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HORTICULTURE 



September 12, 190S 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The meeting of the club September 

 1st was well attended, and the mem- 

 bers seemed to have come back re- 

 freshed from their various summer 

 outings Pittsburgh celebrates her 

 one hundred and fiftieth anniversa 

 during the week of September 27 and 

 the florists havi been asked to con- 

 tribute a Boat for the monster street 

 parade. A special meeting of the 

 club was railed on August 8 to con- 

 sider the matter and a committee of 

 arrangements consisting of S. M. C. 

 Clements, W. Breitenstein. A. W. 

 Smith. Jr., J. W. Ludwig, H. L. Blind 

 and T. P. Langhans was appointed 

 with lull power to decide. 



A competitive exhibit of gladioli, 

 dahlias and vegetables had been sched- 

 uled by the private gardeners, but 

 owing to the unfavorable dry weath- 

 er gladioli and dahlias were not avail- 

 able. There were two fine displays of 

 vegetables, the one grown by Robt 

 I.iflie, gardener for T. N. Barnsdale, 

 receiving the prize of $10. 



E. D. Smith Co., Adrian, Mich., sent 

 a fine display of asters; Randolph & 

 McClements had a large showing of 

 crotons; H. D. Price, King Humbert 

 and Express cannas in fine form, 

 Vleehan's mallow marvels and nas- 

 turtiums of a new tint; Phipps Con- 

 servatories. J. W. Jones foreman, two 

 vases of Semple's asters that showed 

 no effects of dry weather. The thanks 

 of the club were tendered the exhib- 

 itors. 



Subject for next meeting, "Dahlias, 

 orchids, herbaceous and annual 

 flowers." H. P. JOSLIN, Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meetings were 

 resumed on Sept. 4 at the society's 

 rooms in Orange with a fine display of 

 • i. season's flowers from greenhouse 

 and border. Lager & Hurrell staged 

 a stunning collection of hybrid orchids 

 Thomas Jones, Cattleyas speciocis- 

 sima, Harissonii and gigas and Onci- 

 dium I.anceanum. Thomas A. Edison, 

 gardener Frank Drews, aster Weeber 

 & Don's Best; A. C. Van Gaasbeck, 

 gardener John Darwin, asters and 

 dahlias: C. L. Bausher, gardener Philip 

 Cox, roses and gladioli; Stewart Harts- 

 borne, gardener; A. T. Caparn, delphi- 

 nium, Polygonum cuspidatim, and 

 vase of herbaceous plants; Charles 

 Hathaway gardener, Max Schneyder, 

 Euphorbia variegata; S. & A. Colgate, 

 gardener Wm. Read, vase of zinnias; 

 A. T. Gillespie, gardener George Oak- 

 ley, collection oi vegetables. 



A stereopticon exhibition of dower- 

 ing shrubs, the slides for which wen 

 loaned by the X. Y. liotanic Garden, 

 in Mrs Van Brunt's superb coloring, 

 was the attraction oi the evening. The 

 border in Central, Prospect or Botanic 

 Garden Pari; and the individual flow- 

 ers were exhibited, and the treat was 

 accorded a hearty vote of thanks. 

 JOSEPH B. DAVIS. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS, 



The notice of withdrawal of the 

 awai d i" i he Altinio Culture Companj , 

 read at the recent convention of this 

 societj . h as an ei roi 



The original award of a Certificate 

 of Merit for th< Chrysanthemum Aster 

 was correct and will stand. 



W. X. RI'DI), Sec. 



Sept. 4th, 190S. 



National Flower Show. 



Chairman W. F. Kasting announces 

 the appointment of A. T. De La Mare 

 and Edward F. VVinterson to All va- 

 cancies on the committee of fifty 

 caused by the deaths of Alexander Wal- 

 lace and William Scott. 



The executive committee at its 



n ting in Cataract House, Niagara 



Falls, Aug. 20, approved of a call for 

 an additional assessment of 30 p i 

 cent, of the- sums guaranteed, tor 

 which notices will be sent to guaran- 

 tors at once. An appropriation for 

 the advertising of the show was made 

 upon an estimate submitted by Chair- 

 man George Asmus. Rule 1 was 

 amended to require an entry fee of 

 $1 for each entry in all classes where 

 the first prize is $5 or more, except in 

 the private gardeners' classes and ex- 

 cept for foreign exhibitors. Those ex- 

 cused from an entry fee will be 

 charged a $2 fine for failure to stage 

 an entry. Rule 3 was amended to 

 make 11 a m. the last hour for stag- 

 ing plants and 12 m. for cut flower-. 



