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HORTICULTURE 



March U, 1908 



NEWS'OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



NEW JERSEY FLOP ICU LTU RAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The. rauiithly meeting of ;his society 

 was held on the 6th instant. Tho 

 eveninK ^vas observed as a •■Carnation 

 Nighf, and thirty-three vases of the 

 divine flower, with orchids and roses, 

 bore evidence of the strength of the 

 society in strong men. Many were 

 kept away by the storm, but the room.; 

 were crowded from an early hour un- 

 til near eleven o'clock. W. A. Man- 

 da's vase of a hundred blooms of his 

 new pink seedling No. 20, soon to 

 be introduced by John N. May, at- 

 tracted much attention, and its posses- 

 sion of every quality except extra size 

 promises to make it a particularly val- 

 uable commercial sort. Its merits 

 were recognized by a certificate reward, 

 .lohn E. Haines of Bethlehem, Pa . 

 was present with his Imperial and 

 lohn K. Haines. James D. Cockcroft 

 of Northport, L. I., sent Harvaid. anl 

 Oscar Carleson, Fairfield, Conn., hi= 

 .\o. 14 Seedling. 



Contributions from neighboring es- 

 tates were in force. Among the gar- 

 deners exhibiting carnations w'ere 

 John Hayes, George Oakley, William 

 Reid D. Kindsgrab, Max Schneider, 

 Peter Duff and Phillip Cox. Roses 

 and sweet peas were shown by John 

 Gervin antirrhinums by Frank Drew, 

 cinerarias, cyclamens and violets by- 

 Max Schneider. Lager &- Huiieii 

 showed orchids, including Odontoglos- 

 sums crispum and Cervantesii. Dendro- 

 biums splendidissimum and nobile 

 Rothwellianum, Laelic-Cattleya Pal as 

 and Oncidium fuscatuni. Juilus 

 Roehrs Company showed Cattleya 

 Schroderae var. Surprise and rose New- 

 port Fairy. ., ^ » 



A strong sentiment prevailed to con- 

 tinue special flowers nights through 

 the season and W. A. Manda placed 

 . ten dollars in ihe hands C'f the treas'jr- 

 er for cash prizes. J- >i- UAVit>. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 This society held its regular meet- 

 ing in Manchester on March 6. Pres. 

 Wiliam Till in the chair. 



The speaker of the evening was 

 Robert Cameron, of the Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Cambridge, the subject being 

 "Annuals." Mr. Cameron treated the 

 subject under the following heads: 

 Origin of annuals; Geographical dis- 

 tribution; Improvement by selection 

 of breeding; Usefulness of annuals; 

 Importance of good seed; Cultivation; 

 Popular annuals; Annuals that de- 

 serve a greater popularity; Best for 

 cut flower; Varieties suitable for bed- 

 ding and massing; seashore and moun- 

 tain varieties; Best kinds for school 

 gardens; Climbing annuals; Biennials. 

 A vote of thanks was extended to 

 Mr Cameron for the very able and 

 thorough manner in which he treated 

 this extensive and interesting subject. 

 James Salter was awarded a certi- 

 ficate of merit for a vase of -White 

 Antirrhinum. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The monthlv meeting on the evening 

 of March 9 was not as fully attended 

 as usual there being less than fifty 

 members present but it was a good 

 and interesting meeting from start to 

 finish. Prof. L. C. Corbett, from the 

 \gricultural Deut., Washington, gave 

 an instnictive talk on "The Prepara- 

 tion of Soil for Greenhouse Purposes. 

 The lecture drew out an animated 

 discussion, participated in by Patrick 

 O'Mara E. V. Hallock, W. B. Du Rie 

 and John Birnie all of whom had been 

 handling; soil for "Lo, the«e many 

 years" and were sure they knew some- 

 thing about the subject with which 

 their earthly career had been so 

 closely linked. 



Among the most important transac- 

 tions of tire evening was the practical 

 organization of a bowling team for 

 active service for the coming year and 

 serious business at the Niagara tails 

 Convention especially next August. 

 President Weathered will deliver a 

 silver cup to the team if it wins at 

 Niagara and President Traendly 

 offers free transportation to a team of 

 five members who in a series of prac- 

 tice games are able to show an aver- 

 age score of 155. Ten aspirants were 

 at once enrolled and the prospects are 

 that there will be something doing in 

 New York before long. All those who 

 wish to join the aggregation may send 

 application to W. E. Marshall. 14h W . 

