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HORTICULTURE 



April 25, :908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The aniiouniement that William Sim 

 would address ihe club on the topic of 

 Sweet Peas Uuder Glass served to at- 

 tract a very large attendance ot inter- 

 ested members to the meeting at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall. BostoTi, on the evening 

 oi: April 21. The hall was fragrant 

 with the odor of lilies and sweet peas 

 which had been contributed tor ex- 

 hibition. Mr. Sim's paper, which we 

 are pleased to be able to publish in 

 part in this issue, was intently listened 

 to and after its conclusion an intei'est- 

 ing discussion ensued. Replying to 

 questions, Mr. Sim said tliat it was his 

 custom to appb' bone meal or sheep 

 manure to the beds two or three times 

 after the peas have begun to flower. 

 In connection with his plan ot using 

 the same soil for years in succession, 

 he said that on the completion of the 

 crop he does not pull out the plants, 

 but cuts them down, leaving the roots 

 in the soil. He reiterated his bi^lief 

 that planting peas in a trench and 

 drawing the soil about the stems after 

 the plants begin to grow is not advis- 

 able for indoor culture, and .saw also 

 some objections to this process in out- 

 door culture. For the latter his ad- 

 vice would be early sowing and using 

 not over a pound of seed for a 300- 

 foot row. 



The principal attraction of the ex- 

 hibition table was a display of about 

 thirty seedling lilies in bloom — hybrids 

 between longiriorum and Philippinense. 

 James Farquhar gave an account of 

 same, stating that cross fertilization 

 had been done in June, 1906, seed sown 

 February 17, 1907, and on Dec. 17, ten 

 months later, the first flower had 

 bloomed. The plant on which this 

 flower had appeared was in the group 

 exhibited and had two new growths, 

 very strong, on which buds were in 

 evidence; and in a number of the 

 blooming plants shown, second growths 

 were already well along, showing that 

 the peculiar herbaceous character of 

 the Philippine lily, with its disposition 

 to continuous growth and blooming, is 

 well established in the offspring, while 

 the robust growth and luxuriant foli- 

 age of the longiflorum are also well 

 perpetuated. 



William Sim showed a dozen vases 

 of the finest of the winter flowering 

 sweet peas. A hybrid calceolaria, 

 which has been named Stewartii, was 

 shown by George Stewart. Its seed 

 parent was the nigosa Golden Gem 

 and a flower of c>ne of James' strain 

 of the common C. hybrida furnished 

 the pollen. Other exhibits were Lilium 

 candidum and larkspurs from W. N. 

 Craig, mushrooms and Gerbera Jame- 

 son! from Thomas Coles, Marechal 

 Niel and Chatenay roses from Mr. Page 

 of Newton Highlands. 



Members of the landscape gardening 

 class had the result of their winter's 

 work on exhibition in the form of 

 plans and sketches for laying out and 

 planting home grounds, which were a 

 centre of prime attraction. 



con, which was well received and 

 proved interesting and instructive. 

 A sport of Cattleya Schroederae was 

 exhibited by A. Pericat. and was 

 awarded a certificate of merit. This 

 is a highly colored Schroederae — pink 

 with purple lip. A similar sport 

 appeared about three months ago, 

 and Messrs. Sander's representative 

 thought so well of it that he secured 

 it for his firm. A certificate ot merit 

 was also given to William Kleinheinz 

 for Cpyiipediura Curtisii newbilio. 

 Arrangements were made tor the 

 Peony show, end ot May or beginning 

 of June — date to be announced later. 

 The June Rose and Sweet Pea show 

 is also uuder the care of the commit- 

 tee, with power to split dates if sea- 

 son compels. On account ot business 

 exigencies in the hall management, 

 the dates of the Fall and Spring shows 

 had to be fixed at this meeting. 

 These will occur Nov. 10 and March 

 22 prox. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the above 

 society ws hold April 19. The chrys- 

 anthemum show committee reported 

 that the premium list would be dis- 

 tributed by the end of the week. Sev- 

 eral prizes which it is hoped the public 

 school children will compete for have 

 been offered. 



