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HORTICULTURE 



January 18, 1913 



will shortly be held in New York City 

 to which Mr. Ortiz invited his fellow 

 members and all gardeners. 



The directors decided to hold its 

 next meeting in New York during the 

 National Show, to which meeting an 

 invitation will he extended to all mem- 

 bers of the association to attend. 



Reports of the various committees 

 show that the association is in excel- 

 lent condition financially and other- 

 wise, with prospects that its growth 

 during 1913 will even exceed the phe- 

 nomenal strides it made during the 



past year. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 

 The Florists' Club of Washington, 

 at their January meeting, had a con- 

 siderable discussion on the tariff, hear- 

 ings on which are now being held by 

 the Ways and Means Committee of the 

 House of Representatives. Several of 

 the members claimed that the rate on 

 pipe and glass was entirely too high 

 and that a substantial reduction should 

 be made. It was suggested that the 

 secretary get in touch with the secre- 

 tary of the S. A. F. and inquire as to 

 the advisability of looking into the 

 matter and get the ideas of the S. A. F. 

 regarding the tariff on these lines. As 

 a number of those present signified 

 their intention of attending the show 

 to be held in New York City, the hir- 

 ing of a special car for the local flor- 

 ists, their families and friends, was 

 considered and a committee was 

 appointed to look into the mat- 

 ter. This committee will be com- 

 prised of Fred H. Kramer, chair- 

 man, Edward Schmid, N. L. Hammer, 

 George Cooke and Otto Bauer. Prep- 

 arations were also made for the hold- 

 ing of the annual election and the in- 

 stallation of officers. Following the 

 latter event it was decided that a ban- 

 quet be held at one of the down-town 

 hotels and the details for this were 

 ordered left in the hands of the follow- 

 ing committee: William F. Gude. 

 chairman. George Cooke and Otto 

 Bauer. The balance of the evening 

 was given over to discussions regard- 

 ing the growing of stock, methods of 

 retailing and retail advertising, fol- 

 lowing which an adjournment was 

 taken. It was announced that the next 

 meeting of the club will be held on 

 February 3, when nominations tor offi- 

 cers to serve during the ensuing year 

 will be received. 



A VALUABLE DENDROBI UM. 



The beautiful white orchid — Dendro- 

 bium Phalaenopsis var. Schroederi- 

 anum alba, is the subject of the ac- 

 companying illustration. It is in the 

 collection of Julius Roehrs, Ruther- 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Tuesday even- 

 ing, January 21st, at 7.30 o'clock. The 

 newly elected officers will be installed 

 and will make short addresses. The 

 business session will be shortened con- 

 siderably in order to allow members 

 and ladies, who are specially invited 

 on this occasion, to enjoy a fine enter- 

 tainment which has been prepared. 

 Refreshments will be served by a well 

 known firm of caterers and Hutchins' 

 orchestra will furnish music for danc- 

 ing. A cordial invitation is extended 

 to all interested friends in addition to 

 regular members to attend on this 

 occasion. On February 18th a lecture 

 on "Carnations" will be given by a 

 well-known expert and another on 

 "Sweet Peas" on March 18th, by one 

 of our most noted growers. 



W. N. CRAIG. Secretary. 



Dendrobiim Ph.\l.\enopsis 



SobroedHriMiuun mUi.m. 



ford, N. J., and is the largest plant 

 of the variety in the world. A three- 

 foot rule standing behind the plant 

 may be seen in the picture. The plant 

 is now in its third year of flowering 

 at the Roehrs' establishment and it 

 has increased in size and vigor each 

 year. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. NEW 

 YORK. 



There have been so many inquiries 

 regarding the privilege of selling cut 

 flowers and plants at the National 

 Flower Show, at the New Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace. April 5-12, 1913, that 1 

 have been authorized to receive bids 

 for this important privilege, the space 

 to be provided free. The committee re- 

 serves the right to reject any or all 

 bids. Proposed space to be allotted is 

 150 sq. feet, and the lessee to furnish 

 booth and necessary furnishings. Ad- 

 ditional space may be secured at the 

 regular rates. Bids will be opened 

 February 15, 1913. 



