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HORTICULTURE 



October 10, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 



I ild in i in 



home lit Adolphus Gude Vnacostia, 



past s tveral months 



li i: n, i o club has mken the 



form oi ii rent mem 



b acting the host. The addi- 

 ,,i the social Eeal i e has tended 

 e the in. -ml. i rship, and to in- 

 duce ii spirit of bon camai aderie an 

 the members. Mr. Gude was the host 

 i Eection, lens ing hing to be de- 

 an unusually large 

 attendance I added to the 



roll of membership Adolph .Minder, a 

 hi . lohn Guttman 

 of Congress Heights, \jaacostia, and 

 Harry Etobey, who has charge of Alex. 

 Gardi ad in Centre Market. 



John Lewis Childs of Floral Park, N. 

 Y. senl a viim of i iladiolus America. 

 A vote of thanks was recorded. A let- 

 is also read from Chas. MeCauley, 

 ex-secretary of the club, and a toast 

 was drank f.o the health of the ab- 

 sent secretary, who did such fine work 

 fni' i lie club while an officer in its 

 ranks. 



Win. F. Gude made a motion advo- 

 cating the establishment of a universal 

 of points by which all mantel 

 and table decorations, bouquets and 

 design work shall be judged. The mo- 

 tion was discussed at much length, but 

 no definite decision was arrived at. 

 David Grillboetzer of Alexandria. Va . 

 asked the honor of entertaining the 

 club at the next meeting at an oyster 

 roast at his home. The meeting will 

 take place on the 27th of October in- 

 stead of on the regular night. Nov. 

 3rd, which will be election night. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



President Loveless has announced 

 the 'committees to examine seedlings 

 and sports on dates as follows: Oct. 

 a, 12, 10, 26: Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Ex- 

 hibits to receive attention from the 

 ill. i-s must in all cases lie pie- 

 paid to destination and the entry Eee 

 of $2.no should be forwarded to the 

 tary not later than Tuesday of 

 the week preceding examination, or 

 may accompany the blooms. Special 

 attention is called to the rule requir- 

 ing that sports to reeeu •■ a i 

 must pass three committees. 



New Voil;: Eugene Dailledou/. •, 

 chairman; William Puokham. A. Her- 

 rington. Ship flowers to New York 

 lot Flower Co.. 55 Tvs 

 street, care of chairman. All flowers to 

 l.e on hand by 2 P. M. on day of 

 examination. 



Chicago: .1. P.. Deamud, chairman: 

 George Asmus, Andrew McAdam. 

 Flowers should In sen; cm. 



n ml. .">! Wabash avenue, and 

 ild arrive before 2 P. M. on day of 

 i ination. 



Philadelphia: A. B. Cartledge, chair- 

 man; John Westcott, W. K. Han is. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, 1514 Chest- 

 nut strei t 



Cincinnati: It. Wittorstaetter, chair- 

 man, .lames Allen. Henry rirhv 

 Ship flowers to .Tabez i "lower 



Market . i an of janitor. 



D >VID FRASER. Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The annual meeting and election of 



is of this club took place on the 



Cth insi and was the besl attended in 



thi ii torj oi the club. The contest 



for pre id. at end secretai y was keen 



and I ut all the war horses — 



old and young. The lesult was in 

 doubt until the lasl minute — when A. 

 tie iudge of election, an- 

 nounced Fred Hahman and David 

 Rust the winners in the contest for 

 president and secretary respectively. 

 J. Otto Thilow gave an illustrated lec- 

 ture on "Improvements in Horticul- 

 ture," which was well received. J. A. 

 hil.iited his new rose W. R. 

 Smith, which is being introduced this 

 by the E. G. Hill Co. Henry A. 

 Dreer sent a new white decorative 

 dahlia. Samuel Batcheller, gardener 

 for Clement P. Xewbold, sent twelve 

 \ miotics of indoor roses which showed 



. ellent culture. 



ELBERON (N. J.) HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



This society held its third dahlia 

 show on September 2'.i in Fireman's 

 hall The display was far superior to 

 that ot previous years and the attend- 

 ance larger, the public being admitted. 

