February 22, 1908 



HORTICULTURE, 



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NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Florist Club meeting wtiich 

 took place on Feb. 13 was one of the 

 best attended and most interesting 

 meetings in its history. The atten- 

 dance numbered over fifty. The at- 

 traction was our annual carnation ex- 

 hibition, which was a large one and 

 gave the local growers plenty to talk 

 about. Exhibits from outside grow- 

 ers were not as extensive as usual, 

 but the local growers came forward 

 and showed well-grown standard va- 

 rieties. James W. Dunford exhibited 

 Aristocrat, Rose Pink Enchantress 

 and White Perfection; J. W. Pilcher. 

 Beacon: E. W. Guy. Lady Bountiful 

 and Rose Pink Enchantress; St. 

 Clair Floral Co., New Pink Seedling 

 No. 20; Henry Johan. very fine Aristo- 

 crat; J. F. Ammann, extra fine mixed 

 varieties; John Steidle. mixed vari- 

 eties; P. Schnider, Pink Enchantress, 

 ESichantress, T. W. Lawson and Lady 

 Bountiful; Chas. Beyer, Enchantress. 



Among the new varieties shown 

 were, by the Chicago Carnation Co., 

 an extra fine vase of Andrew Car- 

 negie; Stevenson Bros., of Baltimore. 

 Md.. a vase of Splendor, and Richard 

 Witterstaetter. a large vase of After- 

 glow. These were great attractions 

 for the local growers. 



The meeting opened promptly at 

 2.30, President Young presiding. The 

 Committee on the Pottery Question 

 reported |2000 in subscription, and 

 will continue until the alloted time, 

 5th May, to raise the $10,000 subscrip- 

 tion. The Trustees reported that the 

 present meeting hall would have to 

 be vacated by the end of March. They 

 were instructed to find new quarters 

 by next meeting. The Horticultural 

 Society, through its Secretary, O. G. 

 Koenig, in a letter asked the members 

 to assist in making their spring flower 

 show a success; this matter was left 

 to the Trustees to act upon as they 

 see fit. 



Treasurer Weber was instructed to 

 pay the first 20 per cent, call for the 

 National Flower Show. It was also 

 decided to hold our yearly Rose Show 

 on March 12th at the old meeting 

 place. 



Fred Ammann addressed the mem- 

 bers on behalf of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association, and invited the 

 members to attend the meeting Feb. 

 18 and 19 at Springfield, Ills., and 

 twenty members decided to make the 

 trip. 



The .iudges. Messrs. Fillmore, Ude 

 and Bentzen. reported as follows: On 

 Rose Pink Enchantress, J. W. Dun- 

 ford first, E. W. Guy second. White, 

 J. W. Dunford's White Perfection 

 first, Schnider's Bountiful second and 

 Guy's Bountiful third. Red, Pilcher's 

 Beacon first. Aristocrat. J. W. Dun- 

 ford, first, and Henry Johan second. 

 Lawson, P. Schnider first. Enchan- 

 tress, J. W. Dunford first. P. Schnider 

 second, Chas. Beyer third. In the 

 mixed vases, J. F. Ammann took first 

 and John Steidle second and third. In 

 the new varieties class. R. Witter- 

 staetter's Afterglow took the club's 

 certificate of merit, and Splendor. 



Carnegie and Seedling No. 20 took 

 honorable mention. 



The question box was next opened, 

 and some very interesting discussions 

 took place. This ended the February 

 meeting, and President Young invited 

 all to a supper which was prepared by 

 the trustees in the cafe below the 

 meeting hall, at which forty sat down 

 to spend the rest of the evening. The 

 President announced that at the next 

 meeting, in March, our rose meeting, 

 the same thing will take place in the 

 cafe, and he hopes for even a larger 

 attendance. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



Thirty-eight members met to hear 

 C. H. Totty discuss The Merits and 

 Defects of the New Chrysanthemum, 

 which he did in a candid and interest- 

 ing way. A general discussion took 

 place as to why varieties so soon de- 

 teriorated, and many theories were 

 advanced. In-breeding in the produc- 

 ing of seedlings was a theory that 

 found favor with many. 



We had a very creditable monthly 

 exhibit. A. Herrington had a fine 

 vase of carnation Beacon, C. H. Totty 

 had White Perfection in all her glory; 

 in this vicinity very few split calyxes 

 are reported. A. R. Kennedy brought 

 White Enchantress and Victory, the 

 latter considered the best ever shown 

 here. Cultural certificate was award- 

 ed to each. 