JOHN YOUNG, 



Sec'y Nat'l Flower Show Committee. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held in Doran's Hall, 

 Greenwich, Conn., Jan. 10. Judging by 

 the number of members present and 

 the excellent financial standing of the 

 society, we are looking forward to a 

 very prosperous year. A noticeable 

 feature of the meeting was the large 

 number of splendid exhibits staged, 

 which received the verdict of judges 

 as follows: 



Geo. E. Baldwin Co.. Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y., special mention for a well-grown 

 plant of nliite Cattle.va Trianae. and 

 cultural certificate for a collection of 

 well-grown plants of Cattleya Trianae of 

 excellent types. Robt. Williamson, cultu- 

 ral certificate for Plumbago coccinea, an 

 old favorite fast dropping out; honorable 

 ir.ention for Begonia (iloire de Lorraine; 

 ^'ute of thanks for Primula malacoides. 

 .Tames Aitcbison. bonorable mention for 

 Primula malacoides. James Stuart, hon- 

 orable mention for Calauthe Veitchii 

 .ind Euphorbia jaciiuinaeflora. P. W. 

 Pnpp, highly commended for Carna- 

 lion. yellow sport of Mrs. C. W. 

 W'.ard, a very promising novelty. Thos. 

 liyan, highly commended for carnations: 

 vote of thanks for well-grown Lilium 

 llarrisii in i in. pots. Wm. Sealey, honor- 

 ;ible mention for mignonette. Vote of 

 thanks to Robt. Allen for carnations; 

 Wm. Smith, for Primula malacoides: A. 

 K. Townsend. fi.tr carnations and gar- 

 denias: E. .Tohnson. for carnations; A. I/. 

 .Marshall, for carnations; Scott Bros., for 

 new carnations. Lady Northcliffe and 

 British Triumph. 



We are promised a treat at our next 

 meeting in an illustrated lecture on 

 the International Exhibition,' held in 

 London, 1912, to be delivered by Harry 

 .\. Bunyard of New York. It is re- 

 quested that every member make a 

 special effort to be present. Other Im- 

 portant business to be taken up is the 

 location of the summer and fall shows. 

 Among the visitors present were 

 .Maurice Fuld of the Henry P. Michell 

 Co., Philadelphia, Pa., who addressed 

 the meeting with a few well chosen re- 

 marks, Joseph Manda, Orange, N. J., 

 and Wm. Scott of Elmsford, N. Y. 

 OWEN A. HUNWICK, Cor. Sec. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society held its regular monthly meet- 

 ing at Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, N. 

 Y., on Wednesday, Jan. 8th. It was 

 decided to accept Elmer D. Smith's 

 offer of a prize ($10.00) for 6 blooms 

 of chrysanthemum Yonkers, at the 

 fall show. The dinner committee re- 

 ported having made satisfactory ar- 

 rangements with the Oriental Hotel, 

 Glen Cove, for Jan. 23rd. The special 

 prizes offered by John Canning for 18 

 carnations were awarded to Oscar 

 Bjorkreen, 1st, and Alex. Mackenzie, 

 2nd. The prizes for tomatoes, violets 

 and freesias were awarded to J. Mc- 

 Carthy, R. Marshall and J. MacDonald. 

 Other awards were honorable mention 

 to John .lohnston for a Calycanthus 

 praecox and R. Marshall for carna- 

 tions. John Canning, Ardsley, N. Y., 

 and W. D. Robertson, Roslyn, L. I., 

 were elected to membership. Prizes 

 will be offered at the next meeting, 

 February 12th, for 3 heads cauliflower, 

 t; gardenias, and 25 sprays sweet peas. 

 JAMES MACDONALD, Cor. Sec. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular January meeting of this 

 Society was held in Orange, N. J. In 

 reviewing the development of the gar- 

 dening profession President Drews 



