October 24, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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"magenta," a light crimson fringed 

 with lighter edge. Special mention 

 u as accorded to another seedling, very 

 light pink. Peacock Dahlia Farms 

 were awarded certificate of merit for 

 dahlia "Jack Rose." The committee 

 recommended very highly the new 

 plant stand exhibited by the Moore- 

 Livingston Co. of Lansdowne, stating 

 that this device filled a long-felt want 

 as it can be adjusted to anj desired 

 height. Prof. Stewardson Brown 

 aii account of a recent trip, enti 

 • Ten Weeks in the Wilds of British 

 Columbia." The annual fall show will 

 take place New 10 to 13, and entries 

 are coming in very satisfactorily, ac- 

 cording to Secretary Rust. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 National Flower Show. 



President Traendly has decided that 

 the S. A. F. gold medal shall not be 

 awarded for any specific exhibit, but 

 ii will be left to the judges to awaid 

 it to any exhibit, provided there is 

 such an exhibit in the show which may 

 be deemed worthy of so high an award. 

 It was provided by the executive board 

 of the S. A. F. also, that the award of 

 this gold medal should not be com- 

 plete until the action of the commit- 

 tee had been specifically ratified by the 

 executive committee of the Flower 

 Show. 



A mistake was made in the final edi- 

 tion of the premium list in giving the 

 judges nominated by the American 

 Carnation Society. Instead of the 

 names given in the premium list, the 

 nominees are: Wm. Nicholson, Fram- 

 ingham, Mass., Fred Burki, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., and Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. 



Mr. Nicholson, who was also one of 



the four nominees presented by the 



Chrysanthemum Society, will probably 



be withdrawn as a judge of Division A. 



J. H. BURDBTT, Ass't Sec'y. 



Elaborate plans have been made for 

 the decoration of the Coliseum for the 

 National flower show. Jens Jensen, 

 superintendent of the West parks; 

 John Olgotz. superintendent of Chica- 

 go's small parks; and several other ex- 

 perts are at work on the plans. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



The Ladies' Society of American 

 Florists have accepted the invitation to 

 the banquet Tuesday eve, Nov. 10th, 

 Auditorium Annex. On Wednesday, 

 Nov. 11th, the Society will give a the- 

 atre party for its members, who will 

 please wear their badge pins. Mem- 

 bers of the Ladies' S. A. F. will please 

 report to the Chairman of Entertain- 

 ment Committee, Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, 

 or the Secretary, Mrs. C. H. Maynard, 

 Tuesday morning, Nov. 10th, at Ex- 

 hibition Hall. 



MRS. W. J. VESEY, President. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held Oct. 15, President 

 Clark in the chair. Wm. Gray, gar- 

 dener to Judge Russell, showed a very 

 fine vase of Browallia. There was a 

 discussion as to the proper size to 

 show beet? for table use. 3. C Palmer, 



gardener to B. A. Sands, gave a very 

 interesting talk on "What I Don't 

 Know About Dahlias." At the next 

 regular meeting. Nov. 6, W. L. Jagger 

 will read a paper, subject, "Corn Va- 

 rieties and Management.' 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Report on New Chrysanthemums. 



Sport of Gloria Pacific; Jap. reflexed. 

 Color pink. Exhibited by Samuel 

 Cockburn & Sons, Woodlawn, N. Y., on 

 i vi IT, 1908, at Cincinnati. Scaled . i 

 , points; at Philadelphia scaled 72 

 points. 



Dark Sport Gloria Pacific; Jap. Col- 

 or dark mauve. Exhibited by Samuel 

 Cockburn & Sons, Woodlawn, N. Y., 

 a' New York, Oct. 13, 1908. Scaled 79 

 points. 



( 1 loria. Color Daybreak pink. Ex- 

 hibited at Cincinnati, Oct. 17, 1908, by- 

 Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich. Scaled 

 85 points. 



No. 58-2-06; Jap. incurved. Color 

 white. Exhibited at Philadelphia Oct. 

 17, 1908, by Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, 

 Mich. Scaled 80 points commercial, 86 

 exhibition. 



* DAVID FRASER, Secretary. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnation Registered. 



By Scheiden & Schoos, South Evans- 

 ton, 111. William H. Taft, color 

 bright red, resembling Crusader; a 

 seedling of Crusader and Enchantress, 

 size of flower three to four inches; a 

 high built and the most double flower 

 ever seen, with a long graceful stem; 

 a free bloomer with very few splits; 

 keeping qualities remarkable, has been 

 kept cut three weeks in good condi- 

 tion. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Elmira Civic Improvement 

 League and Horticultural Society, El- 

 mira, N. Y., offer a silver cup and 

 other prizes at the chrysanthemum 

 show to be held Nov. 5-7. H. N. Hoff- 

 man is chairman of the committee. 



