HORTICULTURE, 



July 4, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society hold a rose show on June 23rd, 

 which noi only brought together n 

 but nearly all other flowers in season, 

 exhibition was open from five 

 until nine P. M., and attracted qu te 

 a number of people. A silver cup was 

 , by Ernest Pester. Glen Cove, 

 silver medals by Adolph Jaenicke, 

 Floral Park, and Charles Bertanzel, 

 Rosyln, and there were a number of 

 prizes offered by the society. Some 

 things were put up only for exhibition, 

 which included a fine display of coni- 

 fers from .John [■'. Johnston, gardenei 

 to Paul Dana. The show committee 

 of which S. J. Trepess was chairman, 

 deserve credit for the way they dis- 

 charged their duties. Adolph Jaenicke 

 and Charles Bertanzel acted as judges. 

 The awards were as follows 



Collection of roses, 1st, silver cup, G '-;• 



Wilson, gardener to Mrs. B. Stern; 2nd, 

 Alex. Lothian, gardener to E. R. Eldi Idge 

 Sweel peas. 1st, sliver medal, C. W. b.uignt, 

 gardener to Mrs. E. R. Ladew: 2nd, s .1. 

 Trepess, gardener to .1. R. Maxwell. ( ei- 

 tiflcate of culture, George Ashworth, gai 

 dener Queen estate. Honorable mention, 

 Henrv Gaut, gardener to H. I.. Pratt. Col 

 Lection of outdoor Bowers. 1st, silver medal, 

 Valentine Cleres, gardener to F. s. Smltli 

 ers Vote of thanks, Ernest Pester. ' ol 

 lection of crimson ramblers, certificate •■< 

 ill Henry Gaut. Vase of crimson ram- 

 blers Oscar Adder. Delphiniums, cultural 

 certificate, Alex. Mackenzie, gardener to 

 Percj Chubb Lilium candidum, Geo. \\ u- 

 son ' Japanese iris. Alex. Lothian. Phlox 



Drumm lii, Oscar Ad. lor. Gloxinias, 1st. 



c W. Knight; 2nd, V Cleres. Orchids, 

 higlhly recommended, Alex. Lothian. < lero 

 dendron, certificate of culture, C. « 

 Knight Collection of vegetables, II t. 

 Merer, gardener to .1 L. Delamar. Let 

 tuc 'e, 1st, v. Cleves; 3nd, H. r. Meyer 



X atoes, 1st, cultural certificate, h i 



Meyer; 2nd, A. Lothian. 



M ihe close of the exhibition the 

 society met and discussed some im- 

 portant matters. They have decided to 

 make Pembroke Hall their headquar- 

 ters, holding meetings as usual the 

 eco'nd Wednesday of each month. 

 JAS. KESSON, Rec. Sec. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual rose and strawberry show 

 of the North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held at Manchester, .Mass.. 

 on June ?4 and 25, under a largi 



tent pitched on the grounds ol the 

 i ex County Club. The entries were 

 almost entirely from the -aid. n ol 

 the summer colony and a most beauti- 

 ful display of roses, s> - pea ■ 

 cither lowers was shown, and an nu- 

 ll large number of special prizes 

 awarded. The Higbwood cup of- 

 ed by Mrs. \v. B. Walk, r fo 

 collection of delphiniums was won by 

 William Swan, who also took second 

 prize for best group of planls 

 arranged for effect, the first, prize, 

 loving cup being taken bj Mrs 

 eland. These two groups were 

 the most conspicuous exhibits of the 

 show. A silver cup to Mrs. Jas. Mc- 

 Millan for H. T. roses and gold medals 

 i. Mrs McMillan and Mrs. G. E. Ca ioi 

 for tables of roses arranged for 

 wen among the most notable awards. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The .lone exhibition of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society opened aus- 

 piciously in Masonic Hall, June J::, 

 showing a wide variety and an ex- 

 cellency of quality which has seldom 

 been outdone by any of its predeces- 

 sors. 



It was principally an exhibition of 

 roses and it is declared that seldom, if 

 ever, has this flower been seen here 

 in a higher state of perfection. There 



weie also collections of herbac i- 



flowers, tuberous begonias including 

 the frilled varieties, specimen ferns 

 and other foliage plants from the many 

 private conservatories of Newport. 



Mrs. Robt. Goelet, gardener Colin 

 Robertson; Mrs. T. O. Richardson, gar- 

 dener James Robertson; Wm. Astor, 

 gardener James Boyd; H. D. Auchin- 

 closs, gardener John Malum; Miss F. 

 Foster, gardener M. Biegholdt; W. W. 

