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H O RT 1 C U LTU R H 



May 2, lyUS 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



II, is said that the Chicago sliow 

 held in March brought out the largest 

 single assortment of cut rose speci- 

 mens ever exhibited in America. The 

 only pity was that so beautiful an ex- 

 hibit had not a larger public patron- 

 age. 



The settling of all the prizes is now 

 a matter of interest— the total number 

 of prizes is 64, of which 54 are in 

 cash and 10 are cups, medals, books 



and bone. 



The trade papers did much for the 

 show bv the excellent illustration 

 ■which sjave an idea to those who 

 could not come, of what there was at 

 the Art Institute. The American 

 Rose Society has sent letters of 

 thanks to the Chicago Florists' Club 

 and to the president of the Art 

 Museum for the cordial and courteous 

 attention given to the society. 



Five new life members joined the 

 societv and this brings the permanent 

 fund now invested up to $3,UO0.UO. 

 What the society now needs is that 

 every flower grower and landscape 

 gardener in America shall join us. 

 We need the help. The membership 

 now slightly exceeds that of 1907. 

 "The Rose Journal" is to be started, 

 but we want more support to be 

 pledged to make it a success. Come 

 and give assistance, you men and 

 women who grow roses. 



There is to be a June Rose Show 

 In Bronx Park, New York, and all 

 the growers of roses who can are in- 

 vited to show. There will be no 

 medals. 



The certificates of lite membership 

 will shortly be forwarded to all new 

 members. "A Rose for every Home, 

 a Rush for every Garden." 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, 



Secretary. 

 Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 

 May 1,1908. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Department of Registration. 

 The names of the following winter- 

 flowering Sweet Peas are submitted for 

 registration by Ant. C. Zvolanek, 

 Hound Rrooic, New Jersey. 



Any pel sons objecting to these regis- 

 trations or knowing of any reasons 

 why they should not be made, are re- 

 quested to communicate with the un- 

 dersigned at once. Failing to receive 

 any such communications within 

 twenty days from this date, the regis- 

 trations will be completed. 



Greenbrook, seedling from Mrs. Geo. 

 Lewis X unnamed seedling, height 

 ' over 6ft., flower white, standard slight- 

 ly lilac, very large, orchid flowering, 

 up to four tloweis to a stem, stem.-s 

 average 18 inches. 



Blue Bird, seedling from Walter 

 Wright X Wallace, height over 6ft. 

 llowers blue, beaiing up to four flow- 

 ers on 20-inch stems, standard wavy. 



Governor John Franklin Ford, seed- 

 ling of Mrs. Mm. Sim X Spencer seed- 

 ling height over 6ft., foliage narrow, 

 .flower pink, when fully open chang- 

 ing to salmon jiink, standard wavy, 

 producing up to four flowers on 20 inch 

 stems. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The premium list for the exhibition 

 of June 23 and 24, to be held at Ma- 

 sonic Hall, Newport, R. I., has been 

 issued. The prizes comprise $125.00 

 for plants, $150.00 for roses and other 

 flowers, $45.00 for fruit. $30.00 for 

 vegetables and $50.00 for children's 

 exhibits and school gardens. Copies 

 of the schedule can be had on appli- 

 cation to D. J. Coughlin, secretary 



TWIN CITY FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



Monthly meeting was held Tuesday, 

 Apiil 21, at the Minneapolis Park 

 Greenhouses. A committtee was ap- 

 pointed to consider the advisability of 

 incorporating the Society as a State 

 organization, so as to get better terms 

 for exhibits and premiums at the State 

 Fair. 



A paper read by Mr. L. Boeglin was 

 heaitilv applauded and copies will be 

 sent to all the trade papers for publica- 

 tion. Theodore Wirth confirmed the 

 results of Mr. Boeglin's manner of 

 raising bedding stock in frames, as 

 being preferable to greenhouse-grown 

 stock, the former being better har- 

 dened and growing right along, with- 

 out being checked. The exhibit of the 

 best bedding plants tor this part of the 

 country was very much appreciated. 