On motion of S. S. Skidelsky it was 

 derided that trade tickets should be 

 issued at a reduced rate and sold un- 

 der restrictions imposed by the local 

 management committee. Chairman 

 Koenig of the special features com- 

 mittee reported, and was requested to 

 continue his good work in trying to 

 provide drawing attractions for the 

 show, an appropriation being made 

 for his expenses. 



On motion of W. X. Rudd it was de- 

 cided to allow no salary or expense 

 account to judges at the national 

 flower show, and that judges be ap- 

 pointed by the following; For Divi- 

 sion A. Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America; Division B. American Rose 

 Society; Division C. American Carna- 

 tion Society; Division D, New York 

 Florists' Club: Division E, Illinois 

 State Florists .Assn.; Division F, Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Chicago; Divi- 

 sion G, Chicago Florists' Club; each 

 of these societies to nominate three 

 judges. .1. H. iU'RDFTT, Secretary. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The opening meeting of the season 

 will take place on Monday evening, 

 Sept. 14. at the club rooms on West 

 ?3d street. New York City. Benjamin 

 Hammond will talk on some features 

 of the school garden movement, a sub- 

 led on which Mr. Hammond is well 

 oualifitd to speak, by reason of his 

 many years' interest in education 

 topics and his love oi hortii ultui 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



The members of this club were most 

 il lightfully entertained on Tuesday 

 evening, Sept. 1, by their fellow-mem- 

 ber, Edward S. Schmid. After the 

 close of routine business the guests 

 were invited to the banquet room, 

 where after all had partaken to the 

 limit, the rest of the evening was 

 given up to varied amusements, such 

 as recitations, songs, piano solos, etc. 

 The recent S. A. F. convention at 

 Niagara Falls, where this club was 

 represented by 20 members, was dis- 

 cussed at much length. 



The newly-elected secretary, Geo. 

 Shafer. read a notice of the annual 

 Harvest Home Festival and Dahlia 

 Show to be held at the warehouse of R. 

 Vincent. Jr., & Sons, at Cowenton, 

 Md., from Sept. 22 to 26, inclusive. A 

 fine dahlia and geranium show will be 

 features of the occasion. The sum of 

 $10.00 was voted to be donated to the 

 fund which is being raised to erect 

 a monument to the late Wm. Scott, of 

 Buffalo, N. Y. The next meeting will 

 be held at the greenhouses of Gude 

 Bros, at Anacostia, where the club will 

 be entertained by Adolphus Gude. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 The regular monthly meetings of 

 the club will be resumed on Tuesday 

 vetting, Sept. 15, at eight o'clock. In 

 place of the stated lecture there will be 

 quite a number of vacation experiences 

 by a number of prominent members of 

 the club, covering both Europe and 

 America. These cannot fail to be very 

 interesting. There will be reports on 

 the late successful picnic and field 

 days, interesting exhibits and other 

 attractive features, and all records of 

 September meetings will undoubtedly 

 be broken. Members are invited to 

 bring along any interested friends to 

 i ujoy this meeting. 



W. X. CRAIG, Secretary. 



NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 



ASSOCIATION OF PLANT 



GROWERS. 



The outing and clam bake of this 

 organization will take place at Duet's 

 Whitestone Pavilion. \\ hitestone Land- 

 ing, N. Y., on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The 

 members and frit nils will start from 

 Long Island R. R. station en special 



)■ atached to train leaving at 10.33 

 A. M. A breakfast will be served at 

 noon and the clam bake will be on at 

 5.30 1 . M. The committee in charge 

 has arranged for prize bowling for 

 ladies and gentlemen, prize shooting, 

 dancing and other enjoyable pastimes. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The Chicago Florists' Club had a 

 good attendance at the regular meet- 

 ing September 3. The picnic commit- 

 tee made its report on the financial 

 outcome of the picnic which indicated 

 a surplus of not less than two hun- 

 dred dollars. This sum will be used 

 toward the fund for entertaining vis- 

 itors at the National Flower Show in 

 November. The coining flower show 