 Astor, gardener Hugh Williamson; 

 Miss S. B. Fay, gardener M. H. Walsh; 

 Prof. W. F. Greene. Jr., gardener Sam- 

 uel Speers, were some of the names 

 on the prize winning cards. Special 

 awards were made as follows: Silver 

 medal to Paul Volquardson for crested 

 1 iiberour. begonias; bronze medals to 

 W. G. Postings for sweet pea. Sutton's 

 Queen, and E. 0. Hill Company, for 

 rose Rhea Reid. Certificates of merit 

 to Mrs. T. O. Richardson for single 

 dahlias, Bruce Butterton for rose 

 Princess Marie Salm, Paul Volquard- 

 son for superior culture of gloxinias, 

 Mis. Jos. Harriman for campanulas, 

 tfrs E. C. Post for campanulas. Miss 

 Alice I'.oteltas for herbaceous flowers 

 etc. The judges were P. Volquardson, 

 Bruce Butterton and J. Baumgarten. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The monthly meeting of this Societj 

 was held on Friday evening, Juno 26, 

 with Pres. Angus in the ohair. 



Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y., was elected life member. Mrs. 

 K. E. Driscoll, Tarrytown, N. Y.. b in- 

 orary member, also Frank Shaw, Elms- 

 ford, N. Y., active member, and five 

 new nominations were received. 



\ very fine collection of shrub and 

 hardv perennial flowers, all labeled, 

 were staged by Frank L. Milne, garden- 

 er to Mr. E. K. Weatherbee; they wen- 

 awarded the prize offered for the 

 evening, also a certificate of merit. 



The annual outing was on the pro- 

 gram, and the committee of last year, 

 is I. W. Smith, Wm Scott and L. 

 A. Martin, were reappointed to arrange 

 everything. They have selected Ed- 

 wards' Beach Hotel, Rye Beach, N. Y.. 

 ho August i, 1908. A very fine time 

 is anticipated, as there will be a selec- 

 tion of games and suitable prizes for 

 minors. Tickets, $1.50. can be had 

 from Secretary Neubrand or any 

 member of the committee. 



L. A. MARTIN, Cor. Sec. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., will 

 spoil, on the Gladiolus at the July 

 meeting of the Florists' Club of Phila- 

 delphia. 



At the annual field meeting of the 

 New Hampshire Horticultural Society 

 ai Goffstown on June 25. Prof. E. P. 

 Sanderson of the State Agricultural 

 College was elected secretary to suc- 

 ceed H. F. Hall. Dr. H. W. Colling- 

 wood delivered a practical address on 

 "Raising Fruit on Rough Land " 



At the rose and strawbery show of 

 the Worcester County Horticultural 

 Soci. ty, Worcester. Mass., on June 25, 

 Addison Bemis showed some handsome 

 roses; E. W, Breed and Mrs. E. A. 

 Underwood had fine collections of 

 swe.t william and W. A. Baisley of 

 (' bridge exhibited foxglove and sweet 

 William. 



At the last meeting of the Retail 

 Florists' Association, at Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., thirty-five new members were 

 added, which brings the membership 

 up to over one hundred. The first 

 reading of the constitution and by-laws 

 was had and they were partly ap- 

 proved. Ihe next meeting will be 

 held ai the Imperial rooms on July 13 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Mystic, Conn. — J. H. Scbaffer, house 

 21x50. 



Waynesboro, Pa. — H. R. Happle, one 

 house. 



Cincinnati, O. — J. A. Peterson, addi- 

 tions. 



Urbana, 111. — T. Franks, range of 

 houses. 



Montclair, N. J. — F. W. Massman, 

 additions. 



Hastings Nebr. — C. W. Sidles, range 

 of houses. 



Columbus, O. — Livingston Seed Co., 

 house 50x200. 



Providence, R. I.— E. J. Johnston, 

 house 30x125. 



Watertown, Mass.— J. W, Stone, 

 house 17x450. 



Cedar Falls, la.— Jos. Bancroft & 

 Son, one house. 



Moorhead, Minn. — Miller & Briggs, 

 rang, of houses. 



Sunnydale, Calif. — N. Krassman, 

 range of houses. 



Sterling, 111.— Sterling Floral Co., 

 range ot houses. 



Ames. la. — F. J. Olsan, two vegetable 

 houses, each 25x100. 



New Orleans, l.a. — Fr. Gruaz, two 

 houses, each 20x1 en. 



Cleveland, O — F. R. Williams Co., 

 eight houses, each 25x300. 



Baldwins, N. Y.— David A. Dean, 

 three houses, each 22x125. 



Port Huron, Mich. — C. W. Asnian, 

 chrysanthemum house, 16x100. 



Brookfield. Mo. — Miss Gertrude 

 Fones, two houses, 15x50, jiixloo. 



P. Hamilton Goodsell, formerly with 

 F. W. Kelsey, has opened offices at 200 

 Broadway, New York, for furnishing 

 high cvide nursery stock. 



William Taylor of Cumberland. R. 

 I., while assisting the Chief of Police 

 in the arrest of a reckless Greek, was 

 shot and probably fatally wounded. 



