which first-class certificates 

 were awarded. Mr. Dutton of Iver, 

 Bucks, received two first-class certi- 

 ficates for Melody and Winsor. 



