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HORTICULTURE 



December 12, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MARYLAND HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The annual meeting and exhibition 

 teas held Dec. i and 2 in the Fifth 



Regiment An y at Baltimore, as 



last year, and was even more success- 

 ful. The Immense hall was finely 

 decorated and the exhibits arranged 

 very tastefully, no crowding, every- 

 thing shown to advantage and the flor- 

 ists and gardeners worked together, 

 making a Qne exhibition. 



One of the largest, exhibitors in 

 plants, cut blooms and vegetables was 

 Ceo. Morrison, superintendent of Dr. 

 H. 11. Jacobs' estate. M. Harrington, 

 gardener to lion. James A. Gary, also 

 had seine creditable exhibits. There 

 were exhibits from Mrs. T. Harrison 

 Garrett's and other private estates. 

 The florists were largely in evidence. 

 R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., had a bed 

 of new geraniums and another of 

 hardy chrysanthemums skilfully ar- 

 ranged. John Cook, llalliday Bros., H. 

 Fisher, James Hamilton and Edward 

 Hermann had groups and tables of 

 plants. II. Fischer, II. Walker & Sons, 

 and John Cook showed some fine seed- 

 lings in chrysanthemums, roses and 

 carnations. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, 

 had a table of palms, ferns and other 

 decorative plants, which was given 

 much attention. They also had an ex- 

 hibit of pumps and spraying apparatus, 

 spraying material, etc. 



The Thomson Chemical Co. had a 

 tasty and interesting exhibit of their 

 preparations for spraying for San Jose 

 scale and other troubles of the tree 

 growers. 



The fruit exhibit was grand, especi- 

 ally the apples, and would indicate that 

 this section may rank as one of the 

 best in the country for apple growing. 

 It was decided to send some exhibits 

 to the National Horticultural Congress 

 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 14-19. 



There was also a fine exhibition of 

 nuts in great variety. 



croscopes and specimens, enlarged 

 patterns of flowers and insects, used in 

 teaching botany, etc., at the State Col- 

 lege were shown and attracted eonsid- 

 ble attention. 



Thos. Meehan & Sons, Philadel- 

 phia, showed some hardy heaths; I. 

 H. Moss, group of fine evergreens 

 and cut roses; James H. Cockcroft, 

 Northfiold, L. I., carnation Georgia; 

 Griffith & Turner Co., bulbs, seeds, 

 pumps, tools of all kinds, etc. J. Bol- 

 iviano it Son had a fine showing of 

 similar goods. Rawlings Implement 

 Co., International Harvester Co. and 

 E. F Kaufman of York, Pa., with his 

 York gas sprayer — all had interesting 

 exhibits. 



The Com Breeders' Association also 

 had a meeting and extensive exhibit. 

 The bee keepers were also on hand, 

 with an interesting showing and meet- 

 ing. The State Grange followed on 

 Thursday with its convention, so there 

 was something for everyone. 



President Chas. L, Seybold and the 

 other officers and committee are to be 

 congratulated on their management. 

 The daily papers gave interesting re- 

 ports. Mayor Mahool welcomed the 

 nor ( !i oi hers made an 

 address ou Wednesday afternoon and 



in the evening Mr. J. Otto Thilow of 

 th° II A. Dreer Co. gave a very inter- 

 esting and instructive illustrated ad- 

 dress on "Horticultural Progress." 



Officers elected for the coming year 

 are: President, W. McCulloch Brown; 

 vice-president, R. Vincent, Jr.; secre- 

 tary-treasurer. Prof. C. P. Close; vice- 

 presidents for Baltimore City, Chas. 

 L. Seybold, E. A. Seidewitz. 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the last club meeting Sec. J. P. 

 Sullivan most fittingly eulogized the 

 good work done by Mr. Scribner in be- 

 half of the Club and not only as presi- 

 dent, but also as a member. He closed 

 his address by presenting Mr. Scribner 

 with a diamond set locket and chain. 



The December meeting was well at- 

 tended and the two special matters of 

 interest, namely, "Shall the Club move 

 into larger quarters?" and "Shall grow- 

 ers sell to grocers and department 

 stores?" brought forth most lively de- 

 bates. The affirmative side of the 

 questions was represented by Win. 

 Dilger and the negative by Mr. J. F. 

 Sullivan. 



Mr. Dilger dwelt on the fact that 

 bringing our goods before the people, 

 even through fakirs, is advertising and 

 creates demand which otherwise would 

 not exist. Planting carnations inside 

 of such a limit as to make a glut im- 

 possible during the six weeks of spring 

 would cause a famine for the rest of 

 the season and would ruin the trade. 