E. Baker, late in charge of the gar- 

 dens in Audubon Park, who has been 

 a member ot this society for many 

 years, sent in his resignation. He is 

 going our of the flower business, and 

 entering commercial life. l!y unani- 

 mous vote, he was elected an honorary 



member. 



A communication was received from 

 J. A. Xewsham, now in British Hon- 

 duras, stating that he had been on a 

 still hunt for orchids, and had secured 

 forty-three sacks, which were obtained 

 after nine days' journey on mule- 

 back, and that the load was carried to 

 the seashore on the backs of fourteen 

 mules. 



A. Alost invited the members to call 

 at his place on Gentilly Road on May 

 3, and enjoy the annual dinner which 

 he tenders the Horticultural Society. 

 It is proposed to invite Mayor Behr- 

 man and Congressman Broussard. 

 Transportation will be furnished to the 

 society by the Steckler Seed Co., and 

 if there are not enough conveyances, 

 Herman Doescher has offered all vehi- 

 cles that may be needed. 



The secretary reported that J. Ver- 

 burgh had lost his son, age seven 

 years, who was crushed by an electric 

 car. The sympathy of the society 

 was extended to him. 



CHAS. R. PANTRR, Secretary. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



The Frank Cummings Bulb & Plant 

 Co., of Meridian, Miss., apply for regis- 

 tration of a canna as follows: 



Canna W. E. Cottrell, seedling of L. 

 Patry, originated with us. Flower 

 large dark salmon pink slightly flecked 

 with red, petals large rounding, 

 slightly recurved, large branching 

 flower heads, very broad leaves slightly 

 edged with bronze, thick and leathery, 

 growth very vigorous, height 4 feet. 



Public notice is hereby given of this 

 application tor registration and any 

 persons objecting to the same or 

 knowing of any reason why the regis- 

 tration should not be made as above, 

 are requested to forward a statement 

 of their objections to the undersigned 

 at once. 



No objection being received within 

 twenty days from this date, the regis- 

 trv will be completed. 



W. N. RUDD, Secretary. 



April 27th, 190.^. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Prof. Stevenson Brown gave a talk 

 on weeds, illustrated with stereopti- 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society- will hold its annual 

 Rose and Strawberry Show on June 

 23 and 24, 190S. Anyone wishing pre- 

 mium list and entry blank may have 

 same liv applying to the secretary. 



D.'^.n'ieL J. COUGHLIN, Secretary. 



■ CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society, organized in 18GG, has a mem- 

 ber.ship of 2,430. As may be imagined, 

 it is a real live society and is doing 

 good work. 



The Civic League, Beaufort, S. C, 

 held Its annual flower show on April 

 7. Every available space was filled 

 with the exhibits, among which roses 

 predominated, although many rare 

 plants were contributed, all from pri- 

 vate sources, as Tieaufort has no com- 

 mercial florist. 



PERSONAL. 



Patrick Burlve has been reappointed 

 forest waiden of Clinton, Mass. 



A. Marine of Chicago has taken a po- 

 sition with the Park Floral Co., Den- 

 vei-, Colo. 



The wedding of A. E. Wohlert of 

 Merion, Pa., to Elizabeth Olmes Crip- 

 pen was celebrated on Monday, the 

 20th inst. 



Mrs. Thomas Young, mother of 

 Secretary John Young of the New 

 York Florists' Club, is critically ill 

 at her home in Passaic, N. J. Mrs. 

 Young is SI years of age. 



Roy D. Underwood, secretary of the 

 Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City, Minn., 

 has just been elected mayor of that 

 city. When he as?umes his office he 

 wiil be the youngest citizen ever elect- 

 ed to this position. 



W. R. Smith has been quite ill for 

 some time at his home in the Botanic 

 Garden, Washington, and is not yet 

 able to leave his room. A bad coM 

 lirought about a return of his old heart 

 trouble and the necessity for absolute 

 quiet has made it Impossible for him 

 In receive visitors. 



