874 



HORTICULTURE, 



March 21, 1908 



^ 



THE BOSTON VIOLET 



The people today are looking for New Violets just as much as they are for new roses 



or carnations. 



THE BOSTON VIOLET 



For the past two years has been placed before the most sceptical buyers in America 



and they prefer it to any other. 



THERE'S A REASON 



The Boston Violet is the largest, the most fragrant, it has a very pleasing color, 



and it is a great keeper. 



THE BOSTON VIOLET 



Is a variety that is early grown, it is the strongest grower and is in crop from September 



to May. 



THE BOSTON VIOLET 



Was awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 and a Report of Superior Merit by the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston. 



Distribution will Commence in April. Order Now. 



PRICES-$2 ner 12; $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. 



WILP-IAIVI SIM, CLIFTONDALE, lYIASS. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The announcement that Eber Holmes, 

 of the Montrose Greenhouses, one of 

 our most successful rose growers, 

 would read a paper on Indoor Com- 

 mercial Rose Culture was sufficient to 

 bring out a large and deeply inter- 

 ested crowd at the March meeting of 

 this club. The paper proved to be as 

 expected a very valuable and emi- 

 nently practical addition to the litera- 

 ture of the rose growing fraternity 

 and at its close its author was ac- 

 corded a most enthusiastic vote of 

 thanks. W. H. Elliott, being called 

 upon, talked interestingly on the 

 topics, Why do we succeed? Why do 

 we fail? He said that failure is more 

 often due to lack of attention than to 

 lack of knowledge. Tricks and secrets 

 are of no avail without the partner- 

 ship of man and eternal vigilance. 

 There are a thousand little things that 

 make for success. The greatest mis- 

 take a grower can make is in pinning 

 his faith to one idea; too much atten- 

 tion to soils and too little to air and 

 water; fertilizers are a great stumbling 

 block and are the cause of more fail- 

 ures than anything else. High attain- 

 ments are made possible with best 

 equipment; modern outfits bring 

 greater opportunities but they also 

 bring greater burdens and close appli- 

 cation to every detail Is the main fac- 

 tor in success. Mr. Elliott's remarks 

 were received with full appreciation. 

 It was announced that William Sim 



would give a talk on Sweet Peas at 

 the April meeting. 



On the exhibition table were exhibits 

 as follows: From W. H. Elliott, Eber 

 Holmes and R. T. McGorum fine roses, 

 including Richmond, Killarney, Bride, 

 Bridesmaid and Mrs. Morgan; Jos. 

 Fuller, dcuble blue lobelia; Wm. Sim, 

 Boston, violets and sweet peas; H. P. 

 Calder, violets; H. F. Wood, seedling 

 violet No. 7; W. W. Rawson & Co., 

 Anchusa Italica, Dropmore var. Hon- 

 orable mention was given to the two 

 last named exhibits. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club held their monthly meeting 

 on March 12, only twenty members 

 being present. Vice-President G. H. 

 Augermuller was in the chair. The 

 trustees reported that a hall had 

 been secured at 11th and Locust 

 streets in the Bowman building, 

 and by vote it was decided to 

 hold future meetings there. Fred 

 Ammann reported for the potting com- 

 mittee that little progress is being 

 made; subscriptions for stock will be 

 received until May 14, and blanks can 

 be found at any of the wholesale 

 florists. There were but two exhibits 

 of roses, both from Illinois, by J. F. 

 Ammann and E. W. Guy. The judges 

 pronounced them highly commendable. 

 An interesting discussion followed. 

 Ed. Easterday of Nokomis, 111., was 

 a visitor. Flower shows, and how to 

 make them attractive to the trade, will 

 be discussed at the April 9th meeting. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



"Carnation Night" on March 11 was 

 a great success. The exhibition tables 

 were filled, the quality of the flowere 

 was fully up to the standard of last 

 year and some considered better. The 

 attendance was larger than we ever 

 had. New York, Orange, Newark, 

 Tewksbury, Mass., Morristown, Madi- 

 son, Dover and Montclair, all had their 

 delegates and we had all we wanted 

 to do to seat them comfortably. A. R. 

 Kennedy read an able paper on the cul- 

 tivation of the carnation. He is an 

 advocate of the indoor method of 

 planting direct from pots into the 

 bench, and the flowers he has exhibited 

 at the various meetings show that it 

 is with him entirely successful. 



A. Roper came in person and brought 

 Bay State, a grand variegated variety. 

 It scored 90 points and was awarded 

 a certificate of merit. Seedling No. 

 21 from same grower scored 76 points 

 and got honorable mention; his car- 

 nation No. 1000 received a vote of 

 thanks. .John E. Haines, through O. 

 A. Miller, sent Imperial, Pink Imperi- 

 al and .John E. Haines, which had pre- 

 viously received certificates of merit. 

 Harvard from J. D. Cockcroft scored 

 85 points; certificate of merit. John 

 Green had red seedling No. 1 and 

 white seedling No. 2. Judges were 

 favorably impressed and would like to 

 see them in larger quantity. Carna- 

 tion No. 20, from W„ A. Manda, scored 

 SO points; honorable mention. May 



