November 14, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



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mum show of the Silent Circle of 

 King's Daughters held on Nov. 4, 

 Arthur Dixon and James Cummins 

 represented the professional garden- 

 ers among the winners of prizes. 



Schenectady. N. Y. — The flower 

 show at the conservatories of W. T. 

 Hanson netted $278 for the Ellis Hos- 

 pital. Niles Johnson, the gardener, 

 received many compliments on his at- 

 tractive arrangement of the plants. 



Wichita, Kan.— C. P. Mueller not 

 only invited the public to inspect his 

 chrysanthemums on Nov. 5 but ar- 

 ranged with the street car officials 

 for transportation to his houses. 

 Needless to say there was a crowd. 



Niagara Falls, N. Y. — A chrysanthe- 

 mum show opened in the new Federa- 

 tion building on Nov. 5. and among 

 the commercial exhibitors were' The 

 William Scott Co., Buffalo, C. H. 

 Totty, Madison, N. J., and Lager & 

 Hurrell, Summit, N. J. 



New York, N. Y. — 6500 chrysanthe- 

 mum plants in three houses was the 

 attraction offered in Central Park dur- 

 ing the week of Nov. 3. The show 

 will continue through the month and 

 include orchids, etc. Chief gardener 

 C. C. Olsson is in charge. 



Chestnut Hill, Pa.— The Horticul- 

 tural Society held its show of flowers 

 and fruits in Joslin Hall on Nov. 4. 

 Edward West, gardener to E. N. Ben- 

 son, had a fine showing of chrysanthe- 

 mums, and Robert Morrow, gardener 

 to G. I. Bodine, mammoth squashes. 



Fairhaven, Mass. — Nov. 6, 7, 8 were 

 visiting days at the greenhouses on 

 the estate of H. H. Rogers, where 

 James Garthley is in charge. Winsor 

 carnations, foliage plants, crotons, 

 etc., vied with the extensive collec- 

 tion of chrysanthemums for admira- 

 tion. 



Edgefield, S. C. — The floral fair on 

 Oct. 30 called out an admiring throng 

 from all the surrounding towns. Sen- 

 ator Tillman was among the visitors. 

 Robert Berckmans. of Augusta, Ga., 

 presented the prizes. A floral parade 

 was a feature of the afternoon, fol- 

 lowed by a concert and german in the 

 evening. 



Albany, N. Y. — The annual chry- 

 santhemum show at the Lake-house, 

 Washington Park, was opened to the 

 public Sunday, Nov. 8. The exhibi- 

 tion comprises over four hundred va- 

 rieties, many of which are not seen 

 ordinarily at the florists' establish- 

 ments. The show is under the super- 

 vision of park commissioners Bender 

 and John J. Welsh, head gardener of 

 city parks. 



News of the Clubs and Societies. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



A party consisting of Robert Buist. 

 Mr. and Mrs. W. Atlee Burpee and 

 Howard M. Earl started in Mr. Buist's 

 auto from Burpee's Fordhook Farms, 

 on October 2s, on a tour of the Long 

 Island seed growing districts. 



The new Tower Hall Seed House of 

 the Henry F. Michell Co., 518 Market 

 St. will soon he in shape to assist the 

 present store in taking care of the 

 firm's rapidly growing business. The 

 work of reconstruction is progressing 

 rapidlv and Mr. Michell expects to 

 have the new store open about Decem- 

 ber 20th. 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Nov. 5, 1908, the day of the excursion 

 to Mt. Clemens, was another red letter 

 day in the Detroit Florist Club's his- 

 tory. An elegantly fitted up excursion 

 car took 86 members to Mt. Clemens, 

 stopping on the way for a short visit 

 at J. F. Sullivan's place. Arriving at 

 Mt. Clemens the first call was made on 

 Leo Mallast, whose houses of very 

 healthy carnations showed a high 

 standard of perfection. 



At John Breitmeyer's Sons a sub- 

 stantial lunch was enjoyed. Secretary 

 &ullivan made a felicitous address. 

 Unfortunately former president Scrib- 

 ner was not here, and the scheduled 

 presentation of watch and chain to him 

 had to be postponed. Looking about 

 the greenhouses American Beauty 

 and other roses, chrysanthemums, etc., 

 elicited admiration by their high 

 quality. The next stop was at Klagge's, 

 where tie houses showed very promis- 

 ing for a large crop of good roses and 

 carnations, but violets are here, as 

 elsewhere, very far behind. 



A short tramp brought the visitors 

 to genial James Taylor's establish- 

 ment, where extensive improvements 

 are under way and refreshments were 

 again enjoyed. Thence to Carey's, 

 where a very large crop of Liberty 

 rose was seen. The establishment of 

 T. Von Boesllaeger which was next 

 visited is a beautifully laid out and 

 orderly place. Roses and carnations, 

 hospitality, interesting speeches and 

 mirthful songs here filled out the pro- 

 gram. 