 '>za St., New York. Dinner commit- 

 tee outing committee, etc., all made 

 satisfactory reports. Messrs. Young 

 Bunvard, Traendly, Withers and 

 Totty were constituted transportation 

 committee for convention. 



The following exhibits were sUged 

 for the inspection of the members. 

 Wm Eccles, Oyster Bay, carnation 

 Beacon, so good that a cultural cer- 

 tificate was awarded. New Polyantha 

 rose Apple Blossom from Anton 

 Schultheis received a preliminary 

 certificate. Seedling carnation from 

 W. A. Manda, scored 76 points. A. T. 

 Boddins^ton showed Primula SieboUlii 

 and Queen of the Whites and received 

 the thanks of the club therefor. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Tuesday even- 

 ing March 17v 1908, at S o'clock. The 

 lecturer will be Mr. Eber Holmes of 

 Montrose Greenhouses on the impor- 

 tant subject of "Indoor Commercial 

 Rose Culture." W. H. Elliott and 

 other prominent rosarians will take 

 part in the discussion. There will be 

 interesting exhibits and a general good 

 time for all who attend. 



The annual club banquet will be held 

 at Hortictiltuial Hall on April 1. 190S. 

 There will be a first-class menu served 

 by a well-known caterer, entertain- 

 nient and dancing. Tickets, $1.50 each, 

 are obtainable from Peter M. Miller, 

 32 South Market St., to whom all ap- 

 plications should be made. An attend- 

 ance of 300 is expected at this ban- 

 quet, which it is planned to have 

 eclipse all its predecessors. 



W. N. CRAIG, Sec'y. 



PITTSBURG FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 

 The enthusiasm and large attend- 

 ance which marked the February meet- 

 ing of the club seemed to carry over to 

 the meeting March 3rd, for from early 

 in the evening there was standing 

 room only. There seems no doubt 

 that the policy of offering prizes-, cul- 

 tural certificates and awards of merit, 

 while appealing to all the members, 

 is of special force with the private gar- 

 deners, evidenced among other things 

 by the fact that in the last two months 

 15 new members have joined, mostly 

 private gardeners. It is worth some- 

 thing to a gardener to be able to show 

 his employer a prize won in open 

 competition at his club meeting. It, 

 so to speak, stamps the man with the 

 approval of experts in his own line, 

 and is likelv to call an employer's at- 

 tention to the fact that he has a good 



man. t- i. 



The private gardeners at the Febru- 

 ary meeting presented a provisional 

 schedule of prizes for exhibition of 

 private gardeners, covering the period 

 from June, 'O.s, to May, '09. This sche- 

 dule was referred to the March meet- 

 ing for disposition, and was approved 

 and adopted. It provides for a com- 

 petitive exhibition of seasonable flow- 

 ers for each month excepting August. 

 There was a good display of bloom- 

 ing plants in pots and of cut flowers. 

 \n exhibit of tulips by H. L. Blind fe 

 Bros brought -out some remarks on 

 Holland bulbs, especially in relation 

 to bulbs of the same size and kind, 

 giving such a density in size of spike. 

 A representative of a Holland grower 

 of bulbs who was present took the 

 ground that the difference was unac- 

 countable; that it was Inherent in the 

 bulbs and on the same principle that 

 children of the same father and mother 

 frequently show such a difference m 



Awards to Private Gardeners: N. 

 C Madsen, special mention for Cinera- 

 ria radiata; David Eraser, special men- 

 tion for Primula obconica. 



\w^ards to Commercial Growers: 

 Herman Heim, first prize for azaleas; 

 H L Blind & Bros., second. H. L.. 

 Blind & Bros., first for tulips. Herman 

 Heim, first for Baby Rambler roses. 

 Subject tor next meeting, "Easter 

 Plants and Flowers." 



H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held a 

 special meeting March 5 at Union Res- 

 taurant in place of the regular meet- 

 ing due March 13th. Mr. Poehlmann. 

 manager of the rose show, spoke on 

 the progress being made by the com- 

 mittee A change of meeting night 

 and place was discussed and everyone 

 heartilv approved of the present inno- 

 vation An intermission was had for 

 an hour and refreshments were served. 



The dinner scheduled by the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia for the 11th mst. 

 has been postponed indefinitely. The 

 reason given is lack of interest among 

 the members. 



