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HORTI CULTURE 



March 28, 1908 



out of roses and it was time something 

 was done to put the society on a good 

 tooting. W. A. Manda advocated offer- 

 ing medals and certificates instead of 

 regular cash prciiiiums. calling atten- 

 tion to the fact that these classes were 

 practically ignored at the present show. 

 This was referred to the executive com- 

 mittee. .1. A. Valentine then read his 

 paper which was accorded a vote of 

 thanks. W. A. Manda gave an inter- 

 esting talk on rose gardens, their beau- 

 ty, their construction and enumerated 

 a few select lists for planting. He 

 spoke enthusiastically of the value of 

 the Rambler varieties for covering 

 rocks and unsightly spots and predicted 

 that thi:: class would soon be extended 

 to include climbing roses that would 

 bloom continuously. After a vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Manda the meeting ad- 

 journed until Thursday forenoon. 



Thursday Morning Session. 

 The meeting on Thursday morning 

 opened with a paper by J. F. Sullivan 

 on "The Rose from a Retailer's View 

 and the part that it plays in Decora- 

 tions, simple and elaborate, of the 

 present day," which was of a high or- 

 der, vigorous, and a splendid addition 

 to the literature of the Society. An 

 interesting discussion followed where- 

 in Philip Breitmeyer and W. J. Stew- 

 art called attention to the merits of 

 the old fashioned Bon Silene and other 

 small roses. W. H. Elliott then read 

 his paper, "What is the proper size of 

 a Greenhouse to grow Roses for Com- 

 mercial Purposes," which was emin- 

 ently practical and to the point, in 

 favor of the large type of rose house 

 and elicited many interesting ques- 

 tions, to which he replied. Mr. May- 

 nadier's paper on "Soils" was next 

 listened to.' 



Buffalo the Next Meeting Place. 



The selection of the place for next 

 year's meeting was next in order and 

 Buffalo was the city chosen. 



The Election of Officers. 



Then followed the election of of- 

 ficers. August Poehlmann, of Morton 

 Grove, 111., was elected president; W. 

 F. Kasting, of Buffalo, vice-president; 

 Secretary Hammond and Treasurer 

 May were re-elected; Philip Breitmey- 

 er, of Detroit, was added to the Execu- 

 tive Board. 



The Exhibition. 



The spacious hall in Art Institute 

 was admirably adapted for the rose ex- 

 hibition which needed only the setting 

 of green furnished by the decorative 

 plants to make it perfection. The ex- 

 hibits were mainly in the large special 

 classes, the smaller classes being near- 

 ly ignored. Richmond, Killarney and 

 American Beauty were displayed in 

 great profusion and superb quality. 

 The color arrangement of the groups 

 was excellent. Among the newer can- 

 didates for honors were Mrs. Potter 

 Palmer, Cardinal, Rhea Reid and 

 Wyndraoor. all of which came in for 

 much careful inspection by visitors. 



.T. F. Amniann was an exhibitor and 

 winner on a number of the regular 

 classes: Poehlmann Bros, won the 

 Dorrance Challenge prize, the E. G. 

 Hill prize for 100 Richmond, their own 

 prize for 100 Pink, the Vaughan cup 

 for 100 Chatenay, the Freeman prize 

 for 100 Mrs. Potter Palmer, the Ameri- 

 can Florist Special for 50 .American 



Beauty, the Kroeschell Bros.' prize for 

 25 Kiilarney, the Darling prize for 50 

 American Beauty, ihe Holton & Hun- 

 kel prize for 25 Killarney, and theBruus 

 prize for 200 lily of the valley. A. Far- 

 enwald won the Montgomery cup for 50 

 blooms of ro.se of American origin now 

 in commerce, and the Davis Company 

 prize toi 50 Liberty. The E. G. Hill 

 Co. won the Manda cup for the largest 

 and most varied collection and the 

 Poehlmann prize for 50 Red, Richmond 

 and American Beauty excluded, with 

 Rhea Reid. W. H. Elliott won the 

 Simpson prize for 100 Killarney, and 

 the Dingee-Conard Co. prize for 50 

 Killarney. Bassett & Washburn won 

 the Traendley & Schenck prize for 50 

 Bridesmaid, the Buettner prize for 50 

 Bride, the Pulverized Manure Co. prize 

 for 100 Bride, the W. W. Barnard Co. 

