FeUruaiy 1, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



141 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The January exhibition, held on the 

 25th inst. at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 too, brought out some very interesting 

 things in addition to the primulas, 

 violets, carnations and vegetables 

 grown under glass, tor which provision 

 was made in the prize schedule. The 

 most notable exhibit was a group of 

 beautiful specimens in pots of Celsia 

 Arcturus from Wm. C. Ritchie, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. J. M. Sears. This plant 

 has never to our knowledge been 

 shown in this form here, and it is a 

 pity that so few plant growers were 

 present to note its excellent qualifica- 

 tions for the florists' wiudow when 

 grown thus, compact and with several 

 stocky spikes of brilliant yellow 

 flowers to each plant. Mr. Ritchie 

 was awarded a cultural certificate. 

 Two plants of the same species were 

 shown by Dr. C. G. Weld. W. A. Riggs 

 showed blooms of Leptosyne maritima. 

 These bright yellow flowers, not unlike 

 small single sunflowers, should make 

 an acceptable mid-winter cut flower. 



T. T. Watt, gardener to Mrs. H. F. 

 Durant, showed two novelties worthy 

 of note — Calceolaria fuchsiaefolia and 

 Schizocentron elegans. The former, 

 although not new, is seldom seen. 

 The flowers are yellow and the foliage 

 soft green; it has no marked value as 

 a florist's subject. Schizocentron ele- 

 gans or Heeria Mexicanum (?) is a 

 prostrate iilant with small dark foliage 

 and magenta pink blossoms, and 

 makes a very pretty, drooping, pot or 

 hanging-basket specimen. It was 

 awarded honorable mention. Cory- 

 dalis Wilsoni, shown by Walter Hun- 

 newell, was another interesting novel- 

 ty, with finely cut, very glaucous foli- 

 age and racemes of drooping yellow 

 flowers, somewhat weedy in effect. It 

 received honoiable mention, as did also 

 some superb specimen Lorraine bego- 

 nias from R. & J. Farquhar & Co. 



The primulas were very flne. On si- 

 nensis E. J. Mitton, Dr. C. G. Weld and 

 Mrs. J. M. Sears; on stellata Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner; on obconica Dr. Weld, Mrs. 

 Gardner and Mrs. Sears, were the prize 

 winners in the order as named. Pri- 

 mula Kewensis was shown in fine form 

 by Dr. C. G. Weld and Gen. S. M. Weld, 

 Thos. Coles, gardener. 



Violets were limited to two varieties, 

 Lady Hume Campbell and Princess of 

 Wales, the exhibitors being H. F. 

 Woods, H. T. Calder, W. B. Goodnow 

 and Mrs. F. Ayer. Carnations made 

 a splendid show. Prizes were dis- 

 tributed mainly between S. J. Goddard, 

 M. A. Patten and Backer & Co. God- 

 dard's, Helen Goddard, Rose pink En- 

 chantress and Beacon, Patten's Win- 

 sor, Pink Patten and White Perfection 

 and Backer's White Perfection and 

 Mrs. Patten were the most noteworthy. 

 Wm. Nicholson had a splendid vase of 

 Afterglow. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



At the last meeting of the club the 

 proposition to hold a flower show was 

 abandoned. Nevertheless, next fall 

 will bring forth a bigger and better 

 display than ever before. 



Twenty members accepted Theodore 

 Mitchell's annual invitation to his 

 home, where an inviting dinner and 

 entertainment held them until a late 

 hour. 



LOUISIANA STATE HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



The fifth annual meeting of the 

 Louisiana State Horticultural Society 

 will be held in Minden, La., February 

 20, 21 and 22. The program will in- 

 clude discussions of subjects presented 

 by the leading scientific and practical 

 horticultural and agricultural men in 

 the state. A representative of the 

 L'nited States Department of Agricul- 

 ture will also be present. 



Th following subjects are among 

 those on the program: Peach cul- 

 ture; The Cannery; Apple culture; 

 Pecan culture; Good Roads; Cut Flow- 

 ers; Rose culture; Bird Life; The 

 Nursery; Tomato growing; Plant Di- 

 seases; Fig culture; Grape culture; 

 Small Fruit; Hedge plants; Care of 

 the Orchard; Trucking; Insect Pests; 

 Sc^iool Gardens; Fertilizers; Home 

 Improvement; School Grounds; New 

 Vegetables and Fruits; Horticulture 

 and the Railroads. 



