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HORTICULTURE 



November 21, 190S 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The club meeting on Nov. 17 was 

 one of the best held during the year, 

 about 150 members being in attend- 

 ance. The committee on affiliation 

 with the C. S. A. through their chair- 

 man, James Wheeler, reported that 

 they did not consider affiliation would 

 be advisable at present; the report 

 was accepted. A communication was 

 read from Prof. E. A. White of the 

 floricultural department of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College announc- 

 ing a special short course for students 

 in horticulture from January 4 to 

 March 10, 1909. Six new names were 

 added to the membership roll. 



Nominations of officers for 1909 be- 

 ing in order, F. E. Palmer in a neat 

 speech placed the name of Eber 

 Holmes before the meeting for presi- 

 dent: M. A. Patten seconded the nomi- 

 nation; Thos. J. Grey named Wm. 

 Downs; J. K. M. I.. Farquhar second- 

 ed; James Wheeler named P. E. 

 Palmer. The names of W. J. Kennedy, 

 .J. W. Duncan and Kenneth Finlayson 

 were presented for the office of vise- 

 president. For secretary and treas- 

 urer there were no nominations except 

 those <>l the present incumbents of the 

 office, W. N. Craig and Edward Hatch. 

 For executivi committee the following 

 were nominated: Peter M. Miller, Rob- 

 ert Cameron. J. K. M: I.. Farquhar, 

 William Sim. Peter Fisher, James 

 Wheeler, William Robb and Wilfrid 

 Wheeler. 



The tables were well filled with a 

 fine assortment of seasonable dowers. 

 The report of the committee was as 

 follows: Honorabli n to Peter 



Fisher for seedlings NO! 505 and 1910; 



E. B. Beals, ten vases white seedling 

 carnations; S. J. Reuter & Son, carna- 

 tions Splendor and Pink Pearl. Report 

 of superior merit to S. J. Reuter & Son 

 for rose My Maryland. Report of mer- 

 it to Robert Craig Co. for chrysanthe- 

 mum Baby Margaret; H. F. Woods, 

 white sport from chrysanthemum Tim- 

 othy Eaton. Vote of thanks to Peter 

 Fisher for seedling carnation No. 1721, 

 and for vase of mixed seedlings; Mon- 

 trose Greenhouses, ten vases mixed 

 roses; D. Finlayson, Calanthe Veitohii 

 and Sandhurstiana, and Primula ob- 

 conica; F. W. Fletcher, violet Batonne 

 Rothschilds. 



Peter Fisher spoke favorably of car- 

 nation Splendor, which he considered 

 very promising: rose My Maryland at 

 J. H. Dunlop's in Canada looked better 

 than any other when he was theie. 

 Mr. Patten spoke of how well that rose 

 showed off at the recent National 

 Show. Duncan Finlayson; speaking of 

 calanthe culture, advised florists to 

 take them in hand; they lasted when 

 cut much longer than roses or carna- 

 tions; being asked what to feed them 

 with, he replied that cow manure and 

 Clay's fertilizer were his favorite. 



Eber Holmes made an eloquent ad- 

 dress on how members could help to 

 build up and improve the club. He 

 made many excellent suggestions and 

 hoped every one would work to make 

 the club a pre-eminent one. loining 

 in the discussion which ensued 

 Messrs. Patten. Palmer, Kennedy, Wil- 

 frid Wheeler, H. A. Stevens, K. Fin- 

 layson, D. Finlayson. and others, all 

 bringing out many splendid ideas. An 

 enthusiastic vote of thanks was tend 

 ered to Mr. Holmes. 



Mr. Farquhar, speaking of the land- 

 scape department of the club, said 



that arrangements had been perfected 

 to start a class in a few days, and 

 a teacher had been engaged. The tee 

 would be 50 cents per member per 

 night. On motion of Mr. Craig the 

 sum of $23 was appropriated to assist 

 the class and Messrs. Farquhar and 

 Pettigrew appointed a committee to 

 see to all arrangements. A letter of 

 congratulation to treasurer Hatch on 

 his recovery and thanks for a box of 

 cigars sent to the meeting was carried. 

 Queries on gladoli for forcing and 

 white scale on cattleyas were an- 

 swered, which terminated one of the 

 most interesting and helpful meetings 

 the club has ever held. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The regular meeting of the club took 

 place on Nov. 12 at eight o'clock in 

 their new hall in the Knights o£ 

 Columbus building, this being the 

 first attempt to hold night meetings. 

 Fourteen were present. President 

 Young in the chair. Secretary Bentzen 

 being absent. J. J. Beneke took his 

 place. Among other important ques- 

 tions that of tea leaf waste for fer- 

 tilizing lawns was discussed and will 

 In resumed at the next meeting. Prof. 

 H ('. Irish promised to give the club 

 tie benefit of what he saw and heard 

 at Chicago. A few remarks by our 

 only lady member, Mrs. M. M. Ayres, 

 who made her first appearance, put the 

 'in tubers till in good humor. The next 

 meeting will be held on the afternoon 

 of Dec. 10. In January another trial 

 will be given for night meeting as 

 many of our members were in Chicago 

 this "week. Should this fail to bring 

 out a large attendance afternoon ses- 

 s will be resumed. The president 



