Febiuary 29, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



265 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



This Club had a rousing meeting on 

 Tuesday evening, February 25. The 

 special attraction for the attendance 

 of over two hundred members was a 

 promised talk on Carnations by Wal- 

 lace R. Pierson and an exhibition of 

 carnations and other flowers from 

 various sources in connection there- 

 with. Mr. Pierson's address fully 

 justified the advance interest and was 

 pronounced one of the most intelligent 

 and practical talks ever listened to 

 by this or any other florists' club. 

 The exhibition was also up to expec- 

 tations and it w'as a late hour before 

 the meeting dissolved. 



After the usual routine proceedings, 

 President Westwood addressed the 

 club in optimistic strain, urging the 

 cultivation of the closest fraternal re- 

 lations between the members and 

 aggressive loyalty to the organization 

 during the year now entered upon, 

 emphasizing the splendid possibilities 

 of harmonious co-operation in the 

 service of the club and, in grateful ap- 

 preciation, thanked the various offi- 

 cers and committees of the past year 

 for their earnest effort and well-done 

 work. He appointed committees on 

 exhibits and on refreshments for the 

 present year, George M. Anderson be- 

 ing made chairman of the former and 

 J. P. A. Guerineau of the latter. 



Letters were read from F. R. Pier- 

 son, regretting his inability to visit 

 the club on this occasion by reason of 

 an accident which had incapacitated 

 him for the present, and from Presi- 

 dent K. L. Butterfield of Amherst 

 Agricultural College, extending an in- 

 vitation to the members to visit the 

 college in a body in .\ugust next. An 

 invitation was received from the 

 managers of the Market Flower Show 

 to attend the exhibition on Saturday 

 next. Announcement was made of 

 the intention of the Executive Com- 

 mittee to arrange for a club banquet 

 at an early date. Nine new members 

 were added. 



Mr. Pierson's lecture will be found 

 on another page of this paper. At the 

 close he was fairly bombarded with 

 questions on various phases of carna- 

 tion culture, all of which he answered 

 with a convincing directness which 

 showed him to be a master of his pro- 

 fession. Briefl.v, his replies were to 

 the effect that in the treatment for 

 red spider on carnations he had found 

 soap one of the most efflcient weapons 

 and cuttings from infested plants 

 dipped in soap solutions had been ef- 

 fectually cleaned. The same method 

 with Bordeaux mixture 4 — 4 — 50 had 

 freed cuttings from any infection of 

 rust. He decried the disposition to 

 take off cuttings before plants are 

 ready for this, in the struggle for the 

 "almighty dollar," and dwelt upon the 

 essential qualifications of a good-sub- 

 stanced, well-built flower, which are 

 possible only under cool growth and 

 rational treatment. Common sense, 

 he asserted, was the best application 

 for successful carnation growing. De- 

 formed buds are frequently the result 

 of unwise applications of sheep 



manure, and pulverized cow manure, 



which will analyze to the value of 

 $2.50 per ton is an extravagant invest- 

 ment at $20.00 a ton. He said that 

 he uses more lime than all the fertil- 

 izers together and that among the 

 most essential requisites for the pro- 

 duction of fine flowers, he would place 

 first, cleanliness — clean glass, clean 

 atmosi)here, clean benches and clean 

 under the benches. His selection of 

 six ot the best carnations of the day 

 would be, in order of preference, the 

 following: Winsor, White Perfection, 

 Beacon, Enchantress, White En- 

 chantress and Rose Pink Enchantress. 

 Vociferous applause and a standing 

 vote of thanks was Mr. Piersoh's 

 reward. 



President-elect M. A. Patten of the 

 American Carnation Society, being 

 called upon and received with enthu- 

 siasm, thanked the Club for his re- 

 ception and asked for the support of 

 the members for the meeting of that 

 Society at Indianapolis next year, as- 

 suring them that they would find 

 much there of interest and profit to 

 them. Western soil and conditions are 

 more favorable for the production of 

 large and showy flowers but in keep- 

 ing qualities the eastern grown flowers 

 excel. Mr. Harrison, just arrived 

 from England and intending to make 

 his home in this country henceforth 

 because of its brighter sunlight in 

 winter, made a very interesting little 

 speech on the comparative horticul- 

 tural conditions as he had observed 

 them. 



