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HO RTI CU LTU RE. 



Octol>er 3, 1903 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



The National Flower Show. 



The Executive Committee had its 

 meeting in Chicago, Sept. 25, and re- 

 ceived reports from all sub-committees 

 and took Important action. 



The secretary was instructed to have 

 2,000 copies of the final premium list 

 printed and mailed by Oct.. 10. Presi- 

 dent T' at iidly was requested to offer 

 the gold medal of the S. A. P. for the 

 most interesting and educational ex- 

 hibit in the show. Chairman Poehl- 

 mann of the reci ption committee, re- 

 ported that elaborate plans were being 

 made for the entertainment of visitors 

 to the show, and he was authorized to 

 ■ I unt exceeding $1,000 from the 

 ii. il proceeds of the bar and cut flower 

 booth concessions. Chairman Koenig 

 ot the special features committee re- 

 ported that an exhibit was being 

 planned which would show the evolu- 

 tion of floral designing for the last 

 twenty-five yi at s. 



Action was taken fixing the general 

 admission at 7J cent- for adults, and 

 25 cents for children of school age; 

 fixing the price of trade tickets at 35 

 cents. The action offering a season 

 ticket for $1.00 to florists not members 

 of the S. A. P., reconsidered and re- 

 scinded. J. II. BURDETT, Sec'y. 



THE GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BALTIMORE CITY. 



At the semi-monthly meeting of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club held on 

 Sept. 28th a copy of a bill as amended 

 at a conference of entomologists, agri- 

 cultural chemists and manufacturers 

 held in New York June IS, 1908, for 

 preventing the manufacture, sale, or 

 transportation of adulterated or mis- 

 branded fungicides, paris greens, lead 

 arsenates, and other insecticides, and 

 for regulating traffic therein and for 

 other purposes was read to the club by 

 the secretary. A free discussion of the 

 matter followed the reading of the 

 bill, the unanimous opinion of the 

 members being that as continuous pur- 

 chasers of the articles mentioned in 

 the bill it was of the utmost impor- 

 tance that they know the exact 

 strength and quality of the material 

 purchased. The bill appearing to be 

 fair to both the manufacturer ana the 

 consumer, a committee was appointed 

 to draft a resolution favoring the pas- 

 sage of the bill by Congress. 



At the next meeting, Monday, uct. 

 12, Mr. J. Guille of Portsmouth, Va., is 

 expected to read a paper on Virginian 

 grown bulbs and to exhibit specimens. 



The meetings of this club are held 

 on the 2nd and the 4th Mondays of the 

 month at the hall of the Florists' Ex- 

 change, corner of St. Paul and Frank- 

 lin streets, and any member of the 

 craft happening to be in Baltimore on 

 any meeting night who will kindly 

 drop in may rest assured of a cordial 

 greeting. F. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual Dahlia Show under the 

 auspices of this society was held in 

 Unity Hall. Hartford, Sept. 2::, and 

 was in every particular a conspicuous 

 success.' The entrance to the hall was 

 decorated with conifers from the nur- 

 series of \V. W. Hunt & Co. and the 

 Holcornb st reel Nurseries. A fine 

 group of palms from J. Coombs, the 

 "leading florist," occupied the centre 

 of the hall and the platform was effec- 

 tively decorated with the rarer foliage 

 and flowering plants under the direc- 

 tion of .1. F. Hubs, the veteran plants- 

 man, who is also President of this So- 

 ciety. The general decorations were 

 carried out most artistically by F. 

 Zuger of the Department of Parks. 



Public interest in the exhibition was 

 amply demonstrated by the crowd 

 which poured into the hall from In A 

 M. until 10 P. M., and altogether this 

 will be remembered as the most suc- 

 cessful exhibition ever held by the So- 

 ciety, i 



First prizes in the dahlia class; s 

 were won by Peter Zuger in four, 

 i ilasses, J. F. Huss in six classes and 

 \\ W. Hunt & Co. in one class. 



Diplomas to J. H. Slocombe fur collec- 

 tion ot dahlias and to J. F. Huss for 

 collection of vegetables. Certificates 

 of merit to J. H. Slocombe for seedling 

 dahlias and vase of cosmos, to W. S. 

 Mason for seedling dahlias, to A. J. 

 Weeber for collection of grapes, to J. 

 M. Adams for collection of annuals, to 

 John Lewis Childs of New York for 

 Gladiolus America, to J. F. Huss for 

 collection of anemones, and to Peter 

 Zuger for water lilies. 



