March 7. 1908 



HORTICULTURE, 



299 



WATERER'S RHODODENDRONS 



CONIFERS, LAURELS, SPECIMEN ORNAMENTALS 



Send For List of Varieties. Special Quotations on Quantities. Prompt Shipment and Good Satisfaction 



JOHN WATERER &. SONS 



I AMERICAN NURSERIES, - - BACSHOT, ENGLAND 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual banquet of this club 

 took place on Saturday evening, Feb. 

 29, at the St. Denis Hotel, with the 

 usual attendance. The tables were 

 beautifully decorated with choice flow- 

 ers, donated by the club members, 

 and the affair was very much en- 

 joyed by those present, although, per- 

 haps, in a more subdued and sedate 

 vein than on some former occasions. 

 It was the 21st anniversary, and many 

 letters of regret at inability to be 

 pre.sen( were received. 



When the time for talking had ar- 

 rived. President Weathered addressed 

 the banqueters, bidding them welcome 

 and dilating upon the club's proud 

 record of usefulness. Ex-President 

 Chas. H. Totty followed, speaking for 

 the toast, "Our Night." He expati- 

 ated enthusiastically and hopefully on 

 the outlook for the next twenty years 

 in the history of the club when, he 

 believed, the membership would be no 

 less than one thousand. 



The Society of American Florists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists was 

 responded for by President F. H. 

 Traendly, who urged the importance 

 of loyalty to the national organization 

 and participation in the great exhibi- 

 tion to be held by the society next 

 fall in Chicago. President Weathered 

 spoke of the wonderful engineering 

 accomplishments In the completion 

 of the "tubes" connecting New York 

 and New Jersey and Long Island, 

 which he believed would result in 

 bringing in many new club members 

 from a radius of 75 miles and tend 

 to bring about the long-cherished am- 

 bition for a club "Home." 



"The Horticultural Press" was as- 

 signed to J. Austin Shaw, who did 

 credit to his topic in his usual elo- 

 quent and graceful manner. He 

 urged the need for a "press" devoted 

 to the welfare of all departments un- 

 trammelled by individual prejudices 

 or business interests, and quoted from 

 some verses read by him five years 

 ago. 



Then came the presentation of a 

 beautiful diamond scarf pin to Ex- 

 President Totty on behalf of the club 

 members, R. M. Schultz officiating 

 and making one of the best of his 

 many merry speeches. Mr. Totty's 

 response was eloquent also and ex- 

 pressive of his heartfelt appreciation 

 of the gift. 



E. V. Hallock responded in inter- 

 esting and happy vein for "Our Sister 

 Societies," and gave the horticulturist 

 due credit for being a companionable, 

 good fellow wherever and whenever 

 he is found. Best of all the sister 

 societies, he said, was the S. A. F. 



A "silent toast" was drank stand- 

 ing, to the memory of those who had 

 passed away during the year. A 

 unanimous vote of thanks was passed 

 to the dinner committee, and at mid- 

 night adjournment came. During the 

 evening, songs, stories and recita- 

 tions were interspersed between the 

 speeches by excellent vaudeville per- 

 formers. 



the annual exhibitions: Summer Show, 

 June 14; Fall Show, November 4, .5, 6. 

 An invitation was read from the Mon- 

 mouth County Horticultural Society to 

 att'jnd their fourth annual dinner at 

 Red Bank, N. .)., on March 3. Wm. 

 Scott offered a prize for 12 cut roses, 

 but ros.»i must be off crop around here; 

 the only roses on the table were from 

 Robert Scott *•. Sons. Sharon Hill, Pa., 

 who sent their new rose, "Mrs. Jar- 

 dine" which, after a severe and critical 

 discussion, was awarded a certificate of 

 merit. Rose growing under glass was 

 the subject for the evening; the dis- 

 cussion was opened by Mr. .Toe Mooney 

 and followed by many members. Next 

 meeting will be "Cyclamens." 



fj. A. MARTIN, Cor. Sec'y. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 T. H. S. was held on Friday evening, 

 February 28. The Executive Commit- 

 tee reported the following dates for 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 

 On Saturday, February 29, Robert 

 Craig, of Philadelphia, read a paper at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, before an 

 appreciative audience on the subject 

 of "The Private Gardener." The paper 

 will Ije found on another page of this 

 issue. At Its close, Mr. Craig was 

 asked a few questions, among them 

 being one In regard to the culture of 

 gardenias. These flowers, he said, 

 were of the easiest culture in the sum- 

 mer, flowering freely and satisfactorily 

 under ordinary treatment but the pro- 

 duction of flowers in winter Is a much 

 more difficult problem. A temperature 

 of Co degrees carefully maintained, 

 with the avoidance of any sudden 

 check, are among the requisites. For 

 summer flowering the young plants 

 should he kept over from fall until 



