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HORTICULTURE 



April 18, idOS 



News of the Clubs and Societies 



PITTSBURG FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



The meeting of llie oliil) on April Ttli 

 had for its subject, "Easter Plants and 

 Flowers." with a competitive exhibi- 

 tion, which drew a goad attendance. The 

 hall of the club being too small for 

 the display and attendance, the meet- 

 ing was held at 222 Oliver Ave. Presi- 

 dent Buiki being absent on account of 

 sickness, Vice-President Reineman 

 took the chair. 



As a committee to look after the e.K- 

 hibits and interests of the private 

 gardeners for the period ending May, 

 1909, the chair appointed J. Hutchin- 

 son, David Fraser, .Tas. Wiseman and 

 H. S. Price, and as judges of the com- 

 petitive exhibit. Jno. W. .Jones, C. S. 

 Crall and .Jno. Bader. 



There were many visitors present 

 and among them Mr. Myers of Altooua, 

 who called attention to Spirea Queen 

 Alexandra. \V. A. Clark spoke of his 

 visit to the recent rose slaow at Chica- 

 go. Ke did not find as much enthu- 

 siasm in Chicago over the rose exhibi- 

 tion as he expected. The quality of 

 the rlowers shown was of a high order, 

 but the varieties were few. Among the 

 novelties Wyndmoor, with its bright 

 deep pink attracted him. Mr. Wilson 

 defended the entliusiasm and interest 

 of Chicago, as a general rule, in flower 

 exhibitions, and thought it it was lack- 

 ing in the recent case it was owing to 

 some special reason. Jno. Bader talked 

 of lilies, and mourned the old da.vs 

 when the Harrisii was in its prime. He 

 has suct'ess now only with giganteum. 

 Mr. Mattbrano of Johnstown, who has 

 4.000 giganteum with a loss of only six, 

 and who has had excellent success in 

 growing lilies for many years, thought 

 that many lilies were spoiled by over- 

 watering, and that it greater care was 

 exercised in the watering there would 

 be many more lilies to send to market. 

 He ha? better success with plants in 

 4 in. pots than 6 in. While he keeps 

 his nouses moist, he is careful to keep 

 his plants on the dry side. Mr. Bader 

 spo'fie again of the limitations that 

 Pittsburg and vicinity labor under in 

 the way of soot and smoke, and the 

 atmospheric conditions they seem to 

 bring about, which prevent the success- 

 ful growing out-of-doors of tuberous 

 begonias, asters, stocks and other 

 flowers. 



Exhibits and awards were as follows: 



Private growers: N. C. Madsen. 

 gardener for R. H. Boggs. special men- 

 tion for well-grown Salpiglossis Em- 

 peror; Prank Crook, special mention 

 for Nicoiiana Sanderae and marguer- 

 ites. 



Commercial growers: Chas. Koenig, 

 special mention for Begonia Vernon 

 and first prize for longiflorum and gi- 

 ganteum lilies: H. L. Blind & Bros., 

 first for azaleas and hyacinths and 

 second for hydrangeas. 



There were fine displays of carna- 

 tions from Finleyville Floral Co. and 

 >ellow (-alias and variegated box elder 

 froui Phipps' Conservatories. 



The subject lor next meeting will be, 

 "Beddtng Plants," with speakers to be 

 assigned by the president to certain 

 topics, as ireraniums. cannas, etc. 



H. P. JOSLIN, Secretary. 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The third annual spring flower show 

 was held on April 2, 3, 4, under the 

 auspices of the Pasadena Gardeners' 

 Association, in a large tent on North 

 Fair Oaks avenue, Pasadena. The 

 show was said to be the finest of its 

 kind ever held on the Pacific Coast. 

 The new florist club of Los Angeles 

 attended in a body (in a special car), 

 bringing with them a magnificent bou- 

 quet of Chatenay roses which they 

 presented to the management of the 

 show. Among the visitors was Dr. 

 Houghton who, representing Mayor 

 Hooper of Los Angeles, extended his 

 congratulations on the success of the 

 show. W'inners of prizes in the carna- 

 tion classes were Hugh Thornton and 

 J. Blake, private, and Redondo Im- 

 provement Co., and Whittlessey Floral 

 Co., commercial. On stocks Geo. Dill, 

 Redondo Im. Co., J. Blake. Pansies, 

 M. Randall, A. Busch, R. J. Fraser, J. 

 Macgilvray. Iris, T. Lambert, W. S. 

 Laurie, Mrs. Ramsay. Bulbous flow- 

 ers, C. H. Hovey and W. S. Laurie. 

 Scabiosa, calendula, pentstemon, ver- 

 bena, antirrhinum and other garden 

 flowers were all provided for in the 

 schedule, and prizes awarded for hand- 

 some exhibits in all these classes. In 

 general cut flowers C. A. Campbell 

 Johnstone and Redondo Im. Co. were 

 first and second. A. K. Macomber on 

 orchids, Park Nursery on palms, D. 

 R. Cameron on begonias, cyclamens 

 and Asparagus plumosus, and A. H. 

 Fleming on ornainental plants were 

 also among the first prize winners. 



Edward Rust of Palm Nurseries re- 

 ceived a certificate of merit from the 

 Pasadena Gardeners' Association for 

 a display of fancy caladiums and de- 

 corative plants. Robert Pegg of the 

 Mentor Nurseries, Pasadena, had an 

 exceptionally fine exhibit of decorative 

 plants. Howard Smith had a magnifi- 

 cent display of new amaryllises, wat- 

 sonias and ferns. Theodore Payne 

 was awarded a special prize for collec- 

 tion of California wild flowers. H. 

 Booreraan was also awarded a special 

 prize for fine group of cacti. Special 

 prize was awarded to Mrs. C. C. Brag- 

 don for cinerarias. There was also a 

 fine display of water lilies in the mid- 

 dle of the tent beneath a large foun- 

 tain. 



Much of the success of the show is 

 due to the efforts of the officers and 

 directors of the Pasadena Gardeners' 

 Association, who are Robert Pegg. 

 chairman and manager; Richard 

 Thomas, secretary; P. W. Janock, G. 



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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



Notice of Change of Registered Name 

 of Rose. 



The Waban Rose Conservatories of 

 Natick. Mass.. make application to have 

 the name of their rose previously reg- 

 istered as White Killamey changed to 

 Mavourneen. Public notice is hereby 

 given of this application and any 

 persons objecting to this proposed 

 change of name or knowing of any 

 reasons why the name should not be 

 changed as above axe requested to for- 

 ward a statement of their objections 

 to the undersigned at once. 



No objections being received within 

 twenty days of this date, a change in 

 registry will be made. 



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