February 15, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



203 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The February meeting of this club, 

 on Monday, 10th inst., was attended 

 by about 75 members. Committee re- 

 ports on several interesting subjects 

 were made. The first was by P. 

 O'Mara on the question o£ how best 

 to co-operate with the Horticultural 

 Society o£ New York for the advance- 

 ment of horticulture, by means of ex- 

 hibitions, etc. The views of the com- 

 mittee, as presented, were that a mer- 

 ger would be unwise but that the 

 members of the club should individu- 

 ally become members of the Horticul- 

 tural Society and thus contribute by 

 their influence and support to the ac- 

 tivities of the Society. After discus- 

 bion pro and con the report was 

 adopted and the committee continued. 

 The dinner committee, through its 

 chairman, W. F, Sheridan, made a se- 

 ductive forecast of the festivities 

 planned for the annual feast on Febru- 

 ary 29 at the Hotel St. Denis. 



Tlie national (lower show to be held 

 in Chicago next November was an in- 

 teresting topic. W. A. Manda urged 

 an enterprising policy on this matter, 

 including the contributing of medals 

 and trophies in the name of the club. 

 Mr. O'Mara suggested the offering of 

 a club sweepstal\es prize of $100. 

 Messrs. Totty, O'Mara and Manda were 

 constituted a committee tu consider 

 and report. At a later hour this com- 

 mittee rei)orted recommending that the 

 club appropriate the sum of $100 for 

 a silver trophy to be offered for three 

 specimen palms, distinct species, not 

 less than ten feet in height, and un- 

 der temporary suspension of the rules 

 the proposition was voted affirmative- 

 ly and the secretary empowered to 

 telegraph Secretary Rudd of the S. A. 

 F. accordingly. John T. Withers then 

 read a carefully prepared and instruc- 

 tive paper, his subject being "The 

 Value of the Shade Tree and Its Care." 

 The paper was given a spirited discus- 

 sion. The judges on exhibits, Jos. A. 

 Manda, chairman, reported as follows; 

 Violet Princess of Wales, from F. G. 

 Mense, Glen Cove. N. Y.. Cultural Cer- 

 tificate. New Violet Boston, from Wm. 

 Sim, Cliftondale, Mass.. Certificate of 

 Merit. White Carnation Lloyd, from 

 A. H. Jahn, New Bedford, Mass., ar- 

 rived in bad condition. Crimson Car- 

 nation Wa-No-Ka, from Wa-No-Ka 

 Greenhouses, Barneveld. N. Y., S5 

 l)oints and a certificate. Pinl< Seedling 

 Chrysanthemum from W. E. Hamilton. 

 Belfast. Me., shown by C. H. Tctty, 

 Thanks of the Club. Pink Seedling 

 C:arnation from W. A. Manda. 70 1-2 

 points. Resolutions of condolence with 

 the families of the late Victor Dorval 

 and Mrs. A. M. Henshaw were passed 

 by unanimous votes. 



Club Secretary, T. E. Waters, 21 East 

 Randolph street. 



TOLEDO FLORISTS IN TIFFIN AND 

 FOSTORIA. 



Instead of meeting at the club room 

 hereafter it is proposed that this club 

 meet at the establishments of the dif- 

 ferent members. The first outing ac- 

 cordingly was on Tuesday, February 

 9th when a visit was made to Tiffin 

 and Fostoria. The Ullrich place at 

 Tiffin now run by the three sons of 

 the late Lewis Ullrich, has about 75,000 

 feet of glass, consisting of a number 

 of small houses and a large one of 

 latest pattern, about 40x250 feet. While 

 the roses were off crop, they showed 

 that they have been producing heavily, 

 Bride, Bridesmaid, Perle, Golden Gate 

 and Meteor being the principal. Car- 

 nations, especially Boston Market, 

 White Perfection, Enchantress, and 

 Mrs. T. W. Lawson, all looked well. 

 There are very spacious cold storage 

 houses for bulbs and cut flowers and 

 if anybody wants to see a place where 

 every tool and supply has its place 

 and is in its place, he can certainly 

 find it here. After an inspection oi 

 the city store, which was opened 

 shortly before Christmas, the visitors 

 were escorted to a hotel, where an 

 elaborate ' dinner awaited and was 

 gratefully enjoyed. The Fostoria 

 Floral Co. (E. R. Sackett, prop.) was 

 next visited. This plant has about 

 I'lO.OOO feet of glass and Mr. Sackett 

 is getting ready to put up four more 

 houses of respectable size. The mate- 

 rial has been ordered and the inten- 

 tions are to start within 9. few weeks 

 and have the houses planted by June 

 with roses. Specialties are roses and 

 carnations and we doubt if better 

 flowers are grown anywhere. As to 

 carnations they show the finest En- 

 chantress this season and the other 

 varieties are equally good. Refresh- 

 ments, of course, were served and we 

 departed with regret. 



