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HORTICULTURE 



January 18, 1908 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The January meeting of this organi- 

 zation was devoted to the pleasant 

 duty of installing the various offixjrs, 

 committee reports and consideration of 

 policies for the incoming year. The 

 retiring president, C. H. Totty, intro- 

 duced his successor, C. B. Weathered, 

 who was received with prolonged ap- 

 plause. The new president said that 

 he had no new policy or plans other 

 than to carry forwai d the pui-posts of 

 his predecessors and to complete at- 

 far as possihle any unfinished v/ork. 

 He hoped that the dream of many 

 yoars of having a permanent home 

 might be realized. With better me t- 

 ing rooms, seventy-five per cent, of the 

 membership might be brought regular- 

 ly to the sessions. He referred with 

 rnuch satisfaction to the present finan- 

 cial strength of the club and advised 

 economy in the entertainment com- 

 mittee's domain during the year to 

 come. The negotiations now under 

 way to bring about closer relations 

 with the Horticultural Society of New 

 York would establish a means for in- 

 augurating periodical floral exhibitions 

 in New York on a reliable bas's. and 

 he hoped that some mutually accep 

 table ocheme of co-operation might be 

 effected. The address was thoughtful 

 and broad in conception and was very 

 favorably commented upon. 



Vice-president W. E. Marshall, es- 

 corted by John Birnie and Patrick 

 O'Mara, was next presented. He en- 

 dorsed all that the president had fa- 

 vored. Secretary John Young, who 

 was then called upon, was reminiscent 

 and congratulatory in his remarks and 

 urged active co-operation of the mem- 

 bership in support of the president. 

 The treasurer. J. K. M\en. briefly 

 promised to do his duty; trustee E. V. 

 Hallock declared his gi-eatest hope to 

 be that he would not disappoint his 

 fellow members; trustee W. B. Du Rie 

 said that it looked to him as though 

 something was going to be done; the 

 club had been organized for work and 

 the time had come when they proposed 

 to do it; and A. J. Rickards. who was 

 jauntily escorted to the platform by 

 Mr. "Bobbie" Schultz, spoke in a simi- 

 larly enthusiastic strain. 



Patrick O'Mara spoke for the com- 

 mittee on closer relations with the 

 Horticultural Society of New York, 

 going quite fully into the question of 

 the benefits to New York horticulture 

 which would accrue from a friendly co- 

 operation of the two bodies, ei^pecially 

 in the giving of public exhibitions. He 

 explained that there was no intent to 

 merge the bodies or interfere with the 

 autonomy of either. The discussion 

 which followed was quite animated, 

 and the committee was given another 

 month in which to deliberate. 



The treasurer's report was presented 

 by Mr. Sheridan, showing the comfor- 

 table sum of $2.1)01.95 in bank. A com- 

 munication from the B. & O. R. R. was 

 read, stiting that round trip tickets on 

 certificate plan from New Y'ork to the 

 carnation meeting at Wa.shington 

 would cost $7.^>5. Tickets good going 

 from January 24 to 29 inclusive, and to 

 return up to February 4. 



Several members of the executive 

 committee of the American Rose Socie- 

 ty who had held a special meeting in 

 the afternoon were present. Presidejit 

 Robert Simpson spoke of the rcse 



meeting to he held at Chicago In 



March. He said that it was expected 

 that the exhibition on that occasion 

 would be the best in American rose 

 history, and he hoped that a largo rep- 

 resentation of eastern growers would 

 be present. The executive committee, 

 he added, had accepted an invitation 

 from the Horticultural Society of New 

 York to hold a co-operative exhibition 

 of roses in New York next June. 

 Messrs. W. P. Craig. A. Farenwald and 

 S. S. Skidelsky also spoke brietly on 

 being colled up. 



A set of resolutions on the death of 

 P. J. Hauswirth of Chicago, expressing 

 sorrow at the lo.ss of a valued friend 

 and sympathy with his family, was 

 adopted by a unanimous vote. 



The question of the annual dinner 

 of the club was next tackled and was 

 productive of much fun, all the wits 

 of the meeting contributing to the 

 comedy of the occasion as they gave 

 their views on the conduct and the 

 price of club banquets. The upshot 

 was a vote to adhere to time-honored 

 traditions and have a course dinner. 



The president announced the follow- 

 ing standing and special committees; 

 On death of Victor S. Dorval, Messrs, 

 Donaldson, Shaw and Stewart; legis- 

 lative, Messrs. O'Mara, Sheridan and 

 Stewart; essays, Messrs. Birnie, Bar- 

 ron and Hammond: awards, Messrs. 

 Totty, Simpscn!, Turner. Kennedy, 

 TTaendly, Zan.gen and Zeller; exhibi- 

 tion, Messrs. J. Manda, Jaenecke, Len- 

 ker, Bucterfield and Nugent; dinner, 

 Messrs. Sheridan, Craw, Heushaw, 

 Schultz and Marshall; house, Messrs. 

