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HORTICULTURE 



February 8, 191- 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The seventh annual meeting of the 

 New England Dahlia Society was 

 called to order by President J. K. 

 Alexander at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, Jan. 29th. Following the read- 

 ing' and adoption of the minutes of 

 last meeting came the election of of- 

 ficers for 1913. John K. Alexander of 

 East Bridgewater was unanimously 

 re-elected to a third term as president, 

 W. C. Brady of Wollaston, Mass.. 

 was re-elected vice-presideut: J. Her- 

 bert Alexander of East Bridgewater, 

 Mass., was elected secretary, and 

 George L. Stillman of Westerly, R. 

 I., was elected treasurer. The Execu- 

 tive Committee resulted as follows: 

 Edgar \V. Ela, Woburn, Mass.. J. H. 

 Flint, Salem, Mass., C. N. Bacon, Hol- 

 liston, Mass., L. B. R. Briggs, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass.. and Parker A. Mansfield 

 of Maiden, Mass. 



Following the election Maurice Fuld. 

 the representative of H. F. Michell Co. 

 of Philadelphia, gave an exceedingly 

 interesting address, stating facts re- 

 garding the progress and development 

 of the society, and making valuable 

 suggestions. 



A communication from the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, in- 

 viting the New England Dahlia Society 

 to hold their Annual Dahlia Exhibi- 

 tion jointly with them, was referred 

 to a committee which after an inter- 

 view with William P. Rich, secretary 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, reported favorably, recommend- 

 ing that each society should use their 

 own exhibition rules and regulations, 

 and offer their own prizes in their own 

 name. The new England Dahlia So- 

 ciety then voted to hold its Annual 

 Dahlia Exhibition the 12th, 13th and 

 14th of September, aud to help make 

 this the largest dahlia exhibition ever 

 held in this country. Secretary Alex- 

 ander says: 



"We ought to have a full thousand 

 members before the 1913 show is held. 

 Twenty-eight American states, includ- 

 ing Porto Rico, and five foreign coun- 

 tries are already represented in our 

 list. The New England Dahlia So- 

 ciety issues quarterly a "Dahlia News" 

 which deals with all phases of dahlia 

 life, a paper of great value to our 

 dahlia loving members. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



I have recently been appointed 

 chairman of the Exhibits committee 

 of the American Association of Nurs- 

 erymen, also the joint convention of 

 the Pacific Coast Association, which 

 meets at the same time. I would be 

 pleased to have all eastern parties who 

 desire to make exhibits for this con- 

 vention send word at as early date as 

 possible for what they intend to ex- 

 hibit and about the amount of space 

 it will require, so we can make am- 

 ple arrangements to handle all ex- 

 hibits. We hope to make this con- 

 vention the largest and best one that 

 has ever been held by the American 

 Association and we need the hearty 

 cooperation of all to insure success. 

 Intending exhibitors please write 

 FRANK W. POWER, 



Orenco, Oregon. 



J. K. AUiVi.VDEB 



Re-elected President of New Ensl.ind Dahlia 

 Society for a Third Term. 



By re-electing John K. Alexander of 

 East Bridgewater, Mass., president of 

 the New England Dahlia Society the 

 members have chosen one of the most 

 able and skilled dahlia specialists. 

 There are none among the visitors to 

 the New England Dahlia Society's 

 show or the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society's annual dahlia exhibi- 

 tion, who does not hold in pleasant 

 memory his gigantic displays. His es- 

 tablishment at East Bridgewater has 

 been the Mecca to which many pilgrim 

 dahlia lovers have journeyed for prac- 

 tical ideas. A large storage plant, con- 

 taining 11,700 cu. ft. of storage room 

 and 4680 sq. ft. of floor space has re- 

 cently been added. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Elberon Horticultural Society was held 

 on Monday, Feb. 3rd. The judges' de- 

 cisions were as follows: W. R. Sey- 

 mour, white seedling carnation, 95 

 poiiris; George Masson, callas, 80; 

 Chas. O. Duncan, carnations, 70; Chas. 

 Russell, freesia Purity, 90. In the 

 competition for points for the past 

 year for those without greenhouses, 

 August Grieb was first and Ed. 

 O'Rourke second. It was decided to 

 hold a horticultural ball on Easter 

 Monday and to make it an annual af- 

 fair. The annual euchre which was 

 held on Jan. 29th proved the best the 

 society ever held. The meeting was 

 continued with an interesting talk by 

 Anthony Bauer on his trip to Europe 

 the past summer of what he saw in 

 the horticultural line. At the next 

 meeting. March 3rd, Wm. Turner of 

 Oceanic, N. Y., will read a paper on 

 the •Culture of Orchids." 



W. R. SEYMOUR. Ass't Sec. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The members of the Florists' Club 

 of Washington were disappointed at 

 the failure of one of the express com- 

 panies to make delivery of flowers in 

 time for exhibition at their February 

 meeting. S. S. Skidelsky & Co. and the 

 S S. Pennock-Meehan Company had 

 each promised a few of the new roses 

 which were to have included Irish Fire 

 Flame, Mrs. Charles Russell, Jeannette, 

 Milady, and others. 



Their disappointment, however, was 

 soon overshadowed by the "excite- 

 ment" incident to the placing of names 

 in nomination to be acted upon at the 

 next meeting to serve in the various 

 chairs during the ensuing twelve 

 months. There will be something do- 

 ing at the March meeting for the rival- 

 ry for the various positions will be 

 very keen. The following is a list of 

 the nominations: For president, David 

 J. Grilbortzer (present incumbent), 0. 

 A. C. Oehmler (now secretary), and 

 Otto Bauer (now first vice-president); 

 for vice-president, Otto Bauer and 

 George Cooke; for secretary, E. C. 

 Mayberry and George Dalglish; for 

 treasurer, W. F. Gude (present incum- 

 bent) . Two trustees are to be selected 

 each to serve for three years, and the 

 following are the nominees: David Bis- 

 sett. Peter Bissett, John Gutman, John 

 Anderson, William H. Ernest and R. S. 

 Jenkins. 



It is expected that the local florists 

 will occupy an entire car on the occa- 

 sion of the trip to New York at the 

 time of the annual rose show, a special 

 rate having been accorded the club by 

 one of the railroads. 



The attendance was unusually good 

 and considerable merriment prevailed 

 while those present gathered around 

 the long table where a luncheon had 

 been spread. C. L. L. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The best attended meeting for many 

 moons. Wallace R. Pierson, of Crom- 

 well, Conn., was the attraction. As 

 Robert Craig stated it: This was an 

 honor to our club, and we all appre- 

 ciated the fine work Mr. Pierson was 

 doing in this and other cities. Charles 

 H. Totty spoke on the arrangements 

 for the big flower show in April in 

 New York and warned us that we must 

 not think that the New York provin- 

 cialism should sway us in staying out 

 as the affair was national in its scopf, 

 aud that it was not a New York but 

 an S. A. F. affair. John Young, the 

 secretary of the S. A. F., made one of 

 the finest speeches we have ever 

 beard. Along the same lines. M. C. 

 Ebel of Madison, N. J., gave us much 

 siood advice about publicity. Robert 

 Kift spoke; also Alfred M. Campbell. 

 Then some others:— among them C. H. 

 Fox, A. Farenwald and Al. Campbell. 

 On the whole it was a fine meeting. 

 Lots of them were there that we have 

 never seen at a meeting before. The 

 new essay committee has started 

 something. Let them keep it up. 



There were some fine rose and car- 

 nation exhibits. The report of the 

 committee— forgive our pungent pen- 

 it sounded like a "footless stocking 



