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HORT1CU LTURE 



July 25, 190S 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



The eleventh annual convention of 

 this association will be held al Niagara 

 Falls. Ont., on Augus! 19, 20 and 21, 

 L908, in the Clifton Hotel 



The program is arranged as follows-. 



Wednesday, August 19th. 

 OPENING SESSION 2.30 1'. M. 

 i ,. Societv of American Florists and 



, :,,,, Horticulturists n ill pay the 

 Qtlon a fraternal visit during this ses- 



s .if Well .•in.- bj iii.' Mayor of 



Niagara Falls, Ont., and Superintendent 

 ..f Queen Victoria Park. 

 Response by the President and welcome to 

 - \ ' F., John Walsh, Montreal. 



!., the President of the S. A. F., 

 F. 11. Traendly, New "> oi i 



ts of Secretary, Treasurer, Standing 



ees and s| lal commit tees. 



Discussion ol I Address. 



Quest! i. Box. 



SECOND SESSION, 7 P. M. 



Tin- Canadian Horticultural Association 

 will pay :i fraternal visit t., the ''.invention 

 of ilir Society of American Florists at the 

 Cataract House, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 

 Illustrated Lecture by J. Horace McFar- 



l.iu.l. "How Florists May Aid iu th« 



Crusade Against Ugliness." 



Thursday. August 20th, 10 A. M. 

 "Forcing Tomatoes," Professor W. s. Blair, 



Maedonald College, Ste. Anne de Belle- 



vue. ..Me-. 



of Private Greenhou-o-. 



William Wiltshire. Montreal. Que. 

 "Nomenclature," John Cavers, OakviHe, 



Ont. 

 Choice of place for next meeting. 

 Quest ion Box. 



Thursdaj afternoon the delegates will be 



shown the beauties of Qui en Vi 



ParS by Mr. Alex. Coburn, Head Gard. 



Thursday, August 2Cth. 7 P. M. 



ssion between Retailer and Grower, 

 lid by G. Gerraght, Toronto, Ont., re 

 plied to by W. J. Lawrence, EJglin 



(Int. 



"Grapes Dnder Glass," Thos. Pewtress, 



Pointe Claire, Que. 

 Unfinished Business, 

 Election of i 'ffi.eis. 



Committee Reports. 



Friday. August 21st. 

 The Buffalo Florists' Club have gener- 

 ously invited all i'. II. A. delegates to par- 

 ticipate In the entertainment given to the 

 s A F . including trip to Buffalo, games, 

 ete. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



The last meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, held at F. H. Kramer's, was the 

 largest meeting of this organization en 

 record. The reason of it all was that 

 President Kramer got out and hustled 

 the best he knew how. and when the 

 official? of a society or club do this 

 there 's invariably one result— success. 

 This takes one's time and attention 

 from business, family, etc., but whi n 

 a man accepts office he assumes all 

 this and it is "up to him" to carry it 

 out. In Mr. Kramer's case it wasn't 

 the 'refreshments' of the Japanese 

 lanterns alone that influenced the 

 Washington florists to come out ana 

 make a good meeting, but the con- 

 tagious enthusiasm of a president who 

 rolls up his shirt sleeves and turns 

 himself loose, determined to win. 



SUMMER EXHIBITION AT LAKE 

 FOREST, ILL. 



\lniut thirty miles north of Clio 

 close to the shore of Lake Michigan 

 lies Lake Forest, noted for its I., anti- 

 til! summer homes as well as its per- 

 manent ones. 



Two years ago the Horticultural 

 Society of Lake Forest was organized 



Emu. Hi ii, linger 



by Emil Bollinger, who was elected 

 president, and still holds that office. 

 II. C. Peterson is vice-president. Geo. 

 Koppenhoefer, treasurer, and J. \\". 

 Scharfenberg. secretary. This progres- 

 sive society is composed of one 



The Bollinger Trophx 



hundred and fifty members, owners of 

 estates and gardeners, who work to- 

 .: ilnr to make it a sun 



The second annual exhibition was 

 held at Durand Art institute, 

 Forest. July 15th, ami was a credil to 

 the society. 



Among the most notable exhibits 

 were the following: Collection of large 

 evergreens from Pres. Bollinger: 

 house grapes from R. T. Ci 



foliage and decorative plants, fruiting 

 t.-ees in pots, etc.. from Mrs. A. B. 

 Dick; hardy perennials and annuals 

 from .las. Yiles. Mr. Wooley of Glen- 

 coe, Mrs. H. It. McCaulley, Mrs. Jas. 

 !!a\ worth, Vaughan's Seed Store and 

 others: vegetables from Cyrus H. M.C- 

 ■ 'iMiniik. Chas. Hutchinson of Lake 

 Geneva Wis., F. L. Swift, Mrs. Isham 

 of Lake Geneva, C. H. Fitzhugh and 

 Ernest Hamill; sweet peas from John 

 Pisie Jr., and flowers from the school 

 children.' Lager & Hurrell of Summit, 

 X .1., orchids, and A. T. Boddingtou, 

 New York, seeds and bulbs, were repre- 

 sented by creditable displays of their 

 alties. The society's prizes were 

 in the form of medals and there were 

 ial premiums from President Boll- 

 inger, R. Douglas' Sons' Nurseries, of 

 Waukegan, and others, the president s 

 trophy being a beautiful silver cup for 

 the best basket of outdoor flowers. 

 The flower judges were William C. 

 , of Highland Park, E. A. Kanst 

 and W. X. Rudd of Chicago; and on 

 vegetables. Robert J. Sampson and 

 Axel Johnson of Lake Geneva and C. 

 J Reardon of Hinsdale. 



The Horticultural Society of Lake 

 Forest meets regularly on the last 

 Wednesday of each month. It usually 

 has a speaker from outside its own 

 territory, and the meetings are inter- 

 . sting and well attended. 



President Bollinger, whose portrait 

 we present herewith, is a native of 

 Switzerland and is superintendent ot 

 the Byron L. Smith estate. He has 

 served four years .on the Board of 

 Education and has just been elected 

 for two years more. The organiza- 

 tion of the society is said to have been 

 the fruition of fourteen years en- 

 deavor on the part of Mr. Bollinger. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The annual sweet pea exhibition held 

 at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on July 

 IS and 1" fell short of the standard 

 owing to the long continued hot ana 

 rainless oeriod of weather which pre- 

 ceded it. The peas were really bel- 

 ter than 'here was any reason to ex- 

 pect undc such trying conditions. Ed- 

 win Jenkins, of Lenox, was the larg- 

 est winner of first prizes, Thomas 

 Mowden of Whitinsville. coming next. 

 Other winners of prizes in the sweet 

 pea classes were Joseph Thorpe. W. A. 

 Riggs and Col. Fred'k Mason. Among 

 the most interesting flowers and plants 

 shown were the following: An ex- 

 hibit of new lilies from North China 

 and a variety of herbaceous plants 

 from R. & J- Farquhar & Co.: hardy 

 herbaceous flowers from Blue Hill nur- 

 series: Hatvard Botanic Garden, a su- 

 perb collection of gloxinias beautifully 

 arranged; nhloxes and herbaceous Bow- 

 ers from several contributors. Fruit 

 and vegetables also showed the stress 

 of the unfavorable season. Col. Frede- 

 rick Mason's group of vegetables ar- 

 tanged for effect was excellent. Goose- 

 1 erries were more of a feature than 

 customary, J. S. Chase. VV. G. Ken- 

 dall Wilfrid Wheeler, State Hospital 

 at Taunton and W. A. Riggs all be- 

 ing creditably represented. W. Heustis 

 & Son showed cabbages of enormous 