At the meeting of the Rhode Islana 

 Horticultural Society held on April 9, 

 in Providence, Alexander MacLellan, 

 of Newport, presented an able paper on 

 the dahlia which was listened to with 

 great interest and elicited many ques- 

 tions. 



Notice of Withdrawal of Registry. 



Lcai iiing that the name Mavourneen 

 had prviously been applied to a rose, 

 Mr. .\lexander Montgomery of Natick, 

 Mass., withdraws the name Mavour- 

 neen and desires that the name White 

 Killarney shall stand as previously 

 registered. 



W. N. RUDD, Secretary. 



May 1, 1908. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Edwin Lonsdale will address the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia on Tues- 

 day evening, May 5th. 



The annual meeting of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York will be held 

 at the Museum Building, N. Y'. Botani- 

 cal Garden, on May 13, at 4 P. M. An 

 amendment to the constitution malt- 

 ing dues of associate members $1.00 a 

 year will be voted on at that time, and 

 election of officers will be held. The 

 Foundations of Successful Violet Cul- 

 ture is the title of a lecture to be de- 

 livered by Dr. B. T. Galloway. The 

 newly established orchid section will 

 hold its first meeting on this occasion. 

 An exhibition of plants and flowers 

 will be held in connection with these 

 events and will continue for two days. 



TOLEDO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting last Wednesday at Mr. 

 Mills' residence was a very pleasant 

 affair. Mrs. Mills had invited the la- 

 dies of the members and hart a club for 

 herself while the l.usiness was in prog- 

 ress, after which all enjoyed coffee 

 and cakes. . 



A few weeks ago the club visited W. 

 G. Hall of Clyde, who is undoubtedly 

 one of the best carnation growers in 

 Ohio. His plant is not very large, but 

 what he lacks in size is made up in 

 quality; he grows his own seedlings 

 quite largely. 



Another club visit was to Miller 

 Bros, and Searles Bros., lettuce grow- 

 ers At Miller's place cucumbers will 

 now take the place of lettuce. Searles 

 Bros ' new plant consists of 15 houses, 

 1.3 feet wide by 750 feet long, and the 

 output of lettuce since October has been 

 about two tons every day. Hot water 

 is used, circulated by a rotary pump, 

 and the entire plant is watered by the 

 Skinnier svsteni. This new plant is in 

 the near future to be enlarged until it 

 covers 11 acres and all will be devoted 

 to lettuce during the winter and cu- 

 cumbers in summer. Besides this they 

 have an old plant of about half the 

 size, where cucumber picking has al- 

 readv commenced. The new plant ust-d 

 this "season about 2,000 tons of coal. 

 J. L. SCHILLER. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America; 

 Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meet- 

 ing, held at American Institute, New 

 Y'ork, Nov. 6, 1907. A list of varie- 

 ties disseminated in 1907 is included. 



Bulletin No. 19, Vol. G, of the New 

 Y'crk Botanical Garden contains the re- 

 ports of the Secretar>' and Director-in- 

 Chief for the year 1907, also of the 

 Gardener, Curator, Director of Labo- 

 ratories, Librarian, Honorary Curator, 

 Treasurer and Superintendent of 

 Grounds, expenditures and other inter- 

 esting information. 



The schedule of prizes, annual re- 

 port and financial statement tor 1907 

 of the National Chrysanthemum' So- 

 ciety of Eugland has been received. 

 This society was instituted in 1846, 

 and during its sixty years' existence 

 every leading grower and authority 

 on chrysanthemums has been identi- 

 fied with the organization. Its mem- 

 bership now extends all over the 

 United Kingdom and the remote Brit- 

 ish Dominions and includes many 

 members in foreign countries. 



In the settlement of a seven year 

 street car fight in Cleveland, three cent 

 fare has been established all over the 

 city with universal transfers. The 

 putilic were granted free car rides all 

 over the city for a period of twenty- 

 lour hours to celebrate the event. In 

 recognition of the jollification the J. 

 M. Gasser Company sent out a box of 

 roses to all their city customers with 

 a card bearin.g the legend: "Free car 

 fare, free roses, with the compliments 

 of your florist." That'.? good advertis- 

 ing. 



