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HOETICULTUEE 



March 22, 1&13 



Club. This seems to be worth the 

 watching; quite unique as a color 

 combination and in other ways. The 

 principal prize winners were: 



Joseph Hurley, gardener for Thos. P. 

 Hunter : Wm. Robertson, gardener for 

 Jno. W. Pepper; Samuel Batcbelor, gar- 

 dener for C. B. Newbold; Cbas. Weyand. 

 gardener for Mrs. G. McFadden, Jr. ; 

 Thomas Gaynor, gardener for Countes.s 

 Santa Eulalia; J. W. Geary; Wm. Com- 

 fort, gardener for C. H. Clark, Jr.; Wm. 

 Fowler, gardener for Mrs. Chas. Wheeler; 

 .Tno. H. Dodds, gardener for Hon. John 

 Wanamake*. 



The prizes for this show were all 

 donated, the donors being: H. F. 

 Michell Co.. Phila.; Van Waverin & 

 Kruijff, Holland; H. Waterer. Phila.; 

 H. A. Dreer, Phila. The items ca'leci 

 for by the Dreer schedule, campanulas, 

 irises, lupines, myosotis, primulas, 

 wallflowers. French hydrangeas, Adian- 

 tum Gloriosa, and roses in pots, were 

 the most educative and interesting 

 to the general public. They are un- 

 usual things the public ought to know 

 about, and that's what horticultural 

 societies are formed for. But they are 

 not easily grown and shown like hya- 

 cinths, etc. Nevertheless, that's what 

 a good gardener ought to take pride 

 in. Anybody can grow hyacinths, etc. 

 A few more of them on the difficult 

 subjects would raise our opinions. 



G. C. W. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



GRAND CENTRAL PALACE, NEW YORK, APRIL 5-12. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The meeting of the Florist Club 

 held on Thursday afternoon, March 13, 

 in Odd Fellows Hall, was one of the 

 largest attended meetings the clul) 

 has had. The Carnation Show, which 

 is an annual event, took place at the 

 W. C. Smith establishment and was 

 confined to consigners to this market 

 and they came out in full force. 



The Publicity Committee made a 

 lenghty report as to what they had 

 accomplished of late and were en- 

 couraged by the members to continue 

 their good work. The Trustees also 

 made a long report. The Trustees 

 were instructed to report at the next 

 meeting as to the advisability of 

 holding for this years outing either 

 a boat excursion or a picnic. All de- 

 linquent members were given one more 

 month's time to pay last year's dues 

 before being dropped from member- 

 ship. E. W. Guy spoke of the 111. 

 State Florists' Association meeting 

 at Peoria. Alex Geranios spoke on 

 Publicity from the Retail Florists' 

 Standpoint. Both talks were quite 

 interesting. After the close the mem- 

 bers visited the Carnation Show. The 

 following exhibitors were represented: 

 J. F. Ammann Co., Alton Floral Co., 

 Vennemann Bros., A. H. Ahner, O. C. 

 May, A. S. Cerney, W. E. Ogle, F. E. 

 Hallard. H. J. Weber & Sons, Werner 

 Bros.. W. A. Rowe, Gus and Hugo 

 Gross. 



All showed carnations, except W. A. 

 Rowe. who staged lily of the valley 

 of high class, and the Grosses, sweet 

 peas and violets. The varieties ex- 

 hibited were: White Enchantress R. P. 

 Enchantress, Enchantress, White Won- 

 der, Beacon, Sangamo and Washing- 

 ton. No prizes were offered and the 

 judges made a report giving the ex- 

 hibitors great credit for the quality 

 of the stock and the staging of the 

 exhibition. The W. C. Smith Co., 

 served a fine lunch and were given a 

 vote of thanks for the afternoon's en- 

 tertainment. 



The following is the list of jurors 

 appointed thus far to pass on the ex- 

 hibits at the show: 



Harry A. Buuyard, chairman; R. E. Bal- 

 lentyne, Canandaigua. N. Y. ; Philip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit, Mich.; H. Brown, Rich- 

 mond, Va. ; Emil Buettner, Park Ridge, 

 111.; Louis Burk. Philadelphia, Pa.; Nich- 

 olas Butterbach, Oceanic, N. J.; Robert 

 Cameron. Cambridge, Mass.; A. B. Cart- 

 ledge, Philadelphia, Pa.; R. W. Clucas, 

 Sparkill, N. Y.; Geo. H. Cooke. Washing- 

 ton, D. C. ; Lawrence Cotter, Jamestown, 

 N. Y. ; J. B. Cowell, Buffalo, N. Y. ; W. N. 

 Craig. North Easton, Mass.; H. W. De- 

 Graaff, Leiden. Holland ; J. H. Duulop, 

 Toronto. Can. : Wm. Eccles, Oyster Bay, 

 N. T.: Carl Engelmann, Saffron-Walden, 

 England: Harry G. Eyres. Albany, N. Y. ; 

 Wm. Falconer, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; R. F. 

 Felton, London, England ; Duncan Finlay- 

 son, Brookline, Mass.; Peter Fisher, Ellis, 

 Mass. : Robert Graham. Baltimore. Md. ; 

 Wm. F. Gude. Washington, D. C. : Arthur 

 Herrington, Madison, N. J.; Wm. Hertrich, 

 San Gabriel. Calif.; J. J. Hess, Omaha, 

 Neb.; J. F. Huss, Hartford, Conn.; Michael 

 Keller. Rochester, N. Y. ; Chas. Knight, 

 New York City, N. Y'.j Otto Koenig. St. 

 Louis, Mo.; Mr. Kruijff, Holland; A. J. 