From Florham Farms came a neat 

 collection of hothouse vegetables and 

 also some stocks. Beauty of Nice and 

 Queen Alexandra, in 4-in. pots; one 

 would hardly believe it possible to 

 produce such spikes in such small 

 pots. W. A. Manda. South Orange, 

 had a new cerise pink carnation seed- 

 ling. No. 20. Wm. F. Lyons had a 

 white hybrid calanthe. Robt. Scott & 

 Son of Sharon Hill. Pa., sent a vase 

 of new Rose Mrs. Jardine. which got 

 a certificate of merit. 



Our next meeting, on March 11th, 

 will be Carnation Night, and with so 

 many novelties in the market we 

 ought to have a show better than we 

 ever had. A prevailing impression 

 among gardeners is that while an in- 

 troducer's word may be all in good 

 faith, there is nothing like seeing a 

 variety on the exhibition table. We 

 will invite novelties as far as we can, 

 but would be glad to have every nov- 

 elty on the market here. However, 

 we bank on a fine show and a good 

 time. Some of our Orange brothers 

 are coming up. and as we invite 

 standard varieties, too, they may sur- 

 prise us, as there are carnations in 

 that vicinity equal to any in this 

 country. E. REAGAN. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



On February 29th, Robert Craig of 

 Philadelphia will deliver a lecture at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, on "The 

 Private Gardener." The lecture will 

 begin at 11 A. M. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 meeting in Handel Hall, February i6, 

 President Kill presided and got down 

 to business in fine order. Applica- 

 tions for six new members were re- 

 ceived and favorably passed upon for 

 election at the next meeting. The 

 agreement between the Art Institute 

 of Chicago and the Club as pertaining 

 to the use of the hall for the Rose 

 Show, was accepted and August Poehl- 

 niann was chosen for manager of the 

 exhibition, which will continue from 

 March 2b to 27, inclusive. It was 

 voted to have a banquet in connection 

 with the visit of the American Rose 

 Society and the president appointed a 

 committee to make arrangements ac- 

 cordingly. A discussion was brought 

 up as to the advisability of securing 

 a new place of meeting. This will be 

 further considered at the next meet- 

 ing. The president announced chair- 

 men of various standing committees 

 as follows: Finance, H. N. Bruns; 

 sports and pastimes, Philip C. Schupp; 

 transportation. F. F. Benthey; good 

 of the club. T. E. Waters. A vase 

 of flesh-colored seedling carnations ex- 

 hibited by Fritz Bahr, Highland Park, 

 111., was awarded a club certificate, 

 scoring 85 points. A. C. Beal, of Cham- 

 paign, 111., was a visitor and spoke at 

 length on the coming meeting of the 

 Illinois State FlorLsts' Association at 

 Springfield. T. E. WATERS, Sec'y. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A well attended meeting of the Buf- 

 falo Florists' Club was held at Kast- 

 ing Company's Hall on Friday night 

 last. Business of importance took up 

 considerable time as twenty new ap- 

 I)lications wero acted upon. The twen- 

 ty new members elected being of 

 young blood, it now looks as if the 

 club will be boomed and better attend- 

 ance assured at meetings hereafter. 

 Entertainment and other committe^as 

 will be appointed. Nominations of 

 oflicers for ensuing year were as fol- 

 lows: 



Piesident, Charles Sandeford and 

 Charles Weichert; vice-president, David 

 Scott and George McClure, Jr.; secre- 

 tary, Rowland Cloudsley; financial 

 secretary, E. C. Brucker; treasurer, W. 

 H. Eiss. 



Interesting talks by the past officers, 

 L. Neubeck, Wm. F. Kasting, Charles 

 Keitch, and others were much appre- 

 ciated. A fine lunch and refreshments 

 were served in the banquet hall, and 

 a good evening's entertainment was 

 enjoyed. 



The next meeting is called for Fri- 

 day, March 6th, when election of ofil- 

 cers will take place and the annual 

 banquet will follow. E. C. B. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The N. C. H. S. held its regul.ar 

 monthly meeting at the Oriental Hotel, 

 Glen Cove, Feb. 12, with a large at- 

 tendance. In the competition for 

 points the awards were as follows: S. 

 J. Trepass, Cattleya Trianae, 89; H. F. 

 Meyer, carnations, 84; Valentine 

 Cleres, narcissi. H?,. As Mr. Henry 



