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HORTICULTURE 



April 4, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 Once a year this organization lias 

 a good social time with ladies, music 

 and ref!-eshments. This year there 

 was a division of views as to what 

 t'orm it should take, some wanting a 

 banquet, others a dance. The problem 

 was threshed out at one of the meet- 

 ings and the banquet men won, much 

 to the chagrin of the dance men. But 

 Boston likes to emulate her good sis- 

 ter, Philadelphia, in the matter of har- 

 mony and so a dance was hitched on 

 to the banquet and so everybody was 

 made happy. The affair came off at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Wednes- 

 day evening. April 1, about 275 mem- 

 bers with their ladies sitting down to 

 the banquet tables, and the tables and 

 alcoves were beautifully adorned with 

 flowers and plants generously contribu- 

 ted by members of the club. \Vm. Sim 

 out Simed himself by presenting every 

 lady with a bunch of one hundred 

 luscious violets and the irrepressible 

 treasuier, Ed. Hatch, had placed at 

 each guest's plate a little box presuma- 

 bly containing jewelry, which it did — a 

 safety pin — this being Mr. Hatch's 

 April first Joke, for all of which he 

 fully atoned by inviting everyone to 

 visit tlie "old mill' which he had 

 erected at one end of the hall and im- 

 bibe a sample of the old mill's product. 



After the food had disappeared 

 Treasurer Hatch took up his duty as 

 inimitable toastmaster and successive- 

 ly called upon President Westwood, 

 Secretary Craig. J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 Vice-President Downs, and a galaxy 

 of singers and musicians, who pro- 

 vided entertainment of a high order. 

 Then the floor was cleared and the 

 dancing began — lasting into the in- 

 definable — and it goes without saying 

 that old men and matrons, young men 

 and maidens as represented in the 

 club which is Boston's pride had "the 

 time of their lives." 



It was announced that the next 

 "field day" would be Saturday, April 

 11, when the club would, upon invita- 

 tion, visit Thomas Roland's green- 

 houses at Nahant. The members will 

 take train for Lynn at the North Sta- 

 tion, 12.30 P. M., and will be met at 

 Lynn by Mr. Roland with his 

 chargers. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Secretary Young has arranged for 

 the following exhibits at the next 

 meeting of the New York Florists' 

 Club at the old club rooms in the 

 Grand Opera House Building, 8th Ave. 

 & 23rd St., Monday, April ISth: 



Roses — "Newport Fairy" from Julius 

 Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J. "Rhea 

 Reid ' from E. G. Hill & Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind. "Wyndnioor" from Myers 

 & Samtman, Philadelphia, Pa. "My 

 Maryland" from John Cook, Baltimore, 

 Md, "Mrs. Potter Palmer" from 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago. 111. 

 "Mrs. Jardine" from W. P. Craig, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., and "Cherokee," 

 from W. A. Manda. Carnation "Lloyd" 

 from H. A, .lahn. New Bedford, Mass. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers opened its fourth annual conven- 

 tion in New York on March -19. An 

 interesting talk was given by P, 

 O'Mara on Thursday P. M., in which 

 he attributed to the private gardener 

 and his employer all that is highest 

 in horticultural lines, and commended 

 the policy of the association. A din- 

 ner w-as given on Thursday evening 

 followed by an instructive talk by 

 Prof. Powell regarding planting and 

 handling of an orchard, and brtef but 

 entertaining remarks by P. O'Mara, 

 Harry Bunyard. H. S. De Forest, L. 

 W. C. Tuthill and others. 



The display of flowers included 

 many novelties. The Pierson U-Bar 

 Co. cup was awarded to Prof. Osborn, 

 Jas. Bell, gardener. In carnations, the 

 contest for first was close between 

 .las. Bell and Mr. Wynne, gardener 

 for W. W. Herroy, and an equal prize 

 was awarded — a silver cup offered by 

 P. Henderson & Co. Oscar Carlson 

 took first on carnation seedlings, his 

 No. 14 being a deep crimson; J. P. 

 Soreuson was second with a varie- 

 gated seedling from Prosperity. The 

 Bobbink & Atkins cup was won by 

 J. P. Sorenson on roses. John Shore 

 was first on violets, Wm. Brabenburg 

 first on hardy bulbs. 



The business meeting was held on 

 Friday and the by-laws were amended 

 fixing the annual dues of associate 

 members at ?2 instead of $10, as pre- 

 viously. The board of directors was 

 elected: A. AUum, James Bele, A. 

