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HORTICULTURE 



February 15, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 •Vn inloniial reception by the new 

 president, Maleolm MacRone, was 

 given on the 7tli inst.. when members 

 and friends gathered in force to wish 

 him a successful adminisuation. ihe 

 society begins its fifteenth year with 

 great promise. It is particularly 

 strong in prominent private and com- 

 mercial orchid growers numbers 

 all the leading gardeners and florists 

 lor fiftv square miles around Orange 

 and has the support of the plant antl 

 seed trade and the good wishes of 

 everybody. 



Upon this occasion were present: 

 Thomas .T. Grey, of Boston; ,1. B. Kidd, 

 seed appraiser for the port of New 

 York- William Duckham. Arthur Her- 

 lington Charles H. Totty, J. Austin 

 Shaw, C. McTa.ggart, W. A. Manda, 

 nearly all of vyhoni addressed the gath- 

 ering, and the Rickards' Bros., who 

 dispensed sweet music. Most of these 

 were in light and humorous vein. W. 

 \ Manda spoke upon Ihe forthcoming 

 National Flower Show at Chicago, the 

 advance sheets of the schedule of 

 which he produced, calling attention 

 U) the fact that in it there was an in- 

 ducement for all to contribute to one 

 or more of its yarious classes. 



Tlie presentation of four silver cups 

 won in the monthly competitive shows 

 during the year was made to Peter 

 ))uff, William Reed, Max Schneider 

 and Arthur T. Caparn with appropriate 

 remarks bv George Smith. Letters 

 were read from H. Weber, John li.. 

 Haines. Chicago Carnation Co., and 

 F R. Pierson in connection with the 

 special carnation night to take place 

 in March and a characteristic letter 

 of regret from W. J. Stewart, who is 

 usually present at all these gatherings. 

 The floral decorations were contri- 

 buted bv members and consisted of 

 carnations, flowering bulbs and a vase 

 of Euphorbia Jacquinaeflora with 

 sprays two feet long, grown by Peter 

 Duff, which Arthur Herrington de- 

 clared he had not seen equalled since 

 he was a boy in England. The even- 

 ing was pleasantly interspersed with 

 vocal and instrumental music and reci- 

 tations, with light refreshment. 



J. B. DAVIS. 



1 GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS- 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 Owing to the halls of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society being 

 rented for the entire week during 

 which the regular club meeting was to 

 have been held, a postponement of Car- 

 nation Night to Tuesday evening. Feb- 

 ruary 25, has been found necessary. 



W R Pierson. of Croiuwcll. Conn., 

 willbe the lecturer that evening, and 

 in addition to our local members F. 

 R. Pierson, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. 

 Y., H. A. Jahn, New Bedford, and other 

 carnationists from a distance will be 

 present and take part in the discussion 

 There 'will he numerous exhibits of 

 novelties and the meeting should prove 

 of deep interest. A record attendance 

 is assurd. A cordial invitation is ex- 

 tended to any who may not be club 

 members to join us on this occasion. 

 W. X. CRAIG, Sec'y. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 

 The meeting of the club February 1 

 was a Carnation Night, with a com- 

 petitive exhibit by the home growers, 

 divided In the two classes of com- 

 mercial growers and private garden- 

 ers. ,1. Hutchinson read a pro- 

 visional schedule 'for exhibits by 

 private gardeners for prizes from 

 June, 'OS, to and including May, '09. 

 This schedule was laid over to the 

 March meeting. The following officers 

 were unanimously elected for 190S: 

 F. Burki, president; E. C. Reineraan, 

 vice-president; H. L. Blind, treasurer; 

 H. P. Joslin, secretary; E. C. Ludwig, 

 ■ assistant secretaiy; P. S. Randolph, 

 Jno. Bader. C. S. Crall, executive com- 

 mittee. Ex-president Jones on retir- 

 ing from ofRce was warmly thanked 

 for the two years of hard work he has 

 given to the interests of the club. 

 President Burki on taking the chair 

 said that he could not make the club 

 a success alone, but that he would do 

 his part, and asked the members for 

 their hearty support and aid. 



The Pittsburgh delegation returned 

 from the convention of the American 

 Carnation Society in high spirits and 

 full of enthusiasm. They feel that by 

 withdrawing in favor of Indianapolis 

 on the tie vote, they have silenced all 

 opposition to Pittsburgh as the con- 

 vention city in 1910, and the club is 

 already talking of what they will do 

 for the convention. 



