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HORTICULTUBB 



February 15, 1913 



C. Reineman, C. H. Sample, Aug. Frisch- 

 korn. 



The new president made a graceful 

 little inaugural speech, and the ap- 

 plause which greeted the new admin- 

 istration was mingled with praise and 

 appreciation ot the old. the member- 

 ship and finances of the club having 

 shown substantial improvement the 

 past year, and it was with hearty 

 goodwill and feeling that the members 

 rose and gathering around the retir- 

 ing president, E. C. Ludwig, sang "For 

 He's a Jolly Good Fellow." 



The new president is a native of 

 Scotland. He spent several years in 

 Australia and for some time was an 

 orchid collector in South America. 

 For the last few years he has been 

 employed by the Department of Public 

 Works, Pittsburgh, as superintendent 

 of West End Park, which under his 

 supervision has become one of the 

 most beautiful of the city parks. 



The first act of the new president 

 was to display before the club a fine 

 pencil drawing on a large scale of the 

 "Bull Moose" fern, a native of Au- 

 stralia, the fronds of which are almost 

 an exact reproduction of the antlers 

 of the bull moose. What an oppor- 

 tunity was lost to the "Bull Moose" 

 party and to the plantsmen in the late 

 campaign that they did not produce 

 this fern on a large scale for party 

 emblems! 



The Auditing Committee reported 

 the books of the club examined and 

 found correct. Messrs, W, A. Clarke, 

 T. P. Langhans and E. C. Reineman 

 were appointed a committee to pro- 

 vide for a reception at the March 

 meeting. 



Much to the disappointment of the 

 members, although it was "carnation 

 night," very few carnations were 

 shown either by home or distant grow- 

 ers. This feature of the club meet- 

 ings, the exhibition of plants and flow- 

 ers, has always been very interesting 

 and steps will be taken to insure in 

 the future an increase rather than 

 diminution ot the exhibits before the 

 club. 



Jas. Wiseman made an exhibition of 

 carnations which, considering they 

 were grown under city conditions, 

 merited and received a cultural certifi- 

 cate. To Carl Bichner, gardener at 

 Dixmont Hospital, was also awarded a 

 cultural certificate for collection of 

 cyclamen and primulas. The subject 

 for the March meeting will be Easter 

 plants. H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BALTIMORE. 

 At the February meeting of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Balti- 

 more, Mrs. Austin Gallagher of the 

 Woman's Civic League addressed the 

 club and asked the co-operation of 

 members for the third annual flower 

 market to be held at Washington Mon- 

 ument. May 7. A committee was ap- 

 pointed to secure signers to the next 

 legislature for a state horticultural 

 building of modern type to be erected 

 in Baltimore. The building to be 

 adap'.ed especially for horticultural 

 and allied exhibitions, and to contain 

 a museum tor minerals, cereals, for- 

 estry products, etc. It was new car- 

 nation night and new carnations were 

 shown by S. Edw. A' ehurst. who had 

 hunches of a sport from Enchantress 

 and a seedling No. 45, which the club 

 had already awarded a certificate on. 



Gustav A. Lutz showed white seedling 

 "Mrs. Perry"; Boyd Merritt also had 

 a sport from Enchantress; Scott Bros., 

 Elmsford, N. Y., sent a bunch of Wm. 

 Eccles. The committee scored these 

 specimens from 85 to 90 points. M. 

 Thaw and H. J. Quick exhibited some 

 grand sweet peas. The club will hold 

 its annual banquet the second Monday 

 in March. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Engelniann Botanical Club held 

 its meeting on Monday night, Feb- 

 ruary l(t, at the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden. 



Among the papers to be read at the 

 Farmers' Institute at Provo, Utah, on 

 February 24 to 28, will be one by Dr. 

 R. J. Evans, on "Better Seed and How 

 to Get It." 



The Cincinnati Florists Club's meet- 

 ing was a very brief one. It hardly 

 took a half hour in all. After the meet- 

 ing the members present went over to 

 Alt. Heidelberg to hear the cabaret 

 show there and enjoy refreshments. 



Arthur Shurtleff of Boston will de- 

 liver a lecture, with stereopticon illus- 

 trations, on "Landscape Arrangement 

 of Public Parks and Private Grounds," 

 at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Sat- 

 urday afternoon. February 15. On the 

 following Saturday Dr. Donald Red- 

 dick of Ithaca, N. Y., will talk on the 

 "Diseases of the Violet." 



At the monthly meeting ot the 

 Ladies' Florist Association of Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., Feb. 4. at the home ot Mrs. 