There will be illustrated lectures at 

 the night sessions. There will be re- 

 duced rates on all railroads. North 

 Louisiana needs horticultural indus- 

 tries. Fruit and truck are profitable 

 when cultivated intelligently. Come 

 and join the movement for diversifica- 

 tion along the lines of horticulture. 

 The proceedings will be published and 

 sent to all members. Annual member- 

 ship fee $1. Join the society at once 

 and secure the publications. 



C. D. OTIS, President, 



Lake Charles, La. 



F. H. BURNETTE, Sec'r-Treas. 

 Baton Rouge, La. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 took place on January 21 at eight 

 o'clock P. M. In the absence of the 

 president Vice-President Gundlach pre- 

 sided. The officers of last year were 

 re-elected: President, E. W. Mallinck- 

 rodt: vice-presidents, L. Matthews, 

 Alex. Waldbart, J. B. Gazzam, J. H. 

 Gundlach; treasurer, Fred C. Weber; 

 secretary, O. G. Koenig. Executive 

 committee: Henry Young, chairman; 

 C. B. Nicholson, C. C. Sanders, Theo. 

 Miller, F. H. Meinhardt, F. W. Brock- 

 man, F. C. Weber, A. Meyer, Jr., A. 

 Jablonsky, Emil Schray, O. G. Koenig. 

 The executive committee meet next 

 week to arrange for a flower show to 

 he held during March. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held January 

 IS, President Jack in the chair. The 

 schedules for the August and fall ex- 

 hibitions were adopted as read. S. 

 Carlquist was awarded a diploma for 

 a fine vase of Celsia Arcturus. The 

 annual banquet will be held at Curtis 

 Hotel, Saturday, February 15, and 

 promises to excel any affair of the 

 kind ever given by the society. 



The annual ball took place in the 

 Town Hall, on Jan. 23. A concert by 

 Clark's orchestra opened the event. A 

 fine supper was served and the 

 company included many out-of-town 

 guests. 



GEORGE H. INSTONE, 

 Secretary. 



TWIN CITY FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



On Jan. 21, about sixty Twin City 

 florists and gardeners met at Holm 

 & Olson's store, St. Paul. Minn., and 

 perfected an organization. Discus- 

 sion of things pertinent to the trade 

 made the meeting a valuable one. 



E. Nagel of Minneapolis) read a 

 paper on Bedding Plants. In this he 

 told something of his methods of 

 handling the plants and of selling. 

 The discussion of this paper brought 

 out the fact that florists were doing 

 bedding work too cheap, and a com- 

 mittee was appointed to endeavor to 

 fix prices that would be more fair to 

 the grower. 



The next meeting of the club will 

 be held at the Park Greenhouse in 

 Minneapolis in February. Theodore 

 Wirth is president and S. I). Dysin- 

 ger is secretary. 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 Some More Prizes. 



There is offered a silver cup, valued 

 at $25.00. by H. F. Michell Co., seeds- 

 men, of Philadelphia, Pa., for 50 

 blooms of Kate Moulton rose. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 offer a silver cup, valued at $25.00, for 

 the best new rose not in commerce 

 nor yet exhibited before the American 

 Rose Society. 



There has been mailed to every 

 florist or grower located in Chicago a 

 copy of the schedule for the annual 

 exhibition. 



August Poehlmann, Morton Grove, 

 111., is duly appointed chief of the 

 Executive Committee to represent on 

 the spot the American Rose Society. 



Any entries, prizes or other matters 

 should be forwarded to the secretary 

 of the society. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND. 



Fishkill-on-Hudson. N. Y. 



Carnation Cuttings 



Both standard varieties and novelties. 

 Stock guaranteed to be first-class. Address, 



S. S. SKIDELSKY 



1741 North 18th Street. Philadelphia 



New Violet BOSTON 



In introducing this new variety to the trade I wish to 

 state that I have been growing it in quantity for the 

 past two years and do not hesitate to state that it is en- 

 tirely distinct, a strong grower, a free bloomer, and the 

 hnest single violet in cultivation. Ready for distribu- 

 tion in April and May. Orders booked now. $2 per 

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WILLIAM SIM, 



CLIFTONDALE, MASS. 



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