 Did you ever notice your increase in 

 fern sales, say six or eight weeks after 

 the cheap department store sales? Do 

 you know that Crimson Rambler roses 

 two years old can be imported from 

 France and delivered at your door, 

 freight and duty paid, with canes 4 ft. 

 long at $5.00 per 100? Why not re- 

 duce some of the surplus by more care- 

 ful selection? See to it that A-No.-l 

 is nothing but A-No.-l ; distribute 

 such stock to florists and the inferior 

 quality stock to the fakir. 



J. F. Sullivan, taking the negative 

 standpoint, pleaded for selfrespect and 

 following the ethical side, severely 

 condemned the practice and principle 

 of selling our product to people who 

 do not even know the name of it. He 

 cited the action of prominent painters 

 who, in fear that their product migui 

 become cheapened, destroy the plates 

 from which copies of their work are 

 printed. The discussion very soon 

 wandered end instead of discussing the 

 subject Droper, everybody wanted to 

 know what should be done with the 

 surplus. No end to such a theme, you 

 know! 



F. DANZER. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting and annual 

 election of officers for this club will be 

 held on Monday evening, December 

 14, at the meeting hall on West 23rd 

 street. New York. It is understood 

 that contests are on for all the of- 

 fices and a big. lively meeting is ex- 

 pected. If the weather permits, the 

 veteran C. L. Allen of Floral Paik 

 agreed to read a paper on "Plant De- 

 velopment," which is sure to be in- 

 teresting. 



MINNESOTA STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society held its 42nd annual meeting 

 on Dec. 1, 2, 3 and 4, with President 

 S. B. Green in the chair. About 400 

 persons, including many prominent 

 growers from practically every section 

 of the Northwest, attended the ses- 

 sions. Prominent from outside the 

 state were: Col. C. W. Guerney, rank- 

 ton, S. D.; H. M. Speechly, Pilot 

 Mounds, Manitoba; 0. O. Churchill, of 

 Fargo, N. D. : C. L. Richardson, Chip- 

 pewa Falls, Wis.: J. D. Black, Iowa; 

 J. J. Kellogg, Jaueville, Wis., C. W. 

 Gardner, Iowa; A. J. Philips, West 

 Salem, Wis. The program was a very 

 interesting and instructive one. 

 Among some of the papers read were: 

 "Outdoor Roses and How to Grow 

 Them." E. Meyer, Minneapolis Park 

 Board; "Dahlias for Every Garden," 

 D. W. A. Ruff, St. Paul; "The Garden- 

 ing of Perennials in Manitoba," Dr. H. 

 M. Speechly, Pilot Mound, Man.; "Pos- 

 sibilities of Cranberry Culture in Min- 

 nesota Swamps," Dr. H. J. Franklin, 

 Asst. to State Entomologist; "The Puf- 

 lic Square in the Prairie Village," F. 

 Nussbaumer, Superintendent of Parks, 

 St. Paul; "The Distribution of Nursery 

 Stock," C. H. Gurney, Yankton, S. D.; 

 "Legal Protection for Grower and 

 Plants," Wm. F. Coe, Attorney, Min- 

 neapolis; "Our Duty Toward the Land- 

 scape," an illustrated talk by M. O. 

 McBean, Park Commission of Minne- 

 apolis; "Pruning Shade and Orna- 

 mental Trees and Shrubbery," Theo. 

 Wirth, Superintendent Parks, Minne- 

 apolis. 



Five very interesting papers on 

 spraying were read, giving the experi- 

 ence of some of the fruit growers. The 

 spraying in this state is mostly against 

 fungii, apple and plum curculi and 

 codling moth. Minnesota has been 

 lucky so far in not having any San 

 Jose Scale, although experiments at 

 I he State Experiment Station showed 

 that the scale confined in a muslin 

 cage survived last winter and was able 

 to kill a small apple tree in one 

 season. 



Rev. C. S. Harrison of York, Neb., 

 recommended more pine plantings in 

 the Northwest. He also sees a great 

 future for the by-products of the pine, 

 such as cloth and oil. 



S. M. Owen. Minneapolis, discussed 

 the Canadian laws regulating packing, 

 marking, shipping and selling of fruit. 

 \ resolution was introduced by Mr. 

 Underwood, Lake City, to have a bill 

 drafted providing for honest and uni- 

 form measures, and that the society 

 use its influence to have the bill pre- 



uted in Congress. 



The practicability of a law that 

 would require nurserymen to give 

 bonds and salesmen to have state 11- 

 i i uses as a means of protecting the 

 public from injury through the opera- 

 tions of fake nurserymen was doubted. 

 Such a law had been tried in S. 

 Dakota, but has worked as a help 

 rather to the fakers. The society went 

 on record as condemning the broadcast 

 distribution of seeds by members of 

 Congress at the expense of the govern- 

 il. A resolution was adopted, urg- 

 ing the State Fair management to pro- 