Arranged with careful attention by 

 the ever-ready Kenneth Finlayson, the 

 exhibition platform presented a bril- 

 liant picture. Chairman Anderson of 

 the judges made report of awards as 

 follows: Awards of superior merit to 

 A. N. Pierson for Adiantum Farley- 

 ense; to A. Roper for carnation Bay 

 State, variegated. Superior mention to 

 Wm. Nicholson & Son for carnation 

 Afterglow. Honorable mention to F. 

 H. Kramer for rose Queen Beatrice; 

 E. B. Beals for white seedling carna- 

 tions; H. W. Field for carnation 

 President Seelye; J. D. Cockcroft for 

 carnation Harvard; John Barr for 

 seedling carnation; Wanoka Green- 

 houses for carnations Wanoka and 

 Climax; Peter Fisher for Ward seed- 

 ling, Mrs. Tom Harvey; A. Roper for 

 seedling carnation; H. A. Stevens, for 

 seedling carnation; .loseph Fuller for 

 double blue lobelia: H. A. .Jahn for 

 carnation Lloyd and .Tahn's Crimson; 

 Wm. Downs for Bougainvillea glabra; 

 Mrs. J. P. Snow for carnation Andrew- 

 Carnegie, scarlet sport from Harlo- 

 warden; E. A. Wood for scarlet seed- 

 ling. The thanks' ot the club were 

 extended to John M. Flood for carna- 

 tion Beacon; J. N. May for Manda's 

 seedling carnation; .John Cook for rose 

 My Maryland, certificated at previous 

 meeting; M. A. Patten for four vases 

 of seedlings; A. N. Pierson for carna- 

 tions Queen I^ouise and Winsor; Peter 

 Fisher for carnations Beacon and 

 Winsor; L. C. Mansfield for seedling 

 carnation; Lively & Bond for seed- 

 ling carnation; Duncan Finlayson for 

 Schizanthus Wisetonensis; Wm. Downs 

 for Dendrochilum glumaceum. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America, realizing the necessity of 

 closer relations with the various horti- 

 cultural societies throughout the coun- 

 try, and agreeable to a vote taken at 

 the annual meeting in New York City 

 on November Cth, 1907, the executive 

 committee cheerfully invites the hearty 

 co-operation of every horticultural so- 

 ciety in the United States, and offers 

 the following for their careful consid- 

 eration : 



Any horticultural society, or garden- 

 ers' or florists' club may become affili- 

 ated with the Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America on payment of an annual 

 fee of twenty-five dollars, such fee en- 

 titling it to the following privileges: 



1. The C. S. A. will offer a substan- 

 tial silver trophy as a prize for chi-ys- 

 anthemums; the character of the class, 

 and conditions of the competition to 

 be left to the discretion of the society 

 so affiliated. 



2. To receive twelve copies of the 

 C, S. A. publication, free of charge. 



3. To have two free passes to the 

 annual exhibition of the C. S. A. 



4. To elect one of its members as a 

 delegate to the annual meeting of the 

 parent society, with voice and vote on 

 any subject, except matters of finance, 

 such delegate to be annually elected 

 by the .society affiliated. 



Conditions of Affiliation. 

 Subject to the foregoing, the affili- 

 ated society shall pay the above men- 

 tioned fee on or before .\pril 1st of 

 each year to the secretary of the C. S. 

 A. and furnish the following informa- 

 tion; 



(a) The full title of the society, the 

 name and address of the secretary, and 

 the name of the delegate elected. 



(b) The date on which the next fall 

 show will be held, and the conditions 

 under which the C. S, A. trophy will 

 be given. 



(c) A copy of the prize schedule of 

 the affiliated society to be sent to the 

 secretary of the national society as 

 soon as possible after publication. 



DAVID FRASER, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the Executive Commit- 

 tee is called for today, Thursday, Feb. 

 27, at 4 P. M., at the Hotel Martinique, 

 New York, by order of President Simp- 

 son, to take up the assignment of the 

 numerous special premiums offered for 

 the annual meeting and spring show to 

 be held in conjunction with the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Chicago on March 25, 26, 

 27 in the beautiful Blackstone Hall of 

 the Ar: Institute, corner of .\dams 

 street and Michiga.n avenue, Chicago, 

 111. 



There are now some thirty premiums 

 besides the list printed in the official 

 schedule, to be entered in a supplemen- 

 tary list. 



The Chicago people are in dead ear- 

 nest and we desire the active co-opera- 

 lion of each person east of the Alle- 

 gheny Mountains to show what they 

 can do. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Secretary. 