 prize for 25 Bridesmaid, the A. Dietsch 

 Co. prize for 25 Bride and the Crane 

 Co. cup for 100 American Beauty. Peter 

 Reinberg won the Wilcox prize for 

 50 Ivory, the Wletor Bros.' prize for 

 100 Uncle John, the Florists' Review 

 prize for 100 Sunrise, the Keller prize 

 for 25 Richmond and the Newbold prize 

 tor 25 Uncle John. George Reinberg 

 won the Poehlmann Bros. Co. prize 

 for 100 Richmond. Myers and Samt- 

 man won the Mogg prize for 50 Ameri- 

 can Beauty, the Deamud cup for 25 

 Pink not disseminated prior to 1908 

 with Wyndmoor and the Heller Bros, 

 cup for 50 blooms of rose never before 

 exhibited for competition, with Wynd- 

 moor. Albert Lies won the Bassett 

 & Washburn prizes for 25 Brides and 

 25 Bridesmaid from growers with less 

 than 50,000 feet of glass. Wietor 

 Bros, won their own prize for 100 Kate 

 Moulton. Robert Scott & Son won the 

 Pierson cup for best new rose not in 

 commerce and never exhibited before 

 this society with Mrs. Jardine. Vaugh- 

 an's Seed Store won a silver cup and 

 three other prizes in the pot plant 

 classes. The Welch prize for the most 

 artisticaly arranged vase went to Rob- 

 ert Simpson for vase of Richmond. A 

 certificate of merit was given Myers & 

 Samtman for Wyndmoor. Special men- 

 tion was given W. A. Manda for Chero- 

 kee roses, George Reinberg for dis- 

 play of roses, J. A. Budlong for dis- 

 play of carnations, Bassett & Wash- 

 burn for new Carnation Orland P. 

 Bassett, and The E. G. Hill Co. for 

 Afterglow. W. H. Elliott received cul- 

 tural certificate for Killarney. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The annual club banquet will be 

 held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on 

 Wednesday evening, April 1st, at 7 

 o'clock. Tickets, which are $1.50 each, 

 may be had from Peter M. Miller, 32 

 South Market Street, Boston, also from 

 any other club members No tickets 

 wiil be sold after Maich 28. There 

 promises to be a banner attendance 

 at this banquet. The entertainment 

 will be a splendid one and a first-class 

 orchestra has been engaged for 

 dancing. 



The club will hold its next field day 

 at the establishment of Thomas Ro- 

 land, Nahant, on Saturday, April 11. 

 1908. This will be thf dub's first visit 

 to Mr. Roland's. Particulars as to car 

 service will be mailed to all members. 



William Sim of Cliftondalp will lec- 

 ture on Sweet Peas at the next regular 



club meeting on April 2L Other at- 

 tractive features are being prepared 

 for this meeting. 



W. N. CRAIG. Secretary. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



The annual meeting of the Execu- 

 tive Board was held in Niagara Falls, 

 N. Y., at the Prospect House, on Mon- 

 day and Tuesday, March 23 and 24. 

 Those present were President F. H. 

 Traendley, ex-President W. J. Stewart, 

 Vice-President George W. MCClure, 

 Secretary W. N. Rudd and Messrs. 

 Theodore Wirth, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 John Young, E. V. Hallock and George 

 Asmus; also ex-president Wm. Kast- 

 ing, Prof. J. F. Cowell and ex-Mayor 

 Cutler of Niagara Falls. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



A meeting of this society was held 

 on March 17, about sixty members be- 

 ing present. Walter Angus, gardener 

 to Mr. R. Scoville, gave a very inter- 

 esting and instructive paper on primu- 

 las, cinerarias, calceolarias and allie<l 

 subjects, which was followed by a gen- 

 eral discussion. James Bruce, Thos. 

 Nye, A. J. Thompson, W. Bret- 

 schneider made very fine exhibits of 

 primulas and cinerarias; John K. Slo- 

 combe, a large bunch of perfect double 

 violets. Mr. Angus was accorded a 

 very hearty vote of thanks for his able 

 paper. The meeting was followed by a 

 smoker, which was thoroughly enjoyed 

 by all present 



The six-iety will hold their fall ex- 

 hibition in Music Hall again this year 

 in November. Quite a number of en- 

 tries are already in for the amateur 

 gardeners' window-boxes and vases. 

 On April 7 Peter Zuger of. Elizabeth 

 Park. Hartford, will read a paper on 

 Bedding Plants. 



AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 

 The executive committee of the 

 American Society of Park Superinten- 

 dents met at Buffalo, N. Y., on March 

 21, at the Genessee, President Cowell 

 in the chair. There were also present 

 secretary-treasurer F. L. Mulford, 

 John Chambers and Theodore Wirth. 

 Arrangements were made for the an- 

 nual meeting of the society at Min- 

 neapolis. Minn., on Aug. 11 to 14. 

 Resolutions were adopted commemo- 

 rative of the late R. H. Warder of 

 Lincoln Park. Chicago. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



Hail losses recently reported are, 

 R. S. Murray, Bellefontaine, Ohio; H. 

 D. Schilling, Indianapolis, Ind.. and 

 Jos. R. Goldman, Middletown, Ohio. 



JOHN G. ESLER. Sec'y F. H. A. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Special notice is given that the next 

 regular meeting will be held Thursday, 

 April 2, at 8 P. M. at the Union res- 

 taurant, m E. Randolph street. 



A CORRECTION. 



In the paper by Eber Holmes in 

 last week's issue on page 373, line 

 six, the word "moisture" should have 

 been "nicotine." 



