January 25, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



111 



ADVANCE NEWS OF THE GREAT 

 FLOWER SHOW. 



Secretary Young informs us that 

 meetings are held regularly every 

 Monday in New York by the flower 

 show committee. Things are moving 

 satisfactorily and everyone is right "on 

 the job" and enthusiastic. It is be- 

 lieved that much of the causes for 

 fault finding by exhibitors at previous 

 trade exhibitions have been eliminated, 

 as a rate of about eight cents per sq. 

 ft. has been secured for benches. This 

 and many other details of impor.ance 

 to exhibitors will be given publicity by 

 Superintendent John Young well in ad- 

 vance of the show. 



The enthusiasm which is so preva- 

 lent among the trade here and which 

 was so manifest at the recent meeting 

 of the Florists' Club is a mighty good 

 omen. President W. H. Siebrecht is 

 made of the right material to inspire 

 optimistic loyalty not only among the 

 active younger membe.s of the club 

 but among the older conservative ele- 

 element. as was well shown by the 

 number of the latter fn attendance at 

 the aforesaid meeting, when the new 

 president was installed. The interests 

 of horticulti:re seem to be in good 

 hands for the coming year. 



William Tucker, of Ardsley. N. Y., 

 who is sales agent for Sutton & Sons, 

 grass seeds, in this country, is in Eng- 

 land and incidentally will take up the 

 matter of that firm's making an ex- 

 tensive exhibit at the National Flower 

 Show. They have not fully decided, 

 though having the refusal of a large 

 block of space. 



The Flower Show committee is for- 

 tunate in having Richard HoUamau. 

 president of the Eden Musee, as a 

 member of the board of directors of 

 the International Exposition Co. (also 

 treasurer of the company), who has 

 had much experience with flower 

 shews when they were held at the 

 Eden Musee some years ago, and is 

 an enthusiastic flower show man and 

 a staunch believer in wide publicity. 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' CLUB 

 OF RHODE ISLAND. 



Plans for the coming year were given 

 a good impetus at the regular meeting 

 ■ f the Florists' and Ga-deners' Club 

 > 1 Rhode Island held in Providence, 

 Jail 20. An effort is being made to 

 havi the society well represented at 

 the International Flower Show in New 

 York. \ committee including Presi- 

 dent Api letcn. Secreta y ChappeH and 

 Robert Johnston was chosen to inter- 

 view the nicmbers with a view to se- 

 cure every one possible to vis t the 

 show. 



President Apjjleton named the fol- 

 lowing committees: Essays and Dis- 

 cussions. James Hcc'ey, Cornelius 

 Hartstra and Owen McManus. Enter- 

 tainment, Henry C. Neubrand and Al- 

 exander Macrae; Invesfgation, J. F. 

 Schillinger. John Marshall and Michael 

 Sweeney. The questicn of attending 

 the Intel natioral show was taken up 

 and discussed at some leng'h. 



The club was infcrmed of the illness 

 of its treasurer, James Hoc ey, who 

 has been ccnfned to his home for 

 nearly a month. A letter of sympathy 

 was ordered communicated to Mr. 

 Hockey. The club decided to omit the 

 annual lianquet this year. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS. 



OfBcens— President. J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, Boston. Mass.; vice-president, 

 Theodore Wirtb, Minneapolis, Minn.; 

 secretary. .ToLn Young, 54 \V. 2Stb St., 

 New York: treasurer, W. F. Kasting, 

 Buffalo. N. y. Next convention, Minne- 

 apolis. Minn., Aug. l!t-22, 1913. 



For Full Information. Schedules, 

 Space for Trade Exhibition, etc., write 

 to John Young, Secretary and Man- 

 ager for Trade Exbibition. 54 West 

 28th Street, New York City. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



Mrs. Frank H. Traendly, president 

 Ladies' S. A. F., has appointed as di- " 

 rectors to serve two years: Mrs. W. 

 N. Rudd. 111.; Mrs. C. C. Pollworth, 

 Wis.; Mrs. Chas. H. Totty, N. J. 



Also the following committees to 

 serve at New York City and Minneap- 

 olis: 



Rer-eption Cniinnittrc— :\Iiss A. M. O'Ma- 

 ra. N. J., ibainnan; Miss Matilda Mein- 

 hardt. Mo.; Mr.-. .1. C Vaugban. 111.; Mrs. 

 James W. Hoone Md. : Mrs. Chas. Critcb- 

 ell. Ohio. 



Theatre ( oniniittee — Mrs. Chas. H. May- 

 nard. -Mich., cb.iirm.in : Mrs. r. J. Virgin. 

 La.; Mrs. H. H;'niniond Trac.v. Mass.; 

 Mrs. ^Valt(■r Sb.-ridan. .V. V.; Mrs. Julius 

 Uoebrs. .Tr.. .\. J. 



Winking Cnnuuittci- -.Mrs. J. Manda, N. 

