HORTICULTURE 



January 4, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



NEW YORK STATE FRUIT GROW- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 

 The prcgramnit lor the annual 

 meeting of the New York State Fruit 

 Growers' Association is considerably 

 shorter than any previous ones, be- 

 cause it has been deemed advisable to 

 have less formal addresses and more 

 extemporaneous discussion. The meet- 

 ing will be held in Syracuse January 

 Sth and 9th in Empire Hall. The 

 Chamber of Commerce of that city has 

 donated several prizes for fruit exhib- 

 its. The judges will be instructed to 

 bar all specimens showing San Jose 



scale. 



The address of welcome will be given 

 by Hon. Allen C. Forbes. Mayor of 

 Syracuse, and the response by B. J. 

 Case, of Sodus. J. R. Cornell, of New- 

 burgh, President of the Association, 

 will then address the meeting, after 

 which w-ill follow the annual reports 

 of Secretary E. C. Gillett, of Penn Yan, 

 and Treasurer C. H. Darrow of Geneva. 

 There will be two addresses on the 

 first day, one by Senator Henry M. 

 Dunlap, on 'Effect on Production of 

 Apples Caused by Cross-PoUenizing," 

 and one by Prof. John Craig, of Itha- 

 ca, on "Glimpses of Peach Growing in 

 Various Parts of the United States.' 

 This will be an illustrated address. 

 An interesting address will be that 

 given by Prof. A. McNeill, chief of 

 Fruit Division, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Ottawa, Canada, who will give. his 

 hearers information on the iine of co- 

 operation in the marketing of apples. 

 It is said that Canadians have a more 

 businesslike method in disposing of 

 apples than have growers on this site 

 of the border. Following this address 

 will be one by S. A. Beach, Professor 

 of Horticulture in the Iowa State Col- 

 lege, at Ames, on "A Successful Or- 

 ganization and Its Lessons for Fruit 

 Gt-owers." Senator Dunlap will con- 

 cliide the formal addresses with one on 

 "Commercial Apple Growing in the 

 Middle West." 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 was held in Hartford on Friday, De- 

 cember 27, President Sternberg in the 

 chair. The general purpose of this 

 meeting was the election of officers 

 for 190.S. There was an extra large at- 

 tendance of members, nearly a hun- 

 dred being present. Following is a list 

 of the officers who will guide the af- 

 fairs of the society during the ensuing 

 year: President, J. F. Huss; trea- 

 surer, W. W. Hunt; secretary, Alex. 

 Cumming. Jr. The latter has been in 

 the employ of the Parks Department 

 for several years, and is a son of the 

 retiring secretary. As shown by the 

 reports of the treasurer and secretary, 

 the financial condition of the society 

 is excellent, and a brief resume of the 

 business of the past year proved that 

 our organization did much creditable 

 work in the interests of horticulture. 



THE AMERICAN CARNATION SO- 

 CIETY. 



The rate of a fare and one-third has 

 been again secured for the annual 

 meeting of this society, to be held in 

 Washington, D. C, Jan. 28, 29, 30. 

 This is on the certificate plan; all 

 you have to do is to be on hand about 

 fifteen or twenty minutes before your 

 train is due, ask the agent for a certi- 

 ficate for the meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society, pay full fare going 

 and you can then return for one-third 

 of a full fare. As the two-cent rate is 

 in effect in quite a number of states 

 this will make a very cheap rate for 

 this meeting and no carnation grower 

 who consults his own interests .can 

 afford to miss it. Premium lists have 

 been mailed to all of the members. 

 Anyone who wishes a copy can obtain 

 one by applying to the secretary. 

 ALBERT M. HERR. 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



President J. F. Huss. 



President-elect Huss outlined the 

 work the society should undertake 

 during the coming year. He intimated 

 that various committees would be ap- 

 pointed, and that the flower shows 

 to be held under the auspices of the 

 society would be on a larger and more 

 elaborate scale than they had been for 

 several years. Papers on interesting 

 horticultural topics would be read at 

 all the meetings, and altogether a cam- 

 paign of useful activity would be in- 

 augurated. 



President Sternberg feelingly re- 

 ferred to the bereavement recently suf- 

 fered bv P'-esident-elect Huss in the 

 death of his estimable wife, and an 

 engrossed resolution of sympathy and 

 condolence was sent to Mr. Huss and 

 his family in the name of the society. 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



President E. A. Scribner's selection 

 of six members lo decide whether 

 there should be a spring or a fall 

 flower show, or both, has fallen on 

 E. S. Beard, Thos. Brown. Robt. 

 Kagge. Albert Pochelon, Bruno Schroe- 

 ter and J. F. Sullivan. 



Mx. Wm. Heilscher,. our hustling 

 and inventive wire-worker, is distrib- 

 uting a very handsome calendar. 



TRI-CITY FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



The subjects which will be con- 

 sidered in papers and discussions at 

 each monthly meeting of this associa- 

 tion are as follows: 



January: "General discussion of 

 heating and building greenhouses." 



February: "Propagation of Easter 

 stock, such as lilies, hydrangeas, lilacs, 

 and azaleas, etc." 



March: "How, when and what are 

 the best varieties of bedding plants 

 for spring sales." 



April : "Planting of shrubs and hardy 

 plants, also, the best and most useful 

 varieties." 



May: "What are the most profit- 

 able and salable plants and cut 

 flowers for Decoration Day?" 



June: "Soils: How to prepare the 

 best soil for roses, carnations, violets, 

 mums and general bedding plants." 



July: "The ladies' month; prepar- 

 ing of floral work and what are the 

 best out-of-door plants to grow for 

 funeral work." 



August: 'How to handle cold 

 storage lilies and valley pips." 



September: "When to plant bulbs 

 for early and late flowering, and what 

 are the best varieties for that pur- 

 pose?" 



October: "Poinsettias. Best vari- 

 eties of azaleas for Xmas; are gera- 

 niums profitable for Christmas?" 



November: "Out-door planting of 

 bulbs, and what are the best varieties 

 for show beds?" 



December: "Propagation of roses, 

 carnations, bedding plants, also sow- 

 ing of seeds." 



The committee which reported on 

 the above subjects for the coming 

 year's discussions is composed of 

 Frank Woelz, Henry Gaethje of Rock 

 Island. John T. Temple and H. M. Bills 

 of Davenport, and Alfred Anderson of 

 Moline, Ta. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 SIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held December 24, President John 

 T. Allan in the chair. The ball com- 

 mittee reported very satisfactory pro- 

 gress, and the newly elected finan- 

 cial secretary, D. J. Coughlin, reported 

 surprising success in the collection of 

 dues since assuming the office. He had 

 to the credit of the society nearly flOO 

 in the bank, being very good work 

 in two weeks. It is seldom Alex. Mac- 

 Lellan is absent from a meeting but 

 a slight illness detained him this week. 

 He has since entirely recovered. The 

 new president, John T. Allan, has evi- 

 dently started in with the determina- 

 tion to make his administration a suc- 

 cess, which, however, is only possi- 

 ble when aided by all hands interested. 

 The executive committee organized the 

 same evening, electing John T. Allan 

 chairman and David Mcintosh secre- 

 tarv." D. M. 



