June 14, 1913 



HORTICULTUKE 



891 



of vegetables, a piece of silver, value 

 $25.00. 



A second prize will be offered by the 

 Horticultural Society of New Toik in each 

 of the above. 



The first special fund of the society 

 has been established by Mrs. William 

 Barr, of West Orange, N. J., in mem- 

 ory of her husband. She has given 

 $500 to be known as the Wm. Barr 

 Fund, the interest of which is to be 

 used in defraying flower prizes. 



George V. Nash, Sec. 



MINNEAPOLIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the June meeting held at Rice 

 Bros.' store the following commit- 

 tees made reports: 



Theo Wlrth, chairman of the Con- 

 vention Association, reported every- 

 thing proceeding very favorably. Out- 

 door garden space was being taken 

 up rapidly and the trade who were not 

 taking advantage of this opportunity 

 were missing a good advertising me- 

 dium. The program was now com- 

 pleted and had been forwarded to 

 Sec. Young. Souvenir album was 

 making exceedingly good headway 

 and would be a little out of the old 

 ■plan of a large unhandy album but of 

 a convenient carrying size. Special 

 concert had been arranged at Lake 

 Harriet for Friday evening with spe- 

 cial privileges for the visitors. The 

 Executive Committee was holding 

 regular meetings and he wished to 

 thank the members for their prompt 

 and active assistance. 



John Rovik, Baseball Committee 

 chairman, made report of team se- 

 lected for the convention and the 

 club authorized him to secure suits. 

 get busy and practice, showing the All 

 Star team of the 3. A. F. and O. H. 

 that they were going up against the 

 real thing. Mother's Day adv. com- 

 mittee, Carl Lindskoog, chairman, re- 

 ported the cost of the adv. $130, con- 

 tributed by the trade, both wholesale 

 and retail. A big success, the large 

 amount of editorial space the papers 

 gave in connection with the advertis- 

 ment making it very conspicuous 

 and discussion showed that the de- 

 mand far exceeded the supply from 

 these efforts. 



Henry Will presented the club a 

 box of cigars in honor of a boy born 

 on June 1st. A unanimous vote of 

 thanks was extended Mr. Will for his 

 treat and the junior Will was made 

 an honorary member of the baseball 

 and bowling teams. 



The July meeting is dropped and 

 special meetings will be subject to 

 call of the chair. 



Cal F. Rice, Sec'y. 



SPRING FLOWER SHOW. 



By the request of the joint com- 

 mittees of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York and the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club, the announcement is made 

 that a Spring Flower Show, inter- 

 national in character, will be given 

 by the organizations mentioned, in the 

 New Grand Central Palace, New York, 

 March 21-28, 1914. A meeting of the 

 committees will be held within a few 

 days, at which organization will be 

 effected and a preliminary schedule 

 drafted, copies of which will be dis- 

 tributed within a week or two. A 



guarantee fund has been started local- 

 ly and already amounts to several 

 thousand dollars and a number of 

 special prizes have been offered. A 

 horticultural trade exhibition will be 

 held in connection with the show. 

 The undersigned has been appointed 

 manager of the trade exhibition, and 

 will be pleased to make reservations 

 of space and furnish any information 

 required. He has also been entrusted 

 with the preparation and publication 

 of the official program of the show, 

 and will be pleased to quote advertis- 

 ing rates and book contracts for ad- 

 vertisements at any time. 



Meeting the wishes of the exhibi- 

 tors at the recent show, the display 

 will be confined to two floors, and all 

 music entertainment and business will 

 at the next show be relegated to the 

 second floor. John Young, 



Manager. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The 12th annual convention of the 

 Ohio Association of Cemetery Super- 

 intendents will be held on June 25 and 

 26 at East Liverpool and Steubenville, 

 Ohio, with headquarters at East Liver- 

 pool. 



To the members of the American 

 Gladiolus Society: 

 I take this opportunity, so that 

 there will be ample time to select my 

 successor, to announce that I shall 

 not be a candidate this year for sec- 

 retary of the A. G. S. Thanking you 

 for the many courtesies extended me 

 in the past. 



Sincerely yours, 



L. Merton Gage. 

 South Natick, Mass., June 7th, 1913. 



At the meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society last Monday the fol- 

 lowing candidates for office for the en- 

 suing year w'ere nominated: 



For president, A. C. Heckman, Jr., 

 James Allen; vice-president, Ed. Schu- 

 mann, J. Chas. Murphy; secretary, 

 Alex Ostendarp. O. H. Hoffmeister; 

 treasurer, Albert Sunderbruch. Chas. 

 H. Hoffmeister; ; trustee, Gus Adrian, 

 Henry Schwarz. 



An outing committee consisting of 

 Chas. H. Hoffmeister, A. C. Heckman, 

 Jr. and R, C. Witterstaetter was ap- 

 pointed. 