 .7.. tbairman; .Mrs. K. .M. Hullork. Ind.; 

 Mrs. J. S. Wilson. Iowa; Mrs. Geo. Cooke, 

 n. C. ; Mrs. John Itonaldson. N. .7. 



NORTHAMPTON AND HOLYOKE 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB. 



A regular meeting of the Northamp- 

 ton and HolyoKe Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club was held with the president. 

 Prof. E. J. Canning of Smith's College 

 Botanic Gardens. After the order of 

 business a discussion was had upon the 

 following subjects: Steam Heating vs. 

 Hot Water, by Secretary Prof. James 

 Whiting. The Growing of Asters and 

 Their Protection from Blight and 

 Beetle, by George Radcliffe. D. J. 

 Galvin read a paper giving some good 

 points on carnation culture. 



An extremely well-gi'own plant of 

 Plaivcerium alcicoine measuring over 

 six feet across, said to be fifteen years 

 old, also a beautiful specimen of P. 

 grande. were awarded a certificate for 

 cultural merit, also a specimen rubber 

 plant — Castiloa elastica — considered 

 the most profitable species and exten- 

 sively grown in the south. 



Our next meeting will be held in 

 French Hall, Mass. Agri. College, Feb 

 11. C. H. Totty and Wm. Duckhani are 

 expected to be present. 



THOS. FOULDS. 



The newly elected officers of the Bo- 

 tanical Club of St. Louis are: Geo. T. 

 Moore, president; G. R. Hill, first vice- 

 president; A. Janeicke, second vice- 

 president ; Carl Haltenhof, secretary 

 and treasurer. 



LANCASTER COUNTY (PA.) FLOR- 

 ISTS' CLUB. 



Thursday, Jan. 16th, twenty-seven 

 of us left the city to visit Strasburg, 

 the first stop being made at Amos 

 Rohrer's place where we found very 

 fine carnations, among them being 

 Mrs. T. W. Lawson as highly colored 

 flowers as the writer ever saw. From 

 there to the greenhouses of Chas. B. 

 Herr, the cleanest and best kept 

 greenhouses in the state devoted to 

 carnations. He had a few of Henry 

 Rohrer's red seedling on trial and 

 they certainly outclass anything in 

 this line grown today in this section. 

 Getting back to Lancaster a call was 

 made on Enos Kohr. His Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward was the best thing on the place 

 which is saying a good deal for all 

 of his stock is good, there being a 

 slight difference in favor of the wood- 

 en benches over the cement benches, 

 he having several houses of the latter. 



A meeting of the club was held at 

 7. .30 P. M., and the following officers 

 were elected for the ensuing year: 

 President, Albert M. Herr; vice-presi- 

 dent, Elmer Weaver; secretary. Lem- 

 on Landis; treasurer, Harry K. Roh- 

 rer. E. P. Hostetter made a display 

 of very fine sweet peas with foot-long 

 stems. After an informal discussion 

 on Christmas trade the president ap- 

 pointed M. J. Brinton. H. K. Rohrer 

 and Frank Kohr. a committee to ar- 

 range a programme for the balance of 

 the winter meetings. This committee 

 reported that Thursday. Feb. 20th. will 

 be carnation night with a paper by 

 Elmer Weaver on the novelties of 

 last season's introduction. 



As there are 55 growers in this 

 section and 51 of them belong to this 

 club and the average attendance is 

 about 40. and 45 of the 51 are grow- 

 ing carnations in a wholesale way. it 

 stands to reason that a hunch of flow- 

 ers from the introducers of this sea- 

 son novelties will find an appreciative 

 audience and as much likelihood of 

 there being a good investment as it 

 is possible to have anywhere, so kind- 

 ly send along what you want to show, 

 lo reach here Thursday noon. Feb. 20. 

 care of H. A. Schroyer, Lancaster. Pa. 



.4fter the meeting the first annual 

 dinner of this club was held at the 

 Hotel Weatland and as fine a spread 

 and flow of wit was had as the most 

 fastidious could ask for. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Our first meeting of the new year 

 was held on the 10th instant, at the 

 County Building, Hartford. O. V. Zan- 

 gen, of Hoboken, N. J., was present, 

 and assisted by acting as one of the 

 judges of the evening, and by impart- 

 ing information on various horticul- 

 tural topics. 



The Department of Parks, Alex. 

 Gumming, Jr., head gardener, and 

 President John F. Huss, tabled a su- 

 perb display of cyclamen and prim- 

 roses. The judges awarded Mr Gum- 

 ming a first-class certificate for well- 

 grown Primula nialacoides hybrids, 

 and honorable mention for Primula 

 Forbesii magenta compacta; and Mr. 

 Huss a flrst-class certificate for Pri- 

 mula malacoides hybrids, and also one 

 for cyclamen. The judges reported 

 that among Mr. Huss's malacoides 

 they found a particular shape of flower 

 that they recommended to be classi- 