During the evening the charm of 

 music was added to the floral beauty 

 and an orchestra played from S to 10 

 o'clock. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCI- 

 ETY. 



The Lenox Horticultural Society 

 meeting, held on Saturday, Sept. 19th, 

 was largely attended. Laurence Cas- 

 sell was elected a member. It was 

 unanimously voted to affiliate with the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 and that the cup be competed for at 

 the forthcoming exhibition. The va- 

 rious committees were appointed for 

 the fall show. Ed. Jenkins gave a 

 short talk on Mendelism or, as com- 

 monly known, Mendel's law, which 

 was- very interesting and instructive, 

 but owing to the long business session 

 was not widely discussed. Mr. Jen- 

 kins was accorded a heart v vote of 

 thanks. G. INSTONE, Sec'y. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The first meeting since the vacation 

 during July and August of the Colum- 

 bus Florists' Club was held Tuesday 

 night, September 22. There was a 

 good turnout. The meetings will be 

 held as usual on the second and fourth 

 Tuesdays of each month. A new com- 

 mittee on entertainment was appointed 

 as follows: Jas. McKellar, chairman: 

 1. D. Seibert, Wm. Metzmaier, J. 

 Reichert, and Sherman Stephens. 

 They are planning for a dance in the 

 near future and also some interesting 

 features for every meeting. 



JAS. McKELLAR, Sec. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 



AND AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



The sixth annual exhibition of the 

 Huntington (V Y.) Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society was held on Sept. 

 -»tli in the Opera House. The show 

 was a financial success and well at- 

 tended. 



There was a scarcity of fruits, especi- 

 ally apples, but a good showing of 

 vegetables and flowers. A special ex- 

 hibit of flowers and vegetables by 

 school children, grown by them from 

 seeds furnished, attracted much atten- 

 tion. There were 166 entries in their 

 classes. A display of wild flowers col- 

 lected and pressed by children was also 

 a feature. 



John Lewis Childs showed Gladiolus 

 America. Dahlias were /ery promi- 

 neni among flower exhibits, and in 

 these classes James Duthie, gardener 

 for F. M. Townsend, Oyster Bay, car- 

 ried off all the first honors with mag- 

 nificent blooms and 150 varieties. He 

 exhibited for H. A. Dreer six blooms 

 id' Dreor's White, a superb show varie- 

 ty of largest size. 



\inong winneis of prizes were Au- 

 gust Heckscher, gardener Adolph 

 Alius, first for adiantum, palm, roses, 

 (two classes), hand bouquet, collection 

 vegetables (twelve varieties), nineteen 

 first for vegetables and four for fruits. 

 W. J. Matheson, gardener Jas. Kirby, 

 first for collection of perennials, five 

 firsts 'in vegetables and one on fruit. 

 Wallet Jennings, gardener Richard 

 Cartwrigbt. five firsts on vegetables 

 and two on grapes. L. I. R. R. Ex- 

 perimental Station, fiist on collection 

 egetables t si x varieties). Huntington 

 Nurserj Co., hist for tuberous be- 

 gonia;;, carnal inns, basket cut flowers 

 and floral centerpiece. R. J. Kelly, two 

 firsts for vegetables. H. T. « A. H. 

 Bunnell, first for Begonia Rex and for 

 specimen nephrolepis. 



The Mortimer L. Schiff prizes for 

 collection of vegetables were won by 

 August Heckscher for twelve varieties 

 and the Long Island R. R. Experi- 

 mental Station in class for six varie- 

 ties. V illiam Eccles, superintendent 

 lor Mr. Schiff, showed some splendid 

 blooms of the new dahlia W. W. Raw- 

 son, a superb show dahlia, for which 

 he received honorable mention. 



A. H. BUNNELL, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE DAHLIA 

 SHOW. 



This exhibition held last week at 

 New York was' one of the best ever 

 presented by the American Institute, 

 particularly in dahlias and vegetables. 

 The dahlias were very numerous, the 

 quality excellent and the proportion of 

 new and choice varieties very large in 

 all the classes. Among the dahlia ex- 

 hibitors were such well-known Massa- 

 ehusetts growers as W. C. Lathrop, E. 

 Bridgewater, W. D. Hathaway, and 

 Mrs. H. A. Jahn, New Bedford; George 

 Stillman, Westerly, K. I.; J. T. Lovett, 

 Little Silver, N. J.; Mills & Co., Mama- 

 roneck, N. V.. and H. A. Dreer, the lat- 

 ter showing Dreer's White, a variety 

 that has been greatly admired wher- 

 evei shown. A number of private gar- 