At the meeting of the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club. June 5th, it was decided that 

 this year's picnic be a short boat trip 

 to Michigan City on Sunday before the 

 departure of the Convention. All ar- 

 rangements were left in the hands of 

 the Good of the Club and Sports Com- 

 mittee. The time of the departure of 

 the special train to the convention city, 

 and whether breakfast be served on 

 the train, was left in the hands of the 

 transportation committee. The spe- 

 cial relief committee gave a complete 

 report on the good work they have 

 done in securing stock and distribut- 

 ing same amongst flood victims who 

 have appealed for aid. The names of 

 the donors and the receivers were 

 read. 



This being Peony Night the Good of 

 the Club Committee secured some fine 

 specimens of a snow-white peony. 

 Many comments were passed as to 

 their beauty. It was quite a treat to 

 have Mme. Peony with us. 



Ed. C. Toepel, Sec. 



RHODODENDRON AND PEONY 

 SHOW. 



Visitors to Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, last Saturday and Sunday were 

 treated to a display of floral magnifi- 

 cence rarely equalled for brilliance. 

 Peonies, rhododendrons, Irises, herba- 

 ceous flowers in great variety, orchids 

 and carnations all contributed to this 

 outburst of color which was enjoyed by 

 a large number of visitors, the show 

 being free to all. 



The largest contributor was R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., who put up a tre- 

 mendous display of German irises, 

 there being 133 large vases of these in 

 which the stately Pallida Dalmatica 

 occupied a large place. In rhododen- 

 drons Walter Hunnewell, gard. T. D. 

 Hatfield, was the largest exhibitor, 

 filling three tables with over 500 

 trusses. Mrs. J. L. Gardner, gard. 

 Wm. Thatcher, was represented by a 

 large collection of peonies. Thos. Mee- 

 han & Sons presented a splendid lot 

 of trees and shrubs. There were some 

 fine orchid groups from E. B. Dane, 

 gard. D. Mackenzie, J. T. Butterworth 

 and F. J. Dolansky. A. A. Pembroke 

 and Patten & Co., were in with some 

 fine carnations and Wm. Sim with new 

 Spencer sweet peas. In novelties Bay- 

 ard Thayer, gard. Wm. Anderson, led 

 in interest with a fine plant of Hydran- 

 gea Sargentiana which is described 

 fully in another part of this paper. 

 The list of awards which we here ap- 

 pend tells the rest of the story as to 

 the exhibitors and what they staged. 



List of Awards. 



Orchids, arranged fm- effect — 1st, E. B. 

 Dane; 2nd, Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Rhododen- 

 drons — Largest and best collection : 1st, 

 Francis Skinner. Hardy azaleas — 1st. Fran- 

 cis Skinner. German irises — 1st. William 

 Whitman; 2nd, E. F. Dwyer & Sons: 3rd, 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons Company. Hardy 

 herbaceous flowers — 1st, Max Haendler 

 lOld Town Nurseries I- 2nd. Blue Hill Nur- 

 series: 3rd. Frederic J. Rea. 



(Iratuities — F. .7. Dolansky. Cattleya 

 Sigas and Cattleya Mendelii; .7. T. Butter- 

 worth, specimen plant Jliltoiiia vexillaria; 

 Miss Cornelia Warren, display of Oncidium 

 flexuosum: Mrs. .1. L. Gardner: specimen 

 plant, Anthurium Brownii: William Whit- 

 man, collection of German iris; T. C. Thur- 

 low's Sons Company, collection of peonies 

 and iris; George W. Page, collection of Ger- 

 man iris: Mrs. J L. Gardner, display of 

 peonies: Mrs. Frederick Ayer. Viburnum 

 opulus: Patten & Company, artistically ar- 

 ■-anged vase of carnation Princess Dagmar; 

 Mrs. Frederick Aver, carnations: William 

 Sim, sweet peas; Mrs R. Goodnough, Hem- 

 eroca'lis: Mrs. Frederick Ayer, pair of 

 Phoenix Eoebelenii; Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 display of hydrangea in pots: Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill, display of cut flowers. 



Silver medals~F. .T. Dolansky. Cattleya 

 Mossiac Wagneri ; A. A. Pembroke, eight 

 vases of carnations: R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co.. display of German iri^:. 



First class certificate of merit — R. & J. 

 Farijnhar & Co., Sniraea Henryi, 



Honorable mention — Thomas Meehan & 

 Sons, collection of ornamental foliaged 

 shrubs in tubs: A. H. Fewkes, hybrid hem- 

 erocaliis: Charles W. Parker, collection of 

 iris and other flowers; Charles W. Parker, 

 Wistaria multijuga; Mt. Desert nurseries, 

 collection of herbaceous flowers; Walter 

 Hunnewell. display of hybrid rhododen- 

 drons; Bayard Thayer, Hydrangea Sargen- 

 tiana: K. & J. Farquhar & Co., display of 

 iloulde pyrethrums. 



HORTICULTURE PUB. CO. 



Gentlemen — Kindly take my ad. for 

 roses out of the paper. Stock is nearly 

 all sold. 



Yours very truly, 



J, HENRY BARTRAM, 