 Loveless. Lenox. Mass.; Stuart H. Low, 

 London, England: Geo. McWilliam. Whit- 

 insville, Mass.; Fred. H. Meinhardt. St. 

 Louis, Mo.; A. Miekle, Newport, R. I.; Geo. 

 T. Moore, St. Louis. Mo.; Samuel Murray, 

 Kansas City, Mo.; Colin B. Ogston, Roch- 

 ester. N. Y.; Harry Papwortb. New Or- 

 leans. La.; H. Philpott, Winnipeg, Can.; 

 Chas. A. Plumb. Detroit, Mich. ; Edw. Rea- 

 gan, Morristown. N. J. ; Geo. A. Roljiuson. 

 Montreal. Can.: Wm. L. Rock, Kansas City. 

 Mo.: Chas. Sandiford. Buffalo. N. Y.; A. J. 

 Smith, Lake Geneva. Wis.; Harry Turner, 

 Yonkers, N. Y • Wm. Turner, Oceanic, N. 

 J.; F. Gomer Waterer. Bagshot, England: 

 W. W. Wells, Merstham. Surrey, England; 

 E. H. Wilson. Boston. Mass. ; J. S. Wilson. 

 Des Moines. Iowa ; A. H. Wingett. Lenox. 

 Mass.; Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn. 



These do not include the special judges 

 for the Rose, Carnation and Sweet Pea So- 

 cieties. 



(We are informed that two names, those 

 of A. E. Thatcher and Edward Kirk, both 

 of Bar Harbor. Me., were inadvertently 

 omitted from the above list of judges but 

 will be included in the official list to be 

 published later. — Ed.) 



Intending exhibitors should bear in 

 mind that all entries in the general 

 section must be in the hands of the 

 secretary. John Young, 54 West 28th 

 street. New York, not later than 

 March 30th. Entries in the sections 

 of the Rose. Carnation, Sweet Pea 

 and Gladiolus Societies must be in the 

 hands of the different secretaries on 

 the dates set forth in the prize sched- 

 ule. 



J. H. Pepper, 

 Chairman Publicity Committee. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Additional Prizes for International 

 Show. 



For roses from glass devoted to the 

 growing of stock for the New York 

 market, offered by Henshaw & Fen- 

 rich. For the best 25 Richmond. $25; 

 25 Killarney, $25; 25 Yellow roses. 

 $25. 



This is a fine prize and offered es- 

 pecially for New York City market 

 growers. 



Harry 0. May prize. — For the best 

 new rose not on the market, $25. 



Entries have already been made for 

 the Philadelphia Growers' prize. Re- 

 tail Dealers' exhibit and Divisions B, 

 C, D. 



Registration. 



New Rose registered by The Plorex 

 Gardens, North Wales, Pa.— "The Ma- 

 vourneen." Sport of Pink Killarney, 



very large bud. averaging 30 petals. 

 Color deep pink, reverse side of petal 

 almost as dark as the inside of petal. 

 Very fragrant; good foliage. 



Notes. 



The judges so far appointed are 

 Messrs. John N. May, Adam Graham, 

 Patrick Welsh. Philip Breitmeyer, 

 Robert Pyle, George Asmus, A. B. 

 Cartledge, Alexander Gumming, Jr. 



An illustrated lecture will be given 

 on Tuesday evening. April 8th, ou 

 "Roses as Decorative Plants," by Rob- 

 ert Pyle, West Grove, Pa. 



The membership of the American 

 Rose Society is sending in the dues 

 nicely; the more the better. 



"A Rose for Every Home, a Bush 

 for Every Garden." New York City 

 homes need the roses. 



Benjamin Hammond. 



Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



"Carnation Night" was observed on 

 March 14th by the above named so- 

 ciety. The introducers of noveltie? 

 were invited to send candidates for 

 1913. Charles H. Totty staged "Com- 

 modore," which was awarded a first- 

 class certificate; also "Northport." A 

 large number of the standard varieties 

 were shown, to the delight of visitors 

 and members. "Carnation Night" was 

 a decided success. 



The members again discussed the 

 matter of having professional gar- 

 deners on park boards and shade tree 

 commissions. It was finally decided to 

 request Assemblyman John J. Bracken 

 of Orange to preiJare a bill embodying 

 the desires of the society and intro- 

 duce it in the legislature. After the 

 bill is passed in the house. Senator 

 Colgate will be requested to work for 

 its passage in the senate. Communi- 

 cations were received from the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeneis, and 

 Tuxedo Horticultural Society, approv- 

 in.g of our stand on the above matter. 



The society is leceiving a number of 

 lu'izes for its summer and fall shows. 

 Among them are a silver cup from 

 John Lewis Childs, silver and bronze 

 medals from Michell's Seed House, $15 

 in gold from Pierson U-Bar Co., and 

 $5 from H. A. Dreer. 



The awards in the monthly compe- 

 tition were as follows: Wm. Reid, car- 

 nations 90, roses 90; .John Dervan, 

 roses 95; Max Schneider, carnations 

 SO, freesia 70, violets 75; F. Bergelund, 

 carnations 60. E. Panuska, Schom- 

 burgkia undulata 90, Primula mala- 

 coides 50. 



President French announces that 

 the special order of business for the 

 next meeting of the Chicago Florist 

 Club will be the election of a secre- 

 tary to fill the vacancy caused by the 

 resignation of Wilder S. Deamud, who 

 is leaving the city permanently; to 

 receive the report of the transporta- 

 tion committee and to decide on the 

 oflicial route to the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion at Minneapolis. A full attend- 

 ance is desired. 



Ed. C. Toepel. Sec. Pro Tern. 