The Tri-City Florist Club met with 

 Ludwig Statt of Rock Island, Iowa, 

 on Oct. 8. The theme for the evening's 

 discussion was poinsettias, azaleas 

 and geraniums for Christinas culture. 

 The next meeting will be with Emil 

 Boehm. 



The Omaha Florists' Club, Omaha, 

 Nebr., have elected the following offi- 

 cers: President, L. Henderson; vice- 

 president, G. Swoboda; secretary, J- H. 

 Hadkinson; treasurer, George Soren- 

 son. They are planning for a large 

 flower show for the winter of 1909. 



The annual meeting of the Vermont 

 State Horticultural Society will be 

 held in Montpelier on Nov. -1, 5, 6. 

 Among the speakers outside of the 

 state will be J. H. Hale of South Glas- 

 tonbury, Ct, H. W. Collingwood of 

 New York and U. P. Henderson of 

 Geneva, N. Y. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Secretaries are invited to send us dute9 

 "f exhibitions or other club and society 

 announcements for mention in this column. 



The idea of abolishing the green- 

 houses at John Pall park as a matter 

 of economy has been suggested by C. 

 B. Blair, president of the board of park 

 and cemetery commissioners, Grand 

 Rapids. Mich , but is not generally 

 favored by the other members of the 

 board. 



Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society, 

 chrysanthemum show, Oct. 28, 29. 



Madison, N. J., Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society, exhibi- 

 tion, Oct. 29, 30. 



St. Louis, Mo., St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society, November 3-6. 



Hartford, Conn., Connecticut Horti- 

 cultuial Society, chrysanthemum show, 

 Nov. 3, 4, 5, Unity Hall. 



Shreveport, La., State Fair, Novem- 

 ber 3, 4, 5. 



Worcester, Mass., Worcester County 

 Horticultural Society, annual meeting, 

 Nov. 4; chrysanthemum show, Nov. 12. 



Red Bank, N. J., Monmouth Horti- 

 cultural Society and Elberon Horticul- 

 tural Society, joint chrysanthemum 

 show, November 4, 5. 



Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural So T 

 ciety, show, Nov. 4, 5, 6. 



Glen Cove, N. Y., Nassau. County 

 Horticultural Society, show, Nov. 5, 6. 



Elmira, N. Y., Civic Improvement 

 League and Horticultural " Society, 

 chrysanthemum show, Nov. 5, C, 7, 

 Women's Federation Building. 



Chicago, III., National Flower Show, 

 Society of American Florists, Nov. 6-14. 



Boston, Mass., Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, Chrysanthemum show, 

 Nov. 6, 7, 8, 9. 



New Haven, Conn., New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society, show, 

 Nov. 10, 11, 12. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society, annual exhibition, 

 Nov. 10, 11, 12, 13, Horticultural Hall. 



Toronto, Ont., Ontario Horticultural 

 Society, exhibition, Nov. 10-14. 



Little Rock, Ark., State Floral So- 

 ciety, show, Nov. 10-25. 



lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners' and 

 Foremen's Association, chrysanthe- 

 mum exhibition, Nov. 11, 12. 



Providence, R. I., R. I. Horticultural 

 Society. Nov. 11, 12, fall exhibition. 



New York, N. Y., American Institute 

 of New York, chryanthemum show, 

 Nov. 11-13, Berkeley Lyceum Building. 



Denison, Texas, Denison Civic Im- 

 provement League, show, Nov. 11, 12, 

 13. 



New Orleans, La., N. O. Horticul- 

 tural Society, chrysanthemum and 

 flower show, Nov. 12, 13, 14, 15. 



Washington, D. C. — American Asso- 

 ciation of Farmers' Institute Workers, 

 Nov. 16, 17. 



Pittsburg, Pa., the National Munici- 

 pal League and the American Civic 

 Association, annual meeting, Nov. 

 17-20. 



New York, N. Y., Horticultural 

 Society of New York, annual exhibi- 

 tion, Nov. 17. IS, 19. 



Baltimore, Md.. Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, Dec. 1, 2, 3, Fifth Regt. Armory. 



Spokane, Wash., National Apple 

 Show Association, Dec. 7-12. 



Indianapolis, Ind., American Carna- 

 tion Society. Jan. 27, 28, 1909. 