 Rickards, \\'eston and Burnett; new 

 meeting room, Messrs. Young, Sheri- 

 dan and Allen: outing. Messrs. Mar- 

 shall, Schenck, Shaw, J. Manda. Weber, 

 Adams, Reimels, Schultz, L. Sohmutz, 

 .Tr., F. A. Lord. 



On the exhibition table was a large 

 vase of the new rose Mrs. Jardine: 

 some fine sweet peas in bright colors 

 from A. Zvolanek, and a seedling car- 

 nation from J. Lappe. The award of 

 a certificate of merit for Mrs. Jardine 

 was conlb med and votes of thanks 

 were tendered for the other exhibits. 



factor in the production' of Improved 

 varieties. 



"As a hybridizer, Mr. Burbank has 

 been successful, I imagine.' The Bur- 

 bank potato is one of his chief points 

 of distinction, but he did not create 

 that. It bears his name, however. 

 Anyhow, it cannot be said that the 

 Burbank potato is the best in the mar- 

 ket. There are others just as good. 



"The spineless cactus is something 

 about which the fruit grower of the 

 east has nothing to do, and whatever 

 success Mr. Burbank has achieved in 

 that direction does not appeal to us, 

 save as the natural curiosity aroused 

 by any attempt of a similar char- 

 acter." 



The addresses given during the two 

 days' sessions were all of a high order, 

 practical and instructive. The exhibit 

 was good, a large display being on the 

 tables. The State Experiment Station 

 showed 184 varieties. 



The newly-elected officers are: Pres- 

 ident, J. R. Cornell, Newburgh; 1st 

 vice-president. S. W. Smith, Albion; 

 2d vice-president. D. D. Stone, Os- 

 wego; 3rd vice-president, H. L. Brown, 

 Carlton; 4th vice-president, W. S. 

 Page, Linden; secretary, E. C. Gillette, 

 Penn Yan; treasurer, C. H. Damon, 

 Geneva; executive committee, B. J. 

 Case, Sodus, chairman; S. W. Wad- 

 hams, Clarkson; L. L. Morrell. Kin- 

 derhook; T. B. Wilson, Halls Corners; 

 F. M. Bradley, Barker. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



This society held its monthly meet- 

 ing at Glen Cove, L. L, on January S. 

 with a large attendance. H. F. Meyer 

 showed a fine vase of carnations. The 

 annual dinner of the society will be 

 held at the Oriental Hotel. Glen Cove, 

 on January 29, at 4 P. M. 



GEORGE M. KURZ, Cor. Sec. 



NEW 



YORK STATE FRUIT 



GROWERS. 



The eastern fruit growers are not 

 particularly interested in the work of 

 Luther Burbank. the California hy- 

 bridizer. J. R. Cornell, president of 

 the New York State Fruit Growers' 

 Association, which convened in Syra- 

 cuse, Jan. S-9, when asked for his 

 opinions of Burbank's work, said: 



"Oh, the eastern fruiters are not 

 particularly interested in what he is 

 doing further than to follow the re- 

 ports of his work. We are willing to 

 accept what he may do if he really 

 does something which will be of gen- 

 eral benefit. Freak combinations and 

 productions are not of much use to 

 the fruiter. 



"Burbank has gotten a whole lot 

 of free advertising and that's about 

 the suiu and substance of his work. 

 Hybridizing is not a new thing, by 

 any means, and long before Burbank 

 was thought of it was used success- 

 fully. To cross and recross products 

 of fruit trees and vines, to improve 

 them in point of size or flavor or out- 

 put has gone on from time immemo- 

 rial, almost. The hybridizer of flowers 

 or plants, you know, Is a wf>U-Known 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Texas State Horticultural So- 

 ciety and the Nut Growers' Association 

 met in ioini session at Auiieiie on 

 January 15 and 16. 



The New Jersey Floricultural So- 

 ciety will hold their annual smoker. 

 Friday, Feb. 7, at Elks Hall. 240 Main 

 street, Orange, N. J. 



Wilfrid Wheeler of Concord, Mass.. 

 was the speaker at the lecture of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society on 

 January 11, and his story of the Con- 

 cord giape and its originator, Ephraim 

 Wales Bull, was very interesting. The 

 Concord grape was first exhibited on 

 Sept. ."i, 1S53, before the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, and it won at 

 various times for Mr. Bull the society's 

 silver medal and the gold medal. 



There will be a meeting of the Na- 

 tional Council of Horticulture at the 

 Auditoriuiu Annex. Chicago, 111., at 10 

 A. M., Jan. 22. 1908. The members of 

 the Council invite suggestions or ques- 

 tions on any topics which should- 

 properly come before that body. Plans 

 for the press bureau service for the 

 coming year must be worked out. It 

 is hoped to make this a stronger 

 feature than ever before. Other mat- 

 ters have been mentioned and it is 

 hoped that other lines of work may be 

 instituted which will be helpful to the 

 horticultural interests of the country, 