President Burki and Mr. Wyland 

 called attention to the good work 

 being done by the American Carnation 

 Society, and solicited for it the hearty 

 support of the members. Mr. Smith 

 gave his experience with hydrocyanic 

 gas being much in favor of it. The 

 secretary's report for 1907 showed a 

 membership of 159. 



Prizes were awarded as follows: 

 Carnations, general display. Dark 

 Pink. A. T. Lorch. 1st with Lawson; 

 F. H. Westhoff, 2d with Aristrocrat. 

 Light Pink. Pittsburgh Rose & Car- 

 nation Co., 1st with Enchantress; J. 

 L Wyland, 2d with Enchantress. 

 White." F. H. Westhoff, 1st; S. J. 

 Hatch. 2d. Pink. Pittsburgh Rose & 

 Carnation Co., 1st with Winsor; J. L. 

 Wyland, 2d with Rose Pink Enchant- 

 ress. Red. F. H. Westhoff, 1st with 

 Robt. Craig; Finleyville Floral Co., 

 2d with Beacon. Private Gardeners. 

 Thos. Jenkinson, 1st; N. C. Madsen, 

 2d. Cultural certiflcates to N. C. Mad- 

 sen, gardener for R, H. Hoggs, for 

 Primula obconica gigantea; H. S. 

 Price, gardener for G. B. Laughlin. for 

 cyclamen; Jas. Hutchinson, gardener 

 for Dr. Shafer, five varieties of odon- 

 togolossuni which were grown in leaf 

 soil covered with sphaamru mos=;. 

 Certificate of merit to John B. Haines, 

 for carnations Imperial, Pink Imperial 

 and .John E. Haines. 



This is the first time that a com- 

 petitive exhibition has been held by 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



The third annual dinner of the Nas- 

 sau Countv Hoiticultural Society, 

 given at the Oriental Hotel, Glen Cove, 

 Wednesday, Jan. 2'J, was a very enjoy- 

 able affair, about fifty members and 

 guests being in attendance and par- 

 taking of the excellent spread. The 

 tables were attractively laid and hand- 

 somely decorated with flowers and 

 plants. 



President Janeicke extended a cor- 

 dial welcome to the assembly at five 

 ..'clock, and at the conclusion of the 

 repast called upon J. Austin Shaw to 

 act as toastmaster and that gentle- 

 man's pleasant opening address and 

 his genial and tactful introduction of 

 the several speakers gained him much 

 rommendation. 



Alfred J. and W'. C. Rickards, Jr.. 

 the latter presiding at the piano, ren- 

 dered popular songs and responded 

 agreeably to recalls frequently, and 

 other superlative factors of the fes- 

 tivities w^ere Robert Angus with his 

 violin, James Cant with the bagpipes 

 and John White with a vocal solo. 



President Janeicke made a stirring 

 address setting forth the purposes of 

 the society and its claims upon the 

 support of the horticultural profession, 

 expressing the hope that it might in 

 the near future have a home of its 

 own. 



Ex-President A. Mackenzie also 

 spoke interestingly of the Society's 

 work. Charles Lenker responded to 

 the toast " Harmony." 



D. McFarlane, W. E. Marshall, V. 

 Cleres and A. V. Kohler made inter- 

 esting addresses. James Scott gave 

 some of his experiences as a "Drum- 

 mer." W. Sperling spoke of "The Gar- 

 dener as I have Found Him." J. Man- 

 da responded very happily to the toast, 

 •The Ladies," and B. G. Davis spoke 

 for "The Local Press." 



President Janeicke then arose and 

 spoke in commendation of the services 

 to the society of Alexander Mackenzie 

 in the offices of secretary and presi- 

 dent and as 'a testimonial of apprecia- 

 tion thereof, on behalf of fellow mem- 

 bers, presented him with a handsome 

 fountain pen. It was a complete sur- 

 prise to the recipient, and he expressed 

 his thanks reciprocating the good feel- 

 ing entertained toward him. 



S. J. Trepess, chairman of the com- 

 mittee of arangements, responded to 

 compliments paid it for the admirable 

 manner in which it had performed its 

 (iuties. 



The festivities closed with "Auld 

 Lang Syne." 



the club. The flowers were of a high 

 order ■>! excellence and much interest 

 was shown. 



H P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The question box furnished themeans 

 for an interesting evening at the 

 February meeting of the N. B. H. S. 

 on Monday. H. A. Jahn was awarded 

 the silver medal of the society tor a 

 vase of fifty blooms of his new white 

 carnation Lloyd. The schedule for the 

 fall show was passed and ordered to 

 be printed. The two New Bedford dah- 

 lias, Newport and Ruth Forbes, are 

 to be placed in the market this year. 

 THOS. WHITE. 