 John Dunbar, the following officers 

 were elected: President. Mrs. Charles 

 Suhr: vice-president, Mrs. Fred Vick; 

 secretary. Mrs. C. F. Boland: treas- 

 urer, Mrs. E. Fry. The next meeting 

 will be held on the afternoon of March 

 4th at the home of Mrs. R. F. Nagle. 

 17 Vick Park B. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting February 

 Gth, 1913. Edgar F. Winterson, Jr., 

 was elected chairman of the sports 

 committee. The coming annual meet- 

 ing of the Illinois State Florists, 

 March 4th, at Peoria, 111., was an- 

 nounced and it was agreed that the 

 train leaving Chicago at 9 A. M. over 

 the Rock Island railroad would be the 

 official train of the Chicago Florisis' 

 Club, and that this was to be the offi- 

 cial notice of the club to its members. 



The Westchester and Fairfield Horti- 

 cultural Society will hold its first an- 

 nual supper at Germania Hall, New 

 Rochelle, N. Y., on February 18th, to 

 be preceded by bowling in the after- 

 noon. As a large number of our mem- 

 bers are in the "championship' 'class, 

 some keen matches are expected. We 

 are hoping for a large gathering of 

 members and friends on this occasion, 

 as we want this to go down as one of 

 the chief events in the society's his- 

 tory. OWEN A. HUNWICK, 



Cor. Sec. 



The Yonkers Horticultural Society 

 held their regular monthly meeting in 

 Hallywood Inn on Friday, February 

 7th. The flower show committee re- 

 ported a balance ot $47 from the Fall 

 Show. A very enjoyable and instruc- 

 tive hour followed in discussing the 

 different methods of growing vege- 



tables in cold frames and hot beds, also 

 the habits of growth of trees and 

 shrubs. The executive committee have 

 promised an essay for the next meet- 

 ing and Robert Cochrane has offered 

 a prize for the most meritorious ex- 

 hibit, so it is hoped the members will 

 turn out strong and bring their best to 

 fill the exhibition table on Friday, 

 March 7th. WM. MILLS, Sec. 



About 60 members of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society enjoyed 

 their annual banquet at the Parker 

 House on Feb. 6. Owing to the kind- 

 ness of James Garthly of Fairhaven, 

 the dining room was very handsomely 

 decorated with flowers, ferns and 

 palms, while Mr. Garthly and vice- 

 president David F. Roy furnished car- 

 nations for the guests. It was a cosy 

 little party and the menu was thor- 

 oughly enjoyed as was the after din- 

 ner speaking and the singing. Mr. 

 Roy gave an interesting talk on chrys- 

 anthemum culture. The past year 

 has been the most successful in the 

 history of the organization. More 

 members have joined and more inter- 

 est taken than in years, and the pros- 

 pects for a successful future are very 

 bright. 



THE BOSKOOP ROSE SHOW. 



We have received the following 

 communication regarding the great 

 rose show which will be held in Bos- 

 koop, Holland, July, 1913: 



Again the Government has shown 

 its interest in this enterprise as the 

 exposition will he held under the pat- 

 ronage of His Excellency the Minister 

 of Agriculture, Industry and Com-i 

 merce. 



The committee has been obliged to 

 greatly extend the grounds of the ex- 

 position, in order to meet the wishes 

 of the very large number ot exhibi- 

 tors. Around the Rosarium, which will 

 cover about an acre, will be built a 

 pergola 600 feet long. This pergola 

 alone will require 3000 climbing roses, 

 which have already been grown in 

 pots for this purpose. In the Rosarium 

 will be placed thousands of roses, bush 

 and standard form; to keep the dis- 

 play in good shape during the time of 

 exposition, there will be a surplus of 

 50,000 bush roses and 6000 standard 

 roses in 300 varieties, all grown in 

 pots. In the background of the Ro- 

 sarium will be erected an Italian floral 

 temple with side wings 120 feet bread, 

 12 feet high. 



The program for cut roses is ready 

 and will be mailed in a few days. The 

 comijetition in class 1 (new roses 

 not yet in commerce) will be open 

 also for growers outside of Boskoop, 

 and the committee therefore advises 

 those who have good novelties to ap- 

 ply for a copy of the program. Several 

 gold medals will be available for this 

 class. The best known rose growers 

 of Holland and other countries will he 

 invited to act as members of the jury. 



E. Y. Teas & Son announce that be- 

 cause of the advanced age and feeble 

 health of E. Y. Teas, the senior part- 

 ner, and of his desire to retire from 

 an active business life, they have 

 closed out their entire line of nursery 

 and florist stock and that F. E. Teas, 

 the junior partner, will continue in a 

 similar line, giving especial attention 

 to growing gladiolus for the wholesale 

 trade. 