There is no question of the great 

 benefit of such visits. Buyers and 

 sellers get closer together and good 

 fellowship among all is the result. 



J. L. SCHILLER. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club have se- 

 cured the Art Institute Hall for the 

 American Rose Society convention to 

 be held here on March 25 to 27. This 

 is an ideal place, being centrally lo- 

 cated and., with the Museum of Fine 

 Arts in 'connection, they certainly 

 could not . have got a better spot. A 

 goodly i-ujjport i."? expected from the 

 Easti on efchibi^s as the premiums will 

 warr,ant their sending to this sliow. 

 Any informati(m regarding tliis com- 

 ing event can be had of the Chicago 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The monthly meeting of this club, 

 on February 4th, was of special impor- 

 tance, being the night for the nomina- 

 tion of officers for the ensuing year. 

 President Bisset declined to succeed 

 himself, though it was the expressed 

 wish of the entire club that he should 

 do so. The following were nominated: 

 President, Z. D. Blackistone and F. H. 

 Kramer; vice-president, John Robert- 

 son and Geo. Shaffer; secretary, Chas. 

 McCauley; treasurer, Wm. F. Gude; 

 directors, Chas. JlcCauley, W. H. Er- 

 nest and James L. Carbery; judges, 

 John Robertson and Chas. McCauley. 

 The election will take place at the 

 March meeting. The secretary read 

 letters received from Mrs. Hauswirth 

 and John Clarke, each expressing ap- 

 preciation of letters of sympathy re- 

 ceived by them during their recent af- 

 fliction. Peter Bisset exhibited two 

 vases of his new seedling roses, 

 Rosalie, which scored 84 points and 

 an unnamed pink seedling which 

 scored 87 points. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the last meeting of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society the executive 

 committee presented a schedule of 

 premiums for a Rose Show to be held 

 in June. In making up the schedule 

 the committee took into consideration 

 the prevalent desire to have a large 

 general exhibition in mid-summer for 

 which considerable funds would be ab- 

 solutely necessary. These considera- 

 tions had the effect of inducing the 

 committee to eliminate certain classes, 

 believing that with such an elaborate 

 show in prospect for a later date the 

 classes, they thought advisable to 

 strike out of the schedule for the June 

 show would be better represented and 

 filled as well as tending to still fur- 

 ther emphasize the importance of the 

 larger general exhibition. The society 

 fully approved all the recommenda- 

 tions of the committee and adopted 

 the schedule as presented. 



Alexander McLellan read a paper 

 on plant nomenclature in which 

 he laid particular stress on the de- 

 sirability of a strict observance of the 

 justlv recognized names of plants and 

 the 'importance to horticulture and 

 horticulturists of an increased knowl- 

 edge of plant names, both botanical 

 and common. Plant registration re- 

 ceived its due share of attention from 

 Mr. MacLellan in his paper, being as 

 he said of sufficient importance to be 

 placed in charge of the Dept. of Agri- 

 culture. The charge now made by the 

 Society ot American Florists for the 

 privilege of registering a plant Mr. 

 MacLellan considered unjust because 

 tor one reason it was of discrimina- 

 tion in so far that members of the 

 society were exempt from such charges 

 which in his opinion was not what 

 might be expected from a national 

 societv. The paper was well received, 

 an<l a" vote of thanks was awarded to 

 Mr. MacLellan. 



Robert Cameron of Harvard Botanic 

 Garden will be the essayist at the next 

 meeting, Feb. 25. Mr. Cameron in his 

 paper will discuss Annuals and Bien- 

 nials. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 



AND AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



An interesting State Farmers' Insti- 

 tute was held on February 3 under the 

 auspices of the H. and A. Society. 

 Good speakers were present and there 

 was a gratifying attendance. Up-to- 

 date methods were discussed and help- 

 ful hints given on many agricultural 

 topics. 



The annual tarnation exhibition of 

 the society will be held on February 

 25 in the 'Trade School Building. There 

 are classes pro\ided for carnations, 25 

 in each class, violets, mignonette, free- 

 sias, spring bulbous flowers, green- 

 house vegetables, etc. Competition 

 will be for certificates. Schedule 

 will be sent on application to A. H. 

 Funnell, secretary, Huntington, N. Y'. 