 BuUen, Chas. Dumper, E. J. Day, 

 Jas. Delaney, Chas. Elliott, C. Geb- 

 .hardt, John Hays, T. J. Kempton, 

 Robt. Meeks, W. Paget, T. Runieville, 

 J. P. Sorenson, C. Shaeffer, J. Shore, 

 J. Tiplady, J. Wallace, C. T. Zapel, W. 

 E. Maynard. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the above 

 society was held on March 19, pre- 

 sided over by President Chas. Eble. At 

 a special meeting held March 5 the 

 committee on chrysanthemum show re- 

 ported that they had prepared a pre- 

 mium list which would be distributed 

 as soon as ready. It was decided to 

 have a special class of cut chrysanthe- 

 mums for growers outside of Louisi- 

 ana for the purpose of getting entries 

 of new varieties from our northern 

 and eastern friends who supply the 

 great bulk of cut flowers to this city. 

 It was further decided that non-mem- 

 bers of the society would be charged 

 one-half of the first prize premium; 

 said amount to be paid to the secre- 

 tary before the opening of the show. 

 The probable dates of the show will 

 be November 12-15. inclusive. Special 

 prizes will be given to the public 

 schools for exhibits. A. Alost an- 

 nounced that at the next meeting he 

 would give the date for the annual 

 visit to his place. R. Eichling of the 

 U. J. Virgin establishment exhibited 

 Lilium Harrisii and lily of the valley. 

 CHAS. R. PANTER, Secretary. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 A well attended meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held on March 27lh. Presi- 

 dent Angus filled the chair and in the 

 absence of Secretary Neubrand, Wm. 

 Scott was appointed secretary pro 

 tem. Letters were read from donors 

 to our prize fund for the next fall ex- 

 hibition, and most of the prizes given 

 last year will be duplicated, so the out- 

 look is bright for the November show. 

 The committee in charge are busy pre- 

 paring the schedules, which will be 

 sent to all interested in due time. The 

 prize for cyclamens, presented by Wm. 

 Scott, was awarded to James Stuart, 

 gardener to Mrs. P. A. Constable; also 

 a cultural certificate. Mr. Stuart 

 brought eight plants in 6-7 inch pots, 

 which were perfect in every way and 

 were greatly admired. He was also 

 awarded a cultural certificate for a 

 large plant of Dendrobium nobile, 

 in full bloom. W. H. Waite, gardener 

 at Greystone, received honorable men- 

 tion for a vase of schizanthus. 

 Mr. Tibbits, White Plains, N. Y., 



will at our next meeting give an illus- 

 trated lecture on "Aquatic Gardens." 

 He has been very successful with 

 aquatic plants and we anticipate a 

 pleasant evening. A prize is also of- 

 fered by Wm. J. Smith, White Plains, 

 N. Y., for best two flowering plants. 

 L. A. MARTIN, Cor. Sec. 



A HUSTLING MEMBER. 

 We learn that Theodore Wirth has 

 by personal solicitation secured this 

 year for life membership in the S. A. 

 F. the following named gentlemen; 

 John Monson, 0. A. Will, Hugh S. 

 Will, L. S. Donaldson, J. M. Under- 

 wood, R. A. Latham, Thos. W. Nagel, 

 James Souden, all of Minneapolis; E. 

 P. Holm, A. S. Swanson and L. L. May, 

 of St. Paul; Alois Frey of Chicago. If 

 all the parties who have from time to 

 time taken occasion to bemoan or criti- 

 cise the limited membership list of the 

 national society would get busy and 

 emulate the example of Mr. Wirth, how 

 different things would be! Here is an 

 object lesson for every member not 

 only of the S. A. F., but of all clubs 

 and societies. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The California State Floral Society 

 met on March Vi in San Francisco and 

 nominated H. Plath for president, Mrs. 

 F. J. Halpin, corresponding secretary. 

 The annual flower show will be held 

 May 14, 15 and IG. 



At the meeting of the Springfield 

 (111.) Florists' Club on March 16, 

 officers were elected as follows: Presi- 

 dent, Carl Rauth; vice-president, R. T. 

 Donnell; secretary, Frank A. Friedly; 

 treasurer, Geo. Van Horn. 



The Cape Ann Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation, organized in the early GO'S, 

 met at City Hall, Gloucester, Mass.. 

 March 19, and voted to disband and to 

 donate the funds on hand to the Hun- 

 tress Home. 