Among the invited guests were the 

 force of the boiler inspector's office. 

 These gentlemen were very much in- 

 terested in the various heating plants, 

 and as they are working on a change 

 of the present city ordinance, which 

 now requires second engineer's papers 

 of those who tend greenhouse boilers, 

 their visit will no doubt prove mutu- 

 ally beneficial. FRANK DANZER. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BALTIMORE. 



The meeting of this Club was held 

 on the evening of the 9th. This was 

 Ladies' Night and the attendance was 

 exceptionally large. The main feature 

 of the evening was an illustrated lec- 

 ture by J. Otto Thilow of Philadelphia 

 on the Flora of the Yellowstone Park 

 and the- Puget Souud region. The lec- 

 ture was ably given and was heartily 

 en'oved by every one present. 



Other features of the meeting were a 

 vase of Craig's white sport Baby Mar- 

 garet, from the yellow Margaret pom- 

 pon chrvsanthemum, white seedling 

 carnation from Gustav Lotze, also his 

 new white chrysanthemum, Mrs. Lotze, 

 in fine shape and Thomas White, gar- 

 dener at the Maryland Agricultural 

 College, exhibited some fine specimens 

 chrvsanthemum blooms. 



Several members of the club wi.l 

 visit the Washington Chrysanthemum 

 show on Friday. 13th, and, incidentally, 

 the Baltimore bowling team will give 

 the Washingtonians a few pointers on 

 bowling. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting on Monday evening, 9th 

 inst. was not very largely attended 

 The transportation committee report- 

 ed that the attendance from this sec- 

 tion to the National Flower Show 

 numbered about twenty. W. F. Sheri- 

 dan, for the nominating committee, re- 

 ported the following names for candi- 

 ' dates for the offices to be voted for at 

 the December meeting: President, E. 

 V. Hallock, C. B. Weathered; vice-pres- 

 ident, W. W. Burnham, Harry Turner; 

 secretary, John Young, H. A. Bunyard; 

 treasurer, J. K. Allen, W. C. Rickards, 

 Jr.; trustees, John Scott, Patrick 

 O'Meara, F. H. Traendly, Robert Simp- 

 son, A. H. Langjahr, A. Zeller, Paul 

 Dailledouze. The by-laws were 

 amended, making the cost of life mem- 

 bership $50 instead of $75. 



Frank H. Traendly, John Young, C. 

 B. Weathered, E. V. Hallock and 

 John I. Raynor were the first five to 

 'make application for life membership. 



A communication was received from 

 Benj. Hammond of the S. A. F. legis- 

 lative committee relative to the com- 

 plaints of excessive express rates, and 

 same was referred to the legislative 

 committee of the club. A letter from 

 Mrs. Alex. Wallace acknowledging re- 

 ceipt of resolutions passed by the club 

 regarding the death of her husband. 



F. H. Traendly, just returned from 

 Chicago, spoke of the National Flower 

 Show, which he said was very credit- 

 able to the Chicago Florists' Club, also 

 to the eastern exhibitors who had done 

 well. The attendance on the first days 

 indicated a financial success. Artisti- 

 cally he considered the show the best 

 he had ever seen. Mr. Bunyard moved 

 a telegram of congratulation to the 

 secretary of the S. A. F. A. L. Miller 

 moved a telegram of congratulation to 

 Mayor-elect Breitmeyer of Detroit, 

 These were ordered, also congratula- 

 tions to A. C. Zvolanek on his elec- 

 tion as a Justice of the Peace for 

 Bound Brook, N. J. Mr. Zvolanek re- 

 sponded. Chairman Rickards an- 

 nounced complete arrangements for 

 the club smoker to take place on No- 

 vember 18. 



The judges reported on the exhibits 

 of the evening, recommending a first- 

 class certificate for Nephrolepis Schol- 

 zeli from Herman Scholgel and cultur- 

 al commendation for pompon chrysan- 

 themum Baby Margaret, shown by 

 Robert Craig Co. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next regular monthly meeting of 

 the club will he held at Horticultural 

 Hall on Tuesday evening. November 

 17. at 8 o'clock. Ener Holmes of the 

 Montrose Greenhouses will speak on 

 the subject, "How We Can Improve 

 Our Club." Nominations of officers for 

 TOO? will be made and indications point 

 to a big attendance of interested mem- 

 bers. There will he short, reports on 

 the National Show and as usual some 

 good exhibits. A cordial invitation is 

 tendered to any outsiders who are not 

 yet members and would like to pass a 

 pleasant evening to meet with us on 

 Nov. 17. W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