 Competition was keen in all classes. 

 first, prizes went to J. Kennedy for 

 I est display, for Century and Singles; 

 to .1. Dowlin tor Decorative, Show and 

 (in ins: B. Wycoff for vase of Singles 

 for effec t and collection of hardy per- 

 ennials; W. Robertson, vase of Cactus 

 for effect; P. Murray, vase of cosnos; 

 J. Kennedy, collection of vegetables. 

 Certificate of culture was awarded to 

 P. Murray for display of carnations 

 and roses; W. Robertson, for a new 

 seedling dahlia. W. Sperling, John 

 Kennedy and P. Ewing were judges. 



The next meeting of the society will 

 b( held on October •"•. wdien officers for 

 1909 will lie nominated. 



\XTHONY BAUER, Secy. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club hue a 

 enthusiastic and well-attend id 

 meeting at the regular time and i I 

 Considerable time was passed in an 

 interesting discussion of the con 

 (lower show. All are anxious to make 

 it a great success and are willing to 

 work hard for it. Duncan A. Robert- 

 son, Phil. I.. McKee, Jos. T. Brevir. 

 Frank Kadlec, Geo. Collins. Win, 

 Hold, \\"m, Abrahamson, Henry L. 

 Liety, Wm. Milander, ('has. Arnold, 

 h Kohout and Peter Schonsboe 

 proposed and Albeit T. Hey and 

 T. Dumke were elected to mem- 

 bership. The picnic committee made 

 final n port, showing a balance of $200 

 turned over to the general fund 

 Oi the club. The banquet committee 

 repot ted that arrangements had been 

 completed for the banquet which will 

 hi Id on Nov. 10th at the Auditorium 

 Hot< 1 



An evening known as Ladies' Night 

 was decided upon for some time in 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



ill ■ annual fruit and vegetable ex- 

 1. ild 1 ion of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society will be held at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on Saturday and 

 Sunday, October 10 and 11. 



In addition to the exhibits of local 

 grower? there will he displays of fruit 

 f i urn other New England States and 

 from Nova Seotia and New York. 



The exhibition which is free to all 

 will I;.- pen Saturday from 12 to ti 

 o'clock- and Sunday from 2 to 6. 



WM. P. RICH; Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Ai i lie ntxt meeting of the Florists' 

 ami Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island. 

 on October 12, J. A. Macrae will read 

 a pape: on carnation culture. 



The monthly meeting of the New 

 Jersey Floriculture Society has been 

 changed from the fiist to the, second 

 Friday of each month. A dahlia ex- 

 hibit is sot down for the evening of 

 October 3. 



Officers were nominated as follows 

 at the regular meeting ot the Spiing- 

 field Florists' Club, (0.) on September 

 14. — President, Leman Bradford; vice- 

 president, F. F. Good; secretary, G. D. 

 Lee.lle; treasurer, J. A. Doyle. 



The annual exhibition of plants, 

 flowers, fruits and vegetables by the 

 Worcester County Horticultural Society 



n- held in Horticultural Hall, Wor- 

 ei ster, Mass., on Thursday, Oct. s. A 

 dinner for the members and guests 

 was served at noon. 



Paul M. E'alez, superintendent of the 

 State Floral Society of Little Rock, 

 Ark., announces that piizes of over 

 si mi are offered and many of the larga 

 houses in Chicago, such as E. H. Hunt, 

 Basset! & Washburn, Poelllmann Bros. 

 Co. and Geoige Wittbold Co., will ex- 

 hibit. 



The Indianapolis Florists' Club at 

 their September meeting re-elected of- 

 ficers as follows: — President, F. S. 

 Smith, vice-president, Fred Hukriede; 

 secretary, Earl Sellars: treasurer, 

 Ernes* Riemau. It was decided to hold 

 meetings the second Wednesday of the 

 month in Walhalla ball. 



The Dutch Bulb Glowers' Society 

 will hold their quinquennial show at 

 Haarlem, from the first days of April 

 until the middle of May, 1910, in the 

 flowering season of the bulbs. It is 

 anticipated that the selection of this 

 n w ill make Haarlem the rendez- 

 vous of horticulturists from all sec- 

 tions ot the globe during this festival. 



The homo garden committee of the 

 Milton (.Mass.) Education Society held 

 . eessful fall ehow Sept. 26. In 

 hard;, perennials Mis. W. H. Forbes, 

 gardener James Gibbs, won first prize. 

 For best collection of vegetables, Mrs. 

 H. Gilbert, gardener Carl Olander, was 

 first. The numerous large estates in 

 this vicinity was well represented 

 and the exhibits \ver< noteworthy, veg- 

 iildis and fruit dominating. 



